Congress Split Over Higher Hungarian Refugee Quota
Rep Burleson of Texas will oppose any Eisenhower proposal to raise Hungarian refugee arrivals. Rep Burdick of North Dakota supports increasing the quota now filled at 20,500. The Judiciary Committee member and a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee leader voiced differing views, signaling a tough Congress debate as Eisenhower keeps processing new refugee applications.
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Washington
Rep
Burleson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
America
Burdick
R-Nd
Judiciary Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
U. S
New Year Holiday Death Toll Seen At Record Levels
AP reports traffic deaths during the New Year holiday period could reach 490, exceeding the 407 New Year record set in 1952 53. The four day Christmas period alone saw 706 fatalities, first to top 700. The National Safety Council notes 1955 56 totals for Christmas and New Year reached 973, with 364 for New Year. See New Year's Page 6 Col.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S
Council
Tough Words For College Spell Lesson From Crooks
Dr Kenneth B M Crooks of Fort Valley State College Georgia studies college spelling errors from 100 to 500 students over 26 years He cites mispelled words like brane blud nerse bod dy wort somthing and calls for better spelling and reading instruction in schools and colleges Some blame slogans signs and teacher attitudes for spelling decline.
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New York
Lv-Ytoday
Skeeter
Kenneth B. M. Crooks
Zooley
Fort Valley State College
Georgia
The
American Assn
the Advancement of Science
Crooks
Murrow to Air Interview With Premier Chou En Lai
CBS TV will broadcast Edward R. Murrow's filmed interview with Premier Chou En Lai of Communist China. The program was conducted last week in Rangoon Burma, and will air Monday.
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New York
Edward R. Murrow
Chou En Lai
Communist
China
Cbs-Tv
Rangoon
Burma
Girl Is Killed In Wilkinsburg Auto Crash
Mary Jack Meyer, five, of Wilkinsburg, suburb of Pittsburgh, died yesterday in a hospital after being struck by a car last Monday.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Jackmeyer
Wilkinsburg
County adopts new payroll system to speed processing
Indiana County announces adoption of the Mc Bee Tab Poster payroll system effective January 1 1957. Officials say the automatic device will reduce payroll preparation time by at least fifty percent and streamline all payroll records in one operation. The plan also introduces Keyport on payroll checks.
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Indiana
Dee Miller
Harverr
Harold McCormick
McBee
Miller, Orr and McCormick
Double Trouble in Austin Cab Crash Sends Woman to Hospital
Mrs Dorothy Besser 46 started for Brackenridge Hospital in a cab when it collided. She was rushed by ambulance, treated for minor injuries, and admitted for further treatments. Lou's Fruit Market closed from December 25 to January 18. Happy New Year.
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Austin, Tex
Dorothy )Besser
Brackenridge Hospital
Lou’s Fruit Market
Happy New Tees
Lou's Fruit Market
Happy New
Mystery Surrounds Killer in Cleveland Bus Tragedy
An 18 year old girl Miss Georgeann Kartzke and bus driver Leo T F Almerica were killed on a Greyhound bus in Cleveland. The assailant used an automatic weapon, wounded five others in the waiting room, then died in a churchyard after an exchange of gunfire with police. The killer remains unidentified and the county morgue holds the body.
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Greyhound
Cleveland
Leo Almerica
Georgeann Kartzke
Virginia
Chicago
Leo TF. Almerica
Five Schuylkill County Papers Raise Two Cents Per Copy
Five Pottsville area evening papers will cost two cents more per copy starting next Monday. The increase lifts single copies from five to seven cents and weekly subscriptions from 30 to 42 cents. Publishers cite higher labor and newsprint costs as the reason, noting the last joint raise was in 1948.
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Pottsville
Schuylkill’ County
Pottsville Republican
Shenandoah Herald
Ashland News
Mahanoy City i Record-American
Tamaqua ‘Courier
Schuylkill County Publishers Assn
Prisoner To See His Dead Mother
Donald F. Wolfe, 25, of Michigan prison farm was allowed to attend his mother Katherine Wolfe’s funeral after a February escape attempt. Wolfe surrendered after news of her grave illness. funeral services set for Saturday in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Jackson
Mich
Donald F. Wolfe
Michigan
Katherine Wolfe
Los Ah' Jeeles
Wolfe
St. Louis
Battle Creek
Four Burglars Plead Guilty in Indiana County Court
Four young men pleaded guilty in Indiana County Court Monday morning to burglarizing five businesses in Southern Indiana County in October. Latrobe residents Robert Smith and Frank Smoker, 19, John E Koslosky, 24, of Pittsburgh, and James K Hull of Derry face related charges for break-ins at Kline and Wirfel Dress Shop Homer City Ninn’s Appliance Store Homer City and Albert’s News Store Homer City with damages and losses totaling several hundred dollars.
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Indiana
Indiana County
Latrobe
Pittsburgh
Derry
Robert Smith
Frank Smoker
John
E. Koslosky
James K. Hull
Kline and Wirfel Dress Shop
Homer City
Ninn's
Homer ‘City
Albert's News Store
Asper's Department Store
Four Indicted in Gulf Oil Theft Ring
A federal grand jury indicted four men on conspiracy charges in the interstate movement of Gulf Oil Corp theft maps. Odia Seagraves of Houston and New York, Irving Milner once of New York, and Emanuel Lester alias Emanuel Liberman of the Bronx face charges. Bench warrants were issued. former Gulf geologist Thomas W. Smith and John Marvin Leivia testified.
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Pittsburgham
Gulf Oil Corp
Odia, Seagraves
Houston
Tex
New York
Irving Milner
Emanuel Lester
Emanuel Liberman
Edward Liberman
Bronx
N. Y
Unusual Christmas card from Gov Marland in named home drawing
In Charleston West Virginia a Christmas card from Governor William Marland shows the executive mansion on the cover and his two story Fort Hill home in Charleston inside. A caption reads at home after January 14 4 McKinley Avenue Fort Hill Charleston West Virginia noting he cannot succeed himself under state law.
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Charleston
W.va
William
Marland
Executive
McKinley Avenue
Fort Hill
West Virginia
Moving Plant Forces 12 Mile Kansas City Relocation
The automobile industry plant, opened by Henry Ford in 1919 on Kansas City's east edge, will relocate across the Missouri River to Claycomo. The move north of the river will begin tomorrow, affecting 2,200 employees who will lose no more than 24 hours of production time.
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Kansas City
Awp
Detroit
Henry Ford
Claycomo
Canal clearing work obstacles removed in Suez salvage plan
Lt Gen Raymond A Wheeler announced Egypt agrees the U N salvage fleet can begin clearing the southern end of the Suez Canal immediately. Cairo papers say technicians started clearing channels at Ismailia and Suez preparatory to researching sunken ships, while British and French vessels continue salvage work at Port Said.
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Cairo
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. N
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Canal
Suez
Port Said
el Cap
Wheeler
U.N. Information Office
Egyptian Canal Authority
U.N
Mahmoud Yanes
Canal Authority
Ex-Indiaman Gifts $100,000 to Brockway Park
Vernon F. Taylor, longtime Indiana staying businessman and Texas oil magnate, donated $100,000 to Brockway Borough Recreation Board for Taylor Memorial Park. Funds support outdoor pool, tennis courts, playground, ball diamond projects. prior gifts total $50,000. Taylor previously lived at Seventh and Oak in Indiana and remains active in coal industry.
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Indiana
Brockway
Jefferson County
Vernon F. Taylor
Peerless Oil and Gas Company
San Antonio
Texas
Taylor Memorial Park
Taylor
Indiana County
Seventh and
Oak Street
I'm Just A Dog Hunting A Home
A friendly white and brown female dog seeks a new home or farm. She is medium sized and enjoys playing with children. Call Indiana 5 18855 after 7 30 p m to discuss adoption this evening.
California Blaze Expands Across Malibu Scenic Belt
A gale driven brush and timber fire spread across Malibu burning for a second day. More than 20,000 acres have burned with two new spots and a 22 mile perimeter. Homes destroyed include a luxury beach house of Ralph Edwards. Actor Raymond Burt Gordon Jenkins and Charles Erskine’s neighbors remain standing. One man died as winds reached 50 mph locally and higher gusts hit 70 to 80 mph. Firefighters face difficult conditions near the Pacific and Santa Monica Mountains.
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Malibu
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Santa Monica Mountains
Corral Canyon
U.S. Highway 101
Sequit Canyon
Ralph Edwards
Edwards
Beverly Hills
Raymond Burt
Gordon Jenkins
Charles Erskine
Arthur Freed
California
Heavy Snow Blankets Indiana County At Night
A fresh fall of four to five inches of snow blanketed Indiana County during the night, with the heaviest accumulation around 4:00 a.m. Highway crews, including ten plow trucks and six graders, worked to clear main arteries as 42 trucks tackled both main and secondary roads. One hundred thirty nine workers were on duty by morning, with some areas turning to slush as rain moved in and temperatures rose. Minor tie ups were reported from motorists lacking winter tires or chains. Main routes will be cleared first and then secondary roads.
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Indiana
Highway Department
Joe Simone
Simone
Bear Story Without Bear Ends in Injury
Oil City patrolman Carl E. Smith age 24 reported chasing a bear near a private pool. He drew his service revolver, tripped, and discharged a round into his left leg. He was hospitalized as the bear wandered into the hills.
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Oil City
Carl E. Smith
Smith
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