New Year's Death Toll Slower Than Christmas Losses
Indiana's four day New Year traffic toll stood at seven by dawn today with six killed during the weekend. Two double fatalities included a fiery crash on the toll road near South Bend. Other victims died in crashes on Ind 66 near Rockport, Gary two car collision, and a Lafayette county road crash.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
NSC
Safety Council
Indiana
Hoosierland
Oscar Burrs
Ross Young
Chicago
South Bend
Charles W. Nelson
Martha J. Stallings
Owensboro
Rockport
George Patterson
Gary
Peter Brettacher
Lafayette
Lefayette
Joseph P. Cook
Anderson
Americans Ready To Ring In 1957 In Style
Americans prepare to greet 1957 with top-hat pageantry in New York hotels water skiing at Waikiki and lively beer fueled parties in Milwaukee. Revelers expect gaiety to strain budgets similar to 1956 with crowded reservations in major cities and subdued plans in San Francisco Washington and Denver.
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New York
Waikiki Beach
Milwaukee
Chicago
Reno
Las Vegas
Honolulu
San Francisco
Washington
Denver
United Press
Progress Toward Integration Across 1956 Faces Violence
Sporadic attacks marked the year as bus segregation and school issues dominated headlines. In Alabama, city buses in Montgomery and Birmingham were fired on six times in four days, injuring a 22 year old pregnant Black woman. Mississippi teams withdrew from tournaments due to rival squads with Black players, signaling tensions despite some progress.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
Ala
Weather Map Partial Report Partly Cloudy and Cold
The weather map on page three shows a partly cloudy and cold day. River stage is 1.8 feet with readings at 8 a.m. and 4:36 p.m. observed conditions include a noon high near 39 and sunrise at 7:16.
Terre Haute Forecast With Colder Tonight
Local conditions show yesterday's high at 4 and a low around 26 with precipitation noted as acne. The forecast calls for Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with a low near 25, then partly cloudy and colder Tuesday. In Indiana, south regions stay partly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday with a low around 15 to 26 in the north and 26s in the south, and a high Tuesday in the 30s. Street thermometer readings were 38 a.m. and 48 p.m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
McManus Appointed Assistant Fire Chief in City
Mayor Ralph Tucker announced Raymond J. McManus 34 of 1321 South Seventh Street as an assistant fire chief. A Navy veteran and former Law ton-Byrum VFW commander he will be second assistant to Fire Chief Zenisa Nicoson and shift B. James P. Thiede and Ralph Hamilton, both Republicans, were named captains at No 4 station and headquarters respectively.
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Ralph Tucker
Raymond J. McManus
South Seventh Street
McManus
Lawton-Byrum
Tucker
Zenisa Nicoson
Francis “Bud” Fisher
Nicosen
James P. Thiede
South Seventeenth Street
Ralph Hamilton
Garfield Avenue
Dulles and U.N. Chief Plan Mid East Strategy
Secretary of State Dulles meets U.N. Secretary General Hammarskjold to outline a U S plan to check Soviet expansion in the Middle East. The proposal seeks standby authority for force if needed and 400 million dollars in aid over two years for Middle East states from Gibraltar to the Arabian Sea.
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U.N
Suez Canal
U. S
Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
The
Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
Washington
U.N. Security Council
United States
Airliner Crashes on Dhahran Airfield in Dense Fog
A U S Air Force Constellation crashed on Dhahran airfield in heavy fog killing fifteen aboard and injuring twenty seven. The plane arrived from Tripoli with three Constellations, two continued to Mukhrraq, and one burned after hitting sand short of the runway. Maj. Clyde Ellis and three others listed among the dead or missing.
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Bahrein
U. S. Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Dhahran
Charleston
S. C
Persian Gulf
Clyde Ellis
Laverne W. Blitz
Frank Lorch
Frank A. Rodgers III
Ruth Draper Dies Silent Monologist of 36 Year Career
Ruth Draper, renowned monologist who entertained audiences worldwide for 36 years, died Sunday in New York at age 72 likely from a heart attack.
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New York
Ruth Draper
Safe burglary hits Tracy Page Drug Store
Police investigate a Sunday night safe burglary at the Tracy Page Drug Store in which $900 in cash and an undetermined amount of narcotics were stolen. The entry was gained by breaking a west side door and the burglar, deemed professional, punched the safe but failed. Detectives will continue the inquiry.
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Frank Stroot
Stroot
Tracy Page
Wabash Avenue
Tom Pestoff
Carl Belt
Willard Gantz
Gantz
Eisenhower previews 85th Congress program at White House
President Eisenhower met with Republican leaders to outline a domestic and foreign policy agenda for the upcoming 85th Congress. Vice President Nixon and cabinet members attended while discussions likely included the Eisenhower doctrine for the Middle East. Democratic leaders planned Tuesday talks with Dulles and Hammarskjold.
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United Press
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Percival Brundage
G.O.P. House
Senate
Mae Caneamassanneanan
Huw
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
New York
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Mike Mansfield
Mont
J. William Fulbright
Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Suez Opening For Small Ships Due In March
U N salvage fleet under Lt. Gen. Wheeler plans a March channel through the Suez Canal for ships with up to 25 foot draft, enabling passage for vessels of all sizes by May. Work began at the southern end with northern operations to follow, in cooperation with Egyptian authorities.
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Port Said
Egypt
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. N
Suez Canal
Eastwest Waterway
Wheeler
U. S
United Nations
U.N
Tony
Three Boys Found Dead in Auto in Ypsilanti Garage
Three teenage boys missing for two days were found dead in a car in a closed garage behind a victim's home. Police say the engine idled with the fuel tank empty, carbon monoxide causing their deaths. The victims were John Edward Brown 16 Edward Bennett 16 and Donald Swartout 14.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
John Edward Brown
Edward Bennett
Donald Swartout
Indiana Weather Outlook Sees Rain Snow Through Week
The five day outlook for Indiana shows alternating warming and cooling with temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal. Highs 29 to 43 and lows 13 to 24, with precipitation 0.25 to 0.5 inch as rain or snow midweek. Snow cover shrinks northward. Goshen and Fort Wayne still hold some inches.
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Indiana
Goshen
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Malibu Fire Area Cooled By Fog
Fog rolled into the Santa Monica Mountains cooling the Malibu fires. Officials say the blazes are under control with embers burning within perimeters. Sixty seven homes destroyed and one man killed with two firefighters injured as residents return to scorched areas.
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Malibu
Calif
Santa Monica
California
Zuma Beach
Zuma
Lake Sherwood
Mad Bomber Scares Dwindle in New York
New York police press renewed effort to catch the elusive Mad Bomber as bomb threats dwindle from 36 Friday to 13 Sunday. The bomber has planted 34 bombs since 1940, with 22 exploding and 15 injured in total. no deaths. Three bomb-like devices were found on Sunday though harmless.
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New York
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International Soundphoto
Merriman Smith
Suez
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