Eisenhower to urge quick action on Middle East doctrine
President Eisenhower will address Congress in the State of the Union urging swift approval of his Middle East doctrine and action on domestic program items stalled in prior sessions. He plans a joint session delivery broadcast nationally and worldwide.
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Robert E. Clark
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Congress
Union
Middle East
United Press
White
First robin sighted as spring nears in town
Helen Dygert reports seeing the season's first robin at her Wilmington Road feeding station. A ripe January tomato grows at Nellie Leasure's County Line Street home after she planted seeds in October. Wet streets slowed pedestrians. crosswalk obedience is uneven as drivers block walks awaiting signals. Bookbags and heavy night assignments concern students as youthful romances surface. Continued on page two.
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Helen Dygert
Wilmington Rd
Pa Nene
Nellie Leasure
County Line St
News Photographers Protest Ban On Inauguration Attendance
Washington INS reports WHNPA president Henry Burroughs condemns the exclusion of news photographers from President Eisenhower's January 20 swearing in. White House press secretary Hagerty says only the President and Vice President families may attend, with a public oath ceremony on January 21 at the Capitol.
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Washington
INS
White House
News Photographers Association
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Capitol
Henry Burroughs
Cold wave and snow flurries forecast this week
A cold wave warning with wind and cloudy skies signals a much colder day and night with snow flurries. Friday unfolds fair but very cold with a low around 5 to 14 degrees. The 24 hour period shows a high of 37 and a low of 77, with .30 inches of precipitation and river stage at 6.1 feet. Comparisons note last year’s date: high 33, low 31, precipitation .17 inches.
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United States
Democrats Reject Substitute for Eisenhower Doctrine Plan
United States House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats show little support for a substitute to the Eisenhower Doctrine after Secretary Dulles denounces it. President Eisenhower is expected to urge speedy approval of the original plan in the State of the Union address.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Congress
Two Carpenters Die In Aliquippa Steel Plant Collapse
Frank Gauschman and Carl Leplane, both Pittsburgh carpenters aged 49 and 64, were killed when a dirt bank at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp plant collapsed during excavation for soaking pits. Rescue crews worked 25 minutes, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Aliquippa
Frank Gauschman
Carl Leplane
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Marion Coal Co
Thousands of Hungarians threaten exodus after crackdown
Vienna reports say thousands of Hungarian workers defect to the West in protest against communist rule. Factories in scattered regions staged marches under martial law, police, blue uniforms, and mass dismissals of about 200,000 workers amid fuel and power shortages. Escape routes to Austria are tightening as more than 150,000 have already fled since the Moscow crackdown.
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Vienna
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Austria
Russia
Moscow
Governor Plans Budget Message For Feb General Assembly
Governor George M. Leader said he will deliver the budget message the week of February 4 to a joint session. He will include tax recommendations and reference the bipartisan Tax Study Committee report. The plan includes public official influence peddling legislation targeting insurance contracts and state business.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Temperature Extremes Hit Frigid Fraser and Hot Laredo
The U S Weather Bureau reports a low of minus 32 at Fraser Colorado and a high of 92 at Laredo Texas on Wednesday. The readings show wide national temperature swings across the United States.
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New York
U. S. Weather Bureau
Fraser
Colo
Laredo
Tex
Worst Storm of Winter Rips Midwest and Northeast
A severe winter storm hammered the Midwest and Northeast with 4 to 12 inches of snow varying by locale, causing traffic snarls, flight disruptions, and at least six traffic deaths. Winds above 70 mph created dust storms in the Southwest, while heavy freezing rain iced southern highways.
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Midwest
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Iinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Midway Airport
Chicago
Oklahoma
Illinois
Colorado
Tahe Teelios Ave
Continental Divide
New York
Miami
Grantsburg
Wis
Denver
Los Angeles
Seattle
Boy Named James Patton Jr Suffers Wrist Laceration
James Patton Jr. aged 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Patton Sr., cut his left wrist after slipping in the bathtub and falling on broken glass. He received treatment at New Castle Hospital and was discharged.
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James Patton Jr
James Patton Sr
New Castle Hospital
White House Open to New British Prime Minister
Administration sources say the White House will welcome Eden's successor and that the new British leader will seek a quick summit with President to repair Anglo American ties. Potential successors Harold MacMillan or R A Butler are seen as able to secure greater cooperation after Eden’s Egypt episode strained trust.
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Joseph H. Singer
I.N
Eden
Washington
Harold MacMillan
Privy Seal
R. A. Butler
Egypt
U.S
White House
Small Boy Dies In Dentist's Office
Beaver County coroner attributes the death of six year old Louis Stephans in Dr. O C King’s Aliquippa office to cardiac arrest during anesthesia after four teeth were extracted. The boy died Wednesday night while in the dentist chair.
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Beaver
Beaver County
West Aliquippa
Louis Stephans
O. C. King
Aliquippa
King
Taxing Bodies to Receive Check on Former United Plant
Three local taxing bodies will gain 225000 tomorrow as they share a payment in lieu of taxes on the former United Engineering & Foundry plant. U S Attorney D Malcolm Anderson of Pittsburgh will present the check to city county and school officials and exonerations will be issued for Mesta Machine Co and the U S government on 1955 56 taxes.
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United Engineering & Foundry
U. S. Atty
Malcolm Anderson
Pittsburgh
Atty
Thomas Shannon
Anderson
Mesta Machine Co
U. S
Ert
M. White
Mesta
General Services Administration
Shannon
White
Jack Smith
Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay
New Castle
Rayburn opposes time limit on president's troop power
House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas rejects placing a calendar bound on President Eisenhower's authority to deploy troops in the Middle East. He argues a crisis could occur after the limit lapses, making action too late. This stance contrasts with Majority Leader John McCormack and other lawmakers seeking a time restriction.
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Rayburn
Thomas J. Foley
Washington Uns
House
Sam Rayburn
Eisenhower
Middle East
Texas Democrat
John McCormack
Mass
Restrictions On Refugees To Be Lightened
CAMP KILMAR N J UP The government plans to tighten security and other restrictions on Hungarian refugees coming to the United States Rep Francis E Walter D Pa chairman of the House investigation subcommittee announced the security crackdown Wednesday and said many more people are to be returned in the future Walter came to this refugee reception center after it was announced that eight Hungarians were returned to Austria for giving false information Another Hungarian returned at his own request.
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Camp Kilmar
N. J
United States
Francis E. Walter D-Pa
House Investigation Subcommittee
Walter
Austria
UN Assembly Orders Watch on Hungary’s Suppression
The United Nations Assembly approves a 24 hour watchdog committee of five nations to investigate Soviet actions in Hungary. It will collect testimony from Hungarian refugees and other sources and report findings to this session and the 1957 meeting. The move aims to build support for Russia’s withdrawal and preserve Hungary’s freedom. The assembly also plans to discuss the Middle East crisis, Egypt withdrawals, and the Suez Canal.
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Pierre J. Huss
United Nations
N. Y
INS
UN Assembly
Russia
Hungary
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ship tips on drydock crash injures eight in Hoboken
A 16000 ton passenger freighter tipped on its dry dock and struck an adjoining dry dock with another vessel. Eight men were reported injured as both drydocks shifted and threatened to pitch the ships into the Hudson River. The Oslofjord reportedly had seacocks open and could sink if it enters the water. The identity of the other ship was not immediately clear.
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Hoboken
N. J
Hudson River
United Press
Oslofjord
Cecilia Doherty Fractures Arm Shoveling Snow
Cecilia Doherty, 40, of 514 North Street, fractured her right arm yesterday while shoveling snow. She was treated at New Castle Hospital and released.
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Cecilia Doherty
North St
New Castle Hospital
Death notice roundup for four local residents
Four deaths listed with ages and addresses: Wilbur Lamont Boston 79 of 1604 National St Mrs Rachel Belle Majors 66 of Castlewood Mrs Suzanna Janovick 72 of 2015 Moravia St and Oliver Howard Brandon 72 of Wampum RD 1. These records appear in the January 10 1957 issue.
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Wilbur Lamont
Boston
National St
Rachel Belle Majors
Castlewood
Suzanna Janovick
Moravia St
Oliver Howard Brandon
Wampum
RD 1
MacMillan Named British Prime Minister
Harold MacMillan named British prime minister to succeed resigning Anthony Eden. MacMillan, 62, exchequer chancellor, accepted the queen's commission to form a new cabinet and denied calls for a general election.
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Exchequer
City Approves 34 Pin Ball Permits Under New Tax Rule
A city ordinance imposes a $100 annual mercantile tax and enforcement for pin ball machines. The treasurer reports 22 signature bonds of $1,000 signed by owners, but no licenses issued yet. Final council approval awaits. Applicants must have business sites approved by police fire and health departments and post bonds before licensing.
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Marie C. Hanlon
Police, Fire and Health Departments
Sselaa Radio TV Page Classifieds Summary
Classified page fragment lists sections for comics society cross word and editorial notes by Byers with page indicators. Obituary and theater listings appear among items in the newsphones want ads column.
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Scikepisct
Ellwood
Weatherman’s Snow Forecast Fails Amid Rainfall
Arthur Memeter notes the weatherman promised six inches of snow but delivered rain instead. He laments the misforecast and jokes about shoveling and bundled cold, while describing a 37 degree day and the weather’s overall fail.
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Daily Weather Report
London
Eng
Anthony Eden
Downing Street
By Neil MacNeil
United Press Radio
Britain
Washington, D. C
Richard Nixon
Joshua
Jacob Javits
Javits
Senate
U.N. Assembly
MacMillan
By Charles A. Smith
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Labor Party
Idea
Elizabeth
Winston Churchill
Marquess of Salisbury
House of Lords
Sselaa
Arthur Memeter
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