Three Warren Plants Face Union Bids
Three Warren plants report union election activity with Solar Electric Corp. workers voting August 9 to decide representation by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The NLRB will supervise 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. vote in the plant cafeteria. 130 employees expected to participate.
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Wasren — Company
Solar Electric Corp
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
IBEW
Sherwood
Cadwell
Jamestown
Solar Electric
Interlectric Corp
Henry Shore
NLRB
Warren ‘Television Corp
Company
Nab Kidnaper Of Two Negroes
A white man, Emmett V. Leverette, 42, was arrested on a kidnapping warrant in Harpersville Alabama. Henry Jones 20 and his 13 year old brother David were abducted by six white men from their yard. Jones said they were tied to a tree in Coosa County, stripped, and whipped with belts and ropes. the younger brother was not harmed. Sheriff C P Walker did not say if others had warrants.
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Columpiawn
C. P. Walker
Emmett V. Leverette
Henry Jones
David
Henry
Harpersville
Walker
Leverette
Jones
Coosa County
Eisenhower to end Newport vacation Sunday
President Eisenhower will terminate his seaside vacation Sunday evening and fly to Washington. He and the First Lady began their Newport stay July 7 after attending the Chicago Republican convention and visiting Mrs. Doud in Denver. He planned a late report on North Atlantic Treaty forces in Europe from Gen Norstad after a golf round.
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Ike
Newport
Eisenhower
Washington
Chicago
John S. Doud
Denver
Colo
Senate
House
Newport Country Cib
Europe
U. S
Lauris Norstad
Area Man and Wife See Jerusalem Pictured in Sky
John Wagner, a Venus Fryburg road grocer, and his wife reported a mile long vision in the sky resembling Jerusalem with a cross and cathedral at one end and houses like street scenes. It appeared bright, faded after about thirty minutes, and followed a late TV program. Wagner said it felt like a biblical sign of the end.
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Venus Tnn
Jeruaily
John Wagner
Venus-Fryburg Road
Jerusalem
Wagner
Independence Declared as Niger Becomes New African Republic
Niger proclaimed independence from France in Niamey after an official exchange of documents and a proclamation by President Hamani Diori. The United States, led by President Eisenhower, welcomed Niger’s independence and pledged friendly cooperation with the new republic.
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Niamey
Niger
France
Haman Diori
Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Republic of
Africa
Dior Eisenhower
United States
Flood Victims Face Evacuation In Hillsborough River
National Guard trucks stand by to aid evacuation if needed as residents along the rain swollen Hillsborough River face rising flood levels. The Red Cross reports 50 to 100 families have already left. A dam flashboard failure caused a rapid rise followed by a quick fall, with the river cresting near expected levels after record rainfall from Tropical Storm Brenda.
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Tampa
Fla
National Guard
Hillsborough River
Red Cross
City
Tate
Brenda
Bay Area
Pipes Under Bear Creek Bridge Draw City Scrutiny
Local residents report spring floods as pipes under Wayne street bridge block creek flow. City Council asks water and gas companies to remove obstructions and repair Wayne street at the bridge, with the city potentially to bear relocation costs. Engineer to meet with utility officials to estimate relocation cost and aim to finish before winter.
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Bear Creek Bridge
Wayne Street
Hold Rites For Mrs. B. Cornell
Mrs. Jessie Cornell rites were held yesterday afternoon at St George Funeral Home with Rev George A Myers officiating. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included Howard Johnson, Warren, Archie, Allan, Roy and Glen Wright. Attendees from away hailed from Ette Titusville Grand Rapids Mich and Youngstown Ohio among others with local Corry area friends.
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Pues
Jessie Cornell
St. George
George A. Myers
Pine Grove Cemetery
Howard Johnson
Warren
Archie
Allan
Roy
Glen Wright
Away
Violet Steward
David
Alfred Lasko
Alyn
Janet
Ruth Copwell
Harold Lewis
Ette
Ora Mitchell
Titusville
Richard Merkle
Grand Rapids
Mich
Melvin Gray
Grand Valley
Sadie] Huth
Joseph McAnally
Sylvia McAnally
Youngstown
Ohio
Roy [Wright
Conneaut
Allan Wright
Wesleyville
Archie Wright
North East
Corry
Nurse dives to save drowning girl at swimming hole
Mrs Marguerite Orlando, a hospital nurse, despite not swimming for years, plunged into eight foot waters at a Route 20 swimming hole between East Springfield and Girard to rescue 17 year old Minnie Jenkins who had been knocked from a rock. Minnie surfaced twice then fought the rescue, but the nurse wrestled her ashore. Minnie, though shaken, suffered no lasting harm. Jenkins’s father, Bill, had lost a wife in a Ripley train wreck last year and lost an arm in the accident. The rescuer remained clothed and did not stop to remove belongings. The other item notes Cuba accusing the United States of economic aggression in a separate dispatch.
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Erte
Hamet
Minnie Jenkins
Marguerite Orlando
Minnie
East Springfield
Girard
Bill Jenkins
Ripley
Jenkins
Orlando
Arrest Cabbie For Bomb Scare On Nixon Plane
A Reno cab driver was arrested on a charge of falsely reporting a bomb on Vice President Nixon s campaign plane. FBI traced the scare to Leonard Dale Sage 3H of Reno, a former professional wrestler known as Johnnie Savage. The plane was searched but no bomb found and the flight proceeded to Los Angeles after a brief delay.
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Nixon
Washington
Reno
Nev
Richard M. Nixon
United Airlines
Hawaii
Los Angeles
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
IPCDI
Hoover
Leonard Dale Sage
Sage
Johnnie Savage
Unloaded Gun Wounds Motorist in California
Paul Aiken a 44 year old Berkeley lino type operator and divinity student was shot in the shoulder while driving with his wife and mother in law near Pennn e Zley California. Thomas B Duane a 17 year old from Los Angeles fired the dumdum bullet claiming the gun was unloaded. Doctors at Herrick Memorial Hospital said the slug lodged near Aiken’s spine but he would live.
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Duane
Herrick Memorial Hospital
Aiken
Tony Tomassoni Nursery Landscaping Ad Enlists Local Services
A Warren Pennsylvania nursery offers landscaping and tree services for shrubs evergreens and shade trees with wholesale and retail options. The ad lists 24 South South Street and the phone contact Fandolph 3-3833 for service inquiries.
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Tony Tomassoni Nursery
South South Street
Warren, Pa
Fandolph
Dillon Seen as Nixon Secretary of State Option
Douglas Dillon, 50, a top State Department official, emerges as a backstage favorite for secretary of state if Nixon wins. He is praised for a low key, fact driven style, his long experience, and close but discreet ties with Nixon, while Dewey remains a darker possibility.
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Washington
Douglas Dillon
Soviet Union
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Chester Bowles
Adlair Stevenson
Dillon
State Department
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Nixon- Dillon
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Nab
New African Republic
Loblaws
B. Cornell
Erie
Cuba
U. S. Washington
Econpage
Inter-omic
Alleg- American Peace Committee
Robert
Peice
Norge
Roberts
Roberts Furniture and Appliance
Columbus
Areer
Marlow
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
Nelson A. Rockefe
Hammond’s
Engle Street
Dial
TUFFY
Kendall
Washington Streets
Paul
The
Corry Savings and Loan
Coorry
Savings Cloan Zux
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