Koch Named PSEA President As Leader Urges Education Boost
Gov. George M. Leader urged a rapid expansion of education from kindergarten to graduate schools at the 105th PSEA convention in Harrisburg. Harold J. Koch was elected association president succeeding Kermit Stover. Leader called for more classrooms, revised curricula, gifted-talent use, and government aid to expand higher education nationwide.
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George M. Leader
America
Russia
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Harold J. Koch
Hazleton
Association
Kermit Stover
United Press
Kermit M. Stover
Central Dauphin
Local New Year Scenes and Road News Reach Beaver Falls
Friday brought bright sunshine drawing crowds to shops and streets. Rt 18 detour removal speeds travel toward Beaver Falls while weather and police patrols shape local holiday routines. Cinder piles fade as German New Year fare and dry spells hint at a cautious year ahead.
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Beaver Falls
Weather Brief: Windy Colder Tonight With Snow Flurries
Windy and colder tonight with rain changing to snow flurries. Low 22 to 30. Sunday cloudy and windy with additional snow flurries. 24 hour period ending 7 am showed a high of 41 and low of 35 with 0.01 inch of rain. river at 10.7 feet. Weather a year ago had high 37, low 28, 0.03 inches of snow, river 6.8 feet.
Eisenhower weighs defense budget aims in State of Union
President Eisenhower set to finalize a defense budget around 40 billion dollars as he plans the State of the Union and a budget message to Congress. White House aides say recommendations exceed 40 billion, with Brundage and Dulles to assist after the holidays. Hagerty avoids confirming any specific fund allocations or missile plans.
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United Press
White House
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Russia
James C. Hagerty
Percival Brundage
Congress
Esenhower
Scientists Unveil Thermionic Converter At AAAS Meeting
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Indianapolis a room sized thermionic converter was shown. The device converts heat directly into electricity potentially altering power generation and possibly enabling future interplanetary propulsion.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
American Association For the Advancement of Science
J. R. Morgan
General Electric Co
Earth
Deaths and ages listed in Saturday record
Edgar C. Criss 70 of 210 E North St Mrs Homer W Mottern 67 of 210 Nemo St Mrs Charles I Lutz 74 of Wam pum Rd 1 listed in death record on Saturday December 28 1957.
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Edgar C. Criss
E. North
Homer W. Mottern
Nemo St
Charles I. Lutz
Wampum RD
Quill Calls Emergency Meeting Over Transit Strike Threat
Michael J. Quill head of the Transport Workers Union convened a 45 member executive board at 10 a.m. est to plan for a looming New Year’s Eve strike. He warned 32 000 transit workers may walk off at midnight Dec 31 if no contract is reached before then. A court order filed Friday demanded officers show cause why they should not be restrained from striking.
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Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Subway
Quill
Transit
Quilb
Transit Authority
Coal Mine Disaster in Amonate Kills Eleven
Rescue teams peered into the Amonate No. 321 shaft as 11 miners died from flash burns and concussion after a gas explosion 500 feet underground. About 175 other workers were uninjured and reached the surface, while families awaited at the mouth of the shaft.
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United Press
Amonate
Bishop, Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bluefield
W. Va
W. A. Fullerton
Woodrow Evans
Air Surface
Eisenhower to settle Disarmament Feud by mid January
President Eisenhower faces a partisan split between Harold Stassen and John Foster Dulles over how to answer Soviet disarmament proposals. The dispute is set to be discussed at a National Security Council meeting next month as the two aides press their differing approaches.
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Robert G. Nixon
Washington
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Eisenhower
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
John Foster Dulkes
National Security Council
End of Year 1957 Highlights in Education and More
A concise 1957 year in review recalls why 9 000 students were dismissed one winter morning and sums top education industry labor farm government and sports stories from these pages. The piece previews a special year end page for News Monday with rounds across sectors.
City Council Plans Jan. 6 Reorganization
City council to reorganize January 6 seating Richard Biddle for his first term and veteran E Gene Schweinsberg for his third. Departments heads include C C Sweesy accounts and finance Herman F Steinbrink public safety Schweinsberg streets parks property retiring Edwin M McBride Mayor DeCarbo public affairs. Biddle to replace McBride with both men set for $5000 salaries next year. incumbent councilors keep $3500 until term end. Marie C Hanlon to be raised to $5750 from current pay.
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E. Gene Schweinsberg
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Chester C. Sweesy
Herman F Steinbrink
Schweinsberg
Edwin M. McBride
McBride
Biddie
Marie C. Hanlon
Hillary Inches Toward South Pole With Thin Margin
Sir Edmund Hillary and a four man New Zealand expedition moved to within 240 miles of the South Pole on the Antarctic plateau. The team faced a fuel constraint that makes return unlikely, and a Friday night delay due to bad weather and a whiteout.
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New Zealand
Edmund Hillary
Polar
South Pole
Mt. Everest
Toll in 1957 Accidents Highlight Safety Council Head
Weather and flood reports across Illinois and surrounding states describe rising floodwaters in East Carmi and a closed highway from Mount Carmel to Princeton. Overnight and daytime conditions include heavy rains in the Plains and Pacific Northwest with snow and slush in the Great Lakes region and northern Illinois.
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Rockies
Crescent City
Calif
Great Lakes
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Plains States
Mid
North Atlantic
America’s 1957 highway toll judged oddly improved
National Safety Council President Ned H. Dearborn notes 38,600 traffic deaths in 1957, down from 39,628 in 1956, with 1.4 million injuries and a $5.25 billion cost. He urges decisive, professional action in the nation’s war on traffic accidents, arguing complacency hampers progress.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Soviet aid offer sparks Afro Asian solidarity conference
Western observers view the Soviet proposal to Africa and Asia as a new cold war move. Delegates from 37 nations, later joined by Kenya and Afghanistan for 39, discuss a no strings attached package of factories and hospitals while denouncing American aid and urging national control of resources.
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Cairo
Kenya
Afghanistan
Apushavan Artyumanyan
Elwood Columns Herald Briefs and Community Notes
Ellwood society updates and local notices appear in a concise page including editorials, theaters, churches, obituary, and cross word. The listing also notes phones and ads sections for reader services and local listings.
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Ti Editorial
Ellwood
December Weather Praises From Florida Snowbirds
A letter from Arthur Mometer notes wintering friends in Florida send postcards with beaches and moonlit surf while describing delightfully clear days and chilly nights up north. They boast December warmth yet admit changing weather and expenses are welcomed.
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