Israel to Withdraw From Gaza As U N Plan Sought
Arab reaction split as Israel announces withdrawal plans tied to UN support. Egypt warns pullout must not be a bargain, while Hammaskjold recommendations back UNEF deployment along the armistice line and Gulf of Aqaba. Ben Gurion allies threaten resignations if Gaza exits proceed without security guarantees. Corroborating reports say Gaza troops show no withdrawal cues.
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United Nations
Egypt
General Assembly
U.N
Gaza
Aqaba
Cairo
Israel
Mahmoud Fawzi
Fawz
Assembly
Middle East
Palestine
Hammarskjold
Gulf of Aqaba
Washington
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Abdut Ayoda
Ben- Gurion
Flood Dam Near Warren Under Study
In Western Pennsylvania a proposed Allegheny River dam at Kinzua near Warren would pay for its 10 million cost by preventing flood damage, says U S Army Engineers chief. He cited a 1.26 return per dollar and noted prior Pittsburgh watershed projects saved 250 million from 1938 to 1953. Objections from the Seneca Nation cited.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Kinzua
Warren
U.S. Army Engineers
H. E. Sprague
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Allegheny Conference On Community Development
Sprague
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Lake Erie
J. A. Neill
Pittsburgh District Army Engineers
Allegany
New York State
Conemaugh River
Scandal Mags and Warrants in 1950s Hollywood Probe
Husky investigator Otash testified about tracking Anita Ekberg and British actor Anthony Steel, describing photo surveillance at her beach house and a telephoto lens setup. He outlined covert listening devices and one way mirrors used to film from inside out. William Lewis spoke of a proposed movie industry fund to counter exposes, discussed with Mervyn LeRoy. plan did not advance, cost about 350000.
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Inl
T Imagine
Husky
Anita
Edwin Regan
Weaverville
Miss Ekberg
Anthony Steel
Otash
Ctash
William S. Lewis
Mervyn Leroy
Lewis
Kennedy Aims to Finish Racketeering Probes in Senate
Senator Robert F. Kennedy drives a hard line in the Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee amid clashes with underworld figures and labor racketeering inquiries. Once intending to step away in 1955 he remained, steering a volatile probe into graft, labor unions, and industry with Sen. McClellan as chair. Kennedy, 31, Harvard football alum and World War II veteran, is from a notable political family and has reported from abroad as a journalist before earning his 1931 UVA law degree.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Underworld
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Permanent Investigations
New York
Sen. McClellan D-Arks
McClellan
Wien
Train Kills Man at Hawkins Station near Wilkinsburg
Ralph E Hall, 25, of Turtle Creek, was killed today by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Hawkins Station, two miles east of Wilkinsburg. Police said the incident occurred at the crossing and the victim was struck by the train while walking along the tracks. Investigators were examining the scene for additional details and identifying the crew involved.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Ehall
Turtle Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hawkins Station
Wilkinsburg
Maryland College taboos ignite board probe
At the University of Maryland, a stricter drinking ban prompts stronger enforcement and potential charter suspensions for fraternities. Judges Bretherick and Toal urge drastic reform, questioning board independence and its Delaware County case handling as hearings resume. The Pardons Board, long criticized, faces renewed scrutiny amid tensions over advisory recommendations and disqualifications.
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Park
University of Maryland
Scott
Arthur P. Bretherick
Sis
William R. Toal
al Mony
Bretherick
Toal
Commonwealth
Edwin W. Tompkins
Cameron
Delaware County
Erie County
Philip Lopresti
D—Cambria
Thomas D. McBride
McBride
Jage
Pardsons Board
Fatal Saba Beating Goes To Grand Jury
A coroner s jury in Indiana County finds probable cause in the February beating death of 82 year old Mike Saba. Witnesses describe Van Gelder entering the Saba home, drinking beer, and confessing to striking Saba with an iron bar. Pathologists cite extensive brain injuries from skull fracture as the cause of death. Van Gelder faces preliminary hearing scheduled in Clymer.
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Grandview
Indiana
James G. Kring
van Gelder
Indiana County
Mike Saba
Indiana Hospital
Philadelphia Street
Willis ©. Hall
Glen Campbell
Russell Gardner
Hall
Hazell Huber
Oak Street
Saba
Mr. Saba
Thomas Hadock
Indiana State Police
Hudock
Van
W. Thomas Malcolm
Helen Mullholland
Irene Smith
Turner Streams
James Kring
Charles Kalus
Wilton’. Austin
Justice of the Peace
John Sokoly
Clymer
Cop Shooters Case and Clubs Under Probe in Pittsburgh
Safety Director Louis Rosenberg assumes full charge of the shooting investigation of acting police Lt. Allen Carnahan. The Liquor Control Board also opens a probe at the Athletic Boosters Club where the incident occurred. Rosenberg promises a thorough, step-by-step inquiry. Carnahan was wounded in the thighs and groin with his own .48 caliber service revolver. He initially claimed self-inflicted gunfire, then said a woman fired the shot.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Rosenberg
Allen Carnahan
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Athletic Boosters Club
Rosenberg
Carnahan
Cause of Smoking at Plaza Fire Traced to Wright Apartment
Actress Ann Sothern, in her Plaza Hotel suite, alerted staff to smoke from an unusable fireplace. Firefighters traced the blaze to the apartment of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, where an unidentified guest burned papers in a plugged chimney, delaying response until flames were nearly out.
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New York Om
Ann Sothern
Plaza Hotel
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Miss Sothern
Goat Tad
Death sentence carried out at Sing Sing prison
Leonardo Salemi, 46, was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York after a 3 year 8 month wait with seven postponements.
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Ossining
N.Y
Leonardo Salemi
Sing Sing Prison
Divorce Granted in Elizabeth New Jersey Case
Elizabeth New Jersey widow Mrs Lena Weiner seventy two has been granted a divorce on grounds that her eighty eight year old husband Abraham deserted her forty one days after they were married.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Lena Weiner
Abraham
Eisenhower Nominate Berding for Public Affairs Post
President Eisenhower nominates Andrew H. Berding, assistant chief at the U S Information Agency, as assistant secretary of state for public affairs, to succeed Carl W. McCardle who resigned. Berding, 55, has journalism roots from Cincinnati to AP and Buffalo Evening News. He may accompany Dulles to the SEATO meeting in Australia March 11–13.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Andrew H. Berding
U.S. Information Agency
Berding
Carl W. McCardle
Philadelphia
State Department
Elbridge Durbrow
Viet Nam
G. Frederick Reinhardt
Rerding
Cincinnati
Ohio
Associated Press
Wasterrington
Buffalo
NSY
Dulles
Australia
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Plan Plant At Verona Plan Plant At Verona
PITTSBURGH A P its standard Conduit Co said today it will build a new plant at Verona and abandon its plant at Etna. The 16 acre site was bought from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Construction is to finish next fall with partial operations starting early in 1958. The Etna plant is being closed due to high operating costs and lack of space for expansion. The company employs 325 at its Etna and Morrisville plants.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh’ Standard Conduit Co
Verona
Etna
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert G. Mellroy
Morrisville
Wagner to Run Again for New Term as Mayor of New York
Mayor Robert F. Wagner announces he will seek a second term in November and will not run for any other office. The Democratic leader, son of the late senator who sponsored major New Deal labor legislation, was defeated by Senator Javits in last November’s U.S. Senate race.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
U.S
Sen
Javits
RNY
U. S. Senate
New Export Bank Program Aims to Ease Foreign Sales
The Export-Import Bank plans a simpler credit process for financed export sales with loans under 50 000 dollars requiring only the buyer’s 12 month balance sheet and a bank letter. The changes aim to improve service while maintaining prudent loan standards amid U S Russian trade issues and Red China recognition debates.
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Waugh
Wdugh
U.S
Far East
United States
U.S.S.R
Red China
Nixon Receives Warm Welcome in Morocco
Nixon enters a crowd of about 500 as Secret Service and Moroccan police watch. He calls on Sultan Mohammed V, then plans two days of dinners and luncheons. Moroccans seek immediate aid besides long term projects while negotiating rights to five multimillion dollar air bases.
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Secret Service
Nixon
Mohammed V
Link Story To Rackets In Unions
West Coast Teamsters officials and underworld figures allegedly organized and controlled vice in Portland. Terry denied altering union minutes of Coin Machine Men of Oregon under questioning by McClellan and Kennedy, claiming Brown changed them. Witness Elkins testified of a $10,000 payment tying machines to the Acme group, aiming to push out rivals and expand gambling and vice operations in Portland with possible statewide gains. Indictments have been renewed against Elkins and others including William Langley.
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Teamsters
Vice
Portland
McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Terry
Coin Machine Men of
Oregon
Kennedy
al Brown
Brown
Stan
James B. Elkins
Brewster
Elkins
Acme Amusement Co
Clyde Crosby
Teamsters Oregon
Teamsters Union
Acme
Elking
William Langley
Miller Not Guilty to Contempt Plea in Congress Case
Playwright Arthur Miller, 41, pleads not guilty to contempt of Congress. He is married to Marilyn Monroe. At arraignment before U.S. Judge Charles F. McLaughlin he spoke only that denial. Miller seeks 30 days to file motions. trial tentatively set for May 3. He posted a $1,000 bond and was fingerprinted and released.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Congress
Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Joseph L. Rauh
McLaughlin
Raith
Kangaroo Takes Walk In Dallas
A 30 pound wallaroo named Wally escaped from his enclosure at Mar Salis Park zoo in Dallas. He hopped around the park for about a half hour, prompting keepers and police to chase and corral him back to safety.
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Dallas
Wally
Texas
Marsalis Park Zoo
Obituary notices for Conrad Ma Dil and Adam D T Smith
Mas Mamie Conrad Ma Dil of Nanty Glo Pa died March 1 1957 at 235 am in Johnstown Memorial Hospital after 344 weeks as patient Born March 26 1881 in Philipsburg Pa daughter of John Jacob and Margaret Ball Conrad lived in Philipsburg Indiana and Nanty Glo Her husband Robert Boyd Mafil died in 1941 and son Wallace is deceased Surviving children include Robert L Nanty Glo Charles R Strongstown and three daughters William Odessa Kapper Detroit Mich Mrs Maxine Anderson Van Nuys Calif Mrs James Winifred Gamber Nanty Glo Four brothers and four sisters 14 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren Visitation after 730 pm Friday at Robinson Lytle Indiana PA services Sunday March 4 at 2 pm Rev Eugene Barrett and Mr S P Bernard Interment Oakland Cemetery Indiana PA Adam D T Smith Rossiter RD 1 died February 28 1957 at 120 am in Indiana Hospital Born December 2 1873 in Canoe Township Indiana County Pa Lived in Pittsburgh Indiana and Rochester Mills member of Indiana Lodge 313 F and A Surviving wife and two sisters Infant son deceased and a daughter died in 1942 Services 2 pm Friday at Robinson Lytle Indiana with Rev James Burnett Reid officiating Interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana
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Mamie Conrad MA Dill
Nanty Glo
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Phillipssburg
John Jacob
Margaret Ball Conrad
Phillipsburg
Indiana
Robet Boyd Mafil
Wallace
Robert L
Charles R. Strongstown
William
Odessa) Kapper
Detroit
Mich
Maxine Anderson
van Nuys
Calif
James
Winifred) Gamber
John Conrad
Ebensburg
Samuel Conrad
Charles
Harry Conrad
Adam D. T. Smith
Rossiter
RD 1
Indiana Hospital
Canoe, Township
Indiana County
Pittsburgh
Rochester Mills
Smith
Indiana Lodge 313
Robinson - Lytle’s
N. 7Th St
James Burnett Reid
Greenwood Cemetery
Ike's Famed Yes Marked by a Decisive Reveal
One year ago President Eisenhower faced 311 reporters and a tense wait. After doctors declared him fit to serve another term he began with a Red Cross plug and news of Italy's visit. He teased farm and river projects before unveiling his affirmative decision in a held nerve shaking moment.
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Eisenhower
Red Cross
Italy
United States
Mad Bomber Metesky Faces Trial in NYC Court
In New York City Frank Metesky appeared in court where Judge Mullen ordered a plea of innocent by reason of insanity after the defense declined an innocent plea. Metesky, who cited a grudge against Consolidated Edison for an injury, has bombs explode with 15 injuries and no fatalities reported.
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Mullen
Metesky
Consolidated Edison Co
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