House Quickly Reopens to Fix School Subsidy Shortage
Harrisburg AP A 17.7 million shortage for state school subsidy welfare and occupational disease programs prompts a sole House session. Majority Leader Johnson aims to have deficiency appropriation bills ready for final vote Monday. The Senate will act by Wednesday, sending tax package to Gov Scranton. Democrats back the timetable but oppose the 139 million tax plan and accuse lawmakers of abdication.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Albert W. Johnson
R-Mckean
Gov. Scranton
Johson
Scranton
Ways and Means
District DC schools ban paddling amid debate over discipline
Washington AP The D C school board voted four to four to keep paddling out of classrooms while endorsing Superintendent Carl Hanson’s discipline plan. Unruly students may face indefinite suspension, paused for May review. Mordecai Johnson urged Hanson to address root causes after a Thanksgiving Riot at DC Stadium. The board expressed confidence in Hanson.
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Washington
Foree
District of Columbia
Carl F. Hanson
Hanson
Mordecai Johiason
Howard University
Johnson
D.C
Train death of Corry youth leads to $10000 settlement
In Corry, a $10000 compromise settles the death of Michael Knowlton in a December 1900 car train crash. Defendants Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and insurer of Terry Stroup must pay Knowlton as administrator and cover $5000 in attorneys’ fees. Case involves the estate of one Stroup child. Corry law actions proceed.
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Mre Young Cult of
Common Peas
Rodney Knowlton
Marion Street
Michael
Knowlton
Erie County Prothonoucy
Erie-Lackawanna Railtoad
Terry Stroup
Paul Stroup
D. A. Corry
Steel Appeal Sets, All Want More Money
The steel industry is in the mop-up stage of its first sizable price rise since 1958. Most firms posted markups of about three percent on select big-tonnage products, with the rear guard faltering. President Kennedy indicated cautious support but warned against overreaching, staying in touch as he prepares to speak before the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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New York
Kennedy
Ion
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Titusville Woman Found Hanged in Home
A 56 year old Titusville woman Muriel Hall was found dead by her son near noon yesterday. Deputy coroner Dr C M Sonne ruled death by own action noting she hanged herself with clothes line from a stair railing after periods of despondency over her husband's ill health. Relatives said she had threatened self harm recently and had received treatment for depression at Warren State Hospital before spending the winter there.
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Tytusville
Titusville
Crawford Gountry
C. M. Sonne
Sonne
Muriel Hall
Alvert Hall
Titusville Hospital
Tragic Washington Bridge crash evacuates 19 families
Two oil trucks collided on Washington Bridge causing a fire that forced nineteen families to flee their tenement homes. Firefighters stopped the flames before reaching residences as the truck drivers escaped serious injury. Charles B. Walker crawled from the burning vehicle and John B. Preston sustained a head cut.
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Providence
R. 1
Washington Bridge
Secong River
Charles B. Walker
John B. Preston
Women Entering Workforce Seen Not Crowding Men
Washington AP reports Labor Department experts see no basis for fears that more women in the workforce push men onto unemployment rolls. With 4.5 million unemployed, a Labor Department note finds a third of married women now hold paying jobs. women’s work grows with machinery and paperwork. Secretary Wirtz emphasizes equal opportunity and notes women contribute across factory, teaching, nursing, secretary, and library roles, aiding production and family support.
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Washington
Labor Department
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Associated Press
Rockefeller says GOP can carry the South in 1964 race
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, lauding a constructive program, says a GOP presidential candidate could carry the South in 1964. He notes Sen. Barry Goldwater or any Republican might surprise voters in the region, though he does not cite himself as a candidate.
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South
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Midwest Storm Rips Through Indiana and Michigan
A severe storm system torn through the Midwest causing tornado damage in Kankakee Illinois and Bourbonnais along with areas of Indiana and Michigan. One death and numerous injuries reported with about 200 people left homeless. Property losses include Olivet College and surrounding communities with extensive damage across several towns.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Trois
Indiana
Michigan
Kankakee
Chicago
Bourbonnais
Leon Blanchette
Sandra Rivard
Olivet College
Jasper County
Work on CMH Parking Lot Under Way
CMH parking lot work progresses along York Street for Corry Memorial Hospital employees and is expected to start in the coming days. At a board meeting, directors approved sending five staff to a fire control and patient evacuation institute in Franklin on May 15 and three office staff to a hospital accountant meeting in Erle from April 23 to 25. March saw 279 patients admitted for 1,379 days of care, including 31 births, six deaths, and 49 procedures (10 major). The average daily census was 44. Directors present included Tolston, Fuller, Hawkins, Katterlin, Pitcavage, Sill, Slattery, Wurm, Vaughn, and Young.
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York Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry Memorial Hospital Association Board of Directors
Franklin
Erle
Tolston
Fuller
Hawkins
Katterlin
Pitcavage
Sill
Slattery
Wurm
Vaughn
Young
Arson Suspect Evicted Farmer Sets Fire Near Lexington
David M. Blam, 26, of Wadily, allegedly involved in arson after eviction. He is said to have buried three bars, then drove 40 miles to Lexington and set fire to a house and store. Officials prepared warrants as investigators pursued the case.
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Lexington
API — & Farmer
David M. Blam
Wadily
Stietitf William
Lawreay Tan
Colethay Vrlulik
Slam
Proctor
Lam
Allen
Airliner Lands After Flat Tire at Pittsburgh Airport
Pittsburgh airport officials report a passenger airliner landed safely at 859 p.m. last night after a flat tire on its left main gear. Four passengers aboard were unharmed. The captain credited emergency crews and ground staff for handling the incident without incident.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pitteburgh Aiport
Detroit
Airlinies
Keating Warns Soviets Not Withdrawing From Cuba
Senator Kenneth Keating said new intelligence shows 17 000 Soviet troops near Cuba in mid November with several thousand more leaving and arriving since. He accused the Kennedy administration of misleading the public as to Cuba policy and claimed ships were ordered not to search Cuban vessels at night. He cited undisclosed sources and warned of continued Soviet military presence despite Washington claims.
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Kenneth B Keatiing
Coalee
New York
American Society of Newsuper
Tyepye
Kennnedy
Ness
Cuba
Kennedy
U.S. Navy
Ciban
Navy Personine
Civil Rights Debate Deepens Over Mississippi Funding Fight
Washington action sparks new clashes in Congress as Kennedy weighs funding cuts to Mississippi to counter alleged constitutional violations. Southern senators condemn the move while civil rights leaders praise it. administration plans no immediate action beyond consideration.
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Washington
Mississippi
Congress
Kennedy
Civil Rights Commission
Mystery cancer fighting substance discovered in lab
Dr Jorgen Fogh at Sloan Kettering Institute reports a cancer inhibiting fluid from mixtures of human cancer cells and normal cells. The substance slows cancer growth while not affecting normal cells, even at high concentrations, and may act by altering cancer cell life processes. Further work aims to uncover its mode of action and consistency across cancer types. Reports also note unrelated hospital briefings and a World War I veteran’s long illness.
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Allanic Uiy
Jorgen Forh
Foeh
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Fogh
New York
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Gachense
Poth
Fel
Njied
Governor urges constitutional revision in Pennsylvania
Governor Scranton pressed for constitutional revision as essential to keep state government from faltering. Speaking to about 1,000 members of the Southeastern Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, he aligned with Dean Jefferson Fordham of UPenn Law in urging reform while stressing his tax plan, including sales and cigarette tax increases, as a key priority.
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Philadelphia
Scranton
Southeastern Pennsylvania League of Women Voters
Jefferson Fordham
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Fordham
League
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
City May Lose Hardwood Firm Over Site Suitability
Tri State Hardwoods Inc may leave the city due to lack of a 15 acre tract beside the Erie Railroad for expansion. The firm cures hardwood lumber for furniture makers and other industries and already operates plants in Union City and Smethport. Union City site lies between rails. repair work continues after a winter fire damaged buildings and kilns. President Herbert Aschner is in Memphis and not expected back until Monday. a definite decision on the local plant’s future will follow.
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Tri-State Hardwoods, Inc
Erie Railroad
Pennsylvania
Railroad Porter Thing Of Past
Fifty self service baggage carts were placed in Grand Central Terminal by the New York Central Railroad to help passengers move luggage between trains and nearby baggage stands. Porter service remains available. Carts are also usable by passengers arriving or departing New Haven Railroad trains.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
New York Central Railroad
New Haven
Liberal Leader Takes Over As Prime Minister
Liberal Leader Lester B Pearson will take the oath Monday as Canada’s prime minister, heading a minority Liberal government after Diefenbaker’s resignation. Pearson seeks meetings with Kennedy and Macmillan, aims to convene Parliament May 16, and weighs adopting U.S. nuclear weapons for Canada’s NATO forces amid party shifts.
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Ottawa
API
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
House of Commons
Georges P. Vanier
Pearson
John G. Diefenbaker
Conservative
Liberals
Vanier
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Washiturton
Social Credit Party
Conservatives
Social Credit
New Democratic Party
Robert N. Thompson
Diefenbaker
U.S
Barnare
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Gerany
Pearson Sld
United States
Escaped refugee shot near West Berlin border
West Berlin police fired warning shots at a fleeing refugee who staggered after a car stalled near the boundary. Communist border guards reported the incident as the man attempted to cross into West Berlin, leaving him badly wounded.
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Poverliy
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