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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
5
Hal Boyle recounts a satirical fable about a miserly hereditary prince who guards his riches atop a mirrored hill. Otis the milkman wins the princess Alva by delivering milk, they elope, and the prince remains isolated. The tale ends with the moral that happiness has its ups and downs.
Los Angeles county refused to modify contractor Jerry Artukovich’s flood control bid after an estimator’s mistake listed 20 000 for equipment rental instead of 129 000. County Counsel warned that changing the total 1 089 935 to 1 189 935 would compromise competitive bidding.
A Los Angeles mother of two voluntarily seeks treatment at the Marine Leprosarium in Carville Louisiana. Health officer Dr George M Uhl says she cannot transmit the disease and notes she has been under department supervision for years. She hopes new treatment will help despite progressive crippling.
The Killington Bank and Trust Co. offers $1.05 for each dollar brought in as pennies rolled in wrappers. The deal aims to offset a nationwide penny shortage cited by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Russia's Khrushchev and Bulganin return to India on a South Asia tour after a Burma visit in which they attacked the West. They backed peace goals in Indochina, a global ban on atomic weapons, and Korean unification while criticizing Britain and Churchill.
Fred J. Estrada, 20, on trial for drunk driving, faced Judge Joseph J. Butler who asked what happens to drunken drivers. Estrada answered that they get a year in county jail. The judge then declared that Estrada had just passed his own sentence.
Field Marshal Montgomery ordered stacking captured German arms for reissue to German prisoners near the war’s end. The program aimed to repurpose weaponry for inmate use as part of postwar demilitarization and reconciliation efforts.
Churchill cited a prior order and warned that freeing Western Europe from one totalitarian threat means preventing another from the East. He argued against allowing Europe to fall under Eastern control as a broader strategic goal.
In Knoxville Tennessee police pursue a robbery suspect who leapt from a second story window at his home and feigned a leg injury to avoid capture. He broke from a general hospital but was eventually jailed.
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