High Winds Drive Dreadful Malibu Fire Toll
A Malibu California wildfire driven by strong winds left one dead and burned 20,000 acres. About 200 homes were destroyed and more than 1,000 people evacuated with 200 homeless. Firefighters estimate containment could take three to four days as Red Cross aids displaced residents.
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Hollywood
Playland
Malibu Beach
Arrow
International Soundphoto
Malibu
Calif
U.P
Movie Colony
Los Angeles County
U. S. Highway 101
Escondido Canyon
Red Cross
Harvey Knox
Jor
Sunken Vessels And 2 Bridges Block Traffic
Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler announced salvage of wrecked ships and two bridges in the Suez area would begin Friday morning. He said Egyptian government approval arrived that day via Col Mahmoud Younis of the Suez Canal Authority.
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Port Said
U.P
Raymond A. Wheeler
Suez Canal
Suez
Wheeler
United Nations
United Press
Salvor
Mahmoud Younis
Suez Canal Authority
Cairo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Mahmoud Fawzi
New York
Nixon Confers With Hoover On Refugees
Vice President Nixon visits the Hungarian refugee center at Camp Kilmer New Jersey for a final briefing before reporting to President Eisenhower. He will join the refugee committee and aid efforts to admit more refugees from Hungary and other Communist countries.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Eisenhower
Nixon
Austria
Congress
Hungary
Justice Department
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
U.S
Europe
Tracy Voorhees
Army
White House
Truck driver sues for 145000 over Indy crash death
Eugene Parrott of Louisville filed a federal suit for 145000 claiming permanent injuries from a two truck collision on Indiana 46 in Ripley County on April 6. Parrott alleged his truck collided with one driven by Paul Wright of Cincinnati who was killed. Wright's employer Ellis Trucking Co. of Indianapolis is named as defendant.
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Indianapolis
Eugene Parrott
Louisville
Ripley County
Parrott
Paul Wright
Cincinnati
Wright
Ellis Trucking Co
Indiana to Begin Sale of New License Plates
Morris J. Carter, Indiana motor vehicles commissioner, announced the sale of new auto passenger car and truck license plates will start January 2. No purchase deadline is set for 1957, with enforcement to begin March 1 and arrests not expected until then.
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Morris J. Carter
State of
Indiana
Terre Haute
Cherry Street
South Twelfth Street
Partly Cloudy Weather Map From Page 17
The weather map notes partly cloudy conditions with high yesterday at 38 and low last night at 29. No precipitation reported. Sunrise at 6:??, noon at 12:31, and 2 pm readings included, with tide at 2 ft rising. Local conditions summary provided by the Weather Bureau.
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Weather Bureau
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity Weather Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a low around 30. Warmer Friday. Saturday partly cloudy and mild. Indiana mainly cloudy north and partly cloudy south with light sprinkles or snow flurries in the extreme north Friday. Colder in the north Friday. Night lows in the 30s and Friday highs from the mid 30s north to 45 50 south. Sunset 4 27 p m. Sunrise 7 05 a m. Temperature readings show 36 a m and 46 p m.
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Terre Haute
Fix New Year Holiday Traffic Deaths At 490
Safety experts warned the New Year weekend toll could reach 490 deaths, counting on shock factors from the prior Christmas holiday slaughter. The National Safety Council notes the 490 is only 70 above the normal 426 deaths for a four day period, with the holiday running Friday 6 p.m. to Tuesday midnight.
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National Safety Council
United Press
New York Central to Build Modern Electronic Yard Complexes
The New York Central Railroad announced plans to build electronic freight yards at Elk Hart Indiana and Youngstown Ohio as part of a 21 million modernization program. The yards will feature television cameras weather controls tape records and radar to speed trains and improve safety with automated braking systems.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Elkhart
Ind
Youngstown
Ohio
Alfred E. Perlman
Central
Buffalo
N. Y
By Central
Group Departs To Check Aid Program Abroad
A presidential advisory committee known as the President's Citizen Advisers on the Mutual Security Program departs on a seven week world tour to review the U S foreign aid program. The 22 000 mile mission aims to inform recommendations to President Eisenhower on the program's future and possible overhaul. Benjamin F Fairless leads the group with Dr Colgate W Darden Jr and two other members aboard this around the world survey.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
America
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Colgate W. Darden Jr
Luce era ends as ambassador departs Rome
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce leaves Italy after a 3 year tenure as the first American woman ambassador to a major capital. She bids Rome farewell at the Trevi fountain and heads to New York for a debriefing before meeting successor James D. Zellerbach.
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Rome
Luce
Italy
Clare Boothe Luce
Henry P. Luce
Time, Inc
New York
State Forecast Promises Warmer Weather Across Indiana
Gray winter skies linger as highs rise from 35 in the north to 45 in the southwest. Forecasters expect a warm spell tonight into Friday with records near 50 in the southwest and 45 to 48 elsewhere while snow remains in northern parts and South Bend reports 2 inches.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
South Bend
Toy
Paintings Valued At 200000 Damaged in Village Fire
Fire at Masterpiece Restor ers Inc in Greenwich Village damaged a collection of about 30 paintings including five destroyed from the Kress Foundation. Tintoretto Birth of the Virgin Brueghel Country Fair Magnasco landscape were among the losses. No injuries reported.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Masterpiece Restorers, Inc
Kress Foundation
Washington, D. C
Tintoretto
Brueghel
Firment
February Draft Call Drops To 14 000 In Korea War
The Defense Department announced 14 000 men will be drafted in February, down from the prior four months by 3 000. The lower call reflects higher enlistments in January and February, bringing total draftees since Korea War began to 2 166 430. The last 14 000 draft was in September, with monthly calls at about 17 000 since then.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Air Force Tanker Plane Crashes Near Willow Alaska
An Alaskan Air Command report states a four engine KB29 tanker crashed northwest of Willow about 50 miles north of Anchorage during a routine training flight from Elmendorf. Eight crew were aboard. survivors were not confirmed. A ground party heads to Bald Mountain as residents report a large explosion and fire.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaskan Air Command
Willow
Bald Mountain
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Air Force
Hungarian relief funds near four thousand target
The Terre Haute Vigo County chapter of the American Red Cross reports its Hungarian relief drive has surpassed 3000 dollars by fifteen cents. The local quota stands at 4051 dollars, leaving just over 1000 dollars to raise in the near future.
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Terre Haute-Vigo County
American Red Cross
Israel opens new naval base at Gulf of Aqaba
Israel formally opens a naval base at the Gulf of Aqaba port of Eilat to guard the southern sea lane to the Red Sea. Egyptian gun positions on Sinai had deterred Israeli-bound shipping before the Sinai invasion.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Gulf of Aquaba
Eirat
Gulf
Red Sea
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Macmillan denies quitting post for peerage
London December 27 Harold Macmillan chancellor of the exchequer denied any intention to resign his job and leave the House of Commons for a peerage and a seat in the House of Lords.
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London
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
House of Lords
Indiana Supreme Court orders new murder trial for Elmer Flowers
The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously orders a new trial for Elmer J Flowers of Terre Haute. He was condemned to die but Governor Craig commuted to life, with the court finding error in jury instructions about sanity and reasonable doubt at the time of the July 1954 killing of his former wife Jane.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana Supreme Court
Elmer J. Flowers
Terre Haute
Flowers
Vigo
Jane
Indiana
Electric Chair
Craig
Supreme Court
Herbert R. Criss
High Court
Criss
Opal Collins
Hammond
Rare Operation Restores Dead Woman to Life
In New York a 55 year old woman revived after her heart stopped during a blood test. Dr. Stephen Lobell breathed for her while Dr. Aaron Schwartz massaged the chest, with a three minute brain risk. The revival, by two young physicians, happened outside an operating room and marked a historic recovery.
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New York
Teamsters Declare 36-Hour Truck Ban in Michigan
Detroit December 27 A Michigan Teamsters official led a 36 hour stoppage to protest a proposed weekend truck ban. James R Hoffa president of the Michigan Conference of Teamsters said intercity traffic would halt from 9 am Saturday to 9 pm Sunday affecting about 4000 trucks and drivers. He noted the bill was defeated at the last legislative session.
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Detroit
Michigan
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Michigan Conference of Teamsters
Pedestrian Dies After Downtown Indianapolis Crash
John G. Herbert aged about 55 from Lafayette was killed Wednesday night when a car struck him as he crossed a downtown street in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
John G. Herbert
Lafayette
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