Congress Debates Debt Limit and Housing Bill Proposals
Senate action focuses on raising the debt ceiling to 288 billion through June 30 1959 and advancing a trimmed 800 million housing and community facilities measure. Debates cover education funding roadblocks to renegotiate defense contracts and expanding social benefits for railroad workers longshoremen and federal employees security program rulings and unemployment provisions. The House moves a separate aid package totaling 3 078 billion and may clash on permanent limits and future reviews.
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Sens
John, Sparkman
D-Ala
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
House
Albert Cole
Eisenhower
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
George W. Malone
New
America
Sen
Harry
F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Congress
Towand
Supreme Court
Kidnap and rape charges likely in girl’s trip
State police report a 16 year old Pennsylvania girl was abducted from a car near Port Deposit Maryland, driven into Pennsylvania, and later returned to Maryland. A 26 year old man with addresses in Port Deposit and Baltimore is held at Conowingo barracks. He faces kidnapping and rape charges as investigators say the girl was taken while her father and brother fished. Police stopped a vehicle at Calvert roadblock and detained a suspect after the girl was returned to Port Deposit early today.
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Conowingo, Md
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore
New London
Conowingo
Mechanicsburg
Paarey
Port Deposit
Former Governor Elbert Carvel Seeks U.S. Senate Seat
Delaware Democrats nominated former Governor Elbert N. Carvel for the U.S. Senate to challenge Republican Johan J. Williams. The convention also backed former Representative Harris N. McDowell for another House term, while Republicans plan to nominate next week. The platform affirms support for civil rights across races and creeds.
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Dover
Del
Elbert N. Carvel
Delaware
U.S. Senate
Johan J. Willams
Harris N. McDowell
House of Representatives
McDowell
Harry G. Haskell
GOP
Democratic Party
Dwarfed Girl Grows With Treatment
A dwarfed girl treated with a scarce pituitary hormone grows from 43.4 to 47.4 inches after early infection damaged her gland. Doctors note the dose shows potential to reveal the hormone’s workings and pave way to a simpler, effective substitute. Dr Li explains the case aims to unlock broader medical insights.
Americans Held by Rebels in Beirut Release Report
Copeland, Fleming, and Patterson were captured by armed men in Beirut after a detour through narrow streets. The captors, some in uniforms resembling Lebanese security forces, questioned the mail bag and kept the men for a time. A Navy spokesman said the captors were rebels, and U S Army HQ was contacted before release. The men suffered no physical abuse beyond initial intimidation and their mail remained untouched.
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Copeland
Fleming
Patterson
Beirut
U. S. Army
U. S. Navy
T Men Find 5 Cases of Altered Bills
Washington AP The Secret Service said five cases of altered currency were uncovered by producers of the Top Dollar TV show on CBS. The program offers up to 5000 dollars for bills with specific serials. Alterations included pen ink changes and cutting numbers from other bills. Baughman urged compliance with federal law, noting penalties up to 15 years in prison and a 5000 dollar fine.
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Washington
Secret Service
Columbia Broadcasting System
U.S. Baughman
McGonigle Sees GOP Strength at Campaign Booth
McGonigle planned hours at the Republican booth at Mack Center then toured Cambria County highways in Johnstown. Sheriff Paul Jeffries said the party will depart for Hershey to speak at the National Plowing Contest. Congressman John P. Saylor canceled a last minute Indiana County Fair appearance to handle vital legislation in Washington, hoping to visit the fair tomorrow.
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McGonigle
Mack Center
Johnstown
Cambria
Paul Jeffries
SOP
vicGouple
Hershey
John P. Saylor
Indiana - Cambria- Armstrong
Saylor
Washington
Penn Run Sailor Starts Cruise
Donald F. Waltemire third class fire control technician USN son of Mr and Mrs John A Waltemire of Penn Run RD J serves on the USS Midway which left August 16 for an extended Western Pacific cruise as part of the Seventh Fleet. The 60000 ton carrier is due to visit Pearl Harbor Yokosuka Iwakuni Hong Kong Subic Bay before returning to Alameda Calif early next year.
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Penn Run
Donald F. Waltemire
USN
John A. Waltemire
RD J
Midway
States
Western Pacific
U.s.seventh Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Yokosuka
Iwakuni
Japan
Hong, Kong
B.C.C
Subic Bay
Philippines
Alameda
Calif
County Fair Winds Up Here Tonight
The Indiana Evening Gazette reports the county fair wraps up with a night show featuring six bicycles, trampoline acts, animals, acrobats, and comedy routines for more than an hour. Afterward, children flooded the midway for cut-rate rides as stock car races were set to begin at 2 30 p.m. with drivers from four states.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Attacker Held In Bond Default
Ray Mayhew 22 of Morgantown West Virginia held on 5000 bond in Waynesburg Pennsylvania in connection with an assault on Judith Wilson 21 a teletype operator for the Waynesburg Demokrat Messenger. He was captured Wednesday in a wooded area south of Waynesburg after escaping from Monongalia County Jail July 25 where he was serving a six month term for assault and battery.
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Waynesburg
Ray Mayhew
Morgantown
W.va
Judith, Wilson
Democrat-Messenger
Mayhew
Monongalia County
Autumn chill sweeps broad US area with hot South
A broad sweep of the nation felt an autumn like chill from the northern Plains to New England while the South remained hot and humid. Temperatures dipped into the 50s and 60s northward with some 40s in the northern Great Lakes, while the Deep South hit 90s and 100s. Widespread light showers affected the Rockies and central Plains with thundershowers in the Mississippi Valley and coastal Pacific Northwest drizzle.
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Associated Press
Plains
New England
Deep South
Kansas
Virginia
Great Lakes
Southland
Desert
Atlantic Coast
Far West
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
mid-Mississippi Valley
Arizona
Atlantic
Pigeons Take Costly Coins in Sunlit Theft
In Dallas attorney Ben Henderson, a coin collector, found four rare pennies valued at 40 dollars. He rubbed them with olive oil and placed them on a window sill to even their color. moments later, pigeons swooped in and carried the coins away, fleeing in the Bargains Galore section.
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Dallas, Tex
Ben Henderson
Whittaker May Rule On Integration
Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whittaker may decide on resuming racial integration at Little Rock Central High School when it reopens. The NAACP asked Whittaker to intervene to remove barriers to immediate reentry of Negro pupils, with papers due by next Thursday. Whittaker, en route to Los Angeles, said he must review the documents and may rule alone or with other justices.
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Earl R. Bauman
Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Whittaker
Little Rock
Central High School
Whittaker
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Eighth Circuit
Arkansas
Los Angeles
Thurgood Marshall
New York
NAACP
Edmund BP. Cullinan
American Bar Assn
Marshall
Ogden
Utah
Confab To Start Oct 31 On Atomic Test Talks
U S officials say their odds of Soviet acceptance rest on Geneva scientists seven week talks. They propose about 180 worldwide inspection stations to ban nuclear tests with Britain ready to pause tests and join talks. Negotiations would begin among U S Britain and Russia, with Red China possibly later included. U N observers could monitor peaceful tests.
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Geneva
United States
Russia
Britain
Eisenhower
U.N
Red China
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
US S
Pacific
Carl T. Durham
D-N.c
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Jacob K. Javits
PRR Freight Derailment Halts Buffalo Line in Dauphin
PRR officials probe cause of freight derailment near Dauphin Pennsylvania tearing up 500 feet of single track. Twenty cars overturned of a 14 car train. No injuries. Damaged section to be back in service later today. Buffalo to Washington and New York trains detoured. daylight trains ferried by bus between Harrisburg and Williamsport.
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Dauphin, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo-Harrisburg
PRR
Dauphin County
Buffalo
Washington
New York
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Obituaries from Homer City and nearby areas
Obituary notices list Effie Edith Auld of Homer City dying at Indiana Hospital at 3 40 am with services pending Monday at 1 30 pm conducted by Rev E E Miller and interment at Greenwood Cemetery. IVA May Rupp Alcorn of New Bethlehem RD 4 died at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital at 7 50 am after an extended illness. Steve Oros of Sagamore died at Armstrong Memorial Hospital with arrangements pending. Mike Fedinick 75 of Waterman died at Indiana Hospital after brief illness with services at Hallow Funeral Home and SS Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Church, Homer City. includes survivors and service details.
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Effie Edith Auld
Juniper Street
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
John
Jane Reddick Buchanan
Rose Loveridge
Ligonter
Lloyd Auld
Washington, D.C
Calvin Buchanan
Indiana
Ralph Buchanan
New Kensington
Roy Buchanan
Lulu: Weston
Hulda Horrell
Fairless Hills
E. E. Miller
Greenwood Cemetery
Askew Funeral Home
Iva May Rupp Alcorn
New Bethlehem
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
David
Sarah Houser Rupp
William J. Alcorn
Helen Lehman
Clarion
James Alcorn
New Bethlehem RD
Violet Moore
Kittanning
Nora Powell
Dayton
Hazel Butler
Kelly Alcorn
Homer ,Rupp
Shelocta
Ralph Rupp
Hawthorne
Cal
Olive Slagle
Putneyville
Ethel Mateer
Mable Bashline
Wilda Gould
Big
Dartcord Presbyterian Church
Hugh Barbour
Church
Steve Oros
Sagamore
Armstrong’ Memorial Hospital
Edwards Funeral Home
Rural Valley
Mikita
Mike) Fedinick
Waterman
Austria
UMW
Lucerne Mines
S. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic
Mary Kazabroda Fednick
Lucernemines
Steve
Pasadena
Charles
Pittsburgh
Pete
Mike
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Stanley
Walter
Madeline) Wojick
Hallow Funeral Home
SS. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Church
South Main St
Andrew J. Kertis
Oakland Cemetery
S.S. Petergrand Paul Church
Louisiana Tries Voting on Saturday in Democratic Primary
New Orleans voters tested Saturday as election day for a Democratic primary to nominate eight Congress candidates and state and local offices. Nine contenders sought the Eighth District seat after Rep. George S. Long’s death. Gov. Earl Long’s administration moved the date from Tuesday to Saturday to boost turnout. One third of about 906,000 registered Democrats were expected to vote. Rep. Hale Boggs faced Republican John Patrick Conway in November. Eleven other congressmen ran unopposed or faced minor opposition, including F Edward Hebert amid a notable Negro voter bid by A P Tureaud seeking support from 18,000 Black voters in his district.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Congress
House
George S. Long
Earl Long
Hale Boggs
John Patrick Conway
Edwin Willis
Otto Passman
T. A. Thomsoon
Edward Hebert
A. P. Tureaud
Tureaud
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
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