GSA Delays Lease Plan for Former United Engineering Plant
The General Services Administration postponed leasing the former United Engineering plant and will pursue another sale. A two man New Castle committee met with GSA officials to press the new appraisal move, with Edmund Mansure and other officials present.
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General Services Administration
United Engineering
New Castle
GSA
Edmund F. Mansure
New Castle News
New Castle Committee
T. L. Peyton
Public Building Service
David H. Brill
Bureau of the Budget
Roger W. Roland
Norman E. Clark
Mr. Mansure
End of City Playground Season Signals Close for 1955
City playgrounds close for the season with equipment to be stored. Cascade Park hosts a kids event on Monday. East Public Square removes an advertising sign except the accident record board. Motorists report backfiring motorcycles causing evening noise. daylight saving time may extend into October if area towns approve. New Castle undecided. Address changes prompt quick publisher notices to prevent mail misrouting. Foggy morning drives. light scattered rains hit parts of the county.
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Cascade Park
New Castle
Sunny Heatwave Expected With Highs Near 90
Sunny hot and humid today and Saturday with highs 87 to 94. Fair mild tonight with lows 65 to 70. United States data show 7 am today max 86 min 65 with traces of precipitation and river stage at 5.9 feet. A year ago the date recorded max 7 and min 67.
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United States
Stern Attacks Musmanno Over Dissenting Opinions
Philadelphia Chief Justice Horace Stern lambasted a "mythical judge" at a state court chiefs symposium, accusing Justice Michael A. Musmanno of publishing 150 dissents in a forthcoming book. Stern criticized a Musmanno suit to force publication of a belated dissent and lamented tensions within the court as his term nears its end.
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Philadelphia
Horace Stern
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
Stern
State Supreme Court
Musmanno
Army inaugurates six month active duty enlistment plan
The Army will accept immediate enlistees aged 18 to 21 for six months on active duty followed by seven and a half years in the ready reserve. About 90,000 youths will begin training by June 30, with six months trainees earning $50 monthly and eligible to defer active duty until high school completion or age 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Teen Age Girl Killed On Pike Collision Details
An 18 year old girl Shirley Moore of Clarksburg died from multiple injuries including a fractured skull after a head on crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bedford. Driver of the car Robert Haver 17 was in serious condition at Bedford Hospital. The car swerved across the highway into an east bound tractor truck around noon Thursday.
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Bedford
INS
Shirley Moore
Clarksburg
Robert Haver
Bedford Hospital
Haver
Tiffany Jewel Company Sold to Hoving Corporation
Tiffany & Co. has been sold in a $3,825,000 stock deal. Louis De. B. Moore, president of Tiffany, announced that Hoving Corporation, owner of Bonwit Teller's, will hold 68,000 of 132,000 Tiffany shares when transfers are completed.
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New York
Ins
Tiffany & Co
Louis de. B. Moore
Fifth Avenue
Hoving Corporation
Bonwit Teller’s
Tiffany
Firemen Invade Pulaski for Homecoming Parade
Volunteer fire companies from Lawrence County and surrounding regions will march in Pulaski this evening for the annual firemen's parade tied to the town's fifth homecoming. More than 25 departments from Mercer Butler and Beaver Counties join, with auxiliaries and drill teams expected.
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Lawrence County
Mercer
Butler
Beaver Counties
Pulaski
Community Day at Castlewood Weekend Event
Castlewood hosts its annual Community Day on Saturday with a morning kickoff at the ball diamond. Rev. Earl E. Collins, Ralph Long, and George Glasser Sr. lead the program as Scouts and Brownies take the stage, followed by a noon lunch.
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Castlewood
Earl E. Collins
Ralph Long
George Glasser
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Cubs
For Sale Ad Promises Quick Buyer in Pulaski Pa
An ad titled Everybody reports a fast sale on the first day to Elizabeth Crabl of Pulaski Pennsylvania. Items for sale include 2 electric water pumps priced 15 to 20 dollars a 42 gallon tank for 20 and a 40 gallon hot water tank for 15. Dial OL 4 8083 for inquiries and OL 8 8511 to place News Want Ads with a low rate for nine insertions.
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Elizabeth Crabl
Pulaski, Pa
Photographers to Get Chance To Show Work
Philadelphia reports the American Bar Association convention will host a debate on courtroom news photography. A test case for photography in courts, currently forbidden, aligns with Herbert Brownell's call to allow lensmen a day in court. Photographers will demonstrate unobtrusive, rapid work with modern equipment and long lenses. Brownell backs relaxing Canon 35 as outdated.
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Philadelphia
American Bar Association
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Bar Association
Second Church to Call Pastor
Second United Presbyterian church on County Line Street Milton moderating a call to Rev. George Henderson of Philadelphia Pa. Henderson is son of Dr Homer Henderson of Grove City, former pastor and interim pastor of Third United Presbyterian on E Washington St. An informal vote was taken with ten days needed to moderate the call.
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Second United Presbyterian Church
County Line Street
Milton
George Henderson
Philadelphia
Henderson
Homer Henderson
Grove City
Third United Presbyterian Church
E. Washington St
County Line St
Warren National Bank Robbed Near Tidioute
State Police search for a young gunman who robbed the Warren National Bank at Tidioute of 10000 dollars. The thief fled in a car found abandoned west of Tidioute on the road to Titusville. Bank manager Krug Cyphert described the robber as young with dark glasses, light blue overalls and a cap.
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Warren
INS
Warren National Bank
Tidioute
Titusville
Krug
Cyphert
Thousands Flee Wrath Of Flood and Rescue Campers
Floodwaters swept across southeastern New York driving thousands from homes and causing heavy property loss. A dam failed at Wurtsboro and Route 17 cave‑ins cut links to Catskill resorts. Rescue crews evacuated 30 youths from Camp Jubilee as eight feet of water flooded the Tri State Bridge. State of emergency declared in Port Jervis and surrounding counties.
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New York
Wurtsboro
Sullivan County
Catskill
Port Jorv’s
Delaware
Neversink Rivers
Army
Coast Guard
Neversink
Gatefroy
N.Y
Tri-State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Provincetown
Mass
California
Massachusetts
French River
Oxford
Otis
Russell
End in sight for Washington transit strike after union proposal
Washington’s 49 day bus and streetcar strike neared resolution as union officials agreed to present members with district commissioner settlement proposals by Saturday. Final terms await company approval. if both sides accept, service could resume by Monday.
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Washington
WWS
NAACP charges Braddock School Board with discrimination
The Pittsburgh NAACP files charges with the Braddock FEPC alleging discrimination after the Braddock School Board rejected two Negro applicants for teaching positions. The vote was four to three, prompting a call for an immediate FEPC investigation and an action supported by Rev. LeRoy Patrick and Marion B. Jordan.
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Pittsburgh
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Braddock School
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Braddock Borough
LeRoy Patrick
NAACP
Greater
Marion B. Jordan
Braddock Fepc
One Sure Way To Win At Denver Junior Fair
Gius Emge Jr., 13, was favored to win 30 blue ribbons for his poultry entry at the Denver Junior State Fair. Emge's 30 hens and roosters were the only entry Thursday.
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Denver
Gius Emge Jr
Emge
Norway Exchange Student To Enter Senior High Here
New Castle will welcome international influence this year as Miss Lillian Leikvold from Trondheim Norway joins a local senior high. The 17 year old lives with Mr and Mrs W H Melver at 231 Edgewood Avenue and arrived via YWCA support after sailing July 26 from Germany on the Arosa Larm with 26 other exchange students, reaching Quebec August 4 before heading to New York City.
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Norway
New Castle
Lillian Leikvold
Trondheim
Y.W.C.A
Lillian
Germany
Quebec
Canada
New York City
Twister Strikes Chester Kills Three In Flood Devastation
Torrential rain from hurricane Diane hits eastern Pennsylvania. Three dead and one missing presumed drowned in Chester area. Bridges washed out and streets flooded four to five feet. National Guard deployed as Delaware Schuylkill and Lackawanna rivers overflow.
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Twister
Chester
Chester-Berks County
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Tamaqua
Delaware
Schuylkill
Lackawanna
Flood Strands 300 Passengers Between Cresco and Tobyhanna
Heavy rain caused severe flooding that blocked tracks and roads between Cresco and Tobyhanna, trapping two Lackawanna trains with about 303 people on board. Diners were converted to cafeterias as officials sought buses or Army helicopters for evacuation.
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Cresco
Tobyhanna
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
GOP Finance Committee Head Must Be Named
Harrisburg report states Miles Horst seeks a successor for William H. Worrilow Sr. Lebanon industrialist Worrilow asks to be relieved as finance committee chair. Worrilow will remain a committee member until a successor is appointed despite returning from Europe.
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GOP Committee
Harrisburg
Ims
Miles Horst
GOP Finance Committee
William H. Worriam H. Worrilow Sr
Lebanon
Philip T. Sharpless
Philadelphia
Horst
Worrilow
Europe
Finance Committee
Republican Party of
Pennsylvania
Russia says ready to launch man made satellite
A Soviet scientist told Izvestia that Russia has completed preparatory research for launching a man made satellite. Dr. G I Pokrovsky said space travel research is coordinated by a special commission from the Academy of Sciences with scientists from several fields.
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Moscowins
Russia
G. I. Pokrovsky
Izvestia
Academy of Sciences
Daring rescues amid gale as twister strikes Chester and Berks
A fierce gale and freak twister tore through upper Chester and lower Berks, ripping roofs from homes and a Hamburg foundry. Trees were uprooted and two drowning victims died in heroics. Waldron Frederick and Maurice Spandenburg were swept away and Span denburg remained missing. Henry Allen saved a child before perishing. the rescued woman survived.
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Chester
Berks
Hamburg
Waldron Frederick
Coywyngam
Maurice Spandenburg
Hazleton
Spandenburg
Henry Allen
Scranton
West Broad St
National Guard Deployed for Weissport Flood Evacuation
National Guard units from the 165th MP Battalion and 109th Infantry were dispatched from INDIANTOWN GAP to Lehighton and Stroudsburg to aid evacuations in Weissport and Tamaqua. Pumps were rushed by state civil defense to Tamaqua to relieve flooding.
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Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania National Guard
Lehighton
Weissport
Adjutant General's Office
National Guard
Co. G
109Th Infantry
Stroudsburg
Tamaqua
Pottsville
Schuylkill Haven
Inside Today's Classified News Page
Ellwood editorial note and obit indexed in page sections with listings across comics crosswords radio TV society sports stocks theatres and want ads providing local notices and brief item summaries from the edition.
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Page Radio
Society
Outdoor Grill Tale Beneath the Big Oak
Arthur Mometer imagines a summer night cookout with charcoal grill steak and friends under the trees. He avoids recipes preferring a spontaneous mix of seasonings as he serves a snack on a warm eighty six degree evening.
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Savarin
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Nanan
Washington, D. C
Len Kolasinski
Mansure
Roger W. Rowland
Greater New Castle Development Coporation
Greater New Castle Association
Colump
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report
Justice Stern
Pike
Tiffany Jewel Company
Sertions
Lidioute Bank Bandit
Soug At
Port Jervis
N. Y
Port Jervis, N.Y
School Board
W. H. Melver
Edgewood Avenue
Cross Word
Ellwood
Arthur Mometer
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