21 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1957
Page
1
Austria filed a formal protest after Hungarian troops penetrated about 50 yards into Burgenland near Nikitsch while pursuing about 20 refugees. The defense ministry said 300 shots were fired and at least one Hungarian soldier was wounded.
Moderating weather moved much snow over the weekend but walks remain treacherous in sharp spots. Ice lingers where snow was not cleared and curbside removal resumes this week by city workers. Drivers are urged to leave cars locked even near churches. Local incident notes a station wagon stolen from an east side church area. Home heating slows cold strain as furnaces require less attention. Rural mail carriers report mixed patron cooperation and some hazardous mailbox approaches. Jet planes crowd the city skies as the weather steadies.
Cloudy windy and mild with occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday. Low 36 to 42. Maximum 43 minimum 37 with traces of precipitation and river stage around 5.6 feet. Earlier 24 hour values show max 33 min unavailable and river stage 5.4 feet.
Japan Canada and Norway push first concrete plan for a nuclear ban at the UN disarmament debate. They seek UN registration of all thermonuclear tests and urge four permanent members to pursue a system to register atomic hydrogen tests as talks resume this spring. The subcommittee awaits a mandate to start new discussions on disarmament amid Soviet responses.
Seventeen cars of the Chicago and North Western Peninsula 400 streamliner derailed traveling at 70 mph about 10 miles north of Milwaukee in Brown Deer. At least 22 were injured, 16 hospitalized with no serious injuries reported. Flames from a gas leak briefly flared in a lounge car before dying out.
Death notices list 11 individuals with ages and last known residences including Mrs Elsie Collingwood 70 Superior St Mrs Nelle Pettibon Fraser 62 110 N Ray St Earl C Moffatt 60 405 Florence Ave Mrs Effie Crawford Price 74 Enon Valley RD 2 James Alfred Walker 82 Pulaski RD 1 Mrs Hazel Houk Williams 60 Castlewood Ellwood Page Wilfred A Hoyland 55 Bayside Va Mrs Catherine Augustine 72 Hillsville Pa Mrs Flora Belle Gardner 73 Ellwood City Thomas W Johns 85 Canfield C Charles G Tanner 63 2897 Mercer Rd Highland Hts
Oil City faces a potential flood from the heaviest ice gorge in years at Oil Creek and the Allegheny River junction. Police report river at 14 feet 2 inches with basements at risk around 17 to 19 feet. thawing snow and melts threaten further rise. Vernon Houghton of the Weather Bureau noted rain or thaw could worsen conditions.
Atty. Gen Herbert Brownell Jr says President Eisenhower seeks Congress authorization for a permanent anti Communist refugee program. The plan would admit refugees from Iron Curtain nations and a set annual number, with additional Hungary refugees, to be requested soon after Brownell spoke on television.
An 18 year old girl Gale Milligan was found unconscious in her Brookline home. Police say she may have overdosed on sleeping tablets. Father William F Milligan reported she cried Sunday afternoon and slept at about 4 pm. Four hours later he noticed heavy breathing and called police. She was pronounced dead on arrival at South Side Hospital.
President Eisenhower was privately sworn in at the White House in a ceremony attended by about 80 people. The event preceded a public oath and a lengthy inaugural parade planned for the Capitol steps with televised coverage.
Lawrence County youth Lloyd Kildoo, 17, a Laurel High School senior, won the state 4-H tractor driving contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. He topped four rivals, is active in the Laurel FFA chapter, and has placed highly in local and state events in the past two years.
Fire destroyed a five story Diamond Center building in Center City Philadelphia on December 23. Nine merchants with quarters in the ground floor jewelry center aided debris removal. Jewelry worth an estimated 160000 to 1000000 may be in the ruins.
Wladyslaw Gomulka led Poland's Communist party to a strong showing in Sundays elections with unofficial turnout near 90 percent of 17.5 million voters. Most ballots favored the coalition ticket as support for liberal Communism grew while Stalinist hardliners faced defeat.
A United Press survey shows ten people killed in traffic accidents across Pennsylvania from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight amid a warm spell. The worst crash involved a New York Navy man and his wife near Altoona Sunday night. Temperatures in the high 30s to 40s melted much snow as Erie County reports heavy snowfall and slushy secondary roads.
The nation logged 10 degrees below zero at Big Piney Wyoming as the low, while Kingsville Texas reached 80 degrees as the high on Sunday per the Weather Bureau. Strong contrasts marked the day across the United States.
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. urged Congress to draft a clear amendment defining who heads the government if a President cannot fulfill duties. He called the current wording a constitutional gap and said a precise definition is needed. He also opposed repealing the 1951 two term limit amendment.
Fifteen young men called by the City and County Selective Service boards will depart by bus at 6 15 a.m. Wednesday for Pittsburgh to be mustered into service and sent to training camp for basic training. Names include Richard Gardner Wallace Halbertain Taylor John William Steffler George Louis Rossi Jr James Clarence Kradel Bernard Anthony Pearson Melvin John Krebs Richard Gentile Nicholas James Maciarello James Milton Bevan Keith Edwin Huff William Alexander Shoop Jr Edwin Eugene Sheridan Nicholas Mangino Carl Charles DeRico.
President Eisenhower plans to keep his official family intact in the second term. Press Secretary James Hagerty said he was not aware of any cabinet changes after the swearing in Sunday.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced Sunday that Russia exploded a nuclear device on Saturday, the fifth in a recent series begun in August. The U.S. tally stands at 17 Soviet tests, with no details on weapon type or yields.
A mild, rainy pattern was forecast for Pennsylvania with moderate temperatures expected to hold through at least Wednesday. A former Canadian high pressure system moved north, replaced by a warming southerly air flow, bringing lows in the 30s and widespread moisture for intermittent rain statewide.
A twin engine C45 military plane crashed on Clark Mountain near the California Nevada border killing three Air Force fliers. Identification of the airmen was withheld until relatives are notified.
Bert Wishart, 73, was found dead at his home in North Franklin Township near Washington. Officials said death resulted from smoke inhalation or a heart attack after a Sunday fire damaged the residence.
President Eisenhower pledges his second term to an energetic pursuit of world peace and an international climate free from the menace of force. He cites communism as the root of turmoil, notes Hungary’s revolt as a signal, and addresses thousands after taking the oaths of office followed by a long parade and nationwide celebrations.
President Eisenhower, age 66 last Oct. 14, becomes the oldest to be inaugurated for a second term. William Henry Harrison was older at his first inauguration, aged 68, but died 31 days into his presidency after pneumonia contracted at the 1841 ceremony.
Local listings note adjacent page sections covering radio and television program directors. Short notices indicate editorial, society, and sports items with page references and contact lines for Want Ads and obituaries.
The scene recalls President Ike and Dick taking oaths as bands played and crowds cheered. The inaugural celebration marks a second term for the administration with wishes for good luck, health, and government as the nation moves forward in 1948.
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