Torrance State Hospital finances under scrutiny
Justice Department investigators probe Torrance State Hospital transactions including a bread supply deal with a baking firm. Deputy AG Jerome Gerber says no definite conclusions yet as officials review new angles and discuss material with Harrisburg. Torrance trustee Joseph Cernuto calls for administration shakeup to end one man rule under Dr. William J. Schilling.
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Blairsville
Justice Department
Torrance State Hospital
Jerome Gerber
Gerber
Harrisburg
Joseph Cernuto
Mt. Pleasant
Torrance
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Cernuto
Farmer shoots wife then kills self in Pa. tragedy
Lycoming County farmer Richard F. Breining 54 and his wife Dorothy 31 are dead after he brought his two sons to their cottage, shot his wife, then killed himself. Coroner files murder death by own action verdict. Boys, ages 7 and 6, fled to a nearby store to report the incident.
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Salladasburg
Lycoming County
Earl R. Miller
Richard F. Breining
Dorothy
Richard
Steven
Breining
Jersey Shore Hospital
Cogantation R. D. 2
Loss in Logan Two shop fire reaches $50,000
A Pennsylvania Railroad large box car repair shop in Logan Two was destroyed and two more cars damaged by a Monday night fire. Firemen battled the blaze for over an hour. a PRR spokesman put the loss at $50,000 and no injuries were reported.
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Altoona, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Logan Two
PRR
House Group Nixes Wage Bill Action
Washington AP House conferees rejected a Senate plan as a basis for resolving wage bill differences. Kennedy said the move dimmed chances for a final agreement, with another conference set for 2:30 PM. The reconciliation effort kept a wage floor in dispute as Reeves Show and Horse Pulling Contest drew local attention.
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Washington
House
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Ligols
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vi
Indiana
Indiana County
Jim Workers
Society
Reeves
George Porter
Eighty-Four
L. B. Roenigh
Sarver
Merle Graham
Union City
Paul Graham
Union City R. D
M.L. Herrick
New Beth- Lee School
NYC Strike Ends Lets Rail Traffic Resume
An overnight walkout by New York Central railroad workers ended this morning, restoring direct Chicago to New York mainline passenger and freight service. Picketing dispersed as four officials arrived by special train from Cleveland to seek a court injunction amid protests over the firing of an Elkhart brakeman. The line rerouted mainline passenger trains via Michigan Central through Detroit, but Chicago to Toledo trains and most freight traffic remained blocked.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
Michi-gan Central
Detroit
Chicago-Toledo
Banks Close For County Fair
Banks across Indiana will shut at noon Thursday to allow employees to take part in the county fair family day program, continuing a past custom observed by many institutions.
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Indiana
Indiana County Fair
West Indies Mission orders 13 staff from Cuba
The inter-denominational West Indies Mission Inc. has ordered 13 North American staffers to leave Cuba for safety, reducing on-island personnel from 21 to zero. General director Rev Elmer Thompson says the action will remove all mission staffers from Cuba as the 10th annual conference convenes in Indiana County Friday through Monday to discuss the Cuban situation.
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Homer City
The
West Indies
Nixon hospitalized for knee infection at Walter Reed
Vice President Richard M. Nixon is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital with a knee infection after injuring it on a campaign trip. Doctors say he will be off his feet but not confined to bed, and he plans to continue campaign work from the Presidential suite for about two weeks.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Greensboro
N. C
Herbert G. ‘Klein
Eisenhower
Cal
Violence Flares Across Jacksonville Amid Police Powers
Violence surged in Jacksonville Fla despite emergency police powers. Fire bombs shattered several stores causing about 4815 in damage. A Jacksonville man was killed in a car ambush. Willie Green 44 said the dead man remained unidentified. In Buford Ga racial clashes led to 24 arrests as tensions rose. In New Orleans officials clashed over school integration timelines as a Federal court pushed for faster desegregation.
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Associated Press
Jacksonllle
Fla
Buford
Atlanta
Orleans
U.S. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
Delaware
Jacksonville
Willie Green
Green Wold
Orleans Parish
Wright
New Orleans
Philadelphia
3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Januar D. Bove Jr
MDs Seek To Arrest Nixon Illness
Washington doctors treat Vice President Richard M Nixon to prevent an arthritis like condition from a knee infection by hemolytic staphylococcus aureus. They report the infection appears confined to the knee cavity with no spread to brain lung kidney or liver.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Niam
Public Welfare Increases Ready For September Boosts
Harrisburg reports pay increases totaling about one million dollars yearly for 7,500 Public Welfare Department employees, mainly hospital and institution staff. The State Executive Board gave final approval to the Governor's previously proposed raises, with the governor leading the wage board.
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Harrisburg
Public Welfare Department
Lawrence
Wacculige Board
Lumumba Faces New Challenge in Kasai and Congo Base Control
Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba faces growing trouble as Kasai soldiers clash with tribal warriors backing secession. Meanwhile the U.N. plans to take over Belgium’s Kamina base in Katanga to prevent Lumumba’s forces using it for invasion. Belgian troops are withdrawing home with maintenance staff remaining until removal of equipment.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
U.N
Belegium
Biz Kamina
Katanga
Ruganda-Urundi
Union PRR Officials Meet Today Over Possible Strike
Philadelphia AP top officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad and two unions threatening a Thursday strike planned a summit to review progress since Monday talks. Major issues include job classifications and PRR contracting repair work to other firms. The dispute has persisted over three years. No report was issued by NMB chairman Francis A. O’Neill.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railaoad
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
System Federation
PRR
Francis A. O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
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