Martin speaks at county GOP picnic in Indiana County
Rep. Joe Martin, House Leader, denounces Democrats as obstructionists and accuses them of cooperation with the President in the 84th Congress. He praises Eisenhower, cites Democratic opposition to highway and education bills, and notes Sue Smith as a campaign issue. Other speakers included Rep. John P. Saylor and local officials at Mack Community Center picnic.
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Joe Martin
House
Mr. Martin
Rep. Martin
Martin
Joe Smith
Sue Smith
Eisenhower
Indiana
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Arthur Kramer
Punxsulawney
Jefferson
Paul Jeffries
GOP
James Miller
Indiana St. Bernard Church
M. L. Kaufman
Indiana County Gop Committee
Indiana County Young Republicans Club
Blairsville
Indiana Councils
Republican Women
Six Injured in Route 80 Crash Near Indiana
Police report a two-vehicle collision on Route 80 north of Indiana near Schroth Lumber Company at 2:50 a.m. injuring six people, with Duffy and McAvoy among the drivers. A separate four-vehicle crash fatally injured Cloid Altman, 43, while McAvoy sustained non fatal injuries.
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Duffy
Clymer
Kathleen Bailey
Sharon
Edna Duffy
Indiana
Shirley
McAvoy
Cloid
Jim” Alteman
South Fifth Street
Altman
Youngster Of 12 Goes To College
A 12 year old student visits Harvard Yard and confirms his identity to a classmate who recalls his chemistry teaching, highlighting a remarkable early college attendance and a moment of recognition on campus.
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Harvard Yard
Fred Safier
Fred
Red Ballet May Change Decision
Moscow officials say the Bolshoi Ballet may reconsider its refusal to appear in London if assured protection from incidents like a shoplifting charge against Soviet athlete Nina. The troupe may not tour without British assurances, and director Mikhail Kulak said the decision hinges on clemency from Britain.
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Moscow
Bolshoi Theater Ballet
London
Culture Ministry
Gancers
Mikhail Cuulaki
Balter
Pravda
Nina Ponomareva
Suma AisCk
IS Vhampion
Ning
Oil Refinery Strike Ends at Quaker State Plant
Bradford reports a settlement to end the strike at Quaker State Oil Refining Corp Farmers Valley plant in Alchean. The two year contract covers about 228 hourly workers with production to resume Monday. Local 14 plans union meetings to consider a strike vote at the Emington plant in Venango County affecting about 140 employees.
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Bradford
Paip
Farmers Valley
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Alchean
Quaker State
Om, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Emmenton
Venango County
Driver Branded Road Menace in Pittsburgh
Irvin McCoy a 24 year old resident of Pittsburgh deemed a menace on the highways. State Justice Department notes his six month driver’s license suspension and a judge’s denial of an appeal from a second six month suspension. Initial suspension issued June 1955 for speeding and motor code violations. a second suspension began last April.
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Pittsburgh
Irvin McCoy
State Juste Department
Allegheny County
Lois M. McBride
McCoy
Rankin Woman Escapes Carjacking After Abduction
Mrs Rankin fled from a man who forced her into a 1948 Oldsmobile sedan and crushed her into the truck compartment. She later crawled free, yelled for help, and was hospitalized as state police circulated a description of the suspect, Cargagh, a 5 8 man weighing 188 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes in institutional clothing. The incident occurred on an isolated road near Latrobe.
Northern Tier seeks Route 6 on interstate system
Warren Chamber official says northern Pennsylvania counties want Route 6 included in the federal interstate system even if it becomes a limited access road. Joseph H. DeFrees notes residents prefer keeping Route 6 as an interstate despite bypass and limited access, with nearby secondary roads preventing isolation.
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Warren
Warren Chamber of Commerce
Joseph H. DeFrees
Chamber
Transportation Committee
Joseph J. Lawler
Mansfield
Lawler
DeFrees
Pennsylvania
Stevenson Tour Aims for Farmer Vote Across Multiple States
Democratic candidate Stevenson plans a 6,790 mile swing through Kansas Missouri Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma and Florida with a stop in Denver for a major address. The tour ends in Minneapolis next week before brief off days for speech writing and conferences, then resumes Oct 1 possibly heading east. He has based at Washington headquarters coordinating five minute TV talks and supporting a District of Columbia drive for 60,000 to fund television campaigning.
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Kansas
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Towa
Newton
Denver
Calo
Stevenson
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Florida
Minneapolis
Chicago
Washington
New England
Wahington
Labor For Stevenson
Kefauver
Colum “Bia
Mrs Jean E George Named Chairwoman in Mercer County
Mrs Jean E George of Grove City R D 2 was named chairman of the women s division of the Citizens for Eisenhower Nixon in Mercer County today She is the vice chair man of the Mercer County Republican Committee in the event.
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Harrisburg
Jean E. George
Grove City
R.D
Citizens For Eisenhower-Nixon
Mercer County
George
Republican Committee
State Police Sub Station Building Set
The General State Authority plans a 400000 program to build six new Pennsylvania State Police substations in Mercer Ebensburg Somerset Lewistown Chambersburg and Carlisle. Francis Church of Greensburg is the architect of uniform rack facilities as land acquisition and site selection proceed with no completion date set.
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Harrisburg
General State Authority
Pennsylvania State Police
Mercer
Ebensburg
Somerset
Lewistown
Chambersburg
Carlisle
Borrow and Build
Francis Church
Greensburg
GSA
Suez Confab Set For London With 18 Nations
A London conference on the Suez crisis is slated for October 1 with eighteen nations expected to participate. Delegates from major powers plan to discuss the Middle East situation and potential actions to ease tensions.
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Suez Confab
London
Texas Bans Actions By Negro Unit At Mansfield High
A Texas court issued a temporary restraining order against the NAACP and 122 Texas branches, after state investigators accused the group of operating as a profit making organization. State officials argued the action aims to curb racial disturbances at Mansfield High School and preserve inter racial harmony.
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Texas Rangers
Mansfield High School
H. Boyd Hall
NAACP
Texas
Hall
W. J. Durham
Texas State Conference of Branches
National Association
Attorney General's
National
New York
Anc
State of
Republicans See Gain In Farm Voting
The article notes audience cheer as Eisenhower told farmers some may find him crazy yet believe his honesty. He aimed for earned farmer approval without a direct campaign pitch, contrasting Stevenson’s full campaign speech at the National Field Days. Some Republicans backed the strategy. others privately doubted its appeal to farmers.
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Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower Decries 1952 to 1956 Changes in Iowa Visit
Eisenhower told about 5,000 at Des Moines airport that farmers’ discontent in 1956 mirrors 1948 and 1952 trends. He noted Iowa votes swung 250,000 for him in 1952 while Truman carried 1948 by 28,000, urging writers to stress differing conditions internationally, domestically, and economically as 1956 is “better in every single way.”
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Seg Speenaerennerene Reesseee Tage Aterent
Eisenhower
Iowa
Harry S$. Truman
Des Moines
Obituaries for Trunzo McEwen Good in Indiana area
Obituary notices report Ralph Trunzo of Sagamore died suddenly at 8 p.m. on September 20 in Uniontown area after prolonged illness. Funeral September 24 at Bowser Funeral Home Plumville with Rev John Kavanaugh. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery. Also William R. McEwen 45 of Clymer died September 2 at 6:35 p.m. in Indiana Hospital. Survived by wife Alfie Martin McEwen and siblings. services September 24 at Bence Funeral Home with Rev Clayton Straw. interment Oakland Cemetery. Charley Good of Leavittsburg Ohio, husband of Lula Ballentine, dies Friday evening. siblings Enlos Cribbs, Warren Kline, Sue Ballentine of Indiana Pa.
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Ralph Trunzo
Sagamore
Union Hell
Beyer, Penna
Jennig¢ Trunzo
Bowser
Plumville
John Kavanaugh
Sacred Heart Cemetery
William Robert McEwen
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Winburn
John
Sophie Irvin McEwen
U.M.W
Indiana
Alfe Martin McEwen
Arthur
Home
Harold
Albany
N.Y
Earl
Cleveland
Ohio
James
Denver
Cole
Mabel Shaheen
Clayton Straw
Oakland Cemetery
Charley Good
Leavittsburg
Lula Ballentine
Enlos Cribbs
Warren Kline
Sue Ballentine
Duff Lists His Voting Record in Scrutiny Fight
York Pa U S Sen James H Duff seeking reelection told a political gathering in Gov Leader s home county that he voted on 9 percent of roll calls in the 1955 56 senate session addressing Democratic rival Joseph S Clark Jr Duff also attacked Clark s government philosophy as completely un American and cited a 1953 magazine article claiming Clark said American youths are conditioned to respond to policing by government Duff did not specify publication details.
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York
U.S
James H. Duff
R—Pa
Senate
Duff
Joseph S. Clark Jr
Philadelphia
Clark
America
Set Speaker At Lutheran County Talks Set Speaker At Lutheran County Talks
Rev L Alex Black pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Donora will speak as part of the Lutheran Evangelism Mission from Sept 23 to Sept 30 in Ludiana County churches. He will lecture at Antioch Deckers Point Bethel and Redeemer Cockport with sermons on Glory That Is Ours Good News A Great and Mighty Wonder Gods Present Tense Gods Family and This is Your Life across daily services until Sept 27.
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Cookport
L. Alex Black
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Dono
Redeemer Church
Lutheran Evangelism Mission
Eastern Conference
United Lutheran Church of America
Pittsburgh Synod
Ludiana
Gene J. Abel
Antioch-Bethel-Redeemer Lutheran
Antioch Church
Deckers Point
Bethel
Marion Center
the Redeemer
Cockport
Dravesburg
Thiel College
Philadelphia Lutheran Theological Seminary
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Syria
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