School Bill Faces Senate Vote Amid Democratic Dismay
Pennsylvania Democrats voiced disappointment over the school district reorganization bill, seeking a stricter measure. The Senate Education Committee sent it to the floor, with Republicans solidly supporting the current form. The bill would base district reorganization on 1953 standards, lowering minimum pupil counts and delaying final effective dates. Governor Scranton criticized amendments but could not sway GOP leaders, as Majority Leader James Berger signaled support for the bill as written.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Senate Education Committee
Scranton
James 8. Berger
Smoke From Concord Site Sparks Residential Complaints
Police received three calls from East Pleasant street residents about smoke from burning debris at the Concord School razing site. Foreman Carl Morton said one burn was nearly out and another would be extinguished, with no new fires planned. City officials and the school district confirmed authorization to burn debris, while neighbors called it a nuisance though believed within contract terms.
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East Pleasant Street
New Concord
Carl Morton
Andrew Sabol
Union City
Morton
Ray Weber
Vidar
B. Anderson
Corry
Sebel
Sabol
Jerome Davis
Davis
Weber
Soviet Cosmonauts Tereshkova and Bykovsky Reach Day Two in Space
The Soviet Union reports the mixed crew of Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 in continuous flight with Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky completing 26 hours and 18 orbits respectively. Tereshkova saluted the United States as both proceed with daily exercises and checks.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
United States
Vostok
Tass
Votok 6
Government Arrests Spark Belem Street Protests
Vietnamese riot police raided Belem Street and arrested a Vietnamese woman as part of a broader crackdown linked to yesterday's Bud protests. Authorities said the operation targeted suspected organizers amid ongoing political tensions and street demonstrations.
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Siatibea
Driver Perseveres Writes Own Ticket With Police Help
A local man faced repeated motor vehicle code violations after a car with restored license plates and Pennsylvania plates was cited twice. Officer Charles Sutton cited George B. Sloan Jr. on the first set and Officer Kennel Nichols filed identical charges later the same day with Alderman Porter Auer.
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Las P.m
Charles Sutton
Georet B. Sloan Jr
R. D. J. Corry
Winton Road
Pennsylvania
Porter Auer
Kennel Nichols
Sloan Drivin
Nichols
Six Ohio girls killed by freight train at Geneva crossing
Six Youngstown women aged 18 to 21 were killed when their car was struck by an eastbound Nickel Plate freight train at a Geneva crossing. Coroner Clyde Roller cited skull fractures and multiple injuries. driver Sylvia Sanker and five companions perished instantly as the car was dragged one mile along the track. Witnesses Dennis Hill and Ronald Whalen, riders from Conneaut, said the car slowed to about five miles per hour at the crest before the accident. the train was traveling near 58 to 60 mph with crossing blinkers flashing.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Geneva
Ashtabula County
Clyde Roller
Roller
Kyle V. Andes
Conneaut
Geneys
Pittsburgh
Dennis Hill
Ronald Whalen
Corry Primaries See Low 31 Percent Voter Turnout
In Corry, a heavily Republican city, May primaries drew 31 percent of registered voters with no Democratic local candidates. County figures show Erie officials counted 3,615 registered in Corry and 1,125 voting, a 46 percent turnout across Erie County.
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Corry
Erie
Erie County
Jacksons Floral Gardens Sold in Jamestown Deal
Sam Genco of Jamestown arranged the purchase of Jacksons Floral Gardens at 318 East Columbus Avenue including greenhouse stock fixtures and adjoining residence. Arthur and Mrs Jackson have owned the Mural establishment since 1950 and plan to hand over after final details are completed. Future plans by the Jacksons are indefinite.
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Jack
Kennedy seeks to speed desegregation through appeals
Washington AP reports Kennedy pursues a two pronged push to improve African Americans' status. He uses private persuasion and public lobbying with governors mayors and business leaders as part of a civil rights package. Senate opposition and voting rights efforts loom as key hurdles as officials consider speedier school integration and civil rights enforcement. Continued on Page Two.
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Senate
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Evers' Brother Takes Over As Negro Leader
In Jackson Mississippi Charles Evers brother of slain Medgar Evers assumed leadership of the local civil rights movement pledging equality for all men He urged continued demonstrations amid tensions as hundreds of Negroes surged to block police barricades and the movement pressed its policy to demonstrate repeatedly The scene followed a volatile weekend and a quiet Sunday as churchgoers attended services nearby
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Miss
Medgar W. Evers
Mississippi
Althouwlh
Charles Eyers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Red China Warns Nikita Khrushchev Over Coexistence
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China warning Soviet Premier Khrushchev that pro-Chinese factions will oust him if he clings to peaceful coexistence with the West instead of promoting revolutionary action. The Chinese leadership outlined 25 issues for debate as Moscow and Beijing prepare for talks beginning July 5, amid ideological disputes.
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Red China
Khrushchev
Moscow
Marxist-Leninists
Reds Use U.S. Race Violence for Propaganda Says AP
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan examines how Communist media seize U.S. race turmoil to attack American democracy. Soviet and domestic press portray violence as capitalism’s disease, aiming to prove minorities fare better under communism while narrating selective US brutality to world audiences. A North Korean officer cites a Birmingham photograph to mock American civilization.
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William L. Ryan
United States
Africa
Boubfen
North Korea
U.S
Red
Junging
Birmingham
Supreme Court rules against school Bible readings and prayers
The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional today the use of Bible readings and the Lord's Prayer in public schools in two appeals from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Justice Clark delivered the majority. Justice Stewart wrote a dissent. The decision centers on the First Amendment ban on government establishment of religion and protection of free exercise.
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Supreme Court
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Clark
Stewart
New York
Pennsylvanians Die In U S 9 Crash Near Cameron
Two Pennsylvanians were killed and five injured when a station wagon left the shoulder of U S 9 south of Cameron, overturned and caught fire. Victims Mrs Eva Kapf 64 Wilkinsburg Pa and Richard Michael Pfaff 12 Murrysville Pa perished in the Saturday accident.
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Keystoners
Cameron
U. S
Eva Kapf
Wilkinsburg
Richard Michael Pfaff
Murrysville
Ready 250000 Survey Roads Crumble Here Expressways
The Pennsylvania State Highways Department plans a $225000 traffic pattern survey on expressways already laid out while secondary roads receive little maintenance this year and unlikely funds. Officials say the data will project potential traffic loads into 1975 for the Anthracite Expressway Keystone Shortway and Erie to West Virginia Thruway, despite claims the survey aims to gauge traveler expectations.
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Pennsylvania
State Highways Department
Public Information Office
Highway Department
Edmund Ricker
Ricker
Reds Do Not Play By U S Rules Says Scott
Scott, senator from Pennsylvania, criticizes U S defense policy at a civil defense event. He cites confusion over when government considers war conventional or nuclear and warns this ambiguity could push allies toward their own nuclear arms while risking Soviet misinterpretation of American intent and capabilities.
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United States’ Defense
Ben
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Boot
Pentagon
Hoover Still Serious as Doctors Report Slight Improvement
Former President Herbert Hoover remains in very serious condition though a morning medical bulletin notes his heart beat is more regular and fever has subsided. The 8 year old Hoover had a comfortable night and no further GI bleeding after an operation for cancer last August.
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