Blairsville Officials Hear Public On New High School
About 200 residents from Blairsville Borough Burrell and Black Lick Townships attended a meeting to discuss a proposed Blairsville Joint High School replacement costing around 1.7 million dollars. Speakers argued population decline and tax burdens, urging reconsideration of site and need.
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Blairsville
Burrell
Black Lick
Dale Newan
Black Lick Two
James M. Turner
Tur
Guilt Admitted In Moscow Trial Disliked Job
Francis Gary Powers told a Soviet military court he regretted his role in the U2 flight over the USSR and said he disliked the job. He pleaded guilty before a four hour questioning session and was handed to a Soviet defense attorney Mikhail Grinov.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Iafe
Roman A. Rudenko
Mikhail Grinov
Lumumba Proclaims Martial Law in Congo Crisis
Premier Patrice Lumumba declares martial law in the Congo for six months amid tensions with the United Nations. He accuses the UN of failing to act and seeks withdrawal of the Swedish contingent while Hammarskjold appeals to the UN Security Council for guidance. The move follows raids on Belgians and UN personnel and clashes in Katanga.
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Leopoldville
Congo
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Katanga
Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Vasily Kuznetskv
Moise Tshombe
Punxsutawney Murder Suicide Shocks Borough
David Neale 10 died at Adrian Hospital after shooting 35 year old Helen Young on a farm near Frostburg Jefferson County. State Police labeled the incident murder death by own action and said Neale died Monday night after wounding Mrs Young yesterday.
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Punxsutawney
David Neale
Punasutawney RD
Adrian
Neale
Helen Young
Elk Rue Ave
Punasutawoey
Frostburg
Jefferson County
Neale and Mrs. Young
Joseph Dusia
State Policy
Kittanning Radio Calls Khrushchev by Mistake
WACB radio in Kittanning, Pa., called Premier Khrushchev today but reached a Soviet subordinate instead. A former Poland resident, Joseph Mueczac of Leechburg, spoke in Russian to ask questions about the fate of U S pilot Francis Powers, as the Soviet official indicated the matter was for court action.
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Kittanning, Pa
WACB
Nikita Khrushchev
Poland
Joseph Mueczac
Leechburg
Moscow
Francis Powers
Ike Sees Congress Action OK
President Eisenhower said there is no reason Congress cannot act in its pre-election session. He cited a claim that Congress once passed 436 bills in two weeks and asserted there is no need for a “do little Congress.” He reaffirmed support for his legislative program and rejected the idea the U S mishandled Cuba.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Cuba
Fire Rips Lansford Record Building in Pa
A three story Lansford Record Building burned severely on Wednesday in Lansford Pennsylvania. The blaze damaged an adjacent structure and affected the nearby Tamaqua Evening Courier presses. No injuries were reported. The loss is unofficially estimated over 350000 dollars and the cause remains undetermined though a cigarette is suspected. The three story brick Hall building beside the Record housed a funeral parlor restaurant and two apartments and also suffered damage. Coaldale and Tamaqua volunteer companies aided the Lansford department. Fire raged for over two hours before containment.
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Lansford
Lansford Record
Herman Lazarus Jr
Tamaqua Evening Courier
Norman Tippett
Lansford Volunteer Company
Coaldale
Tamaqua
AMA Backs Federal Aged Care Plan Supported by House
Washington AP The American Medical Association backs a federal state medical care program for the aged, approved by a House panel and supported by a Senate committee. It would let states set eligibility for medical aid, provide up to 12 dollars monthly in federal funds for medical costs on top of existing aid, and reject tying the aid to Social Security payroll taxes.
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American Medical Assny
House
Senate
E. Vincent Askey
Los Angeles
AMA
Democratic Party
Drowned Fourteen or More In Mozambique River Boat Disaster
Lisbon AP reports 46 Mozambican passengers bound for a dance show drowned when their boat overturned in the shark infested River Incometi near Lourenco Marques. Three survivors say most victims were seized by sharks after the craft capsized Sunday.
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Lisbon
Incometi
Mozambique
Lourenco Marques
Blairsville Man Among Two Killed in Pittsburgh Crane Accident
Blairsville resident James Hill and William Peterson of Mount Pleasant Texas died when a crane cable struck a 2 200 volt power line in Lawrenceville Pittsburgh. Two other workers Oliver Woodring and Arnold Woodring were burned and treated. Hill leaves a wife and brother. Peterson was climbing from a drilling hole when the accident occurred. Services are set at Shoemaker Funeral Home Blairsville with burial in Blairsville Cemetery.
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Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
James HE
Gene) Hill
Blairsville R. D
William Peterson
Mount Pleasant
Texas
Oliver Woodring
Arnold
Pitcairn
Peterson
Hill
Eisleen Ringler Hill
Vernon E. Hill
Blaireville
Jone
Rono (Margaritta) Frisz
Paris
McKinney Drilling Co
Monroeville
Altoona
Lester E
Iblvira Fowler Hill
Shoemaker Funeral
Blairaville
John J. Reiner
Tow-Plane Rocket Accident Over Lake Ontario Spurs Gear Drop
Syracuse AP report describes an F86 Sabrejet accidentally firing a rocket through a jet trainer over Lake Ontario. Two Air National Guardsmen from Pittsburgh area escaped injury when the trainer landed at Hancock Field after Maj. Josep Stefanik piloted the Sabrejet and Maj. Frank M. Connelly and 1st Lt. David G. Sloanjettisoned the canopy to clear smoke. Crews and ambulances stood by at Hancock Field but were not needed. Guardsmen had arrived Saturday for two weeks of summer training.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Air National
Proving Point In His Canoe Journey From Canada to New York
Leo Lecouteur, 58, paddles a 16-foot canoe on a 900 mile trek from Lake Nipissing in Canada toward New York City to prove that a man at 58 is not past his prime. He left in July from Sturgeon Falls Ontario and aims to finish in late September. He carries a painting foreman’s tale of aging, planning a determined southern route across Ontario and U.S. waterways. Coral-Graceton Fire Co. party Wed. ux Eagles Parts every Thursday Bite, Wed. Ux!.
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Plastsburgie
N.Y
Iap
Leo Lecouteur
New York
Sturgeon Falls
Powers Testimony Reveals Echoes of U2 Incident
Powers, from a working class background, testified about his feelings on the U2 incident and the summit conference fallout. He expressed sorrow for his role, saying he was not tortured but treated "very nice" during 117 days in Soviet custody, as his grief-stricken wife and parents watched. He faces espionage charges.
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Powers
Roy
Pictures of Soviet U2 pilot Powers trial on AP wire
Photos from Moscow show the U2 pilot Powers trial. The images were captured today, sent by radio to New York, and distributed across the AP wirephoto network, with the Indiana Evening Gazette as a participant in the coverage.
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Associated Press
Indiana Evening Gazette
Moscow
New York
Gazette
The
Soviet court prepares to resume purge trial
A defendant faces possible sentence ranging from seven and a half years to death as his trial continues Thursday before the military section of the Soviet Supreme Court. The proceedings unfold under Soviet television lights in the Hall of Columns, the purge’s arena.
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Nage
Soviet Supreme Court
Eisenhower rejects Soviet trial claim in Powers case
President Eisenhower dismissed the Soviet accusation that the United States is on trial with U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. He called the claim a distortion and noted Powers has not shown brainwashing. He defended the right of a foreigner to a U.S. embassy representative and criticized Soviet denial of access.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Francis Gary
Powers
U.S
Soviet Union
Earlies
Kennedy Wins Wage Bill Victory In Senate Fight
In Washington the Senate defeated an amendment aimed at shrinking worker coverage under the minimum wage bill. Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts, the bill's sponsor, praised the victory as key to extending wages and hours protections. Powers case coverage noted as the trial unfolds.
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Senate
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Moscow
Francis
Gary Powers
Frank Test
Legisla
W. Rogers
Roanoke
Tiun. Kennedy
Rogers
Spessard L. Holland
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