Hammerstein Dies At 65 A Landmark Lyricist
Doylestown AP report notes Osmond Hammerstein death at 65 from stomach cancer at Highland Farms. His career spanned 40 years shaping classics like Ol Man River Some Enchanted Evening and many Rodgers and Hammerstein hits from Oklahoma to The Sound of Music. The obituary recalls his Broadway impact and his collaboration with Richard Rodgers beginning in 1942.
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Doylestown
Osc Ar
Hammerstein
Highland Farms
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Sound of Music
Richard Rodgers
Cole’ Porter
Broadway
Patti's Restaurant owner dies in Indiana crash
William J. Patti 34 Homer City native and Indiana restaurant owner died at Indiana Hospital after a 1 car crash on South Sixth Street extension near the borough line. Coroner cites skull fractures and chest injuries. Survived by mother and six siblings. Funeral services set at Askew Funeral Home with High Mass at St. Louis Church. Interment St Bernard's Cemetery Indiana.
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Homer City
William J
Ponto) Patti
Patti
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
South Sixth St
Indiana Borough
Russell D. Gardner
Indiana County
Samuel
Aquilina Falsetti Patti
U.s.marine Corps
St. Louis
John
Amelia) Calabrese
George
Lena) Babyak
James
Mary) Raymond
Askew Funeral 'Home
St. Louis Church
H. A. Podowski
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Sons of Italy
Funeral Home
Altar
Holy Name Societies
Funeral
Route 119 Fruit Market Sold to Indiana Buyer
The Lewis Miller Fruit Market on Route 119 South has been sold to Indiana businessman Ben Louis owner of Precision Aluminum Co. at 934 and 944 Philadelphia St. Transfer becomes effective Sept. 20 and the Miller family will move to Florida later this year. Louis plans an aluminum home improvement display and the distributor of Season All and United Door products.
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Lewis Miller
Route 119
Indiana
Ben Louis
Anderson Ave
Mr. Louis
Precision Aluminum Co
Philadelphia St
Precision Aluminum
Season All
United Door
Miller
Florida
Millers
Pittsburgh
Echo Satellite Schedule Listed
Indiana County residents may view the U S Echo satellite with a planned sequence tonight and tomorrow. Timings include 9 06 to 9 22 p m southwest to northeast overhead 11 27 p m west to east high in the north 1 17 to 1 33 a m northwest to southeast high in the north and 3 23 to 3 37 a m north to northwest.
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Indiana County
Plan Topping For Slick Road Here
Residents fear slick asphalt on Route 422 east of Indiana from Knotty Pine Inn to Penn Run after several truck crashes. Officials report the damp morning made the surface unusually slick and say highway crews seek state approval to lay a rougher topping to prevent more accidents. Large warning signs have been erected three miles east of Indiana on steep approaches.
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Indiana
Knotty Pine Inn
Penn Run
Devil's Elbow
Hamilton Field
Highway Office
State Highway Department
Deepartment
Tax Charges Against Pgh Industrialist
Pittsburgh industrialist Thomas Melton Evans faces civil tax action over alleged double deductions on his 1954 personal income tax. IRS asserts Evans claimed $11,806 for charity deductions, while the government contends he owes about $200,000 plus interest. Evans, chairman of H. K. Porter Co., reportedly donated $1.25 million in public utility securities in 1954.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Melton Evans
Atty
Michael Duncan
Inter Revenue Service
Federal District Court
Evans
Duncan
H. K. Porter Co
Child struck by car dies in Hagerstown area
In Hagerstown Maryland a two year old boy from Latrobe Pennsylvania died in Washington County Hospital after being struck by a car. State police said Marlon Scott Smith darted into the road.
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Hagerstown
Herter warns Latin nations on communism threat at OAS
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter tells Latin American ministers at the OAS conference that communism infiltrates the hemisphere via Cuba, urging a strong Western posture against Castro. He cites a U.S. memorandum accusing Cuba of training spies and guerrillas, while Cuba and Argentina push competing draft plans for a democratic counteroffensive. The stance mirrors broader U.S. moves to sanction Cuba and scrutinize regional responses in San Jose Costa Rica.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian A. Herter
United States
Cuba
Herter
U.S
Fidel Castro
Foreign Ministers’ Conference of the Organization of American States
Argentina
Hemisphere
Theough
Fidal Castro
OAS Peace Committee
Besidus
OAS
Carlos Lechuga
Raul Roa
McCracken Heads Bank Elects Vance McCracken President
In Indiana the First National Bank board elected Vance McCracken as president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward B. Bennett. TF. Brusbaker named executive vice president. announcement by secretary D Romb. Also reports on U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers’ Moscow imprisonment and family farewells.
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Vance McCracken
First National Bank
Indiana
Edward B. Bennett
TF. Brusbaker
D. Romb
Moscow
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Supreme Court
Oliver W
Ida Ford Powers
Barbara
Manteen Brown
Milledgeville
Garah
Powers
Gary
Jessica Hileman
Prese
GOP Kickoff Picnic Signals 1960 Campaign
Indiana County Republicans launch the countywide 1960 campaign with a picnic at Mack Community Center. Principal speaker will be State Treasurer Robert F. Fo Kens, candidate for auditor general of Pennsylvania. Event starts at 6:15 p.m.
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Indiana County
Mack Community Center
Robert Fo Kens
Auditor - General of
Pennsylvania
Seamen Strike Ends Prompts Royal Ballet Sailing
In Southampton an aid to a wildcat seamen strike cleared the way for gasling on schedule for the Royal Ballet in New York, but the 11 day walkout continues in other ports. More than ten ships, mostly coasters, are held up elsewhere as the Mauretania and Queen Mary prepare to sail.
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Southampton
England
Britain
Royal Ballet
New York
Mauretania
Boston Transit Strike Triggers Massive Traffic Jam
A bus drivers strike shut down the Metropolitan Transit Authority on Monday triggering a citywide traffic jam. About 700000 commuters lost public transport as thousands were stranded for hours while railroads added cars and downtown parking was banned. Governor Furcolo met officials seeking emergency powers to seize the system but the council split on the move.
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Boston
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Foster Furcolo
MTA
Executive Council
Dag Hammarskjold Pushes Congo Advisory Plan
United Nations. Dag Hammarskjold pressed ahead with plans for a advisory committee from nations contributing troops to the UN Congo Command to guide the 15,000 strong force. Lumumba backed down on direct UN use to seize Katanga, while Tshombe urged a Congo army shift toward a confederation as Nkrumah braced to mediate peace with Katanga’s secessionist leadership.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Committee of Nations
U. N
Congo
Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
U.N
Katanga
Palestine
Lumumba
Security Council
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Conego
UNM
Moise Tshombe
SRO Ecu OU
Coneau
Mikhail DB
Yatayluv
Tshombe
Katanga Radio
Lumaine
W Ard
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Wisek
London
Nkrumah
Hamimnarskyoid
Nkrusab
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