Starford Area Barn Fire Destroys Mumau Farm Barn
Fire destroyed the Leon Mumau barn near Starford, with damages estimated over 30 000 dollars. Two tractors, hay, grain, and farm equipment were lost. Firefighters from Commodore and Clymer battled for two hours after being alerted at 9 25 p.m. The owner estimated losses could reach 50 000 dollars. An insurance outcome remains undetermined pending investigation.
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Starford
Leon Mumau
Mumau
Commodore
Clymier
Bruce Phillips
Rainless July 29 Festival Draws City Dance In Waynesburg
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania the annual rain festival proceeded without rain as crowds danced in the streets after a dry day. The town’s rain watcher Atty. John Daily, famed for hat-betting with celebrities since 1939, lost again to the Three Stooges. Nearby Carmichaels and Blacksville saw brief rain, but Waynesburg held its tradition alive since 1877, celebrating despite the forecast.
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Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
Carmichaels
Blackaville
Atty
John Daily
Three Stooges
Daily
Friday
Pittsburgh
Bob Prince
Bob Considine
Charlie
McCarthy
Jack Dempsey
Bing
Crosby
Bob Hope
Byron
Bride pleads after Eisenhower helps airman
Denver AP report details Betty Steed 17 crying on leaving Brown Palace as she seeks to join husband Norman Steed 20 stationed at Lowry Air Force Base. President approves off base housing for the couple during training delays, with Secret Service and base officials arranging reHousing.
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Denver
Colo
Norman Steed
Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower
Betty Steed
Brown Palace Hotel
Lowry
Steed
Dallas
Tex
Ike
Duffléing
Betty
Lowry Afb
Strike Request At PRR Over Work Assignments
Philadelphia AP The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen asked union headquarters for strike approval against Pennsylvania Railroad over Pittsburgh work assignments. 5,000 PRR operating employees may strike Aug 4 at 6 am, system wide from New York to St. Louis. Union says crewboards and dispatchers moved violating contract. railroad says only moving yard staff to nearby station, five blocks. National Railroad Adjustment Board referenced. federal mediators involved amid ongoing negotiations.
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Philadelphia
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
W. B. Woodward
PRR
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
James B. Newell
U.S. Supreme Court
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Chicago
Washington
Tropical Storm Brenda Swirls Into South NJ
Tropical Storm Brenda swept into southern New Jersey with heavy rain and winds, causing floods in many areas. In Pennsylvania, Glen Campbell Pearce, 25, held on three cheating by false pretense charges after pleading guilty to cashing a fraudulent check. bond set at 3,000 per charge. Pearce fled before arrest near Gipsy, was chased an hour, and held at Cambria County jail in Ebensburg.
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Glen Campbell
John Clinton Pearce
Cambria
Ebensburg
Pearce
Justice of the Peace
H. Stanley Ulrich
Barnesboro
Edward J. Lehmier
George Smith
Spangler
Joseph Shimko
Nicktown
Gipsy
James Sabella
Sabella
Washington
Brenda
Chesapeake Bay
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Tampa
Fla
LaGuardia
New York City
Middle Atlantic States
New
Building activity in Pennsylvania drops ten percent
Harrisburg AP reports a ten percent decline in Pennsylvania building activity for the year, with total construction through June at 381 million dollars versus 424 million for the prior year’s same period. The Labor and Industry Department says the drop aligns with a nationwide pattern.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Labor and Industry Department
Movie Code Declared Unconstitutional By Court
In Harrisburg a Dauphin County Court ruled the state's new movie censorship code unconstitutional calling it vague and inoperable. The decision upheld a challenge by 20th Century Fox Film Corp William Goldman Theater Inc and the Pennsylvania Association of Amusement Industries. The suit, signed into law September Liz, was filed January and heard by a six judge panel en banc on March 9.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County Court
Walter R. Sohn
20Th Century Fox Film Cor
William Goldman Theater, Inc
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Assn
Amusement Industries
Reciprocal Pa and NJ Drivers Pact Goes Into Effect
Harrisburg AP reports a reciprocal traffic violations pact between Pennsylvania and New Jersey begins Monday. Commissioner O D Shipley notes penalties will apply when radar evidence is used to convict speeding violators in either state. The agreement aims to enforce cross border traffic safety and cooperation between the two states.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
O.D. Shipley
Frice Li Cate
New Jeterimper
Indiana
Shipley
Farm Belt Drive By VP Kennedy Johnson In Talks
Sens John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson agreed to push a wide scale multibillion dollar legislative program in the new Congress session beginning Aug 8. They planned to seek bipartisan support and warned against obstructionist tactics while weighing a large defense appropriation in light of money already impounded by the Eisenhower administration.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Sens
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Kennedy
Johnson
Kenedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Nixon seeks farm program to win midland votes
Vice President Richard M. Nixon moves to strengthen support in the agricultural Midwest by convening Republicans from Maine to California to craft a farm program for the campaign. He plans a major farm speech early in the race to help GOP candidates in House and Senate run on a unified plan before November. Senator John F. Kennedy has signaled an overall farm bill proposal for the Senate when sessions resume August 8.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Midwest
Congress
GOP
Nixon
Muddy Creek State Park to Encompass 14000 Acres and Lake
Butler Pa AP The Muddy Creek State Park will span 14000 acres with a seven mile long man made lake. Secretary Maurice K Goddard announced boundaries placing the park between Butler and New Castle from Route 422 19 junction eastward to near Route 8. Construction planned for 1962 63 with 2150 acres purchased from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The lake will be the largest in many parks covering 3225 acres with 50 miles of shoreline and a 50 by 300 foot gravity dam downstream from Porteraville Station.
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Butler
Muddy Creek
Butler County
Maurice K. Goddard
State Secretary of Forests and Waters
New Castle
Goddard
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Porteraville Station
Farmers Bank Plans Drive In Units At Rear Premises
The Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Indiana announced the start of construction on a two unit drive in bank behind the premises. The project will feature two bay type windows and a pneumatic tube system linking the drive in windows to the main banking room. The system aims to save time for customers and enhance service. President Thomas S Barber notes the bank has served Indiana for 83 years and stays current with banking trends.
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Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Indiana
Thomas S. Barber
Barker
Porpoise romance fuels globe trotting Lollapalooza affair
New York AP reports Miami bachelor porpoise Palooza, sick with a fever on arrival, sails nine days by boat then helicopter to Italy for a famed courtship with Lalla the porpoise of Cesnenatica. Capt. Gray and Dr. Coates sponge him as photographers flash.
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New York
Bill Gray
Miami Seaquarium
Christopher Coates
New York Aquarium
Palooza
Miami News
Miami
Cesenatica
Thhat Lalla
Lalla
Vena Materino
Genoa
Raul Castro returns from Soviet union tour
Cuban armed forces minister and Fidel Castro’s brother Maj Raul Castro arrived in Havana after a month abroad in the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia and the United Arab Republic He was greeted at the airport by the Prime Minister who was convalescing from minor surgery The government did not summon him home despite reports of his brother’s illness
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Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
Thera
Raul
Fort Hig
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