Stevenson Home State Pays Homage in Springfield
AP report from Springfield Illinois details Adlai E Stevenson’s return to his home state for homage as a hero. Gov Otto Kerner places Stevenson among Lincoln Douglas Grant Altgeld, praising his life and duties. Thousands filed past the flag draped bier as the body lay in state in the Capitol under the dome. The services began after the body arrived from London in an English casket. 1 800 mourners per hour circled the casket and some prayed. The family viewed the casket before returning with Sen Paul Douglas. Mrs Ives, Stevenson’s hostess, was distraught with grief.
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Springfield
Adlai B. Stevenson
Mirnvis
Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
London
Lincoln
Armed Services
Kerner
Breatiess
Adlai Stevenson
Ernest L. Ives
Adlai Tit, Borden
John Fell
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ir
Ives
Seven Greene prison inmates escape in Waynesburg
In Greene County three others recaptured and five escapees from Wellsboro jail on the border near Whitesville. Seven inmates at Greene Prison in Waynesburg used improvised saws to cut bars and dropped to the street using blanket ropes then fled in a waiting vehicle. Suspects include Kenneth Gephart 17 Frank Zappone 33 Gerald Groves 29 William Tenney 29 Gary Tanner 19 James Fletcher 46 and Fred Jenkins 33. The escapees faced burglary larceny murder charges or combinations thereof.
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Waynesburg
Greene
Green County
Kenneth Gephart
Carmichaels
Frank Zappone
Crucible
Gerald Groves
Uniontown
William Tenney
Gary Tanner
Bobtown
James Fletcher
Fred Jenkins
Erie plastics plant expands for 12th time on Plastics Road
The Erie County Plastics Corp plant on Plastics Road continues its rapid growth with a 3,500 square foot 12th expansion underway. Executives Paul Roche and William Hayes predicted 250 employees in ten years. at the halfway point there are 163. The plant now houses 29 injection molding machines, five added recently, more than doubling earlier projections.
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Walker Road
Corry
Plastics Road
Erie County Plastics Corp
Corry Area
Paul Roche
William Hayes
GAIDC
Roche and
Hayes
CAIDC
Plastics
Russians Promise Super Booster for Moon Shot
Moscow reports point to a powerful new rocket used to lift a 26,896 pound payload into orbit and fuel speculation of a four manned moon mission. Tass and British experts weigh whether the Proton launcher final stage signals a space station plan and a possible moon program.
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Moscow
Tass
London
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
Aral Sea
Central Pacific
Galland
Yur Gagarin
Actor Reagan Hurt In Mishap During Filming
Ronald Reagan suffered a superficial wound to his right shoulder yesterday while filming a TV program. An Indian, in the scene as a cavalry colonel, threatened him with a saber. the blade slipped.
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Aulus
M. M
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Corry Instrument Company Moving Amid Rumors of Ohio Firm Takeover
Employees on Route 6 were told the Corry Instrument Company will move production back to its East South street building. A Cleveland based firm with no local plant is expected to take over in the near future. The Ohio group plans renovations and aims to be operating by September with about 150 workers, 100 women and 50 men, producing transistorized parts. General Electric had reduced Corry Instrument orders, though CI recently won large GE orders to be produced at East South street.
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Corry Instrument Company
Route 6
East South Street
Hubert Vaughn
Te Board
Vaughn
Corry Instrument
Ohio Company
Ateports
General Electric Company
She
Disorderly conduct arrest after East Main street brawl
Police broke up a street fight on East Main in front of the Lorraine Hotel. John W. Pless, 26, of 117% West Bond Street, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $20 plus $9 costs, released on his own recognizance to pay $29 next Friday. Harry Clabbatz, of R. D. 1, 2orry, fled and a warrant was issued for him. Officer Julius Wotus led the incident and scheduled Clabbatz for appearance.
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Julius Wotus
East Main
Lorraine Hotel
John W. Pless
West Bond Street
Harry Clabbatz
R. D
Wotus
Pless
Clabbatz
Pluss
Ploss
Norbert Bachomer
Clabhatz
Bach Ofner
Nab Corry Boy In Theft Of $400 Coin Collection
An 18 year old Corry resident is jailed in Warren County awaiting a hearing before Justice of the Peace Martha Lawson on burglary charges. Arrested at Ronald Miles home, Donald L. Johnson is accused of breaking in July 7 while the family vacationed in Canada and stealing about 400 dollars in coins from the collection. State Police seek to recover remaining coins. Johnson was arraigned yesterday and held in jail.
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Corry Poy
Warren County
Justice of the Peace
Martha Lawson
Ronald Miles
R. D
Corry
Donald L. Johnson
Edward Pasi
Pasi
Johnson
Miles
Canada
Cley
Ind
JP Lawson
Warren
Doing Nicely at Home After Brain Surgery in Philadelphia
Mrs Kathryn O Hay Granahan is reported improving at her Philadelphia home after surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain surface. The 69 year old treasurer returned home yesterday from Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital where she underwent the May 27 operation.
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Philadelphia
A. S
Kathryn O'Hay Granahan
Granahan
Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
Vigorito Demands Probe Over Crumbling I 90 Road
Congressman Joseph Vigorito joined the fight over deteriorating Interstate Route 90 in Erie County. He called for a U S Bureau of Highways report on the $1 million repair plan and urged a congressional probe after a Morning News exposé. Local officials pressed for state and federal investigations.
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Joseph Vigorito
Erie County
State Highway Department
Ohio
New York
Vigorita
U.S. Bureau of Highways
Erie Morning News
Vigorito
Federal Highway Agency
Erie
William Lesler
James Weaver
Wounds Two Neighbors Then Personal Crisis Reports
State police said an elderly man wounded two neighbors with a shotgun early today then shot himself to death. Charles Rice, about 20, of Clarksville Greene County, was killed. Sophia Semenoff, 37, was in fair condition with wounds to arm neck and chest. Richard McCarthy, 62, of Clarksville, was in good condition with a wound to the left shoulder. Police said Rice, who lived next to McCarthy and across from Semenoff, was shot then came onto the porch and killed himself.
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Clarksville
Charles Rice
Greene County
Sophia Semenoff
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Richard McCarthy
McCarthy
Rice
Semenoff
Proceed With Sale Agreement For Vets Building Debsteed
Legal agreements are being drawn up by Attorney William A. Peiffer to complete the sale of the VFW Club building on West Washington street to the Corry Salvation Army. The sales price is about 70000 dollars with a proviso that the veterans may take over the Salvation Army building on East Washington street for possible use as a post home but not as a club. The deal was approved two weeks ago at a VFW Post meeting. Peiffer, who represents the VFW Post, notes a possible delay due to the Salvation Army officer in New York being in England for the corps 100th anniversary celebrations.
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William A. Peiffer
VFW Club
West Washington Street
Corry Salvation Army
Salvation Army
VFW
East Washington Street
Peiffer
New York
England
VFW Post
Solons Urge Veto of Cigarette Labeling Bill
Eight congressmen urged President Jolson to veto the cigarette labeling bill as a shield for the industry rather than public health. The measure requires after January 1, 1966, every cigarette package to carry a health warning and would bar FTC and government bodies from mandating warnings before July 1, 1960.
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Solons
Washimway
Jolson
Federal Trade Commission
Mars Photos From Mariner 4 Due Today
Pasadena report says second and third Mariner 4 Mars pictures will be released at noon. Officials describe the craft as 575 pounds and note Mars atmosphere is extremely thin, about one to two percent that of Earth's, with surface air extending at most eight miles above the terrain. Scientists expect possible life forms but stress no Earthlike life.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mariner 4
U.S
Jet
Pabaralary
Earth
William B. Pickering
B52 Bombers Fly Support in Vietnam Battle Zone
US Air Force B52 bombers for the first time in support of Vietnamese ground forces dumped 500 tons of bombs on suspected Viet Cong positions in Mang Yang Pass along Route 19. About 25 to 30 jets flew 2,200 miles from Guam, as a major ground operation was reported to clear Viet Cong along the route.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Guam
Mang Yang Pass
Defense Ministry
Pham Ngoc Thao
Bien Hoa
Thao
Thu
Duc
Eve
Gon
Nguyen Khanh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Lee
Laird protests Mansfield as Vietnam debate derailed
Wisconsin Rep. Melvin Laird accuses Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield of abandoning rational debate on President Johnsons Vietnam policy. Morse urges Congress to stay in session to check the war, warning of a possible Soviet response if Hanoi is bombed. Stennis calls for continued session to assess defense budget needs amid rising Vietnam costs.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Mike Mansfield
United States
Laird
Viet Nam
House Republican Conference
Mansfield
House Republican
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Morse
Pentagon
China
Hanoi
Red China
Soviet Union
John Stennis
D-Miss
Sesai
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U.N
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Robert Crane
Elkland
Ronald Fisher
Wells
Wieker
Enton
Reagan Hurt
East Main Street
Nab Corry
Vets
Debsteed
Asia
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