Truman denies calling red herring in Hiss case
Former President Truman defends his anti subversion stance and says he never used the term red herring to describe the Alger Hiss indictment. He noted the phrase appeared in a reporter’s question during a 1948 press conference and in a Drew Pearson television interview.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Drew Pearson
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Hiss
Reds
Pelirson
Guked
Alger Hiss
80Th Congress
Un-American Activities Committee
Republcan
Congress
Pearson
Cold Corry Weather Sets In With Five Inches Snow
A wintry storm dropped five inches of dry powdery snow on the Corry district, sending temperatures to 14 last night. The system eased off, with clouds and continued cold through tonight and tomorrow, possible additional snow. Snow plows and cinder trucks operated yesterday and today as roads varied from bare to packed, with a low near 14 and a high not above 25 this afternoon. Bol State Police and city officers were mentioned in relation to the event.
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Mercury
George Mul- Gerick
Ike Address Wins Broad Backing in Free World
President Eisenhower's State of the Union message drew broad acceptance worldwide praising freer trade and sharing atomic secrets with allies. Japanese leaders lament U S Okinawa base policy while British Commonwealth finance ministers in Sydney welcomed the push for freer trade and payment systems. European Communist outlets criticized the speech but Moscow offered no rebuke.
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Ike
Associated Press
London
Sydney
Australia
Europe
Moscow
Duff Keeps Distance From Harmony Talks in Pennsylvania
Associated Press report notes Senator James H. Duff, a key figure in the Republican governorship bid, says he has not thought about attending harmony meetings aimed at averting a May primary fight. Duff spoke in Pottstown after arriving in Philadelphia, while supporters Fred C. Peters and John C. McClure offered little clarity on any possible meetings or timelines.
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Philadelphia
James H. Duff
Duff
Princeton University
Pottstown
Fred C. Peters
Montgomery County
Peters
Hershey
Hershey, Who's To Attend As Yob
John C. McClure
Delaware County
McClure
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Dutt
Weebington
Herhay
McCarthy seeks boost in appropriation for investigations
Senate investigations subcommittee leaders push for a $200,000 budget to fund this year workload, aiming to hire 10 more investigators and lawyers. The figure, still unfinalized, faces subcommittee review and likely opposition in the Senate. Jenner seeks $170,000 for his internal security panel along with carryover access.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Subcommittee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Internal Security
Thugs Blamed In Reuther Case By Detroit Prosecu
Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien said gangsters sought control of the United Auto Workers and were responsible for the 1948 attempt on Walter Reuther. He discounted gambler targets and said racketeers nearly seized UAW before Reuther’s 1947 election, which reduced racketeer activity. O'Brien spoke at a press conference outlining plans to pursue the would be assassins.
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Wayne County
Gerald K. O'Brien
GIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
O'Brien
Reuther
UAW
O'Bren
Ai ‘Sassins
Search Continues For Missing Plane Over Northeast
Air Force and Civil Air Patrol planes pressed a multi-state search over New England and mid Atlantic for a missing five to six passenger private plane that vanished Tuesday. Base and CAP crews swept from Massachusetts to Virginia following radio reports and last known bearings.
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Mass
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
We Lane
Massachusetts
Virginia
Iisa Piepers
POW Repatriation Faces Sharp Clash Over Fate
The Korean Repatriation Commission must decide how to handle about 22 000 unreturned POWs as Allied demands for release under armistice terms clash with Red insistence on neutrality. Talks stall, with a two week window and potential protests or violence if a path is chosen. General Hull notes Allied firmness on release.
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Seoul
Corse Jt
Harold F. Howard Dies in Detroit
Harold F. Howard longtime Detroit resident and former Corry resident dies at Women Hospital Detroit after two year illness. Survived by wife Thyre Grey Howard sons Peter and Stephen father Wesley Howard and brother O M Howard. Funeral in Detroit then Bracken Funeral Home and Pine Grove Cemetery interment planned.
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Wesley Howard
North Center Street
Women Hospital
Detroit
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Mr. Howard
Charles Verheyden
Thyre Grey Howard
Peter
Stephen
North I Center Street
O. M. Howard
Smith Street
New Plumbing Shop 10 Opens in City
Plans for a new plumbing and heating business by Carl Curly Hixon announce a Monday January 18 opening. The shop will operate from the former Dairymen's League plant at 246 East Main Street with J Hixson, a former C A Duke employee, as operator. Home address 102 Park Street. Richard Clark will join as an employee. The firm will offer plumbing and heating services and retail national brands of fixtures and supplies.
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Aday
Carl
Curly" Hixon
Dairymen's League
East Main Street
J .Hixson
C. A. Duke Plumbing
Hixson
Park Street
Pessarien
Business Place
U. 5 Navy
Richard Clark
Heroic Sergeant Moran Dies Shielding Trainee at Fort Dix
Sgt Leonard Moran of South Boston, a Korea War veteran, died after leaping between a trainee Pvt John D. O Callaghan and a grenade during a live drill at Fort Dix New Jersey. O Callaghan survived with a leg injury. Moran attempted to kick the grenade from the trench pit but perished later at the post hospital.
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FT_DIX
Leonard Moran
South Boston
John D. O'Callaghan
New York City
O'Callaghan
Moran
Tne Moran
Post Hospital
Boston
John F. Norton
Norton
Quid
Escape Artist Back In Custody In Dixon Dairy Case
Fairfield dispatch reports Lee Davenport, a noted fugitive and FBI Ten Most Wanted, was found living quietly in Dixon California after months of normal behavior. He was identified by a veterinarian from a newspaper photo and faces arraignment in San Francisco on fugitive charges.
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Associated Press
Fairfield
Calif
Lee Davenport
Southwestern Enblietual Ter
Excape
FBI
Wife IK
Dixon
Granite, Olin
Davenport
San Francisco
Adela McCahe
Sacramento
Lester Paters
J. Cobble
Vallejo
Second Escaped Prisoner O Day Captured Near Butler
Butler County authorities captured Carl G. O Day, the second of two inmates who escaped the county jail days ago, at a restaurant seven miles north of Butler after a taxi driver and a 21 year old woman tipped police. O Day gave up without a struggle as officers trailed him following the masked escape.
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Assousyca Freon
Butler
Carl G. O Day
Butler County
Wis
O'Day
Polie
Janes B. Neeley
Slippery Rock
Ted
O Day
Exdock worker questioned in unsolved Brooklyn homicide
Police questioned 9 former New York longshoremen about a Brooklyn underworld revenge killing. Joseph R. Reilly, 30, identified as the man arrested for a $20 robbery, claimed he knew target figures Arnold Behuster 24 and Mike Sutton 90 year inmate. Fingerprints sent to the FBI.
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Arle
New York
Bane
Schuster
Sutton
Attics
Reilly
Orr
Troutman
Arthur Phillips
Rolly
Alm
Denver
Wea
John Masalotta
Bchuster
Marajotta
Anid Reilly
Maggiotta
Phillips
Helly
FBI
Erie gambling drive ordered by mayor amid police clampdown
Mayor Thomas W. Flatley ordered a city wide cleanup of vice in Erie. Police Chief William Donahue and Inspector Jack Martin received the directive to purge numbers rackets prostitution and illegal gambling including horse rooms and other homes. Phil Lunt assigned to supervise the crackdown as Flatley reiterated his stance on keeping gambling under control.
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Flatley
Erie
Thomas W. Flatley
William Dornahve
Jack Martin
Phil Lunt
Donahue
Jen
Social leader Elizabeth Chalfant dies in Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Chalfant prominent civic and social leader died last night widow of John W. Chalfant. He served as vice president in charge of trusts for the Colonial Trust Co and once presided over the Pennsylvania Bankers Association.
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Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Chalfant
Ig Chalfant
John W. Chalfant
Colonial Trust Co
Pennsylvania Bankers Arecetation
Atomic talks to start Monday between Dulles and Zarubin
Secretary of State Dulles and Soviet Ambassador Zarubin will begin preliminary atomic discussions next Monday. The talks aim to shape time and place for fuller talks on Eisenhower’s peaceful atomic pool proposal, with the Soviets criticizing the plan as not addressing weapons and offering a pledge not to use such weapons.
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Washington
Dulles
George M. Zarubin
State Department
Zarubin
Eisenhower
South Korea denounces U N and United States in bitter statement
A Seoul issued statement attacks the United Nations and the United States for pressuring Korea and Japan, condemning appeasement of communism and criticizing U S criticism of President Rhee. It argues Koreans abroad misjudge Korea Japan policy and warns of surrender if allies betray Korea, urging clarity before future actions.
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Associated Press
Seoul
South Korea
Ita Problema
Eelie Cigna
Riitchens
United Nations
Nit
ROK
Public
Pasha
Rhee
Aino
United States
Japan
Korea
Legless editor plans return to paper
Rebecca Gross the 4 year old editor of the Lock Haven Express plans to resume full time duties from a hospital wheelchair. She aims to write about highway safety as she learns to walk again with artificial limbs. Becky, as known nationally, is set to rejoin the newsroom after a tragic accident that cost her legs. Harrisburg reports the State Mines Department closed the Bize Jow Run Mine in Centre County, run by Meson Coal Mining Co. Philipsburg, with ten miners laid off due to the action.
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Williamsport
Rebecca Gross
Lock Hayert
Express
Amiling
Becky
Ion
Harrisburg
State Mines Department
Centre County
Itz
Bize- Jow Run
Meson Coal Mining Co
Philipsburg
Party 10 Study Ike Speech Prompts Veto Stamp Debt Plan
Party 10 leaders plan a sharp response to farm proposals while Byrd aims to stamp the first veto on a debt limit increase. Ike's speech draws careful study as other factions plot.
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Ike
Byrd
Differences of Opinion Flare Up Over Other Issues
Associated Press reports a sharp split in Senate Democrats over President Eisenhower's legislative program. Lyndon Johnson says Democrats will study each item veto-style, while Byrd hints at challenging the debt increase. Debates touch farm policy, tax revisions, atomic weapon reliance, voting rights for those convicted, and a proposed 18-year-old voting amendment. Continued on Page Six.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Democrats
Isenhower
Johnson
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Land of California
James
Lehman
Eisenhow Ler
Duff R-Pal
Den Restaurant In City Is Sold
MP, an arm novery wanes of R. D. J. Corry, today assumed entire management of The Corey Den, having purchased the eating place late yesterday from Mr. and Charles Resgle who have operated it for the past eight months. The restaurant sits at the corner of South First avenue and West Main street and will feature cinema lunches and sandwiches under new ownership.
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Novery Wanes
R. D
Eagle
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