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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1955

Page

1

Socialist Party May Decide French Election

Paris voters watch a National Council meeting of the Socialist Party to determine any alliance with Pierre Mendes-France. With 104 members the party is the largest in the National Assembly and could shift the balance with possible ties to Mendes-France's Radical-Socialists and allied groups.

Wilbur Landrey United Press Paris UP Socialist Party National Council National Assembly Pierre Mendes-France Guy Mollet Mendes- France Mendes-France UDSR Social Democrat Party Social Republicans Gaullists Paris

Deer Harvest And Holiday Shopping In Local Notes

The report covers local hunters Chuck and Helen Terpilowski returning from Potter County with a seven point 130 pound deer and a three point 140 pound deer, and Nick D. Bloise shooting a six point 155 pound buck in Venango County. City police continue street spot checks to curb speeding on residential roads. Dandelions blooming in December amuse residents while a Christmas presents mystery emerges from a basement find. Downtown stores report heavy crowds and a brisk Christmas shopping rush.

Charles Terpilowski R. D Chuck Helen Potter County Nick D. Bloise West Fairmont Ave Venango County

Five Girls Die In Fire At Benton Home

In Benton Louisiana a fire destroyed a three room home killing five girls including a 15-year-old and four younger siblings. Their mother Mrs Ruby Wingo 48 suffered critical burns and is not expected to survive.

Benton, Lr Ruby Wingo

Daily Weather Report Mostly Cloudy North Sunny South

North area remains mostly cloudy with light snow flurries while the south enjoys sunshine. Highs reach 32 in the north and 38 in the south with a cold night forecast and temperatures dipping to 15 to 20. Wednesday brings sun and warmer conditions.

Eisenhower weighs 35 billion defense budget and tax cut

President Eisenhower studied the possibility of a defense budget near 35 billion dollars for the next fiscal year while weighing a proposed tax cut. He conferred with Defense Secretary Wilson and Budget Director Hughes in Gettysburg to balance the current and forthcoming budgets and determine timelines for tax relief.

Frank Eleazer United Press Gettysburg Eisenhower Defense Charles E. Wilson Rowland R. Hughes

Georgia Governor Target In New Demonstration

Students at Emory University and the University of Georgia burned Gov. Marvin Griffin in effigy after the Regents approved a compromise racial policy. The policy allows Georgia Tech to play Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl but bars possible future integration in Southern football games.

Nicholas C. Chriss United Press Atlanta Emory University University of Georgia Georgia Marvin Griffin Griffin State Board of Regents Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Tech Coleme

Sub Zero Cold Hits Midwest and West Coast Storm

Sub zero temperatures spread across the northern Midwest with 15 below in Grantsburg and Wausau and 12 below in Eau Claire. Fraser Colorado registered 16 degrees below zero as a Pacific storm drenched the West Coast with rain and snow. Winds up to 52 mph increased the chill while Amarillo Texas picked up up to three and a half inches of melting snow.

Midwest Wisconsin Grantsburg Wausau Eau Claire Rockies Fraser Colo Wyoming Texas Amarillo Maine Florida Syracuse N. Y Erie

Eden asserts Britain will push hydrogen bomb despite ban talks

Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden said Britain will proceed with hydrogen bomb development and reject a nuclear test ban that would leave the U K in decisive inferiority. He noted the decision was announced February 17 and will not depart from it while welcoming security agreements.

London Anthony Eden Britain Eden Eisenhower Nikolai Bulganin United Kingdom

GSA Set to Meet United on Thursday in Washington

GSA officials and United Engineering & Foundry Co. will meet in Washington Thursday to continue talks on the sale of the government owned plant in New Castle. GSA Administrator Ed Mund Mansure will represent the agency at the session. The parties have held several prior meetings over the past weeks.

General Services Administration United Engineering & Foundry Co Washington, D. C New Castle GSA Edmund F. Mansure United

U S Program On Surpluses Is Protested

Uruguay President Luis Battle Berres told a Washington meeting that the U.S program to dump agricultural surpluses abroad damages Latin American economies. He warned flooding markets with cheap raw materials for local currencies and long terms harms nations dependent on exports.

Washington INS Luis Battle Berres America Battle Berres Council of Government Uruguay Eisenhower Council of the Organization of American States Batlle Berres Latin America

Dulles Accuses Russia of Pushing India Toward Goa Conflict

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles charged Russia has been urging India to use force in its Goa dispute with Portugal. He defended the U.S.-Portugal joint statement calling Goa a Portuguese province, a framing that provoked Indian opposition and fueled tensions over the colony’s status.

Washington John Foster Dulles Russia India Portugal Goa Dulles Paulo Cuhna

Cooper to Head School Board For Fifth Time

Ralph A. Cooper was re elected president of the New Castle school board for the fifth consecutive year at the annual organizational meeting. Sam H. Byers was elected vice president to succeed Daniel B. Woolcock, new members James B. Foster Jr and Robert W Rainey sworn in, Lester F Johns remaining on the board. Byers also serves on the sinking fund committee with the president and treasurer.

Ralph A. Cooper New Castle Sam H. Byers Daniel B. Woolcock James B. Foster Jr Robert W. Rainey Lester F Johns Cooper Byers C. Edson Rummell James M. Dart Lester F. Johns Walter FE. Myers Myers Margaret Seal James B Foster Rainey Education Dart Seal Johns Tax Office GNCA New Castle News East Street Walter A. Kearney Mr. Kearney

Red Leaders Visit May Be Reconsidered

British reaction to Sir Winston Churchill s suggestion that a scheduled visit to England by Soviet leaders be reconsidered is mixed. One paper urged letting them come while another agrees with Churchill on questioning the wisdom of permitting Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev to visit Britain next spring. Churchill said Britain will study reports of the India Burma tour before allowing any visit.

London Churchill Nikolai Bulganin Arty Nikita Khrushchev Britain Woodford India Burma Khrushchev

Buster Keaton In Critical Condition At Sawtelle Hospital

Buster Keaton aged 60 remains in critical condition at Sawtelle Veterans Hospital with an intestinal ailment. The silent film star is described as maintaining his characteristic deadpan expression as doctors assess his illness.

Hollywood Buster Keaton Sawtelle Veterans Hospital

Christmas in Sweden and a New Year’s cleansing rite

A poem describes Swedish Christmas customs with merry hearts and church visits. Sleighs, carol singing, and candles mark the season as families light Yule logs and honor Proverbs while casting last year’s sins away.

Christ Sweden Julien C. Hyer

East German Communists Claim Berlin Four Power Pact Dead

The Neues Deutschland accuses American Ambassador Conant of boasting about Berlin four power status and hints at a new blockade. East German leaders depict West Berlin and Bonn as puppets while asserting sovereignty and threatening road and river traffic controls.

Berlin James B. Conent United States West Berlin Neues Deutschland Dr. Conant West Britain France Russia Bonn P. A. Dibreva East Germany German Democratic Republic

Missing MLB Pitcher Jim McDonald Sinking Flight Sought in Everglades

The Coast Guard scoured the Everglades for major league pitcher James L. McDonald and a male companion after they departed Tamiami Airport Monday at 1:30 pm bound for Clewiston Florida. McDonald, 28, had been with the Yankees and Orioles. The search was halted when he telephoned his wife to say a flat tire grounded the plane at an isolated camp overnight.

Miami South Florida Everglades Jim McDonald Coast Guard Everglades Jungle James L. McDonald McDonald New York Yankees Baltimore Tamiami Airport Clewiston Fla Lake Okeechobee Florida Pitcher Big Cypress Swamp

Mock air attack drills end as CONAD braces North America

Defense forces of the United States and Canada completed a simulated air attack exercise named Operation Crackerjack. Interceptor aircraft patrolled the continent after a mobilized alert across CONAD networks with no details released on outcomes.

Washington UNS Pentagon United States Canada Colorado Springs Colo North American Continental Air Defense Command CONAD Strategic Air Command America

Khrushchev Sees Breeding Place For A New War

Khrushchev warned at Rangoon that Western intervention in Korea and Indo China creates a breeding ground for a new war in Southeast Asia. He, with Bulganin, urged Burma and peaceloving states to oppose SEATO and called for a peace settlement with Japan to curb militarism and block a renewed Japanese aggression.

Rangoon Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev Korea Indo-China Southeast Asia Pudgy India Burma Nikolai Bulganin Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SEATO Japan Soviet Union Khrushchev Russia

Plan for One Shot Polio Vaccination

Washington experts gather to discuss trimming the Salk vaccine schedule from three injections over eight months to a single shot to reach more children before the coming polio season. Dr. Jonas E. Salk and government advisory committee members attend the conference led by the Health Department. The plan aims to be reviewed by Surgeon General Leonard Scheele for a final decision this week.

Washington Health, Education and Welfare Department Jonas E. Salk Government

East German Reds Tighten Pressure on West Berlin Traffic

East German authorities increased harassment of West Berlin transit, with reinforced police patrolling road and rail links to the Soviet sector. Searches targeted West Berliners in the Soviet zone and the Free Jurists League claimed use of search books listing people who fled or were suspected of fleeing to the West.

East Berlin Soviet Zone East Germany

Eisenhower Seeks $25 Billion Defense Budget Push

President Eisenhower met with Charles E. Wilson and Rowland Hughes in Gettysburg to draft a defense budget prioritizing atomic hydrogen weapons and delivery systems. The planned military outlay is about $25 billion for the next fiscal year, roughly $500 million above current spending. Wilson declined to rule out further budget talks.

Robert G. Nixon Gettysburg Ins Eisenhower Charles E. Wilson Rowland Hughes Wilson

Police Seek Suspect Who Abducted Over $1200 In Checks

Police pursue Carl Anderson 657 E Washington St after the Penn Smoke Shop owner Frank Mantinoas reports cashing checks totaling 1261.95 at First National Bank. Anderson did not return with the endorsed checks.

Frank Mantinoas Penn Smoke Shop Carl Anderson Washington St First National Bank Anderson

Death notices for several residents on December 6 1955

Obituaries list Joseph Pelino 49 of McKeesport Andrew W Roth 42 of 1228 Cascade St Orloff Hoover 42 of 522 W Washington St Mrs May Nelson 63 of Bessemer Edna Mae Polcaro Ellwood City Rev William Jackson Holmes 86 of 313 Englewood Ave Mary A Welch 77 of Ellwood Beatrice Breckenbridge 87 of 1425 W Washington St Ellwood City area residents listed with ages and addresses.

Andrew W. Roth Cascade St Orloff Hoover Washington St May Nelson Bessemer Edna Mae Polcaro Ellwood City William Jackson Holmes Englewood Ave Mary A. Welch Beatrice Breckenbridge

Amendments Add To Excis e Tax Measure

Pennsylvania Senate approves amendments exempting newspapers and confections from the 3 12 percent manufacturers excise tax. House bill, amended in 35 minutes, keeps aim to tax all sales by manufacturers to wholesalers and jobbers.

Joseph D. Hutman United Press Harrisburg Pennsylvania Senate George M Senate Finance Committee William H. Davis Luzerne John H. Dent Henry B. Leader Senate

Clearing Skies Boost State Temperatures

Weather report from United Press notes cloudy cold spell over Pennsylvania with a forecast of clearing skies by Wednesday. Temperatures today expected near 45 degrees statewide, with night lows from 20 to 30 degrees. High pressure moving in should reduce Lake Erie snow flurries and raise afternoon highs about five degrees.

Pennsylvania Weather Bureau Lake Erie

Classifieds Page Summary

The fragment shows sections for radio TV comics society and editorial with references to pages and obituary listings. It lists newsroom contact numbers and various classified categories including want ads and stock notices.

Race Lone Society Editorial Ellwood

Hat Gone to a Pups Rough Play Thirty Seven Today

A rambunctious pup named Arthur Mometer chews furniture and even rocks and shoes. He damages a hat by nibbling the crown brim and ripping a hole, but the narrator accepts the playful destruction as typical puppy behavior at age thirty seven.

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Billy Gustafson Pulaski Road Pa Nene Daily Weather Report Congress U.S William Galbraith United Press Staff New Castle Board Joseph Fleming Conant Joseph Pelino McKeesport Inside Todays News Arthur Mometer
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