American evacuees from Indonesia begin quiet move from Jakarta
Eleven American women and children arrive in Singapore from Indonesia as precautionary evacuation begins. Officials note routine flights for employee families by Standard Vacuum Oil Co. while Sukarno warns of shortages and insists Indonesia will resolve West New Guinea domestic issue without UN help.
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Singapore
Indonesia
Jakarta
Standard Vacuum Oil Co
Sumatra
Netherlands
Dutch West New Guinea
J. M. Allison
Subandrie
U.S
State Department
British Overseas Airways Corp
Pas- Anan
BOAC
Indonesian Garuda Line
KPM Line
KPM
Sukarno
AES Rialire Ltd
MICA
Dds Hohe
U. N
West New Guinea
Washington
the Hague
United Nations
People’s Republic of
Communist
China
The
United
Notable Lives Mentioned in Fragmentary Almanac Notes
The fragment mentions a woman found dead near her home during a snowstorm in West Irian and a laborer named Richard arrested in February and sentenced in May to hang. It also notes William Hurrie who rang the Liberty Bell is buried at Old Pine Presbyterian Church graveyard in Philadelphia.
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West Irian
Richard
River Charlo
William Hurrie
U. S
Old Pine Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Father of Three Dies for Murder in New Brunswick
Joseph Pierre Richard, 31, a father of three, was hanged early today for the murder of 13 year old Mary Katherine De Laperrelle. The girl disappeared December 9, 1956 while walking from a friend's house to her Charlo Station home.
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Dalhousie, N. B. i
Joseph Pierre Richard
Mary Katherine de Laperrelle
de Laperrelle
Charlo Station
Prices for Dolls and Dish Set Offered in Sale
A list outlines price points for items including Lifesize Paper Dolls at 2.98, Bannerware Dish Set at 0.49, Melody Talking Doll at 14.99, and related deals such as 1.49 and 1.00 in the catalog.
Gypsum Mountain Proves Problem in Texas
In Pasadena near Houston Clin Mathieson Chemical Corp faces a million ton gypsum stockpile from its fertilizer plant. The pile grows by about 1000 tons daily, occupies thirty acres, costs about 100000 dollars yearly to maintain, and ties up land valued over 500000 dollars. Impurities prevent wall board use, but researchers pursue possible applications for the mineral selling at four to five dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Texas
INS
Clin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Pasadena
Texas
Norwegian King Olav’s Reign Tally Tops Five Olavs
King Olav, who succeeded in September, is the fifth Norwegian monarch named Olav or Olaf. The first Olav traces to Olaf Trygvason who reigned in the early Viking era. The historical note offers a concise lineage within Norwegian royalty.
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Olav
Norway
Olaf
Olaf Trygvasson
Fanny Farmer Candy Shop Mail Order Promotion
John Howard praises Fanny Farmer and promotes gift wrap and world wide mail order service. Customers are urged to speed Christmas mail orders by visiting a shop or calling Granite 1-1771.
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John Howard
Fanny Farmer
Granite
Average Home Has 50 Light Sources
The General Electric lamp division reports the average American home contains about 50 electric light sources of various kinds including incandescent and fluorescent lamps, night lights, sun lamps, photo bulbs and more. Automobiles add 20 to 40 lamps depending on car type, with the lamp industry projected to produce 2.5 billion sources this year.
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Cleveland
General Electric
Lamp Division
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Surabaya
East Java
Mania
Rictor
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Baby Furniture CO
Remco
Mattel
C.O.D
Barry Esso
Montgomery and
E. Genesee St
Johnny Barber Shop
Price
East
Washington ST
Werrandred Genaoes
Erie Blvd
HUB Star
W. Washington St. T
Ohnnie Walker
Scotch Whisky Distillers
John Walker & Sons Limited
Johnnie Walker
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
THC
New York
Tor
Tran
America
Real Oriental
Syracuse
Iran
Persia
Hamadan
Sena Kurd
Sarouk
N. Herez
N. Sultanabad
N. Ispahan-Meshed
N. Kapoutrahang
N. Sena Kurd
Herez
Kapoutrahang
Kasvin
Sultanabad
N. Mahal
SA. Sarouk
T. N. Kirman
DEY
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