Confer Of Fixing Date Of New Disarmament Talks
Western atomic powers and the Soviet Union meet to fix the date for new disarmament talks. Eisenhower’s open skies plan will be discussed as priority. The five powers including the United States Britain France Canada and Russia were summoned by the UN to resume private talks on a security alarm system for fool proof disarmament. Talks likely in London starting February or March.
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United Nations
N.Y
INS
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
U.S
Britain
France
Canada
Russia
UN Disarmament Commission
London
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wreck probe focuses on hazy orange grove clue
Veteran engineer Frank B Parrish 61 at Santa Fe throttle says he blacked out before the high speed curve tipping a train that killed 29. He takes full responsibility and fireman Homer Smith 42 of San Bernardino cites an apparent story discrepancy. Chief Deputy District Attorney capacity noted.
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Barney Cohan
Los Angeles
UNS
Frank B. Parrish
East Los Angeles
Parrish
Homer Smith
San Bernardino
Calif
Local winter weather brings icy streets and snowmen
Local residents report rough traveling as icy conditions persist this winter. Pedestrians slip and cars spin while cinders fail to ease the problem. Pa Nene and neighbors hope for warmer weather if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, with six more weeks of winter possible. Post Office allows round corner postcards, a change from prior prohibitions. Snow sculptures appear as children make giant snow figures amid a heavy snowfall.
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Pa Nene
Mr. Groundhog
Daily Weather Report predicts continued cold with increasing clouds
United States weather statistics show 24-hour period ending 1 a.m. with a high of 29 and low of 7, precipitation .03 inches and 0.3 inches of snow. River stage at 5.3 feet. Year-ago figures: high 26, low 16, precipitation traces.
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United States
Grove City student dies after intramural injury
James K. Cross, 20, of Erie, Pennsylvania, died at Allegheny General Hospital after injuries from crashing through a partition during an intramural basketball game at Grove City College. He suffered arm injuries, later bleeding complications, and transfer to the Pittsburgh hospital. Cross was a Grove City junior on football and basketball teams and a Mill Creek High School alumnus.
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Pittsburgh
James K. Cross
Erie
Grove City College
Allegheny General Hospital
W. C. Ketler
Cross
Osteopathic Hospital
Grove City
Ketler
Mill Creek High School
Georgia Tech President Dr Blake Van Leer Dies at 62
Dr Blake R. Van Leer, 62, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, died Monday from coronary thrombosis. He led Tech since 1944 and was credited with much of the school's expansion and growth.
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Atlanta
INS
Blake R. van Leer
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Tech
Roll Call Vote On State Sales Tax Scheduled
Democrats challenge House Republicans to back a three per cent sales tax as a roll call vote looms. Albert Readinger demands clear GOP positions while Charles Smith says the bill has no chance. a two per cent plan gains limited Republican interest but remains rejected.
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John Paget
House
Albert S. Readinger
Berks
Charles C. Smith
Philadelphia
Readinger
Congress in Pennsylvania Special Election Opens
Voters in Pennsylvania's 30th district vote in the first 1956 presidential year contest to fill the Vera Buchanan seat. Democrat Elmer J. Holland leads in registration against Republican David J. Smith in an area anchored by Pittsburgh and Monongahela Valley mill towns.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Vera Buchanan
Monongahela Valley
McKeesport
Duquesne
Elmer J. Holland
Pennsylvania Cio
Post
Allegheny County
David J. Smith
Buchanan
Nine Counties Press Erie Pike Extension Action
Northwest Pennsylvania leaders from Erie to nine counties prepare to meet the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in Harrisburg to push for immediate construction of the northwest extension. Erie Mayor Arthur J. Gardner leads the delegation as planners seek to counter a competing Ohio route aimed at Pittsburgh via Ashtabula and East Liverpool. Gardner spoke to the Western Pennsylvania Regional Planning Association Monday night, urging the statutory backers to decide the northwestern route promptly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Erie
Arthur J. Gardner
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Ashtabula
East Liverpool
Gardner
Western Pennsylvania Regional Planning Association
Commission
Legislature
Roy E. Furman
Eden Sails for Washington as Labour Questions Loom
Prime Minister Anthony Eden convened a quick cabinet meeting and will depart tonight for Washington to meet President Eisenhower. Talks aim to align Anglo-American policy across Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East amid Labour Party questions on Britain's arms-to-the-Middle East policy.
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London
Anthony Eden
Labor Party
Eden
Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
Crisi
Britain
Middle East
Increased Gas Rates Granted by PUC for Pittsburgh Firm
The Public Utility Commission approved a rate increase totaling 3,015,697 dollars annually for Manufacturers' Light & Heat Co. of Pittsburgh, retroactive to January 20. Bills reflecting the new tariff will be mailed January 31, affecting over 239,000 customers across 20 counties including Adams, Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, and Venango.
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Harrisburg
INS
Light & Heat Co
Pittsburgh
Public Utility Commission
Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Bedford
Butler
Clarion, Elk
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton, Greene
Jefferson
Lawrence
McKean
Mercer
Somerset
Warren
Washington
Venango Counties
Pike Extension Boosters Meet In Harrisburg
Supporters of Shenango Valley route for the Western Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike travel to Harrisburg to press State Government and Turnpike Commission heads. The dinner meeting at the Penn Harris Hotel was led by I. S. Sahli with local planning leaders. Mayor Arthur J. Gardner of Erie will preside at the afternoon session with legislators and labor leaders to argue the Shenango Valley route as the logical extension.
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Shenango Valley
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Harrisburg
Turnpike Commission
Turnpike
Penn Harris
I. S. Sahli
Western Pennsylvania Planning Association
Lawrence
Beaver
Mercer
Arthur J. Gardner
Erie
Western Pennsylvania
Frank McSorley
George M
UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold tours Middle East
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold visits Israel after Cairo talks with Egyptian Prime Minister Nasser and UN truce official Burns. In Tel Aviv he meets Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Sharett and plans to see President Itzhak Ben-Zvi before flying to Lebanon. He says talks will aid understanding of Israel’s problems.
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E.L.M. Burns
Hammarskjold
Israel
Lebanon
Lone Union Army Survivor Aged 109 Returns Home
Albert Woolson, a Civil War union veteran hailed as the last surviving member, has left St. Luke's hospital in Duluth after a 12 day stay. His family welcomed him home noting he is less alert than months ago.
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Duluth, Minn
INS
Albert Woolson
St. Luke's Hospital
Duluth
State House Votes To Raise Fees For Autos
In Harrisburg the highway program clears the House and moves to the Senate. The plan would raise passenger car license fees from 10 to 15 dollars and provide municipalities with 17 million dollars more annually on a permanent basis for local road work. It also increases fees for light delivery trucks and station wagons and lifts the borrowing ceiling of the Highway Authority to allow state matching.
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Harrisburg
ALP
George M. Leader
Senate
House
State Highway and Bridge Authority
Wreck Probe Focusing on Victim's Death Cause
Officials in Williamson West Virginia awaited a pathologist report to determine if 62 year old engineer Walt Willard died of a heart attack or was killed when the Norfolk and Western passenger train wrecked near Cedar Mercer County injuring 30 persons. Coroner Tabor Ball said investigators were examining the possibility that Willard died at the controls just before the wreck on a mountain curve 30 miles southeast of Williamson.
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Here
Cedar
W. Va
Two Home Fires Kill Eight Across Cities
In Milford Connecticut five members of the Junsch family perished in a two story house blaze as a 12 year old boy escaped through a window. Firefighters faced extreme heat before locating Julian Junsch his wife and in laws along with their six year old son. In Chicago a father and two children died when an oil stove exploded triggering a basement apartment fire.
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Ohio
Milford
Conn
Julian Junsch
Junsch
Richard
Chicago
South Side
United Offer Is Not Yet In Congress
GSA has not turned over the final offer from United Engineering and Foundry to Congress. Donald J. Lehman, director of public information, said this morning the document is still under review. The inquiry followed by the News raised questions about the processing status.
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United
Congress
General Services Administration
United Engineering & Foundry Company
Donald J. Lehman
GSA
Lehman
Man Killed on Turnpike Near Beaver Falls
Harold J. O Neil, 24, of Roselle New Jersey died when the car he rode in left the Pennsylvania Turnpike guard rail and plunged 25 feet down an embankment. The driver Richard Brozart 23 Bloomfield New Jersey escaped with minor injuries after the westbound crash near the Ohio line 14 miles from the state border.
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Beaver Falls
Harold J. O'Neil
Roselle
N.J
Richard Brozart
Bloomfield
N. J
Brozart
Providence Hospital
O'Neil
Ohio State Line
Deaths: Bessie Graham Frank Rudesill and Fred Wallace
Death record lists Miss Bessie Florence Graham age 65 of R D 1 Volant, Frank X. Rudesill age 86 of 1517 West Grant Street Union Township, and Fred K. Wallace age 57 of 113 East North Street. The notice appears in a local obituary.
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Bessie Florence Graham
R. D
Volant
Frank X. Rudesill
W. Grant St
Union Township
Fred K. Wallace
E. North St
President Says Economy Of Nation Strong
President Eisenhower told Congress the United States is on the verge of a 400 billion dollar annual production rate and the trend remains upward. He noted records but cautioned capacity limits slow growth while the year begins from a solid financial and industrial base. He opposed tax cuts to curb inflation and urged steps to reduce the public debt and give the government flexible stabilization powers.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Congress
Westinghouse Strike Parley Shows Progress
Pittsburgh UP negotiations in the 100 day Westinghouse Electric Corp strike resumed with a company claim of some progress. Westinghouse President Gwilym A Price cited ongoing collective bargaining with the IUE and noted that gains come after a long, violence marked labor dispute.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Chrysler Corp
Gwilym A. Price
John M. Carmody
National Citizen's Committee
Washington
International Union of Electrical Workers
Price
IUE
Arthur Mometer Seeks distant trips from home in playful dream
A whimsical note describes Arthur Mometer planning sightseeing journeys from east to west by air, car, mule, or any mode, though the traveler mainly stays home. The author insists the joy is in the idea and reads about travels to save money. It ends noting he is twenty five today.
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Rollo Me Masters
McKinley Monument
President McKinley
By Gabriel DE Sabatino
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Daily Weather Report
Erie Pike
U.C
Pike Extension
U.N
Michigan City
Ind
Charles Kilgore
Wagners
State House
W. Virginia
New Castle News
Shenango China Company
Castleton
C. J. Hunt
R. McKibbin
D. Jackson
M. Eason
Southeastern
William Johns
W. Scott
J. Laughrey
Central States
A. B. Crane
Tri-State
F. L. Rudesill
G. B. Zahniser
R. H. Rahr
Castleton China
John Byers
I. J. Mills
Shenango China Co
P. Schweikert
Southwestern
Adrian Phillips
T. W. Dickey, Jr
W. C. McBurney
J. Gordon
R. Carpenter
James M. Smith, Jr
New York
R. Curley
James K. Love
J. L. Dowd
C. J. Neuman
L. G. Warren
Cecil Sniff
New York City
Kathryn Boston
Felix Cotten
Eiisenhower
Inside Todays News
Cross Word
Ellwood
Arthur Mometer
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