Earhart death claim tied to Japanese execution seen in Saipan
CBS reports a Pacific island witness says Amelia Earhart crash landed near Saipan in 1937 and was taken by Japanese to be executed, with locals noting a missing navigator. A San Mateo Times investigation involved Linwood Gay and KCBS reporter Fred Goerner examining an aircraft generator found in Slapan waters.
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Amelia Earhart
Mer
Columbia Broadcasting System
Saipan
CBS
Don Mozeley
Pacific
Miss Earhart
San Mateo
Calif
Earhart
Paul Mantz
Slapan
Fred Goerner
KCBS
San Francisco
Linwood Gay
San Meteo Times
Goerner
Mantz
Auto Insurance Rates See Hikes and Drops in Erie Area
Erie area changes reflect mid state split with two coverages up and two down. Basic liability limits are 10000/20000 bodily injury and 5000 property damage with 100 collision deductible. Rates shown for typical drivers. large cities saw higher increases statewide. Pittsburgh air will be tested for radioactivity within 50 miles starting in about two weeks.
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Pennsylvania
Erie
Corry
Pittsburgh
United States Geological Survey
Missing U S Bomber Off Norway With Six Crewmen
An American reconnaissance bomber disappeared on a mapping mission north of the Kola Peninsula. Last heard from at 73 30 N 35 E, the six crewmen are Capt. Eugene B. Posa, Capt. Willard G. Palm, Steee B. Olmstead, Lt. John R. McKone, Lt. Dean B. Phillips, and Lt. Oscar L. Goforth. Search planes arrived at Bodoe in northern Norway to scour the sea. The crew, based at Topeka, Kansas, were temporarily stationed in England.
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Norway
Soviet
Kola Peninsula
Barons Sea
Finmark
U. S
West Germany
Eugene B. Posa
Santa Monica
Calif
Willard G. Palm
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Steee B. Olmstead
Ela
John R. McKone
Aiganides Kan
Dean B. Phillips
Inwood
N. C
Oscar L. Goforth
Sardis
Okla
Air Force
Topeka
Kan
England
Call A Friend Tonight On Fourth of July Eve
A public service style appeal urges readers to call a friend and urge safe behavior on the Fourth weekend. It warns that about 370 people may be killed in highway accidents and stresses personal responsibility to prevent tragedy.
Third Class Mail Rate Increased by Half Cent
Washington reports a rate hike for bulk third class mail with the minimum charge rising from two cents to a new three cent level. This marks the second staggered increase under Congress approved postage changes in 1958. The category covers direct mail advertising and merchandise samples.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur B. Summerfield
College Students Lose Child Custody Ruling
AUSTIN Tex AP A University of Texas couple pursuing doctorates lost custody of their 19 month old daughter after police said she was left alone in a filthy apartment. District Judge J Harris Gardner ruled the child dependent and neglected and permanently removed parental rights from Mr and Mrs Desalee Zocum placing the girl in Travis County Juvenile Home. The couple showed no emotion during the decision.
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Tex
Texas
Yesterany
J. Harris Gardner
Travis County
Gardner
Desalee
Zocum
Khrushchev Ready for New U S President Talks
Nikita Khrushchev said he would not deal with Eisenhower and is prepared to meet a new U S president after his nine day visit to Vienna. He urged keeping the Berlin issue on ice until after the next president takes office, while Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko signaled flexibility on talks but ruled out resuming the stalled disarmament discussions. Khrushchev also agreed with Austrian leaders to form two joint Austrian Soviet committees on economic and cultural affairs.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
U.S
Austria
Bruno Kreisky
Bruno Pittermann
Nikita
Kreisky
Schoenbrunn
Krelsky
Khrushchev
Berlin
Pittermann
West Berlin
Billy Brandt
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Geneva
Gromyko
Julians, Raab
First Hours Of Holiday Free Of Accidents Here
State Police report the holiday began with no accidents in Corry area as traffic increased yesterday afternoon and last night. Officials warn the calm depends on moderate driving and courtesy on the highways. Local shops closed yesterday and today, won't reopen until Tuesday. retail life slows at 5:30 pm today and again tomorrow and Monday. No public Fourth observance planned. families plan picnics trips to parks, beaches, and lakes.
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Corry
Ife
Five Killed In Pittsburgh Area Crashes
Five people died in four auto accidents in Pittsburgh yesterday. Victims include Ralph J. Gaber 33 of Coraopolis Ralph H. Brendel 28 Thomas Good 21 Mrs Richard Thornburg 33 and Philip Lippi all Pittsburgh residents. Gaber died instantly Brendel died later Good slid into the underpass Thornburg killed in a collision involving her small foreign car and another auto. Her three children were hospitalized. The Lippi crash left his small foreign car across a dividing strip hitting three oncoming vehicles. Drivers of two other vehicles were hurt.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph J. Gaber
Coraopolis
Ralph H. Brendel
Thomas Good
Richard Thornburg
Philip Lippi
Gaber
Brendell
Brendel
Good
Thornburg
Congress Evens Grudge With Ike Okays Pay Hike
Congress approves a pay increase, easing tensions with President Eisenhower as lawmakers move to raise salaries amid ongoing political friction. The measure highlights fiscal moves shaping parliamentary relations and executive expectations in a tense period.
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Congress
Ike
Congress delays major action as recess looms
Washington AP reports Congress adjourns for the political conventions after overriding Eisenhower on a federal pay raise costing 746 million dollars yearly. The move sets aside health aid, school funds, minimum wage, housing, and farm bills, with return expected mid August and a potential month or longer post convention session.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Budget Bureau
Senate Finance Committee
House Rules Committee
CJ And Union Set For 2 Years Labor Harmony
The Corry Jamestowns and the International Association of Machinists approved a two year contract. It includes a direct pay rise of four and one half cents next year and 43 cents in the year starting July 7 1961, plus higher hospital coverage and weekly sickness and accident benefits rising to 40 dollars. The two year cost totals 12.75 cents including Social Security and unemployment insurance increases. The deal ends after a brief negotiation period with a wage reopener dropped at the union’s request. CJ managers Thomas Russell John Freno William McKee Robert Davis Basil Pokosh and Russell Clark led talks. unionists Theodore Faust Louis Miller John Bolan Arthur McQuiston Lewis Barton Ralph Britten Lawrence Lobdell and Claude Townsend participated.
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Corry Jamestowns
International Association of Machinists
Corry Jamestown
Thomas Russell
John Freno
William McKee
Robert Davis
Basil Pokosh
Russell Clark
Theodore Faust
Louis Miller
John Bolan
Arthur McQuiston
Lewis Barton
Ralph Britten
Lawrence Lobdell
Claude ‘Townsend
UMW Cuts Miners Aid Amid Welfare Fund Rule Change
Washington AP report says coal miners unemployed eight years will lose medical and death benefits under new United Mine Workers Union Welfare and Retirement Fund rules. The changes, published in the UMW Journal, may push unemployed miners to seek other work to avoid losing protection.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Miles
United Mine Workers Journal
Miners’ Fund
Maine
Ask Legal Ruling On School Funds For Lobbying
Auditor General Charles C. Smith asked the State Justice Department for a formal opinion on whether Falls Township school district may legally spend funds on public relations and lobbying. An audit showed 8279 dollars listed for these purposes, with Smith arguing no school code authority grants such spending.
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Sammaddur
State Justice Department
Charles C. Smith
Falls ‘Township
Bucks County
Smith
Anne
Alper
New Bishop Names Aides in Western Pennsylvania
Dr W Vernon Middleton, newly appointed Methodist bishop for western Pennsylvania, names Ernest V May as director of city work in National Missions Philadelphia and David J Wynne to succeed May as executive secretary of the Pittsburgh Conference Board of Missions and the Methodist Church Union. Wynne previously pastored Baldwin Community Methodist Church in Whitehall.
Steel Plant To Close Over Wage Dispute
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp plans to close its Buffalo foundry by year end after the United Steelworkers union refused to drop the plant from the basic steel wage structure. Industrial relations director John Grove said stainless steel casting sales halt in October, with the entire plant closing by year end. The firm offered $500,000 for modernization if it could be exempted from the wage formula.
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Enamoundh
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Buffalo, N
John &. Grove
United Steelworkers Union
Allegheny
Fourth of July holiday traffic deaths forecast
Traffic officials estimate 74 million vehicles on the road over the long Fourth of July weekend. The National Safety Council warns as many as 370 traffic deaths could occur, 60 more than the same period last year, with total mishaps including 77 drownings and 43 death by beating in the broader weekend tally. The AP notes 343 traffic deaths during the nonholiday week end. Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends bracket the summer peak.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
State income behind estimate in Harrisburg report
The Lawrence Administration said state revenue improved modestly in June but 13 month receipts fell $24,700,000 short of estimates. For the 13 months ending June 30 receipts were $903,500,000 vs $828,900,000 anticipated. June receipts were $56,300,000, about $3,000,000 above forecast, led by the 4 percent sales tax at $27,600,000, $1,900,000 over projection. The administration expected second half collections to meet the original forecast.
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Lawrence
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