Radar Plan Tabled For 1959 Session
Harrisburg AP reports chairman G Robert Watkins said a plan to legalize radar to prosecute speeders is dead this session. Gov Lawrence backed the measure which the House passed last July 22. Watkins doubts a session will be summoned to revisit the bill. Senate leadership moved the bill to Watkins committee to block action. Local police would be barred from using radar under the proposal.
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Harrisburg
G. Robert Watkins
Delaware
Associated Press
Lawrence
House
Watkins
Gay
John Morgan Davis
Senate
Watkins’ Committee
Senate Highways Committee
George N. Wade R — Cumberland
Wade
O.D. Shipley
State Highway Safety Bureau
Pennsylvania
Berlin Accord Baked From Ike Khrushchev Talks
Berlin talks reportedly laid three points for a Berlin settlement. A corridor through East German territory would separate West Berlin, Western troops would stay to supervise the plan, and a separate peace treaty between the USSR and East Germany might be possible though opposed by West Germany. Also in Arkansas, Sam Gearhart, 72, Fayetteville Democrat publisher, dies after brain bleed following an SNPA convention.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Telegraf
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Camp David
West Germany
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
Formosa, Red China policy clash noted in editorial
The piece surveys U S and Red China policy, noting the dilemma of recognizing Red China while supporting Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa. It recalls 1949 events, Truman’s stance, the Korean War shift, and UN positions before reporting on a noon luncheon by Congressman Van Zandt at Erie’s Penelope Service Center as part of a Nuclear Science Day Symposium.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Chiang
Parmosa
Truman
Formosa
Korea
United Nations
U.N. Ths
Red
Tibet
Indsching
Philippines
Malayan
Laos
John Foster Dulles
James E. Vanndt
Pennsylvania
Penelee
Erie
American Nuclear Society For
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
van Zandt
Wiliam E. Shoupp
Atomic Power Department
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Louis H. Reddis Jr
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Hoffa says no ex convicts in Teamsters jobs yet
Washington AP Hoffa reports to Labor Department that an incomplete union survey found no ex convicts in union positions. He notes earlier claims of five disqualified officials out of more than 10,000, with all convictions due to expire next January.
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Hoffa
Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
James F. Mitchell
Gasoline Tank Fire Diminishes In Charleston
In Charleston two million gallons of gasoline burned in a tank blaze at a refinery. Firemen widened the battle, warning of possible explosions as flames dropped from 200 feet to 4 or 5 feet. The blast destroyed three houses and injured nine, with one hospitalized. Cause undetermined, occurring days after Hurricane Gracie. The incident involved a cluster of four tanks at the Esso Standard refinery on the city’s northern outskirts.
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Charleston
S.C
Gracie
Esso Standard W Co
Warren Will Case Legal Circus Sees Major Estate Tangle
In Warren County court, the Curtis will dispute over Mary Mullen Curtis’s estate centers on a possible quarter of a million dollars from the late Curtis wealth. Key figures include Mrs. Ethel Knopf executrix, Miss Kate Hazeltine, and attorney Henry Nicholson. The sealed will, found in a safe in 1955, is debated with testimonies about an Exhibit A and alleged corroborating statements. The case draws a crowded docket as lawyers argue over legacy, oil interests, and property valued up to $150,000 for related holdings.
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Warren
Warren County
Esterday
Sialler
Mary Mullen Curtis
Mnal
Arm of Justice
Teo
Alexander
Flick
Curtis
Joseph Mullen
Milllion
Ella Leonhart
Ethel Katherine Knopf
Glade Township
Wirren Bank and Trust Co
le Box
Mrs. Knopf
Kate Hazeltine
Miss Hazeltine
Firemen smother 30 foot natural gas line blaze near Bingham Cyclone
Walter Bell, chief of Hilltop volunteers, said 25 firefighters battled a ruptured four-inch line from South Penn Oil Co. between Bingham and Cyclone. Firefighters used high pressure fog nozzles and a 500 gallon tank to suppress flames leaping 80 feet into the air. Gas was shut off at both ends. no serious injuries reported.
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Phav
Mutual
South Penn Oil Co
Bingham
Cyclone
Walter Bell
Hilltop
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Oil Company
Driver dies of heart attack in crash near McKeesport
Robert Conley, 51, of Bradford Woods, died of a heart attack while driving yesterday near McKeesport, causing his car to strike an oncoming vehicle. No injuries were reported to the other motorist.
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Mckeesport
Robert Conley
Bradford Woods
Death sentence commuted for 14 year old in Canada rape case
In Goderich Ontario judge commuted the death sentence of Steven Truscott, 14, convicted of raping and killing 12 year old Lynn Harper. Jury urged mercy but murder carries mandatory death. Clemency rests with federal cabinet. Truscott’s case marks a rare young conviction for murder in Canada since 1875.
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Canada
Truscott
Lynn Harper
Clinton Air Force Station
Justion R. Ferguson
Lawrence Skewers Senate Bloc in Education Cuts
Lawrence accuses the Republican Senate of reducing funds for education and public assistance and threatening highway development. He cites proposed cuts to the Erie-Plattsburgh West Virginia route and delays in major projects. He claims redevelopment funds were slashed from ten million to three million, amid party rally remarks.
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Sri
David W. Lawrence
Senate
Lawrence Spake
Lawrence
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