Johnson Urged by Southerners to Enter 1956 Race
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson faces pressure from Southern colleagues to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Johnson says he is not a candidate and he is focused on recovering from a heart attack. Some leaders hint at a Texas favorite son bid if party conventions push that path.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate
Allan Shivers
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Byrd
Virginia
South
Sen. Sparkman
Alabama
Averell Harriman
New York
Estes Kefavuver
Tennessee
Auto Bootlegging Probe Slated by Senate Panel
Sen. Len Monroney and Sen. O'Mahoney announce a Senate investigation into automobile bootlegging and alleged abuses in the car sales industry. Public hearings begin Jan. 19, nearing an eight month background probe by the Commerce Subcommittee.
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Washington
Len Monroney
D-Okla
Senate
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
General Motors Corp
Senate Judiciary Antitrust and Monopoly
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Monroney
Congress
Commerce
Special Soviet Session to Open Monday Morning
Moscow reports a special session of the Supreme Soviet will convene Monday morning. Anticipated reports include Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev on their Asia tour and Molotov on the Geneva Big Four foreign ministers talks.
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Supreme Soviet
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchevy
India
Burma
Afghanistan
V. M. Molotov
Geneva
Three-Piece Bathroom Outfit Sold Via Want Ads
A playful note highlights Want Ads as a universal fix it tool with the line dialing 5451 for ad-writing. The item featured is a three-piece bathroom outfit marketed through the classified ad system.
Holiday toll fears new traffic record as deaths rise
National Safety Council reports 426 highway deaths by 10 p.m. Christmas after four day period. total including fires and other accidents reaches 518. States listed with per category tallies show widespread fatalities across the nation, amid expectations of a new holiday record.
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Treasure State reports zero traffic deaths over holiday weekend
Helena Montana faced a rare stretch with no fatalities as the three day weekend began. Montana Highway Patrol supervisor Glenn M Schultz attributed the low count to favorable weather and early timing before the holiday period ended.
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Helena
Montana
Glenn M. Schultz
Montana Highway Patrol
Record Pace of Holiday Traffic Warns of Fatal Toll
An urgent plea warns that ongoing holiday travel could set a new all-time traffic death toll as officials urge motorists to slow down and curb speeds during Christmas celebrations.
Girl Receives Skates and Wooden Legs for Christmas
Nine year old Diane Defosse, a Worcester tornado survivor, got roller skates along with a pair of wooden legs. After amputation from injuries in the June 1953 disaster, she adapted quickly, walking on artificial limbs within months and proudly skating again, exclaiming she is two inches taller.
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Mass
Diane Defosse
Diane
Robert P. Defosse
Nancy
Holden Hospital
Butte Police Jail 34 Theft Probed
Butte police arrested 34 people on Sunday on charges from drunkenness to strongarming after Urich Gonzales was found beaten and robbed on East Park. Two suspects named Joe Brooks and Arnold Iverson were held for questioning. Frank Montoya needed 22 stitches after an incident on East Park. Thomas Hogan required sutures for two cuts near his left eye. Ernest Castelitz suffered a hand injury blamed on a fight.
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Butte
Joe Brooks
Arnold Iverson
Urich Gonzales
East Park
North Main
Frank Montoya
E. Park
Community Memorial Hospital
Thomas Hogan
N. Main
Ernest Castelitz
S. Arizona
Community Memorial
Man Wanted in Bank Holdup Surrenders
Charles Edison Gill, 44, sought by the FBI for the $10,949 Germantown Bank robbery, surrendered to Maysville police. Gill, a truck driver, had been working in Dayton, Ohio, and faces federal bank robbery charges. Two armed bandits held up the Bank of Germantown on November 26, forcing three women clerks to the floor.
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U.P
Charles Edison Gill
FBI
Bank of Germantown
Here
R. L. Rosser
Gill
Rosser
Dayton
Ohio
Bank of
Germantown
Navy Secretary vows immediate action if Formosa or Philippines attacked
Secretary Charles S. Thomas warned on Sunday that the U.S. Seventh Fleet would move into action immediately if Formosa or the Philippines came under attack. He spoke in Hong Kong amid rising tensions in the region.
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U.P
U.S. Navy
Charles S. Thomas
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Philippines
L B Manning Philipsburg Mining Leader Dies
L B Manning a Philipsburg mining figure and former Montana legislator died after a six week illness. A World War I veteran, he led the Montana Mining Assn and served as chairman of the local high school board. Survived by wife Nell, sister Marguerite Manning, five granddaughters and two grandsons. Funeral Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. Burial in Philipsburg Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
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Trout Mining
American Machine & Metal Co., Inc
Wilson Funeral Home
Susan Stars in White House Christmas Eve Carol
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower celebrate their first Christmas at the White House with grandchildren Susan David and Barbara. Susan, nearly four, sings with siblings near the 1844-foot East Room tree as General Eisenhower praises the performance. The family attends morning services at National Presbyterian Church and shares Christmas gifts before church. Mary Jean, 4-day-old, stays at Walter Reed for dinner.
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Susan Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Santa Claus
David
Barbara
Grandfather Eisenhower
Susan
Maj
John Eisenhower
Mary Jean
Walter Reed Army Hospital
National Presbyterian Church
Senator predicts Lee firing will trigger aviation agency reform
Sen. Monroney of Oklahoma forecast Senate action to end Commerce Department control of aviation after Frederick B. Lee resigned as Civil Aeronautics administrator and Charles Lowen took over. He urged public hearings January 4 on divorcing the CAA from the Commerce Department and backing a bill to create an independent agency. He cited Weeks and Rothschild as pushing to control aviation policy.
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Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
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Frederick B. Lee
Civil Aeronautics
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CAA
Commerce Weeks
Louis Rothschild
Lee
Charles Lowen
Weeks
Rothschild
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bomb Placed Alert at Sacre Coeur Church in Paris
A homemade time bomb was removed from the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris three hours before a noon mass, after priests received a threat to blow up the church and Notre Dame. Police searched Notre Dame but found nothing. The crude device, tied to a 75 mm artillery shell, used black powder, batteries and an alarm clock.
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Isle de la Cite
Seine River
Fire Kills Four In Clearwater South Carolina
A 37 year old widow and her three youngest sons perished when a Sunday fire destroyed their two room frame home near Clearwater South Carolina. Coroner James L Gregory said a fourth son escaped after trying to rescue his infant brother.
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Clearwater
S. C
James L. Gregory
Worldwide Christmas Observances Amid Tragedy and Hope
Christmas was celebrated in many lands with peace and goodwill despite disasters. Floods and fires claimed lives in the United States, storms struck Argentina, and families shared toys and visits. Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Pius XII sent blessings as Eisenhowers joined church services and shared a holiday turkey.
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Nevada
United States
Argentina
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Jordan
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Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Eisenhowers
50 000 on Hand to Receive Pope's Blessing
Pope Pius XII gave Christmas blessing to 50 000 pilgrims in St Peters Square. The throng cheered Ti Papa as the Pontiff appeared and the crowd knelt on the cobblestones. Among attendees were U S Navy sailors on leave, servicemen from Europe, clergy of many races, Roman and Italian faithful, and pilgrims from Japan.
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Europe
Japan
Mehr’s Glenive Christmas Party Feeds 1000 Plus
In Glendive Montana Henry Mehr runs a cafe that fed more than 1000 people at a Christmas party. The spread included 1800 pounds of pork 1000 pounds of beef and 1500 pounds of ham with pork beans potato salad hot rolls cole slaw and a special barbecue sauce. Mehr says the event expresses appreciation to customers and the community and embodies giving and fellowship during Christmas.
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Glendive
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Henry Mehr
Montana
Mehr
Hubert Brooks
Coast Rail Lines Hit By Flood Delays In California
Northern California rail traffic moved Sunday but on devious routes due to flood damage. The Northwestern Pacific line from Tiburon to Eureka is worst hit with Willits reopening expected in a week and Willits to Eureka may take three weeks. Southern Pacific and Western Pacific detour transcontinental trains via Barstow while Sierra routes await reopening. Shasta Daylight between San Francisco and Portland canceled with rerouting possible.
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California
Northwestern Pacific
Tiburon
San Rafael
Eureka
NWP
Willits
Southern Pacific
Shasta
Portland
Ore
Siskiyou
Los Angeles
Western Pacific
Barstow
Sierra
Donner Pass
Feather River Canyon
Pact Signed Between East Germany and China Links Nations
East Germany and Communist China signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation in Peiping. The pact commits both states to strengthen relations in all fields and to consult each other on major international issues affecting their interests.
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Tokyo
East Germany
China
Peiping Radio
California flood toll rises after week of rain
As northern California rivers recede refugees return to mud encrusted homes. About 29 dead and an estimated 50,000 homeless statewide with $100 million in damage. Oregon reports six dead and five missing. River breaches near Stockton drive evacuations while Marysville and Yuba City residents begin returning home under health warnings.
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California
Oregon
Weather Bureau
Fresno
Paso Robles
Ukiah
Eurkeka
Stockton
Thornton
Mokelumne
San Joaquin County
Carlo Sousa
San Joaquin River
Tracy
Marysville
Yuba City
Sierra
Coast Range
Feather River
Yuba
Tuolumne
Stanislaus
Sacramento
Dressing for All but Saintly Runaway In Marysville
Warren Thornton city editor of the Marysville Appeal-Democrat and his mother-in-law fled a flood threatening Marysville. Thornton grabbed a tuxedo while she sought food. in the scramble the couple saved bread dressing for a turkey but found no turkey.
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Marysville
Calif
U.P
Warren Thornton
Helicopter Rescue Pilot Recalls Yuba City Flood Drama
Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. George Thomett Jr and Lt. Henry Pfeiffer describe a 24 hour rescue spree in the Feather River flood zone. They saved 138 people from treetops roofs and even a light pole amid freezing conditions and widespread exposure.
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George F. Thomett Jr
Coast Guard
Henry J. Pfeiffer
Yuba City
Thometz
Twin Falls
Idaho
Pfeiffer
San Franciscan
Feather River
Mississippi
Montana Weather Report East and West Divides
The Montana forecast shows east region partly cloudy with rising temps and strong southwest winds along the eastern slope for Monday and Tuesday with highs 30 to 45. West region expects considerable cloudiness, scattered snow flurries Monday and a rise to 25 to 40, with little change Tuesday. The table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5 30 p.m. Sunday.
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