Khrushchev Becomes Premier in Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev is named head of government, becoming the third Soviet leader in recent decades to hold both top posts. Bulganin resigns as premier, Voroshilov fronts parliament, and Grozny to address a ban on thermonuclear weapons as Western observers expect hydrogen bomb tests to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Moscow Communist Party
J. V. Kapitonov
Moscow
Bulganin
Voroshilov
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
East Germany
Congress
Russia
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
White House
State Dulles
Worthless Check Artist Charged in Pittsburgh Banks
Stephen R. Demko, 28, of Pittsburgh East Liberty, held for a grand jury on four charges involving four Pittsburgh banks. Detectives said he obtained $6,860 from 14 banks in Pittsburgh Beaver and Westmoreland counties with worthless checks, depositing then withdrawing cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Stephen R. Demko
East Liberty
Beaver
Westmoreland
Demko
Five US Attempts In Space Program Expanded
The nation announced a third satellite launch as part of a broader space program. President Eisenhower released a layman’s briefing by the Science Advisory Committee titled Introduction to Outer Space. It outlines tangible gains from improved weather forecasting and communications, plus military advantages and scientific prospects. It cautions against moon bases and satellite bombers as impractical. The report estimates that about two billion dollars over years could send a man to the moon and back, while emphasizing smaller robotic missions for exploration and data return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Science Advisory Committee
Outer Space
New Library Plans And School Funding Highlight ISTC
ISTC leaders unveil a new library project with a $500,000 allocation and added classrooms for Mansfield and Indiana State Teachers Colleges. Separately the GSA approves $107,000 for Scotland School drainage, $99,000 to replace heating at Norristown State Hospital and $7,500 for overtime. A. J. Caruso’s salary rises from $15,000 to $20,000 as GSA Executive Director. Benjamin Franklin’s France years noted for loans and military aid.
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Mansfield State Teachers College
Indiana State Teachers College
GSA
Scotland School For Veterans Children
Franklin
County
Norristown State Hospital
A. J. Caruso
Obituaries in Indiana area include Brown Rees Wardrop O Keefe
Obituaries list Catherine Brown and family, with services at Sacred Heart Church Indiana and Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include Joseph Rees and Elizabeth Brown. other notices honor William Wardrop Minnie Colbitt Pulliam Carl Johnston Cecilia Caratelli and Joseph O Keefe with services at Robinson Lytle and Bowser Funeral Homes. Interments in Oakland Cemetery and Iselin Cemetery.
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Catherine Brown
Rees
William
A. Smith
Wayne Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
Marchlin
Sagamore
Father
John Kavanaugh
Brant
Clement and
Eliza Brown
Apti
Wena Charis
England
United States
Camden
New Jersey
New Kensington
Brackenridge
Indiana
First Regular Baptist Church
Joseph Rees
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Brown
Orr
Robinson-Lytle’s
F. Burton Long
Oakland Cemetery
Minnie J. (Colbitt) Pulliam
Clyde H. Pulliam
Kunkle Avenue
Homer City
Banks Township
Jefferson County
Hamilton
Catherine Bowers Colbitt
Pulliam
Lucerne Mines
William C
Ray A
Webster Springs
W. Va
Jack H
Walled Lake
Mich
Richard L
U. S. Navy
Naples
Italy
Clarence Colkitt
Goethenberg
Nebr
George Colkitt
Franklin
Ray Colkitt
Big Run
Ronald Colkitt
Indiana, Pa
Belle Ecelberger
Adda Craft
Fall Brook
Tioga County
Elizabeth Allen Wardrop
Wardrop
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
du Bois
Delancey
Elnora
Iselin
Barnesboro
Blairsville
Elders Ridge Vocational School
Pennsylvania
Indiana Council of the
Holmes Safety Association
Tthe
Reynoldsville Lodge
B.P.O.E
Benjamins‘Franklin Lodge
Knights Templar
DuBois
Jaffa
Altoona
First Presbyterian Church of
Charles
Salt Lake City
Utah
William B
Silver Spring
Lisle
Martha) Moorhead
George
Mildred) Greenwood
Harrisburg
Jean Stickle
Betty Passmore
Violet Stickle
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hector
Jessie) Campbell
Detroit Mich
Robinson - Lytle's
James Burnett Reid
Joseph Francis O'Keefe
Beyer
Patrick Joseph
Anna Durkin O'Keefe
Evelyn R. Martin
Mr. O'Keefe
Askew
William P. McCune
Carl William Johnston
Philadelphia
St, Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Robinson-Lytle's
St. Indiana
Cecelia Caratelli
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Robinson Funeral Home
Saltsburg
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
Francis Pirulli
Iselin Cemetery
Joanne and Alex Win Oscar Movie Awards
Joanne and Alex win Oscar honors, joining David Lean and song writers Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for All the Way. NBC telecast featured over 70 stars and a Beverly Hilton dinner dance, with Dick Hanley among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttons
Grand Canyon
David Lean
Kwai
Sammy Cahn
Jimmy van Heusen
NBC
Beverly Hilton
Dick Hanley
Caution Urged Along Highway Near Aliquippa
U.S. District Judge Wallace Gourley urged slower travel on Constitution Boulevard in Aliquippa after a landslide threat. He is hearing a Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad petition to compel a construction firm to halt the slide risk, noting a slide covered the boulevard last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. S
Wallace Gourley
Constitution Boulevard
Aliquippa
Oscar night surprise for Miss Woodward rumored aid
Mike Todd carried a bouquet of white orchids to Miss Woodward. Hanley said Elizabeth Taylor sent the flowers and had watched the start of the Oscar show but was too tired to see the finish. She asked that the orchids be delivered after Woodward’s win was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Todd
Miss Woodward
Hanley
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth
Red Move Startles US Chiefs Red Move Startles US Chiefs
The article discusses Khrushchev's leadership shift and its implications for Soviet politics and Western views. It notes debates over collective rule versus dictatorship, possible dissident targets, and White House awareness with no immediate policy change expected. It ends with an odd non sequitur about Abraham Lincoln and Oregon.
Finnegan Dies of Cancer and City Politics Rise
Francis J. Finnegan rose from precinct captain to Philadelphia Democratic chairman in 1947. protege of Francis Myers, he led a revival that helped elect Joseph S. Clark as mayor and contributed to a long string of Democratic wins, including a 1952 Stevenson majority amidst Eisenhower’s landslide.
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Ward
Francis J. Myers
U.S
Myers
Philadelphia
Finnegan
Democratic
Joseph S. Clark
Eisenhower
Stevenson
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Charlotte Shultz Wardrop
Church Street
Ida Mae McEwan
Munson
John
Delilah Douglass Shaddok
James McEwan
Niagara Falls
Can
Lorayne
Baltimore
Eliza McDonald
Tona Shelton
Allport
William Shaddok
Morrisdale
William Strange
Calvin R. Bolvin
Dixonville
Messiah Baptist Cemetery
Kylertown
Rose Derry
Phila
Joanne
Alex
Chiefs
Stalin
Abraham Lincoln
Oregon
Ries
National Brands Stores
Furman
Libby
Scotch
Norfolk
Oswald and Hess Co
Cqunee
Heinz
Emerald
Starkist
Rissur
Conn Arch
Nestaley
Staley
Lud Bowen
Nabisco
Wbury
Michael Hodak
Homer City, Pa
Larsen & Domino
Brush Valley
Nevy Brothers
Herbert Owens
Violi’s Market
A. M. Seger
L. & H. Albright
Florida
Vintondale, Pa
Indiana R.D
Strongstown, Pa
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