New Farm Bill Passes In House with Changes
The House defeated the pre payment system while approving a 1.25 billion soil bank. The bill includes a Democrat Republican compromise on corn and feed grain provisions and extends acreage reserves to livestock and field crops with government payments for reduced production. añadido funding for potato and field crops.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Ezra Taft Benson
All Unpaid School Taxes To Be Filed Delinquent Monday
City Treasurer Marie Hanlon announced that unpaid 1955 city school taxes will be filed as delinquent at the county treasurer's office at 9 a.m. Monday. Additional penalties will be added. taxes may be paid at the Municipal Building until noon Saturday.
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Marie Hanlon
Demolition Ends Old Filling Station at Mercer and South
Motorists noted a building at S Mercer and South Sts was demolished overnight by a large machine. Army equipment moves through the city bound eastward for overseas shipment, while state workers paint stop signs along state routes.
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S. Mercer and
South Sts
State Highway Department
Weather forecast and past day climate summary
Cooler with showers ending tonight. Low around 40. Saturday partly cloudy and cool with highs 50 to 55 in the north and 55 to 60 in the south. 24 hour period ends 7 am. Maximum 68, minimum 43, no precipitation. River stage 8.1 feet. This date last year recorded 86 maximum, 56 minimum, no precipitation.
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United States
Plan Mental Tests For Indian Who Killed Four
Authorities planned mental tests for Russell Monegar a 37 year old Indian who killed four in a Wausau Wisconsin one room shack spree He killed his wife mother in law and two children then drove a stolen truck to a tavern slashed two more people and smiled when captured The district attorney said murder charges would be filed and the sheriff noted only remorse occurred when Monegar cried over his little girl
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Wausau
Wis
Dist
Atty
Ronald Keberle
Russell Monegar
Monegar
Myron Miller
Legislature Fails To Settle Top Issues In Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Legislature ends a week of adjournment without major agreements on key issues. A new teacher salary bill is near through the House Education Committee with a $100 cost of living boost and a $74 million price tag, $19.7 million due to districts this fiscal year. Governor Leader avoids committing a veto while revenues depend on sales tax amendments and capital stock tax changes.
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Lloyd R. Rochelle
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House Education Committee
Albert S. Readinger
Dlerks
House
Storms Trigger Massive North Carolina Power Outage
Thunderstorms near Wilmington caused the state's largest blackout since Hurricane Hazel. Carolina Power and Light Co. reports lines tripped and plants failed in sequence, leaving most of the system without power though for a shorter duration.
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North Carolina
Wilmington
Carolina Power and Lights Co
Asheville
Governor Delays An Execution
Harrisburg reports Governor George M. Leader postponed the execution of Harry Gossard from May 14 to June 4. This is the second respite for the Cambrian county killer as an appeal remains in the State Supreme Court. Gossard was convicted for the October 28 1954 slaying of six year old Karen Mauk during Halloween visits.
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Harrisburg
INS
George M. Leader
Harry Gossard
Cambrian County
State Supreme Court
Gossard
Karen Mauk
Death notices log for May 4 1956
Ann Elizabeth Hodgson three Dear born Michigan Steven Tonseth seventy two West Pittsburg Mrs Pasqualine Santoro sixty five Hillsville Charles Emery Smith seventy nine Richmond Indiana dead listed with cities in the May 4 1956 notice for obituary records.
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Ann Elizabeth Hodgson
Dearborn
Mich
Steven Tonseth
West Pittsburg
Pasqualine Santoro
Hillsville
Charles Emery Smith
Richmond
Ind
Hammarskjold Prepares Report on Middle East Ceasefires
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold flew to Rome from the Middle East to draft a report for the Security Council on cease fire agreements with Egypt Syria Lebanon and Jordan. Israel reserves a wait and see stance as major issues linger including Suez Canal closure and Gaza non military incidents.
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Rome
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Security Council
Council
Suez Canal
Gaza Strip
George Ivor Smith
New York
E. L. M. Burns
Philadelphia Jewish bakers strike over wage demand
About 400 workers from 20 major Jewish bakeries in Philadelphia walked out after wage talks collapsed. Bakers sought a $2 daily raise and benefits. employers offered 75 cents. The strike did not affect roughly 30 smaller Jewish bakeries employing about 200 workers.
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Philadelphia
INS
Hebrew Master Bakers Association
Havana Police Capture 17 Plotters and Arms Cache
Havana police report the capture of 17 anti government plotters amid raids here this week. Officials say ringleader was former official Justo Carrillo and the group was directed by ex President Carlos Prio. Authorities found a machine gun submachine guns rifles dynamite stink bombs and large ammunition caches.
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Havana
Cuba
Justo Carrillo
Carlos Prio
Carrillo
Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank
Prio
Raul Salas
Carrillo Group
Woman Falls to Death From Empire State Building
A woman in her early thirties plunged from the 80th floor of the Empire State Building just before dedication ceremonies for four new searchlights. Her body was found on the 48th floor inside a fireshaft, with both legs severed, by watchman Raymond Weiss.
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New York
INS
Empire State Building
Raymond Weiss
Temperature extremes recorded across the U S states
The morning's lowest temperature was 24 at Bismarck North Dakota. A low of 19 was recorded Thursday at Cut Bank Montana and a high of 1102 at Yuma Arizona according to the U S Weather Bureau.
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Bismareck
N. D
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cut Bank
Mont
Yuma
Ariz
NATO to Plan Ways to Halt Soviet Drive
Secretary of State Dulles told 14 NATO foreign ministers in Paris that members must strengthen the Atlantic Pact to meet Soviet shifts in policy. He warned the smiles were tactics, not change, and urged closer political cooperation as NATO weighs economic as well as military strategy.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
NATO
Dulles
INS
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
U. S
Kristinn Gudmundsson
Selwyn Lloyd
Council of Ministers
Britain
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Two Men Hurt in Liberty Bridge Crash
Two men were critically injured in a head on collision on the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh. Joseph Hines 32 of Lawrenceville and James H Cline Jr were treated at Mercy Hospital after their cars collided blocking traffic for about thirty minutes.
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Liberty Bridge
Pittsburgh
INL
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Hines
Lawrenceville
James H Cline, Jr
Witasses
Acting Spanish Consul in Manila Fatally Shot by Accidental Gunfire
Orencio Millaruelo, 40, acting Spanish consul in Manila, was killed by a bullet to the chest when Consulate Chancellor Juan Martinez Y. Godinez, 52, lifted papers from a drawer. A pistol in the drawer discharged as he moved the papers.
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Manila
INS
Spain
Orencio Millaruelo
Millaruello
Juan Martinez Y. Godinez
Martinez
Graham s Fate May Reach Jury By Nightfall
The jury in John Gilbert Graham’s murder case was expected to begin deliberations by nightfall. If convicted of first degree murder, the 24 year old could face the gas chamber for dynamiting a United Airlines plane that exploded after takeoff from Denver killing his mother Daisie E. King and 43 others near Longmont on November 1. Judge Joseph M. McDonald planned to instruct the jury and hear closing arguments before the verdict rests with the jurors.
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James L. Kilgallen
Denver
INS
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
Daisie E. King
United Air Lines
Longmont
Colo
Joseph M. McDonald
Young Graham
FBI
Jordanian Killed After Clash With Israeli Patrol
In the Gilboa hills an Israeli patrol killed a Jordanian who had crossed into Israeli territory. The incident occurred shortly after UN Secretary General Hammarskjold announced a cease fire between Israel and Jordan. A separate report noted Egyptians crossing toward Gaza and taking crops near Nahal Oz.
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Jerusalem
INS
Gilboa Hills
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Jordan
Jenin
Gaza Strip
Nahal Oz
Gaza
Burglars Dented Doorway in San Fernando Liquor Store Theft
Burglars forced a back door entry at a San Fernando liquor store on Thursday and stole more than 600 dollars worth of merchandise. The owner quipped that he had always wanted to back door in the building.
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San Fernando
Calif
Rotary Show Opens Tonight In Cathedral
The Rotary Club Show Headlines of 1956 opens with a matinee for county school children, about 1000 in attendance. Roving reporter Buzz Artemus leads the act as Raymond Topolski signs the opening number a plea to buy the paper. The Winterettes, sixteen young dancers, perform as part of the program.
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Rotary Club
Buzz Artemus
Raymond Topolski
Crack Alibi of Gusciora
Authorities say they cracked the alibi of Stanley A. Gusciora who claimed he was out with two girls the night of the Brink's robbery. A Philadelphia stripper, Joan Merrick, said she was with him in a Boston club between 11 p.m. and midnight, conflicting with his 9 p.m. claim. The Brink's heist occurred at 7 p.m. and Merrick denied a second girl was present.
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Boston
Stanley A. Gusciora
Philadelphia
Stoughton
Mass
Joan Merrick
Gusciora
Miss Merrick
Hunt Two Boys Believed Lost In Coal Mine
In Tarentum Pennsylvania a search party of miners and volunteers crawled through over ten miles of Allegheny Coal 2nd Coke Co mine tunnels for two 15 year old Brackenridge youths Joseph Pitkavish and Paul Crawford last seen entering the mine at 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Tarentum
Joseph Pitkavish
Paul Crawford
Brackenridge
Allegheny Coal 2Nd ‘Coke Co
Bull Creek
Natrona
Atomic Blast Set For Afternoon At Eniewetok
The Atomic Energy Commission aims to detonate a small blast at Eniwetok this afternoon as part of a Pacific test program. Weather could delay the event. officials emphasize safety from radioactive fallout and secrecy on the exact shot time.
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Eniwetok
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific
Nevada Proving Ground
Bikini
U.S
Civil Defense
Gordon Dunning
Plan Tag Day For Hospital On Saturday
Saturday May 5 is the annual Tag Day sponsored by the New Castle Hospital Auxiliary. Boys and girls from city public and parochial schools will be on the streets from nine in the morning until five in the afternoon soliciting funds. All net receipts will be given to the hospital.
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New Castle Hospital
Tragic Creek Drowning In Ephrata
Nineteen month old John M. Martin of Ephrata RD 2 drowned Thursday after falling into Cocalico Creek near his home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Titus Martin.
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Ephrata, Pa
Mns
John M. Martin
Titus Martin
Ephrata RD 2
Cocalico Creek
Page Fragments Highlight Radio TV and Editorials
A garbled page shows sections labeled Radio TV 3, Editorial 18, Sports 28, Obituary 29 and Theaters 20. It mentions contact numbers for news and ads and lists entities like Ellwood 22 and stock items.
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Nealtim
Bae Cross Word
Society Ank
Ellwood
Ficenses
Garden chores and garden talk in a late evening
The speaker asks if garden work is done and whether to stop, noting desire for flowers including red white and pink varieties, marigolds zinnias begonias and hollyhocks. With fork and hoe ready, they hope for beds to be tended by themselves as darkness falls on a fifty three degree day.
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Nivel Ok
U. S. Senate
Robert E. Thompson
Dnewe
Daily Weather Report
Texas Tower
Air Force
Power Failure Inc
Carolina
Washington, D. C
State of
Colorado
White House
Edwin C. Johnson
Eft
Will Nicholson
Rotary
Cathedral
Hunt
Joseph L. Myler
Arthur Mometer
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