Hope Fades For Boys Believed Lost In Mine
Dozens of searchers worked through the night near a mine about 15 miles southeast of town for two boys missing since January 14. Larry Husted, 10, and Wesley Lowe, 13, entered a cavern believed to have trapped them. Officials deployed a dragline and explosives after days of searching without result. Cavern fears persisted as the heavy machinery dug a crater roughly 30 feet deep and 100 feet wide while crews labored in two hour shifts.
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Clay Ming
Larry Husted
Wesley Lowe
Here
Saturn
Remoans Pushes Standby Public Works Bill to Halt Recessions
Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania told AFL CIO leaders the unemployment rate in his state remains high with about 400,000 jobless workers in December. He urged keeping a public works bill ready to combat future recessions, praising George Meany’s leadership and stressing the bill as vital to keeping the labor force employed.
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Washington
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
Pennsylvania
Wras
Afl-Cio
APL~ Cio
Uhat
George Meany
Two Children Die in Blaze at Blanburg Ps
In Blanburg Ps a fire Saturday killed Ivan Fey Glass aged 6 and Linda 11 months, the two children of Lyar Glass. Their father Lyner rescued three other children but could not reach Ivan and Linda. Authorities blamed a heater explosion. Lorn 65, builder of Burlington Industries, died the same day in a related blaze.
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Blandburg
Ivan Fey Glass
Mieter
Linda
Cambria County
Lyar
Moor
Ivan
Linde
Six Die In Mount Elbert Snowslide Near Twin Lakes
A massive slide from Colorado's Mount Elbert swept over Twin Lakes burying four houses. At least six people died and others were injured or missing as 600 volunteers searched through 20 inches of fresh snow after a three day storm. Two survivors were found eight hours after the collapse.
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Twin Lakes
Colo
Colorado
Mount Elbert
Rocky Mountain
Denver
G. L. Shelton
Marie
Steve
Vickie
William Adamich
Barbara
Walt
Leadville
Billy
Michael
Nels Lindstone
Lindstone
Search Parties Near Wrights Peak For B47 Wing Section
A week after a B47 bomber vanished, search teams on Wrights Peak in the Adirondacks resume a climb to recover a wing section and possible parachutes. Weather hampers progress as ground, air, and forest rangers press toward the summit of the 4115 foot peak. The bomber from Plattsburgh AFB vanished after reporting over Watertown, with four crew members including Jamestown, New York native Lt Rodney D. Bloomgren.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
Tivemsé
Adirondack
Air Force
Wright's Peak
Watertown
Five Children Die in Lillooet Fire at Auto Court Bungalow
Five children burned to death when a fire swept through an auto court bungalow at Lillooet, 120 miles northeast of here, Saturday night. Their deaths raise BC weekend child fire toll to ten, with five others killed Friday night in a shack blaze on an Indian reserve at Alert Bay.
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Lillooet
Here
British Columbia
Alert Bay
Italy Protests Communist Plane Flight Over Bari
Protests escalate as a Bulgarian air force pilot crashes near Gioia del Colle in a defection attempt. Italian officials cite air space violation while counter intelligence questions his story and seized film from a MIG19. Premier Panfilo and Foreign Minister Segnteat discuss the incident as Solakov survives with a fractured arm.
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Bart
Italy
API
Bulgaria
Bari
Tallin
Gioia del Colle
NATO
Milose Solakov
Forn
Solakov
Amintore Panfani
Antonio Segnteat
Rome
Constantin Micev
Teb
Lightning Strikes Bob Hope Plane Over California
Comedian Bob Hope and actress Jane Wyman were aboard a Pacific Air Lines twin engine flight when a bolt struck the nose over northern California. The strike disabled some instruments and the pilot diverted to San Francisco. about 40 people were aboard. Hope described hearing a thud and seeing a bright flash before the landing.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
Jane Wyman
California
Hope
San Francisco
Matterey
Associated Press
Pacific Air Lines
Pebble Beach
Miss Wyman
Pred Karger
Car crash on Boyertown pike kills Erwin Neubauer
A vehicle skidded off a curve on the Boyertown pike today, snapping two power poles and ending in a field. The driver, Erwin Neubauer, age 23, died at the scene.
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Nobilé
Boyertown
Erwin
Neubauer
Stone
Delay Space Shot Set For Thursday
Cape Canaveral AP reports delays with the Friendship spacecraft postpone John Glenn Jr flight to Thursday. NASA has not set a new firing date amid Atlas Boosters and capsule checkout troubles. Glenn trains for a world orbit and awaits final medicals and briefings as preflight steps continue.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John Hi. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glenn
Killer Of Girl Arrested On Warren Outskirts
A 58 year old itinerant magazine salesman with a record of morals convictions admitted killing 11 year old Jane Benfield last July in a Centralia area. Frank Earl Senk was arrested in Russell Warren County and later signed a statement admitting the murder. The body was found on Aristes Mountain by Army reserve miners. Autopsy showed sever beating and skull fracture with no rape admitted by Senk. He is held for arraignment in Columbia County.
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King
Frank Earl Senk
Jane Benfield
Centralia
Benk
Columbia County
Frank McCartney
Pennsylvania
Was
Russell
Warren County
McCartney
Aristes Mountain
anyArmy
Minneuvers
Len
J. R. Brobst
Brobst
Howard Berninger
Lenk
Berninger
Lank
Jane
Senk
Williamsport
Patney
Florida
Police Seek Damaged Car In Hit Run Centerville
State Police seek a car with a damaged right front end possibly linked to a hit and run in Centerville at 3 a.m. yesterday. Marjorie Thomas of Centerville owned the struck vehicle, damage around $200, and investigation delayed by late notification. Also noted were two additional weekend crashes near Union City with injuries unlikely, one a rollover on Route 8 and another offset collision near a utility pole leading to a reckless driving charge against Niedbalski.
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Corry
Centerville
C. W. Irwin
Marjorie Thomas
Thomas
Union City
Francisco Esparraguiere
OW City
Vito
Esparfaguera
Joseph Niedbaleki
Dunkirk
N.Y
Niedbalski
Justice of the Peace
Walter Domke
RD. 2
Woman Killed and Kin Suffer Heart Attacks in WV Crash
In Winchester Wisconsin AP reports a mother Mrs Mary Moreland 37 was killed in a West Virginia motor vehicle crash. Her son Carl Moreland and another family member were treated for heart attacks after being told of the death. Three other occupants of Memorial Hospital suffered injuries.
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Winchester
West Virginia
Mary (Moreland
Carl
John Moreland I
Memorial Hospital
West Virginie
Father, Mother, Faith, and Murder in Small Town
In Centralia Pennsylvania, William Benfield Jr receives word from Monsignor William Burke that Frank Lenk, an itinerant magazine salesman, has confessed to killing 13 year old Jane Benfield last July. The churchman urged forgiveness as Benfield and his wife cope with the shock and relief. Lenk’s confession reportedly did not include a rape admission according to police.
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Centralia
William Benfield Jr
Benfield
Margaret
Bill
Monsignor
William J. Burke
St. Ignatius Roman Catholic
Earl Lenk
Gun blasts saucer sized hole in leg
Douglas Donnell, 17, of Waterford, was injured when a British 303 rifle discharged while he cleaned it at home. He walked to the ambulance, then to St. Vincent's Hospital Erie for surgery after the bullet pierced his upper left leg and bored a hole the size of a saucer.
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Iucus
St. Vincent's Hospital
Erie
Douglas Donnell
Thomas Haines
Waterford
Donnell
Haines
Clymer Couple Hurt As Auto Hits Freight
David Fassett and his wife Genevieve Fassett were injured when their car struck a moving freight train at Clymer Center Saturday night. They were treated at Corty Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises and released. Fassett may have rib fractures. Auto damage was about 850 dollars.
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Awayne
Clymer Center
David Passett
Genevieve
Corty Memorial Hospital
Fassett
Comedian Snib Pollard Dies at 72 in Hollywood
Renowned comedian Snib Pollard, age 72, famed for the Seystone comedies with Charlie Choplin and Buster Keaton, died Saturday in Hollywood. The performer helped define early screen comedy with sly wit and physical gags that influenced generations of actors and filmmakers.
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Hollywood
Snib Pollard
EUB Church To Vote On New Addition
The Corry Evangelical United Brethren Church will meet Wednesday evening to vote on a proposed 95000 addition to the North Center street church. If approved, construction should begin in spring with the initial unit as an educational addition on the west side of the current building. Architects Julian Naetzker and Associates of Jamestown will present plans already approved by the Erie Conference Board of Missions.
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Corry
Erie Conference Board of Missions
Glenn E. Donelson
Kennedy Back In White House After Brief Virginia Visit
President Kennedy returned to Washington from a short stay at Glen Ora in Virginia countryside. He was not accompanied by Mrs Kennedy or the two children Caroline and John. He had attended Mass in Washington before flying to Glen Ora near Middleburg yesterday.
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Washington
Glen Ors
Hunt Country
Virginia
Caroline
John
Glen Orn
Middleburg
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