Soaked Boys Take To Susquehanna Canoes Again
Two Cooperstown teens Alton Dunn and James C. Peters resumed a Susquehanna River canoe trip after their craft swamped in a thunderstorm near York County. Three workers from Peach Bottom atomic plant aided by motorboat brought them to shore. They travel toward Harve De Grace, Md, with fellow teens Kent St John and David Roth joining from Cooperstown to continue the voyage.
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Delta
Cooperstown
N.Y
Susquehanna River
Alton Dunn
James C. Peters
York County
Peach Bottom
Harve de Grace
Duann
Dunn
Peter
Kent
John
David Roth
St. John
Roth
Lancaster
Kit Heifen
Sam Altdoerffer
Two Teens Die in Weirton Car Crash Near Williams Club
In Wharton West Virginia a one car crash killed 14-year-old Rhonda Starr Weston and 15-year-old Janita Jane Arkley of Weirton near the Williams Country Club. Three other youths aged 15 are hospitalized in critical condition, and the 17-year-old driver Robert Kalley is in fair condition.
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Whirton
W. Va
Rhonda Starr Weston
Janita Jane Arkley
Weirton
Williams Country Club
Judy Buchanan
George Kondik
Robert Kalley
Warren bypass feasibility study contract let in Warren
State Senators James Berger and Richard C. Frame announced a contract for a Warren bypass feasibility study. Rummel Klepper and Kahl will provide alternate locations and mapping for roughly nine miles from Route 6 to Route 59 at a fee of 28,800 dollars, with a 12 month completion. The study may focus on Route 6 between Lily Pond and Rogertown and explore routes through Pleasant Township to relieve 16,000 to 17,000 cars daily on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Warren
James §. Berger
Richard C. Frame
Harrisburg
Kinzua Dam
State Highways Department
Rummel
Klepper
Kahl
Camp Hill
Frame
Berger
Robert Peterson
Times- Mirror
Lily Pond
Rogertown
Senators Frame
Franklin
Airport
Pleasant Township
Pennsylvania Avenue
Six Former Nazi Aides Sentenced to Life Terms at Auschwitz
In Frankfurt six former SS guards and Auschwitz functionaries received life sentences for mass murder or aiding it after a 20 month trial, the largest in German history. Eleven others got 14 years to 1 year 3 months, while three were acquitted, as survivors watched.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz
Hans Hofmeyer
Warren Woman Guilty Of Phone Misuse
Thelma Franklin of Warren borough was found guilty by a Warren County Court jury of malicious use of the telephone. The trial centered on calls she allegedly made to her former husband and his new wife, with most testimony heard before Judge Alexander C. Flick Jr. delivered the jury charge shortly after noon.
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Warren ~ A. Warren
Warren
Thelma Franklin
Alexander C. Flick Jr
Saylor urges bid to curb alien oil imports in Congress
Rep. John P. Saylor warns in a House speech that residual oil imports have flooded the East Coast, equaling over 3 billion barrels and 740 million tons of coal in 20 years. He says Pennsylvania suffers most and fears a delayed campaign could Tinker with control programs to harm coal and railroad interests. Auschwitz is noted as the largest Nazi extermination camp.
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Congress
U. S. Washington
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
House
Saylor
Pennsylvania
Giant Sequoia Guards Hired To Shield Old Solo
Porterville California AP reports two Indian guards are hired to watch Old Solo, a 3000 year old giant sequoia, after a lightning strike started a smoldering fire on a peak in Sequoia National Forest. Guards Al Peryou and Sonny James earn 4.98 dollars an hour as rangers fight embers with helicopters water and ground crews.
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Porterville
Calif
Christ
U.S
Sequoia National Forest
al Peryou
Sonny James
Old Solo
Ben Lyons
Cain
Snow
Sentinel Rangers
Conrad the astronaut: Pete in hometown tale and Ivy League record
Conrad, born June 2, 1930 in Philadelphia, is described as Pete to all. Ivy League graduate, Navy flier, and tattooed astronaut, with wife Jane DeBose of Texas, four sons, and a flashy sports car, seen in a small-town portrait amid churchgoing life.
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Pete
Conrad
Peter
Junior
Philadelphia
Frances V. Sargent
Haverford, Pa
Solo Sr
Saraso
Princeton University
Aeronautilcal Engineering
Jane DeBose
Uvalde
Tex
Bryn Maw
Navy
U.S. Navy
Thomas
Andrew
Christopher
Conrad l
Youth to be sentenced for fatal firecracker incident
Waterford youth William Charles Breault pleaded guilty to exploding a firecracker that injured 9 year old Paul Szymanowski. The July 4 incident, described as a cherry bomb tossed from a car into a hay wagon, caused the boy to lose an eye despite medical efforts. Judge Samuel Y. Rossiter will sentence Breault on the charge.
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Waterford
William Charles Breault
Samuel Y. Rossiter
Breault
Paul Szymanowski
D. J. McKean
Scaffold tragedy claims Pittsburgh man in Ambridge fall
Ralph Davis of Pittsburgh died at Sewickley Valley Hospital from injuries suffered Sunday when he fell from a scaffold while painting at a Bethlehem Steel plant in Ambridge. Allegheny County coroner's office reports the fatality.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Davis
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Bethlehem Swel Corp
Ambridge
Allegheny County
Tragedy at Spangler Pond Drowns Three Teens and Man
In Spangler Cambria County two girls aged 9 and 16 and 25 year old Edward Rhoades died in a farm pond near the town. Authorities say the victims were on an auto roof raft when it sank. The pond was up to 20 feet deep on an abandoned farm six miles west of Spangler. Bodies recovered and pond drained. Father says Rhoades dated Garnet, the younger girl couldn't eat and the elder didn’t swim well.
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Spangler, Pa
Cambria
Sandra Me
Crystal
Spangler
Garnet
Edward T. Rhoades
Alverda
Indiana County
Arthur McCrystal
Rhoades
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