Storm Knocks Down Big Tree Cuts Power Across Delaware County
A 75 foot tree toppled in Delaware County causing property damage while winds up to 30 mph and 0.62 inch rain gusts disrupted power. At Marcus Hook a 30 foot cabin cruiser sank after a hole opened from winds. Fifty plus homes lost power briefly and a sewage plant transformer failed.
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Fliwood Hays
Delaware
Sated
Delaware County
Hays
Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Co
Sun
Philadelphial Electric Co
Sth
Olive Sis
Sharon Hill
Ellwood Hays
Tshombe Freed After Two Months as Prisoner
Moise Tshombe of Katanga was released in Leopoldville after two months in confinement by the central government. He appeared in good health, drove to the premier Joseph Kasa Vubu government residence, and held a news conference with Gen. Joseph Mobutu present, declaring he is free.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Tshombe
Joseph Tleo
Leopoldville
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
State Bill Assumes Hunting Authority From Local Govt
The House approved a bill stripping municipalities and townships of power to restrict hunting. The measure transfers jurisdiction to the State Game Commission and advances to the Senate. The vote tally was 1729 to 71.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
State Game Commission
Czech Spy To Leave For Home
United Nations New York AP reports Czech U N delegate Miroslav Nacvalac agreed to fly home after U S pressure. He is accused by Washington of being Czechoslovakia top spy and faces deportation if he does not depart voluntarily. The U S revoked his U N mission status, prompting the departure plan.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Miroslav Nacvalac
U.S
Necvalac
Nacvalac
Czechoslovakia
Washington
United States
Naevalae
Union Head Disciplined Sparks Sitdown Strike at Sun Ship
About 300 welders at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co staged a sitdown strike after a disciplinary action against their union lodge 802. The action followed an incident Tuesday when Arthur Mozier, the union president, allegedly removed welders from a job due to hazardous conditions.
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Chester
John G. Power
Sun Shipbuilding and Drys Company
Indus:Dock Co
Lodge 802
International Brother
Builermakers
Tron
Pew
Arthur Mozier
Shopri
Bogota
Colombia
Adewun
Klai Stevenson
South America
Mozier
Kent
Sen. Javits Seeks Firm Berlin Policy Resolution
Sen. Jacob Javits urged the Senate to back a firm policy preserving West Berlin access and rejecting a unilateral Soviet toll on German reunification. The measure calls for four power talks on reunification and cautions against any “free city” compromise while Khrushchev pressures for a year-end peace treaty with East Germany.
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Washington
Jacob K. Jayits
R-N.y
Senate
West Berlin
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Montana
East
Berlin
Javits
Mansfield
Germany
United States
Dirksen
Mlinois
John Sherman Cooper
Rey
Kennedy
Chris Gan A. Herter
Dean Acheson
Dean Rusk
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S
York
Khrushchev
Kremlin
East Germany
Senate Reflections From Leader Everett M
A fragment notes Everett M keying on the Senate week as the Republican leader and mentions his prepared speech alongside other Senate remarks this week.
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Senate
Everett M
Adlai Ends Tour Of South America
Adlai Stevenson returns to Washington after a South America tour marked by tense mood and criticism of Mozier's actions. Reports say discipline, warnings, and potential dismissal were discussed as tensions rose over contract disputes and political expectations during the voyage.
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Adlai
S. America
State to Widen Baltimore Pike Project in Delaware County
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways invites bids by July 20 to widen 6.69 miles of Baltimore Pike from Concordville to Chester Heights. The project will widen the pavement and divide the highway to improve traffic flow.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of HighWays
Delaware County
Concordville
Chester Heights
County To Probe Rifling Claims At Special Hearing
County Commissioners schedule a 9 am Friday hearing to investigate allegations by Commissioner William A. Welsh that files were rifled and a safe opened. Nine officials are to appear as part of the probe, following a request to examine a fee paid to Harry H. Bardstey for 1960 tax duplicates.
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William A. Welsh
Welsh
Harry H. Bardstey
Upper Darby
Ae Ley
Albert Swing
G. Robert Watkins
One Day Longshore Strike Sparks Port Turmoil
New York dock workers end a one day stoppage as a nationwide strike worsens. County officials faced suspicions of internal mishandling with letters and funds. A 9 AM Friday hearing was set to probe the affair with county auditors and department heads called to testify.
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Bardsley
New York
Washington
Welsh
Kennedy
New
York
Oil Workers Cross Picket Line At Texaco Claymont
Delaware authorities report 15 state troopers guarded Texaco in Claymont as 35 oil workers crossed a six man NMU picket line for the first time since protests began. Kennedy illness sidelines officials, while longshoremen discuss strike effects and labor dispute tactics.
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Sinclair Refining Co
Trainer
Texaco
Claymont
Delaware
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
National Maritime Union
NMU
Philadelphia
Steve Bostic
Bostic
Marvey Blood
Penny Hill
Chtickieg
Salinger
Kennedy
Janet
White House
United States
Georgetown
Travel
George
Burkley
ILA
Commission
New York Harbor
New York State
New Jersey
Joseph P. Kennedy
Ottawa
Canada
Ex Queen Marie of Yugoslavia Dies at 81 in London
London AP report confirms former Yugoslav queen Marie died today after a long illness. She was 81.
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London
Marie of
Yugoslavia
Toda
Senator Snooper About Umbrella Debt
In a tongue in cheek notice the Times teases readers about household finances. The column implies every average family hides an umbrella borrowed from neighbors as a rainy day fund.
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Boats Motors
Daily Times
Berlin Resolution
Baltimore Pike
Watkins
Sete Mua
Pierre Salinger
UR Neha
Texas
Saland
Ansinger
North Texas Oil and Gas Associa
Preston Tion
Lce
Senator Snooper
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