Mansion Crisis Ends as Man Kills Woman Then Himself
In Butler County, James Leroy Bowser, 57, shot Agnes Virginia Hildebrand Graham, 31, at her Chicora home, then killed himself with a .22 pistol. Autopsy shows three bullets in Graham’s head and one in Bowser. The bodies were found by Graham’s son, 9, returning from school. Bowser had threatened and urged her to move in with him.
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Butler
Butler County
al W. Lehnerd
James Leroy Bowser
Chicora R. D
Agnes Virginia Hildebrand Graham
Graham
Bowser
North Beaver area farmer plows after dark
An enterprising farmer in North Beaver Township was seen plowing after dark using tractor headlights. Holy Week services begin at local churches with lit buildings and Easter programs planned next Sunday. Thumbers on highways pose a hazard as drivers stop or veer to avoid them. Fruit buds swell amid caution of a late freeze. county fruit crop expected to be good if weather holds. The Koppel bridge tolls will end by late 1957, two years earlier than expected, boosting Ellwood City to Koppel traffic. Homeowners advised to secure lower floor windows as robberies rise with seasonal window changes.
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Beaver Township
Highway Department
Koppel Bridge
Ellwood City
Koppel
Daily Weather Report
Partly cloudy and mild with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. Highs 56 to 64, lows in the 40s. Wednesday mostly cloudy with continued mild conditions and more showers likely. 24 hour period ending today shows a max 60 and min 31 with no precipitation. river stage 6.4 feet. Last year on this date highs reached 45 and lows 28.
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United States
Michigan City Probe May Tie Rev Detrick to Work Claim
Reports suggest Rev Raymond R Blaine Detrick once missing since March 28 may be in a Michigan city seeking a job under the name Raymond Detrick. A Pennsylvania contact cites a Vienna to Toledo flight plan as a possible clue. The story connects a possible alias to a suspected relocation.
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R. Blaine Detrick
Slippery Rock
Michigan
Detrick
Raymond Detrick
Pennsylvania
Rev
Raymond
Michigan City
Vienna
Toledo
Controversy Widens On MacArthur Stand
The dispute over Gen Douglas MacArthur views on Soviet help against Japan deepens. Defense officials review papers for possible publication as an Army historian states MacArthur favored Soviet entry at Yalta in 1945.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Defense Department
Yalta
Louis Morton
Pacific
The
Army
Office of Military History
Reporter’’ Magazine
Stevens Leaves Formosa Sees No War Threat
United States Army Secretary Robert E. Stevens left Formosa for Washington after reports of an invasion threat near Matsu. Nationalist forces reported air and naval actions against Communist ships near Fukien coast and Quemoy. Stevens said he did not believe war was imminent and that Americans worried more about war than Formosa residents.
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Taipei
Formosa
Army
Robert E. Stevens
Washington
Far East
Fukien
Meichow Bay
Midway
Matsu
Quemoy
China News
Matsu Islands
Stevens
Two Suspects Arrested In Wisconsin Tavern Holdup
Michigan authorities say Patrick Redmond aged 20 of Oshkosh and Marvin Lester Kofetka aged 24 of Neenah confessed to shooting and robbing Edward Sabel 58 at a Fond du Lac Wisconsin tavern last Tuesday. Police stopped their car six miles west of Toledo Ohio Sunday finding two guns and 30 rounds of ammunition with bloodstained clothes. The men were to be returned today to face charges in Wisconsin.
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Erie, Mich
IINS
Michigan
Wisconsin
Patrick Redmond
Oshkosh
Wis
Marvin Lester Kofetka
Neenah
Edward Sabel
Fond du Lac
Sabel
Redmond
Kofnetka
Toledo
Boy Killed Crossing Route 76 in Union Two
State police identified the driver as John M. Yoder 35 Belleville RD after John Dumm 10 was struck and killed crossing Route 76 in Union Two Mifflin County Lewistown Pa on Monday night by an automobile.
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Lewistown
John Dumm
Union Two
Mifflin County
John M. Yoder
Belleville RD
Record Blizzard Rages Across West Leaving Dozens Dead
A phenomenal April blizzard battered Wyoming and Montana for the third day, killing at least six and leaving seven missing as towns faced isolation from deep snow drifts. The Weather Bureau called it historic and regional storms added misery nationwide with fires, tornadoes, and dust storms.
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United Press
Wyoming
Montana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dulles Says War Or Peace Up To China
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the Far Eastern danger hinges on Chinese Communist intent. He rejected a Congress proposal to declare whether the United States would defend Quemoy and Matsu, noting a treaty obligation to defend Formosa and the Pescadores with no further commitments. He argued Quemoy and Matsu defense would matter only if tied to Formosa's defense.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Pacific
Congress
United States
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Matsu
Pescadores
Death notices list local residents on April 5 1955
Obituaries record the deaths of Robert L. Blankenbeckler aged 74 of 355 Neshannock Avenue John Cwynar Sr aged 78 of 38 High Street and Mrs Mary Elizabeth Brown aged 95 of Ellwood City New Castle Road all listed in local death notices for Tuesday April 5 1955.
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Robert L. Blankenbeckler
Neshannock Avenue
John Cwynar Sr
High Street
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Ellwood City
New Castle Road
Chicago Voters Go To Polls To Name Mayor
Chicago voters faced a mayoral showdown between Republican Robert E. Merriam and Democrat Richard J. Daley. Merriam, a 36 year old reformer, urged voters to “throw the rascals out” while Daley touted a long, scandal-free record across several offices.
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Chicago
GOP
Robert E. Merriam
Merriam
Richard J. Daley
Cook County Democratic
Lake Michigan
Daley
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cook County
U S May Place Combat Troops On Formosa
Washington weighing sending American combat troops to Formosa to back Chiang Kai Shek if Quemoy and Matsu are attacked or if he withdraws without a fight. Eisenhower would resist war risk and allies oppose a third world war over the question.
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Kingsbury Smith
Matsus
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai- Shek
Red China
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu
America
Britain
France
U.S
Three Men Sought After Capsized Boat in Delaware Bay
Coast Guard crews search the Delaware Bay for three Wilmington men missing after their outboard motorboat capsized during a trial run. The missing are owner Richard Kulesza 23, Robert Good 22, and Stanley Duszak 15, all from Wilmington.
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Wilmington, del
Ins
Coast Guard
Delaware Bay
Richard Kulesza
Robert Good
Stanley Duszak
Wilmington
May Draft Call In State Is 691
Harrisburg reports a May draft call of 691 men, up 133 from April. All May draftees will be at least 21 years old, under the state selective service quota.
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Harrisburg
Henry M Gross
Selective Service
Jesus Confronts Pharisees on Last Tuesday Footsteps
In His Footprints in His Footprints CHRIST S LAST TUESDAY the scene from Matthew 21 27 shows Jesus leaving Bethany to confront Pharisees and Scribes who refuse to answer about his miracles. Hyer presents the encounter as a test and triumph.
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Matt
Jesus
Bethany
Japan Government Jeopardized by Diplomatic Gaffe
Washington reports say Japan’s government faces jeopardy after Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu was denied a Washington invitation. Experts warn the incident strains U.S.-Japan relations, risking the possible downfall of the current Japanese government amid national anger over the perceived loss of face.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Far East
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Nationalists Say Red Force Heads For Matsu
Taipei CN Nationalists report three sea and air confrontations with the CCP claiming heavy losses to the enemy. They say their planes and ships failed to find a large Red fleet reportedly heading toward the Matsu islands.
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Matsu
Stanley Cheng
Taipei
Matsu Islands
Nationalists report massive Red fleet near matsus area
Chinese Nationalists in Taipei say hundreds of Communist gunboats and armed junks moved toward the Matsu islands off Formosa with an invasion seen as possible. Nationalist planes and naval units rushed to engage the Red fleet and sunk at least two gunboats in Melchow Bay.
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Stanway Cheng Taipei
INS
China
Matsu Islands
Formosa
Taipei
Matsus
Melchow Bay
Quemoy
Spring Elections Shape Michigan Party Strength
Detroit area voters backed Democrats in a close statewide spring election contest, the first major test since the November gains for Democrats who won Congress. The statewide race reflected a nip and tuck battle with Republicans as Michigan voters cast ballots in the biennial spring elections.
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Detroit
Michigan
Largest North Carolina forest fire defies troops and terrain
Dozens of soldiers, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and National Guardsmen with heavy equipment fought what officials called the largest and most dangerous forest fire in North Carolina history. The 10 mile front swept across 250000 acres, threatening three towns and prompting a major emergency declaration.
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North Carolina
Fairfield
Midwest
Milburn
Iowa
Duluth
Minn
N.C
Paul Tillman
Raleigh
New Castle Industrial Day Attracts Realtors From Several Cities
The Greater New Castle Association and Thomas McCaffrey hosted Industrial Day for over 100 realtors at the city owned plant formerly leased by United Engineering and Foundry. A luncheon at the Country Club featured a slide program on local labor and economics. Prospects for sale include seven firms such as Erie Forge and Steel, Kaiser Aluminum, and Blaw-Knox, with a plant price tag of 23 million dollars.
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New Castle
United Engineering and Foundry Company
Greater New
Cleveland
Detroit
Wheeling
Erie
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Erie Forge and Steel Corporation
Midvale Steel Company
E. W. Bliss Company
Blaw-Knox Corporation
Kaiser Aluminum
Continental Foundry and Machine Company
Hoover warns city residents face greater crime risk
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told Washington that large cities with populations over 100000 show sharply rising murder and assault rates. He cited inadequate police protection as a key factor and said police staffing has not kept pace with crime.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Churchill resigns as British prime minister succeeded by Eden
Sir Winston Churchill submitted his resignation to the Queen, ending his term as prime minister. Unofficial word circulated two hours before a formal 6:30 p.m. Downing Street announcement confirms Sir Anthony Eden as his successor.
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United Press
London
Eng
Lady Churchill
Queen Elizabeth
Downing Street
Winston Churchill
Queen Victoria
Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
No. 10
Churchill poised to resign as prime minister today
London reports say Sir Winston Churchill expected to resign today and pass leadership to Anthony Eden with R A Butler and Harold MacMillan in a ruling trio. BBC and Exchange Telegraph signal retirement imminent as Parliament readies for a final appearance.
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Gene Patterson
United Press
London
Winston Churchill
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Exchange Telegraph
House of Commons
Eden
R. A. Butler
Harold MacMillan
Graduation Time Looms For Arthur Mometer
The piece reflects on the pivotal moment of receiving a diploma or "sheep skin" as a student nears graduation. It notes the fourteen weeks needed to prepare and that the period feels lengthy, with the date approaching as the speaker marks turning sixty today.
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