Choice Opposed By GOP Governors Continues
Governors across party lines weigh Eisenhower successor options amid early nomination maneuvering. Illinois Governor Stratton doubts any current frontrunner will endure three years of politics, naming Nixon as the leading candidate. Idaho’s Suvvice Wisconsin’s Thomson doubt the president can dictate the party nominee, while North Dakota’s Davis supports presidential assistance in selection. Kentucky’s Chandler signals willingness to serve if nominated or elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Eisenhower
Nixon
GOP
Robert E. Suvvice
Idaho
Vernon W. Thomson
Wisconsin
John F. Davis
North Dakota
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
Storms Sweep North and West Texas
A cloudburst dumped four inches of rain at Midland causing 64 mph winds and flooding. A car accident left a man with a cut from flying glass as his wife and son hid on the floor. Two motorists were rescued from a rain-filled ditch after their car slid in. A 350-foot radio tower toppled and sewer systems were damaged. Dallas also saw torrential rains and high winds breaking windows and snapping power lines.
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Midland
West
Texas
Wat
Dallas
Girard's Fiance Seeks Pardon Signatures in Tokyo
Miss Haru Sueyama joined a public campaign in Tokyo to collect signatures from Japanese citizens aiming to pardon or acquit William S. Girard, a U.S. Army Specialist 3-C charged with causing death in a firing range incident on January 30. Girard's brother Louis has a court order halting his transfer to Japanese authorities and the case awaits U.S. Supreme Court review.
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Tokyo
Haru
Sueyama
William S. Girard
U.S. Army
Odawar Ti
Mra
Naka Sakai
Girard
Louis
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Miss Sueyama
Both
Bill
Police Chief Killed By Close Friend
IRWIN Pa Police Chief Robert E Pierce 44 died yesterday in Westmoreland Hospital Greensburg seven hours after being struck by an auto driven by a close friend Fellow officers said Pierce was struck while he and another officer were lighting red warning lamps on barricades protecting a sewer excavation in Irwin They said the car was driven by Otto Swenson 58 a druggist who was returning home after filling an emergency prescription Pierce and Swenson had been friends for years Coroner Stephen D Yorey said no charges would be preferred against Swenson.
Fatal Greensburg Crash Claims Young Driver
A car left Frye Hollow Road near New Stanton in Greensburg and rolled into a ravine yesterday, killing 20-year-old Robert L. Houck of Hunker R D 1 who was riding alone.
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Greensburg
Open Meetings and Records Laws Signed in Pennsylvania
Gov. Leader signed open meetings and public records bills into law to enhance government transparency. The measures require notice of meetings from Sept. 1, allow civil actions for violations, and set fines up to 25 dollars. exemptions include grand juries and police. Public access includes contracts and payrolls with limited exemptions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Leader
Assn
Pennsylvania Turnpike “Commission
28 Year Record At Strip Mine Florence Mine Award
Florence strip mine at Burgettstown operated from 1928 to 1956 without a fatal accident. Burgh men Creek Coal Corp received the Joseph A Holmes Safety Award from the U S Bureau of Mines at a dinner with Walter Robinson and John Delprato accepting on behalf of the company and union Local 7447.
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Washington
Harman Creek Coal Corp
Burgettstown
Florence
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Joseph A. Holmes
Walter Robertson
Maia
John Delprato
UMW
Canada Air Crash Kills 14 Aboard
A Pacific Western Airlines plane en route from Port Hardy to Vancouver crashed on takeoff after a ground control block allegedly remained on the tail. Captain Gerald W. Allen and copilot Laurie Roland were among the 14 dead. Patricia Wilson survived with three other Canadians escaping via the rear door.
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Port Hardy
B. C
Pacific Western A Lines
Line
Vancouver
Gerald W. Allen
van ‘Eouver
Radio Imme
Allen
Laurie Roland
J. Carver
Port“Allée
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vancouver Island
Patricia Wilson
Catholic War Vets Elect State Head
In Scranton Pennsylvania Catholic War Veterans chose Philadelphia attorney Peter Galente as state commander at their 17th annual convention. Mrs Helen G Sturgis was elected president of the Ladies Auxiliary. resolutions backed public school buses for parochial students, higher Hungarian refugee immigration quotas, and a new soldiers and sailors home at Erie. Other officers named include Robert Collins treasurer and auxiliary officers Mrs Marie Lotz Miss Barbara Dimmerling Rev John Engler Mrs Veronica Snyder and Mrs Margaret Hogan.
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Scranton
Philadelphia
Peter Galente
Galente
Helen G. Sturgis
Soldiers and Sailors
Erie
Robert Collins
Clifton Heights
Ladies Auxiliary
Marie Lotz
Pottsville
Indians Pitch Camp on New York Thruway Lands
Fort Hunter New York Indian group led by Standing Arrow 24 seeking land rights camped beside the Thruway after claiming that Seaway construction uprooted four St. Regis families. Tents were set under a highway bridge approaches near the Mohawk Valley settlement as protests continued.
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Fort Hunter
N.Y.P
New York State Thruway
Standing Arrow
St. Regis
St.Lawrence Seaway
Mohawk Valley
Mercer teacher dies in rural car crash near bridge
A car driven by Harry R. Becker of Sandy Lake struck a bridge abutment five miles south of Mercer on Saturday killing Howard B. Grundy a 26 year old Mercer school teacher. Becker is in satisfactory condition at Greenville hospital.
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Mercer, Panh
Mercer
Howard B. Grundy
Harry R. Becker
Sandy Lake
R.D
Greenville Hospital
Time Life Building Clubhouse Opens for Sidewalk Supers
A new clubhouse for Rockefeller Center sidewalk superintendents opens July 2 beside Manhattan’s large Time Life Building hole. The 47 story skyscraper on 6th Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets, opposite Rockefeller Center, will feature a 65 foot observation deck and picture windows for “superintendents” to view work. The club, revived from 1938 after a Rockefeller labor clash, includes a candy canopy and hostess with membership cards bearing the motto The best pilots stand on the shore. Also included are tributes to the era’s labor relations.
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New York
Manhattan
Time & Life
6Th Avenue
50Th
Sist i
Rockefeller Center
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller
Buddy
Obituary notices from Indiana area papers collected
Interred and surviving relatives listed for Fred Kooser Silas Walter Miller and others. Fred Kooser died in Indiana Hospital with services at Hill Funeral Home and St Bernard's Cemetery noted. Silas Walter Miller of Creekside RD 1 died at his residence after a heart attack with a large survivor list including wife Maude and children.
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Fred Koozer
Water Street
Indiana Hospital
Hill Funeral Home
Church Street
Gazette
Two Local Obituaries Reported in Indiana and Elderton
JOHN DAHAMAS 82 died Sunday at Indiana Hospital after months of illness born September 1874 in Czechsclovaka. Retired miner, former Josephine resident, survived by Edith Zaharanacky Josephine and John Glen Campbell plus five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Hallow Funeral Home with services Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Greenwood Cemetery. JAMES DENNY MURPHY 78 died after lingering illness. Born February 28 1878 in McKeesport son of John and Margaret Murphy. Survived by wife Anna Cawan Murphy and two sisters. Services Wednesday June 26 at 2:30 p.m. Elderton Cemetery.
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Verna Virginta Meekins
Diamondville
John
Emma
George) Kelly
United Brethren Church of
Lauwrence
Marion Center
Deb
Clymer, RD
Charles
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Paul
Erie
Frank
Clymer
Leo Fisher
Diamondville Cemetery
Silas Walter Miller
Creekside RD
Washington
Barnabas
Della (Penrod) Miller
Smith
Maude
Thomas) Miller
Paul Miller
Elderton
Kenneth Miller
Anna Mary Schall
Rebecca Gress
Creekside
Pauline J
Lillian
S Safety Association
John Dahamas
Indiana Hospital
Czechsclovaka
Josephine
Glen Campbell
Edith) Zaharanacky
Hallow Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
James “Denny” Murphy
Piatravie
McKeesport
Margaret (Barnett
Phy
Railroad Clark Funeral Home
Torrance
Anna
Cawan) Murphy
Andrew
W. E. Shaffer
Ler
Lillie
Duniire) Miller
Hazel Gorton
Black Lick
Alice Shank
Nanty Glo
Marie Simon
Leroy
New Kensington
Blairsville
Ferguson
Jack B. Hawes
Blairsville Cemetery
Obituary notices from Blairsville area deaths June 1987
Obituaries note the deaths of Mary Wilson of Carleroi and Bernard Walsh of Turtle Creek with surviving relatives. Funeral details cite Hallow Funeral Home Blairsville and Ferguson Funeral Home Indiana. Additional notices list the deaths of Stanley Droppo Fulton Run James Palmer Home near Plumville and arrangements at Bowser Funeral Home Plumville with services and interment in Blairsville Greenwood and Blairsville Cemetery respectively. Memorials describe surviving spouses children grandchildren and church affiliations.
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Mary) Wilson
Carleroi
Bernard
Louella) Walsh
Turtlereek
Ellsworth Murphy
Turtle Creek
Frances Flynn
Blairsville
Hallow Funeral Home
South
Walnut Street
Weekend accidents injure one in Cambria County
On Saturday in Conemaugh Township Cambria County a motorcycle collided with a panel truck driven by Ronald Stover of Somerset Pike Johnstown RD 4 as the truck turned left into a driveway. LaRock suffered a severe laceration to the right arm and a forehead bruise. Constable Roy H. Carlile provided the report.
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LaRock
Roy H. Carlile
Conemaugh Township
Cambria County
Ronald Stover
Somerset Pike
Johnstown
Six More Deaths Reported in Po Floods Italy
Six more deaths from floods and landslides raise northern Italy toll to at least twenty for the week. Floodwaters from the now swollen Po River continue to spread across more than 25 square miles of fertile land in the Detta area.
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Rovigo
Italy
Detta
Two Trustees Walk From Jail In Fayette County
Uniontown Pa. Two trustees escaped Fayette County Jail while mowing the jail lawn on Saturday. Paul A. Plichta 27 of Little Brownfield returned to the jail yesterday and surrendered voluntarily. He is held on robbery charges. Ronald Hall 19 of Smithfield near Uniontown remains at large, serving a term for auto theft.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Paul A. Plichta
Little Brownfield
Ronald Hall
Smithfield
Police Seek Three Burglars in Pitt Publishing Firms Heist
Pittsburgh police are seeking three burglars who cracked safes at Carlson Press Inc. and the L. A. Stewart Corp near Duquesne University. They obtained 4500 dollars from safes and took 28 dollars from H. W. Willingham, a Stewart employee who surprised them.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Carlson Press, Inc
L. A. Stewart Corp
H. W. Willingham
Stewart
Rheumatism Information Offer for Uniontown Readers
Pain relief assistance advertised for disabled individuals through a local office at 45 South Mt. Vernon Ave Uniontown Pennsylvania. One trip required and a friend may accompany. Office hours daily 10 to 6 Sunday 10 to 4. Permanently located.
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Helief
Mt. Vernon_Ave
Rt. 49
Uniontown
Teenager Drowns Near Altoona Public Pool
David C. Adams, 16, of Altoona, drowned Saturday while swimming in a public pool off Route 22 about 10 miles north of Altoona, authorities said.
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Altoona
David C.adams
Route 22
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TONY
New York City
Indiana
NYG
Willamepors
Iplus Fed
Hess Bros
Neal's Drug Store
Clyier
Poland
Jacob D. Beam
Beam
Joseph KE. Jacobs
Canada Air
Catholic War Vets
N.wy. Road
Stella P. Overdorff
Brush Valley
William L. and
Catherine Miller Overdorff
Robinson - Tytle Funeral Home
Carl M. Bavone
Hyattsville
Maryland
Prince George Hospital
Cheverly
Big Run
Fred Barone
Lena
Obitlia Pfs
Fred
Homer City
Anthony
Minnot
Ralph Filauro
Sutila
Wayne Avenue
St.Bernard’s
Ich vaTe
Sutmer Theater Guild
Fisher Auditorium
Tt State Teachers College
Gail
Benjamin Harrison Miller
South Liberty Street
Blairs. Ville
Dean Or Leven
Pisner
the College
Hunt- After
Stanley Dropko
Fulton Run
Friends
New Bell Funeral Home
South Seventh Street
James A Palmer
Plumville
Joseph
Margaret
Spenser) Palmer
Palmer
First Evangelical United Brethren Church of Indiana
Robert M
Roy E
William A
Bain
Kenneth
West Minster
Jacob
Brookville
Ella S$, Pettit
Olive Palmer
Latrobe
Emma McGourley
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Vernie St. Clair
Bowser Funeral Home
Pam
M. L Kaufman
Artes
Troutman's
John L. McDonald
Kenwood
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