News blackout on Quemoy tightens as talks proceed
Nationalists in Formosa tighten control of Quemoy news while seeking new methods to breach the Communist artillery siege. Premier Chen Cheng told Parliament that faster unloading of Nationalist planes and ships and parachuted supplies to nearby islands are being developed. Four MPs in Taipei criticized U.S. talks with the Communists in Warsaw, warning they could undermine morale amid renewed efforts to end the bombardment that began August 23. The United States has limited its role to defensive actions while keeping a nuclear-armed option in reserve.
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Taipel
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Quemoys
America
United States
China
U.S
Tire Theft Report At Local Auto Store
police report a tire stolen from Barney's Pirestone Store on South Center Street last Friday. The missing tire, from a pile outside the shop, reportedly fits only a 1958 Oldsmobile Chrysler Imperial or Cadillac, suggesting a specific vehicle target.
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Barney
Pirestone
South Center Street Business Place
Aero Union Awarded Pension Plan In New Two Year Contract
The Aero Supply Mfg. union shop vote 81 to 26 approved a pension plan within the working agreement. Employees will contribute three cents per hour to the fund, with six cents per hour across the board, plus company pay for jury duty and three days’ pay for a death in the immediate family. The plan will be reviewed in September 1959 and may be expanded or retroactive. The contract covers 116 workers, runs two years, with wage reopeners after one year.
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Aero Supply Mfg. Go
Union Local
The
International Association
Penswin
Yvennne
Robber Held Up Bill's Restaurant Route 81
BELLE VERNON PA AP A masked armed robber entered Bill's Restaurant on Route 81 near Belle Vernon and took 33. Two and a half hours later state police arrested Westmoreland County man Frank Tucker 4 of Van Meter near Smithton. Officers found him sleeping in an abandoned farmhouse in Van Meter. He had a pistol and a paper bag containing 33. Tucker was jailed in Monessen City Jail on open charges pending further investigation.
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Belle Wasrnon
Route 81
Fayette County
Westmoreland County
Frank Tucker
van Meter
Hear Smithton
Tucker
Monessen City
Quick Overhaul Of City Property Assessments Set
City Council passed first reading of a new ordinance to implement a triannual property assessment this year. Finance director Guy Abbey said the city had unlawfully delayed since 1954 and 1955 continued the 1954 program. Mayor Minley called a special meeting next Monday to consider the measure for a second reading. Assessor William Miller will need to prepare new values within two months as the budgeting cycle begins.
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Hest
Guy Abbey
Abbey
Corry
J. Pred Minley
William Miller
Soviet Union asks UN to halt atomic tests at once
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko urged the United Nations General Assembly to act immediately to end atomic and hydrogen tests as the UN opened its 13th regular session. The proposal came at the start of the Assembly meeting with delegates present.
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Ruinya Liutya
Nox
Soviet Union
UN General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
City Council Discusses Sewer Flooding and Study Options
The council reviewed a Municipal Authority letter on sewer flooding problems and considered hiring a professional firm for a complete study. A university engineering program may survey the system for a nominal fee, while the city’s own engineers continue current work, with funding and scope to be decided.
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Coty
Giut
Tat Cornell
Aor
Frm
Raymond Weber
Hill and Hill Engineering
Don Williams
Hill
Weber
JR. Dearing
Streets
Case Institute
Ohio
Akron
Dearing
West Main Street
Guy Abbey
Council
Commuter Train Disaster Death Toll May Reach Forty
Reported rail tragedy near Newark Bay as a locomotive and two coaches plunged through an open drawbridge. Bystanders and investigators describe rescue efforts and the submerged third coach. Officials discuss plant safety upgrades and bid plans for the city Sewage Authority to equip grit removal and a comminator to prevent clogging.
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Allmo Ask
Newark Bay
Bodies Recovered After Jersey Central Train Plunge
In Elizabeth New Jersey an early hoisting recovered 20 bodies from a Jersey Central commuter coach found in Newark Bay after a five car train hit an open drawbridge. Police say 40 died with 33 injured. notable missing include former Yankee Scotty Stirnweiss and Elton Clark Allied Dye Co director. The wreck, with 100 aboard, triggered three warning signals before derailing and sinking.
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Elizabeth
Jersey Central
Newark Bay
George (Scotfy) Stirnweiss
New York Yankee
Elton Clark
Allied Chemical and Dye Co
Bayonne Naval Deal
Bayonne
B. T. ‘Moore
Four Killed When Train Hits Car in Wadena
Four people died when their speeding car failed to stop at a spur and drove onto a Northern Pacific main line. The victims include an airman and a civilian electronics expert from the Wadena Air Force radar base and two local women. Officials said the car's driver appeared to lose control before the collision.
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Minn
Ing
Wadena Air Force
Watena
Pearl Hushey
Milk truck crashes into Spring Street house in Erie area
A Sterling Milk Company truck from Erie driven by Charles Mack Jr. rolled along Spring Street yesterday morning, traveling about 350 feet before striking a house after narrowly missing two trees. Children were along the route at the time. No damage estimate was reported.
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Spring Street
Ranaway
Sterling Milk Company
Erie
Charles Mack Jr
Families Endure Long Night After Newark Bay Tragedy
Red Bank residents awoke to a night of fear as the Newark Bay incident left homes unsettled and families waiting for news. George Snuffy Shumweiss, former Yankee, is named among those awaiting word as authorities search for missing loved ones.
City Sewage Fund Short of Cash Faces Tax Dip
City faces need to use tax money to cover October sewer plant rental after short collections. Council authorized city solicitor and treasurer to pursue forceful collections of overdue sewer charges. Since 1955 the plant has operated. state aid was not received as expected and bond redemption requires a $650,000 unit rental.
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Raymond Weber
Weber
Cornell
Sewer Authority
Hill and Hill Engineering Firm
Ray Weber
Gouneil
Aty
Ike and Dulles Discuss Crisis and UN Plans
President Eisenhower spoke by telephone with Secretary of State Dulles in New York during the U N General Assembly session. They discussed the federal government's role amid southern resistance to school desegregation and received a report on the Formosa Strait situation.
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Newport
Rus
Eisenhower
Dulles
New York
United Nations General Assembly
White House
Gen
Rogers
Tatest
Formos Strait
U.N. Assembly
Newport Country Club
Ft. Adams
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Adams
Washington
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Maine
Goldfine
Fire damages offices in West Penn Building Pittsburgh
A blaze severely damaged four Empire Engineering Co. offices on the top floor of the 13 story West Penn Building in downtown Pittsburgh. Fire crews confined the flames to the unit, with the extent and cause not yet clear.
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Empire Engineering Co
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West Penn
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Uty
Ua Ie
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Passot
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