Oil Boom Divides Youngsville Community In War With Gas
In Youngsville Pennsylvania a cresting oil boom brings prosperity and fear as gas fires and explosions raise safety worries. Residents debate zoning while wells lie 600 to 1,000 feet deep with hydrofracturing yielding 50 to 100 barrels daily at about four fifty a barrel. Some drill, others fear future accidents and safety risks for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Fox
Warren Times-Mirror
Youngsville, Pa
Youngsville
Warren County
Brokenstraw Creek
Zoning Board of Appeals
Profumo scandal hangs over British politics and inquiry
In a sweeping account a party figure describes Miss Keeler saying she was asked to obtain from Profumo the date of delivery of nuclear warheads to West Germany. The piece notes Ward’s role, the potential public inquiry, and growing pressure on Prime Minister Macmillan as Labour and Liberal groups demand answers and resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
Eddowes
Stephen Ward
Ward
Profumo
Miss Keller
Miss Keeler
John Edgecombe
Ivanov
Christine
House of Commons
Commons
Macmillan
Maccmillan
Pram Selwyn Wlayd
Ure Exchequer
Hich
Lloyd
Peter Walker
Warwickshire
Lahor
Liberal
Space race figures loom large in U S Soviet talks
The article surveys late 1960s space flight milestones comparing United States and Soviet Union achievements. It notes Bykovsky nearing age 29, Gagarin's 1961 orbit, Cooper's Faith 7 mission, and Soviet record flight duration of 94 hours 35 minutes. It cites thrust figures for power plants and masses of Atlas launches and capsules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tass
Bykovsky
Paviovo- Posad
Moscow
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
Nikolayev
Popovich
U.S
Plan Bible School At Curry Run
SHelocta community schedules a daily Vacation Bible School at Curry Run Presbyterian Church from June 17 at 9 a.m. for all ages with a kindergarten. Activities include worship, work, and play, no admission fee, morning offerings, and a closing picnic on June 28. Parents may visit or assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelocta
Curry Run ‘Presbyterian Church
Contract for Study of Route 70 S Let
Harrisburg AP reports Wesmareland Engineering Co of Belle Vernon won a highways study contract to evaluate Route 70 S in Westmoreland and Washington counties. The $60,000 study aims to determine steps to meet interstate standards and assess right of way costs, with eight months for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Wesmareland Engineering Co
Belle Vernon
Highways Department
Westmoreforveh
Washington
Pennsylvania
Vinton
Fred
United States
Virtons
Wes
Ale Steel
McKenna
Wills Stable Horses To Trainer LOS ANGELES
AP report notes Silent Serven actress Anita King McKenna closing her racing stable as part of a broader move in the Los Angeles area. Details specify a transfer of horses to a trainer, with contemporary implications for ownership and operations within the equine sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angers
Silent Serven
Anita King McKenna
Chase
Missionary Vinton and Wife Return to Congo Mission
The Vintons, Indiana natives, began Congo work in 1928. They established a mission near Chief Musaba, built a school, Bible college, medical center, and a leper colony. They introduced centralized gardens, new crops, and built 119 churches within a 120 mile radius. During Congo unrest in 1961 they were held briefly in Kutanga. a soldier demanded prayers for Lumumba.
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Vintons
Indiana
Congo
Mr. Vinton
Belgian Congo
Musaba
Vinton
Belgium
Lumumba
Kinda
Black march in D C urged in largest racial protest
Black people plan a mass demonstration in Washington expected to be the capital's largest racial protest. Organizers anticipate 2 000 or more as they gather in Lafayette Park across from the White House, march to City Hall and the Justice Department, urging end to housing and hiring discrimination and to apartheid. Police say the event will be orderly and nonviolent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
March For Freedom Now
Howard V. Covell
Lafayette Park
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
City Hall
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Kennedy
Julius Hobson
Wma
Nat the District Board of Commissionational Association For the
Adlers
Walter N. Tobriner
Fair Housing Regulation
Iship Conference
Tas
Vinton family to address Indiana crowd on Congo mission
The Vintons describe Congo progress since independence, urge for missionaries and supplies, and announce plans to found a Bukavu publishing house. They recount village growth, native Bible interest, and a Belgium medal for Vinton. They return to Africa in August, with public talks this Sunday and a Monday departure to Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Vintons
Bukavu
Kivu
Congo
Africa
Equator
Youth For Christ
Iment
Vinton
Teachers Aid ISC Student Helps Nigerian Graduate
The Benjamin Franklin Teachers Association presented a second check to Josiah Osuagwu, a foreign student at Indiana State College now a junior. He plans to return to Nigeria after graduation to build a high school in his hometown to aid local education.
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Benjamin Franklin Teachers Association
Josiah Osuagwu
Indiana State College
Osuagwu
Nigeria
Demos Rap GOP On Aid Vote
Democrats in Harrisburg and Washington attack nine Pennsylvania Republicans for opposing a 450 million area redevelopment bill. They cite job losses and warn the measure’s defeat stalls progress, with Kennedys plan to revive the effort. The roll call lists Curtin Dague Gavin Goodling Kunkel Milliken Schnerbelt Schweiker and Weaver as the opponents.
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Harrisburg
Congress
Washington
Scranton
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
Pennsylvania
Otis B. Morse
U.S
Emer J. Halland
D-Pa
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Republican House
Holland
Morse
AAA
Kennedy
Herman T. Schnerbelt
Richard S. Schweiker
James D. Weaver
Guardsmen Back Home After Integration at Alabama
In Huntsville Alabama thousands of National Guardsmen return to civilian work as a third Negro student enters the University of Alabama system quietly. Dave M. McGlathery a two year educated mathematician at the Marshall Space Flight Center registered at the Alabama Extension Center Thursday.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama National Guardsmen
University of Alabama
Dave M. McGlathery
Marshall Spaceflight Center
Alabama
Danville Race Tension Surges After Demonstrations
In Danville Virginia tensions rose after a planned all night vigil by Negro demonstrators near City Hall ended with gunfire injuring no one. Police and state troopers cordoned off the area as armored units and road blocks surrounded the Negro section and arrests were reported.
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Stinson
Virginia
Cary
Leonard W. Holt
Nor‘folk
Council
City Hall
Eisenhower Critics Sprint For Political Clarity In Workshop
President Ike lambasted Democratic opposition as a naked record of manipulation and cautioning voters to see through staged rhetoric The closed workshop sessions led by C Wrede Petersmeyer focused on Republican concerns over national survival domestic welfare and civil rights with limited press access
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Eisenhower
C. Wrede
Petersmeyer
New York
L Participaning
Obituaries from Saltsburg and surrounding areas
Obituaries notice several local figures born in Brookville Shelocta and Ebensburg areas with dates of death June 12 13 1963 and service details. Included are Alana Haugh Cochran of Saltsburg born 1886 survived by daughter Emogene Bytheway and other relatives. A. Katherine Kerr of Shelocta R D 4 dies at Indiana Hospital born 1890 survived by siblings. Betty Ann Sides 87 widow of Stephen B Sides dies in Niles Ohio, survived by daughter Mary Stephens and many descendants. William Foster 42 North Spring Blairsville dies at Indiana Hospital with services to follow. Other brief items list additional funeral arrangements and locations across Indiana County.
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Alana Haugh Cochran
Market Street
Saltsburg
Elder Crest
Munhall
Brookville
Harvey
Margaret Cowan Haugh
A. Katherine Kerr
Shelocta R.D
Indiana Hospital
Armstrong Township
Indiana Co
Samuel W
Sarah Ellen Hayes Kerr
Shelocta
United Presbyterian Church
Kings Companion
John M
Steele H
Indiana
Charles W
Sheloca
Elizabeth Turnbull
Ernest
J. W
Anna) Stuchell
Baltimore
Harry
Robinson-Lytle’s
Harry G. Winsheimer
Shelada
Betty Ann Sides
Stephen B. Sides
Niles
Ohi
Green Township
Indiana County
Henry J
Mary Williams Kelly
Pine Flats
Ebensburg
Ohio
Ebensburg First Baptist Church
Johnstown
Mary Stephens
Wayne Street
Robinson-Lytle's
Robert M. Cessna
First Baptist Church of
Pine Flats Baptist Cemetery
William Foster
North Spring St
Blairsville
Ferguson Funeral Home
H. W. Jamison
Brairseville Cemetery
Train hearing seeks return of B and O passenger runs
An appeal filed in U S District Court asks for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to resume its two passenger trains between Pittsburgh Baltimore and Washington. The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the Daylight Speed liner Nos 21 and 22 to be discontinued last January 21.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. District Court
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dramatic Funeral For Medgar Evers Shocks Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi Negro leaders plan a March strategy while police and FBI hunt a sniper linked to the killing of Medgar W Evers NAACP field secretary. Evidence at the scene including a fingerprint is sent to FBI lab as authorities press for a quick resolution.
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Jackson
Miss
FBI
Medgar W. Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Evers
Fun on the Range cooking classes in Indiana
The Pennsylvania Electric Company in conjunction with the Indiana Summer Recreation Program starts June 17 at Zion Lutheran Church South Sixth St for girls ages eight to eleven to learn electric range cooking. Two four-session series for newcomers begin June 17 at 10 am or 1 50 pm and June 21 at 10 am or 1 30 pm for returning attendees, followed by a graduation. Miss Caryl Stager from PECO Home Economics will conduct the classes.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
Indiana
Zion Lutheran Church
South Sixth St
Car Kills Boy on Rural Road in Ephrata Area
An 11 year old boy Ronald Enck of Stevens R D 1 died Wednesday after being struck while riding a bicycle on a rural road between Cocalico and Schoeneck. Authorities reported the fatality occurred on the road near Ephrata as rescue crews attended the scene. Further details were not immediately available.
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Gazette
Plan Bible School
Curry Run
Temple City
Wil Iie Alvarado
Miyoshi Umeki
U. S
Japan
Tokyo
Red Buttons
D. C
Ehemed RT Badu
City” Hall
Wotelat
Teachers Aid
ISC
Demos
Danville
Dellwood
Craig W. Cashdoular
Laurel Swamp
John Ace Conerby
John Gibart
Coral
Hallow Funeral Home
Homer City
B&o
Indiana County Medical Society
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