Notable officers listed in a wartime roster
Cmdr Walter Shirra of Hackensack New Jersey Navy Air Cmdr Alan Shephardie East Derry TI WL Air Force Capt Virgil Grissom Mitchell Indiana Air Force Capt Donald Stayton Sparta Wisconsin Marine Lt Col John Glenn New Concord Ohio Navy Lt Malcolm Carpenter Garden Grove California Air Force Capt Leroy Comperer Carbondale Colorado were named in a wartime roster.
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Walter Shirra
Hackensack
N. J
Navy
Alan Shephardie
East Derry
Air Force
Virgil Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Donald Stayton
Sparta
Wis
John Glenn
New Concord
Ohio
Malcolm Carpenter
Garden Grove
Calif
Leroy Comperer
Carbondale
Colo
Seven Mercury astronauts named for first orbital flights
WASHINGTON AP seven jet pilots in their 30s family men faced a challenging future as newly assigned Mercury astronauts Their mission to ride satellites around the earth at altitudes of 100 to 150 miles and speeds of 18000 miles an hour and return safely They spoke calmly at a NASA news conference noting the work would be difficult but not too dangerous Their families approved and they were eager to join the program The seven include three Air Force captains Twr ey G Cooper Jr Virgil J Grissom Donald K Slayton three Navy officers Malcolm B Carpenter Walter M Schiradr Alan B Shepard Jr and one Marine Lt Col John H Glenn Jr The group features the oldest member Glenn a former record-setter and each astronaut has two children except Carpenter with four and Slayton with one
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Washington
Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Barre
Earth
Air Force
Twrcy G. Cooper Jr
Carbondale
Cole
Just Tuned
Thream
Virgil J. Grissom
Mitchell Ind
Donald K Slayton
Sparta
Wis
Navy
Malcolm 8
Carpenter
Boulder Cig
Walter M. Sebiradr
Oradell
Alan B Shepard Jr
East Derry
Tone Marine
John Herschel Glenn Jr
New Concord
Onis
Glenn
Los Angeles
New York
Slayton
NASA
Double Standards in Business and Home Life Stressed
Michigan State University researchers report a pilot study of 162 executives across hierarchies finding a double standard in behavior. They say many executives view self interest as human nature and keep home and church life separate from office ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Tev
Turnpike Planners To Visit Here
Corry Planning Commission to meet Tuesday at 12 noon in the Hotel Corry with a representative of the Michael Baker Company Inc. planning experts from Rochester. The firm has directed Pennsylvania Turnpike planning and other major reconstruction work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Frms
Corry to host Northwestern PA music festival for 78 families
Seventy eight Corry area families will host visiting singers for the Northwestern Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Spring Choral Festival at Corry Area High School. The three day event includes concerts Friday and Saturday evenings, rehearsals led by Marlowe Johnson, a banquet, and a dance. Local hosts greet students Thursday morning and prepare homes for the visiting musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvia
Numnbers
Pennsylvannia Music Educators Association
Cory Area High School Auditorum
Corry
Glib
Bur Bhley
Marlowe Johnson
Thiel College Choir
Greenville
Corry Wren
Rom High School
34 Die In Manila Explosion At Lingayen Bay
In a central Luzon fishing village a 500 pound salvaged bomb exploded killing 34 people and injuring many others. Most victims were children aged 3 to 12 who were nearby as fishermen dismantled the device after pulling it from a sunken ship in Lingayen Bay.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippine News Service
Lingayen Bay
Fisherman in critical condition after fall aboard Soviet ship
Evgenij Ivanovich Gneushev a 24 year old Soviet fisherman was brought to Imendorf Air Force Base Hospital Anchorage in critical condition after a fall on the Pischavaya Industria. Doctors say he is partially paralyzed await brain injury assessment with a 50 50 chance to live. The ship operates with a fleet of 50 vessels in the Bering Sea and Bristol Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Evgenij Ivanovich Gneushev
Maj
Homer B. Woosley Jr
Imendorf Air Force Base
Woosley
Greushey
Pischavaya Industria
Gneushey
Bering Sea
Bristol Ba Storls
Washington, D.C
Gnetishev
San Aleutian Island Bay
City Schools Test 2100 for TB. Positives Below Average
Two thousand one hundred people in city schools underwent tuberculin skin testing. Only about 1.8 percent showed a positive reaction, far below the usual 2 to 10 percent range. Chest x rays will follow to confirm active TB status.
Milk Producers Favor Strike in Western Pennsylvania
MEADVILLE Pa AP Most union milk producers in western Pennsylvania favor a strike or higher milk prices, but a strike if one comes is one to two months away. William Diamon of Guys Mills notes meetings to test sentiment, with a vote among producers in 27 counties possible. He cites too-low prices for milk, averaging about 1 6 dollars per hundredweight, while the state price is 11.20. Producers say dairies can’t raise prices without harming consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Pennsylvania
Sail
William Digmon
Guys Mills
Diamon
Ohio
New York
Diamin
State
Mill Control Commission
Diamem
Milk Control Commission
Stanford Hose Elects Officers for the Year
Stanford Hose Company members met at the No 1 fire hall and elected officers for the coming year. Richard Blount is president, Richard Saxton vice president, William Halfast secretary, and Leo Neckers treasurer. Fire officers include William Hal fist captain James Stowe first lieutenant and Richard Peebles second lieutenant. Trustees named Charles Splesman Victor Dempsey Sven Bennink finance committee Charles Splesman David Nichols and Jones Stowe.
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Stanford Hose Company
No. 1
Richard Blount
Richard Saxton
William Halfast
Leo Neckers
Willian Halfist
James Stowe
Richard Peebles
Leutenant
Charles Splesman
Victor Dempsey
Sven Bennink
David Nichols
Junes Stowe
Republicans Meet To Pick Chairman Parley Site
Republicans plan a convention to choose a new chairman and set the meeting site. The committee will meet Saturday to decide where the gathering will take place and who will lead the party.
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Wasitington
Techviatute
Ile Puentin
Ieypwatanii
Indibo Steelvd Si
Afcorn
Tnt
Morton
Kebhich
Pelfey Nl
Rosenhower
Will
Aleaen Weeericune
Ayia Coan
Marty Svonlel
Viet Elven
Convict Wife and Ex-Corryite Still At Large in Florida
Port Lauderdale police report convict wife Minnie Dietsch and ex convict Dietsch tied to a spree of robberies in Hollywood and Port Lauderdale. Dietsch, 48, was convicted of yeerman stolen goods and given two years jail. She aided fugitive husband Dietsch while officers pursued him.
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Toler
Fort Bangeraatle
Pigely
Fort Laudweale
Florida
PBI
Dietsch
Ts Will
Minnie Lay Dietsch
Fort Lauderrite
Tawyer
Area Man Burned As Grease Explodes
A man sustained burns to hands and face when a pan of grease heated on a kitchen stove exploded. Charles Mosher, 25, attempted to extinguish the blaze as it spread through the kitchen of his home in Uriah City. His wife said the fire diminished before aid arrived, and Mosher was rushed to Sten Memorial Hospital for treatment but was not admitted.
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Charles Mosher
Rigin
Elgin-Beaverdam
Assistiono
Mosher
Sten Memorial Hospital
Uriah Ciy
Four Children Die in Pittsfield House Fire
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a wood frame home burned killing four children of Maria Pasquini 40 and injuring her husband 42. The victims were Linda 11 Deborah 2 Carol 6 and Perry 15. Maria Pasquini leaped from a first floor porch roof as the fire blocked her descent. The father was found on a sidewall in shock and taken to hospital in serious condition. The mother was also hospitalized.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Perry Pasquini
Maria Pasquini
Pasquini
St Luke's Hospital
Linda
Deborah
Carol
Peery Je
Walkout by 26100 U S Rubber workers at midnight
About 26 100 production workers of U S Rubber walked off the job at midnight at US plants nationwide after failing to reach agreement on fringe benefits. The union seeks pensions insurance severance pay and a supplemental unemployment plan. Plants in California Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut and Ohio were affected.
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New York
U.S. Rubber Co
Ofer
United Rubber Workers
Unnion
Rubber'y Bly Four
Gooeyear
Good- Web
Pirestone
Japanese Prince Weds Commoner Amid Historic Royal Ceremony
Tokyos millions celebrated Crown Prince Akihito marrying a commoner as crowds packed the streets. A distraught unemployed youth leaped onto a moving carriage before being restrained. police said charges were withheld pending investigation while the royal couple remained composed and continued their procession.
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Tokyo
Akihito
Tokyo Jong
Hide
Mielke Shoda
Kensutsu Nakaysinid
Bollin
Bert
Prines
Hesian
Japan
YMCA Dinner Awards Twelve Certificates For Discussion Course
Twelve certificates were awarded at a YMCA dinner finalizing a seven week Talk Discussions course. Rev Roger Nafiver spoke on Wherein Is Your Security as 25 youths who completed the program attended the session at Gine's Cafeteria. The YMCA runs the study outlines and aims to continue next year toward Holy Week with a planning meeting for 1959-1960. Certificate winners included Marion Bance Paul Bayer John Bulard James Davison Ruth Galbreath Joan Necker Peggy Path Rodney Person Dennis Slaughter Diane Smith Kathe Tunnel Peggy Vanssens. Four discussion leaders attended the session: Paul Meerdink Keith Henton Dr Bruce Summerville and Mrs Paul F. Bauer. Absent were Dr Archie Tate and Mrs Frank McKnight. As many as 99 youths attended a single meeting with an average of 17. Some had to miss six of seven meetings to qualify.
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YMCA
Giine
Roger Nafiver
First Presbyterian Church of
Franklin
Mie Shin Ymca
Jerald
Saltogay
Voung Pee
Whine
vOeter
Phan
Lat Nut
Marion Bance
Paul Bayer
John Bulard
Jame Davison
Ruth Galbreath
Joan Necker
Pekky Path
Rodney Person
Dennis Slaughter
Diane Smith
Kathe Tunnel
Peggy Vanssens
Aleht
Paul Meerdink
Keith Henton
Je Bruce Summerville
Paul F. Bauer
Archie Tate
Frank McKnight
Lane
Cabin Burglarized at Corry Men’s Shared Retreat
A cabin near Grane Valley in Warren County, owned by four Corry men, was burglarized during the previous winter. Entry doors were smashed and items including a three burner plate and a sink were taken. Co owners Stanley Gasper Chineles Williams Mynford Williams. a suspect resides nearby. Warren police and state investigators are reviewing the case with possible regional ties.
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Pa- Hee
Grane Valley
Harley Banks
North Center Stretch
Todre
Takean
Stanley Gasper -Chineles
Mynford Walleams
Focal Shute Poker
Wariten S&ate Ponce
Ant Pever
Woutha
Warren Ak
Grand Valley
Mie
Wouldn't Give Up Line, Man Dies in California
In Carlos, California, Emma Dobert pleaded for a party line to be released during her husband William Dobert's fatal hy attack. Firemen arrived four minutes after the call but he was dead. Police investigate whether the party line hogging affected the emergency response under California law.
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Carlos
Calif
Emma Dobert
Eller
William Dobert
Didn't Know Teel Shot Says Connie
Indianapolis AP Minnie B Conrad Nicholas testified after trial that she left her parked car with her ex lover Barres Teel. She said Teel twisted her arm and the gun went off, though she later learned three more shots were fired. She sobbed and described driving off as Teel remained in motion. she later attempted suicide with sleeping pills after fearing pursuit.
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Indianapolis
Minnie B.conrad Nicholas
Barres Teel
Teel
Teet
Joost
Bonnie
Charles W. Symmies
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Kepler
Stanford Hose
Erinea Akihity
Fapen
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Michiko
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Mir Hullety
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