Rock Pile Fire Grows Near Tem perance House Site
Fires at a sandstone rock pile near Tem perance House between Pleasantville and Tionesta grew stubbornly despite heavy rain. Edward Johnson reported worsening flames that rose higher than Sunday, with gas possible though the source remained unknown. About 80 onlookers watched the blaze from Johnson's property as authorities probed the rock depths.
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Titusvili — Cjanes
Temperance House
Pleasantville
Tionesta
Edward Johnson
Johnson
Major drive to register 1.1 million Southern voters
NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced a combined effort to register 1.1 million Negro voters in time for the 1980 presidential election. Roy Wilkins said the block by block campaign would use state and local groups, while Martin Luther King Jr urged non-partisan backing of civil rights supporters and set a goal of 300,000 registrations in the South for 1960.
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Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Roy Wilkins
New York
NAACP
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Sothern Christian Leadership Conference
Scranton Backs Scott For VP Endorses Nixon Scott Ticket
The Scranton Tribune editorially backs Sen. Hugh Scott for the Republican nomination for vice president. It notes Pennsylvania as a pivotal state and cites Scott’s past ability to tilt the balance toward Republicans, referencing the 1958 Senate win and the 1952 1956 Pennsylvaia California ticket history.
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Suraniun. Ru
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scranton Tribune
Tribune
Pennsylvania
Stolt
California
Sniper Slaying Baffles Police
A sniper slaying baffled police one day after services at a Mentor church where the victim was Sunday School superintendent. His wife claimed no knowledge of her relations with other men and said she bought Christmas gifts in Cleveland on December 24 while three Clark children were nearby.
Circus press agent and editor dies at 57
Edward Scholtzhauer a longtime circus press agent and former Billboard editor died yesterday of a heart ailment in Burlington. He had served as publicity director for Pollack Bros. Circus of Chicago for the past 11 years.
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Burlington, Town
Justus Edward Scholtzhauer
Billboard Magazine
Pollack Bros. Circus
Chicago
Frank's Auto Service Ad Listed Services and Phone
Auto glass and table top glass and general auto repair offered by Frank's Auto Service formerly Thomas Motors. Contact phone 20125 for repairs or glass services.
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Auto Glass Table Top Glass General Auto Repair
Frank’s Auto Service
Thomas Motors
Rockefeller Exit Sets Nixon Challenge for Democrats
Washington AP reports two clear effects from Nelson Rockefeller stepping aside to allow Nixon the Republican nomination. Democrats can focus attacks on Nixon from early campaigning, sharpening the 1960 choice, and voters may distinguish more clearly between parties next November. Rockefellers move reduces the risk of opposing Nixon and signals Democrats must craft a distinct alternative strategy.
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Washington
New York
Nelson
Rockefellow
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Nin
Nixon Tan Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Lima
Ike
Definition of electorate could decide Pennsylvania betting rule
A word dispute may shape whether pari mutuel harness race betting becomes legal in Pennsylvania. Governor Lawrence signed a bill allowing betting only after a majority of the electorate in a county approves. The question is whether electorate means all qualified voters or only those voting. An AG memo notes the legal definition may differ and court rulings are being reviewed.
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Pennsylvania
Davidl L. Lawrence
Aime X. Alpern
Webster
Rainy Breakup of Dense Pennsylvania Fog
A wind driven rain in Pennsylvania dissipated a transportation crippling fog that had paralyzed air and ship traffic and slowed highways. Landing minimums were restored at Philadelphia International Airport with a 500 foot ceiling and three eighths mile visibility. Airlines canceled most flights and Pennsylvanian rail service ferried stranded passengers. In Sewickley a two car crash killed Mrs. Michael Zak, 37, injuring her husband and three children.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
International Airport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Biz Sewickley Creek
Sewickley
Michael Zak
Summit Meetings Shape Prewar and War Era Alliances
A look at prewar and wartime summits linking Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and other leaders. Key gatherings include Casablanca Cairo Tehran Potsdam and Geneva with mentions of allied aims, deadlines, and postwar planning, plus a Pittsburgh crane accident with worker Michael Maggiton.
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United States
Franklin DB
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Newfoundland
Britain
Casablanca
Mexico
Churchill
Pittsburgh
N. 5
Steel Corp
Michael Maggiton
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Ester
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Marlow
Color Film Service
Janet Munro
Tobago
Janet
Frank Litz
Spring St
Citizens National Bank OF Corry
Mente Federal Depot Insusanel Corporation
Cairo
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Korea
Tehran
Tran
Stalin
Germany
Yalty
Crimea
Sane
Ien
Soviet Union
Potsdam
Trumpt
Clement
Attlee
Gotay
Europe
Alernard Trumtn
United Nations
Sant Francisco
Truman
Mickelzie King
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Bugar Faure
Nicolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Almort
Unites Jon
Ehentiower
Commons
Corry’s Finest
Sauerkraut
Oscar Mayer
HAM
Korv
Granadaisa
Sunkist
Maine
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