Legislature Nears Finish on Tax Program in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Legislature will likely finish its tax program next week with a full work session in both houses. Amendments to the sales tax and the capital stock tax accelerator are set for concurrence after Senate changes. The bills, amended since House passage, return to the House for approval.
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Burton W. Siglin
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Senate
House
Gov. Leader
Joseph J. Yosko
Hitchhiker Carries TURNPIKE Banner Amid City Traffic
A hitchhiker carried a TURNPIKE sign to steer passing motorists toward his direction. Plowing begins in north county per Pa Newe family report and more work is planned. New Wilmington installs its first traffic light at Market and Neshannock to guide drivers.
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North County
Pa Newe
New Wilmington
Market and Neshannock Sts
Daily Weather Report: Cloudy and Mild With Showers
Cloudy windy and mild with showers or scattered thunder today turning colder in the afternoon. High in the 60s. Windy and colder Saturday night with a chance of light showers low in the 30s. Sunday fair and rather cold. National stats show a 66 degree high and 46 degree low with 0.57 inches precip and a 9.5 foot river stage. A year ago high 56 low 33 and trace precipitation.
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United States
Benson braced for bad news on winter wheat output
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson anticipated further bad news as officials compiled winter wheat yield estimates. Early reports point to higher production than last year, intensifying Benson's surplus concerns. Spring wheat area was projected to rise about four percent. winter wheat acreage had been up two percent with 1956 output at 735 million bushels, about 15 percent below recent averages but higher than 1955. Weather remained favorable across Kansas, the leading winter wheat state.
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Washington
INS
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Department
Kansas
Stevenson Kefauver clash over bosses and nonsense
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver exchange curses as they vie for the Democratic nomination. Stevenson accuses Kefauver of nonsense while Kefauver calls Stevenson bossed by party leaders. Stevenson plans a Chicago rally with supporters from 22 states and 50 colleges. Kefauver campaigns in New Jersey seeking 36 convention votes.
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United Press
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Chicago
New Jersey
Estes
Tennessee
Kelsover
Jacksonville
Fla
When Love Comes In Politics Moves Out
Washington notes that Nancy Harlan LeFevre of Chevy Chase Maryland, aide to House Republican leader Joseph W Martin, plans marriage to Robert Dale of Bradshaw Texas, aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn. The pairing links two Washington aides from rival camps as politics waits.
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Washington
Nancy Harlan LeFevre
Chevy Chase
Joseph W Martin
Mass
Robert Dale
Bradshaw
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Plan Hearing On Boost Bid For Blue Cross
State Insurance Commissioner Francis Smith set public hearings for April 19 in Pittsburgh to review a proposed rate increase for Blue Cross in western Pennsylvania. An aide cited widespread protests and strong public interest as the reason for the hearings.
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Boost
Blue Cross
Pittsburgh
INS
Francis Smith
Pennsylvania
Smith
Malenkov Leaves Britain Amid Smiles and Good Will
Georgi Malenkov flew from London to Moscow in a TU-104 jet after a 3 1/2 week British tour. The demoted premier sent thanks to Britain, praised Soviet British friendship, and said he has much to tell Bulganin and Khrushchev when they visit later this month.
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John Caider
London
INS
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Russia
Britain
Malenkov
Socialist Labor
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Grand jury urged to probe Nelson death in auto crash
After 40 minutes of deliberation a coroner jury urged a grand jury to investigate the fatal accident that killed Alexander Nelson. Witnesses described a scene of two cars, a utility pole collision, and speeds estimated around 70 to 80 mph near old US 422 and new US 422 west of New Castle.
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Alexander Nelson
Robert Confer
Willard Lewis
Nelson
Edenburg
New Castle
John A. Meehan
Pic Joseph Sheranko
Pennsylvania
Laura Hensley
Lloyd Burke
Lester Leasure
Whippo St
Pfe Sheranko
Lewis
Sheranko
Leasure
New Castle News
B 47 Explodes Over Nebraska Killing Four Airmen
A six jet B47 from Lincoln Air Force Base exploded near CERESCO Nebraska during a routine training flight. Four crew members were killed Capt James W Sullivan Baton Rouge LA 1st Lt Anthony Marconti Chicago 2nd Lt Lawrence Schmidt Topeka Kan and AIC James Jerry Kelly Station Armstrong County Pa. Bodies burned and scattered after the blast amid snow and rain.
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Ceresco
Neb
Fou
Lincoln Air Force Base
James W. Sullivan
Baton Rouge
Anthony Marconti
Chicago
Lawrence Schmidt
Topeka
Kan
AIC
James Jerry
Kelly Station
Armstrong County
Local Rotary Men Honored In Erie District Meetings
Three New Castle Rotary Club members won district posts at the 259th Rotary District session in Erie over three days. Blair D. Alverson was elected treasurer, Philip Weiner and Fred H. Allen were re elected auditors. Memorial exercises honored two New Castle Rotarians who died this year as the convention closed.
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New Castle Rotary Club
Rotary
Erie
Blair D. Alverson
Philip Weiner
Fred H. Allen
New Castle Rotary
Delbert D. Denniston
Albert O. Knecht
New Castle
Death Notices for Dukes Woods and McWilliams with Ages
John Dukes 39 of Trenton died as Harry Weber Yoho 70 of Ellwood City. Joseph Woods 29 of Koppel and Watson McWilliams 81 of Mercer County also listed in death notices.
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John
Jack) Dukes
Trenton
Harry Weber Yoho
R. D
Ellwood City
Joseph E. Woods
Koppel
Watson McWilliams
Mercer County
Gaza Border Fires Break UN Truce As Hammarskjold Seeks Peace
Israeli and Egyptian forces traded fire near Kissufim and at sea of Galilee amid renewed Gaza clashes that shattered a UN imposed truce. Dag Hammarskjold arrived for emergency talks in London before a 30 day fact finding mission through the Middle East.
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Hammarskjold
Jerusalem
INS
Kissufim
Gaza Strip
Sea of Galilee
Naharayim
United Press
London
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Selwyn Lloyd
Palestine
Rome
Middle East
Christian Pineau
Tel Aviv
Cario
INL
Arab League Nations
Cairo
Israel
Gaza
Egypt
Arab League
Dag Hammrskjold
Missoula Girl Barbara Lyman Crowned Cherry Blossom Queen
Barbara Lyman of Missoula Montana won the 1956 Cherry Blossom Festival queen title in Washington. Presidentially assisted by Sherman Adams and Douglas McKay the coronation followed a wheel of fortune at the Cherry Blossom Ball with over 1000 guests and 20 000 onlookers appreciating full bloom along the Tidal Basin.
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Washington
Barbara Lyman
Missoula
Mont
Douglas McKay
Jefferson Memorial
Sherman Adams
Miss Lyman
Adams
New Hampshire
Lyman
National Park Service
Margaret Truman Wedding Best Man Chosen
Clifton Daniel named John Knox Barrow Jr of Ahoskie North Carolina as best man for the April 21 wedding with Margaret Truman. Barrow is a lifelong friend of the Times newsman.
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New York
BNS
Clifton Daniel
Margaret Truman
John Knox Barrow, Jr
Barrow
Ahoskie
N.C
New York Times
Union Pickets Threaten Ringling Circus Performances
Pickets from the American Guild of Variety Artists and International Brotherhood of Teamsters blocked entry to Madison Square Garden forcing the absence of clowns Emmett Kelly Otto Griebling Felix Adler and ringmaster Preston Lambert at Friday night’s show. The unions say they will maintain continuous picketing to shut down the circus and stop deliveries and ticket takers. Attendance was about 8000 with Garden capacity 14000.
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New York
American Guild of Variety Artists
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Madison Square Garden
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Supreme Court
Emmett Kelly
Otto Griebling
Felix Adler
Preston Lambert
Westminster Students Win Oratory Honors
Westminster College dominated the Pennsylvania Forensic contest at Bucknell University Lewisburg winning both women and men divisions. Carol Roberts from Buffalo N Y and Daniel Migliore from Pittsburgh captured top spots securing trips to the national contest in Chicago in May. Melvin Moorhouse Westminster’s associate professor of speech accompanied the team.
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Westminster
Carol Roberts
Wesminster
Buffalo
N. Y
Daniel Migliore
Pittsburgh
County College
Bruce Thielman
Joan Groves
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Chicago
Miss Roberts
Mighore
Melvin Moorhouse
Wesminster College
Eisenhower weighs veto on three billion farm bill
President Eisenhower plans talks with Ezra Taft Benson as final Senate House conferees reach agreement on a 3 billion farm bill. The plan restores 90 percent price supports and creates a soil bank to curb production and surpluses, with Benson hinting at a veto if those provisions stay.
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Rose McKee Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Senate House
Benson
Elderly Woman Hit By Auto In New Castle
A 60 year old New Castle resident, Mrs Zella Smith of 717 Chestnut Street, is listed in critical condition at New Castle Hospital after being struck by a car on Savannah Road near Shenango Township School yesterday shortly after 10 PM. The driver, Richard Johns of Old Pittsburgh Road, said rain reduced his visibility as he turned into the Shenango school parking lot. Police were notified and the ambulance summoned. Mrs Smith remains in bad shock this morning.
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New Castle
New Castle Hospital
Zella Smith
Chestnut St
Johns
Shenango School
Ellwood obituary notices and classifieds page review
Obituary and classified items from Ellwood page include notices and cross word style features with brief theater and church listings. The fragment also mentions radio and TV society items and local sports references reflected in the page layout.
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Cross Word
Ellwood
Weather verse forecasts rain on cool days
Arthur Mometer muses on sun and showers, noting a rainy spell to refresh meadows and crops. He advises welcoming the wet weather now as June and July bring stronger sun and drying spells. Temperatures estimate forty two degrees today.
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Mich
John W. Rouse
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Rouse
Home Owners Association
Adlai-Estes
Sec. Benson
Adlai
Bosses
By Raymond Lahr
Nebraska
UN Head
Lloyd
E. L. M. Burns
Burns
Arab League Cenfer
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Cherry Queen
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Xenia, O
William R. Munday
Spring Valley
Westminster College
Arthur Mometer
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