Hoover Distrustful Of Valachi Revelations
AP reporting Hoover voiced displeasure and skepticism about Valachi disclosures on the Mafia. He argued the public release could hinder enforcement and stressed that further federal and local efforts must be intensified with public support. He noted the revelations corroborated FBI findings from 1961 and 1962 about organized crime.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Joseph Valtlachi
FBI
Justice Department
Cosa Nostra
Hoover
Valachi
Ft. Monmouth. Nu
Ex Countian Held In Hit Run
Kenneth Bell 25 and Elsie 22 of Cleveland were struck on Carter Ave by a Turify driven car that fled and later surrendered. Bell listed in fair condition at Indiana Hospital with cuts bruises and a skull injury. Mrs Bell treated and released. Walter Semsick 668 South Sixth St and his wife were visiting. Semsick shoved his wife to safety but suffered arm injuries. A second accident at School and South 6th Streets involved Rose Morocco causing $800 total damage. no injuries.
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Kenneth Bell
Elsie
Cleveland
Turify
Carter Ave
Indiana
School
South 6Th Streets
Rose Morocco
Water Street
Harry Bennett
North 6Th Street
School Street
Wayne Avenue
Bennett House
Two Hit and Run Incidents Reported by State Police
State police report two hit and run incidents in Indiana. Richard James Kuhns, 17, of 1227 South Sixth Street, attempted to piss a vehicle driven by Edward Vargo II on Sixth Street, struck Vargo’s car, and fled. Kuhns was arrested and charged with failure to return to the scene and identify the damage was listed at 151 dollars for Kuhns car and 100 dollars for Vargo’s vehicle. A second crash near Carter Avenue involved Gordon T. Waites, 20, of Alexandria, who swerved to avoid a vehicle and struck two parked cars. Waites was arrested and charged with failure to return to the scene. Damages were listed at 500 dollars for Waites’s vehicle.
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Richard James Kuhns
South Sixth Street
Indiana
Sixth Street
Edward Vargo
Lucerne
Kuhns
Vargo Auto
Rogie Uy
Carter Avenue
Gordon T Wates
Awsxandra KD. J
Wates
Waites
Coal to gasoline pilot plant planned in Cresap area
An Interior Department contract worth 9,993,000 with Consolidation Coal Co will design build and operate a coal to gasoline pilot plant near Cresap Moundsville. The process aims to convert about 44 thousand tons of coal daily into gas driven by the Standard Oil Co method. The project is experimental and may not yield economical gasoline at prevailing prices. Meanwhile in Erie workers at Continental Rubber Co protest, with many of the plant’s 11,718 workers restricted in labor actions amid South Africa tensions.
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Washington
Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Cresap
Moundsile
Wo Mul
Stewart Ada
Consolida Hon
Consolidation
Standard OF Co
Ohio
Erie
Continental Rubber Co
Basutuland
South Africa
Hirohito Urges Good Will To All
Emperor Hirohito told reporters at Nasu that he regrets not achieving more in 62 years and vowed to do everything in his power for Japan’s benefit and international good will during a Thursday news conference at his summer residence, north of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Nasu
Miner Drebitko Emerges From Escape Chamber
Andy Drebitko, a miner and independent mine workers official, explored an underground chamber larger than earlier estimates near Tremont. He described a roughly 140 square foot L-shaped area with mostly headroom, while his family learned of his venture with mixed pride and relief.
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Drebitko
Chambe
Bova
A. and J. Coal Co
Hegins
Bear Valley
Jewel-Ridge Coal Co
Tremont
Independent Mine Workers Association
Joseph
Andy
Michael Drebitke
Drebitke
Income Tax Sentence For Landis
James M Landis a former Harvard Law School dean and ex chair of the SEC was sentenced to 20 days on five income tax charges. He is under psychiatric care for a habit officials deem difficult to control. The case cites tax returns from 1956 to 1960 with 460,927 gross income and taxes due values. Landis serves probation and continues treatment at a public health facility.
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New York
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Landis
Securities and Exchange Commission and
Civil Aeronautics Board
Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Sylvester J. Ryan
Lanais
U.S. Attorney's Office
Iintend
Ryan
Ladis
Neurological Institute
Bath
William JC. Warren
Columbia ‘University School of Law
Asst
U.S. Alty
Silvio J. Malla
US Public Health Service Hospital
Staten Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warry S. Truman
Kennedy
Driver Fined 400 For Road Death Near Indiana
A motorist, Mrs. Streams, received a 400 fine plus costs after failing to stop for a school bus discharging children on Route 286, four miles southwest of Indiana. The McCullough boy was fatally struck while crossing the highway. Judge Edwin Clark noted civil settlements had been reached with the boy’s parents and estate, including a 10,000 out-of-court settlement.
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Streams
Indiana
McCullough
Edwin Clark
State Jobless Claims Drop to Multi-Decade Low
Harrisburg AP reports unemployment for the month ending Aug 18 fell to 301 000, the lowest in the period since 1957, a drop of 25 000 from the prior month. The Bureau of Employment Security noted declines across industries, especially apparel, amid recalls of workers.
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Harrisburg
Bureau of Employment Security
Wibutad
Veteran Ex-Newsman To Reach 100 On Labor Day
Paxton Illinois AP veteran Frank E Moore 99 reflects on changes in the newspaper business since the 1880s. He recalls reporters walking for scoops and says he may reach 100 if he lives to Labor Day. Moore spent most of 68 years in Chicago newspapers.
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Paxton, Ill
Frank E. Moore
Chicago
Knights Templar Hanne Aor
The
Paxton
Pa Police Escort Two Negroes Amid Race Tensions
In Paxton a state police escort protected a Black couple and a Camden couple amid a racial confrontation. Troopers faced stones and scuffles as a University of Pennsylvania professor James Van Dyk and several others were arrested for inciting to riot.
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Peter No Woe Ayu
University of Pennsylvania
James van Dyk
van Werte
Vya Rhuner
MI Wie Udy Map
van Dyk
Two Children Die in Suspected Food Poisoning Web City
In Webb City Missouri two children Ronald Wayne Allenbaugh six and Terry Eugene Allenbaugh eleven died from what coroner calls possible food poisoning or bacterial infection. A twin Larry Allenbaugh remained critical but improving at Jane Chinn Hospital. In Carthage Missouri Theresa Rea eight and Cheryl Rea three were hospitalized with vomiting and diarrhea. their mother Geneva Rea is listed among the four Rea children released. A Webb City physician was summoned before 4 a.m. today after the Allenbaugh children fell ill Friday and died after arrival at the hospital. The two Leases were not yet connected.
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Webb City
Carl Junction
Carthage
Ronald Wayne Allenbaugh
Terry Eugene Allenbaugh
Harry Asbury
Larry Allenbaugh
Terry
Jane Chinn
Theresa Rea
Cheryl Rea
Geneva Rea
Rea
Wendell Fuhr
Allenbaugh
Check Reveals No Body in Ongoing Rescue Operation
Drebiko was lowered to the bottom as two dozen workers manned safety lines amid suspense over the 20-foot hoist. Charmbury reported a 22-inch hole east of the Fellin-Throne escape hatch, extending past the 150-foot mark, while a possible human figure in a helmet was viewed on a television monitor.
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Drebiko
Drebitko
Charmbury
Bova
Identical Quads Living In Poverty In Chicago
In Chicago a court disclosed the first US set of identical quadruplets living in poverty with a broken home. The Harris sisters Sheena Shawna Sherry and Shannon born June 30 to a 90 weekly worker and his 19 year old wife face hardship as a judge ordered Bernard Harris to pay 30 weekly support for the quads and their brother Shawn. Beatrice Lewis said the infants lack food and clothing and cannot live on infant formula forever. The girls’ grandfather Lawrence Smith provides primary support for the children.
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Chicago
United States
Sheena
Shawna
Sherry
Shannon Harris
James Crosson
Bernard
Shawn
Harris
Delores Harris
Beatrice Lewis
Lawrence
Doc) Smith
Contractors Send School Bids for Tri-Valley Addition
The state public school building authority received unofficial low bids totaling 559,605 for an addition to a Tri-Valley high school in Schuylkill County. Bids include Henry March Inc for general work 365,549 Keating-Eschnaurs Inc 76,539 Lee R. Kauffman 64,780 J H Greiner 52,737.
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Harrisburg
State Public School Building Authority
Tri-Valley
Schuylkill County
Henry March, Inc
Steelton
Keating-Eschnaurs, Inc
Lee R. Kauffman
Dornsife
J. H. Greiner
Lebanon
Vetoes Bill Reminiscent of a Story by Kerner
Governor Otto Kerner vetoed a bill that would require grade school pupils to recite the pledge of allegiance each morning. He said the measure was unconstitutional and unwise as it made patriotism compulsory, recalling a story of a boy who grew up believing the last two words of the national anthem were Play Iban.
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Springfield, II
Otto Kerner
United States
Kerner
Christian Changes Observed in World Council Meeting
In Rochester, AP reported a dramatic shift as World Council of Churches Central Committee members from 200 church bodies met, showing unity efforts across denominations. Catholic observers mingled with Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians in a diverse gathering signaling near intrasec and global ecumenical cooperation.
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Rochester
N.Y
World Council of Churches
Welfare rolls continue drop in Pennsylvania July
Harrisburg AP reports public assistance grants in Pennsylvania declined for the fourth consecutive month in July. The Public Welfare Department said the average number of recipients was 428,066, down 5,620 from June, a 1.3 percent drop.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Welfare Department
Hope of Brain Injury Repair Shown by Neurosurgeon
Dr Leonard I Malis of Mount Sinai Hospital reported tissue growth in damaged brains at a UC Los Angeles radiation effects symposium. He observed complete brain cell reorganization months after injury in monkeys cats and rabbits, though no human experiments yet. He noted the dense new tissue near damaged areas and cautioned applicability to humans remains uncertain.
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Los Angeles
Leonard I. Malis
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
University of California At
Dr. Malis
Malis
Reserve General Recalled to Lead Army Reserve
Maj. Gen. William Sutton, 55, a San Antonio insurance executive, will assume command of the Army Reserve next week. Recalled by Secretary Cyrus R. Vance for a four year term, he becomes chief of the Army Reserve with responsibility for its development and maintenance as the force totals about 261000 in drill pay status. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Frederick M. Warren, who retires today.
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Washington
William ‘J. Sutton
Texas Insurance
Army
Sutton
San Antonio
Secrretary
Cyrus R. ‘Vance
Army Reserve
Army Staff
Frederick M. Warren
Stordahl Dies At 50, Arranger For McHales Navy
Axel Stordahl, 50, longtime musical arranger for Frank Sinatra and the TV series McHales Navy, died Friday at his home in Encino. The cause was not disclosed. He is survived by his widow singer June Hutton and two children, Susan 9 and Jeff 7.
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Hollywood
Axel Stordahl
Frank Batya
Encino
Stordahl
Four Bail Out Of Navy Plane Okay Four Bail Out
An unpredictable crippled Navy B26 crashed near Vance Air Force Base after the pilot and three passengers bailed out safely. Maj. James Stewart said the four attempts were made from 10,000 feet with one man exiting each time until the last, as the plane headed for an uninhabited area. Names were not released.
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Viel
Stewart
North Island
San Diego
Calif
Joplin
Stewstart
Obituary of Ralph C. Bennett 85 Indiana resident
Ralph C. Bennett 85 of 629 School Street Indiana died early Saturday August 31 1963 at Indiana Hospital born December 31 1878 in Portersfield Pennsylvania son of the late Michael and Charlotte Richardson Bennett retired mechanic Survived by two brothers J Parl Bennett Indiana RD 1 and H H Bennett Indiana plus several nieces and nephews Friends may call at Albert E Raleigh Funeral Home Indiana Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 p m Funeral services Monday at 11 00 a m Rev Harald Co Lilie officiating interment Oakland Cemetery Indiana
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Ralph C. Bennett
School Street
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Portersfield
Michael and
Charlotte Richardson Bennett
Bennett
J. Parl Bennett
Indiana RD. 1
H. H. Bennett
Albert E. Raleigh
Harald Co. Lilie
Oakland Cemetery
Vietnamese Buddhist crisis provokes U S office protest
Secret police clash on the Buddhist crisis as Vietnamese authorities face U S anger over Nhu and his wife remarks. Washington warns funds could be cut if Nhus remain in the palace while Pope Paul VI voices concern for Saigon. Vatican Radio says the trouble is not a Catholic Buddhist war.
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Nhu
Diem
Washington
U.S
United States
Vatican
Paul VI
Saigon
Viet Nam
Vatican Radio
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