Youth Held After Beating of 12 Year Old Girl
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a 12 year old girl is in critical condition after being found badly beaten in a snowbank beside Route 53. An 18 year old Johnstown boy confessed to taking her for a ride after school and initially said he struck her with a wrench before altering his story. Police recovered the car license number from a passing motorist and arrested the youth.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Delores Jan Dorman
Charles Dorman
James A. Blair
Charles Griffith
Lcense
Merger Talk For A. M. Byers Company With Erie Forge
Dissenting Byers stockholders in Pittsburgh reconvened to decide on a potential merger with Erie Forge and Steel Co. A. P. Destrup president of Byers has not reported on earlier votes that may have shifted control to a New York group led by Sidney Newman, reportedly against the merger. Byers proposes a Byers Erie Corp with Forge officials holding seven of thirteen directorships and Emil H. Lang as board chairman. The Byers stock has risen sharply in trading.
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Erie Forge Erie
A. M. Byers Co
Pittsburgh
Byers Co
Erie Forge and Steel Co
A. P. Destrup
Byers
New York
Sidney Newman
Byers-Erie Corp
Forge
Emil H. Lang
Final Rites Held for Mrs Glennie Crowell
Mrs Glennie Crowell graveside service conducted at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev E F Armitage officiating. Bearers included Robert Gates and Webb McCray. Interment in McCray Cemetery followed in the family plot with many relatives and friends from Corry, Concord Township and distant towns attending.
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Glennie Crowell
Bracken
E. F. Armitage
Cherry Creek
Gerald Crowell
Maurice Crowell
Everell Crowell
Russell
Forrestville, N. x
Seek Driver Of Abandoned Truck On Turnpike
Police search for the driver of an abandoned truck found on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Clayton Schindler, 24, of Mt. Vernon Ohio, is missing but his electric range cargo remains intact. The truck owned by Williams Transfer Storage Co. left Mansfield Ohio for Philadelphia last Thursday.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Clayton Schindler
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Schindler
Wiliams Transfer Storage Co
Mansfield
Philadelphia
High Ranking Officers Talk Ike Defense Retrenchment
The disapproval of Eisenhower’s defense retrenchment fuels officer retirements. Ridgway may retire in August. Gruenther and Norstad are tipped for succession roles. Hull could depart in May with Taylor seen as his successor. Bolte also slated for May retirement. Milford Smock, 45, is hospitalized after a power saw accident cutting his right thigh.
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Eisenhower
Treasury
George Humphrey
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Joint Chiefs of Star
Alfred Gruenther
SHAPH
Paris
Gruenther
USAR
Lauria Norstad
John Hull
Far East
Maxwell Taylor
Far East Army
Charles Bolte
Meadville
Milford Smock
City Hospital
Churchill Urges Red China To Join UN Security Council Talks
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he hopes the Chinese Communist regime will accept the United Nations Security Council invitation to discuss a Formosa cease fire. He said Britain views the move as a genuine effort for a peaceful solution and notes the invitation was issued to attend the discussion. Churchill spoke during a Commonwealth prime ministers conference in London, while recent data show 14 year old American boys average 59 inches tall and 13 pounds heavier than their 1870s peers.
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London
Churchill
U. N. Security Council
Formosa
House of Cumans
Security Council
House Approves Tax Bill and Reorganization Measures
Mahany and Smith argue over budget clarity before Senate action. The package includes a 5 percent corporate net income tax, 1 percent real estate transfer tax, 6 mills of 14-mill utilities tax, two-year postponement of capital stock tax exemption for manufacturers, and a 50 percent gas tax refund for farmers at $800,000 biennial cost. Mehaney opposes the reorganization bill as unconstitutional.
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Mahany
Smith
Senate
Pennsylvania
Mehany
Bill debated as government reorganization faces committee review
Debate on the government reorganization bill lasts two hours with critics led by Smith calling the measure unworkable and a public harm. Readinger urges step by step consideration and cautions against rubber stamping a governor driven plan.
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Smith
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