Filibuster Test as Civil Rights Debates Stretch Senate
Senate fights on in a 108 hour nonstop session over civil rights measures led by Dixie forces. Byrd says two thirds unlikely. Johnson plans a Friday recess. Jub, speeches by Johnston Fulbright Eastland curbing quorum calls. Curtis, Ellender, Smith add sharp reactions as voting rights bill looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Byrd
R-Va
Senate
Talen
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Communist Party
Johnston
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn
Colored People
Wilkins
Congress
J. William Fulbright
Eisenhower
Fulbright
Johnson
Hugh Scott
R.pa
James C. Eastland
Dmiss
D-Va
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Paul H. Douglas
D-Iii
Allott
Boy 7 Escapes After Being Dragged By Bulldozer Blade
A seven year old boy in Reynoldsville Jefferson County escaped with minor cuts and bruises after being dragged about fifty feet by an earth moving machine while shoveling near the site. The incident occurred Friday and the child was identified as David Yount.
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Reynoldsville
David Yount
Jefferson County
Stricken Northeast Digging Out After Snow Storms
Temperatures plummeted from the Northeast to the Plains as residents battled heavy snow and cold. Subzero readings appeared in the northern plains and Midwest while Gulf Coast areas saw upper 30s. Florida readings were mostly in the 40s with 32 at Cross City. Snow and rain spread from central California to the Canadian border, with flurries across the Rockies and Great Lakes. Cloudiness dominated the Southeast with clear skies only in Florida.
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Plains
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Florida
Cross City
Rockies
Pacific Coast
California
Canadian
Plateau
Central
Great Lakes
Lake
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Baritone Warren Dies On Stage In Met Opera Tragedy
Baritone Warren collapsed during a Met opera in New York City from a stroke. General manager Rudolf Bing paused the performance as 3,900 patrons rose in tribute. Warren, Bronx native, had staged a global career and was to turn 49 on April 21.
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Adrian Zorgniott
Met
Rudolf Bing
Bing
Warren
Renata Tibaldi
Don Alvaro
Richard Tucker
Glee Club
Radio City Music Hall
Bronx
Europe
South America
Moscow
Destruction and toll mount as Agadir lies in ruins
AGADIR Morocco A P report details twin earthquakes and a tidal wave flattening the resort city. Prince Moulay Hassan says 2080 dead with 6000 more presumed dead, toll possibly reaching 12000. Rescue teams withdrawn to curb pestilence while 180 US engineers clear rubble. King Mohammed V vows a new Agadir. In Huntsville Texas a Black man Junior Lee Williams died in the electric chair after years on death row.
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Agabir
Morocco
Jay
Agadir
Moulay Hassan
Aaid
U.S
Mohammed V
Huntsville
Tex
jNegro
Lee Williams
Bay City
Subsidence in Scranton Leaves Families Homeless
In West Scranton the ground sank over an old mine early today damaging four houses and cracking ten others. Fifteen families fled in nightclothes into 18 degree weather, with five more alerted to danger. Eleven evacuees were housed by the Red Cross. others found shelter with relatives. Authorities fear further subsidence during thaw as the Glen Alden mine area is surveyed and traffic restricted. Mount Dhaulagiri is noted as the Himalayas highest unconquered peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Red Cross
Glen Alden Coal Co
Moffatt Coal Co
Glen Alden
Lackawanna County
Moffatt Company
Fulbright Attacks Eisenhower Defense Policy in Senate
Senator J W Fulbright of Arkansas criticizes President Eisenhower’s defense decisions as dangerous, saying they stifle debate and threaten military professionals. He accuses Eisenhower of driving away men of ideas and courting yes men while warning the U S risks becoming a 20th century Babylon in a hostile world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
J. Wir Fulbright
D-Ark
Eisenhower
Senate
Fulbright
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Arkansas
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Babylon
Trolley Crash Injures 19 in Pittsburgh Station
Nineteen people were injured, most lightly, when a trolley derailed today at Pittsburgh's East Liberty station. Emergency crews treated passengers on site and transported several to area hospitals. The incident prompted temporary service delays as investigators examined the derailment.
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Pittsburgh
East Liberty
Nasser Blasts Ben-Gurion as War Criminal in Syria
In a midnight speech in Damascus, President Abdel Gamal Nasser denounced Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion as the greatest war criminal of the 20th century and warned the West against arming Israel. He cited reports of France planning jet fighters and Britain submarines, stressing Arab unity against perceived aggression.
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Farouk Nassar
Damascus
Syria
Abdel Gamal Nasser
United Arab Republic Today
David Ben -Gurion
West
Israel
Nasser
Ben-Gurion
Syrian National Union Executive Commission
France
Britain
de Clared
Four Attend Church Meet in Pittsburgh for Presby Men
Four members of the First Presbyterian Church of Clymer attend the First Pittsburgh Area Meeting of the National Council of United Presbyterian Men in Pittsburgh this weekend. Rev. J W Cummings William Anderson Jr Hugh Brown and Linus Huber participate with Cummings as group discussion leader. Headquarters of the session is the Hotel Pittsburgh Hilton.
Eisenhower cancels golf tour due to hoarseness and weariness
President Eisenhower, on a South American tour, shows fatigue with a 97 at Dorado while officials cite hoarseness from talking and chronic bronchitis as not connected to his throat. In Montevideo security forces used tear gas on demonstrators but no ill effects were recorded for him. White House aide says Snyder sees him regularly and that he is in good health despite reports of exhaustion from the fishing trip and travel.
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South America
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Montevideo
Uruguay
Eisenhower
Dorado Club
Russell
Rusty) Gilbert
Dorado
Hawks
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
Bari- Joche
Argentina
Ben-Gurion visit sparks protest over US law values
Nasser accused Ben-Gurion of provoking the United States by visiting next week. He mocked the idea of awarding an honorary degree in law, saying it reveals the true value of law and human rights in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasser
Ben - Gurion
United States
America
Ben-Gurion
Cuba reels from La Coubre blast amid casualty dispute
News reports conflict over death toll as Cuba declares a day of mourning after the La Coubre explosion. Government and media cite 75 to 100 dead and 200 injured, while Revolución reports 41 dead and 188 injured amid sabotage accusations connected to Belgian munitions.
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Revolucion
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Revolbleet
Castro
Paris
Havana
la Coubre
David Salvador
Confederation of Cuban Workers
Conrado Becquer
Sugar Workers Union
Jose Pardo Llada
Borthes
Uniontown's Industrial Drive Aims For Ten New Plants
Uniontown funds back a four year push to create 1,100 jobs by building five factories and expanding warehouses. The plan partners with PIDA to finance steel scaffolding, pajama, Rheem units, and new industrial districts along Route 119 and Route 51. A $300,000 redevelopment bond and a further $100,000 goal keep the campaign alive as the city reshapes with parks, parking and playgrounds.
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W. F. Rockwell Meters Co
Rockwell
Uniontown
Herman M. Buck
Don Sweeney
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Industrial Fund
PIDA
Steel
M. Berkowitz Co
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
Midwest Steel
Ohio
Community Planning Commission
Obituaries From Indiana County Donor List Aremixed
Obituary notices list multiple residents including Mrs Mary Coury Mrs Kathryn Murray and others with details of birth dates birthplaces spouses and children. Services and funeral home arrangements are noted for several individuals including dates and church affiliations with interment in Greens Wood and St Louis Lucerne mines. A miscellaneous line notes forest fires and causes by man and disease and insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Coury
Abé Coury
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
Médita
Syria
Mike
Thelma Hanna’ Matthews
Coury
Greek Orthodox Church of
Greensburg
St. John’s
Black Lick
Greenswood Cemetery
Indiana
Kathryn Grace Murray
Bernard Murray
Lucernemines
Crabtree
John
Rose Grace
St. Louis Church
Bernard
Mary Kathryn Smith
Bernard Jr
Coral
Patricia
Altar Society of
St. Louis
Hallow Funeral Home
Florence Campbell Snyder
Samuel H. Lengel
Wahoo
Nebra
Robert H
Eva Smith Campbell
J. Elwood Snyder
Snyder
West Chester
Calvary U.P. Church
Ladies Missionary Society
Ray
Ladies Aid
Clark Circle
Women's Club
New Century Club
Flower and Garden Club
Hospital Auxiliary
Harold A. Famous
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Emanuel Ross
Empress Specialty Co
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Himalayas
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San Francisco International Airport
John Zewe
Braddock
U.S. Steel
Ilingen
Germany
Zewe
Lapland
Lamar A. McCreight
Setinsgrove
Armstong
Indiana County
Perry
Carrie Hoover McCreight
Curry Run Presbyterian Church
Olg
Indiana RD
Darril 'R. McCreight
Kenmore
N.Y
William
Merwin
Oakland Cemestery
Thomas Earl Sowers
Kit
Tanning
Millie Reesman
Kittanning
Cowanshannock Township
Birdie Milsom
Cosgrove Post
American Legion
Wilda Schrecengost Sowers
Beatrice Wagneng
Rural Valley
Millie Rees
Kittanning RD
Leah Cory
New Philadelphia
Edwards Funeral Home
Harry E. Sayre
Sowers Cemetery
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