UN Secretary Starts Trip Home From Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold began his return from Peiping after talks aimed at winning freedom for UN captives in Red China. He flew to Canton then Hong Kong. a statement on the mission's outcome was expected in Hong Kong or on his arrival in New York. Officials would not confirm success until his return via Tokyo and San Francisco.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Red China
Canton
Hong Kong
Hammarskjold
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New York
Tokyo
San Francisco
Paris
Pierre Mendes
Italy
Rome
Ezio Vanoni
Mario Scelba
Gaetano Martino
National Assembly
le Troquer
Mendes-France
Konrad Adenauer
Baden Baden
Foreign Office
the Hague
Holland
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Luxemburg
Tunisia
Miss Olive Beil keeps 31 years of perfect Sunday school attendance
Miss Olive Beil of 714 Monroe Street reports a 31 year perfect Sunday school attendance record at Maitland Memorial Primitive Methodist Church where G. L. Ashton is superintendent and Evan P. Thomas is pastor. Patches and repairs continue downtown as Walk-Wait system installation nears.
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Olive Beil
Monroe Street
Pa Newe
Miss Beil
Maitland Memorial Primitive Methodist Church
G. L. Ashton
Evan P. Thomas
Daily Weather Report and Forecast Summary
Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness on Wednesday and moderately cold conditions. High around 32 to 38 with tonight’s low 16 to 22. 24 hour period ends at 7 am shows max 36 min 20 traces of snow. River stage 8.4 feet. Year ago max 34 min 10 no precipitation.
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Weather Report
United States
Four Year Draft Extension Seen By Vinson
Washington A D Ga Chairman Carl Vinson predicts a four year extension of the Selective Service law will win quick congressional approval. He says draft renewal will be first order of business and will be treated separately from universal military training and reserve system proposals. Vinson also notes a subcommittee will handle new military pay legislation.
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Washington
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Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Vinson
House Committee
Paul Kilday
Texas
Bea
Swarthmore dorm shooting ends in student death
Bechtel, a 22 year old junior and dorm proctor, fired through a Swarthmore College dorm early today killing 19 year old Francis Holmes Crozier as he slept. Deemphasizing motive, Dr. Hunt said Bechtel acted with apparent insanity after hazing incidents. He surrendered after the rampage.
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Philadelphia
INS
Swarthmore College
Francis Holmes Crozier
Akron
Everett Hunt
Robert B. Bechtel
Bechtel
Dr. Hunt
Pottstown
Crozier
Mystery revived in case of missing British diplomats
London reports a letter mailed in London and believed to come from behind the Iron Curtain revived the Burgess and McLean disappearance mystery. Col. J. R. Bassett said Burgess's mother received a second Christmas message, both mailed in seedy Thames dock areas, amid efforts to locate a secret pipeline.
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London
Guy Burgess
Donald McLean
Col
J. R. Bassett
Burgess
Thames Docks
Westinghouse Takes Title to WDTV Station in Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co transfers $9,000,000 and $750,000 to Allen B. Dumont laboratories in Clifton New Jersey to obtain title to Pittsburgh television station WDTV. Call letters likely change to KDKA TV by month end.
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Allen B. Dumont Laboratories
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
WDTV
Clifton
N. J
Damon
Kdkatv
Bombing Raids Made On Islands Of Red China
Taipei reports repeated Nationalist air raids on Communist islands Toumen and Tienao north of Formosa in retaliation for Red attacks. Nationalists say they bombed gun emplacements and a command post at Tienao, damaged Red gunboats near Sungmen, and hit targets around Tachen in the west pocket war.
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Taipei
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Tienao
Tachen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sungmen
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Sam Sheppard Seen Described as Dejected After Mother’s Death
Convicted wife killer Sam Sheppard was described as dejected by his jailer after the death by suicide of his mother Ethel. The 31-year-old neurosurgeon sobbed at the coffin and remains under round the clock observation in his Lakewood, Ohio jail cell for safety. His brothers Drs Steve and Richard joined the private funeral at the Bay Village Methodist Church, officiated by Rev Alfred C Kreke.
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Mike Ucello
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Marilyn
Ucelle
Steve
Richard
Ethel Sheppard
Lakewood
Alfred C. Kreke
Bay Village
Wilkinsburg Photographer On Trial In Wife Death
A jury will hear evidence in the murder trial of Albert W Goff a 45 year old Wilkinsburg photographer who claims his wife Katherine Ann died accidentally after a party at their home. She was found with a handkerchief in her mouth and bound limbs last June 20.
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Pittsburgh
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Albert W Goff
Wilkinsburg
Katherine Ann
Goff
White House Eyes 101 Billion Highway Build Plan
A special advisory group led by Gen. Lucius Clay recommends a 101 billion dollar ten year highway construction program to modernize roads. The report, submitted to President Eisenhower, frames a federal state local plan to be sent to Congress on January 27.
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Ins
White House
Lucius Clay
Eisenhower
Congress
Clay Committee
Pageant at Farm Show to Mark Penn State Centennial
About 1,000 actors will perform at the State Farm Show in Harrisburg to mark Penn State's centennial of service to agriculture. Gov. John S. Fine dedicated the 1955 show. The fair drew over 130,000 visitors on opening day as the 13 acre exhibit hall opened.
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H. E. Heldreth
National Safety Council
Pennsylvania Society of Farm Women
Heldreth
Big Storm Sweeps Southeast From Southwest
A major winter storm swept from the Southwest into the Southeast bringing snow and heavy rain. The system dumped up to half a foot of snow from west central Texas to the Ohio border, then spread 2 to 4 inches into southwest Virginia and along parts of Maryland and Virginia coasts. Rain totals included 1.74 inches in Atlanta and 1.61 inches in Savannah. A private plane crash near Natchez killed A. D. Williams, 45, of Monroe, Ja.
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Ohio Wall
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Washington
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Savannah
West Virginia
Kentucky
Natchez
Miss
A.D. Wiliams
Monroe
State Commerce Secretary To Be Named Later Today
Harrisburg action reports Governor George M. Leader will name John P. Robin, executive director of Allegheny County Urban Redevelopment Authority, as secretary of commerce later today.
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Elecr
George M. Leader
John P. Robin
Allegheny County Urban ‘Redevelopment Authority
Toay
Arrest Warrant Issued for 13 Second String Reds
Federal Judge Kaufman ordered arrest warrants for 13 second string Communists jailed since January 1953 for teaching or advocating overthrow of the U.S. government by force. Bail revoked, sentences to begin, with fines totaling $2,000 to $6,000 each. The group argued for peaceful change rather than force.
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New York
U. S
Irving R. Kaufman
U. S Supreme Court
Washington
Kaufman
Communist Party
U. S. Supreme Court
Urges Blockade Of China Coast
Admiral Arthur W. Radford endorses a proposal to seek allied support for a blockade of Communist China's coast if the 11 imprisoned U.S. fliers are not released. He said the move would deter Red China and would have a strong effect, adding the United States would likely back such a blockade. Radford, returning from a around-the-world trip, noted his aim was to learn mission issues and offer help.
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INS
Arthur W. Radford
Far East
China
U.S
Radford
U. S Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen. H. Alexander Smith
Transit Strike Threat Looms Over Philadelphia Transit
Top-ranking officers of the Philadelphia Transportation Co attend a meeting amid a renewed ultimatum of a city-wide transit strike Friday night. Several thousand CIO-Transport Workers Union members halted all streetcar subway elevated and bus service planning a mass meeting at Town Hall Monday night to reaffirm the move.
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Transportation Co
Cio-Transport Workers Union
Town Hall
Congregation Votes 300000 For Education Wing At First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian church on North Jefferson Street at Falls won congregational approval Monday for a 300000 educational wing to be added south of the existing structure. The vote drew several hundred members during the annual meeting in the Sunday school room as building plans call for a modern one to three story facility on the church property. some land must be purchased.
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Jefferson Street
Falls
Marshall G. Matheny
Russian War Scare Triggers Panic in Moscow
Western envoys in Moscow report a serious scare as the Soviet threat to denounce alliances with Britain and France spurred a near panic in Moscow food stores. They say the moves were propaganda to block ratification of Paris rearmament treaties, with no sign of actual war plans.
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Selecting Jury To Try Father For Child's Death
In Fort Worth Texas Army Pvt Carl George Malloy faces a trial for murdering his seven week old son by crushing him. The state seeks the death penalty as seven jurors were chosen with further panel completion expected. The defense cites split personality while Malloy may not testify.
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Tex
Carl George Malloy
Malloy
Carswell Air Force Base
James K. DeVore
Dawson ‘Davis
Death notices for Robert L Little Mary Talaganis and Andy Spincic
Death records list Robert L Little 85 of 22116 South Croton Avenue. Mary Talaganis 47 of 1116 Scioto Street. Andy Spincic 84 of Bessemer. Obituaries reflect local residents described in brief notice format.
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Robert L. Little
Croton Avenue
Mary Talaganis
Scioto Street
Andy Spincic
Bessemer
Soviet Protest Rejected by U S Britain Over Stevenson Remarks
The United States and Britain rejected a Soviet protest over Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson remarks by claiming the Russians misquoted and misrepresented his address. A State Department memorandum to the Soviet Embassy said Moscow selected statements out of context to base its protest. Russia had criticized Stevenson for saying U S bombers could counterattack from Britain on short notice.
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United States
Britain
John D. Stevenson
49Th Air Division
U.S
State Department
Russia
Stevenson
Soviet Union
First Snowfall Hits Southern California Towns
Snow fell across Banning and surrounding areas marking the first significant cold weather event in years. Residents reported melting snow and chilly conditions as temperatures dropped. The brief winter weather disrupted travel and prompted cautious warnings from local officials.
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Banning
Calif
INS
Eisenhower seeks pay boosts and higher postal rates
President Eisenhower asked Congress to raise federal workers pay and postal rates at a cost of more than 394 million dollars yearly. He proposed a voluntary health insurance program and coupled the raises with a rate increase to fund improved federal service and Civil Service pay.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Post Office
Civil Service
New Castle Firm Wins State Route 6 Contract
The Conn Welding and Machine Co. of New Castle has been awarded a 142 41 contract by the state highways department for 0.17 mile road improvements on route 6 in Bradford county. The Wysox Township project includes repairs to a bridge over the Susquehanna River.
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Conn Welding and Machine Co
New Castle
State Highways Department
Bradford County
Wysox
Susquehanna River
Inside Todays News Pa ge Page Classified 16 Comics
Classifieds and features tease the page contents including cross word puzzle and editorial, with sections on Ellwood News and obituary on page 17 along with radio and TV society items and stock theatre mentions.
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Oo Ae Stocks Theatres
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Weather Note From Miami At Home
The author notes bright skies and a blue clear day with a tang in the air. He compares Miami’s sunny scene to the current local weather and says it is thirty four today.
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