Space experts grilled in Senate defense inquiry
Washington AP reports civilian and military space leaders testify today before the Senate Space Committee and Defense Preparedness subcommittee led by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. NASA administrator T Keith Glennan outlines civil space plans while Dr. Herbert York and Wernher von Braun among others face questions on defense space programs.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Soviet Union
Johnson
Senate Space Committee
Defense Preparedness
U.S
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pentagon Space and Missile
Herbert York
William M. Holaday
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Wernher von Braun
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force
Kremlin Aides Targeted as Soviet Congress Opens
The Soviet Communist Party Congress adds two Kremlin veterans Mikhail Pervukhin and Maxim Saburov to a list of officials under fire. Speaker Ivan Spiridonov urged accountability, while previous condemnations include Malenkov Bulganin Molotov Shepilov and Kaganovich, all moved to lesser posts without expulsion.
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Sovaev Communist Party
Kremlin
Mikhail Pervukhin
East Germany
Maxim Saburov
Leningrad
Ivan Spiridanov
Pravda
Pervukhin
Saburov
Dimitri Shepilov
Lazar Kaganovich
Soviet Union
Cold Weather Returns to City With Windy Snow
A chilly phase grips Corry with a 35 degree afternoon reading after a 44 degree rise before noon. Yesterday saw 61 degrees, the warmest since January 21. Forecasts call for continued cold for the weekend, with tonight's low in the 20s and light snow flurries expected. The nation remains mostly cloudy. A 36 degree low last night and about a half inch of rain helped clear surface snow but left glare ice on side streets making travel hazardous.
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Waiay
Corry
Mexico Inflamed By Border Clashes
Mexico faces rising tensions with Guatemala after reports of a destroyed border bridge and Guatemalan air over a southern city. Guatemala claims 20 armed Mexicans crossed the border to plunder Santa Ana, while Mexico calls for a large rally in Mexico City backing President Adolfo Lopez Mateos amid a diplomatic break over strafing ships and fishing rights disputes.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
Mexico
Santa Ana
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Lopez Mateos
Miguel Ydiaoras Fontes Hart
Fesicens
Acapulco
Tapachula
Suchiate
Ayutla
Ciudad Hidalca
Four Fires Start In Pastor Home In Cleveland
Four fires started inside the home of Rev Fr. Robert Gemmer in Cleveland after intruders smashed a kitchen window while the family was away. Firemen estimated damage at 4508 dollars. Gemmer, director of the Cleveland Area Church Federation's social welfare division, suggested the arson may be linked to his opposition to Sunday 3.2 beer sales. The federation and Cleveland Ministerial Association oppose Sunday beer sales and protested minors in places selling alcohol. The fires were found after the Gemmer family returned from a shopping trip with wife Myrna and children David and Jean.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Robert Gemmer
Gemmer
Cleveland Area Church Federation
Federation
Cleveland Ministerial Assn
Myrna
David
Jean
General Phone Union Deadlocked in Erie Negotiations
ERIE Pa AP The prospect of further talks between the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and General Telephone Corp hung in the balance after both sides rejected quick offers for a new contract The old agreement ended mid week after a 30 day extension The IBEW representative did not detail union plans while General Telephone said talks could resume at any time with mediation The company proposed a one month contract with a wage reopening after nine months including raises from 2 to 10 cents per hour and fringe benefits The union cited issues such as high differentials and working conditions as disputed points
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Erie
Tternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
General Telephone Co
M. D. Murphy
IBEW
Liotal
Mai
Federal Mediation Service
Holt
Murphy
Area C of C Leaders Invited To Corry Meet
Corry Chamber of Commerce announces its annual meeting on Wednesday February 1 at the YMCA with Area C leaders invited. Notables include Kenneth Tshler and W Dudley Jowell of Erie chamber and Arnod Edmonds state chamber executive. G Richard Fryling PACS president will head the event. attendance limited to 150 on a first come basis.
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Corry Chamber of Commerce
YMEA
Kenneth Tshler
Greater Erie Chamber of Commerce
Lester Edwards
Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce
W. Dudley Jowell
Truman Weller
Northwestern
Don Goodall
U, 8 Chamber
Arno d Edmonds
State Chamber
Ray E. Tunner
G. Richard Fryling
Pennsylvania Suite Chamber of Commerce
S. A. Long
Corry Chamber
YMCA
Long
State sale of Hoxsey Clinic in Portage planned
The former Hoxsey Cancer Clinic at Portage will be sold at a sheriff sale after defaulting on a mortgage bond. Papers filed with the Cambria County prothonotary show the bond is held by the First National Bank of Patton.
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Mewassu, Pa
Hoxsey
Portage
Cambria County Prothonotary’s
First National Bank of
Patton
Khrushchev Threats As Propaganda Weapon
AP analysis notes Khrushchev uses threats to frame Western policy, denies interference while scolding Nasser and Finland, and portrays the United States as the imperial power. The piece also observes Soviet messaging about Asia with Sukarno and suggests Western propaganda is weaker when Moscow shapes the narrative.
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William L. Ryan
Nikita 8
Khrushchev
21St
Soviet Communist Congress
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Asia
Indonesia
Sukarno
United States
Smog Chokes Britain Trey New Pastor Takes Corry Assembly Role
Reverend Wiley formerly from Lewes Delaware was elected pastor of the Corry Assembly of God Church after relocating with his wife and children. A graduate of Eastern Bible Institute Green Lane Pa he previously founded a church in Boyertown Pa and served on Eastern District Council committees. The family now lives on North Center Street replacing Reverend John Kelly who moved away.
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Trey
Lettoy W. Wiley
Lewes
Del
Corry
Mixed school openings stretch across Virginia region
A rapid chain of events as Virginia opens integrated public schools in Norfolk while Arlington begins, Charlottesville delays. Judge Sobeloff refused a stay on Arlington four Negro pupils, but postponed Charlottesville’s desegregation to next fall. Norfolk plans to reopen six white schools on an integrated basis Monday amid calls for cooperation. Governor Almond rejects emergency delays. Alexandria defends denying 14 Negro applicants. Warren County faces pressure to reopen its white high school. Seventeen Negro pupils are to enter six Norfolk schools Monday.
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Stratford
Arlington
Grant
Charlottesville
Norfolk
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
General Assembly
Warren County
Front Royal
Poisonous Fog Returns. Britain Braces For 1952 Repeat
London reports choking gray smog covering southern Britain with fears of a repeat of the 1952 killer fog that killed thousands. Government scientists warn concentrations are higher than during the December 1952 disaster as weather forecasters expect the fog to persist from the Yorkshire moors to the south coast.
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London
Britain
Yorkshire Moors
Future of Farm Program Uncertain
Washington reports hinge of Eisenhower farm program on Congress. Administration signals no bill but offers to aid Congress in drafting legislation. Democrats control Congress and anticipate veto battles as leaders call the plan antifarm and ineffective. Republicans show limited support amid broad agrarian backlash.
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Washington
Eisenhrower
Congress
Genpress
Agricult
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Crippled Convair Lands Safely in Joplin
A two engine Convair with 44 aboard limped into Joplin Airport on one engine after departing Tulsa on a flight to Chicago. Pilot Rd Mayer of Dallas said she continued to Joplin with a strong tailwind at 65 to 75 mph rather than turning back.
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Motary
Braniff
Joplin
Convair
Tulsa
Chitego
Rd Mayer
Dallas
Corry Minister Named Head In Church Merger
Rev Paul F Bauer of Corry’s First Presbyterian Church was elected moderator of the new Presbytery of Lake Erie formed by the union of the United Presbyterian Church in North America and the Presbyterian Church in the USA. The organization includes 25,900 members and 76 churches across six counties Erie Crawford Forest Warren Venango and McKean. Bauer was also elected a commissioner to the General Assembly in Indianapolis. Other Corry officers named include HL B Machees Clarence Wallace and Glenn Steadman. In a separate item, the Greek Parliament approved charges against German war criminals no longer in the country. About 50 indicted criminals remained in Germany.
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Comny Mhuner
Lake Erie
United Presbyterian Church
Meadville
Paul F Bauer
First Presbyterian Church of
Corry
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Evie Presytery
Presbyteran Church
USA
Erie
Crawford
Forest
Warren
Venango
McKean
Bauer
Indianapolis
Cory
HL. B. Machees
Clarence Wallace
The
Presbytery
Glenn Steadman
Committee of Marriage
Actress Thrown From Horse During Filming at Durango
Audrey Hepburn, visiting Durango, says she will not laugh aloud. X rays show the 9 year old actress suffered two fractured vertebrae after being thrown from a horse during filming of the Western Unforgiven.
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Durango
Mexico
Audrey Hepburn
Copter Crew Has Close Call At Meadville
An Army helicopter pilot Capt Louis Kish and demolition expert passenger E H Bryant narrowly avoided disaster when a blast near French Creek ripped wires across the ice gorge north of Cochranton. The chopper landed safely on the ice and demolition work continued despite harsh conditions and rising water in the creek.
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Meadville
French Creek
Hell
Louis D. Kish
E. H. Bryant
Jce
Kish
Cochranton
Raymond V May
PUC to Hear Complaint on Rail Conditions
The Public Utility Commission will hold a public hearing in Harrisburg next Monday on alleged dangerous and unsafe railroad yard conditions at the Pennsylvania Railroad Corry yard. The complaint, filed by Cooperative Legislative Committee Railroad Brotherhoods in Pennsylvania, names B A Benson George E Bond and A Heher. It argues yard crews have been reduced, creating risks, and asks for increased crew numbers. The hearing is set to begin at 10:80 m.
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Public Utility Commission
Corty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Co-operative Legislative Committee
Railroad Brotherhoods In
Pennsylvania
B. A. Benson
George E. Bond
A. Heher
Smoke Fatality Claims Life Of Pittsburgh Resident
Edward P F Kirsch, 81, of East Liberty section, died at Pittsburgh Hospital from smoke inhalation after a fire at his second Moor apartment Tuesday. The blaze forced evacuations and investigation into cause continues.
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Pittsburgh
Edward PF. Kirsch
East Liberty
Pittsburgh Hospital
Moor
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