Senate Clears Kennedy Cabinet as Confirmations Rise
Washington dispatch reports Senate action on Kennedy appointments with most sub-cabinet nominees likely to pass. Some debates loom for Bowles and Connally while most non-controversial selections proceed. Congress also weighs House Rules and a 1,000 mile expansion to the interstate system for jobs and growth.
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Kennedy Screens Defense Talks to Shape U S Soviet Policy
President Kennedy plans a day long White House conference with top defense and foreign policy advisers led by Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. The session aims to review Soviet leader Khrushchev's views and U S Russian relations.
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Court Sets Date In Suit By Volunteer Firemen
Judge John S. Powers set a 9 a.m. Wednesday hearing in the long delayed suit filed by City volunteer firemen against the city. The 1958 case seeks to place half of foreign fire insurance refunds received by the state through the city into the pension fund. City payments for 1958-59 totaled 35,719.78 dollars as the state withholds 1960 receipts pending the decision.
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Navy radar plane crash on Midway Kills nine
A Navy Constellation veered off Midway Island runway and struck a ground crew truck, igniting a fire. Nine men were killed or missing, sixteen aboard escaped unharmed or with minor injuries as investigators determine the cause.
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Public To Hear Fiscal Talks In Harrisburg
In Harrisburg lawmakers move toward public hearings on Gov. Lawrence's 991 million General Fund budget for 1961 62. House and Senate Appropriations committees seek a quick finish by May 31 while highway safety and subversive doctrines in schools debates loom.
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Belgium Strike Violence Ends After Month of Turmoil
Tens of thousands of Belgian metal workers return to work ending a month of violence and strikes that threatened the government of Premier Gaston Eyskens. Riots left 4 dead and 200 injured with over 1,300 sabotage acts as both sides claim a moral victory.
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Opinions Expected By Supreme Court in Inauguration Week
The Supreme Court meets to hand down opinions on several pending cases during inauguration week. Justices were on the bench last week, so few decisions are anticipated.
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Lytton Returns to City of Birth as He Commits Gift
New Castle shone Saturday as Bart Lytton returned to his birth city. A California financier added 25000 to the YM YWCA building fund in memory of a beloved brother, helping reach about 40 percent of the campaign goal.
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Congo Refuge for Europeans Amid Lumumba Standoff
United Nations Deputy Dayal ordered Ethiopian troops to protect Europeans in Stanleyville as Lumumba backers clash with forces led by Gizenga. Reported jailing of whites and flights out of the city underscore tense security in Oriental Province. Lumumba was moved to Katanga while a former security chief was allegedly executed in reprisal.
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Weather Summary Western Pennsylvania Arctic Cold Snap
Daily weather report for western Pennsylvania notes heavy cloudiness and light snow with a high near 17. Tonight remains mostly cloudy and cold with flurries and a low around minus four to plus five. Seven am statistics show a 15 degree high and 4 degree low with .07 inch of snow and a river stage of 5.2 feet. One year ago the high was 26 and the low 22 with .06 inch of snow and a river stage of 7.2 feet.
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Tugboat Strike Settled Under Kennedy Pressure
New York harbor tugboat crew walkout ended after two weeks as labor secretary Gold berg joined talks at Kennedy's request. Settlement averts large losses across St Louis to Boston and New York routes with resumed Central and Jersey Central services by late today.
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Three Educators to Speak at Lawrence County Institute
Three prominent educators who began as elementary teachers will address 600 area teachers at Shenango Area Junior-Senior High School Friday. Speakers include Dr. Maurice Thomas of the University of Pittsburgh council, Dr. Thomas R. Miller president of Edinboro State College, and Dr. Paul W. Bixby of Penn State.
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Pennsylvania State University
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West Lawrence County
Afro-Asians Push for U N action on Lumumba crisis
At the United Nations Afro-Asian states call for Security Council action over Congo with Mali demanding a session on Patrice Lumumba. Amid Cold War divides the nine-nation Communist bloc backs Lumumba while Western powers back Kasavubu as Adlai Stevenson begins his UN tenure.
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Major Battle Looms In Laos Near Luang Prabang
Reports from Muongsai Sun describe clashes between pro government forces and Pathet Lao rebels 50 miles from Luang Prabang. Maj. Gen. Bounleuth says five rebels were killed as government rushes supplies to hold Muongsai, a key stronghold guarding the Mekong valley. Rebels press from Pak Ou toward the river as SEATO council prepares a Laos meeting in Bangkok.
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Snow shovel’s busy winter run praised by weatherman
The snow shovel, worn to a silver sheen after months of quiet, has worked hard as snow blankets sidewalks. The weather forecast predicts winter storms will linger, keeping the shovel busy for seventeen more days.
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