Tito Arrives in Moscow For First Russian Visit In A Decade
Yugoslav President Tito arrives in Moscow for his first Russian visit in ten years amid high security and a hero's welcome. Molotov, Khrushchev, Bulganin and other top officials greet Tito at Kiev Station as diplomatic observers note Molotov’s resignation signals a shift in Soviet policy.
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Whitman Bassow
United Press
Moscow
Tito
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Cominform
Kiev
Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Presidium
Politburo
D. T. Shepilov
Jovanka
Edvard Kardelj
Koca Popovic
Kardelj
Belgrade
Planned Ship Scrapping Not Disarmament Move
The Navy says budget pinch drives drastic action to scrap three battleships and 104 other vessels, including the cruiser San Francisco and the aircraft carrier Enterprise, with Mississippi California and Tennessee on the death list. Navy denies link to Soviet mothballing. Under Secretary Gates seeks congressional approval.
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Washington
Sns
Navy
Congress
San Francisco
Enterprise
Mississippi
California
Tennessee
Russia
Thomas S. Gates, Jr
Floods Threaten Northwest as River Rises and Dikes Brace
Waters of the Columbia River threaten low land from Trail to Rainier with Kalama under a state of emergency. Officials pile 25,000 sandbags along 2,000 feet of dikes while Dalles civil defense launches an emergency plan to hold back rising waters. No typhoid cases reported yet.
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Columbia River
Oregon State Board of Health
Trail
B.C
Rainier
Ore
Kalama
Wash
Dalles
Jameson Memorial Hospital births show more boys than girls
May at Jameson Memorial Hospital reports 132 births with 73 boys and 59 girls and no twins. City installs new drinking fountains on Friday June 1 as motorists are urged to use caution during rapid street resurfacing in multiple areas.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Weather Summary for Today and Tomorrow
Clear and cold tonight with frost likely in the northeast and a low of 35 to 42. Sunday sunny and warming into the 60s in the afternoon. United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 7 am today. Max 79, Min 44, Precip 0.01 inches. River stage 8 feet. Year ago values: Max 72, Min 41, No precipitation.
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United States
Graduation baccalaureate services slated Sunday night
Baccalaureate services for New Castle Senior High, Shenango High, and county Catholic graduates are set for Sunday night. New Castle, at 8 p.m. in the Cathedral, features Rev Stephen Polley. Shenango, 8 p.m. at the high school with Rev H M Rambo. Catholic service at 7:30 p.m. in St Joseph Church with Rev Kenney Cox. The Sunday program concludes county events, with diplomas for New Castle and Shenango graduates expected Monday night.
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New Castle Senior
Shenango High School
New Castle
Stephen Polley
Mt. Jackson United
Nine Russian church leaders arrive in New York
Nine Russian church leaders arrive in New York for 11 days of talks and sightseeing following a two way visit by U S and Soviet Christian leaders. The delegation includes Lutherans Baptists Armenian Orthodox and Russian Orthodox and marks a first U S visit for the Russians. Dr Eugene Carson Blake notes the Russians have not visited before.
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New York
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Eugene Carson Blake
National Council of Churches
Russia
United States
Blake
Double Murder and Death by Own Action in Oil City
In Venango county near Oil City a husband Elbert N. Chester 57 wife Beulah 50 and their seven year old daughter Nancy Jane were found shot dead in their two story home. Police believe Beulah Chester killed her husband then Nancy Jane and later died by rifle self harm. The weapon lay across Mrs. Chester in the bathroom. A cleaning woman discovered the bodies early today.
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Oil City
Venango County
Elbert N. Chester
Rouseville
Beulah
Nancy Jane
Franklin
State College tops safety honors for eight straight years
The National Safety Council announced that State College Pennsylvania leads municipalities with 10 000 or more population for eight consecutive years without automobile traffic deaths through 1955. Muskegon Michigan, population 48 429, recorded the largest no death tally in 1955.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
State College
Muskegon
Mich
Truman and wife visit Austria for restful Alps trip
Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife arrived in Salzburg for a five day restful visit at the farm home of former U.S. Ambassador Stanley Woodward. The couple plans light walks in the Alps foothills and some trout fishing before resuming their European tour.
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Salzburg
Austria
Ins
Harry S. Truman
Europe
Truman
U.S
Canada
Stanley Woodward
Alps
Biggest Battle Of Algerian War Reported
French forces smashed into a rebel stronghold in the Black Rock Mountains about 70 miles west of Constantine and reported 230 rebels killed with 110 captured. The daylong assault used tanks and armored cars, with hand to hand fighting as draftees took part in the drive into the rugged terrain. The action followed a day after 60 rebels were killed.
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Algiers
Iron Gate
Black Rock Mountains
Constantine
Governor Signs Salary Raising Bill in Pennsylvania
Governor George M. Leader signed a bill boosting pay for 69 906 public school teachers lawmakers judges and high state officials. It authorizes 200 yearly increases for teachers in 1956 57 and 100 boosts in the following two years. The planned 100 living cost bonuses were ruled unconstitutional and will not be paid. A companion subsidy bill totaling 19.5 million for this year was vetoed.
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Harrisburg
Ins
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
State Justice Dept
Leader
Tornado Hits Sideshow Tent in Fitchburg Mass
A mini tornado struck a sideshow tent at the Christiani Bros Circus in Fitchburg injuring thirteen as spectators left after a late show. Patrolman Andrew Quinn and circus owner Paul Christiani ordered the final 20 minutes cut, helping avert greater harm as the big top stayed secured by trucks.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Paul Christiani
Christiani Bros. Circus
Andrew Quinn
Deaths in Ellwood City and Cleveland Obituaries
The June 2, 1956 death notices report Lina Conner Owens 92 of Ellwood City. Mary Crawford Woods 94 of 15 S. Greenwood Ave. David Putt 68 of 407 Blunston Ave. and John J. Overbeck of Cleveland Ohio.
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Lina Conner Owens
Ellwood City
Mary Crawford Woods
S. Greenwood Ave
David Putt
Blunston
Jameson Memorial nursing class capped at First Baptist
Thirty four first year nursing students at Jameson Memorial hospital school of nursing were capped Friday evening in a ceremony at First Baptist church. The class of 1958 heard Rev Henry B Strock Jr urge excellence and patient centered care, with greetings from hospital director Joseph F Friedheim.
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Jameson |S
Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
First Baptist Church
Garth Edmundson
Garth Koch
Strock
Henry B. Strock, Jr
Central Presbyterian Church
Joseph F. Friedheim
Who
Westminster to Crown Queen Today at Four P.M.
Miss Betty Wagner a McKeesport Pennsylvania junior will be crowned Queen of the May at Westminster College this afternoon at four o'clock as part of Alumni Day activities. The ceremony includes the traditional court and Maypole winding with color and drama surrounding the May Day exercises. Weather delays may move the celebration to June and the piece notes the May Queen tradition originates in medieval England and reflects a Roman relic.
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Betty Wagner
McKeesport
Westminster College
Westminster
England
Jesse H. Jones Dies at 82 in Texas Valley
Jesse Holman Jones, once a Tennessee farm boy who built a $100 million fortune in Texas and served as a cabinet member and adviser to presidents, died Friday night after a week of critical illness. His nephew John T. Jones said he passed away quietly.
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Houston
Texas
Jesse Holman Jones
Tennessee
Jones
John T. Jones
Molotov Dropped as Moscow Policy Looks to Bulganin
Ex Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov is ousted as Moscow’s new leadership under Bulganin and Khrushchev shapes foreign policy. Dmitri Shepilov succeeds Molotov, signaling a shift from the older stance. Tito's Moscow visit underscores the new regime, observers say.
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Donald J. Gonzales
United Press
Washington
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Molotov
Dmitri Shepilov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Tito
Three Rescued From Death In Farrell Fire
A mother and her two small children were rescued from a second story apartment fire in Farrell Pennsylvania. Neighbors saved the mother by catching her infant daughter tossed from a window to Gus Guerine who aided all injured by the blaze. Firefighters controlled the fire after about an hour. damage totaled about 50 000 to the apartment and Nathan Brothers Co building.
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Farrell
Dale Christy
Gus Guerine
Nathan Brothers Co
Kefauver And Stevenson Tour California For Delegation
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver outlined their campaigns in northern California as pivotal for winning the 68 member Democratic delegation. Kefauver warned the California primary next Tuesday could be a point of no return for his bid and the party in November.
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San Francisco
INS
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
California
Kefauver
Democratic Party
Home Of U. S. Consular Aide Bombed In Cyprus
A U S consular radio operator John Meehan his wife Fay and their three children escaped injury when their Nicosia home was bombed by Cypriot terrorists after dark on Friday. British and American officials saw no clear motive for the attack which followed a neighboring British officer's home being bombed previously. Meehan said his wife was shaken and very nervous by the incident.
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Nicosia
U.S
Cyprus
John Meehan
West Acton
Mass
Richard Barham
Meehan
Meehans
Fay
Public reaction to air raid test largely silent in New Castle area
Downtown New Castle and Ellwood City pedestrians largely ignored the take cover instruction during a 10 04 am air raid test. County civil defense director Dr Arthur B Foster called the test revealing several weaknesses while noting faster fire department fan-out at 28 minutes.
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New Castle
Ellwood City
Arthur B. Foster
Civil Defense
Foster
Resignation Brings New Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov steps down as foreign minister as Dmitri Shepilov, Khrushchev protege, takes over the post. The shift signals a possible Kremlin push for a new look in Soviet diplomacy after Stalin's era. Shepilov rises from Pravda editor to top diplomat with rapid career gains.
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United Press
Moscow
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Stalin
Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lavrenti Beria
Beria
Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
Bolshevik
Red Square
Berea
Red
INS
V. V. Molotov
Dmitri T. Shepilov
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
West
Cairo
Central Committee
Yugo
Bad Weather Is Forecast in Pennsylvania
United Press reports extended bad weather likely into Sunday for Pennsylvania as a coastal storm brings rain to eastern and central regions. A western high pressure system will clear skies, with temperatures topping in the 60s and overnight lows in the 50s. Clearing is expected to push into Monday.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
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Daily Weather Report
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Bulletin
Truman and Wife
Trops
John J. Overbeck
Cleveland
Ohio
Jesse H. Jones
Kefauver and Stevenson
U. S
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