Pay Increases Approved for U.S. Workers
The Senate passed a bill raising federal worker pay by about 7 percent and larger pay for postal staff, aimed at more than 1.4 million federal employees. Dirksen led opposition with amendments that failed, and he warned of a presidential veto unlikely to occur. The session also advanced a water project bill and a health financing package that included a surge in medical research funding.
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Washington
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Eisenhower
Dirksen
Hisenhower
House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
Ridley Park Lawn Fete Set by St Madeline's Church
Ridley Park gears up for the fourth annual Lawn Fete at the school grounds on Monday June 27. General chairman Walter J. Timby announces new booths including handcrafted articles led by Mrs Patricia Allen. Woodland String Band in mummers' costumes will perform with Sawdist Sam guest June 29 and Sally Starr appearing July 2.
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Ridley Park
St. Madeline’s
Tome and
Rodgers
Walter J. Timby
Patricia Allen
Woodland String Band
Sam
Sally Starr
Jet Pilots Sick Calls Ripple Through Airlines
AP reports a new wave of sick calls by jet pilots at Pan American amid a broader stoppage scene that followed an Eastern Airlines strike over federal inspectors in cockpits. Pan Am cited 31 pilots out sick from 4:30 p.m. Friday to today, reflecting ongoing labor friction. In Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the contempt conviction of Mary Knowles, a Plymouth Meeting librarian, and overturned Goldie E. Watson’s conviction while upholding six others for refusals to answer Communist questions.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American
Washington
Court of Appeals
Mary Knowles
Plymouth Meeting
Goldie E. Watson
Philadelphia
Bernard Deutch
Spring.t Held
Delaware County
Lenni 22 Pupils Graduate From Lenni School
Lenni Grade graduation at St Francis de Sales School honors 22 graduates. Eileen Bonner wins top average, Michael D Ignazio second. Kathleen Caruso and Edward Racine receive American Legion medals. Michael D Ignazio also cited for highest religious award. Safety Patrol members honored include Barbara Miller Eileen Bonner Kathleen Caruso Heide Dorsey Alice Wilson Carol Poore Michael D Ignazio Nicholas Manjko Francis Whebley Edward Rabine and Diane Muscella. Rev Joseph Martin presents awards and addresses class. Sister Monica Joseph teacher. Graduates visit Jefferson Hotel Atlantic City with Father Martin. Annual school picnic held at Lenape Park with Mather's Club assistance.
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Nicholas Manjko
Francis Whebley
Edward Rabine
Diane Muscella
Joseph Martin
Monica Joseph
Father Martin
Jefferson Hotel
Atlantic City
Lenape Park
Mather’s Club
Greenway Fashion Show planned by Ladies Auxiliary
Eva Opendecker presided at a meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary to Bonaventure Clark Post VFW. A Greenway Fashion Show is set at the post home on New Road Wednesday at 8 p.m. Public invited. members urged to bring guests. The post grounds undergo construction to create a larger parking area. Secretary of State Christian Herter will join disarmament talks in Geneva after vacation. Frederick Eaton will coordinate U S proposals with Western Allies before presenting to the Communists.
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Uenni
Eva Opendecker
Ladies Auxiliary
Bonaventure- Clark Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Greenway
Post
New Road
Opendecker
U. S
Frederick x. Eaton
Geneva
Con
Christian Ad Herter
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Eaton
Marple Newtown Graduation Prizes Awarded at Exercises
At Marple Newtown High School graduation ceremonies in Newtown Square awards honored students and staff. Recipients included Maria Storzbach Nye Lois Warner Kathleen Nadine Katherine Phillip Charles Baer Wayne Archer Gordon Stewart and Lawrence Stern among others for citizenship leadership service and academic excellence.
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Newtown Square
William Aronimiak
Adrienne Zacansky
Gordon Stewart
Culbertson Citizenship
Marple Township
Woman's Club
Janie Simpson
Kathleen
David Rich
Nadine
Katherine E. Phillip
Newtown Township Woman's Club
Charles Baer
Wayne Archer
S Lions Club
Margaret Spiller
Russell Bonsall
St. Alban’s Business Men's Assnervice
U S Experts Seek Bridges In Arms Gap at Geneva
Washington disarmament strategists plan to bridge parts of the Western and Soviet arms proposals. They aim to find common ground and present it at Geneva to move beyond the deadlock that has stalled the 10 nation disarmament conference.
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Washington
U. S
Geneva
Urat
Driver Convicted in Four Deaths in Reading Pa
A truck driver, James R. Robinette of Bristol Tennessee, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Berks County for a Sept 2 crash in Bethel Township that killed four men riding in a car. The jury of 10 women and two men delivered the verdict, and he can renew bail of 2500 pending appeal or await sentencing on August. Robinette said he could not stop in time to avoid the collision.
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Reading
Robinette
Governor Lawrence’s 71st Birthday Surprise
Governor Lawrence celebrated turning 71 with a staff surprise party in Harrisburg. Three pies peach apple and cherry and three milk pitchers adorned his desk as the staff sang Happy Birthday. He blew out three candles then shared a slice of apple pie.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence
Iis
Doctors Need To See Doctors at AMA Convention
Miami Beach report notes physicians urged self care after routine checkups at the American Medical Association meeting. In Washington the Civil Aeronautics Board granted airlines fare increases totaling about 8.4 million dollars annually, with a 21.4 percent rise and a $1 surcharge per one way ticket starting July 1. The CAB cited an earnings standard of 101 percent ROI and noted lack of exercise may have contributed to doctors’ health issues.
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Miami
Beach
Fla
American Medical Assn
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Case of Buried Porcupine Ends
ALBUQUERQUE, N M AP The porcupine funeral case ends with Judge Robert Reidy allowing Garcia Mortuary to collect 2055.50 for burial of charred remains believed to be Manuel N Armijo Jr of Albuquerque An embalmer testified the remains skull and calf bones were buried as Armijo who was in a Western New Mexico automobile wreck and did not awaken until days later after a coroner inquest.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Robert Reidy
Manuel N. Armijo Jr
Eloy Vigil
Garcia Mortuary
Armija
New Mexico
Porcupine
Armijo
Weather data brief for Friday and weekend
Today's high 87 and morning low 68 with Friday average 75. Expected high today 80 and low tonight 60, with Sunday high listed as 0. Precipitation figures are unclear. Sun rise 5:42 a.m., sunset 8:32 p.m., moon rise 2:17 a.m., moonset 3:30 p.m. Chester tidewater terminal pier shows high at 0:04 a.m. and 10:36 p.m. and low at 4:97 a.m. and 4:56 p.m.
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Chester Tidewater Terminal Pier
Ex Child Star Bobby Driscoll Held on Assault Charge
Former child film star Bobby Driscoll was booked for assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly striking a heckler with a pistol in Malibu California. Laurie Mauro, 22, filed the complaint claiming a two inch facial wound near her nose. Driscoll said Mauro accidentally turned his face into the gun and admitted retrieving it from his car after heckling outside his girlfriend’s car wash.
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Malibu
Calif
Bobby Driscoll
Laurie Mauro
Thie
Driscoll
Mauro
David Lebton
Homer Brings Fire Engines
In Lexington Kentucky a small glass broke from a sandlot home run causing a fire alarm. Three engine companies, a ladder truck, and an first-aid squad responded from the fire department after the alarm was triggered by the shattered glass in a box.
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Lexington
Chester High School 67 Students Make Honor Roll
Chester high officials report 67 pupils named to the Honor Roll for the year including 22 seniors, 16 juniors, 29 sophomores with listed names across class years. Also notes dinosaur tracks on the Navajo Reservation show stride about 12.9 feet.
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Chester
Bor
Chester High School
John Alexsander
Karen Atlee
Joseph Chambers
Joyce Chism
Carlene Dryden
William Foster
Melvin Gershman
Harriet Gordon
Karen Grady
John Gibbs
Shirley Harrison
Sylvia Humovitz
Dorothy Jeffries
Steven Langdale
Alfred Logan
Carol Manna
Royce Richardson
Janet Rubenstein
Ruth Rumbel
Barbara Ischepps
Larry Stauffer
Margaret Whittle
Patricia Bush
Sally Chaplin
Susan Dower
Mary Jane Dwver
Ronald Gibbs
Barbara Gruszka
Melvin Jackson
Sandra MacNeilly
Justin Polulack
Henrietta Stafford
Charles Silcox
Ruth Ann Taylor
Helen Trosino
Mary Ann Warren
Arizona
Kennedy Targets Dissipation of Natural Wealth
Kennedy, speaking at the Colorado Democratic Convention in Durango, assailed Eisenhower administration resource policies as wasteful and a neglect of America’s natural wealth. He urged tying resource development to business-like financing, creating a presidential council on resources, and criticized Republican despoilment while cultivating Colorado delegates for Los Angeles. He centered the attack on the GOP and outlined proposals to modernize resource planning nationwide.
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Durango
Colo
John F. Kennedy
Ameri
Mat Ca
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Pressany
Colorado
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Charles Brown
Stanley Fike
Council of Resource and Conservaion
White House
America
Ward chairmen named for Tat Ut nn Xt Year
Governor Nelson Rockefeller criticized Democratic bickering over civil rights in a Buffalo speech to a National Baptist Convention group. He urged federal action to speed school desegregation, end discrimination in federal facilities, and curb housing segregation. The remarks followed other political comments on civil rights progress since Eisenhower.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Negro Baptist Congress
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Sunday School and Training Union Congress
National Baptist Convention
Congressional
Justice Department
John’s of
Upland Campaign Winners Announced and School Plans
Upland announces winners in the Cleanup Paint-up contest. Franklin Baxter wins the essay. Eva Wittke and Evelyn Sension tie for second. In poster, James Albrand is first, Eleanor Willox second, with Helen Michael, Linda MacMullen and John S. Albrand getting honorable mention. A special meeting shifts services at Memorial Post 871 to 8 pm with nominations and parish notices. The church school board to meet to appoint a supervising principal for summer operations.
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David 4. MacQueen
Franklin Baxter
Eva Wittke
Evelyn Sension
James Albrand
Eleanor Willox
Helen Michael
Linda MacMullen
John S. Albrand
Upland
Ladies Auxiliary
Upland Ward
Memorial Post
Vner
Herman
A.ni. Bers
Church School
Middletown Summer School Schedule Highlights
Lima School hosts a second summer program for Grades 2 to 6 with arithmetic and reading classes plus reading for fun and music at Pennerest High School. Florence Shields directs reading, principals teach arithmetic, and fees are 15 per subject. Open to students from other districts. Library hours set for July August. Annual meeting for Country Lane Players in Elwyn with slate of officers and a post meeting swim party.
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Lima
Florence Shields
Rose Tree Union
Margaret Campbell
Ruth Thomas
Marilyn Storfazzi
Peter Cadden
John Laird
Paul Raffensperger
Edith Cooper
Miss
Arithmetic
Cooper
Pennerest High School
Lima School
Middletown
Middletown Free Library Assn
Barton MacDonald
Paul Linvill
Elwyn
Country Lane
Carl
Jo Bradhan
Mt. Alverno Road
William Hamilton
William Opter
Hannah Williamson
John Toutkaldjain
Robert Merrick
Mary Ellen Snyder
Erick Peterson
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PTA
Carolyn Allen
Junior Woman's Club
Martha McCrumm
Mackey Pharmacy
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American Legion
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Lawrence Stern
William Herr
Helen E. Yeingst
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Oklahoma
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