Alaska Votes Today On Statehood Plan
Alaskans vote today on statehood, with ballots cast across the vast territory in precincts named Metla Katla Chilkat Pelican Fox Chicken Eagle Badger Road Lincoln Park North Pole Turnagain by the Sea. Analysts expect approval by at least a two to one margin, leading to admission into the Union and a new 49th state flag star next year. A proclamation would mark Alaska as the largest state and the first admitted since New Mexico and Arizona in 1912.
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William J. Tobin
Juneau
Alaska
US presses Iraq to ease restrictions on diplomats
Washington reports the United States urged Iraq’s revolutionary government to restore normal phone service at the U S Embassy, allow coded messages between embassies and consulates, grant full access to American military advisers, and end delays affecting diplomatic work. The steps aim to show sincerity in seeking friendly relations. reopening the information office in Baghdad is among measures sought.
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Washington
United States
Iraq
Baghdad
U.S
State Department
U. S
Basra
Kirkuk
Eisenhower expected to sign social security bill boosts
Administrative sources say President Eisenhower will sign a bill raising Social Security benefits about 7 percent. He may criticize increases in federal grants for state public assistance programs but aides say the merits outweigh the demerits. The package includes a new minimum of 333 and a maximum of 116 for retirees, with a future 127 potential. Tax changes would raise the employer and employee rate to 2.14 percent on earnings and expand the taxable base from 4200 to 4800, accelerating future increases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Flemming
Congress
Vandergrift Teenager Dies After Route 156 Crash
South Bend Indiana Hospital officials report James l Andrew Stewart aged 17 of Vandergrift died at 3 35 this morning from injuries suffered in a one car wreck on Route 156 ten miles west of Apollo near South Bend. He was a passenger in a car driven by Robert L Bartman 16 of Vandergrift. Police say the car went off the road and struck a bridge after Bartman failed to regain control. Damage to the car was about 600 dollars. Other passengers were not seriously hurt.
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South Bend
James l Andrew Stewart
Franklin Street
Vandergrift
Indiana
Route 156
Apollo
Kittanning
Robert L. Bartman
Hamilton Ave
Bartman
Johnstown Paper Sued For Million
EBENSBURG Pa AP The Johnstown Tribune Publishing Co faces a million dollar libel suit filed Monday by City Solicitor Norman A Krumenacker In against the company its publisher and its executive editor His claim says his character and professional reputation have been harmed by numerous news articles and editorials in the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat Walter W Krebs is editor and publisher John F James is executive editor
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Ebensburg
Johnstown Tribune Publishing Co
Norman A. Krumenacker
Johnstown
Krumenacker
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Walter W. Krebs
John F. James
Appointed Justice of the Peace in Montgomery Township
Gov. Leader named Albert A. Lambie of Glen Campbell to serve as justice of the peace in Montgomery Township Indiana County. The notice lists White Township Tax Office at 55 Stevenson Ave with August 25 and 26 as open dates and mentions wholesale fruit and produce for quality and service. Carl E. Los Presti of Homer City is noted with a code 41-16-24x.
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Harrisburg
Albert A. Lambie
Glen Campbell
Montgomery
Indiana County
White
Stevenson Ave
Carl E. Los Presti
Homer City
Enforcing Integration Impossible Says Faubus
St Louis detective testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that Teamsters Vice President Harold Gibbons is a cop hater connected to underworld figures. He cited violence in strikes, claimed Gibbons told him to view police as strikebreakers for management, and linked Gibbons to figures like John Vitale and Joe Costello.
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Washington
St. Louis
Teamsters
Harold Gibbons
Underworld
Thomas L. Moran
Senate
Moran
Gibbons
Chicago
Force
John Vitale
Joe Costello
Si. Lewis
Area high school football season preview pages tease
Brief note highlights upcoming football season coverage on pages 10 and 11. Mentions area schools and anticipation for preseason action as fans await rosters schedules and kickoff dates.
Real Troubles With His Panes
New York AP Raymond Hovy caused glass damage while entering a private detective’s apartment through a door last night. He was captured at the scene and, awaiting processing at police headquarters, attempted an escape by diving through a frosted door and struck a detective lieutenant’s private office. He received head laceration treatment at a hospital.
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New York
Raymond Hovy
Hovy
Grand Jury to Hear Cases Here
Indiana County Grand Jury will hear cases during the week starting September 2. Tuesday docket includes Robert Earl-Ray and Ralph Lichtenfels on morals charges, John A. Weaver and Daniel Clawson for pointing and discharging deadly weapons, William Gray Rounsley and Larry Samuel Meese for burglary and larceny, Edward T. Wright on morals, Merle Long for aggravated assault, Greer Cresswell and Mrs. Greer Cresswell for assault and battery, Merle Naugle for operating a vehicle under alcohol influence. Wednesday docket features Robert Edmon Wood, Richard David Myers, Samuel Edward Burkett morals charges, Walter Eugene Zemetsky and Raymond Vincent Sebastian morals, Wilbert Clarence Warner with arson counts and malicious setting of fire.
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J. Murray Buterbaugh
Indiana County Grand Jury
Robert Earl - Ray
Ralph Lichtenfels
John A. Weaver
Daniel Clawson
William Gray Rounsley
Larry Samuel Meese
Edward T. Wright
Merle Long
Greer Cresswell
Tax Program Major Issue At Meeting
Delegates at the 72nd annual Pennsylvania State County Commissioners convention urged the Legislature to allow commissioners to choose between an occupational tax and a per capita tax. The report backed by Norman A. Peil also urges census duties for school districts, elimination of locally elected assessors, and voter district-move rules.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Norman A. Peil
Easton
Northampton County
Reds Increase Attack On Island Of Quemoy
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The disappearance of Explorer IV remains a mystery as the Army proceeds with two more satellite launches. A Jupiter-C rocket failure lacks an official cause. telemetry analysis may take days. A Snark intercontinental missile began a 6000 mile Atlantic flight, results unnamed. In Formosa, Quemoy bombardment by Communist forces continues for the fourth day with heavy shelling, signaling possible invasion risk.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Target
556Th
Presque Isle
Maine
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Tan Islets
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Iislands
Tan See
Red Chinese Crack Down On Moslems
Hong Kong reports say Communist China crushes Moslem uprisings at home amid party purges and forced collectivization. Hui and Uighur groups are cited in scattered accounts of violence and resistance, with officials denying broader revolt plans.
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Hong Kong
Communist China
China
Shantung
Sinkiang
Terrorists Burn Paris Oil Depot
Algerian terrorists set fires at oil depots in Paris and near Marseille with more blazes reported at Narbonne and Toulouse. Interior Ministry imposed security measures as soldiers guarded key points. a special anti terrorism brigade was activated amid the worst violence since the Algerian struggle began.
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Paris
Narbonne
Toulouse
Interior Ministry
France
Hoffa to face monitors over self appointed anti racketeering group
Court monitors overseeing the troubled Teamsters Union demand an explanation from James R Hoffa about his plan to create his own anti racketeering commission. Monitors insist Hoffa disclose reasons powers duties procedures and how the panel would relate to the monitors.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Board of Monitors
Martin F
O’donoghue
Board of
O'Donoghue
Jeter
U.S
Schmidt
New York
Bender
F. Joseph Donohue
District of Columbia Board of Commissioners
Ira W. Jayne
Detroit
Hoffais
Faubus seeks power to close Arkansas schools over integration
Gov. Orval Faubus told the Arkansas Legislature a 10 day warning that the federal government cannot constitutionally enforce school integration and asked for power to close public schools, including Central High, to resist forced integration as state rights and constitutional government are defended amid a special session.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval BE
Faubus
Arkansas
Central High School
Central High
Dog Seeks Home from Homer City Legion Party
A male brindle dog seeks a home. Interested persons may call Carl Wissinger at Hopkins 30684 in Homer City. Address noted as Wiley Ave building.
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Carl Wissinger
Hopkins
Homer City Legion Party
Wiley Ave
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