Eisenhower Plans to Evacuate Islands to Avert War
The White House signals a new strategy to protect Formosa and nearby outposts by evacuating Chiang Kai-shek’s troops from small islands near the China coast. Approval from Chiang is sought before Senate consent is requested to use U S ships and planes. The plan aims to evacuate troops and deter Red forces while avoiding a broader conflict.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Senate
U. S
Tachens
Chiang
China
Pescadores
Winter Roads Drive Caution As Snow Lingers In County
Some county areas retain the past week’s snow while others wear a winter cloak. Sleigh rides possible on back roads if desired. Motorists face icy patches as daytime melt refreezes at sundown. Route 422 via Taylor street and North street bridge recommended for quicker town access. Sewer work on Washington street may close lanes for a day or two. A local youth group is damaging a dwelling on Atlantic avenue. Continued on Page 2.
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East Side
Taylor Street
Croton
North Street
Washington Street
South Croton Avenue
North Croton
Daily Weather Report Forecast for today and weekend
Increasing cloudiness with a high of 26 to 34 degrees. Snow likely tonight mixing with sleet then rain on Saturday. Tonight low 25 to 30. A milder Saturday. National statistics show a 24 hour maximum 30 and minimum 9 with no precipitation and a river stage of 7.2 feet. A year ago the high was 58 and low 26 with 27 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Four convicts meet warden and officials at Massachusetts Prison
Warden John J. O'Brien and three state officials held a two hour plus meeting with four mutinous convicts to end the four day hostage standoff at Massachusetts State Prison. The warden and officials then huddled privately after the talks and, while denying a guard hostage death, offered no further details.
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David Pickman
United Press
Boston
John J. O’brien
Massachusetts State Prison
Massachusetts
Christian A. Herter
O’brien
Quiet Battlefront Holds In Costa Rica As Forces Probe
In northern Costa Rica the front remained calm for a second day as government troops advance toward El Amo to seal rebel escape routes. El Amo lies 15 miles from the Nicaragua border and near the Pacific coast while a new buffer zone along the northern frontier stretches 18.6 miles by 6.2 miles, aiming to curb rebels and prevent retreats.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
INS
el Amo
Nicaragua
Pacific
Organization of American States
Lake Nicaragua
March Draft Call In State To Be 773
Harrisburg dispatch reports 773 Pennsylvanians will be drafted in March under the state quota. The tally follows the February quota figures and reflects ongoing conscription efforts nationwide.
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Harrisburg
Governor Leader to Meet Cabinet on Budget Cuts
Gov. George M. Leader to convene a cabinet meeting in Harrisburg next week to discuss directives tightening fiscal policy and cutting budget requests for the 1955 57 biennium. The session aims to review the governor’s orders to reduce the anticipated half a billion dollars in new revenue needs.
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Harrisburg
INS
George M. Leader
Notre Dame Damaged by Seine Flood in Paris
Seine floodwater breached Notre Dame cellars on the Ile de la Cite and threatened U S troops at a nearby camp in Suresnes. Fire engines pumped water while sandbags held the rising tide as officials prepared for possible evacuation and guards appealed for help.
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Paris
Seine
Notre Dame
U.S
Ile de la Cite
Bleriot
Suresnes
Guardian of Notre Dame's Treasures
Quai de Passy
St. Lazare Railway Station
Dr Paul Kirk to Start Work On Sheppard Case
Criminologist Dr Paul Kirk arrives in Cleveland to probe the bludgeon death of Mrs Marilyn Sheppard. He is hired by brothers of her husband, Samuel Sheppard, to seek the real murderer as Sam Sheppard serves a life term. Kirk spends three to four days assessing the case amid funeral ceremonies for Dr Richard A Sheppard.
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Paul Kirk
Sheppard Case
Cleveland, O
Marilyn Sheppardd
Samuel Sheppard
Kirk
Sheppard
University of California
Richard A. Sheppard
Democrats Say Decision Up To President
Congressional Democrats say authority to use U S air and sea power to defend Formosa rests with President Eisenhower as commander in chief. They note Truman took responsibility for Korea and would not require congressional leaders’ reports. They oppose the leaked proposal for formal congressional approval but would back it if Eisenhower asks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Formosa
Truman
Korea
Tachen Islands
Far East
John Foster Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mr. Eisenhower
Americans On Tachen Island Are Removed
American advisory officers were reported removed from bomb battered Tachen Island amid renewed air sea fighting between Nationalists and Reds. Nationalists hinted withdrawal from nearby holdings 200 miles north of Formosa as Chiang Kai-shek held emergency talks. About 10 American personnel were said to have departed under considerable difficulty.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Island
East China
Chiang Kai Shek
Tachen
Train Hits Auto Kills York Couple En Route Home
A York man William Black 46 of Pleasureville and his wife Bessie 41 were killed when their car was struck by a northbound Pennsylvania Railroad train at a grade crossing in York Thursday afternoon. The car was hurled into a coal gondola after impact.
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York, Pa
INS
York
William Black
Pleasureville
Bessie
Plans Being Made For Sale Of Plant Here
Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming said he has suggested dispositions for the heavy machinery plant at New Castle Pennsylvania. The General Services Administration is inventorying the plant for sale and four firms have expressed interest. The plant has been operated since World War II by United Engineering and Foundry Corp. The inventory should take two to three weeks, then the plant will be advertised for sale to the highest responsible bidder.
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Washington
INS
Defense
Arthur S. Flemming
New Castle
Office of Defense Mobilization
Edmund F. Mansure
General Services Administration
Flemming
Mansure
ODM
GSA
United Engineering and Foundry Corp
Five Are Killed in Chicago Tenement Fire
Five persons died and six were injured in a southwest side tenement blaze. Firemen recovered a man and a woman from the ruins and saw three more bodies in the flames. Two jumped from windows. a dozen were helped down ladders by firemen and bystanders. Identified victims include Helen Zigouris, 60, and James Mitchell, 67. husband James Zigouris, 70, was missing.
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Chicago
INS
Helen Zigouris
James Mitchell
Woman Drives Car Off Ferry Into Ohio River
New Martinsville West Virginia Mrs Laura Garrison 45 drove her car onto a ferry boat then sped off the bow into the Ohio River on a return trip at about 955 pm Passengers watched in horror Sheriff said it was a death by own action no inquest will be held She left a note to her mother Mrs Moses Taylor of Steelton despondent recently and had spoken of death by her own action
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Laura Garrison
Ohio River
Wetzel County
Lee Francis
Ohio
Francis
Garrison
Moses Taylor
Steelton
Attempted Revolt In Guatemala Is Failure
The Guatemalan government hunted scattered members of a Communist led group after a bloody but failed revolt at Aurora military base. Col. Francisco Cosenza, once Guatemala’s Rome ambassador, was not confirmed captured as Castillo Armas imposed a temporary state of siege with ten dead and about one hundred arrested.
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Guatemala City
INS
Aurora
Col
Francisco Cosenza
Carlos Castillo Armas
Cosenza
Rome
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Castillo Armas
U S Soldier Recalls Six Years in Soviet Slave Camps
Pvt. William A. Verdine of Starks Louisiana describes life in Soviet camps after being released by the Soviets Thursday. He reports forced mining and logging on a diet of cabbage herring black bread oats and barley and says he weighs 140 pounds at five foot eleven. Verdine plans a full medical exam to assess heart stomach and cough ailments from Vorkuta captivity. He disappeared from his unit in West Germany on February 3 1949 and cannot recall how many camps he endured.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
William A. Verdine, Jr
Starks
Everett V. C. King
U. S. Army Hospital
U.S
Soviet Union
Verdine
U. S
William A. Verdine
Vorkuta
Soviet Arctic
West Germany
New Zealand Prime Minister to Meet Dulles in Washington
Prime Minister Sidney Holland of New Zealand planned talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Washington to discuss possible United Nations action to end the fighting between Communist and Nationalist China. He would also lunch with President Eisenhower and may discuss a cease fire proposal and surplus butter disposal plans.
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Washington
Sidney G. Holland
New Zealand
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
China
Dulles
Holland
Eisenhower
United States
U.N
U.S
Death Record William Watkins 66
William Watkins aged 66 of 317 Preston avenue is listed in the death record. Mrs Minneola Gehrken of She Nango Township is also referenced in the notice.
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William Watkins
Preston Avenue
Minneola Gehrken
Shenango Township
Sam H. Byers Elected President of Local Community Chest
Sam H. Byers owner of S. H. Byers Equipment company was elected president of the Community Chest of New Castle and Vicinity at the annual meeting. He succeeds Alfred G. Hawkins and praised the former leader’s high standard of community service as he accepted the post.
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Sam H. Byers
S. H
New Castle
Welfare Head Starts Shakeup at State Hospitals
Pennsylvania Welfare Secretary Harry Shapiro launched a drive to end intolerable conditions in 17 state mental hospitals. He will study each institution and name names as actions are prepared, starting with Allen town State Hospital where he ordered a board meeting within 24 hours to correct conditions or face removal. The target includes the $11,974-a-year superintendent Roy W. Gossern.
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George Kabuse
Harrisburg
INS
State Welfare
Harry Shapiro
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Shapiro
Allentown State Hospital
Roy W. Gossern
Nationalists claim major air strikes sink Red shipping
Nationalist warplanes blasted Communist shipping along a 400 mile China coast and claimed 64 Red vessels sunk. They reported heavy losses at Yichangshan island including 750 defenders wiped out in a 60 hour defense. Chiang Kai-shek called an emergency cabinet session in Taipei amid rumors of U.S. evacuation plans.
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China
Yichangshan
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Free China
Chiang Kai - Shek
Taipei
Chiang
U.S
Tachen Islands
Haimen
Fukien Province
UN says Red China to allow visits for American prisoners
The United Nations reports Peiping will permit relatives of American imprisoned flyers and civilians to visit them in China. The government would provide facilities to enable families to visit, according to the UN.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
Red
China
Peiping
Ellwood obituary notices in local society page
Obituary notices and society listings appear in the Ellwood News page with references to cremation details and local theatre listings. The partial OCR shows sections for obituary notices, radio and TV, comics, cross word, stock pages, and society notes.
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Society
Cts
Ellwood News
Weather shifts as polar ice recedes in northern regions
The text notes rising temperatures in Maine and northern areas due to climate change. It imagines Arctic farming of onions and parsnips and predicts milder winters for places like Miami and Key West. The author mentions uncertainty about timelines, suggesting centuries, and urges keeping woolens ready as the forecast remains uncertain.
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Maine
Artic
Miami
Key West
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Ill
William F. Knowland
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Knowland
Gov
By John Paget
By Paul Southwick
United Press Staff
William Miller
Guatemala
By Joaquin Mendez
Local Chest
Sam H, Byers
By Stanway Cheng
MNO Evi An
Arthur Mometer
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