Red China urged to prove Formosa cease fire readiness
United States presses Red China for quick assurances it is ready to arrange a Formosa cease fire as a major step toward easing Far Eastern tensions. Diplomatic inquiries seek to determine war peace aims amid new liaison through Pakistan and possibly Britain. President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles voiced cautious optimism as renewed talks potential grows.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Red China
Formosa
China
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Chou En-lai
Dulles
Traffic moves smoother after mailbox relocation in city
Motorists shifted the mail box from Washington and South Jefferson to the alley easing bus congestion and overall traffic flow. A resident filled depressions on North Lee avenue, aiding street maintenance as cleanup clears ashes from the cellar. A West Methodist roof upgrade dries the interior to speed progress, and a downtown market kept open during a brief electrical outage. Grant's birthday is noted as his 133rd anniversary, with remarks on his age at inauguration. Foliage growth prompts berm trimming on state highways due to heavy rains.
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Washington and
Jefferson Street
Pa Nene
West Side
Lee Avenue
Ceok
Daily Weather Report Forecast and Statistics
Fair tonight with a low from 37 to 44. Sunny and warmer Thursday with highs in the 70s. For the 24 hour period to 7 am today: max 55, min 43, precipitation 0.05 inches, river stage 12.5 feet. Year ago: max 78, min 57, precipitation 1.0 inch.
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United States
Envoys Return From Formosa After Fact-Finding Mission
President Eisen hower's envoys to the Chinese Nationalist government, Adm. Arthur W. Radford and Walter S. Robertson, resumed the trip to Washington after a three day visit to Formosa. They called the talks useful and refused to disclose details of their discussions with Chiang Kai Shek. No comment was given on Quemoy and Matsui questions.
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Taipei
INS
Eisenhower
Washington
Formosa
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter S. Robertson
Far East
Chiang Kai- Shek
Radford
Quemoy
Matsui Islands
Red China
Chiang
Plans For Four Power Parley Session
Western Big Three debated whether a four power foreign ministers conference or a chiefs of state meeting best advances a cold war settlement with Russia. The talks at No 10 Carlton House Terrace included West German envoy Blankenhorn and aimed to set conference level topics and timing for early summer or fall. The preparatory talks run until May 8 when Dulles MacMillan and Pinay meet in Paris for the NATO council session.
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K. C. Thaler
United Press
London
Russia
Carlton House Terrace
Herbert Blankenhorn
John Foster Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Anotine Pinay
Paris
Plan Legislation To Curb Polio Vaccine Black Market
In Harrisburg a bipartisan pair of bills was introduced to curb a vaccine black market. One proposal targets illegal retail sales outside licensed physicians or pharmacists with fines of 500 dollars and up to a year in jail and applies similar penalties to wholesale sales to unauthorised buyers. A second bill seeks a 5000 dollar fine and two years imprisonment for illegal possession and distribution of the Salk vaccine.
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Harrisburg
Albert S. Readinger
Berks
House
Charles C. Smith
Philadelphia
Joseph P. Rigby
Allegheny
George J. Sarraf
Joseph A. McGee
Mary A. Varallo
U S to push UN session over Formosa cease fire
The United States plans a special United Nations Security Council or General Assembly session in early June if Red China does not agree to talks on a Formosa strait cease fire. Dulles hints at direct talks with Peiping without Nationalist China if needed. The move could upset the British before May 26 elections and faces BritishPrime Minister Eden’s constraints.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
U. S
UN Security Council
Assembly
China
Chou En-Lai
Formosa
Anthony Eden
Reject Change In Method Of Naming Parking Authority
In Harrisburg the House defeated by 52 to 94 a bill to let city councils appoint third class city parking authority board members instead of mayors. Democrats split. supporters cited councils’ power vs mayoral control. Two backers changed votes before the tally, keeping the bill dead for now.
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Harrisburg
Clarence M. Sawyer Jr
York
Albert S. Readinger
Berks County
James E. Lovett
Westmoreland County
Democrat
Lovett
Rose Colored Lights Planned for Velden Resort
Velden in Austria will install rose colored street lighting after tests showed the reddish neon enhances clothing colors and makes light complexions appear tanner. Local officials say the change will create a warmer, more flattering atmosphere for visitors and residents.
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Vienna
INL
Velden
Atomic Blast At Doom Town Again Delayed
Doom Town Nevada halted the 40 kiloton A bomb test for at least 24 hours as weather worsened. Observers watched from News Nob while radia tion experts reassessed conditions and a Camp Mercury meeting was planned to set a new test time.
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Doom Town
Hiroshima
Camp Mercury
Man Who Shot Two Wounded In Escape Try
A 27 year old man shot his sister in law and niece then held his mother hostage for three hours before state police shot him during an escape attempt. He was wounded in the left shoulder and two victims were hospitalized in critical and fair condition after surgery was planned.
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Frackville
Charles Klevns
Klevis
Anna
Cecelia Klebash
Betty
Rescuers Work Feverishly To Reach Trapped Miner
More than a hundred volunteers and eight-man teams dig through a slope at Pottsville Pennsylvania after a roof collapse trapped miner Michael Chervenak, 45, about 150 feet below the surface. State and federal officials fear for his survival. John Lazarchick had signaled overdue and alerted crews.
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Pottsville
INS
Michael Chervenak
Chervenak
John Lazarchick
Lazarchick
President Eisenhower open to talks with Red China on Formosa ceasefire
President Eisenhower said the United States would be glad to talk with Red China about a Formosa ceasefire and anything else not touching Nationalist China's own affairs. He cited hopeful signs of peace and stressed talks should not affect Taiwan governance.
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Donald J. Gonzales
United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Red China
Formosa
China
Congress Gets Presidents Farm Program
President Eisenhower sends Congress a new poor man's farm plan to open opportunity for 1.5 million low income farm families. He calls for education guidance and credit to raise earnings on small farms and moving some to nonfarm jobs. The program envisions pilot family education in 50 counties and 12 nonfarm job training programs for farm youth.
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Bernard Brenner
United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Concen
Nehru accused of selling South Vietnam to Communists
Indian Prime Minister Nehru allegedly struck a deal with Chinese Premier Chou En Lai at Bandung to surrender South Vietnam to Communist influence. Peiping would honor Laos and Cambodia, with groundwork said to have begun in 1953 under K Pannikar and sealed in private Bandung talks.
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Marvin Stone
I.N.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
INS
Jawaharlal Nehru
Chou En- Lai
Bandung
Peiping
Laos
Cambodia
Red China
K. Pannikar
Nehru
Chou
Truck Wreck Fatal Heart Attack in Wellsville
Norman Robinson, 59, a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor, died after a runaway trailer truck crashed into an embankment in front of his house on state route 39. The uninjured driver Abe Conrad, 35, faced charges of reckless driving after brakes allegedly failed. The truck belonged to Mingo Transfer Co.
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Wellsville, O
INS
Norman Robinson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robinson
Daniel Howell
Abe Conrad
Steubenville
Mingo Transfer Co
Death Record for Mrs. Charles E. Lyle
Mrs. Charles E. Lyle, 71, of 312 Elizabeth Street, is listed in the death record dated Wednesday April 27, 1955.
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Charles E. Lyle
Elizabeth Street
Bricker renews fight for treaty limitation
Senator John Bricker of Ohio pressed a third attempt to amend treaty limits to block UN moves perceived as undermining U.S. sovereignty. The hearing before the Senate judiciary subcommittee grew tense as Chairman Estes Kefauver complained of White House interference and noted recent testimony changes involving John Foster Dulles and Herbert Brownell Jr.
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Washington
INL
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United Nations
Bricker
Senate Judiciary
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
White House
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell Jr
Kefauver
Dulles
Brownell
Plan Hearings On Huge Budget of Governor
In Harrisburg the House Appropriations Committee plans hearings on Gov. George M. Leader's 1.8 billion dollar budget starting next Tuesday. Chairman J. Dean Polen says attendance will be limited to news media and interested parties with the public not invited. Speaker Hiram G. Andrews says every item will be scrutinized and big budgets can be cut without harming services.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
House Appropriations Committee
J. Dean Polen
Washington
Polen
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambria
House
Senate
Talks in Formosa Fueled Chiang’s Plan Against Red Air Bases
Diplomatic and military circles in Tokyo say Sino American talks in Formosa reflected Chiang Kai-shek’s aim to strike Communist airfields near Formosa. No official confirmation. observers note Red airpower buildup in south China near Quemoy and Matsu. Nationalists deny mission targeted those islands. Radford and Robertson discussed cease fire principles in Formosa Strait.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Taipei
Chiang
Adm
Arthur Radford
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter S. Robertson
Quemoy
Matsu
Radford
Formosa Straits
Robertson
Measure Would Allow Home Rule in 3rd Class Cities
Four Erie County assemblymen introduced a bill to grant third class cities the right to adopt a home rule charter type of government. The measure is sponsored by Democrats Bren nan and Pulaski and Republicans Blair and Waterhouse.
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Harrisburg
Erie County
Joseph J. Brennan
Julian Pulaski
Stanley Blair
Wilmer W. Waterhouse
Church Merger to Be Considered
Washington ML The New York Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church plans to discuss a proposed merger with the United Lutheran Church in America. A board recommendation aims to unite about 3,000,000 Lutherans in the U.S. Attendees at the 85th convention include 350 pastors and delegates from Ohio Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Maryland Virginia and Florida.
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Washington
New York
Augustana Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church In America
U. S
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Florida
Limestone Co plans 3.6 million kiln expansion
Bessemer Limestone and Cement announces a 3.6 million plant expansion starting mid May. The project includes a 450 foot long rotary kiln and added grinding dust collection and storage capacity, with operations to begin spring 1956. Directors elected to new terms include Frank B. Warren and J. Q. Adams. Dividends set at 50 cents per share for both preferred and common stock, payable mid year.
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Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company
H. E. Reed
Bessemer
Frank B. Warren
A. E. Adams, Jr
J. Q. Adams
L. A. Beeghly
W. E. Bliss
David E. Jones
Robert B. Marshall
H. G. Hinson
R. C. Steese
First Steps For Big Four Conference
In London on Carlton House Terrace a secret committee of U S British and French officials began work to craft an agreed basis for a top level conference with Russia by May 8. The aim is to tackle Europe’s ills, with the West seeking entry terms and a united front for talks with Moscow.
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INL
Europe
Carlton House Terrace
U. S
Russia
Inside Todays News
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Graduation Dreams Amid Uncertain Futures Across the Nation
Arthur Mometer notes seniors in high schools from Hollywood to Sheepshead Bay facing graduation with anxious eyes. They weigh college, careers, and next steps after four years of study as they ponder courses, paths, and ambitions in the year ahead.
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Hollywood
Sheepshead Bay
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