Calls For Reappraisal Of Foreign Aid Program
Senator Walter F. George urged a serious reappraisal of the foreign aid program as the new Congress opens. He awaits President Eisenhower's state of the union message for clarity on the aid plan and noted talks from Secretary Dulles and Budget Director Hughes to resolve aid figure confusion. Dulles seeks 4.9 billion in appropriations with a 22 percent increase but only 200 million more in actual spending next year. George, 78, returns to Vienna, Georgia, ready for reelection while continuing a busy Senate agenda.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Walter F. George
Georgia Democrat
Eisenhower
George
John Foster Dukes
Rowland R. Hughes
Capitol Hill
Dulles
Congress
Vienna
New Castle and Lawrence County Close Out 1955
Rain and early morning ice grip local roads as cinder crews work to clear slick surfaces. Waning year 1955 sees residents plan year end events and New Year celebrations with many churchgoers attending services and families awaiting kids first rides on new bikes.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Weather Summary Warns Of Warmer Tonight And Mixed Precipitation
United States weather stats show a 24 hour period ending at 7 am with a high of 39 and a low of 27. Tonight remains warmer with low temperatures from 36 to 44 amid cloudy, windy conditions. Friday brings colder weather with rain in the south and rain changing to snow in the north. river stage at 7.6 feet. One year ago the maximum was 56 and minimum 31 with 0.47 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Meyersdale
Mrs Norman C Nagy aged 68 of Meyersdale R D 1 died from injuries after a collision three miles east of Meyersdale in Somerset County The other driver Herman Martz of Sandpatch escaped injury The injured party was the passenger in the Nagy vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Norman C. Nagy
R. D
Meyersdale
Herman Martz
Sandpatch
Somerset County
Nagy
Martz
CLU backs public housing push in New Castle
Lawrence County Central Labor Union urges city council to back a federal housing program to address near slum conditions. A four man committee led by Alfred J. Mascaro will present before the council on January 9 to press action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Central Labor Union
Teamsters
Alfred J. Mascaro
Marion Glassie
Plasterers Local 19
Carl DeGennaro
Building Trades Council
Fred Fulkerson
Food Workers Local 590
CLU
CSU
National Cio
AFL
Central Labor Union
Lawrence County Industrial Union Council
CIO
Koszela Named Assistant at State Highway Department
Edward F. Koszela of 1713 Moravia Street is named the new assistant superintendent of maintenance for the State Highway Department in Lawrence County, effective January 1, 1956. He succeeds Richard C. Davis, who will become Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts. Koszela is a World War II veteran, 35, unmarried, and was a noted athlete in the European theater.
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Edward F. “Cash” Koszela
Moravia St
State Highway Department
Lawrence County
Koszela
Richard C. Davis
Lawrence County Court House
Joseph C. Howley
Howley
Edward D. Ellis
Franklin
Colder Air Poised to Return by Holiday Weekend
A mass of cold Canadian air moving from the west signals a return to frigid weather by the holiday weekend. Forecasters expect southerly flow to bring clouds and rising temperatures briefly, then rain in western counties spreading southeast. Overnight temperatures may dip into the 30s with western readings up to 52 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Canada
Butler Student Flier Survives Plane Crash
Medina Ohio Robert Faulk an 18 year old Butler Pa student flier escaped injury when his light plane crashed during an emergency landing in a field near Spencer Medina County He was on a solo flight to Wooster when he became lost and landed the plane unharmed
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Medina, O
INS
Robert Faulk
Butler
Spencer
Medina County
Faulk
Wooster
Eisenhower Begins Relaxation Visit at Key West
President Eisenhower, under doctor orders, starts a lighter routine in Key West with 30 minutes of golf on a naval diamond followed by a 55 minute walk around the Navy reservation. His party includes Dr Milton S Eisenhower and White House staff as he stays until about January 8.
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United Press
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Key West Naval Base
Merriman Smith
White House
Navy Reservation
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
House
Truman
John Meoney
Denver
New Cold Wave Advances Across Northern Plains
A new cold wave swept the northern plains with near blizzard risks in Kansas and Nebraska. The storm moved from Canada, sent temperatures plunging up to 46 degrees, and caused two highway deaths amid icy conditions. Special bulletins warned of drifting snow and glazed roads as the system peaks in Nebraska and Kansas, while California residents began a large cleanup after floods in Yuba City and the Delta region.
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United Press
Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
Canada
Colorado
Upper
Great Lakes
Midwest
California
Yuba City
Sacramento- San Joaquin River
Butler Fire Destroys West End Building
A three story brick and frame building in Butler West End sustained 45000 in damage after a Wednesday night blaze that started in a first floor drugstore. Three families escaped with belongings destroyed while seven families were moved temporarily from a neighboring building. five fire companies battled the fire for over two hours.
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Butler
West End
Joseph Re Langland
Compromise On State Tax Moves In Pennsylvania Talks
Pennsylvania lawmakers eye a compromise tax plan with a 2 percent personal income tax and revived manufacturers’ excise tax. The House cancels recess until January 16 and schedules a January 4 session when the income tax proposal may be introduced. Senate Republicans push a consumer use tax at wholesale or retail levels. Democrats and Republicans say no agreement yet. House Leader Readinger remains hopeful.
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Burton W. Siglin
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State House of Representatives
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
GOP
House
Albert S. Readinger
Readinger
Dionnes Plan To Live It Up In Independence
The surviving Dionne quintuplets announced plans to live independently, skipping New Year’s at home. Four sisters Yvonne Cecile Annette and Marie hosted a party with boyfriends in their Montreal apartment. Trust official G Harold Edwards reported on the split with their father and clarified their future, noting they will not return to Callander Ontario.
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Montreal
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Marie
Papa Oliva Dionne
Callander
Ont
Harold Edwards
Edwards
U S Far East Air Forces to be Strengthened
U S Air Force Secretary Donald A Quarles said the Far East Air Forces will be beefed up to counter increasing Communist jet strength in Asia. He noted Russia China and North Korea have stronger air forces but asserted free nations can make war unprofitable for aggressors.
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Rutherford M. Poats
United Press
Tokyo
U. S
Donald A. Quarles
U. S. Far East
Asia
Quarles
Far East
Russia
China
North Korea
United States
Tito Visits Egypt as Neutralist Ties Deepen
Yugoslav President Tito arrived in Cairo for a 10 day stay and held talks with Premier Nasser on neutralist bloc ties. Sources say Palestine tensions and Egypts defensive pact with Syria and Saudi Arabia are key topics.
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Cairo
Tito
Egypt
Gamal A. Nasser
Palestine
Nasser
Abdel H. Amer
Syria
Saudi Arabia
John Foster Dulles
Yugoslavia
Drainage Permits Revoked for Three Western PA Mines
The state Sanitary Water Board revoked drainage permits of three western Pennsylvania coal mine operators. Cited for not constructing surface water diversion ditches were C. G. Thompson strip mine Pike Township Clearfield County John J. Boyle strip mine Franklin Township Butler County and the Mears Coal Co strip mine Indiana County.
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Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Pennsylvania
C. G. Thompson
Pike
Clearfield County
John J. Boyle
Franklin
Butler County
The
Mears Coal Co
Indiana County
Post Office to Bury 25000 Undelivered Christmas Cards
Greensboro officials say about 25 000 undelivered Christmas cards will be burned due to wrong or illegible addresses or missing addresses. The disposal was announced by a postal official in Greensboro North Carolina.
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Greensboro
N. C
Davis selects chief deputy and solicitor for Prothonotary
Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts elect Richard C. Davis announces three appointments to fill two vacancies from resignations in the office. Dorothy Gormley Smith leaves Friday, with George A. Pastrick named chief deputy. Sherman K. Levine is appointed solicitor for the Prothonotary.
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Richard C. Davis
John A. Edgar
George A. Pastrick
Underwood St
Union Twp
Dorothy Gormley Smith
Sherman K. Levine
Davis
Plea For State Police At Sharon Strike
Mercer County Sheriff W G Courtney again urged Governor George M Leader to assign State Police to patrol duty at the Westinghouse Sharon plant amid a 74 day strike. He warned of possible violence after a melee between IUE pickets and returning workers at the Sharon transformer division. No reply from the governor was reported.
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Sharon
Ins
Westinghouse
Mercer County
W. G. Courtney
Pennsylvania
George M
Courtney
International Union of Electrical Workers
Death Record notices include Bruce Rape and Donato Fisco
A brief death record list notes Bruce Allan Rape aged 21 months of Ellwood City and Donato Fisco aged 83 of Mill Street.
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Bruce Allan
Ellwood City
Donato Fisco
Mill St
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower Over East Europe Interference
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced President Eisenhower for crude interference in Eastern Europe. He criticized Dulles and U.S. messages urging liberation and aid, saying they contradict the Geneva spirit and risk inflaming passions. Khrushchev tempered his remarks noting he respects Eisenhower.
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Henry Shapiro
United Press
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
East Europe
Nikolai Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Khrushchev
Europe
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Communist Party
Dulles
Geneva
President Refuses Response to Khrushchev Taunt at Key West
President Eisenhower, relaxing in the Florida Keys, declined to join a name calling exchange with Nikita Khrushchev. White House secretary Hagerty said the President would not comment. Other sources indicated he would avoid further strain on the fading spirit of Geneva.
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Key West
Fila
INS
Eisenhower
Florida Keys
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
John Foster Dulles
East Europe
White House
James C. Hagerty
Geneva
Kremlin
Classified Comics Cross Word Editorial Ellwood Obituary Radio
Itemized local notices appear across sections including comics crosswords obituaries and radio listings. The page compiles society sports stock listings theaters and want ads with classifieds contact numbers.
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Cross Word
Ellwood
The Lighted Christmas Tree Wonder and Shortage of Bells
A narrator praises a bright Christmas tree filled with packages and lights. He questions why a single burned bulb causes the whole string to fail and suggests a bell should ring when a bulb goes out, noting the mild forty two degrees.
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Highway Dept
Key West, Fla
Hagerty
University of Moscow
Naval Aviation News
Dionnes
U.S. Far East
Gyot
Marshal Tito
George Pastrick
Krushchev
Duties
Robert FE. Clark
Los As
Arthur Mometer
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