State of Union
message set for
January 5th
WASHINGTON (IF) Presi
dent Eisenhower’s State of ithe
Union message will go to con
gress Jan. 5, tiwo days after
the lawmakers convene.
The White House announc
ed this today as Ithe president
conferred in his office with
secretary of state Dulles and
Gen. Nathan Twining, air
force chief of staff. Press sec
retary James C. Hager ty de
clined (to .disclose the purpose
of the conference.
‘The 'State of the Union mes
sage will 'be read to the senate
and house this year because Ei
senhower still is recuperating
from his Sept. 24 heart attack.
The White House also disclos
ed the President and Dulles, at
a conference yesterday, discuss
d in a “very 'general way” t he
Christmas message of Pope
Pius XII calling for world dis
armament and an end to tests
of atomic weapons.
Hagerty had no comment
when asked about their reac
I ion to the Pontiff’s proposals.
The press secretary’s remarks
were in reply to questions a
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Traffic mishaps
ciaim 605 for new
national record!
fby The Associated Press
The loss of life in traffic ac
cidents in the nation’s long
Christmas weekend 'broke all
holiday records.
The final tabulation today,
including delayed reports, show
ed 605 traffic deaths. There
were 68 deaths in fires and 105 I
from various other accidental
causes. The over-all (total was
778.
The yuletide of 1955 will go
down in history as the first
time in any holiday period thai
motor vehicle deaths reached
600.
‘“How much longer,” asked
the National Safety Council,
“will a civilize1! nation endure
such mass mayhem?”
It expressed the hope i.he
staggering statistics will flash
a go-slow signal to motorists
in the New Year weekend.
The old record for i raffle
deaths during any holiday per
iod was established during the
loniger four-day celebration in
1952. It was 556.
The 1955 Christmas weekend
also set a new record for the
number of accidental deaths
of all types during a three-day
Christmas period. The former
record was established in 1950
It was 734.
The counting period for the
Christmas weekend this year
began at 6 p. m. (local time)
Friday and ended at midnighi.
Monday. It is reckoned as
three days, although the actu
al time was 78 hours.
The all-time record for acci
dental deaths of all types was
set in the three-day Independ
ence (Day holiday period this
year. The total was 805.
ROIC's patrol area
where Christmas
clash occurred
SEOUL (/P) The South Kor
ean air force has set uip a patrol
over the Yellow Sea area where
South Korean and Chinese com
hiunist (giunlboats clashed Christ
mas morning in a four-hour gun
duel.
Meanwhile, Dr. Hongkee Karl
official spokesman for the Re
public of- Korea, denied claims
broadcast by Peiping radio that
the South Korea coast guard
had captured kwo Chinese fish
ermen after the battle.
“We took no captives,” Karl
told newsmen “ibut the common
1st gunlboaj. (abducted four
;RDK) coast guardsmen and
:ook them to communist Ch
ina.”
Peiping admitted holding the *
’our ROK seamen .
Kail has said South Korea
vould he “compelled to Lake 3
idequate measures” if the com 1
nunists do not free the four ;
roast (guardsmen. He did not ;
tmplify.
ROK defense ministery sou- ;
■ces said air force planes had 3
>een sent to I: he area off the
outhwest Korean coast to!.
vatch for any further Chinese c
.ttampts l.o cross into fishing j
waters the South Koreans con- c
ider exclusively theirs. The t
SAN FRANCISCO DONS
CONTINUE AT TOP
'by The Associated Press
The San Francisco Dons,
aiming for the all-time major
college record for consecutive
victories, tightened their grip
today on the No. 1 ranking in
the weekly Associated Press
basketball poll.
For the third sl.raight week
spoil.s writers and sportscast
ers named Phil Woolpert’s
west coasters as the nation’s
top team. A total of 143 votes
were cad. with 96 pickinig the
Dons (for first place. On the
basis of TO for first, nine for
second etc., San Francisco re
ceived 1,366 points in the bal
loting based on games through
last Saturday.
Jud ifying their lofty perch
in the ratings, the Dashing
Dons extended their winning
skein to 34 over a two-year
span by polishing off LaSalle
79-62 yesterday in the first
round of The ECAC holiday
festival at New York’s Madi
son Square Garden.
While the Dons maintained
the top spot, the remainder of
the first 10 was undergoing a
shuffle in posiions for the sec
ond straight week. Dayton,
fourth a week ago, jumped to
second on the strength of vic
tories over Utah and Kentucky
in the University of Kentucky
invitational tournament.
I San Francisco, 2 Dayton,
3 Nod h Carolina State, 4
North Carolina, 5 Vanderbilt.
6 Iowa, 7 Utah, 8 Duke, 9 Ill
inois, 10 Oklahoma City.
The second ten:
II Louisvilje, 12 Geodge
Washington, 13 Kentucky, 14
Holy Cross, T5 Ohio State, 16
Michigan Stai e, 17 Rice and
Temple, 19 Alabama, 20 Brig
ham Young.
(Note: Kentucky Wesleyan
received two first place votes)
planes on patrol are propellor
driven F51 Mustangs.
South Korea contends the
Christmas morning flight (broke
out aibout 80 miles off the south
west Korean coast inside (the
'Rhee line,” boundary of waters
claimed as South Korean ter
ritory. The line lies an average
of 60 miles off the Korean
coast but is as much as 200
milgs offshore in some places.
In the past, South Korean
gunboats have captufed sever
al Japanese fishing boats in
side the line off the east and
southeast shores of Korea. Pre
sident Syngman Rhee recently
warnd i he South Korean coast
guard would shoot and, if nec
essary, sink any foreign fish
ing boats it found inside the
Line.
Unions votes would
fcivqr Warren or
WASHINGTON (JP) A union
newspaper reported today Ad- <
lai Stevenson and Ear1! Warren
are regarded (by union leaders
as tops to appeal to labor vot
ers among possible Democratic
and Republican presidential
nominees.
The Machinist, publication of
he International Association
af 'Machinists, said it polled the
^residents of 151 unions, in
cluding all those affiliated with!
SOUTH WHIPS NORTH
IN MIAMI SHRINE GAME
MIAMI (/P) “That Welsh
ibeat us with his (passes,” said
Pat Biscaglia, the Notre Dame
guiard, alfter the South whip
ped the North 20-7, in the Mi
ami Shrine’s -All-Star football;
game lasli night.
Coaches and players on both
squads agreed with the un
happy Irish star.
i
Georlge Welsh, Navy’s pas>j
ing quarterback, was the stand!
out performer in the eighth
annual clash between the Reb
els and the Yankees. The 5
feet-10, 165 pound aerial ex
pert gave the 42,179 fans a
sample of the accuracy which
made him the nation’s lead
ing passer olf (the 1955 regular
season.
He completed 12 of 20
El
throws for 164 yards while
dired.ing the Reibels to their
sixth victory in the series. The
North has won once and one
game ended in a 21-21 tie.
BROWNS WIN PRO
FOOTBALL TITLE
LOS ANGELES (/P) \'ae
reign of the Cleveland Browns
in professional football re
mains unbroken as the Nation
al Football League closed its
books for the long 1955 season
today.
The Browns and /their tre
mendous defensive platoon
crashed the Los Angeles Rams
yesterday, 36-14, rbarkirig the
second straight year Cleveland
won the title and the (third
time they hit the jackpot in
six straight appearances in the
blue ribbon game of pro foot
ball.
Sitka Hi vs. Sit Eta Hi Alumni
7 p. m. Preliminary - 2 Grade Teams
Feature Game at 8 P. M.
I TONIGHT- Sitka High Gym
Admission - Adults 50c, Students 25c
j
There will be a special cheering section
for alumni with their own cheer-leaders
Special Half-Time Entertainment
Featuring: Tumbling, Music, Dance and
Eaton Number, and Boxing
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