Compromise Solution On Gaza Strip Sought At U N
United Nations diplomats anticipate a special session to draft a resolution calling for simultaneous Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. Top delegations including the United States and Canada seek broad support for a plan ready by Friday for the 80 nation assembly.
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Pierre J. Huss
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Assembly
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U. S
Canada
U. N
Global Assembly
Newc Angel Motorists Urged to Renew Inspections and Licenses
Town notes urge drivers to display a new inspection sticker and carry a valid license by midnight. Ice removal efforts continue, sidewalks deteriorated, and residents use salt sparingly. Shorter nights, longer days predict 10 hours 1 minute of daylight tomorrow. Punxsutawney weather chatter hints at Groundhog Day holidays.
Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries and Rain North
Cloudy tonight with rain in the south and rain and snow in the north. Low 30 to 34. Friday mostly cloudy with little temperature change and possible north snow flurries. 24 hour period ending 7 am: max 31, min 26, precipitation traces. River stage 7.3 feet. One year ago: max 39, min 30, precipitation 22 inches including rain snow and sleet.
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United States
Four Children Die in Candia House Fire
Four children perished in a Candia New Hampshire house fire today. The children were the offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald La Duke. The parents and three other children escaped as the 12 story wooden house burned.
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Candia. N. H
Reginald la Duke
McSorley Seeks Quashal of Indictment in Pennsylvania Turnpike Case
A motion to quash the misconduct indictment of G Franklin McSorley chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is to be filed in Dauphin County Court The grand jury also indicted 22 others on criminal conspiracy charges McSorley and fellow commissioner James Torrance face suspensions by Gov Leader as court action proceeds.
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John Paget
Harrisburgins
G. Franklin Mcsorley
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Dauphin County
Carl B. Shelly
Harrisburg
McSorley
George M. Leader
James F. Torrance
Export
Leader
Public Library Lot Set for City Run Metered Parking
The city will take over the public library parking lot for a one year trial to operate and police the space as metered off street parking. About 325 stalls will be metered next month with monthly payments of 125 dollars to the library board. Renters were asked to vacate per an agreement between the library board and city council.
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City Library Board
Library Board
Governor to name Batt as labor secretary in Pennsylvania
Gov George M Leader was to appoint William L Batt Jr of Philadelphia to head the state Department of Labor and Industry. Batt would replace John R Torquato who was dismissed after a dispute over a $15 000 employment security fund. The post pays twenty thousand dollars annually.
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Harrisburg
Llp
George M. Leader
William L. Batt, Jr
Philadelphia
State Department of Labor and Industry
State Senate
John R. Torquato
Johnstown
Indications Gaza Strip Not To Be Returned
United Nations reports Israel will not return the Gaza Strip to Egypt despite prodding. Israel plans irrigation schemes power plants waterworks and a nurses school at Gaza port. Fedayeen activities worry Israeli authorities as patrol car blasts near Rafah injure UNEF personnel. Western powers seek a middle road resolution at the U.N. General Assembly amid behind the scenes maneuvers led by the United States and Canada.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Press
United Nations
N.Y
Israel
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Jerusalem
Gaza
Fedayeen
Sinai Peninsula
Rafah
United Nations Emergency Force
UNEF
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
United States
Canada
Britain Seeks U S Nuclear Warheads in Quiet Talks
British officials to hold a top secret disarmament conference with American counterparts in Washington. Britain asks for U S atomic armaments for defense and may press to revise President Eisenhower’s disarmament proposal if declined.
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Joseph H. Singer
Washington
Britain
U. S
Eisenhower
Explosion in Montgomery linked to racial violence arrests
A fresh explosion in Montgomery Alabama followed a wave of racial terrorism. Police announced seven white men were arrested for dynamitings and shootings in 13 months of school integration disputes. Some suspects confessed to bombing that injured a Black man last Sunday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clyde Sellers
Four State Areas Still Battle Flood
Four state area flood disaster worsens as death toll rises to at least 10 and thousands are homeless. Red Cross, Army and National Guard deliver food and supplies while towns like Grundy Virginia and Pikeville Kentucky remain cut off. President Eisenhower considered a disaster declaration for southeastern West Virginia.
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United Press
Eisenhower
Kentucky
Cumberland River
Hazard
Red Cross
National Guard
Grundy
Pikeville
Williamson
Logan
W. Va
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Slippery Rock Student Dies In Auto Crash
Donald W Copley a 26 year old Slippery Rock State Teachers College student was killed when the car he rode in crashed into a guard rail and a bridge on Route 108 three miles west of Slippery Rock. The driver Donald Balson 26 of Pittsburgh was slightly injured. The pair were en route from New Castle to the college and police said the driver swerved to avoid another car causing the crash.
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Butler
Donald W Copley
Fifth St
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Slippery Rock
Donald Balson
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
New Castle
Balson
Copley
Confession Retracted in Slayings of Two Teens
Bennie Bedwell a 20 year old skid row dishwasher repudiated his signed confession in the murder of Barbara Grimes 15 and Patricia Grimes 18. He claims police beat him into admitting the slayings and seeks bail as hearings proceed in Bedford.
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Robert T. Loughran
United Press
Chicago
Freedom Today
Bennie
Bedell
Wilbert F. Crowley
Bedwell
David E. Bradshaw
Bedford
Barbara Grimes
Patricia
Joseph Lohman
Justice Reed Announces Retirement From Supreme Court
Associate Justice Stanley Reed informed President Eisenhower of his plan to retire on February 25 after formally notifying the president by a handwritten letter. The 72-year-old justice disclosed the move to the White House in the surprise announcement.
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Washington
INS
Stanley Reed
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
White House
Fight for Power in Hungary Not Over Warns Premier
Vienna reports Hungarian Premier Janos Kadar warned the fight for power in Hungary continues as anti-Communist hostility grows. He said the October uprising was a struggle for power and cautioned the Communist yoke may tighten, with Budapest radio airing excerpts from his speech to a Socialist Workers Party meeting.
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Hungary
Vienna
Upi
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Budapest
Socialist (Communist) Workers Party
Moscow
Crush Revolt Of 900 Convicts In Palermo Prison Siege
In Palermo Sicily three police battalions stormed the fortress like Ucciardone prison ending a 19 hour revolt by about 900 convicts. One inmate died and at least 15 rebels and officers were wounded as most prisoners surrendered before noon.
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Palermo
Sicily
Ucciardone
Ernest Cardinal Ruffini
San Francisco Chinese Celebrate Year of the Rooster
San Francisco's Chinese community the largest outside the Orient celebrated the rooster year with red posters along Grant Avenue yellow lanterns and elders exchanging calls with relatives and friends across Chinatown.
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San Francisco
Orient
Grant Avenue
Chinatown
Fox To Present Reciprocal Act On Wage Taxes
General Assemblyman Donald Fox plans to introduce a reciprocal wage tax act to prevent double taxation for workers living in one state and employed in another. The proposal seeks credits for taxes paid in the source state if both states have reciprocal laws, covering Pennsylvania and Ohio and potentially New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and West Virginia.
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General
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Fox
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Deaths in local area on January 31 1957
Grace L. Miller 72 of 1040 Beckford Street Mary Tanner 38 of 524 Uber Street Elizabeth Lee 76 of 631 Forest Street Minerva Wilkison 95 of Neishannock Township are listed as deceased in the Thursday death record.
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Grace L. Miller
Beckford St
Mary Tanner
Uber
Elizabeth Lee
Forest St
Minerva Wilkison
Neishannock
Formal State Dinner On Tap For Saud Tonight
Saudi King Saud al Saud continues a Washington visit with a private meeting with Secretary Dulles and a luncheon with Vice President Nixon before a formal state dinner at the White House. President Eisenhower greeted the Arab leader warmly as entourage security and officials attended a busy day of ceremonies and tours.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Eisenhower
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Blair House
National Airport
White House
Saud al- Saud
U. S
Washington
Dulles
Richard M. Nixon
Saud
U.S
Light Snow Sweeps Across Pennsylvania Face Ris ing Temps
Light snow fell over most of Pennsylvania today as a fast forming low in Kentucky moved northeast toward a high pressure ridge off the mid- Atlantic coast. Snow in the east was set to change to rain by tonight with snow in the north ending Friday morning. Temperatures will reach the mid to upper 30s today and drop to the mid 20s to low 30s tonight. Friday is expected fair statewide with flurries in the northeast.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
mid-Atlantic
Ellwood Obituary Brings Local Figures to Remembered
Obituary notice for Ellwood highlights the life of local resident with references to family, service, and community involvement. Details honor the deceased and note surviving relatives and funeral arrangements.
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