Two Hurt In $36 000 Area Bridge Collapse
A rural steel bridge over French Creek three miles south of Waterford collapsed yesterday afternoon. A truck driven by Gordon Colton, 21, of Waterford, and a foreign car carrying Mrs. Bea trice Donche, 26, of Anes City, plunged into shallow water, causing about 36 850 in damage. Both occupants of the foreign car suffered minor ankle injuries and were treated at Union City Memorial Hospital. Trooper John Evanko said the two vehicles met on the bridge just as it gave way and remained on the twisted frame as it fell about 30 feet into the water. Colton was uninjured. Mrs. Donche and Joseph Donche were treated for ankle injuries. A crane from Spa Construction Co., Cambridge Springs, aided in lifting the cars. State Police will conduct a full investigation into the collapse.
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French Creek
Waterford
Union City Memorial Hospital
John Evanko
Corry
Gordon Colton
Joseph
Beatrice) Donche
Anes City
Aly Bull
Eyanko
Colton
Donehe
Spa Construction Company
Cambridge Springs
Five Hurt In Odd Mishaps Over Week End
Five people most under twelve were treated at Memorial Hospital over the weekend for varied injuries. The casualty list includes Larry Wells age 10 with a fractured right wrist from a fall at Wright School, Karen Bailey age 12 with a scalp laceration from a swimming accident near Columbus, Stacy May age 16 sprained left wrist from a car door incident in New York state, Robert Cressley age 56 with a knee laceration while changing a lawn mower blade, Mark McCarthy age 9 with a right wrist fracture from a swing fall, and David Mulligan Evie age 11 with a scalp laceration after being struck by a swing. Raymond Kreitzer, 35, of Ashley, died after a blast at Foster Wheeler plant Mountaintop. He was among three injured yesterday.
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Memorial Hospital
Larry
James Wells
Gould Street
Wright School
Karen
Milton Bailey
Columbus
Stacy
Ted May
East Pleasant Street
New York State
Robert Cressley
R. D
Spring Creek
Oine
Mark
Roy McCarthy
East Congress Street
David
Mary Mulligan
Evie
Friends
Fear Cyprus Powder Key To Blow Up Fear Cyprus Powder
NICOSIA Cyprus AP The possibility of another explosion in the Cyprus dispute faced the U N peacekeeping force after it reported reinforcements to Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Archbishop Makarios convened an emergency cabinet session to consider what a government source called the clandestine landing of Turkish troops. The source said appeals would be sent to the U N Security Council and the Commonwealth prime ministers conference in London for help against Turkish aggression. UN spokesmen noted about 600 Turkish personnel ashore in the Mansoura area and about 3 000 men and artillery landed from Greece.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Cypris
U.N
Makarios
Sunaay
U.N. Security Council
Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference
London
Mansoura
Greece
Goldwater Holds Firm as Scranton Debates Split Convention
Delegates begin Republican convention sessions as Sen. Barry Goldwater rejects Gov. William Scranton's debate challenge. Platform committee adopts Goldwater planks while backers push changes. An AP survey credits Goldwater with a first ballot nomination edge. Vietnam fighting worsens as government forces blunt a Mekong Delta outpost siege and Cyprus tensions rise with new Greek Turkish reinforce ments. A Kentucky mother seeks sterilization, saying she cannot bear more children.
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Sen
Barry Goldwater
William Scranton
Platform Committee
Falling Radio Antenna Sparks Fire On West Main Street
A radio antenna fell across a Pennsylvania Electric Company line on West Main street in Corry last night, igniting a television set and burning out the home telephone system. Firemen arrived at 11:30 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sie, 718 West Main, and found the antenna, connected to a Citizens Band radio, had toppled onto the Penelec line. No structural damage occurred to the house owned by Mrs. Ernest Dimmick.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
West Main Street
Corry
Harry Sie
Citizens Band Communications
Penelec
Ernest Dimmick
Woman 96 Dies After Being Struck by Car in Sharon
Sharon General Hospital reported the death of Mrs. Freda Allen 96 owner of the Kiddie Shop after a car strike. Police said the vehicle was driven by Paul Williams 17 of Hubbard Ohio. The incident occurred early today about four hours after the collision.
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Sharon
Sharon General Hospital
Freda Allen
Paul Williams
Hubbard
Ohio
Scranton Faces GOP Delegation Challenge In Pennsylvania
In San Francisco the Pennsylvania delegation within the GOP rebels against Gov. William Scranton. They sought a hand count to test sentiment ahead of the Republican convention while Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer adjourned the caucus. The move followed a formal challenge to Goldwater and signals trouble for Scranton from his own delegates.
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San Francisco
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Raymond P. Shafer
Scranton
Theodore L. Humes
Goldwater
Associated Press
Humes
Pope Plans Birth Control Document As Vacation Delayed
Vatican sources report Pope Paul VI postponed summer travel to finish a document on birth control. The 66 year old pontiff had been expected to move to Castel Gandolfo near Rome, but the trip was delayed first by a week or two and then until month end. Rumors say he is drafting one or two policy papers.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Vatican
Pa National Guard Begins Summer Training in Virginia
The 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, about 11,000 soldiers, starts its first full week of summer training at Camp A. P. Hill near Blackstone and another Virginia site. Training uses simulated combat conditions during the two-week encampment. Maj. Gen. Henry K. Flack praised the arrival of the 1,600-vehicle convoy without incident.
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Nat'l
Fredericksburg
Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Virginia
Camp
A. P. Hill
Blackstone
Henry K. Flack
Voluntary Sterilization Aid Highlights Hardships in Berea
In Berea Kentucky an AP report describes needy parents seeking voluntary sterilization to curb crowded families. A 29 year old mother of four, unable to write, signs an application while her tenant farmer husband earns about $700 yearly. The program, run by the Human Betterment Association for Voluntary Sterilization of New York, is funded by Jesse Hartman's $25,000 gift, with Dr Louie Hutchings chairing the local Berea committee. The operation costs about 1280, and aims to relieve strained families with prior doctor guidance and a brief hospital stay. The article notes another patient similarly underwent sterilization shortly after childbirth.
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Berea
O. L
Keener
Human Betterment Association For
New York
Jesse Hartman
Louie Hutchings
Mountain Maternal Health League
Goldwater Backlash Sparks Clash Over Convention Votes
In San Francisco at the 1964 Republican convention Barry Goldwater and Governor Scranton clash backstage over delegate strength and the path to the nomination. Scranton challenges Goldwater to a debate while claiming first round votes show weaker support for Goldwater than advertised.
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San Francisco
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scrutton
Delegal
Associated Press
Pennnsylvania
Rail Consolidation Approved Extends Network Across U S
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the consolidation of Norfolk & Western Plate and Wabash into a 7450 mile system. The Pennsylvania Railroad must divest all financial interests in Y & W and the Wabash, with a 6 to 9 month window to declare intent and a ten year plan to dispose of holdings in the merged system. The deal would create a rail network from Hampton Roads Virginia to the Great Lakes and Midwest, subject to conditions and timing.
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ICC
Walter F Straub Dies at 67 in Winnetka Home
Walter F. Straub of Winnetka Illinois, age 67, died yesterday at his residence. He served as president and manager of W F Straub & Co and was a noted business leader in the community.
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Walter F. Straub
Winnetka, Ill
W.F. Straub & Co
3.12 Inches Of Rain Drenched City In 12 Hours
A 12 hour rainfall drenched the city from 9:30 a m to early this morning totaling 3.12 inches nearly surpassing June s total of 2.49 inches. Farmers, gardeners and residents welcomed rain after a dry month as water covered Center street near the railroad tracks and Spring street.
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Spring Street
Hollywood couple proposal by phone shocks film world
American actor Tom Stern says he proposed via trans Atlantic telephone to British actress Samantha Eggar and she accepted. They met when Miss Eggar was here to film The Collector. The actress, 21, has since returned to London. Stern said they'd be married in October.
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Hollywood
Tom Stern
Samantha Eggar
Miss Eggar
London
Stern
Storm and sand storms claim seventeen lives in Arizona wrecks
Arizona highway patrol reports at least 17 dead in three traffic crashes caused by sand and rain storms. A 14-vehicle pileup on Interstate 10 near Tucson left eight dead and 17 injured, five critically, as a grain truck crashed into a slowing car and sparked a long blaze. A separate collision near Williams killed seven when a car slid broadside into another on U S 66, and two died when a car went off Arizona 4 north of Mesa. Firefighters battled flames for hours amid shifting winds and heavy rain.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Highway Patrol
Interstate 10
Williams
Arizona #4
Mesa Aid
Highway Patrol
Jim Weaver
Picacho Pass
Casa Grande
Fine Driver $200 In Corry Crash
Raymond L. Brewer age 20 of 318 West Church Street was fined $200 in Erie County court for leaving the scene of an accident. He pleaded guilty before Judge Burton Laub and was placed on probation after the fine. Brewer had earlier on April 16 involved in an auto crash on West Pleasant Street with a vehicle driven by William Blatt of 1027 South Center Street.
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Neynousville
West Church Street
Erie County
Raymond L. Brewer
Burton Laub
Brewer
West Pleasant Street
William Blatt
South Center Street
Adviser’s Wife Dies in Sydney After Illness
Mrey David J. Hopkins, wife of David J. Hopkins and daughter of former presidential adviser Harry L. Hopkins, died yesterday following an illness in Sydney Australia. Her passing comes amid the family’s long public service record and distant international ties.
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Sydney
Australia
David J. Hopkins
Harry L. Hopekins
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Kentucky
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Pope
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge
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