UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold Returns to United States
Dag Hammarskjold paused in Tokyo en route from Hong Kong to the United States after secret talks with Chinese authorities about freeing U.S. airmen jailed as spies. He landed at Tokyo International Airport at 4 p.m. and departed an hour later, bound for Hawaii and then New York, with no statement on Peiping talks until he reaches the U.S. Newsmen were told by aide Per Lind that no progress would be disclosed until Hammarskjold arrives in New York.
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Tokyo
INS
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
U. S
Tokyo International
Hong Kong
United States
Scandinavian Airways
Pacific
Hawaii
Hammarskjold
Per Lind
Peiping
Reds
New York
Lind
Local drivers face rain and road hazards on Route 422
motorists wash cars in a light drizzle as weather shifts. a boulder blocks Route 422 east of New Castle after a trucker cleared the obstruction Monday. City churches have pastors again, and schoolchildren cross guarded streets with care amid winter and heating concerns. Mail delivery needs proper approaches and minor road rubble care.
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Rose Point
Weather report shows cloudy skies with light snow
Daily forecast calls for rather cloudy conditions with a high near 36. Northwest areas may see light snow this afternoon followed by occasional light snow tonight. Thursday expected colder with more snow turning toward night.
Daily US Weather Summary for 24 Hours
Report details a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a maximum 38 and minimum 20, with no precipitation and a river stage of 8.1 feet. The same date last year shows a maximum 34, minimum 14, and traces of snow.
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Weather Report
United States
Leader Announces Appointments to New Administration
Gov elect George M. Leader names Dr James C Charlesworth UP professor secretary of administration His brother Henry B Leader of York becomes legislative secretary and John P Robin executive director Urban Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County named secretary of commerce.
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Harrisburg
Llp
George M. Leader
James C. Charlesworth
University of Pennsylvania
Henry B. Leader
York
John P. Robin
Urban Redevelopment Authority of
Allegheny County
Commerce
Petitioners to Present UEF Plant Plea in Washington
A civic committee led by Roger W. Rowland will present petitions in Washington at 3:30 p.m. at the White House to Arthur Fleming for President Eisenhower. The 14 member group seeks federal action to keep the New Castle United Engineering and Foundry plant occupied, with over 32 000 names backing the request. The plant faces sale after the GSA failed negotiations and the company withdrew operation in 1954. The delegation will travel by train tonight and return Saturday morning.
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New Castle
United Engineering and Foundry Company
Washington D. C
Roger W. Rowland
Arthur S. Fleming
Defense Mobilization
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
General Services Administration
GSA
Flemming
Dim Hope Held For Liberation Of Americans
Washington reports say chances of U S action to force Peiping to release 11 American airmen sentenced as spies look slim. Dag Hammarskjold has not reported from Peiping amid stalled talks with Chou En Lai, dimming prospects for early freedom.
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Washington
U. S
Red China
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Hammarskjold
Woman Is Killed In Auto Crash On Turnpike
Russell Van Nostran 60 of Upland California was injured and his wife killed when their car struck an embankment on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Laurel Hill tunnel. Robert Jeffrey of Youngstown Ohio, riding with the couple, said he saw the crash in his rear view mirror.
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Somerset
Russell van Nostran
Upland
Calif
Somerset Community Hospital
Nostran
Florida
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Robert Jeffrey
Youngstown
Ohio
van Nostrans
Costa Rica Nicaragua Strife Probed by Five-Man Team
A five member OAS fact finding team flew to Costa Rica and Nicaragua to investigate alleged invasion by rebels. Luis Quintanilla of Mexico said the task would be relatively easy and findings could lead to a formal ministers meeting to take action against aggressor nations.
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United Press
Washington
D. C
Organization of American States
Jose A. Mora
Uruguay
Inter-American Commission
OAS
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
John C. Dreier
U. S
Cuillermo Enciso-Velloso
Paraguay
Pres
Jose Mora
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
Jose R. Chiriboga
Ecuador
Fernando Lobo
Brazil
INS
Counci
OAS Council
Bus Fare Hike Hearing Underway Before PUC Agent
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission heard Shenango Valley Transportation's bid for higher fares in a Tuesday session at city hall. Examiner Donovan Henry led the proceedings with City of Shenango and William Erk opposing. Company counsel argued for increases including single fare 15 to 20 cents and weekly passes up to 2.50. Comptroller Harry Warshawsky testified the company lost 24 000 last year and supported the rate request.
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Shenango Valley Transportation Company
Donovan Henry
Greenville
William FE. Erk
Harry Frank
Harrisburg
New Castle
Edward Munce
Robert M. White
Robert E. Jamison
Frank
Company
Harry Warshawsky
Warshawsky
Fifth Stay of Execution Is Granted for Cary Chessman
Cary Chessman, author of Cell 2455 Death Row, won a fifth stay of execution when the Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals, led by Chief Justice William Denman, ruled there is probable cause for appeal. The order delays execution from Friday January 14, 1955, for at least 60 days.
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San Quentin
Calif
Cary Chessman
William Denman
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chessman
Denman
Harley O. Teets
Court of Appeals of
Ninth District
Costa Rica Plans Defense Against Invasion
Government forces in San Jose organized defenses after a small air raid. A 100-strong invader force allegedly from Nicaragua attacked nearby Villa Quesada while Costa Rica’s Civil Guard was relocated to confront the threat. In Managua, President Somoza denied Nicaraguan involvement.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
INS
Jose Figueres
Villa Quesada
Nicaragua
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Dr Sheppard's father gravely ill in Cleveland Clinic
Dr Richard A Sheppard aged 65 and father of convicted wife killer Dr Samuel H Sheppard is gravely ill at Cleveland Clinic with pleurisy His condition described as poor verging on critical He was moved from Bay View Osteopathic Hospital to the clinic for examination during Dr Sam Sheppard's murder trial proceedings
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Cleveland, O
Richard A. Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cleveland Clinic
Sam
Richard N. Sheppard
Richard
Marilyn
Bay View Osteopathic Hospital
Sheppard
Decors of Medicine
Court of Appeals
Homes Of Two Lawmakers Under Guard
Police guarded the homes of Sen Joseph R McCarthy and Rep Dewey Short after a man calling himself Bimbo threatened their lives. The Capitol police chief said the call sounded like a crackpot and officials noted such threats are common. McCarthy remained unfazed and spoke with reporters. Short was in Bethesda for minor surgery.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Bimbo
William Broderick
Capitol
McCarthy
George W. Ennis
Broderick
Short
Bethesda, Md
Navy Medical Center
Passengers In Plane Mishaps Escape Death
A total of 139 persons escaped death in four air mishaps including 69 paratroopers. Paratroopers bailed from C-119 Flying Boxcars over Tennessee and Montana. two C-119s ferrying troops to Alaska. One DC-7 at Chicago Midway landed safely, others faced fatalities in Memphis and Corpus Christi.
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Air Force
Nashville
Tenn
Miles City
Mont
United Airlines
Chicago
Midway Airport
Rhinelander
Wis
Memphis
Corpus Christi
Tex
Tucson
Ariz
503Rd Regimental Combat Team
11Th Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
Alaska
Sewart Air Force Base
Sev
More Powerful H B bombs Probably Being Made
Washington based figures report that the Atomic Energy Commission denies a White House limit on hydrogen bomb size. Adm. Lewis L Strauss argues the President did not call for never larger bombs but for not repeating tests of ever bigger devices. The stance signals progress toward larger thermonuclear weapons amid debate over national security parity with the USSR.
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Washington
INS
Aomic Energy Commission
White House
Commission
U. S
Russia
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
National Press Club
Eisenhower
Strauss
Bank Directors Elected At New Castle Meetings
Directors for Union Trust Company First National Bank and Citizens National Bank were named January 11. New electees A Bailey and others join veteran directors. officers named include Alex Crawford Hoyt as president and David S Pyle as vice president for 1955.
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New Castle
Union Trust Company of
First National Bank of
Lawrence County
Citizens National Bank
A. Bailey
Arthur M. Brown
George Z. Miller
Thomas S. Blair
Robert H. Cunningham
Ivor V., Davis, Sr
Alex Crawford Hoyt
Howard M. Kirk, Jr
Lauri G. Laurell
Norman A. Martin
John C. Moore
Joel S. McKee
Charles W. Nolan, Jr
David S. Pyle
Roger W. Rowland
Clyde M. Whittaker
Paul H. Wilson
M. D. Bailey
Brown
Miller
Alfred T. Sadler
Howard M. Burr
J. Kenneth Atkinson
Hubert B. Sadler
Thomas YV. Mansell
First National
First Na
Mendes France suffers Assembly setback on 48th birthday
Premier Pierre Mendes France faced a sharp defeat as the National Assembly rejected his pick for 1955 assembly president. Members allied with rival factions elected Pierre Schneiter of the MR P on Mendes France's 48th birthday, signaling trouble after his trips to Italy and Germany.
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Wilbur Landrey
United Press
Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
Assembly
Pierre Schneiter
Catholic Popular Republican
MRP
Italy
Germany
Mendes-France
Andre le Troquer
Schneiter
Mission to Peiping not failed says UN mission leader
London reports a British foreign office spokesman said Dag Hammarskjold’s Peiping mission to free Korean war captives has not failed and has made progress toward the UN General Assembly goal. He noted no immediate results were expected but said contacts created will be maintained.
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London
Foreign Office
Dag Hamnarskjold
Peiping
UN General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Bechtel Charged With Homicide In Swarthmore Dorm Shooting
Swarthmore College proctor Robert Bechtel, 22, held without bail for grand jury action after a dormitory shooting spree that killed Francis Strozier, 19, a Swarthmore sophomore from Akron Ohio. Bechtel stated Strozier was his chief tormentor among dorm pranksters and had a prior psychiatric history.
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Swarthmore, Pa
Robert B. Bechtel
Swarthmore College
Francis H. Strozier
Swarthmore
Robert Bechtel
Bechtel
Akron
Ohio
Strozier
Pottstown
Norristown
Edward Humphries
Morris Smith
Delaware County
Broadmeadows
Tachen Islands Bombed Twice Amid Civil War Raid
Chinese Nationalists carried out heavy air strikes on the Tachen Islands in a second day of retaliation after Communist bombings on Monday. Four engine Privateer bombers hit Tienao and Toumen while a Nationalist destroyer escorted Taipei limped into Keeling harbor. Reports say a coal ship and a small gunboat were sunk and several vessels damaged with mixed official tallies.
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Tapei
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Tienao
Toumen
Tachen
Taipei
Keeling Harbor
Deaths of Jacob Knyder Shaner Madeline Radice and Bernardt Hoffman
Obituary notes list Jacob Knyder Shaner 77 of Grove City died January 12 1955 Mrs Madeline Innocent Radice 81 of Ellwood City and Bernardt Hoffman 70 of Cranston Rhode Island.
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Jacob Knyder Shaner
A. D
Grove City
Madeline Innocent Radice
Ellwood City
Bernardt Hoffman
Cranston, R. I
Planes Collide In Mid Air Near Cincinnati
A Trans World Airlines twin engined Martin 202 and a privately owned DC 3 collided in flight near Cincinnati Ohio killing 15 people. The Castleton Farms DC 3 carried Mr and Mrs Frederick Van Lennep to Florida. Pilot Arthur Werkhaven and co pilot Eddie Anger died. The crash occurred two miles south of the Greater Cincinnati Airport in Kentucky, scattering debris over a wide area.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Trans-World Airlines
Here
Castleton Farms
Lexington
Harness Horse
Battle Creek
Mich
Frederick van Lennep
Florida
Arthur Werkhaven
Eddie Anger
Kentucky
Robert Gordon
Limaburg
Gordon
Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Lunken
Howard Crigler
TWA
Castleton Farm
Reports More Americans Held By Reds
John H. Noble said fellow captives told him eight U S Navy fliers survived a Baltic Sea attack on April 8 1950 and were held in Soviet camps possibly Vorkuta. He noted the Russians suppressed the news while claiming all ten were killed earlier.
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Berlin
Baltic Sea
John H. Noble
Detroit
Noble
Vorkuta
Arctic
U.S. State Department
Elwood News Individual Sections Listed in Page
The classified page references radio and television listings, society notes, cross word puzzle, editorial, sports, obituary, theatre listings, and stock data. Readers are guided to the respective page numbers for each topic as shown in the edition.
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Eeomics
Society
Cross Word
Évers
Ellwood News
Untitled Roentgen Picture Mention With Cold Weather Note
A fragment notes a picture taken by Roentgen and mentions a weather detail of thirty five today. It contrasts a popular image with a royal figure not to be copied and references friends wanting copies.
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Roentgen
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