Elgin-Beaver Dam supper aids Elks smorgasbord drive
Community notices list a pancake and sausage supper at Elgin Beaver Dam fire hall on April 7 from 5 to 8 pm with adults one dollar and children fifty cents, plus a piano act in the Gold Room at Hotel Corry and Explorer Post 85 paper drive on the same day. Also multiple discharged and deceased notices and Elks events including officers election and Ladies Day smorgasbord on April 7.
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Elgin-Beaverdam Fire Hall
Bree
Eden
Gold Room
Hotel Corry
Anne Mallory
Leonare
Explorer
Kennedy Sees Civil Rights Progress Amid Criticism
Philadelphia AP. Robert F Kennedy, attorney general, argued in a 1962 speech that U S progress on civil rights can counter foreign criticism of discrimination. Addressing about 1100 at the Fellowship Commission annual meeting, he urged honesty about problems and pride in America to persuade the world.
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Philadelphia
Robert F Kenedy
United States
America
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Panel To Hear White Supreme Court Nomination
Washington public hearings planned by the Senate Judiciary Committee a week hence on the nomination of Byron R. White to the Supreme Court. Senators from both parties foresee little opposition to Justice Charles B. Whittaker’s retirement due to ill health.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Byron R. White
Supreme Court
Charles B. Whittaker
Toxicologist Testifies In Senk Murder Trial
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania the prosecution called private toxicologist Robert F Johnston to testify as the Senk murder case nears conclusion. He will discuss bloodstains found on clothes of 13 year old Jane Mary Benfield whose body was found July 12 on a mountain near her home. Senate defendant Frank Earl Senk 29 faces first degree murder charges for attacking the girl after she resisted his advances.
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Bloomsburg
Frank Earl Senk
Jane
Mary Benfield
Robert F. Johnston
Harrisburg
Columbia County
C. W. Kreisher
Dist
Howard Berninger
Johnston
Centralia
Senk
Janary
B. J. McCole
Hazleton
McCole
Benfield
Kretscher
Missionary Conference for Corry Church Surpasses Goal
First Methodist Church of Corry reports the first Missionary Conference closed April 1 surpassing the $310,000 world mission goal by $1,450. Rev Walter Gilliland announced total Faith Promises of $11,450 raised to date. Eight day meetings drew 3,630 attendees across rallies, breakfasts, youth and children sessions, with many youth dedicating to full Christian service. A second conference is planned for next year.
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First Methodist Church of
Gilliland
Funeral notices for Esther P Shelkey and Guy M Stafford
Funeral services for Esther P Shelkey will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Pauls Episcopal Church Mayville with interment at Beaverdam Cemetery. Friends may call Freay Funeral Home Mayville 7–9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Guy M Stafford funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Bracken Funeral Home with calls Wednesday 7–9 p.m. and Thursday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. Interment at Pine Grave Cemetery.
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Tu. Fites
Esther P. Shelkey
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mayville
Beaverdam Cemetery
Freay
Stafford
Guy M. Stafford
Bracken Funeral Home
Pine Grave Cemetery
Trial closes in Cuba invaders case at military court
The military court has ordered a closed trial for 1179 prisoners captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion and is ready to deliver verdicts. Prosecutor Santiago Cubas urged sentences from 20 years to death for treason against Cuba’s state order. The proceedings, held in a colonial fort courtroom, barred Western observers.
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Hivana AP
Jude
Bay of Pigs
Has
Prosesntor Santiago Cubas
Fidel Castro
el Mundo
Industrial Park Project To Give Butler 200 Jobs
The Area Redevelopment Administration will provide 2,000 for an industrial park in Butler Pennsylvania to create 200 permanent jobs. A 15 year loan of 16,088 to Butler County's Community Development Corp funds land acquisition. A 23,000 grant supports road and utility extensions to the site. Standard Packaging Corp of New York City will invest 220,000 to build a plant producing metalized paper and paperboard.
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Washington
Spercent Standard Packaging Corp
New York City
Fim
Housewives credited with saving boy from bee stings
Two housewives Barbara Van Deveen and Valerie Shipp heard a boy crying near a neighbor’s hive and sprayed him with a garden hose. Robin Scott Wilkerson, 5, received 150 stings but survived after his father John rushed him to a private physician.
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Ue Gle
Cam
Robin Scott Wilkerson
Jede Youngster
Barbara van Deveen
Valerie Shipp
John
Robin
Spiteful Husband Indicted for Car Destruction
Thurman Adkins, 26, indicted for malicious destruction of property after grand jury heard he vandalized his former wife’s car. Prosecution says he jumped on the hood, smashed windows, poured sugar in the gas tank and sand in the radiator. the vehicle was sold for junk.
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Culumsud
Giant 340 ton antenna in Andover aids world TV goals
The Andover Me site unveiled a 340 ton antenna nicknamed the ear that captured a six mile distant whisper yesterday in a step toward global television. Scientists bounced a signal to a target satellite on Black Mountain and received a echo amplified a million times. The system will both transmit to and receive from a Telstar satellite launching from Cape Canaveral in May. Workmen on the framework show the antenna’s 177 foot length.
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Andover
Black Mountain
Star
Cape Canaveral Yale
Gus Brickner Aims To Be World Cold Water Swim Champion
Pittsburgh AP reports Gust Brickner a 50 year old steelworker from near Charleroi claims to be the world champion of cold water swimming. He says he swims daily year round except Christmas since 194 and has sworn statements films and documents to prove his claim. He began cold water swimming at 16 after a dare and seeks official recognition.
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Gus
Pittsburgh
Gus Brickner
Charleroi
Brickner
Man braving river ice keeps long cold water streak alive
Gus Brickner swims the Monongahela through ice and frigid weather. He cut nine inches of ice for access and endured 12 below zero temperatures. Since 1990 he has dipped in subzero water 42 straight days and continues to swim wherever possible despite harsh conditions.
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Monongahela
Pye
Gus
Pittsburgh
Brickner
Air Force Navy Rival Over Pacific Nuclear Tests
Washington AP reports a rivalry between the Air Force and Navy for a larger share of forthcoming Pacific nuclear test shots. About three dozen tests are planned, with some above 100 miles, likely from Vandenberg Base or over the Pacific. Tests may involve live weapon systems and launches from land sea and air platforms, with France England Belgium and Canada also tied to the program.
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Air Force
Navy
Pacific
Kennedy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
United States
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
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