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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1957
Page
1
Pennsylvania plans a major send off for President Eisenhower on inauguration day. The state will send 10 trains and motorcades, a 25,000 seat share, a 40 by 15 foot float with 25 000 laurel blossoms, two bands, and a mounted unit. The float features a Keystone centerpiece and a model of the president's Gettysburg farm.
Daylight increases by ten minutes this week and nine hours thirty four minutes are forecast tomorrow. Ice coats sidewalks and roofs as persistent winter weather continues. salt use is urged. Farmers with wheat in ground report no major crop losses yet while kids enjoy sledding and skating amid numerous ice formations and looming icicles.
A daily weather report notes cloudy skies, gusty winds, and cold temps with snow flurries tonight and Saturday. Heavy snow squalls near Lake Erie, lows from three below to eight above, max 12 and min 2 below at 7 am. Precipitation 0.2 inches, snow, river stage 5.9 feet. Year ago: 27/22, traces of snow.
The U S Weather Bureau reports today in Fraser Colorado a low of 40 below and a Thursday high of 82 degrees. Readings were recorded at Key West and Miami Airport Florida.
Israel drafts proposals to end the deadlock proposing UN emergency troops to guard Gaza while Israeli forces could withdraw. Golda Meir may present the plan to Dag Hammarskjold as the assembly debates evacuation and regional control. The move gains momentum with U S and Soviet positions noted.
Two persons were killed when a B 57 bomber exploded high above Biggs Air Force Base El Paso Texas late Thursday. The blast set fire to transport trucks and vehicles as the aircraft crashed near a tow target depot and a service building. No detailed injury list was released.
John C. Davis aged 72 from Daytona Beach Florida dies. Enoch Davis Wooley aged 87 of 707 County Line Street Radion Padunk aged 82 of 104 Gardner Avenue and Joseph G. Marino aged 85 of Warren are listed in the Friday death records.
Reported losses include 12 crewmen in a Alaska weather plane wreck near Fairbanks with 10 000 gallons of gasoline aboard and no survivors. A separate $1 2 million B57 bomber crash at Biggs AFB killed two crewmen igniting fuel. Marines die in California during Navy Marine Ski Jump training near Camp Pendleton.
Temple Stewart a 65 year old laborer of 313 Mahoning Avenue suffered a fracture of the middle finger of his right hand when it was caught in a mold at work. He was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 12 35 p m yesterday.
One of the nation’s worst cold waves continued with snow in parts of the country and wind gusts up to 55 mph. Buffalo saw 7 inches of snow in 2.5 hours, raising totals to 14 inches. Record lows followed across Pennsylvania New York Ohio and adjacent regions with Detroit and Youngstown setting new lows while accidents due to the weather increased.
President Eisenhower will likely extend a formal invitation to Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito within a week. The invitation would coincide with Congress Easter recess amid rising anti Tito sentiment.
A blaze tore the southwest corner building at the Harlansburg intersection yesterday afternoon, housing Edward McKibben’s grocery and furniture shop. Likely started by a gas heater, the fire caused about 10000 dollars in losses, largely to the structure, and the building is said to be the town’s oldest, dating from the early 1800s.
The Census Bureau estimates the United States population reached 169,419,000 as of December 1, marking a new total. The figure reflects the latest government census estimate and indicates growth since the prior period.
The New Castle News will sponsor spelling bees among 6th 7th and 8th graders across four divisions: New Castle public schools, county schools outside New Castle and Ellwood City, Ellwood City public schools, and seven parochial schools. Building preliminaries end Feb 15 and finals by April 12 with divisional winners announced then.
The London Daily Express breaks with most London morning papers by demanding an immediate general election over Macmillan's policy stance. It says the Conservative manifesto favored Commonwealth development, not European trade, signaling a sharp press split amid postwar Britain’s rush to align with Europe.
City records show 50,844 spent in 1956 on resurfacing and paving. 14 streets totaling 4.71 miles were resurfaced with black top. two streets were first-time paved with black top. 32 streets received limestone. End of 1957 aims for full limestone coverage and elimination of dirt and ash streets.
UN Under Secretary Philippe De Seynes reports to the UN that Hungary faces severe shortages of food and coal. He warns factories could be crippled if the coal shortage and strikes by miners continue, undermining production under Premier Janos Kadar.
Firefighters from the city and Elmendorf Air Force Base battled a rapidly spreading blaze in downtown Anchorage. The Pay and Take It Grocery Store on Fourth Avenue was first to burn late Thursday night, with flames threatening at least four adjacent large buildings as downtown was cordoned off in near freezing air. No injuries or casualties were reported.
Three B52 jet bombers of the U S Air Force concluded a historic 24 325 mile non stop flight around the world in about 45 hours. The teams started from Castle A F B California and aimed for Riverside California finishing mid day local time.
In Wareham Massachusetts a prewar one and a half story house burned killing four children: Kenneth 13 Phyllis 10 Chester 5 and Annette eight months. Their mother Mary Smith and eldest daughter Beulah 14 escaped with Smith’s husband Jack hospitalized in a nervous breakdown after the blaze. Fire Chief Clifton Keyes reported the mother tried to save Annette but dropped her inside the kitchen as she fell. The fire consumed the dwelling and rescuers could not reach the others.
The Kremlin says a joint Red China Russian declaration will be signed after talks with Soviet leaders and Chou En Lai. Khrushchev praised the workers’ class interests at a party in Chou’s honor. Chou’s delegation then travels to Tashkent and Kabul before Peiping.
Local want ads highlight classified opportunities and notices in OL newspapers. Readers scan listings for job, sale, and service options across the community blurred by aging formats and archival legibility.
The dog Arthur Mometer tires on a snowy outing as icy paths trouble his paws. The narrator notes the rascal would question the icy world if he could speak while recounting a short, brisk walk cut short by the cold.
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