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FFA members admitted free Governor George M Leader will highlight the program and address at 2 p.m. He will tour grounds after a mock attack exercise by the Indiana platoon. Jungle Racing and other grandstand acts are scheduled for afternoon and evening shows. Judging of farm and homemaking products began with swine, sheep, and handicraft judging. Christmas trees and lambs were judged, with dairy cattle and calves to follow tomorrow. Judges include Penn State specialists and extension staff.
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FFA
George M. Leader
Heavill
Indiana
3Dth Infantry Co
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Lancaster County
Howard Theele
Pennsylvania State University
Ben Morgan
Lester Burdette
S. B. Shenk
Armstrong County
June Griffith
Cambria County
Hazel Knipe
Ruth Swetnam
Allegheny County
Greenlease Money To Taxi Exec Shocks Senate Panel
The former wife of Teamsters official Baker testified before the Senate Rackets Committee linking Joseph Costello and the Greenlease ransom to alleged mob ties. She claimed Costello received the Greenlease money and Baker tried to kill himself over it. The hearings also covered Hoffa links, waterfront crime history, and the search for underworld influence in labor unions. Sydney Australia is noted as a major Rotary stronghold with over 11,000 members.
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Washington
Robert Barney Baker
Joseph Costello
St. Louis
Mollie
Baker
Senate
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Underworld
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
John Hager
William Keating
New York
Hoffa
Keating
C. E. Fritts
Foundation
Fritts
Probstein
State Cab Co
Indianapolis
DPA Board appoints Klees to Cameron County Board
Harrisburg AP reports Gov. Leader named James P. Klees of Emporium to the Cameron County Board of Assistance to succeed the resigning Rev. J Francis O Malley of Emporium. Official action announced Monday, outlining replacement to fill the vacancy.
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Harrisburg
James P. Klees
Emporium
Cameron County Board of Assistance
J. Francis O'Malley
Arkansas School Integration Debate At Central High
In a session about racial integration, leaders discussed a cooling-off period with white students remaining at their current schools to ease tensions. They considered resigning the board to let the people choose a new panel willing to act on voters’ wishes. Faubus claimed he was under a court order not to intervene, while evading questions about future use of National Guard or potential federal troops.
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Sesssion
Faubus
National Guard
Central High School
Afro Asians Prepare To Counter Plan
A coalition of Asian and African states readies a counter resolution at the United Nations seeking the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan. Western allies push their own plan but face wary signals as Dulles reschedules talks with Lloyd and Couve de Murville to shore up Latin American support for Norway’s proposal.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Dulles
Washington
Forign
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve
de Murville
United States
Norway
Study backs Shortway in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia chamber favors widening the Pennsylvania Turnpike to six lanes from the Ohio line to the Delaware River bridge linking with the New Jersey Turnpike. It also proposes extending the Schuylkill Expressway to Erie and Buffalo, connecting the Northeast Extension with the Schuylkill and a mid county expressway, plus city loops. The chamber cites 593000 daily interstate travelers into PA by 1970, 178000 via the turnpike and shortway.
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Richardson Dilworth
Philadelphia
Chamber
Delaware River
New Jersey Turnpike
Erie
Buffalo
N.Y
Scranton
Broup
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Williamsport
Lock Haven
Road policy overhaul urged by state legislative panel
A legislative study recommends curb on highway expansion and a broad reclassification of roads into interstate primary secondary urban and rural. Proposals include a moratorium on highway changes, a part time highway commission, and appointing a highway director or chief engineer to run the program.
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State Highway Commission
Senate
Commission
Secretary of Highways
Two Young Men Die In Route 68 Crash
In Clarion County two 20 year old men died when a car left Route 68 between Leeper and Snydersburg, climbed over cinders, and struck trees in a wooded area about 15 miles north of Clarion. Marine Pfc Kenneth J Gathers of Clarion and Kenneth L Smith of Clarion RD 2 were last seen Saturday night and the wreckage was found Sunday morning.
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Clarion, Pa
Leeper
Snydersburg
Clarion County
Kenneth J. Gathers
Clarion
Kenneth L. Smith
Governor Leader to Attend Groundbreaking and Fair Week Events
Gov Leader will start construction with a ground breaking ceremony south of Indiana off Route 80 then attend a luncheon at Rustic Lodge at 12 30. He will tour fairgrounds with Marion Center High School Band, meet Boy Scouts, meet and greet residents, and witness livestock trophy presentations before delivering a speech.
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Rustic Lodge
Indiana
Carter Ave
South Sixth St
J. S. Mack Community Center
Grandstand
Gov. Leader
Marion Center
G. C. Murphy
Fair Assn
Leader
Gov
Seek Info On Missing Probstein
Senate probers pressed for more details on the disappearance of Indianapolis lawyer and businessman Dave Probstein. The Senate Rackets Committee heard disputed testimony last week that Teamsters Union officials had muscled into Probstein's taxi business before he vanished more than three years ago.
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Washington
Senate
Indianapolis
Dave Probstein
Teamsters
Probstein
Leader urges citizens to back 1959 Legislature report
The leader told newsmen he would send copies of the reports to Mayor David I. Lawrence of Pittsburgh and Arthur T. McGonagle, Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates, urging a citizen effort to persuade the legislature’s adoption of the report’s recommendations.
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David I. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Arthur T. McGonigle
Obituaries for Mertie Smead and Mary Peffer
Rural Valley widow Mertie Matioda Smead died August 19 after months of illness at age 72. Born June 12, 1876 in Cowanshannock, she lived in Indiana County and Rural Valley, survived by daughter Irene Smead, son Carl Smead, two granddaughters and sister Mrs A C Marshall. services August 22 at Carson Funeral Home with Rev J Maurice Leister, interment Beracha Cemetery Plumville. Mary Beth Peffer of Marion Center RD 2 died August 18 after two months illness at home. Born August 31, 1887 in Marchand, she married Harvey A Peffer and is survived by husband, three sons Homer L, Ralph J, Clair. eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three brothers Blake, Ralph, Walter Wineberg. services August 21 at 2 p.m. with Rev J Glenn Miles officiating. interment Marchand Cemetery.
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Mertie Matioda Smead
Rural Valley
Herbert C. Smead
Tursday
Cowanshannoth Township
Armstrong County
Indiana County
George Richard Hoover
Catherine Lukehart Hoover
United Presbyterian Church
Irene Smead
Carl Smead
Home
A. C. Marshall
Plumville
Carson
J. Maurice Leister
Beracha
Mary Beth Peffer
Marion Center RD
Marchand
Samuel
Mary Florence Miller Wintberg
Harvey A. Peffer
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Clymer
Blake
Ralph
Walter Wineberg
Rev. J. Glenn Miles
Marchand Cemetery
Civil Service Urged For Road Dept
Harrisburg AP reports the Automotive Safety Foundation urged sweeping changes for the State Highway Department. Proposals include civil service, executive continuity, modern right of way laws, urban finance policy clarity, broader traffic control, highway study committee, urban planning cooperation, improved traffic operations, faster recruitment, reestablished design activities, quicker right of way settlements, reduced force construction, formalized research, and public information. Personnel calls include amended civil service laws, higher engineer qualifications, career service, emphasis on young engineers, undergraduate training, expanded skill training, and recruitment of 500 professional engineers. Nashville Cordell Hull, former U.S. secretary of state, practiced law in Tennessee before reaching voting age.
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Harrisburg
Automotive Safety Foundation
State Highway Department
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Monroe
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Kenneth Lovell
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Nashville
Cordell Hull
U.S
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R. D. Enterline
Maple ST
Mack Community Center
Indiana, Pa
Lancaster County Hoodowners
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Jungie Racing and
Wjild Animal Exhibition
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Jack Kochman
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Joyce Vidbel
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