Gunmen hold 6 as hostages in Inglewood standoff
In Inglewood California two armed men held five men and a woman in a bar for nearly three hours. Police fired tear gas spraying the cafe and forcing the bandits to surrender with a hostage present. Howard L Scott and Roger A Hoskins both 19 of Inglewood were jailed on armed robbery suspicion.
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Inglewood
Calif
Howard Lee Scott
Roger A- Hoskins
Los Angeles
Alyon Setock
Bob Perry
al Kostal
Perry
Afro Asiatam Tone Down Attacks on U S at Cairo Conference
At Cairo the African Asian conference began toning down anti U S language in resolutions for Wednesday debate. Delegates from Jordan and the French Sudan urged naming the United States in a racial discrimination resolution though others urged avoiding singling out the nation. The committee struck references to U S atrocities in Korea and did not mention positive neutrality among Bandung principles while citing the 1955 conference as a guide to reducing Cold War tensions.
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Cairo
United States
Jordan
French Sudan
Little Rock
Anup Singh
India
South Korea
Bandung
Expect New Arms Talks Early In 1958
Western diplomats in Moscow foresee talks to halt the arms race in the first half of 1958. Khrushchev and Gromyko signaled limits on a foreign ministers conference, while Moscow aims to woo neutral nations and push Sputniks missiles and peace proposals in a 1958 Kremlin strategy.
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Moscow
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Paris
Kremlin
China
Peiping
NATO
Europe
B&O Expects Layoffs To Increase Amid Slowdown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad President Howard E. Simpson says layoffs will worsen as business slows. Carloadings in 1958 are expected to average about 8 percent below 1957, following over 10 percent cuts in the prior two months.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B&o
Howard E. Simpson
Condition of Mrs Berkebile Now Serious
Somerset Community hospital reported that Mrs Daisy Berkebile wife of County Commissioner Walter F Berkebile is now in serious condition after an automobile crash on Route 601 near Boswell. She suffered a fracture of the right arm and hip injuries.
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Somerset Community Hospital
Daisy Berkebile
Walter F. Berkebile
Shultz Named Justice of the Peace in Somerset Borough
Harrisburg Dec 30 Gov Leader appointed J Frank Shultz of Rockwood as justice of the peace for the Somerset county borough to succeed the late W F Sembower.
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Harrisburg
J. Frank Shultz
Rockwood
Somerset County
W. F. Sembower
Ben-Gurion and Cabinet resign over policy dispute
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his 16 member cabinet quit after a dispute with leftist Laborites over arms policy and coalition tensions. The resignation takes effect tomorrow with Ben-Zvi expected to accept and possibly reconstitute a new government.
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Eric Gottgetrey
Jerusalem
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Ben- Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Abhduth Avodah Labor Unity Party
Germany
Infant’s body found in Snowden Township gully near dump
A passerby found a two month old infant girl dead in a Snowden Township gully near a dump. The coroner’s office says the head and body were crushed and autopsy was ordered. Next, final arguments in a Pittsburgh rate case will be heard January 7 with a suspended effective date to March 19. Smithsonian notes West Virginia Adena artifacts and skeletons may illuminate history. In Missouri a six year old was struck by a steel tipped dart. he was treated and released after removal of the dart from his skull.
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Pittsburgh
Snowden Twp
South Park
Harrisburg
Manufacturers’ Light and Heat Co
Public Utility Commission
Springfield
Bruce Wilson
Wilson
Gladys Jessup
John
Brooklyn, N. Y
Miss Adams Sues Mitchell for $12000 over 1956 auto crash
Shirley Herwig Adams of Friedens sue Arthur William Mitchell for $12000 in a damage action. She alleges injuries from a January 1956 Route 53 collision near Friedens that sent the Lucas vehicle off an embankment as the two cars met head on.
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Shirley Herwig Adams
Friedens
Arthur William Mitchell
Route
Mitchell
James Lucas
Bedford Lad Expected to Have Normal Vision
A two year old, Larry Gardner of near Bedford Pennsylvania, suffered severe injuries when a cabinet toppled. He had one eye removed on Christmas Day and doctors say his remaining eye will regain normal vision. Lions clubs in Cumberland and Bedford have started a medical fund as the father is unemployed.
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Cumberland, Md
Larry Gardner
Larry
Stanley Gardner
Bedford
Lions Clubs
Cumberland
New York Central Names Campbell Chicago Vice President
Douglass Campbell, 38, named resident vice president in Chicago by the New York Central railway. He has served as executive representative in Buffalo for 10 months under Alfred E. Perlman and succeeds Dwight A. Fawesti who retires. Campbell will keep Buffalo duties until a successor is chosen.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad Today
Douglass Campbell
Chicago
Campbell
Alfred E. Perlman
Central
Dwight A. Fawesti
Perlman
Railroad
800 Pound Cow Sits at Center of Damage Suit
In Chicago on December 30 the U S District Court denied Beloit Wisconsin plaintiff Paul F Beiter a new trial in a $7500 damage suit over an injury he claims was caused by an 800 pound cow. Beiter alleged the animal broke his nose after his car struck it on a highway near Marengo Illinois three years prior. Witnesses described Beiter’s stop at taverns and the jury questioned the cow’s existence.
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Shane
Inglewood
Chicago
U.S
Beloit
Wisman
Paul F. Beiter
Charles Erb
Louis Frankel
Marengo
Beiter
Julius J. Hoffman
Four Tavern
Eisenhower OKs four year billion education aid plan
President Eisenhower approved a four year one billion dollar program of federal aid to education aimed at boosting U S science talent. The plan funds 10 000 federal scholarships annually for four years and requires 50 50 state matching, with emphasis on high schools and teacher training.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Russia
Congress
Carr
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Folsom
Folsom
Asia
Africa
Near East
National Science Foundation
Wage Talks In New York Aim To Avert Subway Strike
AFL-CIO Transit Workers Union President Michael J. Quill resumes wage talks as a New Year’s Eve strike threat lingers over the city’s 228 miles of subway lines and eight private bus routes. A state judge proposes fact finding while transit officials report a possible 22 cent offer versus an 18 cent TA figure. Mayor Wagner calls emergency planning with aides.
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New York
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Michale J. Quill
Quill
Supreme Court
Afl-Cio 3
Afl-Cio
Robert F. Wagner
City Hall
Three Year Old Found On Cold Mountain
Shirley Ann Ramsburg vanished from her Shenandoah River Valley home near midafternoon Friday. Volunteers and authorities searched with police, firemen, National Guardsmen and locals. She was found Sunday near a tree, treated for exposure and shock, and is thawing in a cool hospital room with a doll by her side.
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Cold Mountain
Charlestown
W. Va
Shirley Ann Ramsburg
Donald K. MclIntyre
Shirley Ann
Shenandoah River Valley
New Insurance Law Sets Higher Pennsylvanian Bond Rules
Pennsylvania motorists face higher financial responsibility starting January 1. Required liability limits are 10 000 for one person and 20 000 for multiple, plus 5 000 property coverage. old limits were lower. Noninsured drivers may have license suspension if a bond is not posted after an accident. The report also notes broader 1958 tax and payroll changes affecting the unemployment fund.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Revenue Department
Two Remanded And Released In Somerset County Jail
Jack Christner 33 of Somerset is charged with false pretenses for buying painting supplies under a false name at Heiple Supply. Melvin James Porter of Wellersburg is jailed by the FBI for AWOL from military service. J Edward Beeniast 38 of Boswell and Paul Younkin were released after Monday detentions.
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Jack Christner
Somerset
Christner
Heiple Supply Company
Somerset County
Melvin James Porter
Wellersburg
Porter
J. Edward Beeniast
R. D
Boswell
Beeniast
Paul Younkin
Army says rocket tests show 300 mph winds at 60 miles
The army announced that rocket tests indicate winds of 300 miles per hour are common at an altitude of 60 miles above Fort Monmouth New Jersey on December 30.
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FT. Monmouth
N. J
Army
Education Post Names Robert Jones as Staff Director
Chicago December 30 Robert Jones 36 was named staff director of the Wisconsin commission on higher education at a salary of 20000 dollars annually.
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Chicago
Robert Jones
Nam
Wllneis Commission On Higher Education
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U. S
Harold K. Miles
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Long Beach
Larry Miller
Shultz
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West Germany
Middle East
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Smithsonian Institute
West Virginia
Miss Adams
Bedford Lad
Nyc
ED Creagh
William G. Carr
The
National Education Assn
Aim
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Eagles
Coal Mountain Boys Orchestra
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