UN Secretary Hammarskjold Arrives in Peiping Talks With Chou
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Peiping to discuss the release of UN personnel and U S fliers held in violation of the Korean truce. He met Chinese Premier Chou En Lai and was greeted by Foreign Vice Minister Chang Han Fu as diplomats from Sweden Poland India Czechoslovakia and Russia observed the arrival. The mission aims to secure releases and report updates to UN headquarters.
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United Nations, N. Y
INS
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Chou En-lai
U. S
United Nations
New Delhi
Hammarskjold
Radio
Chang Han Fu
Sweden
Poland
India
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Britain
Per Lind
Chou
United Press
Nehru
Red China
First Christian Church Display Damaged During Holiday Week
Local churches report vandalism during the holiday period as mannequins on a sacred lawn display were snowballed and disrobed daily. Pine branches on utility poles were removed, removing Christmas reminders downtown. Post holiday sales draw crowds while 1955 dog tags return to copper color at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Weather forecast and stats show mixed precipitation and temperature shifts
Increasing cloudiness today with occasional rain tonight possibly mixed with snow or freezing rain in the northeast. Highs 36 to 44, lows 40 in the southwest to 32 in the northeast. Thursday cloudy with rain and rising temperatures. 24 hour period ending 7 am shows max 39, min 23, no precipitation, river stage 8.5 feet. A year ago max 30, min 25.
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United States
Slain Panama President Warned Before Death at Track
Panama's president Jose Antonio Remon, killed by machine gun fire at a race track, received an unsigned warning two days earlier. Minister Catalino Arrocha Graell announced a reward for information and immunity for those tied to the plot as Panama seeks leads with Cuban and other aid amid a stalled chase.
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Panama City
INS
Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Catalino Arrocha Graell
National Assembly
Remon
Jose R Guizado
Cuba
Criminal Investigation Bureau
Havana
Israel Castellanos
CIB
Washington
FBI
Cuban Crime Expert To Aid Panama Hunt
A Cuban crime expert, Israel Castellanos, head of the Cuban Investigation Bureau's criminal laboratory, is to assist Panamanian police in the probe of President Jose A. Remon’s murder. Authorities have arrested over 50 people, including ex president Arnulfo Arias, but no solid link to the gunmen has been found. The FBI offered help but was declined by the State Department.
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Panama City
Jose A. Rem
Israel Castellanos
Arnulfo Arias
Woman Found Dead Inside Closed Refrigerator
Pittsburgh police rule out foul play in the death of 53 year old Rosella Altmay er found wedged in a spare refrigerator at her nephew’s home. Coroner notes she placed her false teeth on a shelf before closing the door and had been despondent after the deaths of her estranged husband and his mother from carbon monoxide poisoning last January. The body was discovered by her nephew Peter Layton during a room by room search.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Rankin
Allegheny County
Rosella Altmayer
Peter Layton
Barkley Takes Seat In Senate
Washington report details Alben W. Barkley taking the oath as Kentucky's junior senator marking a half century of public service. The 77 year old pledged to do the best job in the new Congress as he observed a freshman senator ritual by attending a party caucus and remaining quiet.
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Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Senate
Congress
Code Expert Given Seven Year Espionage Sentence
Former NSA clerk Joseph S. Petersen Jr. began a seven year term in prison for espionage becoming the first government employee jailed on such charges in recent times. A National Security Agency worker, he pleaded guilty to possessing four highly classified documents and was accused of transmitting NSA material to a Netherlands official. Judge Albert V. Bryan condemned the breach of trust and noted the case as a landmark in postwar security history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Joseph S. Petersen Jr
National Security Agency
Petersen
NSA
Netherlands
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington, Va
United States
Ladejinsky to Vietnam to aid land reform drive
Washington reports Wolf Ladejinsky, dismissed from the Agriculture Department as a security risk, is sent by the Foreign Operations Administration to Vietnam to supervise a land reform program against Viet Minh pressure. His acceptance is noted as the White House weighs the ouster controversy.
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Kenneth Weiss
Washington
Ins
Wolf Ladejinsky
Agriculture Department
Vietnam
Foreign Operations Administration
Ladejinsky
Japan
FDA
White House
Fog and weather crisis sweep nation on January 17
A dense fog cloaked central Ohio and the Mississippi Valley while an icy snow storm battered the West. A four engine transport overran an Ogden Utah runway and a low flying craft crashed near Animas New Mexico killing four. A 200 mile wide rain band stretched Texas to the Alleghenies with storms in Oklahoma and Kansas and bitter cold in Montana. Indianapolis faced zero visibility and flight cancellations. A crash on foggy U S 52 near Greenfield Indiana killed Jesse and Mary Wolf. Western snow and sleet drove into eastern plains. dangerous driving north and south of Denver. The Animas group were en route home from a Texas funeral to Durate California. Names include Kenneth Decker and Mrs Monroe Decker and two children.
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Ohio
Mississippi River
Ogden
Utah
Animas
N.M
Texas
Alleghenies
Oklahoma
Kansas
Montana
Midwest
Illinois
Indianapolis
Weir Cook
Greenfield
Ind
Jesse Wolf
Mary
U.S
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Plains
Denver
Durate
Calif
Kenneth Decker
Monroe Decker
Radford Ends Free Asia Tour After Tokyo Conference
Admiral Arthur Radford chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff wrapped up a 40 minute Tokyo meeting with Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu as he concluded a Free Asia tour. Peiping accused the trip of stoking a hotbed of war while noting visits to Pakistan Thailand the Philippines Indochina Formosa Korea and Japan.
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Tokyo
Arthur Radford
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Free Asia
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Radford
Washington
Red China
U.S
East
Peiping
Pakistan
Thailand
Philippines
Indochina
Formosa
Korea
Japan
Union Takes No Action On Firings At Westinghouse
Local 601 CIO of the International Union of Electrical Workers did not act on the dismissal of five Westinghouse East Pittsburgh employees accused of Communist activity. Joseph Slater defended himself or invoked the Fifth Amendment, while Alfred L. Ogier cited illness in declining to appear.
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Pittsburgh
INS
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
East Pittsburgh
Senate
Joseph Slater
Communist Party
Alfred L. Ogier
Four UC Students May Face Charges Over Cannon Firing
Berkeley police weigh charges against four University of California students after they loaded an ancient line-throwing cannon with black powder and towels and fired at the Phi Gamma house. The blast shattered windows at the Phi Kappa house and nearby apartments, while Phi Gamma suffered no damage.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Phi Gamma Fraternity
Phi Kappa House
Phi Gamma
Europe Storms Cause At Least 29 Deaths Across Continent
Howling blizzards and freezing rain disrupt transport and communications across Europe. The sinking of a Spanish naval tug near Cartagena killed nine of 11 crew. A German freight train derailment killed two railway workers. A woman died after attempting suicide and exposure in Stuttwart. Ireland reported a train wreck injuring six. A thaw eased some counties but freezing conditions threaten roads.
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London
Europe
Cartagena
Dahlerbrueck
Germany
Stutttwart
Ireland
Air Ministry
Brother Charged in Death of Patricia Spears
A 17 year old boy from Galion, Frederick Spears, faces arraignment for the strangulation slaying of his sister Patricia, 16, during a pillow fight. He confessed after visiting Patricia's coffin, describing the moment he found himself around her throat. The body was found New Year’s Day in a farm thicket after he transported it and her clothes following the incident.
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Galion
INS
Frederick Spears
Patricia
Crawford County
Elwood . Jacobs
Spears
Walter heads HUAC and rejects Dies bid for seat
Representative Francis Walter, new HUAC chair, says Rep. Martin Dies will be denied a return to the committee. Walter plans staff shake ups, demands resignations from co counsel and a research director, and vows to end the committee’s "witch hunting days."
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Robert E. Thompson Washington
INS
Francis Walter
House Un-American Activities Committee
Rep
Martin Dies
Tex
Dies
Franklin D Roosevelt
Congress
Texas
Walter
Edwin Willis
William Tuck
Robert Kunzig
Raphael I. Nixon
The
Pennsylvanian
Adenauer Turns 79 Amid West German Unity Drive
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer marked his 79th birthday in seemingly good health though followers fretted his long effort to knit West Germany with former foes might strain his iron constitution. He remained vigorous enough to endure lengthy conferences and debates.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Threatened Train Strike Boosts Shoe Repair Boom
In London the threat of a nationwide rail strike next week spurred a surge in shoe repair demand as customers rushed to fix footwear. A footwear industry spokesman said people are rushing to get their shoes in marching order.
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London
Death Record Listings Arrive From City and Nearby Areas
Death notices show Lottie Turner 31 of 522 West State Street George Hess 75 Ellwood City Franklyn Beacham 44 West Laurel Avenue John King 73 409 Eighth Street Carl Evans 77 916 Boroline Street Sandra Fabian 2 205 South Ashland Avenue Pearl Bradford 63 102 South Crawford Avenue Matilda Absalom 83 Meadville Pa Francis McClelland 62 R D 7 Mahoningtown.
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Lottie Turner
West State Street
George E. Hess
Ellwood City
Franklyn H. Beacham
West Laurel Avenue
John C. King
Eighth Street
Carl H. Evans
Boroline Street
Sandra Ann Fabian
Ashland Avenue
Pearl Stimple Bradford
South
Crawford Avenue
Matilda Absalom
Meadville
Francis C. McC
Maid of Cotton 1955 crowned in Memphis
Honey blonde De Lois Faulkner 20, a cow girl from an Oklahoma ranch, was chosen Maid of Cotton to represent the cotton industry on an international tour. She defeated 21 contestants from 15 cotton growing states in the annual contest held Tuesday night in Memphis Tennessee.
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United Press Telephoto
Memphis
Tenn
de Lois Faulkner
Sallisaw
Oklahoma
Faulkner
Memphis,tenn
Miss Faulkner
Okla
Former Erie Mayor Faces Sentencing in Bribery Case
Former Mayor Thomas W. Flatley and 23 other defendants convicted or pled guilty in a city hall gambling bribe scandal are due for sentencing. Flatley faces up to three years and a $2500 fine after pleading guilty to conspiracy and violating his oath. Other defendants include ex-police inspector Jack Martin and alleged rackets chief James Salamone, with multiple judges handling the proceedings in Erie County.
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Erie
Thomas W. Flatley
Dist
Damian McLaughlin
Flatley
Flitley
Jack Martin
Erie County
Elmer L. Evans
Burton R. Laub
James Salamone
Samuel Y. Rossiter
Youth In Many Burglaries May Face Murder Charge
Philadelphia 17-year-old Gerald Richardson faces murder charges in connection with the Sept. 20 shooting of Roy F. Wunder, 43, co-owner of the Stoney Creek Tavern in Springfield township. Richardson, held at Moyamensing Prison, escaped custody last week by leaping from a City Hall window during questioning.
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Philadelphia
Gerald Richardson
Philadelphi
Delaware County
Moyamensing
Roy F. Wunder
Stoney Creek
Springfield Township
Wunder
Jhuggars
New Congress Opens as Democrats Take Charge in 84th Session
The 84th Congress convened at noon with Democrats in control. Vice President Nixon called the Senate to order as both parties anticipate President Eisenhower's state of the union address. The speech is expected to advocate reciprocal trade, military programs, tax extensions, Asia aid, Hawaii statehood, and major highway construction.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Erncr
George M. Leacer
John S. Fine
Albert S. Readinger
Berks
Abraham N. Sigman
Philadelphia
Sigman
Alfonso Parlante
Parlante
Washington
INS
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Eisenhower
Asia
Hawaii
Man and child killed in Route 22 crash near Huntingdon
A Lewistown girl Kath erine Eichenberger eight and Huntingdon county man David M. Isenberg sixty nine died when a car apparently out of control overturned and was hit by a station wagon on Route 22 near Huntingdon. The girl's siblings Theresa six and William five were injured. father Walter W. Eichenberger thirty nine of Milwaukee was with the children.
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Huntingdon, Pa
INS
Lewistown
Huntingdon County
Route
Huntingdon
Katherine Eichenberger
David M. Isenberg
Mill Creek
Theresa
William
Walter W. Eichenberger
Milwaukee
Isenberg
Ellwood News Obituary Brief
Local notices report an obituary item for Ellwood with brief details and standard funeral information noted in the community segment. The notice appears in the paper’s obituary column with no graphic description.
End of Football Era as Basketball Takes Stage Nationwide
Arthur Mometer notes the shift from football to basketball as the sport’s stars announce a new season. Across many states crowds gather to watch the hoop game reach prominence with fast plays and precise shooting, amid mild weather described as thirty nine.
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Sotiety
Ellwood News
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Arthur Mometer
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