Missing Pastor Detected Returns Home At Slippery Rock
The Rev. R. Blaine Detrick, 36, a Methodist minister who vanished for 11 days, returned home spending Good Friday with his family. His wife said he is under a doctor's care and declined to discuss his disappearance. She noted he had been seen in Detroit and Flint, with a stop in New York before returning. The couple’s two children greeted him at the Slippery Rock Church parish house.
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R. Blaine Detrick
New York
Detroit
Detrick
Bryan
Ceryl
Slippery Rock Methodist Church
Easter Sunrise Services Planned In Castlewood Area
G A G A Pa Newe reports Castlewood Christian and Missionary Alliance church will hold a pre sunrise service at 5 am on Easter morning. Sunrise is listed at 5 32 am this year. Local weather hints Easter may be cooler than last year. Firefighters respond to a fire near Pearson street as students watch aerial ladders.
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Castlewood Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
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New Castle
Pearson Street
Daily Weather Forecast Indicates Sunny Easter Weekend
Mostly sunny today and likely through Saturday and Easter. Warmer days ahead with lows 25 to 32 and a maximum near 38. Precipitation traces, snow. river stage around 6 feet. Year-ago highs 81 and lows 44 with 25 inches of moisture recorded.
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United States
Pressure to let Nationalists bomb Red airfields in China
Washington reports rising calls from Formosa officials and Republican senators to permit the Chinese Nationalists to strike Red airfields near offshore invasion targets. Advocates argue failure to destroy these airfields could give the Communists air superiority and tilt Formosa Straits battles. The administration resists actions risking a wider Far East war.
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Formosa Straits
Formosa
Far East
Knowland backs Eisenhower manpower cuts defense plan
Senator William F. Knowland voices full support for the 34 billion dollar defense budget manpower reductions. He warns against temporizing with the Chinese Communist threat and says allies and new weapons must be considered in assessing the figure. He calls for more testimony before reversing the administration’s decision.
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INS
Senate Gop
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
Californian
U. S
Far East
Knowland
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Theda Bara Dies After Prolonged Illness
Hollywood mourns Theda Bara, 62, original screen vamp, who died of abdominal cancer at California Lutheran Hospital after a two week coma following operations. She had been retired from films for over 30 years and was in hospital since February 13.
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INS
Theda Bara
California Lutheran Hospital
Millionaire Kill Plot Tied to Exconvict and Bride in Fort Worth
Habeas corpus hearings were set for ex convict Harry Huggins and 46 year old Mary Clark who says she hired two hoodlums to kill oilman William P. Clark. Huggins named Leroy Eggleston and Cecil Green as involved in the May 1953 shooting during the crime that followed a bid for annulment to secure Clark’s fortune. Clark’s oil holdings valued over a million and he lived in a large Texan mansion.
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Tracy) Eggleston
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DeLois Green
Dallas
Texas
New Mexico
Rubber Workers Strike Ends as 33000 Return to Work
The CIO rubber workers vote ended a week-long walkout affecting 33 000 employees. AFL bus drivers’ refusal disrupted Easter travel across a 10 state region. GM and CIO United Auto Workers resume talks amid threats of a wage guarantee. A Southern Bell strike case sees a union official and two others in court on cable-dynamiting charges.
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Power Lawn Mower Stroll Yields Sixty Day Jail Sentence
Miami judge Ben C. Willard sentences Andrew John Czak to 60 days in jail after he took a power lawn mower from a store and strolled along the sidewalk. The judge said he could have charged drunk driving but chose a lighter penalty.
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Ben C. Willard
Andrew John Czak
Willard
Czak
Eden Revamps His Cabinet Ahead of May Election
London Sir Anthony Eden announced a cabinet refresh featuring nine new posts aimed at youth. Harold Macmillan becomes foreign secretary, Selwyn Lloyd moves to defense, Reginald Maudling to supply, reshaping a younger, leaner team ahead of a likely May 26 general election.
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Harold MacMillan
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Selwyn Lloyd
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Ministry of Supply
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Churchill
Winston Churchill
Labor Leaders Meet Governor on Labor Legislation
Four major Pennsylvania labor leaders and Gov. George M. Leader discussed proposed laws to liberalize workers compensation and occupational disease benefits. The plan would raise benefits from 32.50 to 37 dollars weekly and extend the 70 week maximum.
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Henry Leader
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Joseph A. McDonouc
PFI
Earl C. Bohr
Pennsylvania Cio
Harry 3Over
Lester Thomas
United Mine Workers
Charles J. Sullen
Railroad Brotherhoods
Thereafter link that sign of shame
A reflective note invites readers to pause where they are and breathe a prayer, contemplating a sign of shame and its moral weight.
Science Seeks To Determine First Purge Of Atomic Effects
National Academy of Sciences with Rockefeller backing and Atomic Energy Commission approval launches a long term study to determine the effects of atomic radiation on humans animals and plants. The project aims to resolve scientific debate over genetic impact from nuclear tests and report findings publicly.
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West Germany Increases Truck Subsidies During Berlin Toll Stand
Berlin reports West Germany raises subsidies from 125 000 to 187 500 marks for truckers supplying Berlin through Communist held routes. Bonn assigns subsidies to all West German truckers. total aid reaches 437 500 in taxes for road repairs amid toll dispute and threat over Paris pact rearmament.
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Deaths of Mrs McConnell and Emilio Capuano Arrive in Listings
Death notices record Mrs Margaret Carr McConnell 78 of the Eastern Star Home Pittsburgh and Emilio Capuano 81 of Ellwood City among Friday obituaries.
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Margaret Carr McConnell
Eastern Star Home
Pittsburgh
Emilio Capuano
Ellwood City
Body Of Woman Taken From Monongahela Identified
The Allegheny County Morgue identified the elderly woman recovered from the Monongahela River at Duquesne as Mrs. Kramer, 83, of Charleroi. Deputy coroners said a son identified the body. she had been missing since March 4.
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Charleroi
Man Burned To Death In Car Crash North Versailles
An East Pittsburgh construction worker John W. Specht 42 died when his car overturned and burned in North Versailles. His wife Irene survived with arm burns and is hospitalized in McKeesport. A passenger Turner Seibles 31 had minor injuries.
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Pope Pius XI blesses Easter pilgrims at Vatican window
Pope Pius XI appeared from his Vatican study window to bless thousands of Easter pilgrims in St. Peter's Square. About 8,000 Romans and visitors cheered as he, frail in white, answered the crowd's demand on Good Friday after morning prayer and meditation.
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Pius XII
Vatican
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Weekend Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic and Midwest
The forecast from International News Service predicts temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal in the Mid Atlantic states and 3 to 6 degrees above normal in Western Pennsylvania and nearby regions. Expect warmer conditions Saturday through Monday with milder trend into Wednesday, cooler in the north midweek, and light rain totals of about a quarter inch on Tuesday or Wednesday in both areas.
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International News Service
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Eastern
Penna
New York
Penn
Ohio
West Virginia
Government Moves to Curb Juvenile Crime Nationwide
Washington reports a federal plan to aid states and communities in fighting rising juvenile delinquency. Philip Gordon Brown of HEW’s Children's Bureau advocates expanded recreation, better detention facilities, and improved juvenile court laws while blaming adults for unrest. The House Rules Committee may pursue a congressional inquiry.
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Cars Unload in Arkansas After Batesville Mixup
A trailer load of automobiles was unloaded in Batesville Arkansas due to a delivery mixup with Batesville Mississippi. The misdirected shipment ended up in Arkansas on Thursday, illustrating the longstanding confusion between the two similarly named towns.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
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Three Gunmen Sought in Major New York Bank Robbery
New York authorities identified three suspects in a daylight bank robbery at the Chase Manhattan Bank Woodside branch. Redmond Cribbins alias Mike Malloy Ninny, paroled murderer, Joseph Kress, linked to the 1934 Rubel Ice Company heist, and Archie Stewart, another Rubel gunman, faced a nationwide manhunt. Cribbins matched gallery photos. detectives and FBI agents led the 24 hour probe with 50 each. One suspect was ruled out by Queens officials as the inquiry continued.
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Mike Malloy
Ninny
Joseph Kress
Archie Stewart
Woodside
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Rogues Gallery
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Queens
Pleasant Easter Weekend Forecast for Pennsylvania
The weatherman predicts a pleasant Easter weekend across Pennsylvania with fair skies and rising temperatures if patterns hold. Northwest winds ease and temperatures dip to 24 to 35 degrees overnight, then climb Saturday as winds shift to the southwest bringing warm air from the Gulf of Mexico.
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United Press
Weatherman
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Baseball fan awaits pennant race as season opens
The fan, eager after a long off season, looks forward to the annual dash for the pennant. He recalls Southern trips and training games, noting cool weather as the season nears with the familiar cry play ball and hopeful outlook.
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