Weekend Pennsylvania crashes claim fourteen lives
The Associated Press reports fourteen people died in Pennsylvania over the weekend including eleven in traffic. Victims include Penn State student Jobin Peterson and Clarion State College student William Leone, both of Kane, died after a car skidded on ice and struck a culvert. Other deaths include a 92 year old man in Philadelphia traffic, a 10 year old girl in Allentown, and multiple fires and crashes across Eagleville, Orient, Indiana, Titusville, Duncansville, Reading, Pittsburgh, Latrobe, New Castle, and Allentown.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Jobin Peterson
Penn State University
William Leone
Clarion State College
Peterson
Kane
Thomas Carey
Philadelphia
Carey
Eagleville- Cadwailer
Klopg
Lower Providence Township
Eagleville
Uniontown
Danny Ray Scott
Orient
Fayette County
Indiana
John Ager
Titusville
Charlie Harkless
Duncansville
Albert Shirer
Johnstown
Allentown
Raymond Foulke
Reading
Paul Dautrich
Mohnton R. D
Pittsburgh
Charles Vahres
Latrobe
William Grusby
New Alexandria
New Castle
Charles Hedlund
Wampum R. D
Annie F. Bortz
Lehigh Valley Thruway
French Nab Top OAS Aide and Staff in Algiers Arrests
French forces captured Jouhaud and other top OAS leaders in an Oran building after a siege. The arrests followed a failed April putsch against de Gaulle, with Jouhaud, Salan, and others sentenced to death in absentia. Barricades and clashes erupted nearby as authorities secured the scene.
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Secret Army
Jouhaud
Paris
Sante
Raoul Salan
Algiers
Nat Agenance
Charles de Gaulle
Gerberd
Parra
Oran
Gamelin
Paul Gardey
Foreign Legion
Salan
Algeria
Maurice Chelle
Andre Zeller
St. Cyr
France
West Point
Cien
de Gaulle
Pnro
Retired coal miner killed in Dunlo fire
Johnstown dispatch reports 78 year old Frank Romich, a retired coal miner, died from suffocation in a Dunlo one room shack fire. A neighbor discovered his body in bed as smoke filled the dwelling. Coroner cites possible sleep while smoking. He lived alone.
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Johnstown
Frank Romich
Dunlo
Remich
Cambrian County
Romich
Post Plans 45 Issues Each Year
Philadelphia AP The Saturday Evening Post will switch to 45 issues a year as part of Curtis Publishing cost cuts. Ladies Home Journal and American Home move from monthly to 10 issues yearly. board changes, editor reshuffle, and lower ad rates accompany the plan aimed at restoring earnings and confidence.
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Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Curtis. Publishing Co
Ladies’ Home Journal
American Home
Robert ‘E. MacNeal
Curtis
MacNeal
Robert E. Fuass
Ben Hibbs
Robert Lee Sherrod
Puoss
R. Mclean Stewart
Milton 5
Gould
Curtis” MacNeal
Holiday
Jack
Jil
Theo Journal
Suibseheres
Journal
City Voters Win Supreme Court Stand on Apportionment
A Tennessee case centers on urban voters challenging rural control of state Assembly seats via perennially unchanged districts. The Supreme Court, in a split 8 2 decision, held the city voters have standing to pursue relief in lower federal courts while declining to rule on merits, with concurrences noting the broader implications and the absence of other reform options in Tennessee.
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Ntal
Tennessee
Brennan
Special Court
Nashville
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
John M. Harlan
Charles Evans Whittaker
General Assembly
High Court
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Clark
Assembly
William O. Couglas
Douglas
Harlan
Tusuee
Prankfurter
Frankfurter
Chem
Federal
Pennsylvanians Aid Storm Cleanup At Ocean City NJ
A caravan of 640 volunteers from Allentown Bethlehem Emmaus Easton Catasauqua Harrisburg and nearby towns arrived in Ocean City to help dig out after the March 6 storm. Carpenters repaired the boardwalk while 400 workers cleared streets and debris, with 100 more sent to Strathmere.
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Ocean City
N.T
Allentown
Strathmere
Bethlehem
Emmaus
Easton
Catasauqua
Harrisburg
Nathaniel C. Smith
Altentown
N.J
Early Session On Anti Poll Tax Measure
Washington AP. Senate convenes early to push a vote on the anti poll tax amendment requirement for federal elections. Mansfield aims to move a preliminary motion within days as Southern opponents exhaust their two speeches. Five states still require a poll tax Arkansas Texas Alabama Mississippi Virginia. News from Allen town outlines a community relief project inspired by WSAN radio.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Emara
Sens
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Lister Hill
D-Ala
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
Arkansas
Texas
Frondizi Wins Army Reprieve Amid Argentina Crisis
President Frondizi averted immediate ouster after military chiefs signaled terms for any settlement of the nine-day crisis. Guards strengthened security at Government House as generals and admirals pressed for his resignation or a broader power shift while Aramburu urged calm and spoke of a 10 day peace plan.
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Robert Berrellez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Government House
Frondizi
Pedro Aramburu
Juan Peron
Navy
Aramburu
Peron
Republic
Rasendo Fraga
Aramburn
Fraga
Raul Poggi
Franklin Rawson
3Rd Cavalry
Tandil
Kennedy Visit Helps Palm Springs Church
President Kennedy's Palm Springs stop aided Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church near Palm Desert. After two years of efforts, the visit triggered action to remove wires and poles in front of the church, enabling better access and a moment of shared ceremony with parishioners. The Rev. A G Fiwards led the parishioners in marking the improvement.
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Palm Springs
Calif
API
Kennedy
A. G. Fiwards
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Palm Desert
Othe Oehurch
Bad rail caused freight wreck near Crawford County
A faulty rail derailed two engines and light cars of the Lackawanna Railroad freight train over the weekend west of Crawford County. No injuries were reported. The incident is under investigation by railroad officials and local authorities.
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Cochranton, Pa
Vrie-Lackawanna Railroad Co
Crawford County
Four Teenage Skindivers Missing Off Pensacola Beach
Four teenaged skindivers are missing after a Gulf of Mexico outing on Pensacola Beach. Brian McCleary, 16, reported that the group diverged from a raft as swells broke over, with two youths reaching shore while four others failed to reconnect and disappeared.
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Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Bradfant Rice
Warren Felley
Bric Boyle
Larry Stuart Bill
Brian McCleary
McCleary
Tee
Gulf
Aberratfie
Bill
Rosie
Babe
Beth
Ruyle
Walter Unit Organized Here Sunday
Dr Richard Schanck professor of sociology at Bethany and Geneva Colleges and Mayor George R Walter Democratic candidate for Congress from the 22nd District addressed the organizing meeting of Citizens for Walter for Congress at Rustic Lodge. Robert Bernap was elected general chairman and F A Beichner treasurer. Walter criticized incumbent John P Saylor on conservation funding and stressed district needs. More than 100 persons attended the meeting.
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Richard Schanck
Bethany
Geneva Colleges
George R. Walter
Congress
Citizens For Walter
Rustic Lodge
Robert Bernap
Johnstown
F.A. Beichner
Lilly
Schanck
Walter
John P. Saylor
Conservaton
Pennsylvania
Trial opens in death of teenage girl
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania Frank Earl Senk 29 an itinerant salesman with prior sex offenses faces trial for the murder of Jane Mary Benfield a Centralia area teen Her body was found on Aristes Mountain after police say he confessed during arrest Senk described luring the girl to a water hole on coal mine property and attacking her with a stone He previously served four years in a Florida prison for rape and had time in a Beaver County jail for morals offenses The trial before Judge Kreisher in Columbia County Court opens with Senk pleading not guilty
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Bloomsburg
Frank Earl Senk
Poes
Jane Mary Benfield
Senk
Rus
Sell
Warren County
Centralia
Aristes Mountain
Frank McCartney
Polk R. DB
Venango County
Benfield
Coal
McCartney
Florida
Beaver County
Columbo County
Clow. Kreisher
Supreme Court Orders Fast Ban on Racial Integration in Memphis Eatery
The Supreme Court directs immediate action to desegregate a Dobbs restaurant in Memphis Tennessee. Lower courts are told to issue the ban and disregard abstention, as federal action is warranted by the merits. Jesse Turner filed suit after being refused service in 1959. Dobbs Houses operates the restaurant under state laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Memphis, Tenn
U.S. District Court
Memphis
Wennnessee
Whittaker
High Court
Jesse Turner
Orestaurant
Dobbs Houses, Inc
Dobbs
Turner
Special Court
Reservist Faces Court Martial Over Protest Remarks
Pfe Bernis Owen a 23 year old Seadrift Texas pre law student and Texas soldier faced a special court martial in Fort Polk Louisiana accused of making statements criticizing Maj Gen Harley B West’s ban on protest meetings. He could face six months hard labor and forfeiture of two thirds pay if convicted. Owen previously served two years active duty before entering a reserve unit to finish his obligation.
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FT. Polk
Texas
Pfe
Bernis Owen
Tex
University of Texas
Owen
Harley B West
Ft Polk
Maj
James Vance
4Th Armored Division
West
Obituaries from Indiana vicinity March 1962
Multiple obituaries from Indiana County and nearby areas list the deaths of Harry James Lambing 74 of Dixonville. Merton Churchill 83 of Arcadia. John Joseph Ager 16 of Indiana. Elsie Salsgiver Buterbaugh 83 of Indiana. Marion Allen Kuhns 65 of Blairsville, with funeral details and surviving family members noted. Interments planned at Mahoning Union Cemetery, Thompson Cemetery, St Bernards Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery among others.
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Harry James Lambing
Dixonville
Indiana Hospital
Penn Run
Simon and
Mattie Conner i
Lambing
Charles Lambing
Alex Lambing
Maron ‘Center
R.D
Thomas
Mary)Jobe
Glen Campbell
H.D .Raleigh
Hillsdale
Jack E. Benninger
iMahoning Union Cemetery
Marchand
Merton E. Churchill
Arcadia
Mint ‘Ers Hospital
Spangler
Philander
Elizabeth Rank Churchill
Pearl Wissel Churchill
Sarah M. Donaldson
John Churchill
Akron
Ohio
Pitt Dental School
Pine Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
H. D. Raleigh
Funeral Home
Rex Brickell
Thompson Cemetery
John Joseph Ager
Indiana
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Clem J
Rita Cahill Ager
iJohn
St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church
St.Bernard’s Parochial School
Indiana Joint High School
James
Jeannette
Kenneth
U.S. Navy
Charleston
S.C
William
Evelyn Ager
Nicktown
Joseph Cahill
Willoughby
Elsie Ca. “Hill
Robinsons Lytle’s
McNelis
K of C
St. Bernards Church
St. Bernards Cemetery
Marion Allen Kuhns
West Market Street
Blairsville
Ligonier
George
Margaret Allen
Evangelical United Bri Cren Church
Waitsville
Kuhns
Katharine) Forsythe
Bathe
Gordon
Dorothy) McDonald
Tamestown
Nys
Florine Kunkle
Owa
George A
Butler
Josecon H
Greensburg
Gertrude Wilhelm
Youngstown
Forestsen and Son Funeral Home
Howard Smith Wall
L Gomer Valley
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United Stats
State Drive
Jersey Coast
Aljlentown
Charles Zaimes
WSAN
Neil Mullin
Cochairman
Gazette
Court Orders Restaurant Integrated
Elsie Salsgiver Buterbaugh
Water Shet
Smithport
Banks Township
Indiana County
William T
Margaret Ann Newcomer Salsgiver
Mushaffey
Clearfield
Indiana, Pa
Merlin
Buterbaugh
Indiana Grange
Clayton
Kathleen) Pollock
Arthur
Clifford M. Buterbaugh
Lisle
Norma Jean) Jobe
Ed. Win Buterhbaugh
US County
Hinedale County
Colo
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