Congress Reconvenes With Eisenhower State of the Union Due
The 86th Congress reconvenes at noon as Democrats weigh veto battles with President Eisenhower who delivers the State of the Union in person on Thursday. Senate and House set light business. leaders flag possible short session amid looming conventions.
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UPI
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Republicans Open 1960 Talks as Gov Lawrence Sets Tax Stand
Harrisburg UPI reports Republicans ready to discuss a possible 1960 legislative program with Gov. David L. Lawrence. Lawrence resubmitted 44 unconfirmed appointees, including William F. O’Hara to the Public Unity Commission, while admonishing no new taxes this year and a balanced 1961 fund. He urged school funding if the Legislature approves funds, criticized GOP for not passing a personal property tax and a road-gas tax, and charged oil lobbyists with shaping highway policy.
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General Assembly
Harrisburg
David L. Lawrence
State Senate
William F. O'Hara
Scranton
Public Unity Commission
Senate
Robert W. Anthony
Altoona
PUC
O'Hara
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Snow Storm Rages Across Dixie Into Midwest
A Yankee style winter storm swept from New Mexico through Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas into Mississippi Alabama and Virginia with power outages and school closures. At least three dead and four missing in a private plane as the system threatens Illinois Indiana and Ohio. up to seven inches expected in Tennessee and Kentucky. The Great Lakes region faced cold contrasts while the Plains and Rockies warmed rapidly.
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Great Lakes
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Rockies
GNCA Dinner Plans Speaker Dr Alexander To Address
Close to 800 people are expected at the Greater New Castle Assn annual dinner January 26 with Dr. William H Alexander Oklahoma City as the featured speaker. He will discuss what has made America great in his talk The Power to Become. Announcements and ticket forms have been mailed. event at the Cathedral starts 6 30 p m.
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Five Small Steel Firms Decline Big 11 Pact
Washington UPI reports the United Steelworkers Union aims to extend the big 11 settlement to smaller producers. At least five firms Moultrop Steel Products Co Coons Pacific Co Pittsburgh Pacific Co Boland and Cornelius and Skubie Brothers Co balk at the 22 year package, signaling possible bargaining standpoints while union officials expect easy application to smaller firms. Negotiations begin in multiple cities with Eisenhower to receive the facet finding board report.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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James B. Mitchell
Ihe
White House
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Coons Pacific Co
Pittsburgh Pacific Co
Boland and Cornelius
Skubie Brothers Co
Judge Frees Student Slayer in 1955 Swarthmore Case
Delaware County Judge William R Toal acquitted 26 year old Robert B Bechtel of homicide in the fatal 1955 Swarthmore College student shooting of Francis H Strozier. Bechtel, released from Farview State Hospital, was ordered into psychiatric probation with biweekly visits and placed under his mother’s care, return to court March 7.
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Robert B Bechtel
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Pottsville
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Farview State Hospital
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Sophmore
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Akron
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Taylor calls massive retaliation unrealistic and risky
Gen Maxwell D Taylor former Army chief says U S policy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons is unrealistic and endangers security He argues for four quick fixes including improved limited war planning IRBM use stronger SAC protection a fall out shelter program and a larger conventional force to close the missile gap and curb budget driven rivalry among services.
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UPI
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Taylor
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Not Running For VP Rockefeller Ticket Hopeful Says Scott
Len Hugh Scott refutes claims of an old guard purge and backs a Nixon Rockefeller ticket as the strongest GOP option. He says Rockefeller may be sincere about not serving as VP but could be persuaded, listing Keating Morton Mitchell and Seaton as other possible candidates.
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Rockefell
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N.Y
Thruston B. Morton
Labor
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Fred A. Seaton
Wreckage Found of National Airlines Plane with 34 Aboard
The DC-6B with 34 aboard was spotted in a swamp south of Bolivia North Carolina near the last checkpoint. No survivors reported by Brunswick County authorities and National Airlines. Most passengers were from New York area with five crew members.
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Sam Rayburn Observing Eighth Birthday Session Note
Washington reports on Speaker Sam Rayburn marking his 7th birthday as Congress opens its session. Rayburn, a Democrat, has held the speakership for decades and is celebrated by members across parties. President Eisenhower sends birthday remarks, noting Rayburn's congressional roots in his district.
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Deaths and Obituaries in Ellwood Page Area
Death notices list Robert A. Woods 79 of 735 Court St Halidan Asper 82 of Lambertville New Jersey and Mrs Ann Mary Wilson 86 of 6 W Fairfield Ave reported across Ellwood Page dated Wednesday January 6 1960.
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Robert A. Woods
Court St
Halidan Asper
Lambertville
N.J
Ellwood Page
Ann Mary Wilson
Fairfield Ave
Rail Showdown May Be Avoided
Chicago report says union official expects no rail showdown over work rules as steel industry fails to win greater control in talks with United Steelworkers. BLFE VP M W Hampton predicts railroads will avoid confrontation.
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Theodore Short
Carrier Conference
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Association of Western Railways
Weather Notes Favor the South Despite Cold Front
The piece describes a mostly cloudy cold spell with light snow flurries today tonight and Thursday. It lists temperatures from highs in the 22 to 31 range and lows 12 to 21, then reflects on preferences for the southern climate during harsh northern winds, noting stirring lines about spring and birch trees and a current temperature of twenty seven degrees.
Governor Signs Bill Taking Over Viaduct
Governor David L. Lawrence signed House Bill 2119 placing Mahoning Ave including the viaduct under state control. The act shifts Route 18 maintenance to the state and may relieve the city of repair costs while the viaduct remains a key but closed link in traffic.
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Cioffi
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Senate
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House
Lawrence
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