Middletown Opens Shafer-Neibar Underpass in Parade
Thousands of Middletown residents attended the formal opening of the Shafer-Neibar underpass, a milestone in the city’s progress program. City officials, NY Central Railroad representatives, the McGraw Construction Co., and the Progress Committee celebrated the traffic project that links the north end with the east side and ties to planned highway improvements.
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City Commission
Francis Carmody
Carmody
Middletown
Foe Of Law Dead After Gun Battle
New York police killed August Robles after a 90 minute shootout in a third floor 112th Street tenement near Park Avenue. A three day manhunt ended with tear gas fire and a fatal chest wound to the feared gang foe. A priest administered last rites as officers entered the charred apartment. Robles had been sought in connection with the Brooklyn gangland slaying of ex convict Joseph Aronowitz.
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New York
August Robles
Park Avenue
Robles
Joseph Aronowitz
Brooklyn
Millikin Rebuts Goldwater on GOP Senate Odds in 1956
Washington Sen Millikin R Cole disputes Sen Goldwaters Ariz appraisal that Republicans face heavily stacked odds to regain Senate control in 1956. Millikin says GOP prospects are strong citing an excellent national administration and voter appeal. Goldwater identifies races most at risk including Colorado Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland and Wisconsin.
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Sen. Millikin
R-Cole
Sen. Goldwater
Rariz
Senate
Millikin
Conference of All
GOP
Goldwater
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Wisconsin
California
Utah
Weather Note: Snow Misses Miami Valley as Rain Arrives
A blizzard from the Rocky Mountains veered northeast to miss the Miami Valley while about an inch of rain drenched the area last night. A freeze is planned tonight. Expect cloudy, colder weather with temperatures in the mid 20s tonight. Daytime highs recently reached 66 before dropping to 34 overnight.
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Rocky Mountains
Miami Valley
Grain Gift Okay Only If Reds Know About It
Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times told Columbus Town Meeting panelists that a U S gift of wheat to grain short Soviet Russia could be a shrewd propaganda move. He said details should be broadcast by press and radio to reach the Russian people.
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Columbus
Ohio
Moscow
U. S
Russia
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Columbus Town
Salisbury
New Hopes Seen For Leukemia
A St Michael's Hospital team in Toronto reports a promising leukemia treatment using a growth hormone from hog, sheep and horse pituitary glands. Over a 10 day course patients show a trend toward recovery as the method aims to restore alkaline phosphate balance rather than destroy white cells.
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Toronto
ONTV
St.Michael's Hospital
Charles Bardawill
Bardawill
Ohio Crashes Fatal To 12 Over Weekend
Twelve people died in Ohio highway accidents over the weekend including an auto pedestrian fatality where a Toledo man and his 5-year-old daughter were struck on Ohio 2. Other deaths included two drownings in ice crossing to Middle Bass Island, two from carbon monoxide in Lyndon, two from gas heater fumes in Cincinnati apartments, and two fire deaths for a total of 21 weekend fatalities.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Lee Stokes
Toledo
Janice
Ohio 2
Lake Erie
Middle Bass Island
Lyndon
Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Negotiators Seek New Contract Agreements
AKRON Ohio negotiators from CIO United Rubber Workers and B F Goodrich Co meet again to settle a supplemental contract for 9000 production workers at the Akron plant. An all day session yesterday left company and union officials without a settlement, said Kenneth Oldham president Local No 5.
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Akron
Ohio
CIO
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
Kenneth Oldham
Reds Violation Charge Over Korean Armistice
The United Nations accused North Korea of violating the Korean armistice by flying MIGs after the truce. Maj. Gen. Leslie D. Carter demanded punishment and called for neutral inspection teams to verify North Korean air strength and the MIG deployments.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
Nort Korea
Leslie D. Carter
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Yellow Sea
North Korea
Carter
Lee Sang Cho
U. N
Lee
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
South Korea
Second Disaster Almost Destroys Coast Guard Ship
The Coast Guard cutter Eastwind survived a near disaster after a below deck fire destroyed the engine room and threatened the ammunition magazine before crews contained it. No injuries were reported. the 289 foot vessel had just returned from Greenland and was tied at Castle Island for repairs.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Eastwind
Gulfstream
Cape May
N.J
Greenland
Castle Island
Tax Cut Plan Sparks First Partisan Clash In Congress
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to endorse a Democratic 20 per person income tax cut, likely triggering the first partisan clash of the new Congress. Secretary Humphrey may testify in advance of the vote as Democrats push to add the cut to a bill extending corporation and excise taxes, risking revenue losses.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Senate OK Urged for Pay Boost
Washington leaders press for a 50 percent pay rise for Congress and federal judges, aiming to raise salaries from 12,500 to 22,500 dollars a year. Supporters claim about 60 of 96 senators back the plan while opponents foresee only a few votes. The House passed a larger 25,000 dollar bid, with a conference review expected to harmonize differences. President Eisenhower has urged an increase and a commission suggested 27,500.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Eisenhower
Faure Works On Cabinet Amid France Government Crisis
Paris Edgar Faure pressed to form a new cabinet as France seeks unity after an 11 day government crisis. He met with Socialist leaders and Radical Socialist figures who reportedly oppose joining his cabinet while remaining committed to much of Mendes France's program.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
France
Faure
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes
Italian Freighter Grounded In Channel
Gale winds drove the 7,172 ton Italian freighter Monviso aground near the cliffs of Dover early today. Tugs working in a blinding snow freed her on the rising tide. The extent of damage was not immediately known.
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Dover
England
Wrecked Sabena airliner sighted in the Apennines Italy
Wreckage of a Belgian Sabena airliner crashed eight days earlier with 29 aboard including four Americans was sighted by search planes in the snow clad Apennines. The crash site is on Mt Terminillo at 6600 feet about 60 miles northeast of Rome. Carabinieri and police head to the scene.
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Vigna DI Valle
Italy
Apennines
Rock Peak Is Probed For Bodies In Plane Crash
In subzero cold a search team probed Sandia Mountains cliff and base for 16 missing Trans World Airlines travelers after a Martin 404 crashed from Albuquerque’s Kirtland Field. Rescue chief Col. Gibson reported no survivors possible. Parachuted supplies aided eight searchers stranded atop the rock.
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Albuquerque
Kirtland Field
I. R. Spong
Prairie Village
Kan
Santa Fe
Baltimore
Sandia Mountains
James Bixler
Carco Air Service
William Gibson
Air Rescue Service
Denver
Blizzard search goes on for missing Nebrasha victims
Snow plow crews labored through deep drifts in Ogallala as search teams hunted for 36 missing after the Nebraska blizzard. Thirty three were rescued, including five children who spent 19 hours in a car nine miles northwest of town, while three ministers remain unaccounted for. One driver kept the group awake with jokes and birthday songs as the scene unfolded in central Nebraska.
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Ogallala
Neb
Nebraska
Here
Gothenburg
Pine River
Wyo
Ray McColleng
Jim Mason
Mary Ellen Tatro
Ladd Cochrane
Hastings
Nationalist Air Attacks Hit Taishan Islands
Nationalist air and naval offensives report three days of strikes on the Taishan group and nearby waters. A second Communist buildup is noted on Fukien coast opposite the Matsu Islands as Nationalists establish 26 civil defense centers.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
Nanchishan
Fukien Province
Matsu Islands
Defense Ministry
Information Wroice
Taishan
Taleshans
Air Force
Taishans
Nanchisan
Tachen Islands
U. S
Defense Ministry Information Serve
Ice
Matsu Island
Foochow
Information Service
Chekiang
Fukien
Matsu
Eisenhower Attends Service After Cold Recovery
President Eisenhower, recently recovered from a week old cold, attended services at National Presbyterian Church yesterday in Washington. The public appearance followed his illness and prior travel schedule.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
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