Senate Considering Restoring Part of Foreign Aid Cut
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee planned to vote today on restoring part of the one billion cut in foreign aid funds voted by the House. President Eisenhower, from his hospital bed, urged a return of at least 600 million dollars. Administrations supporters hope as much as half of the reduction could be restored as Senate debate may begin by week’s end. Republican leader Knowland said the administration built a strong case for restoring some of the cut.
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Washington
Ins
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Administration
Senate
William F. Knowland
Local Spotlight Snippets Hit City Life And Oddities
Early morning sounds reveal a coon raiding a garbage can near North Hill. Banks celebrate Flag Day while downtown parking meters collect coins. Giant Hercules-like mobile homes roll through town as hiking rises at city exits. Residents warn of transients and missing tradesmen. Umbrella repairers once visited homes yearly, now a memory. Bridge coin dives attract curious crowds. Dogs stay loud and gardens suffer as deliveries risk bites and scrapes.
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy With Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and hot with scattered storms, highs 90 to 96, cooler near Lake Erie 86 to 90. Tonight showers and storms taper with lows 62 to 70. 24 hour period ends today at 8 a m. max 41 min 65 precip 0.17 inches river stage 6.5 feet. Year ago max 68 min 52 precip 0.02 inches.
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Lake Erie
United States
Slight Relief From Heat Wave Expected In State
Pennsylvania remains under a heat wave with only slight relief forecast. Forecasters predict scattered showers and thunderstorms across the state today Friday and Saturday with temperatures near 90s and highs around 96 in some areas. Night temperatures should fall to the 60s as a west low pressure and Carolina high pressure influence conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Carolina
Bureau
Perry To Fill New Castle School Board Vacancy
Dr. David L. Perry of 118 Hazelcroft Ave. was elected to fill the unexpired term of E. Edson Rummell on the New Castle school board at the board meeting. Perry, a registered Democrat, will begin immediately to serve the year and a half remaining in Rummell's term after Rummell resigned and moved from the city.
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David L. Perry
Hazelcroft Ave
E. Edson Rummell
New Castle
Perry
Rummell
Board Press
Storms Clash With Heat Wave Across Gulf Coast
Severe storms battered 300 miles of Gulf Coast while a six day heat wave persisted inland. The tugboat May Dee sank off Gulfport Mississippi with 15 crew members, nine rescued late Wednesday and three more saved today by the O J Cenac. A squall swept northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan Wednesday night.
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Gulf of Mexico
Watchez
Miss
Gulfport
O. J. Cenac
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Eight Die as Paris Luxembourg Express Wrecks in France
In Fismes near Rheims seven coaches of the Paris to Luxembourg express overturned. Eight people were killed and about 130 injured, with around 30 in serious condition. Officials said a coupling break caused the crash as seven cars left the tracks and three overturned.
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Rheims
France
Ins
Fismes
Top to Bottom Salary Raises In City Schools
The New Castle school board approved a district wide raise plan for all professional staff. Beginning teachers start at 3300 with a goal of 3800 by 1959 60. Minimum and maximum scales rise through 1956 57 to 1959 60 exceeding state minimums. House Bill 583 funds increases and continued additions for teachers.
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Sastle
Walter A. Kearney
New Castle
Parishioners Bid Farewell to Fr. Smith at St. Joseph's
A capacity crowd attended a farewell reception for Rev. Thomas Smith, assistant pastor at St. Joseph's, marking his four years of service including work on the new church and school. Rev. Anthony Wherle led the invocation, and Rev. Patrick J. Jones served as guest master of ceremonies.
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Thomas Smith
St. Joseph's Church
Smith
Anthony Wherle
Patrick J. Jones
Holy Cross Church
Pittsburgh
Julie Toth Gilboy
Angelo Cozza
Thomas Krom
St. Mary's Church
Beaver Falls
Rev. Smith
William J. Greer
Newlywed Opens Wrong Door In Plane And Dies
Oren Ase Pruitt of Charlotte, 38, died after opening a door during a flight near Shelby North Carolina. He fell about 6,500 feet beside Zion Church cemetery while his bride awaited water. The couple had wed the day before.
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Shelby
N.C
Oren Ase Pruitt
Charlotte
Zion Church
Pruitt
Maaketenk Kuat Ooper
Englewood Ave
Sherman C. Drake
R.D
Mercer
Jery Road
John Blaine Litman
Leasure Ave
Dr J R Cooper Dies After Brief Illness At 84
Dr Jesse R Cooper 84 of 235 Englewood Ave died at 5 35 am today in Jam eson Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A roentgenologist who served 62 years in the city he was director of roentgenology in Camp Merritt New Jersey and in New York City during World War I. He held the rank of major and belonged to the Roentgenology Society First Methodist Church and maintained an East North Street office.
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Jesse R. Cooper
Englewood Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Western University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Camp
Merritt, N. J
New York City
Roentgenology Society
Cooper
East North St
First Methodist Church
No Turnpike Toll Increase Likely Soon
Turnpike Commission Chairman G Franklin McSorley and Senate co chair John H Dent said after hearings the Pennsylvania Turnpike toll hike is unlikely in the near future possibly not at all on main sections. Investigators found no need for higher tolls on parts covered by the 1948 indenture.
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Burton W. Siglin
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
G. Franklin McSorley
John H. Dent
Earthquake Disaster Hits Kabul and Surrounding Areas
KARACHI INS report says about 600 killed or missing after a devastating Afghan earthquake last Sunday. Thousands injured, with thousands of buildings collapsed in Kabul and nearby regions. Rivers reportedly altered or disappeared, transforming the landscape.
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Karachi
INS
Kabul
Afghanistan
Pakistan
U S Aviation Experts To Attend Soviet Show
Washington reports nine Air Force officers will join Gen. Nathan F. Twining on a Moscow air show trip. The delegation includes the first American to fly a MiG-15 and aims to gain extensive information from the Russian event.
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U.S
Moscow
Proposals to Steelworkers Being Studied
The United Steelworkers studied contract proposals from the steel industry's Big Three that could decide if a costly strike comes this year. Top trade sources said there is a feeling a peaceful settlement may be reached for 650,000 steel workers.
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Robert G. Shortal
United Press
New York
United Steelworkers Today
Accidents Take Four Lives In West Penna
Western Pennsylvania records at least four deaths from accidents including three children. Isaac Turner 12 drowned after falling from a swing near Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. A 3-year-old Pittsburgh boy, Robert Brown, was killed by a car driven by Robert Miltenberger. Elmer H. Eno 32 from Mt. Pleasant died at a golf course after a lightning strike. Ronald Golombeski 8 of Erie was killed by a stray bullet while seated under a tree. ballistics tests awaited the rifle owner James Golombeski.
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Pittsburgh
Sns
Western Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Western Penitentiary
Isaac Turner
Woods Run
Robert Brown
Ronald
Zigmund Golem Veski
Carol
James
Rev Mayo Named U P Council Vice Moderator in 98th Assembly
Rev R H Mayo of the First United Presbyterian Church was elected vice moderator of the United Presbyterian Church of North America at the 98th general assembly in Knoxville Tennessee. Dr Robert W Gibson, president of Monmouth College Illinois, was chosen moderator succeeding Dr George A Long.
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R. H. Mayo
U. P
United Presbyterian Church
North America
Mayo
General Assembly
U. P. Church
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert W. Gibson
Gibson
Monmouth College
Illinois
George A. Long
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh, Pa
Bea
Adenauer First Visitor To Eisenhower Since Operation
President Eisenhower will meet German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in a hospital room conference at Walter Reed. The 80 year old leader, described as a courtesy call, discusses German unification and other issues amid Eisenhower's recovery from intestinal obstruction surgery.
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United Press
Washington
Eisenhow
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Adenauer
Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Fair Condition Reported On Mrs. Russo
Mrs. Josephine Russo who was shot by her husband in a death by own action attempted murder Wednesday was reported in fair condition at the South Side Hospital of Youngstown today. She was rushed to the hospital at 12 30 p m two hours after the shooting to have a bullet removed from her skull. Mrs. Russo's husband Eugene Russo of 204 S Wayne St died at about 10 38 a m of personal safety related wounds.
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Josephine Russo
South Side Hospital
Youngstown
Russo
Eugene Russo
S. Wayne St
Molotov Threatened by Khrushchev Report Says
London dispatch reports Nikita Khrushchev threatened then foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov with very unpleasant things unless he abandoned his anti Yugoslav stance. The claim, published by the London Daily Telegraph, cites a Polish refugee and former Warsaw Red official who described a secret July Central Committee meeting endorsing Khrushchev over Molotov. Molotov later resigned as foreign minister on June 1.
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Allen R. Dodd, Jr
London
INS
Nikita Khrushchev
VM. Molotov
London Daily Telegraph Today
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Red
Warsaw
Molotov
Yugoslavia
Austria
Khrushchev
Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
Anastas Mikoyan
Obituary Notes and Local Notices on Page Nine
Ellwood obituary and society briefs appear on page nine with cross reference to theaters and classifieds. The page also lists news phones and ads numbers for the Ol 8 2511 and Ol 4 6651 lines.
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Comics Cross Word
Ellwood
Piece of cloth embodies American freedom and dignity
A reflective ode describes the US flag as more than cloth, symbolizing liberty and sacrifice. The speaker notes red stripes as bloodshed for freedom and blue as dignity, while noting it is hot at eighty nine degrees.
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