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Daily Leader Times

Location

Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1963

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Cuba Travel Hearing Turns On Communist Dupes Claim

Washington police cleared more than 100 demonstrators during a two day protest at the House Un American Activities hearings on students travel to Cuba. Chairman Edwin Willis condemned the protesters as Communist dupes while noting the demonstrators were not Communists. Six arrests followed Friday clashes and Willis pledged further probes to tighten travel laws.

Washington UPI Edwin E. Willis House Committee On UN Committee Willis Nazi Party Cuba

Democrats Ready Defense Of Tax Cutting Intention Rejection Asked

Temperatures across Western Pennsylvania cooled sharply breaking records in Bradford Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as the U S Weather Bureau reported 40 degrees at Harrisburg York Airport and 49 in Philadelphia. Mostly fair weather with a warming trend is forecast through Sunday as cooler nights give way to upper 30s in the mountains and 40s to 50s in southeastern areas while northern highs reach the upper 60s and southern sections reach the 70s.

Pennsylvania Bradford Pittsburgh U.S. Weather Bureau Harrisburg-York Johnstown DuBois Philipsburg Altoona Erie Philadelphia Commonwealth

Republicans press tax cut clash in Congress

Republican members of the House Ways & Means Committee released a minority report opposing an $11 billion tax cut approved by the committee. They argue against cutting taxes while the government runs red and propose spending curbs as the second stage of a two‑part plan. Democrats counter that tax cuts now are needed to return the nation to balance.

Washington House U.S. Chamber of Commerce Afl-Cio

Doctors Urge Polio Vaccination Drive for County

Armstrong County Medical Society urged all residents over three months to attend one of 11 immunization centers tomorrow to receive Type III Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine on sugar cubes. The drive targets complete protection with all three Sabin types, with Type II planned Oct 20.

Armstrong County Medical Society Keith K. Buck Sabin Buck

Scranton Considers Favorite Son Role for 1964

Gov. William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania said at a Chicago news conference he could be a favorite son candidate at the 1964 Republican convention if the delegation leadership and candidate spectrum align. He noted Pennsylvania has no current favorite son and cited his state’s unemployment drop from 9.4 to 6.5 percent, and praised the Council of Business and Industry for addressing business needs.

Chicago UPI William W. Scranton Pennsylvania Scranton Executive Club of Council of Business and Industry

Weather and river levels at Allegheny Lock No 7

Period ending 7 am Saturday shows temperatures from 43 to 68 degrees with steady river stages at upper pool 11.7 feet and lower pool 10.7 feet. No precipitation. Separate note reports greensville Maine at 25 degrees and Imperial California at 109 degrees as national extremes.

Allegheny River Lock No

Pennsylvania records 73 polio leases in 1963 tops nation

Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania had 73 polio leases in 1963 highest in the country, more than three times the 21 listed for 1962. Secretary Charles L. Wilbur says nearly all cases split between two outbreaks, one in Cumberland and Perry counties last spring and another ongoing in Philadelphia with 42 cases since June, comprising 18 percent of national total.

Harrisburg UPI Pennsylvania State Health Department Keystone Department Charles L. Wilbur Cumberland Perry Philadelphia

Quintuplets Born in South Dakota Prairie Hospital

In Aberdeen a grocery clerk and his wife, Mrs. Andrew Fischer, welcomed five newborns four girls and a boy after apremature natural birth at St Luke's Hospital. The Fischers’ quints, born between 1:58 am and 3:01 am CST, weighed about 3 1/2 pounds each and were placed in isolette in the hospital nursery. The arrival marks one of few surviving quintuplet births in the Western Hemisphere and evokes memories of the Dionne quintuplets born in Ontario in 1934. The father quipped names as A B C D E and F while plans for baptism and christening were mentioned.

Aberdeen S&s. D South Dakota United States Andrew Fischer Marguerite Dorn St. Luke's Hospital John F. Kennedy James Berbos Fischer Lessness Western Hemisphere Callander Ont Annette Emilie Cecile Marie Yvonne Dionne Argentina North Dakota Fischers

Aberdeen doctor recalls birth of quintuplets

Dr James Berbos, attending physician in Aberdeen South Dakota, recounts the rare birth of quintuplets. He notes the astonishment of the parents and the community as the event was described as shocking and unusual in the local setting.

James Berbos Aberdeen

Bus Truck Crash Toll in West Virginia Deaths Rise

Princeton West Virginia early today confirmed a rise in the death toll from a Greyhound bus truck collision. Four people died instantly Friday night and 11 were injured. Among the deceased were Willie Moye 43 of Dunnes W V and Mrs Mabel Wilcox Beaver W V plus Fordyca Townes and Virginia Lee Townes of Paterson New Jersey. Ivan Strais 38 Mullens W V died later from injuries.

Princeton W. Va Ivan Strais Mullens Willie Moye Dunnes Mabel Wilcox Beaver W.va Fordyca Townes Virginia Lee Townes Paterson N. J

Aberdeen Father Describes Birth Of Quintuplets Shock

In Aberdeen an amazed father recounts learning his wife would deliver five children. He recalls staying up since Friday morning, seeing the doctor elated, and rushing to the hospital at 1:45 a.m. He returned home to milk the cows before dawn, while his wife expressed unexpected happiness at the news. The couple and medical staff were stunned by the unprecedented event.

Aberdeen, S.D UFI Aberdeen Berbos

Sarver Man In Hospital After Wreck

A 45 year old Sarver man James R Shearer of 2048 Silverville Road was reported in satisfactory condition today at Allegheny Valley Hospital Natrona Heights after a one car crash yesterday two miles north of Freeport on Butler Road. He suffered possible fractures of the jaw skull and right arm and scalp and lip cuts. He was transported by Freeport Firemen Ambulance after treatment by a Freeport physician. State Police at Butler estimate $1000 damage to his 1960 car. He was vacationing from work and is believed to have driven through a banner into an excavation where concrete slab was being replaced.

James R. Shearer Silverville Road Allegheny Valley Hospital Natrona Heights Freeport Butler Road Shearer Pennsylvania Railroad Butler

China in talks to buy ten swift jet airliners from Britain

London reports Communist China has held secret discussions with a British aviation firm to purchase ten of the latest jet airliners. The Daily Herald says the deal could be worth about 34 million dollars.

London UPI China Britain Daily Herald

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