Congress Seeks Status Of Bomb Secrets Security
Congress moves to tighten U S security after the Fuchs spy case. J Edgar Hoover will testify behind closed doors on how secrets were stolen and hydrogen bomb plans safeguarded. Leslie Groves faces a public hearing on current protective measures as the U S rechecks immigration and displaced persons policies.
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Washington
Congress
U. S
Joint
Congressional Atomic “Watch Dog’ Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Emil Fuchs
Leslie Groves
Fuchs
London
Russia
Hoover
Sen
Jenner
Ind
Winter Weather Notes and Local Road Work Report
Weather conditions show a milder trend with ponds refilling and ice thinning. Construction proceeds on guard rail posts along King’s Chapel road to Pulaski and groundwork for a new bridge over Slippery Rock Creek near Rose Point on Highway 422. Local motor travel increases as Butler highway tests draw crowds. boy scouts tag downtown jaywalkers during National Boy Scout Week with no fines collected.
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King’s Chapel
Pulaski
Slippery Rock Creek
Rose Point
Daily Weather Report Forecast Clouds Drizzle and Colder Temps
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow with occasional light rain or drizzle. Slightly colder tonight and in the north portion. Lows 30s north to 40s south tonight. Extremes: maximum 40, minimum 28. Precipitation 0.04 inches as rain. River stage 7.2 feet. Sunday values show a high of 39 and a low of 15 with no precipitation.
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United States
Tito Expected To Be First Target Of Red Aggression
Washington reports say the Kremlin will likely reveal any aggressive intent by May and seeks to intensify its war of nerves. By spring the Western Powers must decide on military support for Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito as he is seen as the first target of Soviet moves.
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Washington
Russia
Kremlin
Far East
Europe
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Movie Actress In Pulpit Debut
Punxsutawney Pa February 6 Miss Colleen Townsend a 21 year old film star preached her first sermon at First Presbyterian Church calling herself a Christian worker for God Hundreds of worshippers came from miles around to hear the event Mr and Mrs G B Rowe traveled from Norris Mont to attend Townsend sang in a clear soprano apologizing for not being a vocalist and expressing happiness in her new path Continued on Page Two.
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Colleen Townsend
Hollywood
Miss Townsend
Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church
G. B. Rowe
Norris
Mont
Jesus
City police arrest 13 for auto speeding weekend drive
City police arrested 13 speeders during the weekend in various parts of town. The fastest car reached 50 miles per hour. Officers clocked speeding on Wilmington Avenue Highland Avenue Butler Avenue Taylor Street and Cedar Street under Mayor John F Haven's crackdown on speeding.
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Wilmington Avenue
Highland Avenue
Butler Avenue
Taylor Street
Cedar Street
John F. Haven
Peebles Heads Wool Growers at County Meeting
At the Lawrence County Sheep and Wool Growers Association annual meeting in Liberty Grange Hall, R P Peebles of Scott Township was re elected president for the coming year. Guy Fullerton of North Beaver won top prizes for champion fine and medium wool fleeces and was re elected vice president, with S R Neely as secretary treasurer and a slate of directors named. Junior Wool Judging awarded to Robert Smith Beaver County, Arthur Moore Butler County, and Clair McCracken Scott. Prizes were donated by Guy Fullerton as trophies he will keep for a year.
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Lawrence County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Liberty Grange Hall
R P. Peebles
Scott Township
Guy Fullerton
North Beaver Township
S. R. Neely
Plaingrove
W. F. McCracken
Scott
Earl Wimner
J. L. Burton
Neshannock
Lowery Smith
Beaver County
Robert Smith
Arthur Moore
Butler County
Clair McCracken
Mercy Slaying Trial Near End
The mercy murder trial of Carol Ann Paight nears completion as prosecutors and defense prepare final summations for the jury. After 61 witnesses testified, the 21 year old faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of second degree murder for shooting her cancer ridden father.
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Bridgeport
Conn
INS
Carol Ann Paight
Carol
Lorin W. Willis
David Goldstein
Fairfield County
Mayor Jones Visits Police Court in Sharon
Mayor John F Haven presided in a Sharon patrol court session directing a Sharon man cited for speeding. The motorist received a ten dollar fine for speeding on Wilmington Avenue yesterday.
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Jones of
Sharon
John F. Haven
Wilmington Avenue
Sparkman urges single program to avert hydrogen bomb race
Senator Sparkman proposes that sponsors of six Senate resolutions seek one unified plan to prevent an atomic arms race. He testifies on a UN reform measure aimed at amending the UN charter to remove veto on aggression, curb the arms race, and create an international police force.
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Washington
INS
Sparkman
Ala
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
United Nations
Ely Culbertson
Sens Flanders
Mundt
New Castle Scouts Run City Hall For National Week
In New Castle the Kus kuski district Boy Scouts filled city offices during National Boy Scout Week. They voted to enlarge the incinerator at 50 000 dollars, paint Cascade Park, reroute truck traffic on 422 bypass, and build a new recreation hall. Scout Willis Peacock administered oaths to council members as Mayor Haven praised the leaders and even hinted one scout could become president of the United States.
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New Castle News
Willis Peacock
Robert Brinton
John Haven
Boy Scout
Mayo
Raymond Cline
Harland Floyd
Jennings
New Castle
Boy Scout City Council
Cascade Park
Kuskuski
America
Haven
Jennings Grabe
Raymond Kline
Bob Brinton
Stanley Smith
Dwight Fiscus
United States
Bid Presented For Golf Course At Sylvan Heights
Attorney Walter A Kieler presented a $27000 bid to the city council for the Sylvan Heights golf course including land buildings and all equipment. The bid was referred to committee for consideration. No bids were received for the city airport. Attorney Frank Moretti urged the council to weigh the recreational value and not sell the course.
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Walter A. Kieler
Sylvan Heights
Frank Moretti
Death Notices and Addresses in Local Obituaries
A list of death notices with names ages and last known addresses including Mrs. Thomas H. Sutliffe 80 of 105 Smithfield Street Mrs. Fred D. March 76 of 298 East Lincoln Avenue Jacob Wolfe 66 of 1118 South Mercer Street William Chambers Crawford 50 of 617 Oak Street John M. Stewart 64 Butler County Mrs. John G. McCann 79 of 4532 County Line Street Milford LeRoy Krebs 69 Edenburg R D 1 E E Phillips 838 Lawrence County Home Andrew Sniezek 60 1004 North Ashland Avenue John Dytko 40 114 Miller Avenue Mrs Elizabeth M Newton 72 Wampum RD 2 Infant Dwilight Hoover 207 Holton Street
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Thomas H. Sutliffe
Smithfield Street
Fred D. March
Lincoln Avenue
Jacob Wolfe
Mercer Street
William Chambers Crawford
Oak Street
John M. Stewart
Butler County
John G. McCann
County Line
Milford LeRoy Krebs
Edenburg
R.D
E. E. Phillips
Lawrence County
Andrew Sniezek
Five Year Old Hollingshead Killed in Freak Accident
Bernard Clyde Hollingshead, five, son of Rev. Fred C. Hollingshead of the Hummel Street Church of the Brethren, died at Poly Clinic Hospital from a fractured skull after slipping and striking his head on a street curb February 2. Funeral services were arranged as officials noted two unsuccessful operations and long unconsciousness.
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Harrisburg
Bernard Clyde Hollingshead
Polyclinic
Bernard
Fred C. Hollingshead
Hummel Street
Church of the Brethren
Fall claims life of Jacob Wolfe at The Castleton
Jacob Wolfe aged 66 of 1118 South Mercer Street died after a Friday morning fall from a sixth floor window at The Castleton. He struck electric wires during the fall and suffered multiple fractures. Born in Poland in 1883, he lived in New Castle 44 years and worked as a produce dealer. Survived by his widow Anna Saul and five children plus nine grandchildren, six brothers, and a wide circle of relatives. Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at John R. Hodge Funeral Home with burial in Tifereth Israel cemetery.
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Castleton
Jacob Wolfe
Mercer Street
Wolfe
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles E. Allen
Poland
Shiah
Rose Pollack Wolfe
New Castle
Yifereth Israel Synagogue
B'Nai Brith
Cosmo Club
Anna Saul
Mollie Klein
Pittsburgh
Geraldine Wainstein
Portsmouth
Harriet Steiner
Adele Goldman
Sheldon Wolfe
Herman Wolfe
Bessemer
George
Solomon
Harry Wolfe
Sam
Archie Wolfe
Cleveland
John R. Hodge
Wallace Avenue
Jules Lipschutz
Benjamin Miller
Tifereth Israel Cemetery
Shipload of Toys Ships to Europe for Children
In Philadelphia tomorrow a Flagship S S American Defender will depart with the first shipment of more than three million toys. The drive has yielded over 900000 new toys from American children, a 250000 daily influx, cited by American Legion National Commander George N Craig as a phenomenal response.
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Philadelphia
INS
Europe
America
American Legion
George N. Craig
Legion
S. S. American Defender
Phone Strike Delay Likely To Be Asked
Washington reports federal conciliators probably will seek a two week postponement of the nationwide telephone strike. Cyrus S. Ching reviews field reports from more than 30 local sessions to decide further government steps to avert the walkout set for 6 am Wednesday local time. CIO official Beirne says the walkout of 100000 workers seems inevitable with 220000 more to observe picket lines at most exchanges.
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Washington
I Ins
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Beirne
Explosion Rips Front Wall At Gangster Mickey Cohen Home
In Los Angeles an explosion ripped the front wall of Mickey Cohen’s West Los Angeles residence early today. Cohen and his wife Lavonne slept through the blast as police investigated a bomb likely placed or tossed near the southeast corner in the circular driveway. A rain delay hampered investigators and shattered nearby windows.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Mickey
Lavonne
Cohen
Kathryn Jones
Cohen Place
Russia Accused of Hydrogen Bomb Test and More
London report cites editor Kenneth De Courey claiming Russia has built three hydrogen bombs and exploded one, with a predicted March 3 or 4 test and ten further experiments planned barring accidents or changes. The claim follows earlier atomic explosion confirmations by President Truman.
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London
INS
Kenneth de Courey
Russia
Truman
de Courey
Intelligence Digest
Truman invokes Taft-Hartley to end coal strike
President Truman uses Taft-Hartley emergency powers to form a three member fact finding board and seek a federal injunction to end the walkout by soft coal miners led by John L. Lewis. The action targets the soft coal industry and follows reports of widespread idleness across nine states.
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Truman
Phillips J. Peck
International News Service
Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
W. Willard Wirtz
Northwestern University
Old War Labor Board
John Dunlop
Harvard University
Lewis
White House
Bus Car Crash Injures 24 including Three Critical
In Miami early today a collision between a car and a Miami Transit Lines bus injures 24 people, three seriously. Bus driver James L. Williams, age 29, suffers critical back injuries. car driver Paul Rattie and passenger Ruth Ellen Taber also listed in critical condition. Dr. Edmund Cava, an intern at Jackson Memorial Hospital, described the crash.
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Miami
Miami Transit Lines
Edmund Cava
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami Parcel Delivery Service
James L. Williams
Paul Rattie
Ruth Ellen Taber
Fire truck contract awarded at city hall
City council awarded the fire truck contract to American LaFrance with a low bid of 13920, beating Mack’s 13990. Public Safety Director Richard I. Davis recommended American LaFrance. Schweinsberg abstained, citing fairness about the presenting representative.
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American LaFrance Company
Mack Company
Public Safety
Richard I. Davis
American la France Company
E. Gene Schweinsberg
Schweinsberg
Civilian Agencies Add Employees Failing to Match Defense Cuts
Sen Byrd reports civilian federal agencies hired heavily in December, averaging over 143 new workers daily. He cites a total increase of 4 445, offsetting a 9 246 cut in defense payroll and notes civilian employment rose sharply while defense cuts continued.
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Sen
Byrd
Defense Department
Berlin Blockades Resume Slowed Truck Traffic Today
Berlin authorities report Soviet border guards again slowed truck movements between Berlin and western Germany without warning. At Helmstedt checkpoint only four to six trucks passed per hour versus prior rates of 20 to 30, creating a growing backlog as the two week tactic of pressure fluctuates like a faucet.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Helmsteda
Forty Six Today In Weather Reflective Verse
A personal birthday poem marks forty six with thoughts on aging, weather, and memories. The speaker notes years, changes along the road, and well wishes from friends, framing age through poetic weather imagery.
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Peebles Heads Wool Growers
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Elizabeth M. Newton
Wampum
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