21 Jan 1956
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1956
Page
1
Preston Foster has turned in his tugboat for a supersonic jet, with details unclear in the fragment. The notice references Foster and a vessel exchange, hinting at a dramatic shift in ownership or transport plans. Further readable context is not provided.
New York police report two gunmen briefly interrupted the Broadway performance of Plain and Fancy at the Mark Hellinger Theatre last night. They demanded pay packets from manager Al Jones, then fled into the crowd on List Street, taking about $7000 in backstage wages and other payroll items.
Columbus Ohio residents read claims from the CIO Council that sheriff deputies and police assaulted strikers at the January 3 Westinghouse plant demonstration. The IUE said officers swung clubs pulled revolvers cursed and beat workers as they lay on the ground. 88 strikers were arrested eight injured one died of a heart attack during the three month long Westinghouse strike affecting 54,500 workers nationwide.
TV and radio listings detail top viewing for the evening across stations WFBG KDKA WIAC WJAC and others. Programs include I Love Lucy Perry Como Gunsmoke Ed Sullivan Alcoa Hour and more with guest stars Vivian Blaine Dan Dailey Helen Hayes Tennessee Williams.
Eisenhower backers press for his decision on a second term as state primaries loom. He said his name may stay on ballots in New Hampshire and other states where consent is not required, while promising to decide soon. GOP leaders across several states plan to file or seek consent to list his name, with Ohio Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota among those moving forward.
Police Chief George Bichsel recommended raising the daily credit for prisoners serving out fines from 3 to 5 dollars. The 3 dollar allowance has been in effect for 50 years and inflation argues for the increase.
Washington report on Pittsburgh manufacturer T M Evans proposing a graduated corporate income tax to curb mega mergers. He argues a high bracket would cap company size while warning premerger notices could harm competitiveness and risk wrecking a business.
Four Denver University students confessed to stealing two tombstones from a local firm claiming they were needed as decorations for Kappa Sigma fraternity’s Morticians Ball. They were lectured and released.
INVERNESS Miss officers held 18 year old I C Kelly a masked would be robber without charge and searched for his accomplice William Burke 26 of Chicago after Kelly took 150 from a Bank of Inverness depositor. Kelly identified Burke as the getaway driver and admitted the robbery after the money was found on him.
CORNWALL Ont A possible holdup in the St Lawrence River power project is foreseen after a demand to stop work on relocation of the Canadian National Railway main line A spokesman for Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission said the reservoir dike cannot be completed until the line is moved back Flooding cannot occur without the dike The united counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry endorse suspending work while seeking federal approval for grade separations at 10 county road crossings Approval must come from the board of transport commissioners which has federal funds to subsidize costs of the separations Construction of Jevel crossing has started at several crossings The counties maintain graders should be built during relocation They have applied for transport board approval to proceed
Bent on show business Boyd Crumley a 27 year old carnival performer based in Benton Harbor Michigan detonates two sticks of dynamite in a wood box as part of a twice daily act. Wearing a crash helmet ear plugs and goggles he previously sustained a concussion from a similar stunt. The performer earned about 600 dollars weekly and planned further bookings in Canada after a recent demonstration for friends. He claimed the secret came from another performer who had lost an arm a leg and both eardrums.
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