Kennedy presses disarmament contrasts with Soviet arms race
President Kennedy, wary of an accelerated arms race, backs a proposed U.S. disarmament agency. A Democratic leader cited the Soviet plans to resume nuclear tests as a factor dimming prospects for new disarmament legislation. Foreign Relations panel met as Kennedy planned more high level talks with Dean, Rusk, and aides.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relatons Committee
Dean Rusk
White House
Berlin
Arthur H. Dean
Geneva
Britain
Dean
Segalon
Safety Experts Predict Grim Labor Day Toll
Safety experts warn 420 traffic deaths during the 78-hour Labor Day weekend as 74 million cars hit the roads. Nearly 6 billion miles will be driven, with about 17,000 injuries expected. Law enforcement mobilizes to reduce fatalities across the country amid heavy travel and resort activity. Governor Kerner urges headlights on and speeds kept under limits in Illinois.
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National Safety Council
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Council
Nonaligned nations summit aims at world peace drive
Twenty four delegates from nonaligned nations convene in Belgrade led by ten presidents and other leaders to discuss colonialism racial discrimination disarmament and U N reform The Kremlin’s nuclear test pause announcement dominates the mood and could force sides in the Cold War amid expectations of calls for nuclear arms curbs and peace talks Continued on Page Two.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkan
U.N
Berlin
Bizerte
Berlin Crisi
Soviet Union
Moscow
Borba
Communist Party
Kremlin
Infant Recovers After Early Heart Surgery in Pittsburgh
Brena Lee Braggs, born August 20 in Manoahela Washington County, underwent heart surgery at two days old on August 22 at Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh. Surgeons corrected a congenital defect hindering lung blood flow, and she appears to be recovering well. Tammy Lee is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Broge of Maunogahela.
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Pittsburgh
Brena Lee Braggs
Children's Hospital
Tammy Lee
Theodore Broge
Nougahela
Washington
I Ato Hospital
Radar Opens War On Autos In State Today
State police in Pennsylvania begin use of radar on highways and the Turnpike to prosecute speeders at 12:01 a.m. Today radar units will be deployed in multiple cities with daylight operation for two weeks and later 24 hour patrols. Drivers are warned to have speedometers checked for accuracy, with warnings posted on roads.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Harrisburg
Erie
Washington
Holburg
Montoursville
Hazle=ton
Wyoming
Reading
Lancaster
Abandoned Car Found Sparks Morgantown Search
Authorities prepared to drag Cheat Lake at the abandoned car on the Cheat Lake Bridge near Morgantown. Divers were called as police withheld registration details for a West Virginia license plate found on the vehicle. A passing motorist spotted the car around 5 am seven miles from Morgantown.
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Morgantown
W.va
Cheat Lake
Cheat Lake Bridge
Beav er County Home Patient Dies After Auto Strike
An 86 year old patient at Beaver County Home and Hospital was struck by a car while walking the hospital driveway. Martin Korevic died instantly from a broken neck. The driver was Lester H. Smith, 22, of Beaver Falls.
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Haver Yegates
Beaver
Martin Korevic
Lester H. Smith
Beaver Falls
Fragmentary police scene from integrated classes day two
The readable text describes a scene with Willie Jean Black Arthur C. Simmons Jr. and Denita Gaines, alongside three on duty police detectives inside a building, following the second day of integrated classes without incident. The fragment preserves names and the setting but lacks full context or outcome.
Columbus Dam Slated In 2 Years
Harrisburg AP reports the legislature sent a $257.7 million General State Authority building program to Gov. Lawrence for action. The plan includes $125,000 for the Columbus Dam and aims to complete reconstruction within two years, contingent on approvals by the Senate and a constitutional amendment. Senator William G. Lesler of Erie pushed the dam into the bill, and a compromise restored funds for House projects while excluding some park acquisitions. If all steps pass, final voter approval could occur in the 1963 fall election.
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Hanrisburg
Lawrence
GSA
Columbus
Previus
William G. Lesler
Erie
Harrisburg
House
Senate
Andoor
General Assembly
Mehnoon
Aftermath Of Horror At Chicago Plane Crash Field
Chester Wadley wanders a scorched cornfield in Hinsdale carrying newspapers to cover 77 dead after a Trans World Airlines Constellation plummeted, exploded, and broke apart. Rescue workers, lawmen, and residents recall the catastrophe with shock and grief as bodies await identification.
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Hinsdale
Chester Wadley
U.S
Wadley
Mistell
Tran
Trans World Airlines
Constellation
Chicago
James Clark
Cook County
Josephine Broz
Grace Mouche
Falling Metal Kills Workman at Local Plant
John Michael Patterson, 22, of Beaveralls, was killed when metal chunks fell on him at Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Co. in Beaver Alls. He died instantly from a broken neck in the furnace department. Further details of the accident were not available.
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Beaver All, Pa
John Michael Patterson
Beaveralls
Ingram - Richardson Manufacturing Co
Patterson
Caution Urges Drivers to Watch for School Buses
Erie County schools begin four district operations with more slated after Labor Day. Maurice Kolplen urges motorists to slow and stop as required by law when a school bus discharges or takes on passengers. Drivers in opposite directions on divided highways must slow to 15 mph. same direction must stop.
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Maurice Kolplen
Erie County
Allies Bar Two Nations From Using Corridor
Western Allies bar Dutch KLM and Belgian Sabena from using Berlin air corridors for Leipzig Trade Fair flights. British Embassy cites retaliation for West Berlin border closure, while another Allied source calls it a necessary move to protect corridor rights for U.S., Britain, and France. Corridor use resumes Sept. 10. rail and road routes to East Germany remain open.
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SUNN
Germany
Berlinair
Leipzig
East Germany
West Berlin
Moscow
U.S
Berlin
KLM
Sabena
Year Of The Dollar 61 Legislature Concludes 208 Million Spree
Harrisburg AP reports eight months of House and Senate clashes yielded 208.2 million in new revenue to balance Governor Lawrence’s 1961 82 budget. Funds fund highway expansion, education improvements, and costs of inflation. the session saw a key two cent gasoline tax hike and battles over highway safety radar legislation.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Lawrence
Nnance
Sabotage suspected as TWA plane crashes near Chicago
An airliner with 73 aboard, including a Los Angeles family, crashed minutes after takeoff from Chicago amid storms. Seven aboard die, FBI opens bomb-suspect probe. The four-engine Constellation struck a rain soaked cornfield 10 miles west of Midway.
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Chicago
Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles
Constellation
Midway Airport
Washington
FBI
TWA Flight 629
Boston
New York
Pittsburgh
Jerry Bros
Hinsdale
Broz
Believe House To Cut JFKs Foreign Aid
The House Appropriations Committee is set to recommend heavy cuts to President Kennedy’s foreign aid program, possibly up to 20 percent below the $4.25 billion total, with $72 billion in five year loan commitments subject to annual congressional appropriations. The report will detail fund allocations for economic and social development grants, loans, and direct military aid, including current and next year military totals and a five year loan authority $1.6 billion below administration requests.
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Mamuiver
Nouse Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Congress
House
Gonmenitree
Security Relaxed In Atlanta Desegregation Day Three
In Atlanta on the third day of desegregation, officials planned to have Negro pupils reach school with white students at three high schools while one school kept a later start. Superintendent John Letson stated efforts to ensure equal treatment, with police protection remaining high until after Labor Day. Nine Negro students, three boys and six girls, studied quietly at four separate sites as conditions were described as tense yet orderly.
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Atlanta
John Letson
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Chang Hsenhsiang
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U. S
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Northside High School
Falling Metal
Workman
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