Titusville Hosts Centennial Week of Oil History
Titusville Pennsylvania sees crowds swell as it marks the oil industry centennial. A National Historical Wax Museum Drake figure, the town’s oil heritage, and events from parades to dances fill a week of exhibits, sports, fireworks, and speeches culminating on August 27 the anniversary of Col Edwin L Drake's well. Fiddler Elmer Snyder, 92, wins a special prize, while B C Nell, 80, garners top honors in a recent competition.
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Pittsburgh
Edwin L. Drake
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Drake
National Historical Wax Museum
Elmer Snyder
Ol City
B.C. Nell
Clintonville
Let Contract To Transport Special Pupils
Joy are vuON ynuveu! Eight special education students will be transported daily to Waterford and Erie under a contract let to Mrs. Lenny Proctor of Wayne Township. She bid $20 a day for six children, with prorated costs for two additional students. Transportation will use a new nine passenger station wagon, servicing Erle and Waterford schools.
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Waterford
Erie
Lenny Proctor
Wayne Township
Iuxe
Fire at Cato Oil and Grease Co rages through night
Firemen battled a tank blaze at the Cato Oil and Grease Co Iato, with tanks and railroad cars exploding as flames spread. Seven fire fighters were treated for burns and released. Nightwatchman Homer Rogers said the fire began shortly after 10 in one of three warehouses and continued into the night.
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Uklaboma City
Uni
Cato Oil and Grease Co
Iato
Fie
Homer Rogers
UN Action In Laos Seen By US Officials
Washington reports Secretary of State Christian Herter told members of Congress that the United Nations may play a role in Laos before action. He called the Laos situation very dangerous and said the State Department lacks enough intelligence to see clearly what is happening amid growing U.S. concern.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Congress
United Nations
Laos
Jon
J William Fulbright
D-Ark
Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Warren Coroner Delays Verdict In Boy Death
Warren coroner E C Lowrey delayed ruling on the death of 14 year old David J Wilson found hanging in his home Sunday. Deputy Don Allen noted multiple investigative angles as the body was discovered by the youth’s father and a towel lay under his neck under the rope.
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Tienaide
Don Allen
Warren County
Lowrey
Alien
Slow Action On Substitute Housing Bill
The House Banking Committee considered a new billion dollar substitute housing bill replacing the vetoed Senate bill. The measure includes urban renewal funds, public housing units, college dormitories and classroom loans, elderly housing aid, and cooperative housing support, with adjournment fever affecting timing and potential presidential veto risk.
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House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Washington
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Banking Committee For Action
Congress
Western unity pledge ends as climbers die on Profile Mountain ledge
Ike pledged unity as two Brown University sophomores Alfred Whipple Jr. 20 and Sidney Crouch 21, plus Ex-port Bible Institute student, died on a Profile Mountain ledge in Franconia New Hampshire after 28 hours trapped. A seven member climbing party, led by John F. Taylor 29 of Princeton, failed to reach them amid 38 degree cold 9 hours of rain and 50 mile winds.
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Franconia
Profile Mountain
White Mountains
Sprikehian
Alfred Whipple Jr
Gales Perry
Cont
Brown University
Sidney Crouch
Ledyard
Conn
Export Pa Bible Institutes
F. Taylor
Princeton
Mays
Eisenhower to Meet Allied Leaders in Europe
President Eisenhower announced plans for a Europe trip to cement Western unity against aggression and to press for realism in Soviet arms talks. He will first meet Adenauer in Bonn, then Macmillan in London and De Gaulle in Paris, prior to talks with Khrushchev and a planned Soviet visit. He urged peace with honor and justice while stressing defense and unity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
America
Pete
West Germany
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Bonn
al Adenauer
Harold Macmilin
Charles de Gaulle
Isenhower
Russia
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Germany
Assembly Split On Method To Save School Aid
Harrisburg AP Republicans and Democrats clash over saving 2,000 school districts from sharp 1960 61 aid cuts. Senate plan freezes subsidies at 1959 60 level, with 7 50 25 percent phased reductions. House likely rejects. Real estate board data show rural losses and Philadelphia Pittsburgh gains. Taxes loom with 4 percent tax on drink sales. Continued on Page Eight.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Lawrence
Joseph M. Barr
D - Allerheny
Democratic House
GOP
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Barr
Senate Republicans
Paul L. Wagner
R-Schuiglill
Wagner
Albert R. Pechan
R-Armstrong
Committee Rejects Compromise on Highway Financing Crisis
The Mouse Ways and Means Committee rejected compromise proposals to extend a 22 month gas tax increase. In a 16-1 vote the panel reaffirmed its action for a federal gas tax rise. Rayburn's plan to cap the increase to one year failed 11-12, drawing a direct rebuke of Speaker Sam Rayburn.
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Bulletin Ashington
Mouse Ways and Means
Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
VFW To Push Paper Work On Korean Bonus
Local veterans association and VFW Post 264 VEW in Erie County prepare to processDD 214 copies for Korean bonus payments around 300 Corry area veterans. Post service officer Samuel Baressi coordinates capture of required documents and ensures county recording to avoid in person processing. Applications expected late September with Draft Board forms available at post office beginning Thursday.
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Samuel Baress Arviner
Corry Area
Bajensi Aid
Defense Department
Buresi
Bureni
Jim
Ad Wert Park Place
Buren
L Erle
Erie County
Pennayivania
Bareest
Ty Baressi
Baresi
Veterans Affairs Office
Erie
Fiance Cleared Cops Reconstruct Murder Of Coed
AP report details how detectives reconstructed the Sunday murder of a female college student in Los Angeles. The killer struck after she left her fiancé’s apartment, stabbing her multiple times as she fled through a side door, dying of his injuries.
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Los Angeles
Confons
Lindt Martin
Srene
Martin
Milas Martin
Dinio
Ath
Haller
Horthane
Wieuport
Cotter House
Hollywood
Kime
University of Southern California
Miss Martin
Binzin
Kinzie
Aecourt
Mias Martin
Gerald
Goetnide
Jump
Noor
Kinde
Als
Mine Marti
John Taylor
Glenview
Bear Lake Fire draws Corry units to blaze at Pine Valley
Corry fire crews joined two neighboring departments at a Bear Lake blaze sparked by a tractor explosion. A large barn and nearby structures burned. firemen contained spread. One worker, Burton Winder, suffered a wrist injury from a shattered window and was treated by an emergency unit. Damage estimated around 1500 dollars.
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Asi
Bear Lake
Waal Puxakawaki
Pine Valley
Benz Lake
Therman
Chyrle
Winder
Eata
Cory Engige
Corry
Jack Downey
Yollanstrem Wi
Gas Tax Increase Pushed in House by Ways and Means
Washington faces House Ways and Means action on a compromise one cent-a-gallon gasoline tax for 22 months to help fund the Interstate Highway program. Speaker Rayburn and committee plans clash with Eisenhower’s five year proposal and a halt in highway construction looms if funds are not found. The debate centers on extending the tax period and sourcing half a billion dollars yearly from general revenues.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Cme
Speakeer San Rayburs
D-Tex
AL Hia
Home Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Congress
Committee
Layne Held After Steelers Quarterback Charged
Layne, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, was arrested Sunday at 5 30 am on charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. His attorney Frank Erwin released a statement noting Layne appeared disoriented and could barely speak, with three other professionals cited as saying he had one or two beers after a Saturday night exhibition.
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Taryn Fitis
Swintah
Frank Erwin
Layne
Spealk
Uyne
Pittsburgh Steelers
Plane findings reveal 11 skeletons near Mount McSreight
Campbell River B C residents report the wreckage of a United States Neptune bomber and 11 skeletons in a remote mountaintop area near Vancouver Island. RCAF observers say the plane likely crashed in 1951. other Neptunes were found in the same area earlier. Identification awaits return of ground party from Comox.
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Campbell River
B.c.ap
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Air Force
Mount “Mc Sreight
Comox Rcaf Base
Monaster
W. H. Glover
Am Mirman
Fshing
Roberts Lake
Neptune
RCAF
Comox
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Boy
Ike
G. R. Kinde
Linda Edi. Martin
Kindle
Tome
VFW
Canada
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