U S May Cut Viet Nam Aid If Diem Loses
The United States may suspend most aid to free Viet Nam if Premier Ngo Dinh Diem is overthrown. Sen. Mike Mansfield proposed cutting aid except humanitarian assistance as Washington weighs options amid a possible Communist gain. Officials seek a way to support Diem without offending France.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Diem
United Press
Washington
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
United States
Mansfield
Southeast Asia
Indochina
France
Daylight add brings outdoor tasks and moving season
The almanac forecasts 14 hours 7 minutes of daily daylight by week’s end with an average 15 minutes more each week. Trash and debris will peak as city trucks run a spring pick up next week. May 1 moves to Monday shifting moving day. Friday the 13th falls next week with favorable weather hoped.
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Nene
Sunny and warm today with a mild Sunday forecast
The daily weather report notes sunny and warm conditions today and Sunday. Highs range from 67 to 75 with a low tonight from 38 to 47 and no precipitation recorded. The seven a.m. 24 hour period shows a maximum 72 and minimum 49 with river stage at 7.8 feet. A year ago the high was 71 and the low 55.
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United States
Twelve American Veterans Plan to Visit Russia
Twelve American veterans have State Department permission to travel to Moscow for VE Day ceremonies marking the 1945 Elbe meeting. Passports will be issued so they can join the event, with a $1,000 funding need per person and hope for public donations.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Elbe River
Moscow
Joseph Polowsky
Chicago
Paris
John B. Adams, Jr
Rockingham
N. C
Charles C. Forrester
Greer
Woman Admits Slaying Former Boxer in Canonsburg Hotel
Police say 42 year old Sabina Scarsellato confessed to shooting 41 year old John Sparky Jarosik in his Canonsburg hotel room after a feud and public taunts. She told state police she first attempted suicide with a revolver from another roomer’s suitcase before killing him.
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Canonsburg
Ins
Sabina Scarsellato
John
Sparky) Jarosik
Nobert Lesniakowski
Washington
Jarosik
Red China accused of 25 million slave laborers at UN
Free China ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang presented 96 pages of evidence in the United Nations alleging 25 million Chinese are held in slave labor under harsher conditions than Russia. He urged the UN to act promptly to free workers, citing wholesale arrests to compel millions into compulsory labor programs.
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United Nations
N.Y
INS
China
Red China
Russia
Tingfu F. Tsiang
Peiping
Tsiang
Einstein Leaves Moderate Estate Says Friend
Dr Albert Einstein died at 76 leaving a moderate estate, a close friend reported. The will dated March 18 1950 lists 75000 in specific bequests though fund coverage was uncertain with one 10000 bequest lapsing on a beneficiary death. Executor Dr Otto Nathan said probate would begin in New Jersey next week. Nathan and lawyer David Levy noted brain study results would not be released unless published in a scientific journal.
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Princeton
N.J
Albert Einstein
Otto Nathan
New Jersey
Nathan
David J. Levy
New York
Gardner C Ed Re elected President Of Lawrence County Sabbath School
Gardner C Ed of the Plaingrove District was reelected president of the Lawrence County Sabbath School Association at the convention in East Brook U P church. Raymond Kendall and James Snow were named first and second vice presidents with John McKim as third vice president Eleanor Magill secretary and J Harold Vance treasurer. Dr Clyde W Meadows president of the State Sabbath School Association and pastor of King Street United Brethren church in Chambersburg was the principal speaker noting strong attendance and cooperation are key to progress and that the final authority in Sunday school is the Word of God.
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C. Ed. Gardner
Plaingrove
Lawrence County Sabbath School Association
East Brook U.P
Gardner
Raymond Kendall
James Snow
John McKim
Eleanor Magill
First Presbyterian Church
J. Harold Vance
Highland
Clyde W. Meadows
State Sabbath School Association
King Street United Brethren Church
Chambersburg
Meadows
Word of God
West backs German unity with free elections
The Western Big Three press to keep Germany united through free elections, allowing choice of future friends and alliances. Russia promotes neutrality as a condition for reunification, urging similar terms for Germany while coordinating with Austria. A four power conference is planned with May 8 Paris ministers.
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London
Germany
Russia
Austria
Formosa Talks May Develop
New Delhi India Prime Minister Nehru announced that V K Krishna Menon will visit Peiping for talks with Chou En Lai on Formosa. Nehru said Red China is ready to enter direct talks with America and noted hopes for a cease fire in the Formosa Strait with U S and Peiping discussions.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
V. K. Krishna Menon
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Formosa
Krishna Menon
United Nations
Nehru
United States
Far East
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Formosa Strait
Nationalist China May Approve U S Forces In Formosa
An official source says Nationalist China would approve stationing United States ground troops on Formosa if the move is not tied to a Formosa Strait cease fire. No official decision yet. Adm Radford and Chiang Kai-shek discussed the matter last week. no combat troops on Formosa, but several hundred military technicians are present.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
United States
Formosa Strait
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kai-shek
State Mother For 1955 Named
Governor George M. Leader proclaims Mother's Week and names Mrs. Lulu Pratt of Coatesville Pennsylvania as State Mother for 1955 for her devotion to the commonwealth and community.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
Lulu Pratt
Coatesville
Pennsylvania
Polio Vaccine Program Reviewed By Panel of Experts
A team of 11 polio specialists led by Dr Jonas Salk reviewed the vaccination program with U S Public Health Service officials to confirm it did not cause a polio outbreak among 23 inoculated children. Authorities noted no clear link and suspected prior disease onset. Nearly 300000 children in five states and Hawaii had received the Cutter vaccine before a temporary ban.
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Michael J. O'Neill
United Press
Washington
Jonas Salk
U.S. Public Health Service
New York
Hart van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hawaii
Cutter Laboratories
Britain Hopes to Avert Nationwide Rail Walkout
Britain seeks a last-minute settlement as ASLEF and union leaders meet with Trades Union Congress mediators to forestall a strike set for midnight Sunday. The Transport Commission plans emergency services and limited nonstriking trains while campaigning for May elections continues.
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London
Britain
Trades Union Congress
Afl-Cio
TUC
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASLEF
British Transport Commission
Three Sections Of The News Today In This Issue
The New Castle News presents three sections assembled by hand due to mechanical limitations. If any section is missing, readers are asked to notify the circulation department with the carrier’s name.
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New Castle News
US weighs stationing ground forces on Formosa
The United States considers sending Marine and Army units to Formosa to reinforce Quemoy and Matsu defenses and station jets on the island. The plan aims to offset Chinese air power as emissaries met Chiang Kai-Shek in Taipei. No decision has been made.
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Formosa
Pentagon
Far East
U.S
Seventh Fleet
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
State Department
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taipei
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter S. Robertson
Washington
Struggle For Control Of Viet Nam Army Deepens In Saigon
In Saigon officers clash as Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and absentee Emperor Bao Dai contest control of the South Viet Nam Army. Fighting subsides briefly while Nationalists fire on a truckload of French soldiers, misidentified as Binh Xuyen rebels.
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Saigon
INS
Binh Xuyen
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
United Press
Indochina
Diem Deposes Bao Dai to Lead South Viet Nam
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's National Assembly ousted absentee Emperor Bao Dai as chief of state of free South Viet Nam. The move intensified the power struggle between Diem and the self exiled Bao Dai over control of Viet Nam and its army.
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Saigon
Indochina
Ngo Dinh Diem
National Assembly
Bao Dai
South
Viet Nam
Diem
Survival Town Waiting For Atom Test On Yucca Flat
LAS VEGAS NEV. Atomic expert Dr. Alvin C Graves explains Survival Town remains intact due to safety rules and weather delays. The planned detonation has been postponed multiple times as observers gather and forecasts show possible fallout paths.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Alvin C. Graves
Survival Town
USA
Graves
Yucca Flat
United Press
America
New Ranking of Soviet Leaders Is Presented
Moscow announces a May Day display showing the Soviet Union's top nine leaders in a new order with Nikita Khrushchev first and Georgi Malenkov last. Nikolai Bulganin ranks second, while Malenkov has recently stepped down as premier to become minister of electric power plants.
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United Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Nikita S Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Khruschev
Soviet Communist Party
Rudolf Hess on Hunger Strike at Spandau Prison
Rudolf Hess, former Nazi No. 2, serving life at Spandau, began a hunger strike on his 61st birthday. Wardens are force feeding him via a tube. he is described as very weak. A U.S. spokesman could not confirm the reports amid rumors of a suicide attempt.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Spandau Prison
Hess
U.S
Friday Thirteenth Club Dinner Set With Legion Leaders
The Friday Thirteenth Club of past American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars commanders plans its annual dinner for next month on Friday the 13th at Frengel's. Jimmy Pletcher will contact members next week for reservations. Clarence A. Leslie, former commander of Harry L. McBride Post 522, chairs the dinner program.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jimmy Pletcher
Frengel's
Clarence A. Leslie
Harry L. McBride
V.F.W
Civil War Turmoil and Factional Unity Efforts Amid Vietnam Fighting
Diem appeals for army loyalty after two days of bloody battles that ended with a rebel defeat by Binh Xuyen forces. Gen Nguyen Van Vy declares his own headquarters and orders the army to heed his commands only. The first American casualty is Everett Reese, 31, Houston, chief of photo services for US Foreign Operations Administration. his body and the pilot were found after their plane was shot down over rebel lines.
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Diem
Binh Xuyen
Nguyen van Vy
National Army
Everett ‘Dixie’ Reese
Houston
Tex
U.S. Foreign Operations Administration
Volcano Mount Pinamacgayan Shows Signs Of Eruption
The Daily Mirror reports Mount Pinamacgayan near Lanao showing eruption signs. Residents flee as the volcano shakes the earth up to ten times daily, with the quake event recalling prior disaster in the region.
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Manila
P. I
The
Daily Mirror
Pinamacgayan
Lanao
Ellwood City Classified Page Highlights
Page features society notices cross word and comics along with radio and TV listings. Classifieds include obituaries and ads across sections with churches theatres and sports notes.
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Society Oon
Cross Word
Oe Editorial
Ellwood City
Arthur Mometer Faces Strain From County Campaign
The candidate endures long travel and mass contact as elections approach. He has slimmed down from the pace, his feet ache and his face bears the weight of candidating cares. He faces a two week wait before voters cast ballots.
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Daily Weather Report
Detroit
Mich
Louis Liptack
Liptack
Red
Pierre J. Huss
Einstein
Konrad Adenauer
Idaho
Idaho State Health Department
San Diego
Calif
Navy
N. Y
Joseph Weckstein
Weckstein
Louis Guilbert
Nevada
Kenneth Brodney
Philippines
Ea Oe
Arthur Mometer
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