Gettysburg Dramatization Set For 1863 Battle Climax
On Gettysburg battlefield Pennsylvania reenactors in blue and gray prepared a staged finale to the three day battle. Fifteen thousand Confederates would recreate Pickett s charge while 500 Union soldiers stood ready. The battle would be simulated by stereo sound with no blank rounds fired. Thousands watched a two hour parade and crowds gathered for the commemorations.
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Gettysburg
Battle of
George Pickett
Cemetery Ridge
Spain
George Gordon Meade
Arraigned In Sniper Slaying Of Medgar Evers
Byron de La Beckwith faces murder charges in the sniper slaying of Medgar Evers in Jackson Mississippi. The Hinds County grand jury indicted Beckwith, 42, who was wounded in World War I Tarawa, and he is held without bond. District Attorney Bill Waller will seek the death penalty. Evers, state field secretary for the NAACP, was shot June 12 as he stepped from his car at his home.
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Jackson
Miss
Byron Fle la Beckwith
Medgar W. Evers
Hinds County
Beckwith
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Bill Waller
FBI
Greenwood
Evers
National Association For the Advancement, of Colored People
Blaze Ravages Provost Lumber Co Buildings in Pittsburgh
A fire of unknown origin devastated the Provost Lumber Co complex in Pittsburgh's Overbrook area, damaging a two story office and warehouse. Six alarms were rung as flames swept floors, but firefighters controlled the blaze in about 30 minutes. It followed two prior city fires, including a $35,000 medical supply fire in Oakland and a $40,000 arson blaze downtown.
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Provost Lumber Co
Pittsburgh
Overbrook
Oakland
Two-vehicle crash kills Huntington woman on Route 22
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania on Route 22 two autos collided, killing 46 year old Tacy V. Brown of Huntington and lightly injuring three other women. Brown died on arrival at J C Blair Memorial Hospital.
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Huntingdon
Raimslick
Tacy V. Brown
Huntington
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital
Dump on city outskirts seen from Main Street routes
A growing dump in plain view west of Maple Avenue along East Main Street shapes passersby’s impression as trains pass through town. The visible neglect suggests the city appears rundown to travelers and residents alike.
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Maple Avenue
East Main Street
Center Street
Free Bus Rides For Parochials Deemed Constitutional
Pennsylvania Attorney General advised Governor Scranton that free school bus transportation for private and parochial pupils would be constitutional under state law. The opinion, shared during talks with the Pennsylvania Catholic Welfare Committee, says the secular purpose of safe and expeditious transport does not advance or inhibit religion. About 125,000 Catholic students could be affected by the legislation, with roughly 73,000 Catholic children among the state’s 700,000 affected in primary and secondary schools.
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Hafuussum
Scranton
Walter E. Alessandroni
Alessandroni
Pennsylvania
Catholic Welfare Committee
William Ball
Ball
Hershey Co buys Reese Candy Co assets for stock
Hershey Chocolate Corp completed a $22 million acquisition of the H. B. Reese Candy Co assets in Hershey Pennsylvania. The deal makes Reese a wholly owned subsidiary and uses 665 316 Hershey shares as the exchange payment.
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Hershey CO
Reese Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Corp
H. B. Reese Candy Co
Hershey
Aoa
Trade talks and budget balance loom in midyear briefing
A Washington report notes potential budget shortfalls of around 17 billion and six month budget balance worries. It highlights Treasury cautions on rising rates, outlines China policy talks invitation to West Coast business leaders, and compares House Senate progress with 59 public laws enacted and hundreds of pages of records.
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Washington
Tess Hefei
China
Hse Kong
Slav Department
Ernest T Nash
Woodkind, Cabil
Cochairman
Comditten
San Francisco World Trade Association
McGeorge Bundy
Golp
State Department
U.S
House
Senate
Kennedy European trip boosts pro Atlantic stance and unity
AP analysis notes Kennedy's European tour improved his position with Chancellor de Gaulle despite Franco German tensions. The journey covered Germany, Ireland, England, and Italy, highlighting Atlantic solidarity, closer US Europe cooperation, and strengthened German-US unity. Critics say homebound impressions could have been stronger. England and Italy yielded limited results.
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Washington
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Ireland
England
Italy
Kennnedy
Europe
Berlin
United States
France
de Gaulle
Amertes
Khrushchev
West
Kendy
Jones & Laughlin Furloughs 250 Pittsburgh Workers
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp says 250 temporary employees at Pittsburgh Works will be furloughed by week’s end. The cutbacks affect workers with under 60 days service. no reason given. Industry-wide belt tightening follows reduced steel inventories after the basic steel agreement.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Aj& L
Swat Contest Opens for Boys Aged Six to Eleven
The Swat contest at Roberlein Motors runs Monday to July 18 from 9 to 4 on weekdays and 9 to 12 Saturdays. Boys aged six to eleven will take five practice hits then ten to maximize distance as a ball machine pitches. Each participant must be with a parent, and trophies await winners across three age groups.
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Roberlein Motors
Teo Heberlein
Heberlein
Suit over painter's death from electrocution filed in Pa
Widow and son of painter from Glencoe Ohio filed a $165 000 damage suit in Western District Court against Pennsylvania Northern Light Shoppers City Inc. The death occurred July 9 at the Northern Lights Shopping Center in Baden when a metal ladder touched a high tension wire. Also noted is a Somerset gunfire incident where two teens were detained after a rifle was seen near a 22 000 volt line causing a brush fire.
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Pittsbunen Var
Philadelphia
Beaver County
Lucinda O. Rebecca
Glencoe
Belmont County
Ohio
Robert F. Jr
Robert FP
Rebecca Sr
Northern Lights
Baden
Pennsylvania
Northern Light Shoppers City, Inc
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Keletta
Agfaghrome
Agfa
CORRY
Senna
Attacla
ICE
Milano
Dadney C. Firestone
Sue
Somerset
Garrett
Bennett
House of Value
Heberlein Motors
Heberlein Motors Inc
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