New Year's Day Weather Bobs Ohio Outlook
The Associated Press reports a nippy start to the new year for Ohio with temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal and light precipitation midweek and again Saturday. Snow flurries near Lake Erie and slick roads are noted in northern regions while the Great Lakes see a blast of cold air and parts of New England endure heavy snow.
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San Bernardino Fire Post Aids Fires Nerve Center
J C Clinton Walter Preston formerly of Martinsville now co director of the Norton Air Force Base command post in California helped manage forest fire operations. The post served as a nerve center with 15 radio cars relaying messages and logistics to 300 air force personnel on scene. Preston directed communications handling messages from used inner tubes to nylon rope ladders while staff cars ferried food coffee and relief workers along the fire line.
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Walter Preston
Martinsville
San Bernardino
Air Force
Earthy Dakota tale wins World Champion Liar title
Albert B. Hopkins of Madison Wisconsin won the 1956 World Champion Liar prize with an earthy hog tale about gumbo soil swallowing tails and causing death by sleep deprivation. He defeated Claude Yerkes of Kalispell Montana, 1955 winner, who fibbed about a sheepherder and a sack of flour blown away by winds.
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Albert B. Hopkins
Madison
Burlington Liars’ Club
Hopkins
South Dakota
Claude Yerkes
Kalispell
Mont
Dulles Presents U S Middle East Plan to U N Aide
Secretary of State Dulles outlines to Dag Hammarskjold Washington’s economic military plan to curb Soviet expansion in the Middle East. The aim is to block Soviet attacks without undercutting U N peace efforts while seeking standby authority from Congress.
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Arabian Sea
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U. N. Security Council
United States
U. S. Middle East
Hammarskjold
Eisenhow
London
Eden
U.S
May clearance of canal seen in Egypt by UN fleet
Lt. Gen. Raymond A Wheeler estimates UN salvage vessels will open a small channel through the Suez Canal by early March and clear a passage for ships of all sizes by May. He says it will be up to the Egyptian government when traffic resumes. UN salvage work began at the southern end, with northern end clearance to start today.
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India hears Red China may free ten Americans soon
Indian sources report spokesmen for Chou En lai hint at freeing ten Americans imprisoned. They say release could have occurred two weeks ago but for a premature leak by V Y Krishna Menon. Chou and Nehru toured the Ghakra Nangal dam as talks continue. Berlin notes report 15 East German students fled to West Berlin to protest Soviet Hungary intervention.
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Burma Premier U Nu To Resume Leadership
Rangoon Burma reports U Nu will resume premiership after resigning six months earlier with U Ba Swe becoming one of three deputy premiers in a government reshuffle. The exact date was not disclosed.
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Burma
U Nu
U Ba Swe
Year 1956 hailed as landmark for world peace
Pravda declared 1956 an important landmark in humanitys desire for stable world peace while the Soviet press claimed gains for world communism and setbacks for capitalist imperialists as the year closed.
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Pravda
Water pipe blown up in interior of Israel by fedayeen
The Israeli Army said Arab fedayeen blew up a water pipeline Saturday night in the interior, supplying Messilat Zion between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. It was not part of Jerusalem or other major city water systems.
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New York Herald Tribune
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Turnpike Trucking Traffic Booming In Ohio
Cleveland report notes a sharp autumn rise in Ohio Turnpike truck traffic. Turnpike Commission Chairman James W. Shacknessy cites a 1956 profit near $60,000 on the highway. He says toll changes in mid 1956 boosted traffic and forecasts 1956 revenue around $15.322 million against $14.71 million in expenses including interest.
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Turnpike Commission
James W. Shacknessy
March of Dimes Drive Ready To Go
Clinton County Chapter plans the annual campaign starting Tuesday and running through the month. Theme Let s Finish the Job cites progress from the Salk vaccine and notes continued funding is needed for six current patients and others receiving intermittent care. County chairwoman Mrs Ray C Fischer outlines Mothers March for the final day, with a board meeting set for Monday Jan 7 at 8 pm in the City Building.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Ray C. Fischer
Fischer
Stanley E. Hill
Blanchester
Big Day for Happy New Year Family in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, tomorrow marks two-year-old Happy Neujahr’s day. The family name is pronounced New-Year, reflecting a playful, celebratory note for the child’s milestone.
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Los Angeles
Fire damages Defiance grocery. $60,000 loss reported
A fire Saturday night caused estimated $60,000 in damages at a downtown Defiance grocery. Proprietor C Aubrey White said the store sustained extensive damage and a preliminary investigation is underway.
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Defiance
C. Aubrey White
New Year celebrations at South Pole exceed one day
McMurdo Sound Antarctica January 1 1957 16 Americans at the South Pole could celebrate New Year 24 times in 24 hours but the IGY station honors the New Year once at 7 am EST. Deep Freeze bases use Mike Time with New Zealand ahead 17 hours. Russian Antarctic expedition head Dr Mikhail Somov sent New Year wishes to Rear Adm George Dufek. Somov reported the Ob unloading at Mirney Ayr and four tractors moving to Pioneercka ya inland 225 miles from Mirney as Russia advances five IGY bases inland beyond the coast.
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Antarctica
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New York
Russia
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IGY
United States
Ross Sea
Antarctic Plateau
Anti JP Ruling Upheld on Appeal
The Seventh District Appellate Court upheld a ruling that Ohio's justice of the peace salary section is unconstitutional. The lower court decision by Belmont County Common Pleas Judge C L Belt found no standard pay rate for all justices of the peace, replacing the former fee system.
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ST. Clairsville
Seventh District Appellate Court
Ohio
Common Pleas
C. L. Belt
Belmont County
No Paper Tuesday Observes New Year Holiday
The News-Journal will not publish Tuesday to give employees and carriers the New Year's holiday. Offices and plant will be closed.
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News-Journal
Ohio brace for New Year traffic onslaught amid rising toll
Ohio highway police prepare for the annual New Year traffic onslaught as 1957 begins with nine Ohio fatalities and national tolls climbing. Officials warn of drunken driving and urge safe, sober celebration while recounting holiday accident totals and the record Christmas toll.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Lungs Foil Thugs at Boston Variety Store
Haig Paroonagian used his voice to scare armed bandits during a Sunday attempt at a Boston variety store. The incident ended without injuries as the gunmen fled after the loud yell.
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Haig Paroonagian
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