Lawmakers Open 84th Congress Eyes 1956 Map
The 84th Congress convened its second session amid post-holiday cheer and high stakes as lawmakers debate a farm program tax cuts foreign aid and highway plans. Democrats push investigations into big business influence ahead of the 1956 presidential year while President Eisenhower recovers in Florida and will deliver the State of the Union upon return.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Mass
Congress
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Local Borough Gets Four New Councilmen And New President
Four new Indiana Borough councilmen were sworn in by Burgess Warren P. Kline. James W. Mack Jr. was elected president, joining Charles H. Russell James G. Kring and C Wilmer Johnston as the new members. Oath administered in Borough Secretary Blair Ansley’s office. Ansley reelected secretary and J Anthony Graff reelected treasurer. The reorganization sets stage for tonight’s regular meeting at the Community Center Building.
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Sipor
James M. Macks
Indiana
James Kring
C. Wilmer Johnston
Charles H.russell
New
Indiana Borough
Warren P. Kline
James W. Mack Jr
Oak Street
Charles H. Russell
Clymer Avenue
James G. Kring
Steinar Avenue
Washington Street
Russell
Kring
Mack
Johnston
James W. Mack Sr
Blair Ansley
Ansley
J. Anthony Graff
Ad - Lee
Pittsburgh Fire Unearths Moonshine Distillery in Mansion
Firemen responding to an alarm uncovered a modern moonshine distillery in an old Fifth Ave mansion in Shadyside. Authorities seized 188 gallons of distilled moonshine and a large mash, after an explosion started a minor fire. The house appeared unoccupied with a single lighted Christmas tree visible. Police noted expert plumbing equipment and a 300 gallon still, with the blast likely from a broken coupling spilling hot fluid onto gas burners. The building had recently served as a rooming house with only two rooms furnished.
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Pittsburgh
Fifth Ave
Shadyside
Dinah Shore Almost Loses Gown in Parade
Dinah Shore narrowly avoids a wardrobe mishap during the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. A heater used to warm her feet caused an apparent snag in her gold plated gown, with about two inches of the hem thinning before a spectator intervened. Nearby stalls list fruit prices and a local Legion event note.
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Pasadena
Best Be Wary ST Louis Zoo Weight Watch
A zoo article notes the St. Louis zoo acquired an animal last spring weighing 3,500 pounds and has since gained more than a pounds. The oddly garbled text references promotions and an ad insertion on page 2 with mentions of Cohen and a political party.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Zoo
Meters Here Collect 7 2 Tons In 1955
Indiana Borough Secretary Blair Ansley reports parking meter takings for 1955 totaling $38,488.22, up from $38,236.24 in 1954, with 20 fewer meters in use after lengthening spaces to 22 feet. Some meters near corners were removed and spaces generate $8.00 monthly per space.
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Indiana
Blair Ansley
Ansley
Aleq
Four Minor Accidents Mark New Year in Indiana
Indiana County motorists started 1956 with four New Year week end traffic accidents causing just over 1000 dollars in damage. State Police and Indiana Borough police praised the low crash rate with no injuries reported. Paul J. Flanagan, 52, of 961 Water Street Indiana, was charged with disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle after his car struck a parked auto on Philadelphia Street.
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Indiana
Philadelphia
Paul J. Flanagan
Water Street
Les
Husband reports wife suicide at bridge near hotel
In Los Angeles Harold Chester 23 saw a crowd, found his wife Bettie Chester 28 had leapt from a nearby bridge. Police ruled death by own action. They said the couple recently moved from Dallas Texas and Bettie had cancer.
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Los Angeles
Harold Chester
Bettie Chester
Dallas
Tex
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Sets Record
The Associated Press reports the three day New Year period from 6 p.m. Dec 30 to midnight Monday totaled 356 traffic deaths with 72 in fires and 72 in the miscellaneous class, bringing the overall toll to 500. The three day New Year total beat past records but fell short of the Christmas holiday toll of 609 and below predictions of 420. A nonholiday Dec 1 to Dec 12 period is cited for comparison.
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Associated Press
Helicopter to Land in Indiana Borough for March of Dimes
A helicopter will land tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. in the business district behind Stapleton's Restaurant to launch Operation Blue Crutch, the first phase of the March of Dimes fund drive. The Indiana Borough Police will enforce safety rules as volunteers distribute blue crutch pins across the county during Friday and Saturday.
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Indiana
Indiana, County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stapelton’s
North Eighth and
Water Streets
Howard T. Sanford
Reds gain in France elections create fractured Assembly
France's national elections called by Premier Edouard Faure yield a weak, coalition-dominated result with a strong Communist bloc emerging in the National Assembly alongside Poujadist anti tax forces. The outcome suggests continued factional politics and possible Socialist leadership among big parties.
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Paris
France
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Antitax
Pierre Poujade
New Assembly
New County Officials Take Over Yesterday
Indiana County opened 1956 with its first new county judge in 20 years Edwin M Clark sworn in by outgoing judge E E Creps and 18 elected plus five appointed officials taking oaths The first Democratic commissioners since 1832 were Dee Miller and Harold C McCormick with Republican Harve A Orr as the minority member elected board president Porter Mills and Harold McCormick named vice president and a respectively See New County-Page 7 Cal 4
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Gazette
Sipox
Indiana
Edwin M. Clark
Be, E. Creps
Clark
Joe Donnelly
Indiana County
E. E. Creps
Harry A. Nichol
Inflizga R. D
Judge Clark
South Sixth Street
Dee Miller
Washington Street
Harold C. McCormick
Plumville
Harve A. Orr
North Ninth Street
H. A. Orr
Board of
Emny Commissioners
Miller and McCormick
New County
Page
Cal
Frank Hague Dead at 81 Held in Jersey City View
Frank Hague former Jersey City mayor and longtime political boss dies in New York New Year’s Day at age 81. Body returned to Jersey City for public viewing today and tomorrow at a local funeral home ahead of Thursday funeral services. Messages of sympathy come from friends and former rivals as the city mourns a lasting political figure.
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Jersey City
Frank Hague
New York
Hague
Park Avenue
Boy Scout Rescues Four From Icy Pond
In St Joseph Missouri an 11 year old Boy Scout Sonny Golden rescued four skaters who fell through thin ice on a farm pond. He fetched a rope and ladder from bystanders and pulled each person to safety while adults watched. Patrolmen praised his bravery noting his light weight aided the risky act. Sonny credited his Boy Scout training.
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ST. Joseph
Sonny Golden
Sonny
Twins Born Here New Year's Day
Mr and Mrs Mike Mibroda of Indiana Pa welcomed twin boys on January 1 1956. Timothy Herbert born 12 52 pm and James Gregory born 1 41 pm at Indiana Hospital. Dr John P Lapsley assisted. They join sister Roberta 4 and brother Johnny. Grandparents Bert Braughler Creekside Eva Mibroda Homer City.
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Mike Mi Broda
Indiana
R. D
Timothy Herbert
James Gregory
Indiana Hospital
John P. Lapsley
Ernest
Imogene Braughler
Roberta
Johnny
Mibroda
Bert Braughler
Creekside
Eva Mibroda
Homer City
Shot Backfire Injures Corpus Christi Youth
In Corpus Christi a 16 year old, David Hernandez, inserted a .22 caliber bullet in a wall crack and fired it with an air rifle. The shell blew backward and hit him in the head causing a head laceration. He returned home the next day after treatment.
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Corpus Christi
Texay
David Hernandez
David
Bell moved from brewery to church steeple in Kentucky
A bronze bell that rang the hour at a Cincinnati brewery for 94 years will be installed to summon worshippers from the Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church steeple in Hebron Kentucky. Also listed are grocery ads for large Sweet Tangerines and Winesap apples from Lou's Fruit Market with prices.
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Hebron
Cincinnati
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Eden Calling Crisis Meet On Mideast Doh
Prime Minister Eden convened his Cabinet to address the Middle East crisis and Labor demands for a parliamentary debate on arms sales to Arabs and Israelis. He met Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell and refused to invite the Kremlin to aid peace efforts. Foreign Secretary Lloyd and eight British ambassadors were recalled for an emergency conference, as Israeli Premier Ben-Gurion warned of imminent war but called it not unavoidable. Britain faced criticism over World War II surplus arms shipments to the region.
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London
Eden
Middle East
Hugh Gaitskell
Kremlin
Llwyn Lloyd
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ben-Gurion
Britain
Belgium
Frontiersmen Lose Lipstick In Tournament Parade
In Pasadena Calif Jimmy Meyers age 8 and Bruce Meyers age 5 from Fresno Calif dressed as early American explorers for the Tournament of Roses parade. Their mother applied makeup and lipstick under the gaze of onlookers.
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Pasadena
Alif
Jimmy Meyers
Bruce
Fresno
Calif
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James Mack
Homer City Legion Party
Mts
Cohen
Biles Party
T.W. the
Reds
Boy Scout
Lancaster
Norman G. Hohenwarter
Marion Engle
Ruth Weiss
Lit
Saens
Elks Party
T.W. Th
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