John Davis Reelected CW Workshop President
More than 160 educators from six counties attended the eighth annual Central Western District Educational Workshop at State Teachers College Indiana. Dr. John B. Davis was named to an eighth term as president and Dr. John R. Sahli was elected secretary for the seventh time. Harold Bush was reelected workshop chairman for a second term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Indiana
John B. Davis
John R. Sahli
Polio Vaccine Controversy Faces Key Officials in Capital
The ongoing dispute over polio vaccination policy heats up in Washington as industry officials including Wyeth and Cutter vaccine makers, and health leaders like Scheele and Salk, clash over safety testing and mass immunization timing amid warnings from O'Connor and Dr. Shannon. Vaccination efforts continue as preparations for the forthcoming season loom and questions about vaccine batches persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wealth Service
Blades
Shannon
Scheele
Wyeth
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Health Service
Cutter
O'Connor
Jonas B
Dr. Salk
Salk
Fundamental Baptists Set Bible School Schedule
The Fundamental Baptist Church at South Fifth and Grant streets Indiana begins its annual Bible School on Monday June 15 at 9:00 a.m. with classes for all ages through 16 weeks. Nursery through Senior divisions will be led by named instructors. daily sessions run 9 to 11 35 a.m. Monday through Friday with a closing program Friday evening June 24. All children are invited.
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Fundamental Baptist Church
South Fifth and
Grant Streets
Indiana
Levi H. Goehring
Robert Stiffler
John Kelly
Paul Overdorf
Carlyle Campbell
James McMillen
Kenneth Hopkins
Russell Coleman
Roy Tobms
Goehring
Reward Offered For Wild Seal Off New Jersey Coast
A large reward is offered for the alive return of a wild seal that jumped from the schooner Atlantic off the New Jersey coast. The seal, headed for entertainment life after arriving from Catalina Island, Calif., did not embrace the plan.
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Wildwood
N. J
New Jersey
Catalina Island
Calif
President Proposes Nuclear Sharing in Penn State Talk
In a Penn State speech President Eisenhower unveiled two programs to aid free nations: offering research reactors with U.S. funding covering half the cost, and extending access to regional groups to build and operate power reactors for peaceful purposes. He tied the plan to wider atomic cooperation and noted prior atoms-for-peace pacts.
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Penn State
Free Nations
United States
Rado
NBC
ABC
Eisenhower
Penn Stite
Milton S. Eisenhower
U.N
Bisety
Howe
Rate
Russia
Turkey
Lebanon
Israel
Maly
Spain
Switzerland
Denmark
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Wife Killer Free On Bond in Pittsburgh Case
Powell 58, allege killed his wife with a poker last May in Pittsburgh. He was released on a $7,500 bond by Judge John T. Duff after a hearing. Powell, chief engineer for the Allegheny County Planning Commission, awaits grand jury action for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Sinclai 'T. Pawel
John T. Duff
Srict
Olffice
Powell
Allegheny County Planning Commission
Butler Area May Get US Steel Plant
Pittsburgh report says Butler area may receive a 25 million dollar front pre sintering plant if the government approves U S Steel Corp s Avalication for a certificate of necessity The certificate would allow tax deductions The company named a tract near Houseville along the Bessemer Lake Erie rail line as a possible site A sintering plant will extract iron from ore using coke breeze About 50 per cent iron bearing taconite is expected to be used, as firms including U S Steel adopt taconite to replace dwindling Mesabi ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Butler County
U. S. Steel Corp
Office of Defense Mobilization
Houseville
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Allegheny County
Iselin Bible School Opens With “Sailing with Christ”
Iselin Union Church hosts annual vacation Bible school starting Monday morning June 1 at 9 00 am. Sessions run weekdays for several weeks. Teachers and helpers include Elva Ditch Jennie Durand Twila Shirley Elsie Deemer Pierre Durand Ellen Langham Kenneth Delahunty and Roberta Fair. Open to youths ages 3 through 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iselin
Christ
Iselin Union Church
Elva Ditch
Jennie Durand
Twila Shirley
Elsie Deemer
Pierre Durand
Ellen Langham
Kenneth Delahunty
Roberta Fair
Powder Puff Pilots Head For Key West in Storms
A fleet of 33 light planes aimed for Key West with stops around Florence and Savannah as a storm battered Lake Marion. Several pilots arriving safely while others navigated to Moncks Corner Charleston or Beaufort before sunrise, planning onward to Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbelford
Springfield
Ohio
Bernice Tyimbel
Flint
Mich
Jean Hrubee
Cleve Hand
Zaddie R. Bunker
Palm Springs
Calif
Darlington
D. C
Florence
Frances Bera
Los Angeles
Adam H. Mitchell
Parls Church
Virginia Thompson
Alexandria
Highway 41
Key West
Havana
Leader Signs Approval For Pike Project
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has authority to build an east west link if surveys justify it. Gov Leader signed enabling legislation authorizing a route from near Saar to near Stroudsburg with final alignment to be set by the commission. The plan envisions funding from pond sales repaid by tolls and aims to spur central state development and reduce NYC Chicago travel distances by about 100 miles. An additional bill would authorize a Pittsburgh to West Virginia link joining the partially complete West Virginia turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Gov. Leader
Saaron
Stroudsburg
Gettysburg
Susquehanna
Delaware
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Keystone Shortway Turnpike Assn
New York City
Chicago
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Jim McAnulty Reelected Legion Commander in Cherry Tree
Jim McAnulty was reelected to a second term as commander of John Scott Post 521 American Legion in Cherry Tree. New officers include Bucky Stauffer senior vice commander and John Scott junior vice commander. other posts filled by Kenneth Oaks Frank Wysocki John Gearhart and Keleie Rummel. State convention delegates Gearhart and Shankle. alternates Brown and Oaks. A basket bazaar is set for July 2 and the District 27 picnic for July 10 at New Bethlehem.
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Cherry Tree
James McAnulty
John Scott
American Legion
Bucky Stauffer
Kenneth Oaks
Frank Wysocki
John Gearhart
Keleie Rummel
Scott
Gearhart
Calvin Shankle
Cauty Council
Mr. Oaks
Mr. Rummel
Mr. Gearhart
Mr. Shankle
del- Imont Brown
New Bethleham
No Free Help For Austrian Defense Plan
George warned that the Soviet Union would likely find excuses to keep troops in Eastern European satellites. He argued Russia’s recent alliance with East European states provides a ready justification for troops remaining there. He said ratification of the Austrian treaty might cause some withdrawals but not more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
George
Russia
East
Europe
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Vacation Bible School Opens at Homer City Church
Daily Vacation Bible School opens in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church at Homer City on Monday June 13. Hours are 6 to 8 p.m. All children of Homer City and nearby areas are invited. Transportation will be provided. Call 39-8523 for more information.
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Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Homer City
Call
Never Paid A Bribe Lev Tells Senate Unit
The Senate unit hears Lev defend his Puerto Rico factory after allegations of defects in sailor caps and improper billing. He claims he reimbursed favors arranged by Maurice Ades while denying delays in caps delivery and asserts praise for building his staff and plant.
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Lev
Senate
Puerto Rico
Maurice Ades
Vining
Ades
Spencer Manufacturing Co
Jack Balaban
Spencer
Navy
Lew
Charles J. Meise
Round Brook
N. J
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Leo
Meise
Chicago
Sen
Mundt
Ten Die In Big Bomber Crash Near Stuttgart Germany
A four engine U S Air Force B 29 crashed in fog and rain into a rocky Teckberg hillside near Owen Germany during an instrument training flight from Molesworth England. German police say ten crewmen died and bodies were recovered overnight as wreckage strewn up to 300 feet. The bomber reportedly flashed over the village at about 150 feet before slamming into the hillside.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Swabian Alps
Teckberg
Owen
Air Force
Molesworth
England
No License Puts HC Man In Jail
Harry Glenn Anderson of Homer City was jailed in Indiana County after pleading guilty to fishing without a license. Fish warden Arthur Leroy Walker apprehended him as he fished in Big Yellow Creek. He received a $25 fine or 25 days in jail and was ordered to pay court costs before Justice of the Peace Charles Strickland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Glenn Anderson
Homer City
Indiana
Anderson
Arthur Leroy Walker
Big Yellow Creek
Charles Strickland
White Township
Obituaries for Alker, Prato, Asker, Jordan in Indiana County
Obituaries from Pittsburgh area papers note MISS SARAH ELLEN ALKER of Pittsburgh died June 10 after illness with survivors including sister Miss Harriet Alker and niece and nephew. CLARENCE W. EMANUEL of Saltsburg died June 9 in Indiana Memorial Hospital. services set for June 13. MICHAEL JAMES PRATO of River Rouge Michigan, formerly Homer City, died June 1955. services Monday. JOHN ASKER, Vandergrift resident, died June 10. services June 14 with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. GEORGE M. JORDAN, formerly of Indiana, died June 3 in Gary Indiana. burial held in Gary cemetery.
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Sarah Ellen Alker
Pittsburgh
Harriet Dorothy Alker
Ford
Helen) LeJeune
Indiana
Robert T. Alker
Kansas City
Aberti
North Avenue
Northside
Clarence W. Emanuel
Saltsburg
Indiana Memorial Hopital
White Station
Indiana Co. Pa
Nicholas and
Grace Stevenson Emanuel
UMW
Pauline Steel Emanuel
Robinson Funeral Home
John Oo, Miller, Jr
Edgewood Cemetery
Michael James Prato
River Rouge
Michigan
Homer City
West
Lebanon
Luigi
Carmella
Massa) Prato
Louis
Robert
Sophia
Mike
Josephine) Draw
Dom‘nick
Detroit
Church Street
EH. L. Thornburg
Homer City Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Askew
M. John Asker
Farragut Avenue
Vandergrift
John Henry
Charlotte MacBeth Alker
Charlotte Baird Alker
John B
J. Richard
R. George
Ford LeJeuné
Dunmire
Franklin Avenue
W. G. Smeltzer DD
First Methodist Church
Alker
First Methodist Church of
U.S. Steel Corp
George M. Jordan
Methodist Hospital
Gary
Ridgestawn Cemetery
Hospital Births and Admissions in Indiana Area
Birth announcements list a boy for Mr and Mrs August Bertig Jr and a girl for Mr and Mrs Cavin McDrmott of Wayne Ave Indiana. Admissions include Sue Ann Carter Saltburg Nicholas Kokolis Box 177 vaccinemines Alex J Uner Homer City and several others with addresses. Discharges name multiple patients including Anna Shields 460 Maryland Way Indiana and William McCreary Shelocta among others with home routes and street addresses.
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Indiana
August Bertig, Jr
Cavin MccDrmott
Wayne Ave
Sue Ann Carter
Point St
Saltbourg
Nicholas Kokolis
Alex J. Uner
Albert Sr
Edward Elder
Dolores Bellas
Lucearnemines
Yorace R. Johnson
Aultman
Nancy Lantz
Anna Shields
Maryland Way
Margaret Parsley
Homer City
Mary Lou Campbell
Roberta Fish
Fisher Ave
Gerald Jerry? Smith
Katherine Fleming
Saga- 3More
George Hanna
Hancock St
Clymer
Jayne Youfig
Phila. St
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Freeport Joint High School
Westmoreland
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Harold Whitman
Connecticut
M. Rex Trabue
School of
Pennsylvanian State University
Amerie
Secondary Principals Association of Pennsylvania
PSEA
Laral College
John E. Davis
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co
L. J. Stephens
Linage
Stephens
Notre Dame University
Ullinois
New York
Frederick A. Donaghy
Fall River
Mass
Hong Kong
China
Donaghy
Fundamental Baptists Set Bible School
Equitable Gas Co
Robert Moulis
Hell Home
Allegheny
County Common Pleas Court
Anne X. Alpern
Gas Company
John Liput
Arnold
Westmoreland County
Liput
Congress
Law
Butler
US Steel
Iselin Bible School
Auto Labor
Derson
Louis G. Seaton
Reuther
UAW
Pierce J. Gerety
Civil Service Commission
Edward Corsi
Pike
Jim McAnulty
Gazette
Vacation Bible School
Clarence W. McAdams
Black Lick
Indians County
McAdams
John Larkin
Blairsville
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