TV Quiz Show Rigging Claims Denied by NBC and Producers
In New York AP report NBC and producers of Twenty-One deny contestant Herbert Stempel's accusation that the show was rigged. Stempel says he was coached and told to miss a question to let Charles Van Doren win, while Van Doren and others express shock and innocence. Frank Hogan confirms the probe ties to the Dotto scandal, with no grand jury action yet.
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New York
Naonal Broadcasting Co
Herbert Stempel
Charles van Doren
Frank 8. Hogan
Stempel
Jack Barry
Dan Enright
NBC
Erie Man Killed in Strange Shooting Spree
Erie resident Joseph P. Kalafat about 42 was killed instantly when a rifle bullet struck his attorney Raymond P. Leemhuis’s car after Kalafat argued against widening June street. Leemhuis reported Kalafat had hired him for a damages suit. police and a coroner will decide if the death was accidental or self inflicted. Kalafat had a brother, Andrew, who died in a separate vehicle collision months earlier.
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Woday
Evie
Joseph P. Kalafat
Warren W. Wood
Kulafut
June Street
Raymond P. Leemhuis
Kalafut
Leemhuis
Kalaful
Buffalo Trend
Sledding area work approved near Corry Area High School
The Corry Chamber of Commerce Recreation Committee approved off street sliding areas near Corry Area High School at a noon meeting. The committee, which had acquired the property last year, began development for winter sports. Dr. William Rodemeyer was named school superintendent chairman, replacing Dr. L M Douglas who resigned after moving.
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Chamber of Commerce
William Rodemeyer
L. M. Douglas
Thirteen Year Old Chooses Amputations Over Wheelchair
In New Jersey a 13-year-old girl, Karleen Queeney, after years of paralysis and failed treatments, chooses leg amputations to enable artificial limbs and dancing, with her mother and father deferring to her wish amid medical and ethical debate.
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Ni J. (Ap
Patrick Queaney
Karleen
Pennsy Derailment Halts Pennsylvania Railroad Repairs
Over 100 railway workers from western Pennsylvania and New York labored to reopen a single line after a derailment north of Hydetown. Nineteen cars left the track, eight were re-raised, and emergency brakes stopped further movement. The crash damaged bananas, bottles, steel, coffee, and plaster board as crews unloaded cargo and prepared shipments from Oil City locations. All crew members were from Oil City.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hydetown
Jtrack
Titusville
Oil City
Milk price to jump September twenty one
The State Milk Control Commission set September 21 as the date for a seasonal price increase of one cent per quart for most of Pennsylvania, with Pittsburgh and nearby areas seeing different adjustments. Producers receive a 40 cent per hundredweight rise in many regions, while Pittsburgh is up 35 cents. Home delivered quart prices vary by city, from 25 to 27 cents per quart in listed areas. A separate Hunting Mishap Fatality report notes Gabriel Ferrara, 19, of Altoona, killed in a hunting accident near Pin Grove Mills when struck by a 22 caliber rifle bullet from companion Frank Weldlich.
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State Milk Control Commission
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Pittsburgh
Shamokin-Pittsville
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Allentown-Easton
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Altoona
York
Willamsport
Reading
Johnstown-Altoona
University Park
Gabriel Ferrara
Pin Grove Mills
Charles J. Cullen
Centre County
Gabriel
Frank Weldlich
Arkansas Governor Hints on Blocking School Integration
Gov. Orval Faubus holds up powerful anti integration bills as the Arkansas legislature passes a special session agenda to block forced school integration. The U S Supreme Court heard Little Rock arguments but delayed a decision for two weeks while plans to extend the session circulate.
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Little Rock
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Orval Faubus
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U. S. Supreme Court
Paubus
House
Senate
Schedule New Hearing On Little Rock For September 11
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court postponed a ruling on Little Rock Central High School integration. After over three hours of arguments in an extraordinary session, the justices agreed to reconvene September 11 to decide whether a 22 year delay in resuming racial mixing should occur. The decision leaves open whether Central High will reopen before new arguments and highlights the central issue of school integration.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
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Central High
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Corry Man Serious After Route 6 Crash
Corry salesman James B. Lewis, 60, was severely injured when his car left Route 6 west of Corry and hit a culvert. He suffered a serious head injury and fractures and was moved to Corry Memorial Hospital. State Police noted the crash location six miles west and that the vehicle damage exceeded $2,000. Lewis Hale and another passerby found the wreck. doors jammed, delaying aid until an ambulance arrived from Union City. He remains unable to be questioned due to injuries. Another brief item notes Perryopolis resident Ciscino Duronio, 61, found dead from a heart attack while hunting coon near Perryopolis.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
James B. Lewis
East Bond Street
Raymond Plant
Lewis
Cory
Lewis Hale
North Center Street
Hale
Union City
Integration Ordered In Virginia City Virginia
Norfolk Virginia announces it will enroll 17 African American children in white schools under a federal order to end segregation. The board reconsidered 151 applicants, but chose not to enroll the remaining 134. A motion to delay enrollment may be filed, and court action is anticipated to protect the district under the Supreme Court’s injunction.
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Norfolk School Board
Feder- Valcourt
Norfolk
Walter E. Hoffman
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Hoffman
W. R. ©. Cocke
Paul Schweitzer
Cocke
Supreme Court
U S Hints At Red Threat On Formosa Link To Defense
Washington officials say a slow Peiping threat will weigh on President Eisenhower as he weighs sending U S forces in response to any Red Chinese invasion near Formosa. The State Department issues a hands off warning to Chinese Communists while Peiping radios threaten Quemoy and Matsu as U S forces monitor the situation. Eisenhower notes Formosa ties to defense but declines to commit before any assault occurs.
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Matsu
Pescadores
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Chinese People's Liberation Army
Taiwan
Red Radio
Hisenhower
Mars
Storm Daisy Sweeps North Along New England Coast
Storm Daisy moved northeast along the New England coast with diminishing impact on land. The Boston Weather Bureau reported reduced intensity and minimal danger to shore areas as President Eisenhower planned a Newport vacation, with the storm center about 70 miles south of Nantucket and winds under 50 mph along exposed coastal zones.
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New England
Cape Cod
Boston Weather Bureau
Eisenhowe
Newport
Nantucket
Block Island
U S Seventh Fleet Reinforced Moves in Pacific War
The Navy announced reinforcement of the Seventh Fleet as carriers Midway and Los Angeles depart from San Francisco and Pearl Harbor to join the Western Pacific front. Midway left August 16, engaging heading to patrol the war zone. Los Angeles sailed from Long Beach to bolster forces amid tense Mediterranean duties.
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Midway
Los Angeles
7Th Fleet
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Pearl Harbor
Long Beach
Calif
Mediterranean
Corry Constable Escapes Injury In Auto Crash
In Spartansboro a parked car backed into an eastbound vehicle, injuring no one. Perry M. Nichols, 7, of Williams Street, was shaken but uninjured. Paul Schmidt, 75, of Cambridge Springs, was involved. Total damage estimated at 195 dollars, with 110 dollars to Nichols’ vehicle and 85.10 to Schmidt’s.
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Spartansboro
Perry M. Nichols
Williams Street
Corry
Nichols
Spartansburg
Paul Schmidt
Cambridge Springs
Schmidt
Restitution in forgery case tied to Social Security check
A mother and son, Mrs. Rosetta Smith and Arisl Smith, were released on bond after admitting to taking a $73.90 Social Security check mailed to Laura H. Betts. The check was cashed by Urial Smith at a local Loblaw store. The case, involving forgery and cheating by fraudulent pretense, was referred to the Secret Service in Pittsburgh for federal action.
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Rosetta Smith
West Pleasant Street
Arisl Smith
Smith
Eisenhower signs Social Security bill increasing benefits and taxes
President Eisenhower signed a bill boosting Social Security benefits and taxes. The 7 percent rise, with a $3 minimum, will start next February for about 12 million retired workers and survivors. Payroll tax rises from January 1 to 2.0 percent on up to $4,800 earnings, affecting roughly 75 million workers and employers. He urged review of public assistance funding shifts to federal versus state responsibility.
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Flemming
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