MacArthur Quietly Marks 76th Birthday in New York
Gen Douglas MacArthur observes his 76th birthday in New York amid private life and longing to serve. He reflects on his Asiatic career and bitterness over Truman’s 1951 firing, while his wife Jean and son Arthur stay with him in the Waldorf Astoria suite.
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New York
INS
Douglas MacArthur
Asia
MacArthur
Eisenhower
International
Truman
Sperry-Ran Corp
Waldorf-Astoria
Jean
Arthur
Leap year news and car inspection reminders for 1956
The column notes time is running out for new car inspection stickers and warns of penalties after midnight next Tuesday. It reports leap year name submissions reaching about forty including a Portersville resident born in 1880 and mentions parking troubles downtown with icy curbs and pushing by pedestrians.
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Pa Nene
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy and Cold
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight with a few snow flurries in the north. Friday mostly cloudy and continued cold. Low tonight 8 to 14. Maximum 29 and minimum 0 for the 24 hour period ending 7 am today with traces of snow. River stage 5 feet. Same date last year records show max 20 and min 14 with traces of precipitation.
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United States
GNCA Dinner Draws Members to Cathedral
The Greater New Castle Association hosts its annual dinner tonight at 6 30 in the Cathedral. President George B Zahniser reported strong advance reservations and a fine turnout expected. Edward McFaul of Chicago will be the speaker, renowned for engaging humor and sharp wit.
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Greater New Castle Association
George B. Zahniser
Edward McFaul
Chicago
Special Gold Medal Award To Dr. J. E. Salk
Washington The special gold medal honors Jonas E. Salk for developing the first successful anti polio vaccine. Welfare Secretary Folson will present the award with a letter from President Eisenhower. Congress authorized the tribute to the Pittsburgh researcher amid vaccine safety debates. General Scheele reports strong immunity from a single vaccine dose and notes higher paralytic polio among unvaccinated children last year.
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Washington
INS
Marion B. Folsom
Jonas E. Salk
Eisenhower
Congress
Pittsburgh
Leonard A. Scheele
Third Suspect In Bank Robbery Taken
FBI agents arrested John J. Andrews in a Belle Vernon restaurant as the third suspect in a $20,000 bank robbery near Philadelphia. Andrews joins James Howard, nabbed in Baltimore January 18, and John Carroll, captured at Port Chicago November 2, all indicted.
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Belle Vernon
INS
Wayne
FBI
John J. Andrews
Pittsburgh
Andrews
Philadelphia
James Howard
Baltimore
John Carroll
Port Chicago
Calif
Eisenhower Proposes $250 Million Five Year Health Plan
President Eisenhower asks Congress to spend 250 million dollars over five years to aid medical schools by building new research and teaching facilities. The bigger program aims to boost cancer and disease research with increased federal aid while dropping the proposed health reinsurance plan. The message also details a 441 million dollar fiscal 1957 health program and a voluntary health insurance plan to expand benefits.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
Administration
Congress
Joint Labor Management Dinner Promotes Cooperation
A dinner meeting brought labor and management together to discuss shared interests and smoother relations. About 20 representatives from the Lawrence County Building & Construction Trades Council and contracting firms attended with toastmaster Charles A. Shepp, president of the council, introducing speakers from both sides.
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Lawrence County Building & Construction Trades Council
Building Trades Council
Charles A. Shepp
County Building Trades Council
Shepp
Four Firemen Blown From Building At McKees Rocks
Four McKees Rocks firemen were blown out of a one story building by a backblast during a two alarm fire at the Stolen Rox Sportsman Club. Firemen were hurled about 15 feet but escaped with a miracle. Fire crews from McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh battled the blaze for over an hour, damage estimated at $10,000, cause undetermined.
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Pittsburgh
McKees Rocks
George O. Schuster
Rox Sportsman Club
Deaths of Blanche Henry Dorothy Fleischer and Harlan Mone
Obituary notices report Blanche Henry 74 Adamsville Pa Dorothy Fleischer 53 Ellwood City and Harlan Mone 45 Old Pittsburgh Road as deceased with typical death record brief details.
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Blanche Henry
Adamsville
Dorothy M. Fleischer
Ellwood City
Harlan A. (Mooney) Mone
Old
Pittsburgh Rd
Seek Plan For Compromise Tax Program
A bipartisan House committee will begin work Monday on a compromise tax program to break a 13 month fiscal stalemate. Republican Minority Leader Charles C. Smith and Democrat Majority Leader Albert S. Readinger announced the plan after a joint conference. The group will operate as a “workable number” and report to caucuses before being sent to the Senate.
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Harrisburg
Ins
House
Charles C. Smith
Philadelphia
Albert S. Readinger
Berks
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambria
Readinger
Smith
Senate
Keep Pace With Tomorrow campaign kicks off in New Castle
General Chairman Reuben J. Fl l iott and President George B. Zah niser of the Greater New Castle Association announce the kickoff of the Keep Pace With Tomorrow program on Tuesday January 31. A 4 30 PM reception at The Castleton will brief workers before the campaign begins. The goal is a $50 000 fund to expand services and recruit 600 new members in a community effort to advance New Castle alongside neighboring areas. Meetings this week drew strong attendance and yielded ideas plus a survey of New Castle High School seniors, guiding future program plans.
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Greater New Castle Association
Reuben J. Flliott
George B. Zahniser
GNCA
Castleton
New Castle
New Castle High School
Civil Defense Inadequate For Nuclear Age Says Congressman
Rep R Walter Riehlman of New York told reporters that the nation’s civil defense system would completely break down if attacked by atomic or hydrogen bombs. House Military Operations Subcommittee to open a full probe next Tuesday.
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Washington
INS
House
Military Operations Subcommittee
R. Walter Riehlman
N. Y
United States
Police Officer Kelleher Shot by Teen in Chicago Nightclub
Chicago police officer Ly-ons Kelleher, a 23-year veteran, was killed during a routine check at the Boulevard Hotel jazz spot in a Negro district. A 19-year-old Negro youth fled after a gunfight as another officer wounded the suspect. Mayor Daley called an emergency meeting to address rising juvenile violence linked to "wolf pack" gangs.
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Robert T. Loughran
United Press
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Kelleher
Keeleher
William Derrig
Boulevard Colonial Room
Boulevard Hotel
Derrig
Glassport Opposes Sale of UE&F Plant to United Engineering
Glassport Borough Council urged lawmakers to block the government owned New Castle foundry sale to United Engineering and Foundry Co. The council warned the town could become a ghost town if idle plants resume at 60 to 70 percent capacity and urged mothballing the facilities for emergencies. Richard C. Davis of Local 1671 AFL-CIO called the opposition selfish.
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New Castle
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Richard C. Davis
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
Glassport
United
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corp
France may name new premier after Coty talks
President Rene Coty completes a two day round of consultations and may designate France s 22nd postwar premier before nightfall. Guy Mollet remains a leading candidate with Mendes France gaining ground, while a third force candidate is urged to unite Mollet and Mendes France against Edgar Faure.
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Paris
Rene Coty
France
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
Pierre Mendes-France
Mollet
Mendes-France
Edgar Faure
Coty
Faure
Jacques Zele
Republican Front
New Assembly
Popular Front
Showdowns Called For On City Parking
The municipal parking authority board faces a Tuesday meeting called by Chairman Foley at Mayor DeCarbo's request to explain delays in short-time off street parking. DeCarbo questions progress after nine months without results despite a 338 space need cited by Eckles Engineering. A three member committee studies real estate consultants and financial advisers while Foley urged a bond issue as a first major step.
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Municipal Parking Authority Board
Thomas J. Foley
Edward A. DeCarbo
DeCarbo
Eckles Engineering Co
Foley
Slips on Ice Injures Man in New Castle Town
Jessie Vent age 68 of 9 W Long Ave was found by police in front of Isaly's on Mill St and taken to New Castle hospital after slipping on ice. He sustained lacerations to the inner upper gum and nose and facial abrasions from the fall on the sidewalk.
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Jessie
Long Ave
New Castle Hospital
Isaly’s
Mill St
Amish Score Vital Points In School Fuss
Pennsylvania Amish win a policy change easing compulsory schooling for 14 year olds. Department of Public Instruction policy allows a five and a half hour day in school or a directed farm project, superseding a September rule. Roy F. Conway reports from Harrisburg after a meeting of affected superintendents.
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Pennsylvania
Roy F. Conway
Conway
Harrisburg
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Justice
Iron worker dies in 105 foot fall at Lowellville plant
Harlan Mone 45 of Shenango Township died 7:25 AM at South Side hospital Youngstown after burning and falling 105 feet from a blast furnace at the Sharon Steel Lowellville plant. Coroner ruled accidental from 90 percent burns. Born August 29 1910.
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Harlan Mone
Pittsburgh Road
Shenango
South Side Hospital
Youngstown
Lowellville
O. Mone
Campbell Construction Company
Sharon Steel Company
Mahoning County
Asd
Coltma
White House weighs Bulganin peace proposals
The White House said it does not know when Eisenhower might reply to Soviet Premier Bulganin’s personal message on promoting world peace. Presidential secretary James Hagerty noted no definite reply date and said a public release of the letter was not planned while officials review the proposals.
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New Castle
Washington, D. C
Georgi Zarubin
Premier Bulganin
White House
Eisenhower
Washington
INS
Nikolai Bulganin
James C. Hagerty
Bulganin
Georgi N. Zaroubin
Delay Hearing For One Month On Viaduct
A February 8 hearing on repair and maintenance of a railroad viaduct in Wampum has been postponed by the Public Utility Commission at the request of Lawrence County commissioners. The PUC rejected a 90 day delay and granted a one month postponement with a new hearing date to be set later. The county officials opposed the delay.
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Harrisburg
INS
Wampum
Public Utility Commission
Lawrence County
PUC
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