Powers Family Strives To Reduce Powers Sentence
Moscow reports say Francis Gary Powers and his family pressed for clemency in his spying conviction. The Powers family and American lawyers planned talks with Soviet defense counsel Mikhail Grimoy and sought a direct appeal to Premier Khrushchev. Oliver Powers vowed to stay and fight as long as funds held, amid hopes for leniency.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Powers
Mikhail I. Grimoy
Frank Rogers
Roanoke
Virginia Bar Assn
Rogers
Khrushchev
Gary
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
View Break With Trujillo View Break With Trujillo
Foreign ministers at the OAS meeting agreed to condemn the Dominican Republic and break diplomatic relations with the Trujillo regime. They approved partial economic suspensions including arms shipments and delayed a US proposed special committee to supervise free elections, referring the matter to Monday’s seventh meeting.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Venezuela
Check And Double Check Case Of Overtime Ticket Fine
George W. Rink of Spartansburg paid a 50 cent overtime parking fine by issuing 20 checks 10 for three cents and 10 for two cents all drawn on the Second National Bank of Titusville. Police said the multiple checks posed no problem to them the bank did the work.
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George W. Rink
Spartansburg
Titusville
George
Second National Bank of
NASA Echo Satellite Viewing Times For Corry Area
NASA lists viewing times for the Echo I satellite over Corry. Weather permitting, Echo I will appear as a bright star moving across the sky with southeast and northeast paths shown for August 20 to 22, including specific early morning and evening windows.
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Corry
National Aeronautics and Space Administrations
Erie and Frie County Jobs Hit High Mark in July
Erie and Frie counties report 88 to 89 thousand workers employed in July. Factory employment fell 300 from June but rose 600 from four years ago while non manufacturing jobs lag slightly. James Roseberry cites gains in non electrical machinery and transportation equipment with average factory hours at 41 5 and 4 4 hours for paper products and metals.
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Erie County
James Roseberry
Corry
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
A Imark
Roseberry
Corry and
Erie
Soviets Weigh Prosecution Of Two More Yank Airmen
The Soviet Union may stage an eight to ten month show trial of two American RB47 crewmen, 1st Lt. Freeman Olmstead of Elmira New York and Lt. John McKone of Tonawanda Kansas, following Francis Powers espionage case. Washington contests the claim of territorial violation and demands their release, while the United States pledges continued effort to secure freedom for the two airmen.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Freeman Bruce Olmstead
Elmira
John Richard McKone
Tonvauoxie
Kan
Arcttc
William A. Palm
Oak Ridge
United States
Olmstead
McKone
State Department
RBA
Moscow
Search Party Finds Man Lost Overnight 80
An eightieth year old Erie man Charles McDowell was found wandering along a rural road after an overnight search south of Waterford. He had been missing since 1 p.m. yesterday and was located near 7 a.m. today. Firemen, Civil Defense and police aided the effort, with help from Mill Village and Edinboro.
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Waterford
Erie
Charles McDowell
McDowell
Carlton E. Palmer Sr
CBS Cuts Radio Dramas For News Oriented Schedule
New CBS schedule shifts away from soap operas and radio dramas toward news and information. Network will increase news hours by about 50 percent, elevating total network news to roughly 17 hours and 8 minutes from over 11 hours.
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EW York
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Hayes
Downtown Corry Sidewalk Bazaar Daze Draws Big Crowds
City officials praise the combined promotions by the Chamber Retail Division the St Thomas Church lawn festival and Kiwanis carnival for drawing thousands of Corry residents to downtown events. Prize drawings awarded four local residents the top prize of 1000 dollars and other cash and goods as crowds totaled about 4900 for the two night festival.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
St. Thomas’ Church
Juanita Smith
Mead Avenue
Leon Doleski
North Center
Clinton
William Miller
Kiwan
Struthers Wells Reveals $16 Million Backlog
Warren-Suruthers Wells Corp., a heavy equipment maker and defense contractor with plants in Warren and Titusville, reports an order backlog exceeding $16 million. President H. W. Conarro told stockholders a new fully owned subsidiary is being considered to boost research and development, especially in saline conversion.
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Warren — Suruthers Wells Corp
Warren
Titusville
H. W. Conarro
Soviet to fund $300 million UAR development plan
Reds report that the Soviet Union will shortly undertake to finance and carry out more than 300 million dollars of development projects in the United Arab Republic. Damascus sources describe the move as a major boost to the UAR’s economic program and regional influence.
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UAR
Damascus
Syria
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Air Force Captures Capsule Dropped From Satellite Flight
In Honolulu AP reports the U S Air Force celebrated history’s first aerial capture of a capsule ejected from an orbiting Discoverer XUW satellite. The 85 pound capsule, caught by a parachute hook, was plucked near the Pacific by a C119 Flying Boxcar and flown to Hawaii for study.
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Honolulu
U.S. Air Force
Space
Pacific
Alaska
U. S. Maitland
Hawaii
Maj. Gey
C. J. Ritland
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Los Angeles
Sadist Admits Double Slaying in Riverside Robbery
Karl Gentry a 16 year old confessed to the brutal murder of Charles Duvel 45 and Sylvia Duvel 47 in their Riverside California home during an August 1 robbery. Gentry and accomplices Sieterle and O’Hara tied the couple to beds then stabbed them repeatedly after demanding money. Police report Gentry stated the motive was to finance new tires for Sieterle’s car and recounts the killings including Duvel’s pleas.
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Riverside. Com
Karl Gentry
David Sieterle
Tom O'Hara
Gentry
Charles Duvel
Sylvia
Sieterle
Duvel
California
O'Hara
Riverside
Diver
Siete
Surplus Food Program Suspended in Corry
The Corry surplus food distribution at the State Armory, 205 East Washington Street, 1 to 4 p m Tuesday, will be the last until further notice. A. la Martin, coordinator, Erie County Surplus Food Program, said no food will be delivered until a new food board is found and urged applications from churches, groups, service clubs, or civic organizations. Interested parties should write to Erie County Surplus Food Program, 217 East 18th Street, Erie.
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Corry
State Armory
Washington Street
A. la Martin
Erie County
Erie
Church
Service Club
Martin
East 18Th Street
Refuses Blood Transfusions, Man Critical After Crash
A western Pennsylvania man, Howard K. McConnell, 31, of New Castle, in critical condition after a car and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive crash at a crossing. He refused blood transfusions due to religious beliefs and was treated at Presbyterian Hospital with head and facial injuries. he lost an eye. In another incident near New Eagle, Pa., three people were killed and three injured in a two-car crash, including Ken Dunseath 23, of Elrama, Duana McClean 17, of West Mifflin, and Richard Stockton 5, of Detroit.
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rIris Burgh
Western Pennsylvania
Howard K. McConnell
New Castle
Je- Housh
Pss
Pennsylvania Railroad
Presbyterian Hospital
New Eagle
Washington County
Ken Dunseath
Elrama
Duana McClean
West Mifflin
Richard Stockton
Detroit
Michigan
Usher Burdick Succumbs At 81
Former North Dakota congressman Usher L Burdick has died at 81 in Sibley Hospital. A Republican who served 10 terms from 1958, he was a central figure in state politics for decades. His son Quentin Burdick, a Democrat, succeeded him in the House and later Senate. He was married three times.
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Washington
Usher L. Burdick
North Dakota
Sibley Hospital
Congress
Li Tn
Quentin Burdick
Senate
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Barbara Powers
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NASA
Frie County
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Usher Burdick
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