Dulles Arrives In Paris For Five Day Pact Talks
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles lands in Paris to begin a five day round of Atlantic Pact discussions. He will meet French leaders Pineau and Mollet and German minister von Brentano to consider shifting the pact’s emphasis from defense to economic and cultural aid amid European debates on Russia’s influence.
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Paris
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Christian Pineau
Guy Mollet
Heinrich von Brentano
Mollet
Pineau
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Free World
Weather and city notes as spring brings blooms and growth
Crisp start to May yields to warmer weather and blossoming cherry trees in many areas while frost danger eases. Excavation crews move through the city as Cascade Park vendors prep for the season. April births at Jameson Memorial rise to 132 with four sets of twins, while garbage crews stay on schedule removing winter refuse.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Daily Weather Report Summary
Cloudy and mild tonight with a chance of thundershowers and a low in the upper 50s. Thursday cloudy and warm with rain ending in the morning and little temperature change. U.S. weather statistics for the 24 hours to 7 am show a 67 degree high, 41 degree low, no precipitation, river stage 7.6 feet. For the same date last year the high was 76 with no precipitation.
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United States
Marine Corps Training Reorganized After Par ris Island Deaths
Marine Corps announces a major restructuring after the Par ris Island death march in which six recruits died in icy creeks. Gen McC Pate says Sgt Matthew C McKeon will be court martialed for leading the disciplinary night march on April 8.
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Parris Island
Marine Depot
San Diego
Calif
Joseph C. Burger
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Homer J. Litzenberg
Lejeune
Congress
Pate
Sgt. McKeon
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
McKeon
House Armed Services Committee
Soviet Leaders Not Invited By U S Until They Act Friendly
Washington officials said Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin will not be invited to the United States until their actions reflect friendship. They cited Britain’s disarmament talks as evidence of a negative attitude and noted no sign of concessions since Geneva discussions.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
West
London
Russia
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Khrushchevy
Geneva
Probe Blast Kills Four At Ohio Coal Mine
Four men were killed and several injured when a blast at Hanna Coal Co. strip mine near Cadiz Ohio occurred as workers unloaded liquid oxygen tanks to blast a top wall. Victims were William Stevenson 28 Cadiz Harry Deaton 49 Cadiz Clarence Bud Hawthorne 24 Jewett and Richard DeLoma 24 Bloomingdale.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Hanna Coal Co
Here
Hanna
William Stevenson
Harry Deaton
Clarence Bud Hawthorne
Aliquippa Student Killed in Navy Aviation Crash
Two naval aviation students were fatally injured in a head on collision on U S 90 near the Gioulets Bridge. Clifford Turner 19 Aliquippa Pa and Edward Mercure 18 Worcester Mass both stationed at Keesler AFB Biloxi Mass. Four others injured in the crash near the Mississippi state line according to state police.
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New Orleans
Naval Aviation
Giolets Bridge
Clifford Turner
Aliquippa
Edward Mercure
Worcester
Mass
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Mississippi
Coldest and hottest spots in the nation reported
The U S Weather Bureau records show Concord New Hampshire as the coldest spot with 26 degrees and Mt Washington New Hampshire as the lowest at 10 degrees while Presidio Texas records the highest at 97 degrees on Tuesday.
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Nation
U. S. Weather Bureau
Concord
N. H
Mt. Washington
Presidio
Tex
Four Honored By Girl Scouts For Service
Four individuals receive top and regional awards at the New Castle Area Girl Scouts annual Council meeting in The Castleton Tuesday evening. Mrs. Frank Bower and Mrs. Clarence Shumaker earn the high awards, while Jack Gerson and Frank Bower receive the Oscar awards for men in Girl Scouting. Mrs. Bower and Mrs. Shumaker honored with the Thanks Badge, two bronze statuettes go to Gerson and Bower for their service. Troop 95 opened with a color guard as the program proceeded with council leaders and volunteers recognized.
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Frank Bower
Euclid Ave
Clarence Shumaker
Jackson
New Castle Area
Castleton
Jack Gerson
Winter Ave
Bower
Shumaker
Girl Scouts
Gerson
Mr. Bower
Central Community
Rain Forecast Lifts Temperatures Across Pennsylvania
Warmer air from the southward pushes across Pennsylvania raising temperatures to the upper 60s in the west and lower 60s in the east. Forecasters warn of rain beginning tonight as clouds thicken ahead of light, intermittent showers and overnight lows in the 40s and 50s.
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United Press
Southland
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Mercury
French Troops Kill 207 Algerian Rebels in 48 Hours
In Algiers insurgent fighting over the last two days left 207 Algerian rebels dead and 14 French soldiers killed. The fiercest clash occurred in the wooded mountains northwest of Batna with rebels and French forces engaging hand to hand and planes firing on targets.
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Algiers
Ins
Batna
Stamp Plan For Tax Collection In State Likely
Governor Leader opposes the stamp plan for the 3 per cent Pennsylvania sales tax. House Republicans insist the plan remain, risking delay to adjournment set for May 19. If unchanged, stamps would be issued at sale and redeemable in large blocs at 2 per cent.
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Lloyd R. Rochelle
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
iGov
George M. Leader
Senate
Mem Ibers
Senate House Conference
House Republicans
Stevenson Gains in Alabama and DC Democratic Primaries
Democratic primaries in Alabama and Washington DC offered a nudge to Adlai Stevenson’s bid for the presidential nomination but were not expected to shift the Kefauver opposition. In DC the race was the only direct Stevenson Kefauver contest with six convention votes at stake. tallying was slow.
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Raymond Lahr
United Press
Washington
Alabama
District of Columbia
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
James E. Folsom
Democratic National Committee
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Ten Injured In Derailment Of Street Car
A derailed Pittsburgh Railways Co street car on South Eighteenth Street in Southside left 10 people with minor injuries. A broken front wheel caused the rear of the trolley to swing across the six lane road. Mrs. Mary Raucher, 70, was held at South Side Hospital for possible fractures of the shoulder and arm. others were treated and released.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Mary Raucher
South Side Hospital
South Eighteenth St
Southside
Deaths of Mrs Eva Enslen Wells and two others
Obituary notices list Eva Enslen Wells age 80 of 919 Rose Ave Nancy Hepburn age 64 of Edenburg R D 1 and Bert H Mullen of 912 Morten. The items appear in the May 2 1956 death records.
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Eva Enslen A. Wells
Rose Ave
Nancy Hepburn
R. D
Edenburg
Bert H. Mullen
Morten
New Farm Bill Debated In House With Soil Bank Plan
The House opened debate on a new farm bill favored by the Eisenhower administration, including a $1.2 billion soil bank but excluding the prepayment plan for cutting planting. Democrats balked at adding the plan, while Republicans pressed to restore higher price supports for four feed grains. Voting was expected Thursday.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Capital Pays Final Tribute To A. W. Barkley
The capital mourns for 78 year old Alben W. Barkley who died of a heart attack in Lexington Virginia. Funeral services were held at Foundry Methodist Church with the Senate chaplain presiding. His body will travel by train to Paducah Kentucky for burial Thursday. Family and congressional delegation attend.
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Warren Duffee
United Press
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Foundry Methodist Church
Barkley
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Paducah
Motorcycle Rider Killed In Crash In Pittsburgh
A 23-year-old Johnstown man, Jack Elwood Bischof, died at Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh after his motorcycle crashed into a pole on the Boulevard of the Allies. He was eastbound, lost a foot, and a head section was torn off by the collision as the bike overturned and caught fire.
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Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Mercy Hospital
Jack Elwood Bischof
Deportation Postponed for Miller Defectively Described
Federal Judge Herbert P. Sorg postponed indefinitely the deportation proceedings against Thamas Miller of Zelienople. A witness labeled him a Communist but later admitted he could not describe Miller, creating the postponement.
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Pittsburgh
Herbert P. Sorg
Thamas Miller
Zelienople
Miller
Bodies of four missing since Christmas found in pond
Four bodies recovered from an automobile submerged in a pond near Mickleton in Paulsboro New Jersey. State police identified the deceased as James Lawrence 25 his wife Emily 27 and her two sisters Pearl Johnson 15 and Bethy Johnson 5.
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Paulsboro
N. J
Mickleton
James Lawrence
Emily
Pearl Johnson
Bethy Johnson
Rotary Show Opening Set For Thursday
New Castle Rotary Club presents Headlines of 1956 a musical comedy at The Cathedral with matinee Thursday and shows Friday and Saturday. Proceeds aid Crippled Children, under Lee Winter’s direction featuring local talent and costumes from New York productions.
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New Castle
New York
School board votes to bar publication of coaching salaries
The board of education passed a motion 3 to 1 to exclude coaching salaries from the paper. Eugene V. Hill initiated the measure citing concerns over printed information. Peter Grittie supported the stance while Michael Amnarella opposed and Gladys Farrington was absent.
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Union Two
Eugene V. Hill
Peter Grittie
Michael Amnarella
Gladys Farrington
Hill
Charles Travers
Annarella
Agreement On Cease Fire Plan In Syria Talks
Dag Hammarskjold pressed Israel to suspend Jordan river irrigation work to win Syria's unconditional cease fire. Syria's Said Gazzi refused unless Israel halted water diversions as UN chief drafted a report for the Security Council. Israeli border clashes reported near the Sea of Galilee with no casualties.
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Jerusalem
INS
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Jordan River
BBR Cirion
Hammarskjold
Mandelbaum Gate
Kalandia
Damascus
Said Gazzi
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Rome
Security Council
Loyalty Parade Huge Success In Ellwood City
About 15 000 spectators lined Ellwood City streets for the Loyalty Day parade sponsored by VFW districts 25 with 60 marching groups. The two hour procession featured jet plane flyovers from the National Guard and civic, social, and military units led by William Stevenson.
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Ellwood City
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lawrence
Beaver
Butler
VFW
Two Mile
William Stevenson
Marshall
Bill Johnson
Ellwood
Russia
Ewing Park
VFW District 25
Grove City Kiltie Band
Kiltie
Flood Death Toll Rises in Texas Amid Severe Weather
Floods and tornadoes sweep across Texas and nearby states killing six people in three days. A 14 year old boy died as a bus was overwhelmed near Lometa while a teacher driver rescued five children. Earlier rescues saved eight children and a driver near Abbott.
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United Press
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee Valley
South Atlantic
Inharleston
D.C
Classified Comics Cross Word Ellwood Radio Editorial
A compact notice outlines sections on radio and television listings along with editorial content. It mentions the editorial page and society notes, with practical contact numbers for want ads and news desks. The terse item signals page navigation rather than a full article.
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Ellwood
Onion Planting Delayed by Wet Ground and Rain
The writer recalls onion sets waiting for planting as a spring rain layers the ground in damp soil. They note a strong onion fragrance and a lingering urge to plant but decide to wait due to soaking ground and a cool fifty seven degrees.
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May
Pa Newce
Cascade Park
Daily Weather Report
Marine Corps
By Kenneth Weiss
U. S
Aliquippa Naval Aviation
Armstrong
Butler County
New Castle News
Capital
A. W. Barkley
By Serge Fliegers
Jack Simon
News
National Guard
Greater
Lawrence Ave
Fifth St
Madison Ave
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