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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1956
Page
1
Gov George M Leader argues the big dinner method is superior to mandatory percentage deductions from state employee salaries for campaign funds He criticizes prior GOP practice as a bad tradition and notes a second drive a door to door dollars for Democrats set for Oct 16 to build the campaign war chest
Frost hopes linger as some corn stands shocked in the north county while grapes promise an abundant harvest. Vines hang full and farmers watch for the first frost. A vacant lot at Pearson and E Washington St is graded for parking by Alliance church members. Residents should check vent pipes on gas hot water tanks as winter nears and sidewalks are urged for town.
Scattered light showers tonight with a low of 38 to 45. Thursday will be mostly sunny and cool with scattered showers in the east. U S weather data: 24 hours to 7 am max 74 min 39 precip heavy dew. river stage 7.4 feet. Same date last year: max 92 min 57 no precip.
Vice President Richard M Nixon opened a western swing asserting the Eisenhower administration will not rest on a plateau of prosperity. He criticized Adlai Stevenson for saying the nation reached a new plateau of abundance and warned that a plateau is a tableland that may slope downward. The 32-state tour continues with Nixon addressing Reno audiences.
Police seek a gang after four fires caused about 75000 dollars in damage at the Ames Methodist Church in Pittsburgh Hazelwood district. The vandals ransacked the church, smashed furniture, tossed a Bible from the pulpit, and desecrated religious pamphlets and equipment. Reverend Roger Shaffer led the congregation of about 300 members.
Joseph C. Wirtz estimated losses up to $35,000 after a fire at his greenhouse early yesterday. Boiler house mostly destroyed, one boiler salvageable. two greenhouses burned, parts of two more damaged. A week’s dish gardens valued at $1,000 were lost. Two firemen slightly hurt. lines downed by heat. Fire had previously destroyed the Wirtz home and claimed his wife and grandson on April 15, 1950.
The USS Air Force ended a nine day search for a missing weather plane with 16 aboard over the sea of Japan during Typhoon Emma. Air Force planes flew 135 sorties and logged 1,283 hours in the area northwest of Honshu.
Cincinnati Senator William F. Knowland told the National Association of Retail Druggists that Soviet exploitation of the Suez crisis could ignite a third world war. He likened Egypt’s canal nationalization to a powder magazine and urged restraint, saying England and France would risk escalation if they used force to reopen passage.
The Air Force grounded all B 52 bombers as a precaution while investigating a Merced California crash that killed five. About 100 of the 650 mile per hour eight engine aircraft have been completed and remain available for flight if needed. General Edwin W. Rawlings ordered the action from Dayton Ohio.
In West Chester, Pennsylvania, four children perished in a bed fire at their frame home. Their mother Lucille Watson, 32, was badly burned and hospitalized after attempting a rescue. Victims include Horace Derry, 11. Samuel Derry, 6. Frankeline Watson, 9. and Frank Watson Jr., 7. The stepfather Horace Derry Sr., 50, worked as a night watchman. Fire officials cite an oil stove flare-up or explosion on the first floor as the likely cause.
Col. Mahmoud Younis announced that Egypt has hired 20 American ship pilots in the United States to operate in the Suez Canal. He provided no further details.
Cairo reports Saud Ibn and Feisal II plan a Thursday meeting aboard Feisal's yacht in the Persian Gulf as rumors swirl over Nasser's axis of influence. Informants say the oil monarchs fear Western economic blockade and fear losing Arab backing if Egypt persists in anti Western policy.
President Eisenhower will deliver a 30 minute televised address from Broadca st House detailing his peace efforts and rebutting Democratic claims of Cold War concessions. He may reference the Suez crisis and will receive late reports from London before speaking. The CBS broadcast costs about 80 000 funded by the Republican National Committee.
Sonia Michigan. Roger Link aged 17 pleaded guilty to bombing a minister and church group with tomatoes and peaches. He was sentenced to attend the minister's Sunday services for 90 days.
Robert Kuhel, 14, an American, shot and killed Hugo Walgenbach, the German bank robber who seized the Kuhel family in Heidelberg. The boy, hiding his father’s pistol, fired during a kidnapping ride, sparing the family and saving about $75,000 for the Chase Bank branch managed by his father.
Eight Black students who had attended Sturgis High School for nearly two weeks faced denial of entry as the Union County Board of Education, backed by state police and National Guards, ordered them to Dunbar High School in Morganfield, eleven miles away.
Javier Pereira, a Colombian believed to be 167 years old, arrived from Miami to New York to undergo evaluation at Cornell Medical Center. Ripley’s Storer will fund ten days of longevity tests to verify the famed age as researchers study the tiny traveler.
Boston report shows Joseph Specs O Keefe continuing his testimony in the eight man Brink s Inc robbery case. He describes betrayal, his own fringe of the loot, and asserts pal John H Carlson was murdered for knowing too much about the million dollar robbery. Burke faces trial in a 1954 gun battle aftermath.
Western Big Three diplomats expressed confidence the Atlantic Alliance would stay united if Britain and France resort to armed intervention in Egypt. They noted no U.S. discussion on Suez actions but said Washington could offer sympathy and moral support if needed.
Anthony Tony Foot Fazzone aged 62 of Rr 745 S Mill St George R Andrews aged 80 of Enon Valley Sarah McClimans 51 of 974 Sher wood Dr Albert King 64 of Rr 440 S Grant St John W Porter 53 of 42 N Beaver St Chester H Weaver 31 Ellport MLR 7 die listed with ages and addresses in the latest death record.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged the London Suez conference to appoint a Western shipping czar with powers to divert traffic from the canal if necessary. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd cautioned against force and said he favored peaceful means while considering U.N. Security Council action if Egypt blocks pilots guiding convoys. Prime Minister Anthony Eden told Parliament he would pursue Security Council action if canal operations are blocked.
Washington reports State Superior Court Judge Blair Gunther met with Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall amid talk he could replace retiring Justice Sherman Minton. Gunther, who has sat on the state bench since 1950, is set for a White House meeting Oct. 2 with President Eisenhower, as Minton retires Oct. 8.
At an Argentine air base two airmen were killed and four wounded when an accidental burst from a grounded jet’s guns struck a coffee wagon where they were drinking. The attack occurred while the plane was undergoing repairs about 120 yards away.
Secretary of State Dulles outlines six principles for a Suez Canal users' association at Lancaster House opening of the second Suez conference. He urges UN involvement if a peaceful solution fails, while nations debate the plan's legitimacy amid Egypt's July nationalization and opposition from Iran Sweden Spain and Pakistan. The plenary session ran 70 minutes as Britain seeks UN Security Council involvement.
Peter Swatchford, 11, dropped a lit match by a barn containing hay. The burning cat ran from the building as it singed, but the barn burned for nine hours before flames were controlled.
A group gathers around a roaring fire under the moon with Mars shining as a neon light above. Laughter, songs, food, and coffee fill the wholesome night of fellowship, with warmth from the wood and a carefree mood for fifty eight today.
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