Local officials approve city payroll rise and lights work
In Meadville city actions, officials passed a new per capita tax increase to fund the police and other departments amid debates over salaries. Work began on removing Christmas lights as Ernest Buelator led the effort. Felony cases include Lawrence Jack Looser charged with involuntary manslaughter in a highway crash near Linesville, with grand jury action to follow. Erie Court also fined Fay Carroll and Hugh Spencer for drunk driving.
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Lawrence Jack Looser
Greenville
Merdville
Vernon Township
Henry Sherman
Looser
Emil Wilt
Austin Niederriter
Linesville
Union City
Fay Carroll
Hugh Spencer
Elmer Evans
Erie
Currell
Spencer Wias
Mad Butcher Returns To Mental Hospital For Life
Edward Gein, the mutilation killer and grave robber from Plainfield, was adjudged insane by Circuit Judge Herbert Bunde after a hearing. He was committed to Central State Hospital for the Criminal Insane likely for life. Testimony from Dr. Edward Schubert and Dr. Milton Miller supported the insanity ruling. Gein confessed to slaying Bernice Worden and Mary Hogan in 1954.
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Vawuneny Rencie
Edward Gein
Central State Hospital
Gein
Plainfield
Herbert Bunde
Bunde
Edward Schubert
Milton Miller
Bernice Worden
Mary Hogan
Portage County
Dope Peddler Sentenced To Five Years
William H. Daniels a former Hill District resident was sentenced to a five year term in a Federal penitentiary by U S District Judge John W McTlyaine. The judge said Daniels would receive constant medical attention if needed despite defense pleas by attorney Harold Gonelman that imprisonment could worsen his health.
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William H. Daniels
Hill District
U. S
John W McTlyaine
Daniels
Harold Gonelman
Prime Minister Sets Out on Five Week Commonwealth Tour
Prime Minister Macmillan departed London for a five week tour of India Pakistan Ceylon New Zealand and Australia to foster equal partnership within the Commonwealth. He sought to resolve cabinet strains including the Thorneycroft resignation while emphasizing listening and learning through informal talks.
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Macmillan
London
India
Pakitan
Ceylon
New Zealand
Australia
Britup
Soviet Union
Peter Thorneycroft
Thorneycrott
Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Fire damages shed near Columbus from overheated stove pipe
Firefighters were called at 10 o'clock to a small building on the Paul Bennink farm about one mile east of Columbus on Route 6. Chief Lester Howles said Edward George, 70, occupied the shed. the blaze started when a stove pipe heated and ignited tar paper, causing $25 damage before the flames were put out by one booster truck with no injuries reported.
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Mawsonsee
Conumol
Columbus
Lester Howles
Paul Bennink
Edward George
Howles
Congress Seeks Balanced Budget Amid Cold War Debates
Congress opens amid defense and space policy focus. President Eisenhower outlines a balanced budget near 74 billion dollars, up about two billion from last year, with a state of the union address to come. Senate GOP leaders report optimism for a improving business climate despite bipartisan fault lines and plans to tackle rocketry and defense.
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White House
Congress
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Mesa
Senate
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Texas
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U. 5
Russia
House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
GOP
Knowland
California
Hisenhower
Flood Victims Plan To Return
Weather across Texas eased flood conditions as far north as the upstate area. Snowdrifts three feet deep held travelers stranded until roads opened. In Corpus Christi floods subsided, allowing hundreds to return home after days of displacement.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
State Rejects Columbus Dam Funds and Fishing Rules
The commission rejected certain dam related fishing proposals while accepting U.S. Dingell Johnson Act funds. It seeks to halt fishing from dam breasts and improve trout streams in eight districts. Plans include rearing 24 million trout by 1959 and extending fly fishing areas while banning minnows as bait on reclaimed trout waters.
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Commission
Penn's Creek
Union County
Slate Run
Tioga
Lycoming County
Cold Wave Moves East Across Nation Amid Dips Below Zero
A cold wave tightened its grip on the nation’s midsection and moved toward the Atlantic. Temperatures fell below zero in eastern Dakotas and Minnesota and reached into northern Missouri and central Illinois. Meanwhile southerly winds ahead of a Great Lakes low produced 80s in the East up to New England. Rain covered the eastern Gulf and south Atlantic, with light snow spreading through the Great Lakes and southward to West Virginia and northern Kentucky.
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Missouri
Illinois
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South Atlantic
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