McGonigle Promises to Lift Lid on Democratic Mess
Republican governor hopeful Arthur McGonigle assails David L. Lawrence and Leader as ruinous to the Earle era. He accuses Lawrence of disaster in Pittsburgh mayoralty, big taxes, high payrolls, crime neglect, and a failing water system. Charles Faddis endorses Hugh Scott and leads Democrats for Scott.
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Ftuladelphia
Arthur A McGonigle
Lawrence
McGonigle
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Guv
U. S. Beate
Kiwanis
Dave Lawrence
Earle
George Earle
McGonlele
Charles I. Faddis
Hugh Scott
Fadgis
Roy E. Furman
$12,000 Paid In Fatal Crash Suit
Erie county court approved three traffic case compromises, including a $12,000 payment to Bernard Morgé of Erie for the death of his wife Betty Kane after a November 8, 1957 two car collision involving Janet Wilson and Herbert Smith. The other settlements were $1,750 to Carl Carlson for injuries to his son in a motorcycle collision and $225 to John Pietruscka for injuries to his daughter Irene from a May 8, 1957 incident.
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ERIE
Bernard Morgé
Betty Kane
Janet Wilson
Herbert Smith
Wilson
Carl E. Carlson
George Hess
R. D
Lake Pleasant Road
John Pietruscka
Irene
Seven defendants pay fines in Westmoreland photo ban case
Dockets in the Westmoreland County photo ban case close as seven defendants have paid a total of 1900 in fines. They were convicted of contempt for taking news photographs of murder defendant John Wesley Wable outside a courtroom in 1954. The action prompted papers to test court ban on courtroom photography.
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Pittsburgh API
Westmoreland County
John Wesley Wable
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Greensburg Tribune Review
Court ban upheld. sentences tossed by top courts
Don Bindyke and Vince Johnson of the Post Gazette and Robert Purdy a Tribune-Review freelancer saw bans upheld in state and federal appeals. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned jail sentences imposed on the defendants.
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Don Bindyke
Post-Gazette
Vince Johnson
Post- Gazette
Robert Purdy
Tribune-Review
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
US Formosa Chiefs Confer in Taipei on Relief Efforts
Admiral Felt met Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei after arriving for a five day visit. They conferred with US and Nationalist leaders on Formosa amid supply shortages. The critical issue is medical supplies and refrigerated drugs for Quemoy with some wounded dying due to lack of blood and equipment.
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Adm
Chiang
Taipei
Formosa
U.S
Red
Big Quemoy
Erie Youth Admits Nine Burglaries in Area
Ronald Wiler, 23, after lengthy detective questioning, admitted a total of nine burglaries and break in attempts in Erie and county. He led investigators to incidents including Star Diner, Tim and Dell, DeSil's Cafe, Nu Way Cleaners and the Marine Club. Wiler is jailed in Erie County awaiting further interrogation by state police.
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Erielle
Erie
Marlo Bagnon
George Wu
Enschel
Ronald Wiler
Star Diner
Tim
Dell
DeSil's Cafe
Nu Way Cleaners
The
Marine Club
Wiler
Erle County
Trial begins in conspiracy case against Air Force executives
In Lewisburg Pa the Air Force procurement conspiracy case opens as defendants Ralph O. Brewntela Kansas City Colmane Burley Dayton Ohio Robert F. Monott Royal Electric face charges of conspiring to obtain government contracts. Prosecution alleges slush funds totaling 5800 in cash watches and an automobile aided the scheme with witnesses and a jury seated.
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Lewisburg
Tae Amony
Ihe
Air Force
Ralph O. Brewntela
Kansas City
Colmane Burley
Dayton
Ohio
Robert F. Monott
Royal Electric Inc
Joseyst Concern
Mig Town
Htisburgein
Field
Arrest Woman In Shooting Spree In Suburban Pittsburgh
A woman fired two shots at the Dorion home last night wounding no one. Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, a neighbor, was identified by 93 year old Mrs. Koehnke as the shooter. Wallace was arrested two hours later at her sister’s nearby home. police took her to St. Francis Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Suburbin Dorion
Probe Deaths Of iMan And Dog Near Route 40
State Police traced the original buyer of a 22 caliber revolver found beside skeletal remains of a man and a dog. Identity withheld pending investigation as the skeletons were discovered yesterday by George Burron in a wooded area near Route 40 about eight miles east of Uniontown in Belle Vernon.
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Unuuetown
George Burron
Belle Vernon
Route 40
Uniontown
Stabbed Pastor Martin Luther King Jr Stricken by Pneumonia
Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. a 49 year old Montgomery, Ali, pastor and civil rights leader, remains in critical condition at Harlem Hospital after a stabbing in a Harlem department store while autographing copies of Stride Toward Freedom. X rays reveal pneumonia in his lower right lung, doctors say it is progressing but not alarming. The assailant, Mrs Tvola Ware Curry, 42, is under mental observation at Bellevue Hospital with no coherent explanation for the attack.
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Martin Luther King Jr
King
Montgomery
Ali
Harlem
Tvola Ware Curry
Bellevue Hospital
Brewery executive Charles Walter Sr. dies in Wisconsin
Charles W. Walter Sr. a trade executive at two Wisconsin brewers, former general manager of West Bend Lithia Co. and secretary treasurer of Walter Brewing Co. of Eau Claire, died Sunday in West Bend Wisconsin.
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West Bend
Wis
Charles W. Walter Sr
Wisconsin
West Bend Lithia Co
Walter Brewing Co
Eau Claire
Public Instruction Official Explores School Funding Plans
Dr. Ov Hew discusses a substantial relationship between per pupil spending and quality in schooling. He outlines Pennsylvania’s equalization method versus the foundation plan used by about half the states, noting the foundation plan may offer a more rigorous subsidy model. The study, begun 18 months ago, will yield a report to the State Council of Education with potential legislative recommendations.
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le Banca
Ov‘Hew
Ennsylvanii
New York
Department of Education
Ovalen Hutid
Oysiow
Pennsylvania
Superior
Owl
Ovslew
Ovaen
Wnc
State Council of Education
Council
No Break In Warsaw Talks
The third round of talks between the United States and Red China at Warsaw brought no fresh hope of a break in the Formosa deadlock. President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles were expected to review the critical situation upon the President's return from Newport, Rhode Island. U. S Ambassador Jacob Beam and Ambassador Wang Ping-nan of Red China held their third session on the crisis, lasting 1½ hours.
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United States
Red China
Warsaw
Formona
Eisenhower
Dulles
Newport
R. Tl
U. S
Formosa
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
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