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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1956
Page
1
U.S. officials voiced optimism about the Middle East crisis, expecting Syria to cool soon as British and French troops begin withdrawing from Egypt on December 14. Analysts attributed Syrian aggression claims to communist-inspired propaganda and noted UN observers’ reports.
The town welcomes December and 1957 while urging safe driving on Jefferson St. U turns are banned and risky. A new flower bed blooms at the County Courthouse. downtown Christmas lights along W Washington St and Public Square inspire awe. Deer hunters head to the woods as pine loads increase.
Snow flurries end tonight with a low of 25 to 30. Hazardous driving conditions remain. Sunday expected to be fair and mild. 24 hour stats show high 52 and low 19 with 10 inches of precipitation including one inch of snow. River stage at 5.5 feet. One year ago similar date recorded high 29 and low 23 with traces of snow.
The United States forecasts an imminent pullback of British and French forces from the Suez Canal. Washington reports satisfactory words from London and Paris and pivots to an oil aid program for Western Europe. The move includes offering at least 500000 barrels daily within a month and a meeting of the Middle East Emergency Committee in New York.
Homicide detectives report Stephen Nash a 33 year old ex convict confessed Friday to stabbing Larry George Rive ten year old boy more than thirty times and leaving him under a Santa Monica pier Nash also claimed to have killed three other persons including hair stylist John W Berg aged 27 of Long Beach and Floyd Leroy Bar none of which details are fully verified at this time.
A series titled Why Christmas will run daily in the News starting Monday. Local clergy will write the sermons, with one sermonette appearing each day through Advent until December 24.
An emergency committee of 15 American oil firms under government auspices as the Middle East Emergency Committee will boost domestic production and coordinate tanker fleets to deliver about 500000 barrels of oil daily to Europe. Defense mobilizer Arthur Fleming and Felix E. Wormser organized the effort in New York with limits noted due to tanker shortages. The move aims to ease tensions with allies as France and Denmark ration gasoline and Britain prepares to follow.
The News explains a Friday delay due to poor newsprint quality. The high speed press kept breaking the paper web, delaying printing from 4 PM to 5 30 PM. Publisher Richard E. Rentz apologizes and notes supply issues are unavoidable.
An eight jet B 52 Stratofortress crashed after takeoff from Castle Air Force Base near Merced California killing all 10 aboard. The aircraft plunged into a plowed field about 500 feet up and burst into flames with no reported civilian damage.
Syria accuses France of preparing a punitive attack aided by 100 French warplanes stationed in Israel. Ambassador Farid Zein edine voiced the charges as Israel and the Soviet backed regime deny any Syrian plan to strike.
Two Erie men Conrad A. Carlson 22 and Lawrence J. Harrington 23 were killed Friday night when their car skidded on an icy patch on U S 20 near the Lake Erie shore outside Painesville. Carlson was to be married today to Joyce Brown 21 of Cincinnati.
Mrs Bernadine M Dill of Youngstown DC and Mrs Wilhelmina Winters aged 81 of 1010 Cunningham Ave are listed in this public notices segment along with Dale Robison aged 62. The brief item records names and ages for local registration.
A 29 year old mother Mae Mong and her sons Edward 9 and Timothy 3 were found dead on a rural road near a deserted farm house from carbon monoxide fumes. A son Frank 7 survived frostbite and was hospitalized. Police and a coroner labeled it murder suicide with notes left by Mrs Mong.
An unidentified man jumped from the Chestnut Street bridge into the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia Friday night. A would‑be rescuer struggled with the man and grabbed his necktie to try to stop the jump. A note reading Pauline I love you was found in the victim’s coat.
FRANZ CYRUS VIENNA (UP) Communist police rounded up thousands of Hungarian youths to stop them fleeing to the West. Radio Budapest claimed about 2,000 teenagers were detained at Gyper, 50 miles northwest of Budapest, and sent back to their parents.
Vienna dispatch reports Janos Kadar left Budapest to visit the balky Tatabanya miners. Radio Budapest says the premier is meeting demands from the all out anti-government strike. Workers' Council content continues on page 2.
United Nations emergency force advanced toward taking responsibility for peace in the Port Said El Cap area. Danish and Canadian troops dug in the no mans land while Yugoslav troops debarked at Port Said as talks continued on securing jeeps and supplies to shorten Anglo French withdrawal.
Five people were killed and 13 injured when a Westlander diesel express crashed head on into a standing steam train at Wallumbilla station near Brisbane, Australia. The collision occurred about 20 miles from the city, prompting emergency response and investigations into the cause.
President Eisenhower announced the United States will admit 21 500 Hungarian refugees, vastly increasing the original plan. About 1 000 have already entered under the initial 5 000 cap, with 15 000 to enter under tighter McCarran Walter rules and parole status. He would seek legislation for eventual permanent resettlement and potential future increases. Thousands flee communist persecution across Hungary’s border into Austria.
Erie area residents brace for more snow as the weather bureau forecasts three to four inches by midnight. Western Pennsylvania highways grow slippery and dangerous after a Thanksgiving storm left 19 inches on the ground. Erie works to clear secondary roads and bring snow removal equipment back to major routes to keep traffic moving.
A compact fragment shows a page segment with news items and classified ads. The readable portions include a phone or contact line and a brief listing style entry, typical of late edition newspapers.
A spirited call to the long standing Army versus Navy contest notes the rivalry and uncertainty of the outcome. The author hints at the unpredictable nature of the annual match as both sides prepare to compete with enthusiasm.
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