Eisenhower program poised for approval in new Congress
President Eisenhower is likely to win approval for much of his state of the union agenda as the 85th Congress begins. Democratic leaders plan to tackle civil rights legislation first, potentially ending southern filibusters with cloture, followed by school construction and school aid debates. The session could also hinge on Middle East policy and troop authorization amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Congress
85Th Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Middle East
United Press
Washington, D. C
Nixon
Sam Rayburn
Bernard Braskamp
House
Frederick Brown Harris
Sleet and Snow Mark Severe Winter Across the District
The region endures one of its harshest winters in years with daily snow, ice on streets, and crews dismantling an old building on Jefferson Street. Groundhog Day nears, daylight length grows, and sledding thrives while residents brace for continued cold and rising winter attire.
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N. Jefferson St
Falls St
Daily Weather Report With Snow and Cloudiness
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Saturday with occasional light snow late tonight possibly changing to light rain Saturday. Low tonight in the 20s. The 24 hour period ending 7 m shows max 29 and min 7 with .02 inches precipitation and 0.30 inches snow. River stage 5 9. A year ago the max was 38 with a min of 34 and .07 inches precipitation.
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United States
President invites Queen Elizabeth to visit the United States
President Eisenhower reportedly invites Queen Elizabeth to make a non political visit to the United States in October. The plan, extended by retiring U S ambassador Winthrop Aldrich, follows weeks of talks between the White House and Buckingham Palace. This would be Elizabeth's first visit as queen to the United States since her 1951 tour with Prince Philip.
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Senhower
Elizabeth
United States
London Daily Mirror
U.S
Winthrop Aldrich
White House
Buckingham Palace
British Empire
Canada
Harry S. Truman
Hall To Resign As National GOP Chairman
Leonard W. Hall announced his resignation as Republican national chairman with no disclosure of future plans. He said the formal resignation would be submitted at a Republican National Committee meeting on January 22.
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Washington
INS
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Republican National Committee
Six Air Force Men Killed in Tanker Crash
A KB 29 aerial tanker crashed and burned at Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin Texas killing six crew members while three others escaped with minor injuries. Names and hometowns of the deceased are listed.
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Austin, Tex
INS
Air Force
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Ronald Rossetti
Paterson
N. J
Robert Smith
An Antonio
Edward Clemons
Beckley
W. Va
Arctic Blasts Hit Midwest and East in Deep Freeze
A brutal Arctic cold wave plunged the Midwest and East below zero. Joliet recorded 14 below, Albany 13 below, Burlington 12, Chicago two below, as a blizzard-laden storm left at least 16 deaths blamed on shoveling and exposure.
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United Press
Midwest
Mississippi
Alabama
Joliet
Albany
N.Y
Burlington
South Bend
Ind
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Optimistic Push for Suez Settlement Amid Talks
In Washington Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau discuss a permanent Suez settlement. U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold may act as umpire in talks between Egypt Britain and France. Israel’s troop withdrawal relations are tied to timing of negotiations.
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Washington
Suez Canal
Suez
John Foster Dulles
Christian Pineau
Pineau
New York
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
Britain
France
U.N
Israel
Sixty Killed In Battles In Algeria
French military spokesmen report about 60 people killed and 37 wounded in 24 hours of fighting between Nationalists and French troops in Algeria. The Cherchell Marceau road ambush killed 20 French soldiers and wounded 17 Nationalists and French.
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Algiers
INS
Algeria
Cherchell- Marceau
Democrats Plan New Approach to Middle East Policy
Key House Democrats plan to draft a new approach as a substitute for President Eisenhower's Middle East proposal. A private source said a meeting would set Democratic policy and expect extensive changes to the administration's resolution. The party aims to act after House Foreign Affairs Committee hearings, likely next week.
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Washington
INS
House
Middle East
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sam Rayburn
Tex
John
China Premier Chou En Lai arrives in Warsaw
Premier Chou En Lai, fresh from talks with the Kremlin, says he is glad Poland and Russia have strengthened friendly relations. He hints at closer Communist ties and stresses that relations with Russia and fellow communists are of prime importance while avoiding comment on Poland's independence moves.
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Warsaw
China
Chou En-lai
Kremlin
Poland
Russia
Chou
Moscow
Britain’s New Prime Minister Begins Duties
Harold MacMillan moved into No 10 Downing Street amid expectations of cabinet reshuffles. He planned talks with R A Butler who denied quitting and pledged to serve in a new cabinet as Britain faces Suez fallout, unemployment, and tensions with the United States.
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Britain
London
Ins
Harold MacMillan
No. 10
Downing St
Sir Anthony Eden
MacMillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Anthony Head
Queen Elizabeth
Sir Anthony
R. A. Butler
Butler
McFate Named GNCA Head In Reorganization
Greater New Castle Assn. directors elected Atty. Joseph R. McFate president at a reorgan ization meeting reporting record county employment and industrial growth. George B. Zahniser became 1st vice president, with Sidney L. Lockley named 2nd vice president and other nominees added.
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Greater New Castle Assn
Atty
Joseph R. McFate
George B. Zahniser
Richard E. Rentz
Sidney L Lockley
News price raised to seven cents daily Monday
Richard E Rentz president of The New Castle News announced a raise from five to seven cents daily and forty two cents weekly effective Monday January 14. He cited rising costs since 1946 and noted many western Pennsylvania papers have already gone to seven cents. Continued on Page 8.
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Richard E Rentz
New Castle News Today
Mr. Rentz
New Castle News
Pennsylvania
Sharon
Ellwood City
Beaver Falls
Butler
Beaver
Ambridge
Meadville
Greensburg
Donora
Oil City
Tarentum
Washington
Titusville
Franklin
Johnstown
UN forms panel to document oppression in Hungary
Five nations were tasked by the United Nations to investigate the Hungarian oppression. Dag Hammarskjold planned a report on the Suez Canal clearing project and its costs. Jordan cited Israeli troop concentrations near the Jordanian border, while Israel rejected the charge as a cover for raids. The General Assembly and Security Council moved to elect a new International Court of Justice judge.
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Five Nations
Hungary
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Jordan
Israel
Hammarskjold
Palestine
General Assembly
Security Council
International Court of Justice
Australia
Ceylon
Denmark
Tunisia
Uruguay
Abdul Monai Rifai
Tulkaram
Fedayeen
Forecast for State Weather
Fair and cold weather forecast for Pennsylvania with mid teen temperatures in the north and upper 20s elsewhere. Tonight cloudy, Saturday partly to mostly cloudy with light snow in the north and central areas and light rain or snow in the south. Daytime Saturday highs mainly in the 30s. Sunday expected cold with snow flurries in the mountains.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
U.S. Weather Bureau
Macmillan Considers Early U S Visit For Alliance Talks
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan moved into 10 Downing Street and planned rapid formation of his new cabinet. Reports said he would visit Washington soon to meet President Eisenhower to patch up the Anglo American alliance.
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William Sexton
United Press
London
Harold Macmillan
Washington
Eisenhower
Macmillan
No. 10
Downing Street
Airliner Crash in Argentina During Takeoff
An Argentine Viking airliner with 33 aboard crashed into a wall on takeoff from Buenos Aires and burst into flames. Authorities reported casualties but could not yet confirm how many of the 27 passengers and six crew were killed or injured. Four fire companies fought the blaze at the airport aboard the British-built two‑engine plane of Argentine States Lines bound for La Plata.
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Buenos Aires
INS
la Plata
Death Sentence Now Faced By Slayer Of Judge
Norman W. Moon, 31, was sentenced to death for the January 1954 slaying of Warren County Judge Allison D. Wade. Convicted of first degree murder in May 1954, Moon drew a pistol and killed the judge during a non support hearing. He will be executed in the electric chair after Gov. George M. Leader sets a date.
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Warren, PA
Ins
Norman W. Moon
Warren County
Allison D. Wade
Connellsville
Alexander D. Flick
Moon
Wade
Janet
Flick
Western Penitentiary
George M. Leader
Death Record for Shaffer and Helwig in Volant and Neal
Obituary brief lists David Harold Shaffer aged 19 of Volant RD 3 and Mrs Sophia Helwig aged 79 of 718 Neal Street with death notices dated Friday January 11, 1957.
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David Harold Shaffer
Volant RD
Sophia Helwig
Neal
Eden Retires From Public Life After Suez Setback
Sir Anthony Eden resigns from Parliament after 33 years in Warwick and Leamington and steps down as prime minister two days earlier. He declines an earldom and Lords seat, citing ill health as the reason for both resignations and signaling a forthcoming Conservative Party election.
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Elizabeth
House of Lords
Warwick
Leamington
London
Eden
Eight Killed In Crash Of Jet Bomber Near New Brunswick
An eight person crew died when a $8 million B-52 jet bomber exploded in flight and crashed in rugged terrain near the U S Canada border in New Brunswick during a shake down flight from Limestone Maine. The pilot 1st Lt Joe L Church parachuted to safety. seven bodies were recovered and a search continued for the eighth.
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New Brunswick
Limestone
Maine
Joe L. Church
Fof
Charlotte
N.C
Air Force
Overby resigns as Assistant Treasury Secretary
President Eisenhower accepted with deep regret the resignation of Andrew N. Overby from the post of assistant secretary of the Treasury effective February 28. Overby has spent ten years with the International Monetary Fund the International Bank and the Treasury.
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Overby
Treasury
Washington
LLP
Eisenhower
Andrew N. Overby
News Ads Phone Numbers Catalog
A compact listing presents contact numbers for the News department and classified ads. Readable lines show PHONE NUMBERS for OL and OL services.
Winter Tightens Its Grip At Seventeen Degrees
The scene describes frost and icicles on a window, snow underfoot, and a chill in the air. It notes past blooms recalling roses and zinnias, then predicts winter loosening its hold as the frost lingers at seventeen degrees.
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Zinnias
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