President To Defend His View Syria s Budget In Speech Tonight
President Eisenhower prepares a radio television address at 9 p m EDT to defend his budget and foreign aid plan amid economy pressure and Congress. He will avoid criticizing Congress, warning again that deep cuts may follow. Syria asks a United Nations Security Council meeting in a Kremlin influenced bid to keep Middle East tensions alive.
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Syria
Robert E. Clark
Washington
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Eisenhower
Congress
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Middle East
L-Nation Council
U. N
Lake Huleh
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
Rafik Asha
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Council For
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Weather and civic notes in a flood of late spring items
Rain and hail drenched the district overnight while Ed Fisher reports fresh garden vegetables from Laurel Boulevard. Cleanup work advances at cemeteries for Memorial Day, campaign posters appear, youths prepare for graduation, scarecrows guard gardens, wildlife feasts on crops, street crews repair roads, and neighborhood dogs howl into the night.
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Ed. Fisher
Laurel Blvd
Fisher
Weather outlook with showers and storms tonight
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Warmer in the northeast with little temperature change. Tonight's low 60 to 65. 24 hour stats show max 83, min 60, precipitation 0.54 inch, river stage 6.8 feet. Year ago same date had max 84, min 67, precip 0.02 inch, river 12.9 feet.
U S Rejects Japan Appeal To Cancel Nevada Tests
In Washington United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles rejected Japan s request to halt nuclear tests set to begin Thursday in Nevada. Dulles expressed sympathy but said tests must continue amid the Soviet Union s rejection of a proper inspection agreement. He pledged the tests would be conducted to avoid significant worldwide radiation increase.
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Washington
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U.S
Japan
Nevada
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Dulles
Four Ohio Men Feared Drowned In Lake Erie
Coast Guard continued a search for four Washington County men missing after their 16 foot cabin cruiser, found half submerged near Conneaut Ohio, as high waves may have swept them overboard. Missing are John W. Trump John Sklarski Leslie Pierce all of Canonsburg and Stanley Walter of Lawrence.
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Coast Guard
Washington County
Lake Erie
Conneaut
John W. Trump
John Sklarski
Leslie Pierce
Canonsburg
Stanley Walter
Lawrence
Two Boys Admit Setting Fire at Chicago Church
Two boys admitted starting a massive blaze at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Chicago’s South Side. Police reported one boy aspired to bank robbery as the cause of the $500,000 fire.
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Chicago
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Gas Co Begins Making Refunds In Area Today
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co credits over 24 000 Lawrence County accounts in gas rate refunds for Sept 1 1954 to Nov 30 1955. Local manager Thomas J Foley says 18 725 customers in New Castle and about 5 500 in Ellwood City will receive refunds. state total about 230 000 customers worth roughly 400 000 dollars. Gas bills mailed today will show the credit to present customers.
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Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Lawrence County
Thomas J. Foley
New Castle
Ellwood City
Britain Uses Suez On Egypt Terms Amid Crisis
Britain and Egypt move toward restoring relations while a Conservative Party revolt and a Labor bid threaten Prime Minister Macmillan. Talks in Rome to shape economic ties and thaw 280 million dollars in frozen sterling may follow. Israel may test the canal with a chartered shipment to probe Egypt’s blockade.
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United Press
Britain
Egypt
Harold Macmillan
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Rome
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Israel
Guard Texas Flooded Town From Looters
National Guardsmen and state police guarded Lampasas Texas after a flash flood struck the 7700 population town. Four people drowned and another was missing as Sulphur Creek unleashed a deadly wall of water. Clean up began as rivers returned to banks and sun dried the streets. The report notes the ongoing recovery and a continued search.
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Lampasas
Tex
Texas
Dallas
Husband of death by own action shoots doctor in Oakland
Saul Sydney Klass 53, a retired jeweler and husband of a woman who died by suicide, shot Dr. Harold G. Trimble 61, a leading lung specialist and tuberculosis figure, five times then surrendered after claiming Trimble caused his wife to kill herself. Dr. Eaton dismissed the accusation as unfounded.
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Oakland
Calif
Harold G. Trimble
Saul Sydney Klass
Trimble
National Fuperculosis Assn
California Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Klass
Paul Potts
S.o.b
de. J. Lloyd Eaton
Aass
Senate Upholds 58 Million Post Office Funds Cut
The Senate, with one dissenter supporting deeper cuts, fully upholds the House approved 58 million dollar slash in post office funding.
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Washington
Ins
House
Mystery Sub Sightings Off Canada's East Coast
Unidentified submarines were spotted near Newfoundland and Labrador shores within a month. A report from Placentia Bay describes a submarine near Spencer's Cove lying 250 yards offshore for about 30 minutes before submerging. The Canadian Navy weighs the possibility of Russian craft amid ongoing sightings.
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Halifax
N.S
Canada
Placentia Bay
John Slade
Spencer's Cove
St. John’s
Mfld
Wreckage Found From Trans-Canada Flight Missing Since December
Mountain climbers on Mt Chilliwack near Vancouver located wreckage fragment bearing a serial number from the Trans-Canada Airlines plane that disappeared with 62 aboard last December. Airline spokesman confirms piece found by a man and woman climbers amid thick clouds near the 8200 foot peak.
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Vancouver
B.C
INS
Trans-Canada Airlines
Mt. Chilliwack
Father And Daughters Drown In Potomac River Rescue
Virgil J. Mangold of Cumberland Maryland died while trying to save his two daughters Diana Lee 11 and Sandra Kay 9 who were swept into deep water on the South Branch of the Potomac River at Green Springs West Virginia. Their uncle Harry Mallow 22 pulled the aunt Vada Ann Mallow to safety and revived her with artificial respiration.
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Romney
W.va
Virgil J. Mangold
Cumberland
Green Springs
Diana Lee
Sandra Kay
Vada Ann Mallow
Mongold
Harry Mallow
Mallow
Seek To Avert Dairy Strike
Negotiations resumed in Pittsburgh to avert a threatened strike by Local 205 milk and ice cream workers. Members rejected a two year contract offer by 1 912 to 779 and empowered officials to call a strike if a satisfactory deal is not reached to replace the expired five year agreement.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Greater Pittsburgh
Death Notice Briefs for Emma Black Novak Schweinsberg
Emma V Black of 1205 Wilmington Ave age listed as remained unknown. Steve Novak aged 82 of 2801 Ellwood Rd. Mrs Josephine Schweinsberg age 68 of 1049 Adams reported in local death notices with brief identifiers and addresses.
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Emma V. Black
Wilmington Ave
Steve Novak
Ellwood
Josephine Schweinsberg
Adams
Bishop Carroll Administers Sacrament in Two Churches
His Excellency Most Rev. Coleman Carroll D D Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to 468 persons at two Catholic churches today. A class of 439 will be confirmed at St Mary at 7 30 p m with Rev Daniel Hunt C P preaching. A class of 29 will be confirmed at St John the Baptist Church at 4 p m with Rev Jules Roos preaching.
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Coleman
F. Carroll
Pittsburgh
St. Mary
Daniel Hunt
C. P
Francis M McCarter
Top Teamster Officials To Meet Over Beck Charges
A five man committee of Teamsters vice presidents convened in Washington to consider charges that President Dave Beck used his office for personal profit. The group may decide Beck’s fate amid reports of a push for his resignation. no action was expected immediately.
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Washington
INS
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Afl-Cio
Long Sought Associate Of Beck Found In Ellensburg
Norman Gessert, a relative and business associate of Dave Beck, was found in Ellensburg Washington and served with a subpoena to testify before the U S Senate Rackets committee. Deputy U S Marshal James M Clark and Kittitas county Sheriff R Dor delivered the papers.
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Seattle, Wash
INS
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Norman Gessert
Dave Beck
Ellensburg
Wash
U. S. Senate
Gessert
Beck
U.S
James M. Clark
Kittitas County
R. F. Dor
Anniversary of Jamestown Landing Observed
Jamestown Virginia observed a 250th anniversary with 17th century drums and 20th century jet displays. Dignitaries present included Vice President Nixon and Gov. Stanley among others, as spectators enjoyed actors in period dress and modern air force demonstrations.
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Jamestown
Ellwood
Nixon
Walter Robertson
Dudley Sharp
TAC
Tactical Air Command
O.P. Weyland
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
U.S
Harry P. Byrd
D-Va
Festival Park
Mailmen to Ride Motorized Vehicles in Bethesda
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield will deploy all 27 Bethesda mail carriers on three wheel Mailstors. The move aims to improve efficiency amid budget cuts and cost concerns but officials would not confirm long term taxpayer savings or costs.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Bethesid
Uncle Snub Would Be Amazed by Modern Roads at 74
The piece reflects on past travel limits when steam cars and horse buggies ruled and contrasts them with today’s hundreds of miles of concrete lanes. It notes increased car numbers and calls for more roads to keep pace with mobility as the day reaches age 74.
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Uncle Snub
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