Lawmakers Press Restore Foreign Aid Cuts
Democratic and Republican leaders in the House moved to restore part of a $1.1 billion reduction in foreign aid. President Eisenhower and top officials urged reversal, with debate expected on the floor. Some members questioned the Yugoslavia portion, while others pushed a broader cut or removal of Yugoslav aid.
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Washington
Ins
House Foreign Affairs Group
House
Sam Rayburn
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U.S
Rayburn
John W. Vorys
Ohio
Yugoslavia
Edna Kelly
N.Y
Michael A. Feighan
Paul A. Fine
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
William Jenner
Ind
D-Day 1944 remembered amid local relic finds
Twelve years after the invasion a reader recalls the largest World War II landing. Local homeowners report relics from the past such as an old fan with a J C Hanna Jewelry Co. back label found behind a mantle during remodeling at the Wel ler homestead on US 422. The News notes road detours on Routes 19 6 and 62 with summer completion plans and reports garden vandalism on Pearson Street.
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Pa Newe
Weller
US 422
Arthur Parshall
E. Falls St
Weller House
J. C. Hanna Jewelry Co
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Meadville
Saegertown
Franklin
Polk
Motor Club
News
Daily Weather Report Fair Today Through Thursday
The forecast calls for fair conditions today tonight and Thursday with highs of 68 to 78 today and around 80 Thursday. Overnight lows 45 to 52. The 24 hour period ends at 7 am shows a max 70 min 43 with heavy dew fog and river stage 7.6 feet. A year ago the maximum was 86 minimum 56 and no precipitation.
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United States
Mollet Wins Narrow Confidence Vote in France
Premier Guy Mollet survives a 271 to 59 confidence vote with 201 abstentions after a tense session in Paris. Observers warn Algeria's future status could spark further turmoil as Mollet acts to halt French light arms shipments to the Middle East, suspending deliveries to Egypt and citing a prior Faure contract for Syrian arms.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Algeria
Mollet
Togeth
Middle East
Christian Pineau
Egypt
Edgar Faure
Governor Leader Heads to Middle East on Forest Dedication
Governor George M. Leader and his party travel to the Middle East after engine trouble forced a return to New York. The trip includes wife Mary Jane and 11-year-old Michael, with plans to visit Israel to dedicate a forest in the new republic and stopovers in Europe.
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Harrisburg
INS
George M. Leader
Middle East
New York
Leader
Mary Jane
Michael
Israel
New Republic
Europe
Soviet Air Force Head May Visit United States
President Eisenhower said the Soviet air force chief will be invited to visit the United States if he desires. He indicated other Soviet leaders including Marshal Zhukov could receive invitations if American counterparts visit Moscow.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
U. S
Marshal Zhukov
Pentagon
Moscow
Nathan S. Twining
Russia
Twining
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Fair Weather Forecast For Pennsylvania Through Thursday
The weatherman stated fair weather should continue in Pennsylvania at least until Thursday night. An extended outlook warned of a possible wet weekend. Forecasters expect sunny skies today and Thursday with highs near 80, cooler nights in the 40s in the mountains and 50s elsewhere.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Nasser Planned Belgrade Talks With Tito
Cairo informed sources say Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser will travel to Belgrade to confer with Marshal Tito soon after Tito's Moscow trip. The visit aims to hear Tito's briefing on talks with Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev. Nasser has already accepted invitations to Moscow and to visit China’s Chou En-lai.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Tito
Moscow
Nasser
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist China
Chou En-lai
Butler Township Boosts Millage Amid Budget Push
Butler Township commissioners propose a two mill increase despite resident protests as the tentative budget plans for a 410,365.42 dollar expenditure for the coming year. They also enacted an ordinance banning auto graveyards in the township.
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Butler
Butler Township
U.S. Re evaluates Yugoslavia Policy Amid Tito Moscow Ties
President Eisenhower says U S policy toward Yugoslavia will be reevaluated due to Marshal Tito's apparent closeness with Soviet Russia. He notes U S aid there has not been entirely a loss and cites Tito's defiance of Moscow as influential. The reassessment will consider U S best interests.
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Raymond Wilcove
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
U. S
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Moscow
Guard Entrances To U N Building After Bomb Threat
UN security officials placed guards around all entrances after an anonymous call warned of a bomb at UN headquarters in New York. The threat cited a 12 30 p m explosion time and prompted precautionary measures.
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U. N
Pierre J. Huss
United Nations
N. Y
INS
World Organization
46 Graduates Dance Til Dawn In Cathedral
The class of 1956 from New Castle High School held an all night post graduation party at the Cathedral ballroom sponsored by their parents. About 546 graduates and dates danced to the Billy May band from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. with a six act floor show and parents helping with refreshments and prizes.
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New Castle
New Castle High School
Cathedral
New Castle Senior High
Billy May
Dog bites mailmen cost taxpayers millions
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield convened a conference with postal officials and canine experts on protecting mail delivery from dogs. He cited millions in losses as dogs bite carriers and disrupt deliveries, exploring repellents protective clothing dog candy water guns and hot sticks as potential solutions.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Fido
Summerfield
Eugene J. Lyons
United Press
Washington, D. C
PMG
Arthur Summerfield
Postal Service
William E. Buckley
New York American Kennel Club
Raymond J. Hanfield
New York
National Dog Welfare Guild, Incorporated
Whispers Of Possible Royal Romance With Princess Visit
Princess Margaret of Britain arrives in Stockholm with Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh amid rumors of a potential royal romance. Stockholm’s press notes Prince Bertil, Sweden’s eligible bachelor, may be connected to the visit as speculation grows about ties between the British and Swedish royal houses.
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Stockholm
Margaret
Britain
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Sweden
Prince Bertil
London
Aftonbladet
Bertil
Fiv Adolf
Carl Gustaf
Senate Probers Examine Turnpike Toll Hike Proposal
A Pennsylvania Senate committee opened hearings on the turnpike system finances and whether higher passenger car tolls are needed. G Franklin McSorley, Pittsburgh, head of the Turnpike Commission, testified on why a toll increase is considered necessary. The commission announced an average 41 percent rise for cars and a 21 percent cut for trucks, to take effect May 25.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
G. Franklin McSorley
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Boy Brings Dynamite to School in Chicago
A 14-year-old boy arrived at school Tuesday carrying a stick of dynamite. He told teachers he wanted to show off and claimed there was no detonating cap. Authorities noted the risk but reported no injuries.
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Chicago
Merchant seaman leaped to death from railroad train
Willard B. Beck, 53, a merchant seaman from Portland Maine, leaped to his death from a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Huntingdon Pennsylvania early today.
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Huntingdon, Pa
Willard B. Beck
Portland
Pennsylvania
Here
Three French Policemen Die in Algiers Ambush
Three French policemen were killed when their truck was ambushed on a road near Algiers. The Moslem driver of the vehicle disappeared after the attack.
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Algiers
INS
Harding May Resign Cyprus Governor Post
London reports say Sir John Harding may resign as Cyprus governor if Arch bishop Makarios is brought from exile to restart talks. Harding demands crushing Cypriot terrorists first, with Eden likely to back him. The government named Lt. Col. G C White to head nonmilitary security in Cyprus as part of police expansion.
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London
John Harding
Cyprus
Britain
Makarios
Harding
Anthony Eden
Eden
Mediterranean
Warwickshire
G. C. White
Hearings Open On Poison Pen Red Crusade
Chairman Francis E. Walter announces Un American Activities Committee will start hearings June 13 into a Communist poison pen campaign aimed at refugees. Intercepted letters and propaganda will be shown by U S customs and postal officials alleging Kremlin directed effort to lure refugees to slave camp homelands.
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Washington
INS
Francis E. Walter
Un-American Activities Committee
Pennsylvania Democrat
U. S
Kremlin
U S Leader in Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
Adm. Lewis L. Strauss told Carnegie Tech graduates in Pittsburgh that the United States leads all nations in developing peaceful atomic energy. He said the country does not plan a vast plant-building program to boast of higher kilowatts than others.
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Pittsburgh
IUS
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
Carnegie Tech
Steel Wage Contract Talks Resumed In New York
United Steelworkers and 172 steel companies seek a new labor pact to avert a strike as the June 30 contract deadline nears. After days in Pittsburgh, talks shifted to New York with US Steel Bethlehem and Republic Steel leading the negotiations on neutral ground.
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Robert G. Shortal
United Press
New York
Wits
United Steelworkers of America
Pittsburgh
USW
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Three Midwest bank holdups net about thirty thousand
Federal agents pursue bandits who robbed three Midwest banks in 24 hours, two lone gunmen and a four man raid in Chicago. The Michigan bank at Triumph lost about $20,000, while Milo Iowa yielded about $1,400.
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Chicago
Midwest
Triumph
Milo
Iowa
Soviet engineers unveil jet powered car prototype
Moscow reports an experimental pure jet automobile capable of speeds up to 186 miles an hour, according to Pioneer Pravda. The claim highlights advances in jet propulsion for land vehicles and marks a milestone in Soviet engineering.
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Moscow
Pravda
Tokyo Quake Shakes Area With No Serious Damage
A sharp earthquake rocked the Tokyo area early today according to reports from officials. No injuries or major damage were reported as residents felt the tremor across the region.
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Tokyo
Deaths: Lyons Sabine Kahrer Tanner Patterson
Brief death notices list Infant Boy Lyons of 440 Court Street Carmen Sabine aged 64 of 501 E Friendship Street George Louis aged 74 of 2032 Martha Street Mrs Caroline Kahrer Tanner aged 86 of 3033 Mercer Road and Mrs Ethel Patterson of R D 4 New Castle.
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Lyons
Court St
Carmen Sabine
Friendship St. George Louis
Martha St
Caroline Kahrer Tanner
Mercer Rd
Ethel Patterson
R.D
New Castle
Stevenson Beats Kefauver in California Primary
Stevenson won California's decisive primary with about 593 thousand votes to Kefauver's 357 thousand giving Stevenson 68 delegates and boosting his pledged convention votes to about 2582. Kefauver conceded after hours of hopeful returns failed to reverse the result.
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San Francisco
INS
Adlai
Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Caliornia
Illinois
Tennessee
California
Kefauver
Paul Ziffern
Chicago
New York State
Averell Harriman
Senator Dent Urges Bonus Pay for Pennsylvania Teachers
Senate Democrat Floor Leader John H. Dent urged Attorney General Herbert B. Cohen to reconsider a recommendation against paying a $100 bonus to each of Pennsylvania's school teachers. Dent seeks a ruling that would allow immediate bonuses despite Gov. Leader earlier saying they would be unconstitutional.
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Harrisburg
INS
Senate
Democrat
John H. Dent
Westmoreland
Herbert B. Cohen
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Cohen
Leader
Dent
Inside Today's News Classified Section Teases
A compact note lists sections such as Comics at page 20, Editorial, Sports at page 26, Obituary page 2, Theaters at page 12, and want ads with contact numbers 8 8511 and 4 6651. It previews a daily paper layout with feature pages and random listings.
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Omics
Cross Word
Rocube Acckvins
Ellwood
Picnic Weather Promise Depends on Pleasant Conditions
The speaker imagines a perfect picnic if the weatherman agrees and the day stays clear and warm. They promise attendance and plenty of food if insects stay away from the pie and the seating is dry and comfortable. The forecast ends with a precise note that the weather is seventy six.
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Old Sol
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