10 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Zanesville Signal
Location
Zanesville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
1
Conflicting reports describe an ambush on a British patrol in Port Said Egypt with gunfire and casualties as Egypt moves to reinforce police. The crisis widens with calls for British troop withdrawal and warnings of broader unrest as regional tensions flare.
James Sumner Hedge of 1701 Maple Avenue died at Good Samaritan Hospital where he was admitted a week ago for a kidney ailment. He retired from Three Sales Furniture Co. and later worked as a collector for The Zanesville Publishing Co. He had lived in the city 28 years and was a member of Grace Methodist Church and several fraternal orders. The body was moved from De Long & Baker to his residence Tuesday afternoon.
Six student nurses aged 19 to 29 were killed when their car collided with a tam oil tank truck on Route 22 near Patterson New York. Five died at the scene and one died en route to hospital. The victims were Consuelo Byrne Sheila Roche Blas dell Eileen Dee Anne Callaghan Martha Santoemma Maxine Singleton.
Big bake off contest starts today to award 100000 in prizes. One hundred finalists from across the nation and Alaska compete in the eighth Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. Contestants aged 12 to 67 include Irene Korrell of Frederick Maryland and Prof Charles Richard Kinison of Ohio University Athens. Cooking today in Waldorf Astoria ballroom with prizes at a luncheon Tuesday. Manila Typhoon Polly leaves at least three dead and 32 missing as it hits southern Luzon with 80 mph winds. 32 stevedores missing after two barges sink in the Pacific off southeastern Luzon.
Clinton Tennessee reopens its high school with eight Negro students returning alongside white peers. Police presence ends after brief monitoring. about 800 students enrolled. Sixteen white defendants face federal contempt charges for attempts to block integration. trials ordered within 10 days. The Rev. Paul Turner urged unity amid tensions.
Malcolm Beggs a 49 year old actor was found beaten with whisky bottles in his 16th floor La Salle Towers room on the near North Side Detectives seized two 19 year old suspects identified as Robert Mitchell of St Louis and Haskell Kellems of Evansville Ind Beggs starred in No Time for Sergeants at the Erlanger Theater.
A former Zanesville man, Robert Lee Curtis, 22, was held today in Highland County on a first degree murder charge tied to a robbery slaying last Saturday near Greenfield. Curtis reportedly admitted the knife slaying and robbery of farmer Perry Nashport, whose body was found on a rural road. the murder weapon a penknife was located nearby. The Highland County grand jury was set to be convened within two weeks.
Secretary of State Dulles held private talks in Paris with French and British foreign ministers ahead of NATO ministerial meetings. He aimed to mend past discord over Egypt and urged cooperation while Britain and France sought stronger U.S. support amid Middle East tensions and oil shortages.
Marietta Ohio resident Wayne E Hearn 39 died at Marietta Memorial Hospital at 3 30 a m from stab wounds inflicted at the Hearn farm home Sunday night Sheriff Dean Ellis said Phillip W Hubacher 50 who lived with Hearn six miles east of Marietta is jailed after admitting stabbing Hearn with a butcher knife during an argument
Havana reported the Cuban general staff said troops and Marines killed 23 rebels Sunday in the southeast mountains and captured 32 near Guantanamo. Government losses were three dead and numerous wounded, as a Fidel Castro led group remained at large with encirclement efforts under way.
Police report a fatal crash in Cincinnati when a car, a Cincinnati Transit Co bus, and a tractor-trailer collided. The victim was identified as 55 year old John A. Lang.
A Trans-Canada Air Lines four engine plane carrying two passengers disappeared during a violent windstorm in south central British Columbia. The search began at dawn with aerial and ground units. Passengers included Saskatchewan football players Mel Becket Gordy Sturtridge Mario DeMarco and Ray Symyk.
Grace Comiskey of Chicago, head of the White Sox family, died suddenly in her apartment. Officials cite a heart seizure as the cause, noting long illness since a serious heart attack in March 1950. She was about 66 years old.
Seven women accused of shoplifting in Canton and Massillon face grand larceny charges in Municipal Court. Patrolman James Reed says the group hid loot in apron pockets and coats to mimic pregnancy. Arrested Saturday, they remained jailed early today with bail set at 1 000 each. Names cited include Ruby Armstrong, Classic Dor Ee, Garnell Franklin, Trene Jackson, Helen May Dorsey, Dorothy McFadden, and Lucille Masser.
Two penniless Budapest youths, Elizabeth New Jersey residents, wed after meeting in Rome. The groom Joseph Montagu of Lin splendor died after drinking a cup of whiskey found in a family icebox, marking a tragic first romance among arriving Hungarians at St Peter's Basilica.
The Hungarian government declares martial law and orders dissolution of workers' councils after a five week rebellion linked to a nationwide strike. Istvan Dehi's decree targets Budapest central and district councils and bars factory councils while promising to crush passive resistance.
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