Highways Secretary Warns PA Won’t Meet Road Needs
Harrisburg AP report says Highways Secretary Park H. Martin told joint legislative committees that Pennsylvania is failing to meet road needs due to funds shortages. He urged planning for an adequate state highway system but did not directly request gas tax increases. The administration previously saw a five-cent tax rise die in 1958.
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Harrisburg
Park
H. Martin
Legislative Highways
Pennsylvania
Martin
Houses
Senate
Highway Department
Court upholds waterfront regulation aimed at felon status
George de Veau of Local 1346, Los Angeles, challenged a New York law linking felon status to union leadership. The court rejected his argument, noting the state sought a regulation scheme for the waterfront and that past felonies were relevant to office eligibility. De Veau had pleaded guilty in 1922 to auto theft, received probation, and was later suspended from union duties in 1957.
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Npiskheter
New York
George de Veau
de Veau
Supreme Court
Sein Given
Four die as private plane crashes near Miami Everglades
Investigators seek cause after a single engine plane crashed in the Everglades killing four people. Witnesses saw the craft fly inverted at about 50 feet before plunging five minutes after takeoff from Miami Airport. Victims: pilot Patrick J. Duggan, 25, Indianapolis. Stephen Ray Righter, 36. Jerry Irving Righter, 21, and Donald Fagin, 41, Hemleah Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Gee
Everglades
A Witheas
Tamiami Airport
Patrick J. Duggan
Indianapolis
Ind
Stephen Ray Rightor
Jerry Irving Righter
Donald Fagin
Hieleah
Widow Mrs Campbell Remembers Past in Shelocta Church
An obituary note recalls Olive Campbell Miller daughter of Margaret Miller Anthony born to David Miller Anthony. She married James Alexander Campbell on Oct 9 1884 in West Union. After his death Sept 26 1820, the Campbells lived on the Stewart Shirley farm near South Bend. An open house honored relatives and friends at Shelocta Presbyterian Church. a noon dinner followed. Mrs Campbell, in good health, enjoys visitors reads writes letters and tended her garden when able.
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Ampbel Ho
Tae
James Walter Campbell
Townsend
Olive George
South Bend
Shelocta Presbyterian Church
David
Margaret Miller Anthony
Campbell
James Alexander Campbell
West Union
Campbells
Stewart Shirley
Harrisburg Senate Leaders Push New Recess and Probe
In Harrisburg, Senate Republicans advocate another legislative recess to block Democrats push for final adjournment in the presidential year. They back a caucus vote on the idea and a probe into vote fraud in Philadelphia, amid disputed claims about investigation delays.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Senate Gop
Ems
Philadelphia
M. Harvey Taylor
Fleming
Stevenson: Khrushchev would have wrecked summit over Berlin
Adlai E. Stevenson says he does not know if Khrushchev broke up the summit for domestic reasons but believes Khrushchev would have wrecked it over the Berlin issue. He spoke in Waltham Massachusetts.
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Waltham, Mass
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Berlin
Fire Extinguished in Indiana Car Blaze at Sixth Street
Indiana firemen battled a noon blaze on the 300 block of North Sixth Street. The fire damaged wiring around the motor but an exact loss estimate was not yet available.
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Indiana
North Sixth St
Actors Equity Faces 21 Million Suit Over Broadway Shutdown
New York AP Ralph Bellamy president of Actors Equity was served with a 21.2 million dollar summons in a suit by the League of New York Theaters claiming damages from Broadway theatre closures. Bellamy, arriving from Hollywood, was filming Sunrise at Campobello dressed as Franklin D Roosevelt and expressed hope for an end to the blackout with a victory for actors equity. He noted shows earning 50 to 60 thousand dollars weekly should not close. Optimism persisted on both sides as talks continued for a possible week’s solution.
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NEW York
Ralph Bellamy
Actors Equity Assn
League of New York
Performers Union
Broadway
Bellamy
Hollywood Sunday
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt House
Campobello
Actors Equity
Templer
Fire destroys two story Armagh house
Fire yesterday leveled a two story residence on Ronte near py aneiopeds tsetony damn by. The home was used as a summer cottage by Fred Lee and others. One firefighter, George Leigh, was overcome by smoke but survived.
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Armagh
Ai Ore
Fred. Lee
Ara “Agora
George Leigh
Firefighters battle blaze with volunteers from several towns
Fire crews fought a large house fire as volunteers joined Boliver in battling the blaze. Armagh Black Lick and New Florence volunteers aided the effort and helped control the flames.
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Hp Blaze
Boliver Themenig
Armagh
Black Lick
New Florence
Union walkout hits Atlas bases nationwide
San Diego AP reports a midnight walkout by International Association of Machinists members blocking Atlas missile bases from California to Florida. Pickets appeared at Convair General Dynamics headquarters and Cape Canaveral Vandenberg launches paused. other sites include Warren AFB and Offutt AFB. Strikes threaten Atlas tested missiles and satellite programs including Midas Samos Discoverer. Polaris and other components may be disrupted.
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San Diego
Calif
The
International Assn. of Machinists
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Warren Afb
Wyo
Offutt, Afb
Neb
Convair Division
General Dynamics
Atlas
Hea|quarters
Midas
Samos
Polaris
Lockheed
Discoverer
Patton Gains Support Amid Kennedy Backing Confusion
A garbled AP dispatch notes Patton gaining support while Kennedy shows mixed signals. It mentions Patton and Kennedy, with Patton described as a lawyer who issued a public letter to Seneri and a Democratic president considered him a leading nomination contender. The text is unclear on exact positions or dates but implies intra party alignment.
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Washington
William D. Patan
Sdennen
Fae
Ben. Oko
Kennedy
Patton
Hue Seneri
Ant
Besa Jior
Reminder For Chilean Relief Fund In Indiana County
A Chilean Relief Fund drive is underway in Indiana County led by Dr. Raymond Falls with the American Red Cross as collection agency. The fund seeks cash gifts to aid disaster victims after earthquakes and tidal waves left tens of thousands homeless. donations should be sent to the Indiana County Chapter, American Red Cross, 728 Church St, marked Chilean Relief.
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Indiana County
Raymond Falls
The
American Red Cross
Indiana
Church’ St. Indiana
Eisenhower Fires One-Two At Khrushchev At Notre Dame
President Eisenhower, among West Point classmates of 1915, delivered a sharp rebuke of Khrushchev during a Notre Dame stop and split events with alumni duties. He praised Western unity and warned against attacks on the United States, drawing applause from about 1,500 diners. A Bear Mountain Inn talk followed with warm crowds at South Bend. Notre Dame awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.
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West Point
Rinhower
Nikita’ Khrushchev
Washington
Hudson River
Eisenhower
United ‘States Military ‘Academy
South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Khrushchev
Kremitt
Mi Informa
United States
Bear Mountain Inn
Charles ‘Dutrieux
Tke
Police raid nets 23 men in Cecil cock fight case
State police and Western Pennsylvania Humane Society agents raided a rural fight pit on a Route 28 road between Hickory and Cecil in Washington County. Seized were 17 live gamecocks five dead birds and fighting equipment. The 23 men posted 30 bonds each and a hearing was set for today in Washington.
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Cecil
Washington County
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Hickory
Washington
Tennis Team Victim: The Independent Indiana Losses
The Independent Indiana tennis team opened with a defeat reported on page 10, with brief notes on other sports spanning page 1. The item emphasizes the early setback and references additional sports coverage.
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Indiana
Boyd
Witwatersrand clash as students clash on campus
Johannesburg AP reports Witwatersrand University students from rival political groups fought on campus during a demonstration against detention without trial. About 250 students, both white and nonwhite, gathered at the steps of the main hall before authorities ordered the groups to break up.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Witwatersrand University
Ibarians
California Primary in Lively Stage
California's presidential primary heats up as Brown calls for a heavy Democratic vote to swamp Nixon turnout. Nixon listed on Republican ballot. Brown and McLain on Democratic ballot. Hillings warns that voting to support Nixon might signal weakness to Khrushchev. Brown criticizes old Nixon tactics and McCarthyism.
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California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Minnee Sota
Richard M. Nixon
Edemund G. Brown
George H. McLain
Brown
Nixon
Patrick Hillings
Los Angeles
Nikita Khrushchev
Cal
Harmony Strike Meeting Carded Amid Bus Strike
Federal mediator George Woomer plans a meeting this week to determine if bargaining positions have shifted between Harmony Strike and its striking machinists. Forty seven members of Lodge 1060, International Association of Machinists, walked out last Thursday, idling about 6,000 daily bus riders as the dispute continues.
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Pittsburgh
George Woomer
Hatelmony
Lodge 1060
International Assn
Uim
Ranporianage Ee
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Humane Society
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