French Premier Mollet in Moscow for brief disarmament talks
French Premier Guy Mollet arrives in Moscow for a brief Franco Soviet visit with no agenda announced. The Soviet Union pledges to cut armed forces by 1.2 million within a year and to seek further reductions if the West matches cuts. Premier Bulganin urges settlement of disarmament differences.
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Moscow
Russia
Guy Mollet
Soviet Union
West
Nikolai Bulganin
Dandelions Spread Across Wet County Lawns
Heavy rains have turned lawns yellow as dandelions proliferate across much of the county. Farmers in Little Beaver Township struggle with flooded fields and mud, halting tractor use and prompting detours as Shenango and Little Beaver Creek flood waters erode roads. June bugs arrive amid weather impact.
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Little
Beaver Township
Shenango
Little Beaver Creek
Truman to Arrive in France for Hero's Welcome
Marty Truman will land in Le Havre on Wednesday for a hero's welcome on his first post presidency visit to Europe. He has previously toured Europe as an Army officer in World War I and as U S president at Potsdam. He remains popular in Missouri and abroad.
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LE Havre
France
Marty Truman
Europe
Truman
United States
Missouri
Divorce Granted to Winthrop Gardiner from Sonja Henie
In West Palm Beach Florida socialite Winthrop Gardiner was granted a divorce from Sonja Henie on grounds of desertion and mental cruelty. Circuit Judge Joseph White issued the decree and ordered both parties to follow the divorce agreement prohibiting alimony or reimbursement.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Winthrop Gardiner
Sonja Henie
Joseph White
Weather Update with Clouds and Showers Ahead
Increasing cloudiness and cool today with showers and possible scattered storms tonight. Highs 64 to 70, lows in the 50s. Wednesday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. River stage 11.6 feet. 24 hour temps max 84 min 45. no precipitation. Year ago: max 73 min 34.
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United States
Harriman Opens Campaign Tour With Campaign Stop
Gov Averell Harriman of New York announces his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He will speak in Butte Montana at noon and in Spokane Washington tonight marking the start of his nationwide campaign.
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Butte, Mont
Averell Harriman
New York
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Five Die In Mother's Day Crash In Ohio
Two of the five Markwell children injured in the US 422 wreck were placed in critical condition at Jameson Memorial Hospital. Robert 6 and Dorothy 13 suffer hip and possible skull fractures with poor nights. Cecilia 7 Tommy 3 and Susan 25 months were listed as serious. The fate of the other victims remains severe as investigators continue.
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Markwell
US 422
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Robert Markwell
Dorothy
Cecilia
Tommy
Susan
Niles
Ohio
Compton
East Tarentum
Allan Fitzpatrick
Knox Ave
Mary Louise
Ruth Ann
William
Fitzpatrick
Roscoe Williams
W. Grant St
Colume
Youth Involved In Fatal Wreck Faces Inquest
Harry Stephenson twenty one of New Castle will face a coroner s inquest after release from Ellwood City General Hospital. He was the driver in a three car collision Saturday night that killed Harry Cory fourteen of Wampum. Witnesses say Stephenson and Roger Swogger eighteen of Wampum were racing on Pa. 288 before the crash. Three others were injured including Mrs Viola Thomas Harold Guy and Herman Guy.
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Harry Stephenson
New Castle R. D
Ellwood City General Hospital
John A. Meehan Jr
Stephenson
Harry Cory
Wampum R. D
Roger Swoggers
Wampum
Herman Guy
Guy
William Harvey
W. Woods St
Ellwood City
Viola Thomas
West Pittsburg
Harold Frederick Guy
Sen George to Accept NATO Appointment Post
Sen Walter F George of Georgia will be Eisenhower's personal representative to NATO with the rank of special ambassador. He agreed at a White House meeting after announcing he would not seek reelection. His task is to shift NATO emphasis to political and economic lines sought by the President.
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Washington
INS
Walter F. George
D. Ga
Eisenhower
NATO
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
John Foster Dulles
Senate
Dulles
U S Arms Shipment to West Germany Arrives in Bremerhaven
The first large scale transfer of a $1 billion U.S. arms gift to West Germany arrived in Bremerhaven. Bonn and U S officials attended a dock side ceremony marking the handover for the new 12 division Bundeswehr to be raised by 1959.
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Bremerhaven
U.S
West Germany
Bonn
United States
Bundeswehr
Indonesia President Sukarno Heads to Washington
President Sukarno of Indonesia travels to the United States for an official state visit. He says Indonesia will accept aid from Russia the U S or any country if free of political and military ties and backs China's UN bid. He arrives in Hawaii and will fly with Eisenhower to Washington.
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Herbert Gordon Washington
INS
Sukarno
Indonesia
Russia
U.S
Washington
Red China
United Nations
Asia
New Date For H Bomb Blast Aboard USS Mt McKinley
Atomic task force officials moved the first air dropped H bomb test to Thursday due to weather improvements. The detonation on Bikini Atoll will be the first H bomb explosion witnessed by reporters, after officials postponed the original date to avoid radioactive fallout over inhabited Marshalls islands.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Atomic Task Force
U. S
United States
Marshalls
Three School Boys Drown At Scranton
Three schoolboys died after attempting to rescue a swimmer at Fife’s Dam near Childs in Lackawanna county Pennsylvania. Gerald Clark aged 10 Daniel Linsenbirger 8 and Thomas Cibula 13 drowned when two friends went to his aid after he called for help following getting beyond his depth.
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Scranton, Pa
INS
Fife
Childs
Lackawanna County
Gerald Clark
Daniel Linsenbirger
Thomas Cibula
Linsenbirger
Stamps Delay Hits State Sales Tax Start Date
Gov. George M. Leader delayed the 1.8 billion stamps needed to start the three per cent sales tax by July 1 due to printing obstacles. The move risks derailing the 1955-56 General Assembly adjournment plans as legislators consider postponing the stamps by two months or adjusting the effective date to match stamp production.
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John Paget
Harrisburg
INS
George M. Leader
General Assembly
Governor Leader
House Senate Conference Committee
Leader
U S unlikely to follow Russia in big cutbacks
U S political and military leaders warned against following the Kremlin in reducing forces. The White House linked any 1.2 million Russian army cut by May to a credible disarmament inspection. Dulles to brief at 11 a.m. and the Pentagon noted America’s own heavy cuts.
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Howard Handleman
Pentagon
America
Sixteenth Annual Erie WSCS Meeting in New Castle
The Erie Conference of the Woman's Society of Christian Service meets May 16 and 17 at First Methodist Church New Castle with about 500 attendees from western Pennsylvania. Registration begins at 10 a.m. Thursday. opening session at 1 p.m. features organ preludes by Edwin Lewis and a theme “Thy Kingdom Come.” Mrs. J. R. Rupert presides. Mrs. J. F. Rentz speaks on “Where I Saw Christ in a World Like This.”
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Erie
Woman's Society of Christian Service
New Castle
Western Pennsylvania
First Methodist Church
N. Jefferson St
North
Edwin Lewis
J. R. Rupert
WSCS
J. F. Rentz
Christ
Lewis
Stolen Tires Truck Seized Near Hillsville
State police moved on a tip and seized a $40,000 tractor-trailer load of 800 whitewall tires in Hillsville. The tires, stolen from Consolidated of Michigan in Akron, Ohio, were to be shipped to Cadillac Co of Detroit. The truck was found at Hill town at 4 a.m. with keys in the vehicle. No arrests reported.
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Hillsville
Cadillac Co
Detroit
Hilltown
Akron
Ohio
Consolidated of Michigan Co
Death notices list several local residents
Death records report Richard W. Baun 79 in New Springfield D Chester Jiggs Coates 40 of 1431 Johnson St Ralph A. Grove 81 of Butler Ave Mrs Daniel L. McCormick 69 RD 6 James E. Ramsey 98 RD 6 and Mike Toney 73 of 411 E Long Ave. The item presents ages and addresses for each deceased.
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Richard W. Baun
New Springfield
Eden Refuses To Explain Frogman Case
Sir Anthony Eden declines to discuss Lt Cmdr Lionel Crabb's disappearance, turning the incident into a major Cold War mystery. Opposition and press push for accountability, while authorities hint the truth may stay hidden to avoid embarrassment.
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Eden
Norman Runnion
United Press
London
Anthony Eden
Lionel Crabb
Labor Party
Crabb
Portsmouth
Postmaster Appointment Expected Soon for New Castle
An acting postmaster for New Castle is expected to be named soon to replace the late William R. Hanna. The choice will come from the Postmaster General with Republican weight from U S Senators Edward Martin and James H Duff and local Republican chair W Filmore Campbell. The position is a civil service appointment and temporary pending a later civil service exam. Salary about 7000 dollars annually with potential 500 raise after a year. Multiple local figures including Sheriff Frank L Coen Mayor Edward A DeCarbo and others are named as possible candidates.
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New Castle
William R. Hanna
Arthur H. Summerfield
United States
Edward Martin
James H. Duff
Lawrence County
Republican Committee
W. Filmore Campbell
New Wilmington
Frank W. Hill
Frank L. Coen
Edward A. DeCarbo
Gene Schweinsberg
Cecil Potter
Ray Chapman
Heat Wave Pressures California as Much of Nation Warms
Heat spread from California as spring returned to the East and Great Lakes region. Cool Canadian air moved into New York state and Pennsylvania while southeastward cool air pressed into Arkansas and Oklahoma. The muggy heat in Michigan and Ohio tied to weekend tornadoes, causing deadly consequences.
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California
Midwest
Great Lakes
New York State
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Michigan
Ohio
Australian farmers tour U S farms in Berkeley county
Twenty Australian farmers led by ten women and ten men visit Martinsburg Berkeley County for four days as part of a farm tour sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation. They observe United States farming methods and practices.
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Martinsburg. W. Va
INS
Martinsburg
U.S
American Farm Bureau Federation
Berkeley County
One Killed Two Hurt In Atomic Plant Blast
A 55 gallon drum of zirconium oxide exploded in the Oak Ridge plant materials salvage yard causing one fatal burn and two critical injuries. The blast, felt five miles away, shattered the drum and scattered nearby metal but did not damage plant facilities.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
INS
Oak Ridge
Public housing criticized as not solving housing problem
Erle Stapleton of the National Association of Real Estate Boards told the New Castle Board of Realtors that public housing won t solve the housing problem. He cited high subsidy costs to the federal government, noting this year's allocation of million dollars for public housing.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
New Castle
Harriman Wins Wyoming Delegates In Push For Nominaton
Gov Averell Harriman gained a sizeable bloc of delegates outside New York as Wyoming Democrats elected 28 delegates with 12 Harriman supporters though not officially pledged. The move coincides with Kefauver unopposed in Nebraska for the Democratic ballot and Eisenhower unopposed on the Republican line with write ins allowed.
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Raymond Lahr
United Press
Washington
New York
Averell Harriman
Wyoming
Harriman
Northwestern
Nebraska
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Medusa to Build Modern Cement Plant Near Wampum
Medusa Portland Cement Co will start construction within sixty days on a new $12,000,000 cement plant between the present Medusa plant and the Beaver River near Wampum. Ellery Sedgwick Jr announces plans call for two 12 by 400 foot kilns and full dust control, with occupancy hoped in the third quarter of 1957. The plant will serve western Pennsylvania, northeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia with a 2.5 million barrel annual capacity as part of a $30 million expansion.
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Medusa
Wampum
Medusa Portland Cement Co
Ellery Sedgwick, Jr
Cleveland, O
Beaver River
Crescent Portland Co
Sedgwick
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Arden Krebs
General Superint
Colume
Millions Of South Korean Voters March To Polls
In Seoul under clear skies millions of voters went to polls to decide a president and vice president. Incumbent Syngman Rhee appears headed for a third term with running mate Lee Ki Poong facing Democratic contender John Chang. Cho Bong Am leads the leftist vote while P. H. Shinicky has died before campaigning. Chang predicted victory after voting and urged a fair result without police interference.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Lee Ki Poong
Democratic Party
John Chang
Progressive Party
Cho Bong Am
P. H. Shinicky
Chang
Lee
Airliner With 28 Aboard Crashes Upon Landing in Katmandu
An Indian airliner carrying 28 passengers crashed on landing at Katmandu Nepal. The airline office in New Delhi said casualty numbers were not yet known.
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New Delhi
INL
Katmandu
Nepal
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