GOP Policy Leader Urges Vigorous Missile Program
Senate GOP Policy Committee chair Bridges argues for a stronger US missile and satellite program to match Soviet capabilities. He cites 14 steps to speed weapons research and notes US overall military strength remains superior, but lag in intercontinental and intermediate ballistic missiles and orbital satellites.
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Four Klansmen Await Sentence in Greenville Case
Four Ku Klux Klan members were convicted of conspiring to flog a 58-year-old Black man at his home near Travelers Rest, about 19 miles north of Greenville. An all white jury found Andrew Marshall Rochester Wade Henry Howard Jack Bentley and Robert B Waldrop guilty of assault and battery and conspiracy. Sentences ranged up to 15 years for Rochester and Howard and up to 10 years for Bentley and Waldrop.
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Wade Henry Howard
Jack Bentley
Robert B. Waldrop
Claud Crueil
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James M. Brailsford Jr
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Waldrop
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R. J. Roach
the Ridge
Three Titusville youths held in seven car thefts
Three Titusville youths aged 1 and 13 were held for juvenile court in Crawford County after police tied them to seven stolen cars in Titusville and Spartanshore. Two were captured in Corry, the third in Titusville, with all three admitting they used cars for joyriding and abandoned them. One car, a 1964 Ford sedan owned by Edward A. Hilliard, remained disputed. Local break-ins and a rail car theft were also investigated.
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Corry
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Edward A. Hilliard
Rouseville
Tionesta
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Forest Hills
Pleasantville
Pennsylvania Railroad
President urges Congress to curb labor rackets
President Eisenhower proposes a 12 point legislative program to curb corruption and abuse in labor management relations. He calls for penalties for misreporting union finances and urges stronger oversight to protect workers and the public amid Senate rackets inquiries and partisan debate.
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Agents Smash Heroin Ring In New Jersey
Federal narcotics agents raided a drug network spanning New Jersey and nearby states seizing heroin and opium worth millions and arresting eleven people led by Peter Casella of Ventnor and Philadelphia. Undercover operatives tracked deliveries to a motel on the Black Horse Pike near Williamstown, culminating in multiple arrests including Casella and James Santore. Authorities described it as the largest narcotics operation in years and continued investigations extended to Philadelphia and Long Island areas.
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Richland
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Frank Malfi
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Elmont
Longland
N.Y
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Niagara Rail Yard Blast Stuns Niagara Falls
Investigators study a 40 foot crater after a midmorning explosion ripped through the Niagara Junction Railroad yard injuring more than 100 people. Chemical tank cars were toppled, property damage tops a million dollars. Dimethyl formamide in one car is cited. a nearby anti aircraft unit checked for radioactivity and declared the area safe.
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Military Junta Gains Control Of Government In Bloody Revolt
Caracas erupted as the military junta seized power after a short violent uprising that toppled the dictator. Perez Jimenez fled, civilians joined a celebratory return of liberties, and punishment was canceled for rebels. The new regime announced a lineup including Rear Adm. Karrazabal and Col. Romero Villate, with censorship lifted and exiles invited home. Italian-owned stores were looted amid anti Italian sentiment.
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Marcos Peren Jimenes
Veresuela
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Uum
Perez Jimeniez
Juuta
Caracas
Hans
Simon Bol- War
Wolfgang Karrazabal
Abel Romero
Villate
Army
Roberto Casanova
Carlos Luis Araque
Pedro Jose Quevedo
Auto Workers Vote On Profit Sharing Plan
A special UAW convention prepared to vote on Walter P Keather's profit sharing scheme for the auto industry. The plan would allocate profit shares to workers, distributing a portion of company profits to labor. Delegates debated the plan amid criticism that it was publicized before full convention consensus.
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Walter P Keather
UAW
Lewis H. Michener
Long Beach
Calif
Probers Near End Of Frisco Union Hearings
Washington The Senate Rackets Committee seeks to close hearings into alleged fraud and phony election practices in the San Francisco Operating Engineers Union Local 8 and Local 130. Key figures include Victor Swanson and bookkeeper E L Garrett with charges of false entries and missing funds. Local 8 finances face scrutiny as union executives face allegations of corruption and maladministration.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
McGlellan
D-Ark
Lone Island
National Labor Relations Board
William C. DeKoning Jr
DeKoning
Prin
McClellan
International
Local 8
Victor S. Swanson
E. L. Garrett
Swanson
Porter E. Vandewark
Toro
Wallace
Search For Plane Survivors Off Guam And Hawaii
A seven man crew aboard a Military Air Transport Service plane missing after a crash 275 miles southwest of Hawaii faced a search that was halted as debris and burned parts were recovered near Pearl Harbor. Separately faint radio distress signals prompted ongoing searches for 10 Air Force crew aboard a weather reconnaissance plane lost January 15 while entering a typhoon eye off Guam.
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Guam
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Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
How We Stand On Education
Editor's note third in a four part series examining Pennsylvania education in the space age. Leonard A. Unger reports on colleges scholarships and the teacher shortage amid shifting birth and enrollment projections. Data from the Governor Leader's Commission of Higher Education sets the scene for future college enrollment.
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Furman Promises Free Swinging Primary Fight
Lt Governor Roy E. Furman pledged a free swinging contest for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in reply to Gov Leader. Arthur T. McGonigle said he is available for the Republican nomination. McGonigie seeks counsel before deciding, while Furman accuses Leader of trying to control party policy.
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Arthur T. McGonigle
Furman
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Philadelphia
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Hebie
Lam
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Democratic State Committee
McGonigie
Republican State Finance Committee
Children Dropped From Windows As Building Burns
A blast and fire ripped through a crowded four story South Side apartment building early today. At least 21 injured, including several children. One child dead, several unaccounted for, and a man said to have caught five fallers. Fire officials report 150 occupants. cause under investigation with no obvious link to faulty gas or oil.
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Jack McMillin
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Mexico Hit By New Storm
A new storm brewed in northern Mexico and swept the nation reaching the Plains to New England. The Weather Bureau reported rain and snow across Texas and parts of Kansas Missouri Illinois and Michigan while New England endured heavy rain and sleet. The storm also caused record winter conditions with high winds and storms across multiple states.
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Weather Bureau
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Plains
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Kansas
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Michigan
Huntlet
Corry Street sewer work totals and 1957 costs
City engineer Don Williams reports Corry's sewer program for 1957 included removal of a nitrate hazard and relocation of the channel below the sewage plant, with a new manhole on Avenue A and a catch basin at Wayne and Smith. The report notes 22 miles of combined sewers and 2 miles of standard sewers citywide.
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Wayne and
Smith Streets
Corry
Don Williams
Corty
Hee
Ciy
Maple Avenue
School Heads Meet To Discuss Problems
A meeting of matrvey school officials was held yesterday at the Gorey YMCA from 7:80 PM to 4:00 PM, attended by 10 superintendents and other education figures. Local superintendent L M Dolla said the gathering examined a new governor office program for Harrisburg involving improved courses, teaching methods, supervision, vocational guidance, and funding, with a 100 member state committee.
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Gorey Ymca
L. M. Dolla
Harrisburg
George M. Leader
Res Vently
Iuyltse
Mary Xiffebet
Grorke Hamilton
Tayinwa
Mendvilii
Geruta Newton
Jet Warren
Judge Bars Cameras From Dean Trial
Franklin Venango County Criminal Court will ban cameras and recording devices next Monday for the murder trial of 21 year old Philippine mother Lydie Desh. Desh is charged with rifle slaying of her husband Ronald Dean an Air Force technical sergeant at his parents home in Pleasantville. Judge Lee A McCracken stressed utmost decorum and spectators face a 200 dollar maximum. The Philippine consul Raul Leviteriol visited Desh in her cell and praised her counsel.
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Air Force
Pleasantville
McCracken
Raul Levteriol
New York
Hold Mass Rites For Gas Victims In Innerrun
Gas tragedy in Innerrun, Pa. claims a family of five killed and four relatives injured. Mass services held for victims as hospitalized survivors, including Myrtle age 14, and others, are reported. Funeral details list Dorthy Cox, Eugene Cox, Dale, Tres, and Rainy Cox among the dead.
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