Fire kills three and injures five in Pittsburgh blaze
In uptown Pittsburgh a house fire left three dead and five injured, including four firemen. Victims were Charles Morton Sr. 85, Mrs Jeannette Webb 64, and Joseph Webb 40. Morton Jr. 62 and fireman Bernard Doughtery 44 were treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters battled the blaze on the second and third floors, with interior damage and estimated $10,000.
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Charles Morton Jr
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Bible Edict Attacked By Bishop
Bishop Fred Pierce Carson of the World Methodist Council says a special federal court ruling against Bible reading in Pennsylvania public schools could abet intolerance and spark revolutionary effects on public education and church state separation if upheld by the Supreme Court. Bible reading continues at Abington High School under court stay pending appeal.
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Pennsylvania
Fred Pierce Carson
Supreme Court
Carson
World Methodist Council
Abington High School
Special Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Kennedy to Speak at Harrisburg Democratic Dinner
President Kennedy will headline the 1962 fund raising dinner for the Democratic State Finance Committee in Harrisburg Pennsylvania on September 20. Committee chairman Matthew H McCloskey announced the event at the State Farm Show Building and the White House confirmed the visit to Pennsylvania’s capital.
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Kennedy
Democratic State Finance Committee
Matthew H. McCloskey
White House
Pennsylvania
State Farm Show
Kennedy Hosts Embassy Children For White House Opera
Jacqueline Kennedy arranged a White House concert for 234 teens from 67 embassies. Mozart’s Cost Fan Tutte was staged by the Metropolitan Opera Studio, with Caroline Kennedy in attendance. A feathered headdress briefly caught fire in the State Dining Room, extinguished by Rudolf Bing as the event proceeded with President Kennedy visiting after a news conference.
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East Ballroom
Tudolf Bing
Metropolitan Opera Company
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Warren County Treasurer to Run Against Gavin in GOP Primary
William Rice treasurer of Warren County announced he will challenge Rep. Leon H. Gavin in the Republican primary for the Congressional seat Gavin currently holds. The statement came from Warren, Pennsylvania, as the fight for the GOP nomination intensifies.
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Warren County
Leon H. Gavin
R-Pa
Gavin
Stassen Weighs Campaign Role in State Race
Harrisburg AP Harold E Stassen says it is too early to decide his role in this year s state campaign He is a Philadelphia lawyer who spoke on the European common market and the United Nations He previously ran for GOP governor in 1958 and Philadelphia mayor in 1959 He reserved his position on the ticket of Woodside for governor and Van Zandt for senator, wanting to gauge public reaction.
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Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Philadelphia
United States
United Nations
Arthur T. McGonigle
GOP
Richardson Didworth
Superior Court
Robert E. Woodside
U.S
James E. van Zandt
CAB Hit In Plane Evaluation Leads to Indictment
Rep. Francis E. Walter said Imperial Airlines approval and a deadly crash that killed 74 Army recruits expose a serious CAB failure. He cited malpractices by Imperial President E J Averman, stock dealings in relatives names, dormant certificates, and flight pooling. Walter urged stripping CAB of broad carrier powers after the Richmond crash.
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House
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Imperial
E. J. Ayerman
Averman
GOP Seeks To Outline Principles In Senate Clash
Washington AP report says Republicans move to draft a basic principles statement to unite party members. Sen. Barry Goldwater and Sen. Jacob Javits discuss civil rights and fiscal policy while Kennedy clashes with Nelson Rockefeller over housing and urban affairs.
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Kennerdy
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
GOP
Goldwater
Jacob K. Javits
IR N.Y
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Robert C. Weaver
Fulton Lewis
Gun Wielder Convicted In Pittsburgh Tavern Shootout
A 36-year-old Erie County man William Enterline was convicted of assault with intent to kill and firearms violations after a December 18 shooting in the Seventh Avenue Bar in downtown Pittsburgh. Walter Burns received a one to three year term for firearms violations. Enterline claimed he began the incident to provoke police killing him.
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Pittsburgh
Erie County
Allegheny County
Leroy L. van Roden
Delaware County
William Enterline
Union City
Western State Penitentiary
Enterline
Walter Burns
Seventh Avenue
Burns
Monopoly In Bubble Gum Hit Hit
Washington AP reports that Topps Chewing Gum Inc faces FTC charges of monopolizing the picture card market linked to baseball star cards. FTC alleges exclusive contracts with nearly all MLB players, restricting card distribution and harming competition. The complaint notes collecting cards is popular among youths who buy only gum packaged with a card.
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Brooklyn
Federal Trade Commission
Topps Chewing Gum Inc
Topps
United States
Motorist Killed as Trooper Cadets Sworn In
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania an auto rammed a tree killing Donald G. Houser 32 of Saylorsburg Road. He was riding alone as the new Chestnuthill Township state police cadet class assembled to be sworn in at the academy.
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Hershey
Chestnuthill Township
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Scott Backed By Eisenhower in Pennsylvania Governor Drive
In Harrisburg AP report Republican Robert L. Johnson says Dwight D. Eisenhower urged a Scott candidacy for governor. Eisenhower allegedly told Johnson he would campaign for a ticket including Hugh Scott but not the Woodside Van Zandt coalition. Scott remains noncommittal while receiving favorable signals from 26 counties including York, Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin.
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Robert L. Johnson
U. S
Hugh Scott
National
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Enpublican Alliance
Grams
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Kennedy Defends Executive Privilege Against Congress
President Kennedy aligns with historic practice denying Congress full access to executive information. McNamara refuses to reveal censor names, Kennedy backs him, citing executive privilege to protect censors and avoid harassing underlings. Senate subcommittee presses for disclosure amid test of wills.
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Justice Department
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Indictments hover over Marys finance collapse case
In Marys Pa an Elk County grand jury indicted two men tied to the 3.7 million dollar collapse of four finance firms The case centers on Industrial Finance Co St Marys Finance Co and Elk Consumer Discount Co with officials McNamara Rup Precht and Carl J Gerg named The matter is poised for possible federal prosecution and appeals to higher courts
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Fine's Tax Trial Set 4 For Spring
WILLIAMSPORT AP trial of former Gov John S Fine on income tax evasion charges was tentatively set to open in Lewisburg in late March or early April. Fine pleaded innocent to three counts and faces related charges with co defendants including Donald Morgan and August Lippi amid a broader tax evasion case involving multiple coal firms in Luzerne County.
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John S. Fine
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Picerey
Frederick V. Folt
Luzerne County
Louis Fabrizio
Yatesville
Knox Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Fallmer
Donald P. Morgan
Malvern
Newport Excavating
Albert Biscontini
Nanticoke
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August J. Lippi
Exeter
United Mine Workers District 1
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Peeley
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Robert L. Dougherty
Wyoming
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Leonard Statkiewicz
UMW District 1
Frank Cardoni
Plains Two
Josephine Sciandra
Thomas Larkin Jr
Cresco
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
Names of four Americans killed in RB66 crash identified
London AP reports the U S Third Air Force named four killed in a training crash near Chelveston England. The deceased include 1st Lt James T Weymark Bay Village Ohio radar operator 27 1st Lt William R Becraft Suffern New York radar operator 27 1st Lt Reynolds W McCabe Exeter Grove California radar operator 31 and Staff Sgt Le Roy Doughenbaugh Jr flight engineer Stephenson. Survivors injured include Capt Charles E Jones III pilot 31 Chambersburg Pennsylvania 1st Lt Richard A Morris navigator 26 Alhambra California and 1st Lt Norbert J Maier radar operator 25 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The B66 plane developed engine trouble and bailed out at low level before crashing two miles from Chelveston base.
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James T. Weymark
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Suffern
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Eman Grove
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Alhambra
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Pittsburgh
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