Iraqi Premier Nuri Said Seen Losing Hold Amid Bloodshed Fears
AP dispatch from Beirut reports Iraq under Nuri Said shows signs of weakening as authorities tighten control. Premier's crackdown includes arrests, martial law, and widespread censorship while opposition grows among literate Iraqis. Analysts warn Said’s regime could imminently fall, with turmoil looming across the Middle East.
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Nuri
Iraq
William J. Ryan
Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Egypt
Baghdad
Navi
Annexing OF 3 Tracts Of Land Sought
Three tracts of land are under consideration for annexation into the city limits. Owner Lee E. Stine proposed adding land west and north of Rest Haven Cemetery on US Foots 11 for about ten building lots. Other petitions involve Jefferson Boulevard near Panghorn and the Day tract on Salem Avenue. signatures must show 25 percent of assessed value.
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Lee E. Stine
Rest Haven Cemetery
U. S Foots 11
Cornell
Stine
Jefferson Boulevard
Panghorn Boulevard
Salem Avenue
Flash Fire Kills Motorman on Chicago Train
A moving Chicago Transit Authority four car wooden coach erupted in flames near Howard Street station injuring about 40 passengers and killing motorman Daniel Cullen. Passengers leaped from windows as the train slowed and halted. Cause was not immediately determined.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Evanston
Howard Street
Russell Lane
Associated Press
Lane
Jarvis Avenue
CTA
Daniel Cullen
Lawmaker Seeks Outright Aid For School Construction
Washington lawmaker Rep Bailey urges outright federal grants for school building projects for a five year period. He argues current rates and matching programs fail to aid rapid construction, proposing direct grants of 400 million dollars yearly with no state match.
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Washington
Bailey
Bailey” ‘Gaid
Wwe Te
Federal Governanent
City Clerk Kerney Marks Tenth Anniversary
City Clerk E. L. Kearney marked his tenth anniversary last night presiding as city clerk at the Mayor and Council meeting. He attended his first council session on December 5, 1846, and during the decade missed only one council meeting.
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E. L. Kearney
Kerney
Youth Charged In Lawn Crash
Police report a 16 year old youth, Jean Wonters, charged with reckless driving after a lawn crash on Corbett Street extended. The driver lost control and struck a lawn area near Magnete Avenue. A missing girl aged 16 from South Locutt Street is being sought by authorities.
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South Locutt Stree
Jean Wonters
Corbett Street
Magnete Avenue
Jol T. Moore
Werstel
Mellew
Eden Winner In Test But Seat Shaky
Britain’s Conservative party kept control after weathering a Commons squall over the Suez invasion. A Socialist motion condemning the military intervention failed 327 to 260, and a confidence vote in Middle East policy passed 912 to 240, leaving Eden’s leadership intact but status unsettled amid intra-party dissension.
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London
Britain
Conservative
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Middle East
Eden
Labor Party
Brutal Rockies Cold Front Grips Mountain States
A cold front drenched the Rockies with up to 15 inches of snow and temperatures plummeting to 25 below zero in places. Montana bore the worst, with Havre and Cut Bank at 25 below and Helena at 19 below. A Hartville Wyoming family lost two members and two others were critically injured when their car hit a snow plow north of Cheyenne. A Cut Bank motorist survived 40 hours trapped in a car. The weather may ease today as warming air moves in despite heavy snow in Rawlins and Laramie.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Hartville
Wyo
Cheyenne
Cut Bank
Mont
Canadian
Rawlins
Laramie
Wye
Montana
Havre
Helena
Thunderstorms Seen Possibility Here Tomorrow
The Weather Bureau forecasts warm conditions with showers and possible thunderstorms tomorrow. Colder conditions are expected Sunday with continued cloudiness after a day of record highs and lows. The five day outlook shows a warming trend Monday through Wednesday with above normal temperatures.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Bridge course offered to eighth graders in Gernefield
In Gerenefield Mass members of the Girls Club were offered a free course in contract bridge for eighth graders. The program covers practical play beyond basic bidding and aims to broaden strategic skills among participants.
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Gerenfield
Mass
Russia pressures Czech to win UN Security Council seat
The General Assembly opens balloting for a one year term left by Yugoslavia amid Russian demands that Communist Czechoslovakia secure the seat. The United States Britain backed Philippines delegate Serrana says his government expects to win the Yugoslav seat, while concerns of a deadlock linger among delegates.
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United Nations
N.Y H
Philippines
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
General Assembly
Yugoslavia
Theit Nation Council
U.N
United States
Britain
Felixberto Serrana
Newsomen
Coal output at low ebb in Hungary
Vienna dispatch reports the Budapest radio admitting ongoing coal mine strikes as a blow against the nation. It cites protests from Nepakarat against daily walkouts in Borsod Tatabanya and Pecs, Hungary’s main coal sources, noting output around 30 percent of pre revolution levels. No new anti Communist demonstrations in Budapest by midday, while earlier broadcasts credited Communists backing Prime Minister Kadar and urged quick government action against counterrevolutionary violence. At least two killed and several wounded in yesterday’s events.
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Vienna
Austria
Budapest
Hungary
Nepakarat
Borsod
Tatabanya
Pecs
Sixtve
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Pearl Harbor Remembered 15 Years Later Morning Tourists Reflect
On the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, about 100 visitors tour the harbor in bright attire and cameras, silent and awed by history. A Navy launch passes the ships on Battleship Row as radar and ships from 1941 are recalled, noting 94 ships that day and the loss of four battleships with 2,000 sailors dead.
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Jim Becker
Pearl Harbor
United States
Pearl
Harbor
Man Receives 60 Days For Carrying Concealed Gun
Fred D. Peyton, 38, was sentenced to 60 days in Washington County Jail after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. He entered the guilty plea before Magistrate Willem P. Kreykenboke as Patrolmen Francis Pheil and KR. G. testified. The weapon, reportedly a revolver, was found on Peyton during his arrest.
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Fred D. Peyton
Washington County
Magistratte
Willem P. Kreyken Boke
Peyton
Francis Pheil
Wen
Ibb
Adh Reeser
License Case Remanded For A Hearing
Paul Barnhart had his Maryland license revoked after a collateral forfeiture in Virginia for a reckless drunken driving charge. Judge D K Mee Laughlin remanded the case to Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Department for a hearing to consider the reciprocity dispute and whether the Maryland revocation should stand pending appeal.
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Paul Barnhart
Maryland
Virginia
D. K. Mee Laughlin
Motor Vehicle Department of
Norman Broadwater
Barnhart
Front Royal
Broadwater
Circuit Court
McLaughlin
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Auto Stolen During Night Shocks Local Area
Unclear text describes an auto theft occurring at night and mentions local names and entities in garbled form. Resulting report notes a vehicle missing with potential connections to a local company and residents. No clear individuals or organizations remain readable.
Soviet Tanks All Around In Budapest
A Western motorist reports on sight of Soviet tanks encircling Budapest after a night curfew. He describes long checkpoints manned by soldiers and ciga rette-asking children, the city’s ghostly quiet after 9 p.m., and tanks near Danube bridges and the Parliament building where Premier Janos Kadár’s government sits.
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Budapest
Vienna
Jon
Danke Schoen
Athems
Tteir
Danube
Janos Kedar
Honesty Put To Test After Loss Of Billfold
Mrs. Virginia Davis of Williamport reports her billfold containing a substantial sum went missing in Harstow after shopping for Christmas gifts. A Redksville woman who found it brought it to the Welfare office seeking aid, triggering a local welfare inquiry and prompting Mrs. Davis to recall the loss when paying at a nearby store.
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Virginia Davis
Willamaport
Harstown
Tola Dellinger
Breidwitmer
Levi
Kadar Government Told To End Tactics Or Face New National Tragedy
In Budapest and across Hungary the Central Workers Council warned Premier Kadar to stop tactics against elected worker representatives or risk a general strike, bloodshed, and a new national tragedy. Arrests of factory workers council members sparked spontaneous industrial action as tanks and militia loomed.
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Kadar
Budafest
Hungary
Central Workers Council
Jahos Kadar
Budapest
Central Council
Sa [Monat
Deer Kill For Season At 328 In Washington County
Deer hunting record nears end as 328 kills are tallied in Washington County. Kenney’s Store in Clear Spring leads with 122 reported, Hoffman's Side Ling Hill Mountain station has 108, Bridge Diner Fuienck 8, Griffith's Mt Briar 12, with continued totals shown.
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Washington County
Keney’s
Clear Spring
Hoffman's
Sideling Hill Mountain
Bridge
Fuienck
Griffith's
Mt. Briar
Charles
Brnning
Hagerstown
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