Christmas Tree Growers Bitten by Pine Tortoise Scale
Indiana County tree plantations face heavy infection from the pine tortoise scale, with 1500 eggs per scale and honeydew fungus turning trees black. Agway spraying via helicopter is under contract to treat affected areas, notably Cherry Tree, Penn Run, and Pine Flats, while predators may help later.
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Indiana County
Ward Stover
Mr. Stover
Agway Inc
Stover
Cherry Tree
Penn Run
Pine Flats
Festo Kiven
Uganda
East Africa
Herbert Pollock
Festo Kivengere
Copal
Africa
Asia
Europe
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Igade
Myra
Joy
London
Peace
United Nations
Hope
Graystone Church
Chatham College
Pittsburgh
Charity
Kivenger
Indiana Playground Week Of Fun And Activities
A lively week at multiple playgrounds features pet shows crazy hats costume parades splash parties and birthday celebrations. The Arts and Crafts program guides a rotating schedule across Eisenhower East Pike Water Street Horace Mann Ben Franklin Getty Heights Kennedy King Memorial and more with events Tuesday through Friday and prizes for hat contests and relay races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ben Franklin
East Pike Playground
Water Street Playground
Kennedy - King Memorial Park
Eisenhower Playground
Horace Mann
Alice Christ
Randy Tyger
Eisenhower
East Pike
Water St
Getty Heights
Kennedy King
Drowns In Ohio River Near Pittsburgh
Paul Solerto Jr. 15, the only son of residents of Coraopolis near Pittsburgh, drowned Friday while swimming in the Ohio River. Police say four companions watched as he went under and his body was recovered after dragging operations.
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Piitsburgh
Paul Solerto Jr
Ohio River
Solerto
Coraopolis
Pittsburgh
Blaze Halted by Blairsville Firefighters
A small brush fire along New Port Road one mile northwest of Blairsville was extinguished by Blairsville firemen shortly after 12 o'clock noon Friday. The quick response contained the blaze before it spread.
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Blairsville
Newport Rd
Sawmill Blaze Ravages Kent Area Mill Without Estimate
Fire of unknown origin swept a Kent lumber mill injuring no one. Ed Sklar reported the blaze at 7 p.m. as fire crews from six communities battled flames near a diesel fuel tank. William Bennett, the mill owner, suspected spontaneous combustion of fresh sawdust amid extensive damage to the table saws.
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Kent
Ed Sklar
Fire Co
William Bennett
Brush Valley
Iselin
West Lebanon
Autiman
MclIntyre
Indiana
Blairsville Man Named By Pomeroy
Justice Thomas W. Pomeroy named Harry Woodruff Turner as his statewide campaign director for the upcoming Pennsylvania Supreme Court election. Turner, 30, a Blairsville native and former Nixon campaign aide, is a Torrance State Hospital trustee and Blairsville High School graduate. He previously worked on Nixon’s 1960 campaign and in Pitt student politics. Pomeroy, appointed to fill a Musmanno vacancy, faces Democrat Louis Manderino in November.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Pomeroy
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Harry Woodruff Turner
Turner
Blairsville
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
James M. Turner
Nixon
Pitt
Torrance ‘State Hospital
Blairsville Senior High School
Pomeroy
Shafer
Michael A. ‘Musmanno
Louis Manderino
Duquesné University Law School
Indiana student named to dean's list at Missouri-Rolla
John E. Lambert of 1127 Maple Street was named to the Dean's List at the University of Missouri-Rolla for the spring semester.
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John E. Lambert
Maple St
University of Missouri-Rolla
Grangers Visited Home On Tuesday
HOME The Home Grange hosted the North Indiana County Subordinate Grange visitation on Tuesday evening with 85 in attendance from 12 Granges. Mrs. J Milo Smyers introduced Mrs Roger Berringer who presented the program Breath of Life narrated by Art Linkletter explaining life saving mouth to mouth resuscitation. New slaves were presented to the master Mrs Irene Houser by Michael Babco of Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Co. Readings music and games completed the program. Next visitation will be at Blairsville on Tuesday July 6 at 8 pm.
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Home Grange
Nlth
Indiana County
Prosperity Grange
J. Milo Smyers
Roger Berringer
Hope’ Grange
Bell Telephone Company
Art Linkletter
Irene Houser
Michael Babco
Farmers Jand Traders Life Insurance Company
Blairsville
Storm Lashes County Crashes and Power Outages
Early afternoon reports show Dixonville area crews repairing damage after a storm. Lightning knocked out a substation near Graceton School, leaving Graceton without power for about an hour. Damage ranged from Bolivar to Blairsville with trees and mud from runoff. The Pennsylvania Highway Department cleaned six inches of dirt from Rt. 286 near the Village Inn after last night’s rain.
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Dixonville
Graceton School
Graceton
Bolivar
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Rt. 286
Village Inn
Burglary Probed at White Two Secretary Office
Indiana Borough police investigate a breakin at the White Two Secretary office at 523 Nix on Alley discovered July 3. Entry came via a rear window and the burglar ransacked the second floor office. nothing reported missing.
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Indiana
Nixon Alley
iNothing
Restraint urged by Rep Moore over state pay raise plan
State Representative Frank E. Moore says he will push next week to secure funds for a 10 percent raise for low paid state workers while opposing a $57 million state scholarship program he favors replacing with a student loan plan. He urges restraint and patience, cites fiscal realities, and calls for reallocation to fund the raise.
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Frank E. Moore
Indiana
Moore
Indiana County
Union Exec Warns Of Big Walkout
Torrance Pennsylvania lawmakers and Governor Shafer face a dilemma over a promised ten percent wage hike for state welfare workers. Union official Gerald W Hinchey warned that if the pledge is not kept 25,000 to 30,000 welfare workers may walk off, with registered nurses potentially joining. The workers had staged an 18 hour sick-off June 27 to protest wages.
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Torrance
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Gerald W. Hinchey
Service Employes International Union
Afl-Cio
Hinchey
The
Gazette
K. Leroy Irvis
House
Mr. Hinchey
Missionary Sunday At Calvary Baptist Clymer
Calvary Baptist Church two miles east of Clymer along Route 286 observes Missionary Sunday with offerings to missions. Pastor Beal speaks on The Serpent in The Wilderness, choir sings A Shelter in The Time of Storm, and Leroy Brooks provides evening music before Beal preaches Growth. Prayer meeting midweek and Hal Webb evangelistic team services Sept 7 to 12.
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Hal Webb
Calvary Baptist Church
Clymer
Low Route 286
Moore Says Sunday Liquor Bill Defeated Again
Representative Frank E. Moore announced that House Bill 89 to permit Sunday liquor sales by certain hotel and restaurant licensees was defeated 106 to 88 in a second final passage vote. Moore, who voted against it previously, said he opposed Sunday sales on moral grounds and that the bill cannot be brought up again this session.
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Frank E. Moore
Indiana
Moore
House
General Assembly
Edna Texas flags fly daily to back Vietnam peace
In Edna Texas residents raise an American flag along streets and near homes each morning. Mayor A D Tinker says 130 flags on poles mark a city resolution praising U S government and calling for an honorable peace in Vietnam. The display has lasted over two years, symbolizing local pro Vietnam war protest attitudes.
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Vietnam
A. D. Tinker
Tinker
Edwa Ir
University of California Law School
Berkeley
Navy
Army
Edna
United States of America
American Legion
Texas
Indiana County reports light July 4th highway losses
Indiana County enjoyed a relatively safe Fourth of July with three accidents since Thursday. One Homer City woman was hospitalized after a five car chain reaction on Rt. 119 near Indiana Springs Rd. The accident page lists six drivers and three minor injuries, with total damage about 415 dollars.
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Indiana County
Indiana
Homer City
Rt. 119
Indian Springs Rd
Agnes Long
R.D
William D. Harris
W. Elm St
Thomeas T. Shannon
Hotel City
Donald K. Boyer
Indiana R.D
John Lasinski
First Ave
Blairsville
Indiana Hospital
Lasinski
Theresa
Robert Lasinski
Lasinski Auto
Declaration Printer Had Local Ties
David C. Claypoole, a Philadelphia printer tied to the Declaration of Independence, was brother to James Claypoole, first white settler in Kittanning. The Dunlap and Claypoole firm printed historic documents for Philadelphia and the county that marked the 93rd anniversary of the Declaration reading. A plaque notes the shop’s role and Claypoole’s land ownership in Westmoreland County.
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David C. Claypoole
Philadelphia
James Claypoole
Kittanning
Dunlap and Claypoole
Wheatfield
Westmoreland County
Evelyn Claypoole Bracken
Indiana
Claypoole
Ruskin Ca
College
Oxford
Mboya
Washington
Pamela Odede
Kenya
Brac
Walter Odede
Ken
Western College For Women
Ohio
Jomo Kenyatta
Kikuyu
Kenyatta
Nairobi
Kenya African National Union
Area Students Named to Dean's List at Slippery Rock
Five students from the Indiana County area have been named to the Dean's List at Slippery Rock State College for the spring semester. They are Carol L. Buterbaugh Cherry Tree R D 2 James D. Byron Blairsville Sandra L. Keith Black Lick Marcia Schrecengost Dayton R D 1 and Dorothy R. Stump Indiana.
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Indiana County
Slippery Rock State College
Carol L. Butterbaugh
Cherry Tree R.D
James D. Byron
S. Spring St
Blairsville
Sandra L. Keith
Black Lick
Marcia Schrecengost
Dayton R.D
Dorothy R. Stump
Indiana
Is Astromonk Getting Lazy
In Mountain View, NASA Ames officials report Benny the 14 pound astro monkey on a 30 day space mission showed a slightly lower metabolic state and reduced activity on Friday after seven days in orbit. The agency noted lower conversion of food to energy but said the behavior remains within expected variation for the long flight.
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Mountain View
Calif
Astromonk Benny
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
Ames
Mamie Eisenhower Taken To Hospital In England
Mrs Mamie Eisenhower widow of Dwight D Eisenhower was admitted to the U S Air Force hospital at Lakenheath England after developing a cold Her condition was described as good by hospital officials An embassy spokesman said she became ill with a bad cold Friday night in Birmingham while traveling to Scotland for a private visit There is no plan to evacuate her to the United States The Air Force said she is in the hospital for observation and does not seem seriously ill
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Lakenheath
England
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Air Force Hospital
U.S
London
Eisenhower
Birmingham
Scotland
Air Force
Italy Faces Political Crisis Again
Italy s anti Communist Socialists split from the party forming a new faction. The move threatens Prime Minister Mariano Rumor s coalition and marks a second major crisis in seven months. Foreign Minister Pietro Nenni debated quitting as he resigned his party post but stayed in the Cabinet to bridge tensions with the Communist Party.
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Rome
Italy
Mariano Rumor
Rumor
Pietro Nenni
Giuseppe Saragat
Nenni
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Vehicle collision at Rt. 119 and Legislative Rd reported
State police investigated a two car crash at the Rt. 119 and Legislative Rd intersection in Lucerne on Thursday afternoon around 3 50. Lisle L Mahaffey 76 of Homer City pulled from the intersection and was rear ended by Clair G Lanning Indiana Rd 3 driver. Estimated damages were 50 to the Lanning car and 150 to the Mahaffey vehicle with no injuries reported.
Cleveland Area Storm Kills Eight
A brutal Cleveland area storm caused eight deaths and over 300 injuries. A Mardi Gras at Fairport Harbor saw tent collapses and rising floodwaters trapping revelers. In Toledo, at least 30 were hospitalized as storms knocked out power and trees fell. Names include Ernest Pasczytowski and Greta Schwartz among the dead.
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Fairport Harbor
Cleveland
Robert Cullins
Dresden
Ohio
Cedar Point
Carol Harwell
Mansfield
Toledo
Ernest Pasczczytowski
Greta D. Schwartz
Dagmar Dolys
Lakewood
Cleveland Park
Lake Erie
Joann Geneva
Tres
Samuel Buter
Elmer Wachhaus
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Graystone
FESTO
Grangers
Rep
Punxsutawney
Doug Dunkle
Mitch Snyder
Tim Morris
Tony Quatroche
Idaho
Rep. Moore
Gulf Coast City
Edna, Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Mage
Margaret Hareris
Tom Mboya
Area Students of Dean's List
Read Gazette
Cleveland Area
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