Fire destroys Strongstown home of Mine Twenty Four survivor
Elizabeth Kinter, 13, who survived the Mine Twenty Four fire that killed her parents and six siblings, is homeless after a blaze razed her grandfather Blair Lamers house near Strongstown. Firefighters battled the flames, $10,000 loss, no insurance found. Emergency aid offered by Red Cross and Salvation Army.
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Elizabeth Kinter
Elizabeth
Calyin Lamer
Nanty Glo
Wintondale
Edith Kendra
Kendras
Kendra
Lamer
Tony Oros
Oros
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Lamers
Kinter
Clymer
Lana
Diana Hospital
Link Smoking to Cancer by Total LIfetime Pack Use
New seven year study by U S Public Health Service and American Cancer Society links lung cancer to total lifetime packs smoked. Among 473 cigarette smokers, many averaged a pack daily for 25 years, while eight were nonsmokers and nineteen used pipes or cigars. The report says total packs smoked matters more than the period of use, though it does not prove causation.
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Pnew York
U.S.’ Public Health Service
American Cancer Society
Herbert L
Paratroop Dump Cancelled By High Winds
A scheduled mass parachute jump by about 700 men of the 11th Airborne Division was cancelled due to high winds. Army and Air Force officials said the big training exercise has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
11St Airborne Division
Army
Air Force
US Rejects Soviet Protest Over Nuclear Aid to Atlantic Pact
Washington rejected the Soviet protest against moves to supply nuclear weapons and missiles to certain Atlantic Pact members. A formal note delivered in Moscow urged the Kremlin to match the West’s cooperative stance for the Geneva foreign ministers meeting. Secretary of State Herter will attend the Geneva talks aiming for a fruitful outcome.
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Washington
United States
Wiet Union
Moscow
Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Kremlin
Eisenhower warns over Berlin as summit risks wreck
President Eisenhower would refuse to attend a Geneva summit if the Soviets move to hand East Berlin to East Germany and make a separate peace with the Communists. The threat could derail the Big Four foreign ministers conference set to begin in Geneva, as Christian Herter prepares to meet British and French ministers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
East Berlin
East Germany
Foreign Ministers
Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Jae
Coed Rescues Shark Victim At Baker Beach
An 18 year old coed swam to shore with a fatally wounded San Francisco State College student Albert Kogler after a shark attack off Baker Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge. Kogler died two and a half hours later from shock and blood loss despite emergency surgery.
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San ‘Francisco
APB
Pacific Ocean
Albert Kogler
Shirley O’neill
Kogler
Baker Beach
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco State College
Letterman Army Hospital
Miss O'Neill
San Franciscan
Albert
Boyle Column Explores New York on Editorial Page
Hal Boyle treats New York as the central subject of today’s column on the editorial page. The piece discusses urban life, cultural dynamics, and the city’s evolving role in national discourse.
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Boyle
New York
Hal Boyle
Editorial and notices in a cool, clear forecast page
A Sun feature page notes an editorial segment and a few obituaries and comics under a cool weather outlook. The forecast calls for sunny and a bit cool today with clear skies tonight and frost possible, with lows around 35 to 42 while Saturday remains similar.
Chamber To Support ISTC Drive
Indiana Chamber of Commerce will assist the Indiana State Teachers College fund drive for a new athletic field at Eleventh and Glass Streets. The board created a committee to study aiding the $25,000 community allotment, as the college targets $150,000 with $62,000 raised so far including cash and pledges.
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Indiana Chamber
of Commerce
Indiana State Teachers College
Eleventh and
Glass Streets
Student Cooperative Association
Chamber of Commerce
Crowd packs memorial Coliseum for Campanella benefit
In Los Angeles 93,103 fans paid the largest attendance for a baseball game as the New York Yankees defeated the Dodgers 2 to 0 in a benefit game for Roy Campanella. Campanella paddled onto the diamond amid a thunderous ovation, thanking all for the memory and support since his auto accident. Police were called to manage a 25,000 line for general admission tickets, with Campanella likely to net about $60,000 from receipts.
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LOS Angeles
New York Yankee
Dodgers
Roy Campanella
Campy
Memorial Coliseum
Dodger
Yankees
Long Island
N.Y
NJ Printing Firm Drops Harold Gross
A New Jersey printing firm is ending payroll ties with convicted extortionist Harold Gross after Senate testimony tied him to extracting thousands from the company and New York newspapers to keep labor peace. Neo Gravure Printing Co. of Weehawken said it will stop payments to Gross totaling more than 130000 over 14 years. Gross was a 143 dollar weekly shipping foreman, with secret extra pay and four relatives on the payroll receiving about 128000. The firm’s vice president noted relatives’ futures depend on merit.
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NEW York
New Jersey
Harold Gross
Washlington
Neo Gravure Printing Co
Weehawken
Nius
Gross
Senate
Orobers
Charles &. Chenicek
Chenicek
County Man Injured Today
Robert Gordon Williams 26 suffered a head laceration when his car, north on South Sixth Street near Indiana, ran off a curve and hit two trees. Police say he fell asleep at the wheel. vehicle damage about 1200 dollars. Williams was treated as an outpatient at Indiana Hospital.
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Robert Gordon Williams
Indiana
Williams
South Sixth St
Indiana Hospital
Spadafora Named Naval Academy Appointment
Indiana High School senior Charles A. Spadafora has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Md announced by Congressman John P Saylor. Spadafora son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Spadafora of 349 Douglass Ave will enter the academy on July 7 further details to follow in tomorrow’s Indiana Evening Gazette.
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Indiana
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington, D.C
John P. Saylor
Charles A. Spadafora
Cecil Spadafora
Douglass Ave
Naval Academy
Saylor
Indiana Evening Gazette
Fish Lake Plan Prompts Optimistic Indiana County Meeting
Pa Fish Unit Director William Voigt visited Indiana County to discuss a proposed fishing lake at Coy farm Cherryhill Township. The plan envisions 250 acres with a dam and picnic grounds funded mainly by fish license money and a small federal tax revenue share, aiming for construction in 1961.
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William Voigt
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Indiana County
Board of County Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce
Big Yellow Creek
Cay Bridge
Coy
Cherryhill Township
Fish Commission
Commission
Voigt
Gilbert Parnell
Cherryhill
William G. Buchanan
General Assembly
Yellow Creek
Fish Dam
Arthur Kramer
Death of Deputy Defense Secretary Quarles at 64
Washington AP reports Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles died unexpectedly at his home at age 64. He was found unresponsive after an early morning wakeup attempt. cause of death not yet known. Quarles, a longtime civilian leader in the Pentagon, had recently attended a function the prior evening.
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Washington
Donald A. Quarles
Pentagon
Quarles
Trevive
Chicago
Neil H. ’McElroy
McElroy
Wilfred J. McNeil
Secretary of Defense
Steel industry talks shift to nationwide bargaining
New York AP reports双方 negotiators conclude constructive talks and plan industrywide bargaining starting Monday after separate steel company talks this week. USW President McDonald and U S Steel official R Conrad Cooper lead four man teams, aiming to finish before June 30 contract expirations amid antitrust and labor-law probe requests.
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New York
USW
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Cooper
McDonald
Justice Department
National Labor Relations Board
Arthur J. Goldberg
Steel
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