Holiday Traffic Toll Sets New High For 54 Hour Period
United Press reports 364 lives lost in 54 hours from Friday 6 p m to Sunday midnight across accidents. Of these 286 died in traffic crashes, 25 in fires, 4 in plane crashes, 49 in other incidents. The New Year toll exceeded 250 early today and may top 300. Ned H Dearborn of the National Safety Council urged action as the tally neared a record.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Year 1954 in Daily Habits and May 55 55
Pa Nene notes the shift from 1954 to 1955 in writing dates and mentions May 55-55 on the first Thursday. Downtown lighting was taken down over the weekend. Weekend weather was clear and highways were busy with family travel. Diary habits vary from casual use to long running records, while three eclipses are planned this year.
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Yule
Pa Nene
Cloudy and milder with light rain tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and milder conditions with occasional rain tonight and Tuesday. Today's high near 40 to 45 degrees, overnight low 35 to 40, and a 44 degree maximum in recent readings with frost and a 9.9 foot river stage.
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United States
Dag Hammarskjold Ongoing Mission To Free U S Airmen
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjjold travels toward Red China to press for release of jailed American airmen. He meets Indian Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi and plans onward to Calcutta before entering Peiping. Ruwallo, his aide, accompanies him as officials note Nehru's attendance at Gandhi Memorial.
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New Delhi
India
U. N
Dag Hammerskjold
Red China
U. S
Peiping
John Hlavacek
United Press
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Jawaharlal Nehru
Hammarskjold
Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
William Runallo
Pittsburgh
Calcutta
Ruwallo
N. R. Pillai
S. S. Bhat Nagar
Djakarta
Indonesia
Release Of Two Americans By Russia Near
A U S Embassy spokesman in Moscow said the Soviet Union will free two jailed Americans momentarily with no strings attached. John H. Noble and William T. Marchuk were named as the released men and Soviet authorities asked about 11 children held by American authorities in West Germany and the United States.
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United Press
Moscow
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
William T. Marxhak
Breckenridge, Pa
John H. Nobel
Detroit
Mich
Kenneth Brodney
U.S
John H. Noble
William T. Marchuk
Brackenbridge
West Germany
Legislature To Meet Tuesday For 1955 Session In Harrisburg
The Democratic party gains control for first time since 1935 as the legislature convenes at noon in Harrisburg to organize and hear Gov. Fine’s farewell. Gov-elect George M. Leader plans budget reforms and new revenue sources, leaning to industry taxes and a two year sales tax repeal, with a six week recess after inauguration to draft a budget.
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John Paget
Harrisburg
INS
Democratic Party
House
Senate
John S. Fine
George M. Leader
Leader
General Assembly
Break Ground For New Building At Harrisburg
Gov. John S. Fine officiated at ground breaking for an 11 story state office building in Harrisburg. The $6,000,000 project is the second new unit in the capitol group to begin, following an 18 story Labor and Industry Department building already under construction nearby.
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Harrisburg
John S. Fine
Capitol
Labor and Industry Department
Eisenhower Prepares State of the Union Message
President Eisenhower returns from Georgia to Washington to finalize the state of the union message with Cabinet and GOP leaders. He will address a joint session of the 84th Congress and send special messages on health reform highway funding a pay raise and minimum wage as part of a busy January agenda.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Augusta
Business Outlook Improves, Says Federal Reserve Bank
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports improving business conditions with stronger industrial production, employment, steel output, and bank loans. Public optimism grows and near term gains are forecast. consumer sentiment shows moderate improvement versus last year. Leading firms remain optimistic about the economy.
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Chicago
INL
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Father And Three Children Die In Charred Home
In Charlestown West Virginia a fire destroyed a two story frame house last Friday morning trapping a father James Costello 48 and his children Ida Jewell 14 Robert Costello 11 and Ruth Costello 7. The mother separated from the father was not living with the family. Services will be held today in nearby Rawson for the victims.
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Charlestown
W. Va
INS
Rawson
James Costello
Ida M. Jewell
Robert L. Costello
Ruth V. Costello
Court To Rule On Sheppards New Trial Plea
Cleveland Ohio case updates as Judge Edward Blythin planned to rule on a defense motion for a new trial for Dr Samuel Sheppard convicted of second degree murder in Marilyn Sheppard’s July 4 death. The defense cites 41 errors and possibly new evidence prompting a Saturday hearing.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn
Blythin
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Sheppard
Bay Village
Corri
Leaders Begin Assembling For Congress Session
Washington. Congressional leaders and rank and file members began assembling for the opening of the Democratic controlled 84th Congress. GOP leaders planned White House briefing with President Eisenhower on the state of the union message. The 1955 session faces a divided government and focus on manpower reserve for the armed forces.
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William Theis
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
White House
Figenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Popes Message To Be Printed
Vatican sources said the lengthy Christmas message delayed by Pope Pius XII illness will appear in Osservatore Romano. A seven minute broadcast was aired before Christmas, with plans for a full address when health allows, possibly January 5 Epiphany. The long address is expected to urge an end to the cold war and justice-based peace.
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Vatican City
Ins
Vatican
Pius XII
Osservatore Romano
Vatican Radio
McCarthy’s Final Red Probe Hearing Today
Sen Joseph McCarthy wraps up as chairman with a marathon session on Communist infiltration of defense plants. He will question 16 witnesses about alleged subversion at General Electric in New England Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and Allis-Chalmers in Boston and may name two Army insiders if time allows. He relinquishes leadership to Sen John McClellan when the 84th Congress convenes Wednesday.
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Herbert Foster
United Press
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin Republican
General Electric
New England
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Allis-Chalmers
Boston
McCarthy
Government Operations Committee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Hope To Break Suez Canal Traffic Jam During Day
Ismailia Egypt UP convoys of ships weighed anchor at both ends of the Suez Canal and prepared to break up the worst traffic jam in the 85 year history of the Big Ditch. Officials estimated the first of 157 idled vessels would move at noon after workers freed the 10,892 ton World Peace Liberian tanker from a 480 ton span of the bridge. Tugs then hauled the ship down the canal with part of the bridge still on her superstructure.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.S. rejects Soviet demand on return of children
State Department said it would refuse Moscow's demand to return 11 Soviet children in the west, while hoping Russia keeps its pledge to release two Americans imprisoned for years. Officials weigh eight more orphan cases but expect three other children in the United States to remain.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Kremlin
West
Russia
8008 Federal Employees Fired as Security Risks
The Civil Service Commission reported 8008 federal employees were fired or resigned while under clouded status for security concerns. Files on 2096 show subversive activities or associations, while 5912 were dismissed for personal failings such as drinking, criminal records, or medical unfitness.
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James F. Donovan
United Press
Washington
Civil Service Commission
State Traffic Death Toll Over Holiday Period Totals 23
A survey shows 23 people were killed on Pennsylvania highways during the New Year holiday weekend, less than the prior year’s toll of 23. Officials had expected a similar toll, noting the Christmas record of 25 deaths as a benchmark.
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Pennsylvania
Council Adopts 1955 Budget Despite Dissent
The council approved the 1955 budget with expenditures of 1 316 149 69 and a 15 mill tax levy in a 4 to 1 vote. Income is estimated at 1 316 378 07, up from earlier figures, aided by 45 000 from United Engineering and Foundry and 59 000 in wage tax. Finance director James Gibson opposed the measure as unsound finance but supported the levy. the four to one vote followed debates and statements by Mayor DeCarbo and others.
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Solons
United Engineering and Foundry
Gibson
James Gibson
E. Gene Schweinsburg
Jack Fritz
R. R. White
White
Young workers urged to buckle down for hard year ahead
A stream of names and towns appears as a call to work and responsibility. The piece lists many individuals and ages from diverse places urging youth to commit to twelve months of effort and progress.
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Richard Clarence Slaughter
Valley Street
Gilbert Logan Shannon
Lwood City
Samuel Taylor
Croton
Enue
William L. Patterson
M. Md
Dean Peet
James Pappas
R. D
Irvin Grossman
Butler
Harold E. Welsh
Cleveland
Assassination shocks Panama as Remon is killed
President Jose Antonio Remon was assassinated at a Panama City race track on Sunday night. The attack left two dead and two wounded, prompting a nationwide hunt for gunmen and a swift transfer of power with Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Guizado assuming the presidency. Arrests were reported, including former president Arnulfo Arias at his Boquete coffee plantation, amid a broad suspect roundup.
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Panama City
INS
Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Arias
Remon
Boquete
UNS
Jose Ramon Guizado
National Assembly
United Press Telephoto
Juan Franco Race Track
Jose Remon Guizado
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