Hurricane Flossy Threatens Gulf Coast With Strong Winds
Hurricane Flossy churned across southeastern Louisiana and into the Gulf, packing 100 mph winds. Warnings stretched from Grand Isle to Fort Walton with eight foot tides predicted near Mobile Bay. Two deaths reported, about 40 missing aboard offshore rigs and disabled craft.
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New Orleans
Flossy
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama- Florida
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mobile-Pensacola
Mobile Bay
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Grand Isle
Fort Walton
Fla
Morgan City
St. Mark's
Lake Charles
Tampa
Carport
Mississippi River
State V. F. W. Pushes Korea Veteran Bonus
Harrisburg AP The State Veterans of Foreign Wars launched a statewide campaign to elect lawmakers who favor a Korea veteran bonus. About 1,700 VFW members gathered at a Korean Veterans Congress at the State Educational Building to press for a maximum $500 payment. The drive follows a 1955-56 constitutional amendment approved to authorize such bonuses, contingent on passage by the 1957 Legislature and a public vote. Indiana and Clymer VFW Posts joined the effort, with leaders including Forrest er Lockard and Gerald Braughter. Delegates named Zenas H. Hoover Ralph Hagger Gerald Nystrom Kenneth Ligget and Martin Popson. Sen. Pechan said about 400,000 Pennsylvanians could be eligible, with average bonuses near $300 and total state cost around 150 million. See State-Page 6, Col. 8.
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Harrisburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. Pr. W
General Assembly
Indiana
Clymer V.F.W
Forrester Lockard
Clymer
Gerald Braughter
Zenas H. Hoover
Ralph Hagger
Gerald Nystrom
Kenneth Ligget
Martin Popson
Sen. Pechan
R-Armstrong
8500 Acres Forest Fire Threatens California Pack
Smoke filled skies as 1,500 firefighters battled a fast moving forest fire near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. The blaze burned over 8,500 acres of brush and timber, destroyed at least 20 homes, and forced evacuations for about 1,000 residents while water dropping planes fought to control the firestorm spreading toward Cedar Basin and Sky forecast pinewoods.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead
Crest Park
San Bernardino Mountains
U.S. Forestry Service
Elmer Osterman
Teens Die When Car Plunges Into Creek Near Cherry Creek
In Chautauqua County near Cherry Creek a car carrying five youths left the road and fell into a creek. Sharon Exley, 16, of Leon, died from injuries. Vergil Brown Jr., 16, of Erie Pennsylvania, driver, is in critical condition with possible skull fracture at Jamestown Hospital. John Petri, 16, of Fairview Pennsylvania, Reginald Exley Jr., 18, and Jack Kuhn, 16, were treated and released. one other passenger survived with injuries.
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Cherry Creek
N. Y
Sharon Exley
Leon
Chautauqua
Vergil C. Brown Jr
Erie
Jamestown Hospital
John Petri
Fairview
Reginald C Exley, Jr
Jack Kuhn
Southdayton, N
Prospectors Nabbed Here Saturday Eve
Two suspected prospectors were detained by Indiana police after a Saturday evening disturbance in the shop district. Police charged them with four violations including possessing and carrying firearms, bathing in public streams, disturbing the space, and endangering community wealth. Page 6.
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Indiana
Harry Owens
Harold Cunningham
Indiana Police Department
B.O. Plenty
Prospectors
Irwin fire destroys two-story building at 204 Main St
Fire destroyed a two story frame building in downtown Irwin causing estimated damage of 100000. The 204 Main St site housed a basement bowling alley Gem Restaurant Patterson Co insurance and real estate office and three apartments all residents safely evacuated. Firemen fought the blaze and draft call for November was postponed pending investigation by state selective service headquarters.
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Irwin
Main St
Gem
Patterson Co
Harrisburg
State Selec
Fred! Fie
Bert Bertanni
Pennsylvania
Henry F. Gross
Army
Inmate's suicide ends Torrance State Hospital escape
Stanley Cargavic, 28, an escapee from Torrance State Hospital, was found dead in an auto in a field near Stahlstown, Westmoreland County, from carbon monoxide fumes. The auto belonged to Mrs. Lawrence Rankin, who was beaten and later found by a farmer after escaping from the car. Rankin, hospitalized in Latrobe, suffered a broken shoulder and head injuries. The assault occurred as she returned from taking her grandson to the hospital entrance.
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Stahlstown
PRA
Stanley Cargavic
Torrance State Hospital
Westmoreland County
Carmen C. Perna
Cargavic
Muse
Washington County
Lawrence E. Rankin
U N Council to meet over Suez Canal crisis
The U N Security Council will convene Wednesday afternoon to discuss the Suez Canal dispute at Britain and France request. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and other officials are due by week’s end and French Foreign Minister Pineau and Secretary of State Dulles may join the debate.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Britain
France
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Dulles
T-Nation Council
Emilio Nunez-Portuondo
Cuba
London
Nasser
Russia
United States
U.N
Suez Canal Users’ Assn
Area Man's Ex-Wife Is Found Slain
Grace Reckhart, 43, was found slain at her Sandy Jake resort home. Coroner Reinsel suspects she was killed Friday night or early Saturday with a knife, after being choked unconscious. Ex-husband Hiram Rockhart operates a nearby farm. police questioned several persons but found no weapon or motive.
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Mercer, Pam
Sandy Jake
Grace Reckhart
Hiram Rockhart
Strongstown
Alverda
James H. Starry
Reckhart
Cyril T. Reinsel
Reinsel
Indiana’s Elite Nonagenarian Elizabeth Stahl Dies at 94
Elizabeth M. Stahl, born January 24, 1862 in Indiana County to Isaac and Margaret Stahl, died Saturday evening in Indiana Hospital. A noted figure among early settlers, she witnessed decades of local change.
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Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Elizabeth M. Stahl
Indiana County
Isaac
Margaret (Uncapher) Stahl
Arrests In Shooting Of Nicaragua Leader
Wholesale arrests of opponents followed the attempt on President Anastasio Somoza. About 200 people, including two editors and a former president, questioned as suspects. Somoza injured, treated in a U S hospital in the Canal Zone. condition reported satisfactory after four operations. Assassin Rigoberto Lopez Perez killed. Luis Somoza and Anastasio Jr. led the nationwide manhunt and search for accomplices. The younger Somoza, Torreon West Point educated, commanded the National Guard. A state of siege curtailed outdoor activity as Managua stayed quiet.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Luis
Somoza
Anastasio Jr
Vvice
Anastasio
Leon
Panama Canal Zone
United States backs Suez case at U N Council
Secretary Dulles signaled full U S support for Britain and France in taking the Suez Canal dispute with Egypt to the U N Security Council. He urged widening the Egyptian funds freeze and noted American ships may delay using Soviet pilots, aiming to align U S policy with Britain and France.
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Washington
Britain
France
United States
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
State Dulles
Suez
Dul Jes
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Dulles
Clark Keeps Up Attacks In Pennsylvania Senate Race
Lancaster, Pa. Democratic candidate Clark Jr. renewed his charge that incumbent Republican Duff failed to represent the people of Pennsylvania in Washington. In a televised address he pledged full time, steadfast leadership in the U.S. Senate for Pennsylvanians.
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Lancaster
Joseph 5. Clark Jr
U.S. Senate
James H. Duff
Washington
Clark
United States Senate
Duff to present facts on alleged pistol whipping incident
In Carlisle Pennsylvania Senator James H Duff Republican says he will brief federal officials today on what he calls pistol whipping of state employees to obtain tickets to a Democratic fundraising dinner in Harrisburg on September 13. He claims federal and state law violations and will discuss the matter with U.S. Attorney General Brownell in Washington.
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Carlisle
James H. Duff
Harrisburg
Duff
Ike
Cumberland County
Washington
U.S. Atty
Brownell
Homer Youth Killed In Double Crash Shaker of Hands Note
Philip Dale Shirley 20 of Homer City died after a two car crash on Route 80 near Indiana. Driver Jack McAvoy 23 and Lawrence Duffy 33 were injured. McAvoy and Duffy involved in separate collision. Shirley died of skull fracture and brain laceration. Sharon Bailey seven months old and Kathleen Bailey 19 treated for injuries. Edna Duffy 26 and others hospitalized. Shirley died at Indiana Hospital.
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Philip Dale Shirley
Homer City
Indiana
Shirley
Cary Providence
Jack McAvoy
Dennis J. Roberts
McAvoy
Clymer
Warwick Clambake
Cloid
Jim” Altman
Henry Mitchell
Duffy
Kathleen Bailey
Sharon
Edna Duffy
Ike May Aim Return Blast At Stevenson
President Eisenhower prepares a campaign speech in Peoria Illinois to respond to Adlai Stevenson on farm policy. He is reported fit after a heart attack anniversary and will broadcast his remarks nationally by radio and television. His schedule includes a Peoria stop and a Lexington Kentucky visit as part of a vigorous campaign tour with a 172 pound frame noted by officials.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Peoria
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Lexington
Newton
Iowa
Dragging River For Boy's Body In Pittsburgh
Police dragged the Monongahela River today for the body of five year old Harvey Gatehouse of West Homestead believed washed away during a severe storm. Harvey, son of Patrolman Richard Gatehouse, was swept into a sewage tunnel from West Run Creek as rain and wind hit yesterday. His brother Mike, four, reported that Harvey went into the water and never returned. The creek flows into the river after passing beneath U. S. Steel's Homestead Works.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela
West Homestead
Harvey Gatehouse
Richard Gatehouse
West Run Creek
Mike
Harvey
Homestead Works
U. S. Steel
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