French Dam Breaks and Toll Reported High in Riviera
AFP and UPI report that Frejus dam rupture sent a 355 foot wall of water through the Riviera town killing at least 260 and washing away hundreds in nearby Saint Raphael Huget and along the Renan River Valley with hundreds more feared dead. The counts from the region total over 300 recovered and official tallies remain unofficial.
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Flood Devastates Reynen Valley Dam Burst Kills 200
Aerial dispatches show the Malhasset Dam collapse devastates the Reynen Valley France. Villages along the Mediterranean coast flood as boats crowd waterways and rescue crews work amid wreckage. Death toll exceeds two hundred as survivors recount scenes of destruction and mass morgue queues.
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Senate Labor Subcommittee Plans Steel Strike Hearings
Senator Kennedy leads a planned steel strike hearings push by the Senate Labor Subcommittee. Informants say hearings may begin around January 8 despite ongoing negotiations and a White House call for negotiated settlement. Dirksen questions scheduling post January 6, amid Taft Hartley wartime constraints.
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Wife-Killer Strapped To Bed In Hospital
Sheriff deputies plan first degree murder charges against Howard Anderson Dixon 45 a Lorein steel worker for shooting his estranged wife at 1055 am yesterday at the Flash Drop Cleaning store at the O’Neil Shopping Center where she worked. Dixon was under guard in Elyria Memorial Hospital as doctors ordered restraint to control his impulses.
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Local Homicide Tied to Wife’s Fatal Shooting
Dinon Dixon dies from nine gunshots in an Amherst area homicide. Autopsy shows two bullets hit brain and aorta. one shot occurred at close range leaving powder burns. Sheriff probes Dixon’s movements, nine spent cartridges found. investigation continues as tied to wife Mae Woodrum Dixon.
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Weather summary for Paris and Lake Erie region
Paris cloudy with no temperature change. High around 23. Fair and warmer tonight and Friday. Low near 32.36. Wednesday temperature range 30 to 48. Precipitation none in 24 hours ending Wednesday morning. Humidity midmorning 62 percent, afternoon 58 percent, evening unknown. Sunrise 7 35 a m, sunset 4 58 p m. Moonrise 10 32 a m, moonset 6 58 p m. Lake Erie winds southwest 12 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph today and tonight. Cloudy morning, becoming partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight.
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Residents Push Secession From Elyria Township Area
A faction of Elyria Township residents meets with the Truth Committee for the Preservation of Elyria Township to discuss secession from the city. Officials note a petition would be needed and action would involve county commissioners and city council to detach the area and reassign it to a neighboring township or form a new one.
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Eisenhower Sets Peace Mission AmidSteel Strike Tensions
President Eisenhower begins a 22 270 mile goodwill tour tonight from Andrews Air Force Base heading to Rome and other nations. He convenes the Security Council and plans a radio address to urge Americans to end economic quarrels to keep the world secure. The trip focuses on steel talks and maintaining peace through strength as the U S faces a federal court order on the steel strike. He will meet Italian leaders in Rome and spend five days in India with formal entertainment starting later, detailing a pattern for the journey.
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Boy in Alexandria Receives Offer for Artificial Hand
Six year old Mike Plaugher of Alexandria Virginia born without a left hand talks on the telephone after an anonymous New Yorker offered to pay eight hundred pounds for an artificial hand. Several offers followed as reporters noted Mike wanted the hand for Christmas and his parents Mr and Mrs Irvin Plaugher cannot afford it. Mike has a deformed right hand.
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Ike's Peace Crusade Two-Fold Aims Abroad
President Eisenhower outlines a twofold mission for his peace crusade to Asia Africa and Europe. He aims to prove the United States seeks a genuine peace formula and reassure anti Communist allies like Turkey that America will not lower its guard in disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. He also seeks to show no basic principles will be sacrificed to gain Soviet agreement while addressing Allies fearful of concessions.
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FCC Orders Reports On Program Financing
The FCC ordered all 5,225 licensed radio and television stations to report within three days on program financing. The move follows TV quiz show scandals and payola probes, with penalties up to 19000 dollars or one year in prison. Stations must reveal internal controls for remuneration received by individuals involved in program preparation.
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