Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania events briefed
Fifty three Peace Corps volunteers begin ten week training at Penn State for Philippines assignments on September 20. Earlier, 150 volunteers completed in-country training for teaching in the Philippines. In Bedford, Charles Allen, 48, awaits sentencing for voluntary manslaughter in his nephew Kenneth Allen's July 12 fatal shooting. Bethlehem Steel begins multmillion dollar bar mill modernization at Johnstown plant, finishing in 1963. In Windber a two vehicle crash on Route Eight near the town claims Julie Ann Roush 21 and William Giffin 17. In Syracuse a 25 year old boxer Carmen Scialabba listed in guarded condition amid a paralytic polio outbreak. In Lebanon, witnesses resume in Shelva Verdt murder trial as jury is seated. In Harrisburg, a new law allows state takeover of 805.82 miles of local roads, the biggest transfer yet. Also in Harrisburg, the diocese targets spring for construction of three new two million high schools near Harrisburg. A 41 year old Harrisburg woman pleads guilty to embezzling $5.
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Universtry
Harrisburg
Lawrence
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
UN crisis looms as Hammarskjold dies in crash
Washington notes a possible UN crisis as Dag Hammarskjold is killed in an African plane crash. U S and Soviet leaders may seek a single successor to avoid a prolonged fight, with veto power in the Security Council shaping the selection and a two-thirds General Assembly vote required for approval.
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Washington
Berlin
United Nations
United States
Russia
World Organization
USN
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
New York
Khrushchev
Hammarskjold
Security Council
General Assembly
West
Hantmerakjold
Council
Erie Woman Nabbed in Indiana on Stolen Car Charge
Alecia Scuderia, a 29 year old Erie woman posing as a school teacher, was arrested by the FBI in Indianapolis on stolen car charges. She rented a Hertz car in Erie to transport teachers to Cleveland, then travelled nationwide before abandoning the vehicle in Louisville. FBI expects action at arrest point. car tied to Buffalo kidnapping case. Also notes a separate Dauphin County case where Rita Chaundy faces sentencing for six year embezzlement as secretary of the Halifax Area Joint School System.
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Nab
Erie
Indiana
FBI
Indianapolis
Ind
Alecia Scuderia
Cleveland
United States
Louisville
Buffalo
N. Y
Belive
Halifax Area
Dauphin County
Rita A. Chaundy
William H. Neely
Neely
Hammarskjold Death Sparks Global Mourning Across Nations
The world reacts to Dag Hammarskjold’s death with shock and condolences. France and India lament the loss amid U.N. tensions in Bizerte and Algeria. Sweden declares a national day of mourning as leaders from Israel to the Belgian government honor his service to the United Nations.
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Free World
U.N
Bizerte
Algeria
Foreign Ministry
India
Nehru
U.N. General Assembly
Hammarskjold
United Nations
Roy Welensky
Central African Federation
Katanga
Ham[ree
Moscow
Peiping
France
L’humanite
Patrice
Lumumba
Israel
United Arab Republic
Sweden
Gustav VII
Radio Sweden
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Keystone Briefs
Bedford
Charles Allen
Bedford County
Allen
Kenneth R. Allen
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bar Mills
Windber
Somerset County
Julie Ann Roush
Dunlo
Cambria County
William Giffin
Salix
Syracuse
Carmen Scialabba
Butler
Syracuse City Hospital
Scialabba
Sabin
Lebanon
Shelva Jean Verdt
Arthur Harland
Indiantown Gap
Francis A. Kirchner
Susquehanna River
Marlow
James Marlow
Evans
Frank Litz
Spring Street
Corry
E.F.M
Crystal Coal Co
Maple Ave
Corry, Pa
Fogle Lumber CO
Franklin St. Corry, Pa
Auto Glass Table Top Glass General Auto Repair
Frank's Auto Service
Thomas Motors
TUFFY
Kendall
Washington Streets
Blue Cross
Hospital Service Association OF Western Pennsylvania Dept
Union Trust Building
Pittsburgh
Phease
Blue Shield
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