Cuba Navy Shakeup Near as Castros Smash Revolt
AP reports a sweeping Cuban navy reorganization seems likely after claims that Castro brothers crushed a naval plot. About 300 officers were arrested. Navy chief Juan Castinella reportedly under arrest, though denied, as Raul Castro tightens security and strips maritime powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Havana
Castro Brothers
Castro
Casa Blanca
Raul
Ran Castro
Raul Castro
Apathy Study Highlights Local Civic Concerns
The Steering Committee reports public apathy as the top local issue amid a Penn State led survey in Curry and neighboring townships. The June benchmark poll interviewed 102 residents and included a cross section of ages educations and occupations to gauge attitudes and reaction to the survey processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Armies
Ford Foundation
Tives
Stat Ot
Pennsylvania State University
Extension Service
Curry
Penn State
Gallup
Roper
Corry
Wayne
Concord
Emory Brown
Brown
Carryites
Ieir
Louis Miller
Betty Pratt
PRR Crews Warned of Sept 1 Strike by TWU and Federation
Pennsylvania Railroad non operating employees in two unions alert for a planned September 1 strike. TWU president Michael J. Quill accuses management of breaking off negotiations over wages and miles disputes after the contract expired November 1. The Systems Federation and TWU represent about 30,000 workers. PRR disputes union membership and scope rules while wage demands and car repair guarantees fuel the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Systems Federation
Quill
Cwn
PRR
System Federation
TWU
Lumumba Threatens Katanga Invasion If UN Does Not Act
Premier Patrice Lumumba warns he could send his army to Katanga to finish the problem within a week if the United Nations does not compel the central Congo government to take control. He says he may seek help from any country, including Ghana or the Soviet Union, as Dag Hammarskjold returns to the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
United Nations
Ghana
Soviet Union
Lumumba
Hammarskiold
Congo
Mt Nation
U.N
Corry Sewer Accounts Show $5,233 Delinquent
City records reveal receipts totaling $69,486.66 against disbursements of $74,035.22 for the sewer fund. A cash balance of $4,305.79 remains with $5,233.92 unpaid, of which $3,116.70 is current year and the rest prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Lcott
City of
Street Department
Louisiana Governor Takes Over New Orleans Schools
Gov Jimmie TH Davis superseded the Orleans Parish School Board under a 1960 law to prevent integration. U S District Judge J Skelly Wright orders first grade integrated this fall. A three judge panel meets Aug 26 on an injunction challenge by white parents and the NAACP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jimmie’ TH. Davis
New Orrleans
Davis
Orleans Parish
J. Skelly Wright
National Asse
Oliver B. Carriere
Wright
Carriere
Fourman Legislative Committee
Hospital Directors Meet For Brief Business Session
WalTy Memorial Hospital directors met for a short session to plan repairs to cement work at the emergency entrance. The trust indenture was approved allowing the first National Bank for Brie to handle endowment funds. July patient totals show 250 parents and 1 092 days of service, averaging 35 patients per day with 26 births and two deaths. Surgeons performed 26 major and 32 minor operations. Directors present included Filler Sill Edmnee Spitzer Gates Young Elston Wurm Hawkins Slattery Nast Brundage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filler, Sill
Edmnee Spitzer
Gates
Young
Elston
Wurm
Hawkins
Slattery
Nast
Brundage
Freckle Contest Washes Out Johnny Hunter in Philadelphia
Johnny Hunter, nine, entered a local freckle contest at a Philadelphia playground. A friend painted his face with water color freckles, drawing attention from another contestant who ordered him to wash. After washing, only a few genuine freckles remained and Johnny was eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Hunter
Philadelphia
Johnny
European newspapermen laud Powers in Moscow court
Western European papers praised Francis Gary Powers for his conduct on the first day of the Moscow espionage trial. Reports framed the proceedings as a staged Soviet propaganda show while noting Powers appeared dignified and unbrainwashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
API
Francis J. Gary Powers
Moscow
West Europe
U.S
Britain
Teleraph
Europe
Powers
New Agency Named to Create Master War Plan
Washington AP reports a new central agency to draft a strategic war plan. Gen Thomas Power to lead from Omaha with SAC, deputy a naval admiral. about 40 specialists to craft a long-range target program due for completion by December. Navy opposed a single unified command. service rivalry noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Tron Curtain
Thomas 8. Gates Jr
Thomas S. Power
Omaha
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gates
Air Force
Navy
City displays samples from new Corry plants in Sears window
Corry residents can view product samples from three of four new plants now operating, placed in the North Center Street Sears window through the Corry Area Industrial Development Corporation. Items include miniature railroad trestles from Erie County Plastics Corp and a large polyurethane bun from Corry Foam Products division Firestone, plus a foam topper pad and a church pulpit sample from Ecclesiastical Furniture Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corryites
Corry Foam Products Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Ecclesiastical Furniture, Inc
Boy fatally shot in grasshopper incident near Minersville
A 17 year old youth was killed when he tried to crush a grasshopper with a .22 caliber rifle. The weapon discharged striking James Namis cavage under the chin. Joh Kuchinsky, 19, witnessed Namitcavane and Namiteavane waiting along a path and planning to shoot at targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesnies
James Namiscavage
Minersville
Joh Kuchinsky
Namitcavane
Namiteavane
Steamship Exec Newcomer Dies in Sheboygan
W. W. Newcomer 58 a prominent steam ship company executive and vice president and general manager of the Ross Steamship Co. died Tuesday in Sheboygan Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamship Exec
Sheboygan
Wis
W. W. Newcomer
Steam Ship Company
The
Ross Steamship Co
Warren Paper Owner Publisher Nell Walker Dies at 74
Nell J G Walker, owner and publisher of the Warren Times Mirror, died in Warren General Hospital at age 74 after a long illness. Widow of Will A Walker she led the paper from 1953. She chaired Liberty Realty Corp and Warren Land Co with two daughters surviving. Private funeral set for Saturday. burial in Oakland Cemetery Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Mirror
Charles M. Davis
Powers says he did not foresee summit-torpedo risk
In Moscow the U2 pilot Francois Powers testifies he did not know the summit conference date when he flew over the Soviet Union. He pleads guilty and says he is sincerely sorry for increasing world tension. His wife and father attend. his mother declines to come.
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Moscow
Francois Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Victor Borisoglebsky
Powers
Toke
Barbara
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Ida Ford Powers
Peshawar
Bodoe
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Rudenko
Turkey
Greece
France
Austria
Switzerland
Boonville Man Held After Girl Found Murdered
A 53 year old Hashfield is jailed on a preliminary murder charge after 11 year old Lypar-ald Avril Terry Winsfeld was found dismembered near the Ohio River. A crowd of about 200 gathered outside the Warrick County Jail as police described the accused’s statements and the discovery of the girl’s body.
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Boonville
Ind
Lypar-ald
Avril (Hovey
Terry Winsfeld
Emmett O. Hashfield
Robert EB. Shelton
Wendella Opel
Hashfield
Avid
Ohio River
Candace
Shelton
Warrick County
Avril
Robert H. Terry
Thad
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Louisiana
Mikhail Griniow
City
Sears
Bangs
Grasshopper
Boy
Warren Paper
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