Northwestern Pennsylvania 4 H winners highlighted at Clarion High
The July 27 event at Clarion High School saw Betty Cass of Harborcreek Home Economics Club win in vegetable preparation and Lorin Blakeslee of Concord Community Club top the tractor demonstrations. Rodney McCray earned the high score in boys public speaking as participants prepare for state contests at Penn State with State 4 H Days.
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Ere County
Pennsylvania
North
Clarion High School
Betty Cass
Harborcreek Home Economics Club
Lorin Blakeslee
Concord Community Club
Rodney McCray
Penn State University
Shift of Six Troop Ships From Europe to Asia
The Military Transport Service shifts six ships from Europe to move troops to a distant theater. Defense Department notes continuation of Atlantic movement by commercial lines and coordination with allied ports for earlier redeployments.
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Military Sex Transportation Service
Nine Gunmen Seize $150000 in Clark Air Base Robbery
Nine armed men raided the crowded United States Clark Air Base non commissioned officers club in Manila area. They escaped with about $150,000 in cash after spraying the parking lot with submachine gun fire. One American airman was critically wounded and two women were taken hostage and later released unharmed. Police launched a four province manhunt as the bandits fled in a jeep outside the base.
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Manila
United States
Clark Air Base
Acquittal in Slaying of Pinchot Meyer Niece
A U S District Court jury acquitted Ray Crumper, a 26 year old laborer, of murdering Mrs Pinchot Meyer niece of the late Gov Gifford Pinchot. The verdict followed 11 hours of deliberation with missing links cited. Meyer's body was found along a canal tow path, shot twice. Crumper was seized near the scene within an hour. No motive or murder weapon was found.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Ray Crumper
Pinchot Meyer
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvani
Edward Saywoir
Crump
Penn a Prisoner Stabbed To Death
Pittsburgh AP reports George C. Cameron a 24 year old detainee at Allegheny County Workhouse was found fatally stabbed in the chest in a cellar used for cabbage prep. About 24 inmates had access to the area. no one else was in the room. Cameron was serving one to five years for receiving stolen goods.
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Pittsburgh (Ap
George C. Cameron
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
E” Pti
Thy
Cameron
Lifeguard Drowns In Practice Exercise
A 17 year old lifeguard from western Pennsylvania drowned during a water rescue drill at the Orange YMCA camp in Stillwater Sussex County New Jersey. Thomas Ames of Lower Burrell Pa acted as the victim and was towed ashore by 15 year old Robert Fishbein of West Orange when he broke free and disappeared beneath the surface. Divers recovered his body within minutes.
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Newton
N. J
Pennsylvania
Orange
Stillwater
Sussex County
Thomas Ames
Lower Burrell
Robert Fishbein
West Orange
Ames
Fishbein
Two Dallas coeds last seen near University of Texas
Miss Susan Stark and Miss Robby Rigsby from Dallas were reported missing July 18 after leaving a campus street area in a car. Dentists identified Stark and Rigsby using dental charts and X rays at the Texas Department of Public Safety lab. Neighbors expressed grief as authorities pursued a baffling search and discovered the bodies shortly after noon Friday.
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University of Texas
Dallas
Earl F. Rose
Texas Department of Safety Laboratories
Rose
R. M. Brumage
John L. Mitchell
Miss Stark
Miss Rigsby
Texas
Chester Guynes
Who Pays? Stamp Promoters Face House Inquiry
New York Democrat Lester L Wolff raises questions about consumer costs tied to home stamp promotions. He asks why stamp companies fund incentives and whether higher food bills cover the cost. He seeks a House Banking and Currency Committee investigation to possible restraints on the firms.
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Washington
Lester L. Wolff
New York
Wolff
Federal Trade Commission
National Food Marketing Commission
Commerce Department
Office of the President's Adviser On Consumer Affairs
Agriculture Department
Small Business Administration
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Wolf
House Banking and Currency Committee
Bodies Found Near Austin in Suspected Serial Case
Texas Ranger Capt. Clint Peoples reports two young women found in a vacant development off Cooper Lane near the city limits. Both bodies lay on their backs with dresses hiked, no shoes or belongings, one wearing a ring and the other earrings. Previous clues include a roadside ditch clothing bundle found July 20 and a dusty yellow car with undercarriage scratches, suggesting possible link to the same suspect.
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Cooper Lane
Austin
Guynes
Texas
Clint Peoples
Miss Rigsby
Miss Stark
Pittsburgh Homicide Captain Named Det McNamara
Det John M. McNamara is named captain of the Pittsburgh police homicide squad by Safety Director David W. Craig. He will earn seven thousand five hundred thirty dollars annually in the post.
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Pittsburgh
John M. McNamara
David W. Craig
McNamara
Filthy Lake Erie Endangers Health Of Shore States
The federal health service reports wastes from Michigan Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and New York threaten other states. The notice will guide the pollution abatement conference in Cleveland and Buffalo with Ohio Governor Rhodes pressing for action. Identified pollutants include sewage industrial wastes oils silts sediment nutrients causing rapid enrichment of Lake Erie.
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Lake Erie
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Public Health Service
Cleveland
Buffalo
James A. Rhodes
Amish Win Battle Over Social Security Tax Exemption
Washington AP reports the Medicare bill ends a decade long clash with the Old Order Amish over Social Security. The act allows self employed Amish to opt out of the system, and may extend to other religious groups. About 1500 delinquent Amish tax accounts totaling roughly 250000 are erased by the new law.
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Social Security Washington
Treasury Department
Eugene L. Coon
State Police urges more patrols to curb traffic deaths
The Bureau of Traffic of the Pennsylvania State Police petitions for increased patrol coverage to reduce rising traffic fatalities. Authorities compare gains in other states and request 300 additional troopers this year to boost public safety and highway supervision.
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Bureau of Traffic
Pennsylvania
California
North Carolina
New York
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