President Eisenhower Declared In Excellent Health
President Eisenhower underwent a two day full physical at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Presidential News Secretary James Hagerty said the tests show the President in excellent health and promised an extensive medical report to be released at the White House.
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Washington
INS
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Walter Reed Hospital
Burning Tree
White House
Haverty
New three cent stamp honors conservation themes
A brown three cent commemorative stamp featuring a wild turkey arrives at the post office amid busy requests from collectors. Frigid weather and Mother’s Day travel hazards are noted as families prepare for weekend outings, with warnings about unsafe railroad crossings and street construction projects on East St. and West Washington St.
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West Washington St
Grant St
Edward J. Ryan Wins Optimist Marble Tourney
Edward J. Ryan, 12, RD 7, claimed the City County Marble Tournament title at the New Castle Optimist Club event. The sixth grader from N Beaver Two School defeated 116 peers, then beat William J. Briggs of Neshannock Two 6 to 4 in the final to take all the marbles.
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New Castle News
Edward J. Ryan
N. Beaver
George Washington
William J. Briggs
Neshannock Two
John Crews
Croton School
Optimist
Pete Henderson
Rocco Viggiano
Harry “Hop” Mack
New Castle Optimist Club
Young Ryan
Fred Ryan
N. Beaver Two
Neshannock
Repre
Nautilus Sails From Groton for New York Test Run
The USS Nautilus the first atomic powered submarine leaves Groton Connecticut for New York with a press party aboard and scheduled test exercises on the voyage. It will overnight near New York and participate in a harbor reception marking its first appearance there.
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H. D. Quigg
United Press Staff
Groton
Daily Weather Report Night and Sunday Thundershowers Forecast
Scattered thundershowers in the north and fair in the south tonight with a low in the 60s. Sunday partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers by late afternoon. 24 hour period ending 7 am: high 84, low 58, precip 1.15 inches, river stage 11.5 feet. One year ago: high 68, low 37, precipitation negligible.
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United States
Cypriot Claim Of Hangings Is Challenged
In Nicosia the British military governor Sir John Harding rejected EOKA claims that it hanged two English soldiers in reprisal for rebels execution. He said no evidence shows the soldiers were EOKA prisoners. Rebels issued leaflets announcing the hangings and warned of further violence.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
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EOKA
John Harding
Harding
Gordon Hill
Ronnie Shilton
Metaxas Square
Greece
Britain
Ecka
Louis Calhern Dies in Japan on Teahouse Location
MGM reports film star Louis Calhern, aged 61, died today in Nara Japan where he was on location for Teahouse of the August Moon with Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford. The Hollywood cabled update confirms the actor perished while filming abroad.
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Hollywood
INS
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Louis Calhern
Japan
Calhern
Nara
Teen Driver Killed in Car Track Collision Near Sligo
A Clarion county man Ray Clark 17 of Rimersburg died after a late Friday night crash when his car collided with a truck near Sligo. The truck driver Arthur Berkeley 46 of Zelienople escaped injury.
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Clarion, Pa
INS
Clarion County
Sligo
Ray Clark
Rimersburg
Arthur Berkeley
Zelienople
French Troops Report 52 Rebel Deaths in Algeria Battles
French troops claim 52 rebel fatalities in three engagements over 24 hours in western and eastern Algeria. An air guided operation hunted army of Allah militants in the west with 20 dead, 21 killed near Jammapes in the east, and a patrol near Lamy claimed additional losses. Algiers sees 300000 French troops on alert for a spring offensive amid student protests over a law reserving half civil service posts for Moslems.
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Algiers
Algeria
Army of Allah
Jammapes
Lamy
France
Three Die In Sea Crash Off San Nicholas Island
A Navy helicopter crash off San Nicholas Island 80 miles south of Port Hueneme killed Lt Cmdr John R. Widmer, naval airman James R. Garber, and civilian Charles G. Erickson. A fourth crew member was rescued and reported in good condition at Oxnard Air Force Base.
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Port Hueneme
Calif
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San Nicholas Island
Port Hueneme Naval Base
John R. Widmer
Naval
James Richard Garber
Charles G. Erickson
Oxnard Air Force Base
Ambassador Luce To Enter Hospital For Exam
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, back from Rome on leave, will enter Doctor's Hospital on Monday for a complete physical checkup. She said she felt below par and needs to be in top condition to serve. Luce arrived in New York at Idlewild Airport Friday.
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New York
INS
Clare Boothe Luce
United States
Rome
Doctor’s Hospital
Eisenhower
Idlewild Airport
Tito Departs Paris After Talks Ahead of Moscow Visits
President Tito of Yugoslavia leaves Paris after a week of talks shaping forthcoming visits to Moscow by French and Yugoslav leaders. He boarded the train to Belgrade from Pont de St. Esprit and spent his final morning touring Rhone Valley hydro electric projects.
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Paris
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Belgrade
Pont de St. Esprit
Rhone Valley
West Middlesex Man Critically Hurt In Wreck
Ronald Doolin 23 of West Middlesex RD 2 remained unconscious at Mercer Cottage Hospital after a two car collision on US 19 five miles north of Harlansburg. James Nash 30 of Pittsburgh suffered a fractured wrist and head laceration with fair condition.
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West Middlesex
Pittsburgh
US 19
Harlansburg
Mercer Cottage Hospital
Ronald Doolin
West Middlesex RD
James Nash
Longmore Ave
Bellvue
Doolin
Mercer
Nash
Ashtabula
Portersville
May Captures Road-e-o Test In Bossert Park
David May a New Castle High School student won the Jaycee Driving Road-e-o at the Bossert parking lot with 405 points over 11 contestants in the second annual event. Thomas Hopper of N Beaver Typ High School finished second with 366.5 points and William Rodgers of New Castle High was third with 344 points. May earns a gift certificate and eligibility for Hershey state championships later in summer. A crowd watched youths navigate a maze of obstacles and traffic scenarios.
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David May
New Castle High School
New Castle Motor Club
Jaycee
Thomas Hopper
N. Beaver Typ
William Rodgers
New Castle High
Junior 1 Chamber of Commerce
Hershey
Tornado Fear Triggers Fatal Crash Killing Four In Indiana
Four people died Friday night in an auto collision near Auburn as a family fleeing a false tornado warning collided with another car. Judith Anderson eight of Waterloo Indiana testified that her father the Rev James Johnson tried to escape a warned area in northern Indiana. Warnings for northern Indiana and southern Michigan were lifted after a night of strong winds and rain. Michigan police reported a tornado near Ann Arbor that did not touch ground and caused damage in Michigan’s lower peninsula, including Parchment a suburb of Kalamazoo.
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Auburn
Judith Anderson
Waterloo
Ind
James Johnson
Indiana
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Lower Peninsula
Parchment
H-Bomb Test Delay Near As Redwing Opens On Runit
On Runit Island at Eniwetok, a small group of newsmen and civil defense officials watched within 75 yards of a crater from the May 5 atomic test as the Redwing program neared its hydrogen bomb drop. Weather delays pushed the test to Monday dawn, with Atomic Energy Commission staff deploying ion chambers to gauge radiation. The crowd was briefed toward the potential blast on Namu islet.
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Bob Considine
Eniwetok Proving Ground
Ins
Nehru
Runit Island
America
Aunit
Atomic Energy Commission
Namu Islet
Three Boy Scouts Missing After Canoe Mishap
Five canoes with eight scouts and two scoutmasters overturned in rain swollen French Creek near Pollock’s Bridge between Waterford and Cambridge Springs. Three scouts from LeBouef Council are reported missing after leaving Friday on their annual camping trip and bivouacing at Mill Village.
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Erie
French Creek
Pollock’s Bridge
Waterford
Cambridge Springs
Here
LeBouef Council
Erie County
Mill Village
House Probers Extend Soviet Embassy Probe
House investigators broaden inquiry into whether other Soviet Embassy officials aided or pressured U S government staff for military data. The panel added Robert W Davis historian at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology to the list, with prior inquiries into Sidney Hatkin and Richard Cutter. Mikheev pursued information from multiple officials and maintained contact with Davis over several months.
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Washington
House
Vladimir Mikheev
U.S
House Committee On
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Richard Arens
Mik
Heev
Robert W. Davis
Medical Museum
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Sidney Hatkin
Air Force Statistician
Richard
Cutter
Armed Forces Medical Library
Davis
Hatkin
British apology over frogman sparks political strain
The Eden government apologized to Russia for a Royal Navy frogman incident in Portsmouth harbor as Moscow disclosed notes between Britain and the USSR. The move complicates a Commons debate and follows questions about Cmdr Lionel Crabb's unauthorized actions.
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London
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Russia
Eden
Moscow
Britain
Soviet Union
Cmdr
Lionel Crabb
Portsmouth
Foreign Office
Crabb
Sir Anthony
UN envoy says Middle East less dangerous now
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told sixty visiting Congressmen at UN headquarters that the Middle East situation is less dangerous than six weeks ago and that the UN is moving in the right direction toward an Arab-Israeli peace. He cited Dag Hammarskjold’s Security Council mission as a real accomplishment.
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United Nations
N.Y
Death Notice for Mrs Helen Barnes McBride in Bowling Green
Mrs. Helen Barnes McBride, age 35, of Bowling Green Virginia is reported dead. Her passing was noted in the local death records on Saturday May 12 1956.
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Helen Barnes McBride
Bowling Green
Virginia
Enon Valley Substation Struck By Lightning Storm
A lightning bolt hit the Enon Valley Penn Power substation at 3 20 a.m. cutting power to about 1000 customers in Lawrence and Beaver Counties. Service returned by 10 a.m. The outage took four high powered spans offline. power feeds from the West Pittsburg plant. Transformers burned mainly in rural areas, officials said.
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Penn. Power Company
Enon Valley
Lawrence
Beaver Counties
West Pittsburg
Weather Turns Warm as Showers Drift Across State
Forecasters report a shift to warm, summerlike conditions with highs in the 80s and overnight in the 60s. Rain and thundershowers are expected today and likely Monday, initially confined to central mountains and eastern counties but spreading statewide by Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Aachen Speech Praised as Russia NATO Link Proposal
The Soviet Union praised Churchill for his Aachen speech proposing Russia join NATO if it rejects Stalinism. The U S State Department backed Churchill's idea while Pravda acknowledged Soviet influence. West German Foreign Minister Brentano rejected Russia’s NATO inclusion as premature.
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Moscow
INS
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Aachen
Russia
NATO
U. S. State Department
Communist Party
Pravda
Churchill
Heinrich von Brentano
State Department
Classified Comics and Local Notes Page Preview
A brief glimpse shows a page header for classified comics cross word editorial Ellwood obituary and listings across sections such as radio television society and churches with theaters indicated on pages 6 and 8.
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Cross Word
Ellwood
Society i
Eae DeeGe
Canoe Churches
Farmer and Golfer Weathered by Rain Shared Struggles
Arthur Mometer notes farmers and golfers share a restless windy day as rain hampers toil and play. Both seek sun after a humid seventy seven degree spell, while plows and clubs wait under gray skies and damp frustration.
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Robert G. Nixon
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Neshannock Ave
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Washington St
Mt. Jackson
Daily Weather Report
Clarion
Ambassador Luce
May
United Press
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Tokyo
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Chicago
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Kirix
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Arthur Mometer
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