Congo Premier Declares Martial Law Amid Congo Crisis
Lumumba proclaims six months of martial rule in the Congo as clashes with UN and Belgian forces intensify. He denounces UN actions, demands withdrawal of Swedish troops, and seeks TV-backed authority, while the Security Council debates how to respond to the turmoil.
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Legpoldville
Cones
Congo
Pathiee Lumumba
Promiser
U.N
L Aiel
Dax Himmarskjold
Lumimba
Te TV
Katanga
Hammarskidld
Ommnars
Nld
York Tuesdy
Security Council
U.N. Conty Command
Luwumba
Lumumba
Luluabours
Kusii
Balba
City funds balance reports show July activity and August start
Corry city treasurer Carlton Smilin reports July disbursements of 882,563 and a July balance of 73,213 in the general fund with 22,834 in July receipts and 50,479 carried from June. The landfill and parking meter accounts show small July movements and an August 1 balance of 860 in landfill funds. The sewage disposal balance after July disbursements stands at 9,523 with 23,784 remaining from the 1950 bond issue.
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Corry
Carlton W. Smilin
City Teasurer
Butane
Lnstaight
Smith
landill_ site
Texaco Executive Michael Halpern Dies at 67
Michael Halpern senior vice president of Texaco Inc. died at age 67 after retiring three years ago. He joined Texaco in 1916 and lived in New York. His long career spanned decades in the company’s leadership.
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Texaco
Shawngbe - ON - Delaware
Michael Halpern
Texaco, Inc
Atlis
New York
U S Pushes Peace Amid Red Rebuff On Arms Talks
At the United Nations the United States pressed for a practical disarmament framework while critics from the Soviet side dismissed the plan. Ambassador Lodge proposed staged cuts for fissionable material with international inspection, pending Soviet agreement to similar measures. Kuznetsov denounced the move as a retread of prior proposals and demanded an unconditional ban.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Commission
United States
Gure Lodee
Antoine
U. S
Soviet Union
Lodge
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
U.S
City Planners Nearing Point Where Corryites Will Carry Ball
City planning work by Michael Bak ry Int engineering firm for Curry moves toward citizens taking control. Next week steering committee meet to review parking survey streets and highway plan land use, with focus on sidewalks, by passes, realignment and paving.
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Corryites
Michael Bakry
Curry
City Planning Commission
Baker
Reed J. Dunn
Baker Projet
Corry Avea High School
Dunn
F Irm
West Smith Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
East Pleasant Street
High School
Spartansbug
Clinton Street
Mead Park Poised for Record Visitor Year and Upgrades
Mead Park directors reported plans to boost park use this year with new facilities and continued improvements. Progress includes a 90 percent complete bridge over a stream south of the pond, donated utility poles for a new pavilion, two new rest room signs, a drinking fountain at Perry's Spring, and wall extensions around Memory Lane with an information center foundation laid. Volunteers are needed as work proceeds and a $5,500 cement donation from Philip Zalaneck supports park construction after a blockmaking plant fire.
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Mead Park
Mead Park Association
Arthur Litz
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Perry's Spring
Memory Lane
Lite
Philip Zalaneck
Tire
Walter Auer
Walter Sweet
Estella Wells
Perry Nichols
Louis Sears
F. E. Whittler
Roy Reed
Norman Edinger
Walter Windahl
Albert ‘Young
Bryon ‘Nichols
Hazel Merker
Gulfil Plans Marketing HQ Move From Pittsburgh To Houston
Gulfil Corp announces its domestic marketing headquarters will relocate from Pittsburgh to Houston Texas by about September 1. The move, announced yesterday, reflects corporate restructuring and expansion plans for the Houston facility.
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Pittsburgh
Gulfil, Corp
Houston
Tex
It Wasn't A Very Sad Story With No Injuries
A brief item notes that no one was hurt and tosses were covered by insurance, with the tale focusing on a calm outcome and the narrator mentioning Baye in passing.
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Baye
Cultists Leave Bomb Shelters After 42 Days in Underground
BENSON Ariz Aug 28 The Pull Gospel Assembly members emerged after 42 days in basement refuges begun on July 4 amid a prophecy of nuclear world destruction. Despite many leaving, the group stayed firm with Rev Richard Meeks and pastor Ann Wiemer reporting continued faith and belief in the Lord.
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Benson
Ariz
Pull Gospel Assembly
Richard Meeks
Arizona
Ann Wiemer
Rocket misfire injures no one over Lake Ontario
An F86 Sabrejet fired a rocket that crippled a jet trainer during a target practice mission over Lake Ontario. The two Air National Guard crewmen from Pittsburgh area escaped unhurt as the trainer landed safely near Syracuse. Pilot Major Joseph B Stefanik and guardsmen Major Frank M Gonnelly and Lt David G Sloan were part of two weeks of summer training at Hancock Field adjoining.
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evKau
Lake Ontario
Air National
Pittsburgl
Hancock Pieth
Syracuse
Frank M. Gonnelly
Pittsburgh
David G Sloan
Brownsville
Joseph B Stefanik
Here Is Courtroom Cast At Powers Trial
Associated Press outlines the Moscow trial of Francis Gary Powers, the U2 pilot captured after a May 1 incident. Court in the Military Collegium of the Soviet Supreme Court with three judges, no jury. Powers, 31, faces a charge under criminal responsibility for crimes against the state. Indictment covers the substance of the crime. penalty ranges from seven years to death by firing squad.
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Associated Press
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Josep! Stalin
Supreme Court
Pam
Pound
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Syardhovsk
Soviet Union
Barbara Powers
Milledgeville
Oliver W. Powers
Norton, Va
Tda
Powers
Norton
Jessica Hileman
Washington, D.C
New York
Mikhail Tich Grintov
Mos
Kremlin
Juridical Council
Legal Aid Society
Roman A. Ridenko
Algo
Nuerbers
Hiplonagze
Propa ganda over Powers trial eyed by U S officials
Washington officials expect the Soviet show trial of Francis Gary Powers to be a major propaganda event. They foresee possible outcomes from a light seven year term to execution or a commuted sentence, aiming to extract maximum impact from the U2 pilot's case. Moscow has prepared the narrative since the May 1 downing and Khrushchev’s actions tied to Eisenhower and the Paris talks.
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Washington
U S
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Nikita Krushchev
Krushchevy
Kremlin
Moscow
Khrushchev
Powers’ Mighty
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Paris
U.S
Venezuela Seeks Rio Treaty Sanctions Over Dominican Clash
In San Jose Costa Rica AP Venezuela prepared to urge Western Hemisphere foreign ministers to quarantine the Dominican Republic over a dispute linked to an assassination attempt on President Betancourt. Dominican Foreign Minister Herrera denied the charges and promised surprising testimony.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Porfirio Herrera
Brown joins Cobbett Agency as a real estate agent
Cobbett Real Estate Agency announced this morning that Russells Brown has joined the firm as a real tor. Brown previously ran his own Corry real estate office for six years and worked for Harper and Russell Co. of Evie as a salesman for two years. He has spent the past two years with Hurley Co. real estate in Erie and Girard.
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Brown
Cobbett Agency
Cobbett
Cobbett Real Estate Agency
Russells Brown
Corry
Harper and Russell Co
Evie
Hurley Co
Erie
Girard
Radio Station Contacts Khrushchev by Mistake
WACB in KITTVANNING PA phoned the Kremlin today and spoke with a Moscow official through a Polish former resident in Leechburg. The official deflected questions on the U2 pilot Powers case saying it is up to the courts.
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Kitvanning
WACB
Nikita Khrushchev
Poland
Joseph Mneczac
Leechburs
Moscow
Prandy Powers
Why Not Ask Mother Sleep Drug Case Baffles Police
Cleveland police continued probing the case of Lillian Fratantonio 29 charged in Juvenile Court with neglect for feeding barbiturates to her two daughters Bernadette 4 and Venita 5. Detectives seek source and type of sedatives used and note a doctor prescribed 12 barbiturate tablets in March 1958. The children remain wards of the court in hospital custody.
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Cleveland (Ap
Lillian Fratantonio
Fratantonio
Bernadette
Tatantonio
Mount Sinai Hospital
Venita
Fratanton
St. Ann Hospital
Antonine
Norman Ferris
Prastantonia
Cleveland
Lestar Adelson
Reds Hold Trial Of U2 Pilot In Soviet Court
In Moscow, Francis Gary Powers stood before the Soviet Supreme Court on capital charges, saying he knew little of the U2 equipment and that a superior officer had assured him it was safe to fly. He admitted espionage and disclosed a $2,500 monthly secret contract while his family watched as the probe into U.S. policy continued.
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Moscow
Oday
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Soviet Union
Soviet Supreme Court
Lenin
Stalin
Powers
U. S
Roman A. Rudenko
Fire destroys garage on West Washington street
Firemen and about 200 spectators watched a garage fire on the Ray Amy property at 265 West Washington Street shortly after 6 p.m. Three fire units and a volunteer crew fought the blaze with 1,100 feet of hose. The structure valued at 1,500 and its contents worth 1,000, including bikes and tools, were lost as flames fed by rapid spread amid nearby homes.
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Washington Street
Ray Amy
West
West Washington Street
Amy
Mead Avenue
Third Ward
Eisenhower Denounces Soviet U2 Claim As Misleading
President Eisenhower rejected Russia’s assertion that the U S is on trial with pilot Francis Powers amid the U2 incident. He said the charges misstate the facts and noted Powers’ evidence does not show brainwashing.
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N. M
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Orlando
Fla
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Kitttinger
America
U. S. Air Force
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N.Y
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Mhoto
Reds
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