West Germany Joins NATO In Formal Admission
West Germany was welcomed into NATO at a Paris ceremony, marking its transition to a sovereign partner in the alliance. Foreign ministers from 15 nations praised the Bonn Republic's entry as a milestone for European stability, with Chancellor Adenauer vowing to be an able and reliable partner.
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I.N.S. European
Paris
INS
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Atlantic Council
Palais de Chaillot
Europe
Nazi Germany
Stephen Stephanopoulos
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Bonn Republic
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
United Press
France
Germany
Russia
Edgar Faure
NATO Ministers’ Council
Township Route Signs Mark County Highways
Motorists report new luminous route signs posted along main highways showing township boundaries such as North and Little Beaver Townships on the Mt. Jackson Enon Valley road. Mrs. Peterson notes the cucumber tree in bloom and the dogwood in its natural setting amid reported tree losses. A blinker light pole was sheared at Taylor and Neal streets but the beacon still blinked briefly.
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Pa Newe
Mt. Jackson-Enon Valley
North
Little Beaver Townships
Robert Peterson
Locust Street
Taylor Street
Neal
Daily Weather Report Warns Of Uneven Frost In Northeast
Partly cloudy and cool today with highs 50 to 58 and lows 37 to 42 tonight. Tuesday brings sun and warmer conditions with scattered showers or thunderstorms at night. US weather stats cover the 24 hour period to seven a.m. today showing max 75, min 29, heavy frost and river stage 6.2 feet. Previous 24 hours ending Sunday morning recorded max 60, min 47, precipitation 0.20 inches.
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United States
Democrats Split Over Leader Income Tax Plan
Pennsylvania Democrats face internal strife over Gov. George M. Leader's 411 million dollar classified income tax to balance a large budget. House Ways and Means Chair Sarraf signals opposition to the wage tax while party leader Barr defends the plan as necessary. Critics target features like a sliding scale for unearned income but wage tax remains the main flashpoint.
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Harrisburg
INS
George M. Leader
House
Ways and Means Committee
George J. Sarrat
Allegheny
Democrat Caucus
Joseph M. Barr
Senate
Barr
Sarraf
Robbery in Pittsburgh Steals Over $200000 in Gems
Loot totaling more than $200000 was stolen from Leon Epstein's wholesale jewelry firm in Pittsburgh. Police believe the daring heist was pulled off by experts who took only the most expensive gems rings and watches. Thieves hid in the building until closing Saturday night then entered an adjoining third floor office and cut through a wall to enter.
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Pittsburgh
Leon Epstein
Frost Sparks Mild Damage Across Western Pennsylvania
Garden experts report slight damage from an early morning frost in western Pennsylvania. Scattered areas were cold with Blairsville at 32 degrees, Phillipsburg and Brookville one degree higher, and Greater Pittsburgh Airport recording 36 degrees.
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Pittsburgh
SNS
Pennsylvania
Blairsville
Phillipsburg
Brookville
Greater
Rodney Brodie May Survive
The 3-year-old Siamese twin Rodney Wee Brodie awoke from a 35 hour coma in Chicago and appeared to recognize his mother and father on Mother's Day. Doctors said he again showed signs of life after the long medical crisis.
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Chicago
Rodney Wee Brodie
Russia risks Austrian treaty as help to Hungary and satellites
UPI reports American officials warn Russia signing an Austrian treaty could open Hungary and other satellites to the free world, widen Czechoslovakia borders, and signal a de facto Iron Curtain rollback. Observers doubt a humanitarian motive, fearing Moscow aims to pattern a neutral Austria for a broader East West balance amid Hungarian upheaval and Prague unrest.
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Washington
Russia
Hungary
Iron Curtain
Kremlin
Free World
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Germany
Europe
Moscow
Sudden Visit To Chiang Made By Adm Stump
Adm Felix B. Stump arrived in Formosa and planned talks with Chiang Kai-shek after meeting with Karl Rankin and Vice Adm. Alfred Pride. Pride had visited Quemoy Island amid Communist artillery fire as tensions rise in the Formosa Strait. Stump said the visit is brief with no particular significance.
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Taipei
Formosa
Felix B. Stump
U.S
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
Stump
Karl Rankin
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
Pride
Quemoy Island
Liu Lien-chi
Chiang
Nine U S Veterans Arrive In Moscow Reunion Article
Nine American veterans arrived in Moscow to join Soviet veterans for a reunion celebrating the Elbe River link up near the end of World War II. They landed Sunday and were welcomed at the airport by former Soviet officers and sergeants they contacted in 1945.
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Moscow
INS
Elber River
Molotov Asked To Sign Austrian Treaty On Friday
The Western Big Three invited Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to sign the Austrian state treaty in Vienna on Friday. Molotov indicated willingness to come. the plan aims for a signing by the Big Four foreign ministers with future details on Austrian neutrality to be negotiated later. Progress of talks in Vienna could determine the Soviet reply as officials hope to finalize the draft that day.
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Molotov
Vienna
Austria
V. M. Molotov
Paris
Soviet Union
Llewelyn Thompson Jr
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Britain
France
Thompson
One Dead After Plane Crash In Ohio
A member of the Ohio National Guard rifle team was found dead about a mile from a C-47 crash near St. Clairsville. Ten passengers jumped when engine trouble forced a rapid descent. four rode the wreck to land. Most survivors were bruised but not seriously injured.
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ST. Clairsville
Ins
Ohio National Guard
Leo M. Kreber
Wheeling
W. Va
Kreber
Columbus
Barnesville
Ohio Guard
CIO Plans Future Moves in G A W Talks with Auto Giants
Detroit UP reports CIO United Auto Workers officials from across the nation met to map future actions in guaranteed annual wage negotiations with General Motors and Ford. Delegates set to report on talks and plan for possible strike votes as contracts near expiration. Ford pact ends June 1, GM pact June 7. Ford talks resume Wednesday, GM May 16.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Man Killed Lying on Erie Tracks Near Union Station
In Erie Pennsylvania a man aged 30 to 40 was struck and killed by a Chicago bound diesel passenger train after lying down on the New York Central tracks at Union Station. Coroner Warren Wood identified a card bearing the name John J Cywinski with no address and said the man appeared itinerant. Railroad workers noted the man loitered around the tracks for days.
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Erie, Pa
New York Central Railroad
Union Station
Warren Wood
John J. Cywinski
Wood
Georgia glider group's lone aircraft wrecks and disbands
ATLANTA UP Steve Snyder was not hurt when his glider crashed trying to fly under a river bridge. The wreck was catastrophic for the North Georgia Soaring Society, forcing the group to disband after losing its only aircraft.
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Atlanta
Steve Snyder
North Georgia Soaring Society
Snyder
Pittsburgh Man Held In Wife Slaying
Sinclair T. Powell 58, chief engineer for the Allegheny County Planning Commission, was turned over to the coroner on charges of bludgeoning his wife Bertha 58 to death with a poker in their Homestead Park home after an argument over chores. Detectives said Powell confessed after a lie detector test. he cited drinking and fear of a merger that could cost him his job.
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Pittsburgh
Sinclair T. Powell
Allegheny County Planning Commission
Homestead Park
Powell
Bertha
Planning Commission
Allegheny County Traffic and Transit Commission
Three Persons Escape Death In Slippery Rock
In Butler county near Slippery Rock a father Joseph Bernstein his three year old son Larry and friend Robert Kiely 38 had a narrow escape when their small fishing boat overturned on Slippery Rock Creek. Bernstein’s boxer dog Fawn alerted Mrs Bernstein in the car and aided the rescue.
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Slippery Rock
PaiNasSi
Slippery Rock Creek
Butler County
Joseph Bernstein
Larry
Robert Kiely
Bernstein
Fawn
Council OKs repayment of $75,000 city loan
City council approved Councilman James Gibson's motion to repay a $75,000 loan borrowed in February before tax receipts. Gibson noted the balance would save money with $150 monthly interest, leaving about $360,000 after repayment as taxes arrive. Mayor DeCarbo seconded the motion.
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James Gibson
Gibson
City Finances
Edward DeCarbo
Truman Memorial Library Groundbreaking Marks Birthday Event
Former President Harry S. Truman and family celebrated his 71st birthday by breaking ground for the Truman Memorial Library in Independence near his boyhood area. The $1.75 million project will house his papers and mementos in Slover Park, with Mrs. Truman, Margaret, and Miss Mary Jane Truman present. Groundbreaking was followed by a reception at the Truman residence.
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United Press
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Slover Park
Truman Memorial
Truman
Mr. Truman
Grandview
People of Independence
Margaret
Mary Jane Truman
Truman House
Reds Ready To Use Hydrogen Bombs If War Comes
Communist Czechoslovakia defense minister Alexej Cepicka warned that the Soviet bloc would deploy hydrogen bombs against the West if war erupts. He spoke at a major military demonstration broadcast by Radio Prague, saying the Czech army is prepared to enter any war with all modern weapons.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Alexej Cepicka
Radio
Prague
Cepicka
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Antonin Zapotocky
Wiliam Siroky
Death Notices for Five Local Residents
Five local deaths listed with ages and addresses: Mrs. Mary Sheaffer 75 of 2308 Summer Avenue, Frank F. Forbes 82 of R. D. 4, A Clyde Sheaf 80 of 215 East Laurel Avenue, Edward F. Brown 59 of 113 West Euclid Avenue, and Charles A. Carran 46 of 464 Neshannonk Avenue.
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Mary Sheaffer
Summer Avenue
Frank F. Forbes
R. D
A. Clyde Sheaf
Laurel Avenue
Edward F. Brown
Euclid Avenue
Charles A. Carran
Neshannock Avenue
L N Strikers Agree To End Long Walkout
Washington United Press report says representatives of 25 000 non operating L N workers across 10 unions and about 4 000 operating employees voted to end the 57 day strike and place the dispute with the National Mediation Board for resolution.
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Washington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
National Mediation Board
Menon Doubts China Detains US Airmen but Sees Release
Indian diplomat V. K. Krishna Menon, arriving in Tokyo, said he believed Communist China would release the American airmen held on spy charges. He added he had not been asked by the United States to intervene and that no formal request had been made to him. He asserted there is no reason China and the United States cannot resolve the issue.
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Tokyo
V. K. Krishna Menon
China
United States
Heiping Krishna Menon
United Nations
Jawharlal Nehru
Hong Kong
Red
Chou En-lai
Peiping
U.S
Formosa
Categorical Fishing Party Should Find Plenty Of Sea Food
Fort Hood public information office announced a 4th Armored Division fishing party. Privates Charles L. Hooks George F. Bates James L. Brooks John W. Pike and privates Jack N. Bass Jimmie J. Haddock plus Pfc Jimmie Haddock took part in the event.
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Fort Hood, Tex
Fort Hood
Last Surviving Peary Eskimo Dies
Copenhagen report said Oday the last survivor who accompanied Robert Peary on Arctic voyages died at Thule Greenland. His exact age was not disclosed by the Danish Greenland Department.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Oday
Robert Peary
Thule
Greenland
Danish Greenland Department
Polio Vaccination Push Delayed by Safety Review
The U S Public Health Service says it will resume the stalled polio vaccination program later this week but urges states to pause inoculations until a new safety check of current vaccine stocks is completed.
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U. S. Public Health Service
U S Pledges Fast Restart of Mass Polio Vaccine
Government scientists pledged to clear the way for rapid resumption of the nation’s mass inoculation program with the Salk polio vaccine. Surgeon General Scheele suspended injections until vaccine lots could be double checked, but remained optimistic that some doses would be cleared for use later in the week and that ample safe vaccine would eventually be available.
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Arthur Kranish Washington
INS
U. S
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Four Killed In Auto Crash In Woodbury NY
Four people died in a Sunday crash in Woodbury when a car carrying Emil Rossi 40 and his daughter Linda 7 and Mrs Rose Lusardi 37 and her daughter Tina 6 collided head on with a truck driven by Nicholas Calia 33. Two other car occupants were seriously injured and the truck drivers treated for shock. The girls wore first communion dresses and were en route to a Mother's Day dinner at their grandparents.
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Woodbury
N.Y
Emil Rossi
Linda
Rose Lusardi
Rossi
Tina
Brooklyn
Nicholas Calia
Inside Todays News 18 Society 4 Sports Stocks
Today’s edition highlights society events and four sports items with stock market angles. Notable social gatherings, fashion notes, and key athletic results provide a snapshot of community interests.
Weekend Golfing Man Escapes To Club Amid Lawn Duties
A man spends days sunny and golf focused while his wife mows the lawn at home. He leaves work early for relaxation and a round, signaling a slow Sunday routine as shrubs bloom and chores pile up. The speaker notes the golfer is fifty eight.
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