All-Women Air Race Across U S Is Started
Fifty four light planes take off from Long Beach at noon on the ninth annual all women trans continental air race dubbed The Powder Puff Derby. The 2800 mile route ends at Barnes Westfield Springfield Mass with 97 women piloting stock planes. Stops include Blythe Phoenix Tucson El Paso Midland Wichita Falls Tulsa Springfield St Louis Terre Haute Dayton Wheeling Reading.
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Long Beach
Calif
Barnes-Westfield
Springfield
Mass
Blythe
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
el Paso
Midland
Wichita Falls
Tex
Tulsa
Okla
St. Louis
Reading
June brings a flood of weddings and local notices
In New Castle during June 1955, 102 brides wed, a record. The News notes 42 engagements and 130 marriage licenses issued, with July expected to stay busy. Sageet A Snewc and George Boazzo report blooming gladiolas and a sour grass find, while motorists are urged to stock gas and heed red flags on highways.
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George Boazzo
Williams Street
Pa Newe
Boazzo Yard
State Highway Department
New Castle
Daily Weather Report Forecast Tonight And Sunday
Partly cloudy and warm conditions with high humidity. Scattered thunderstorms possible across the area tonight and Sunday. Low temperatures expected in the mid to upper sixties. 24 hour period ends at 7 am shows a maximum of 88 and minimum of 66 with 1.26 inches of rain and a river stage of 9.4 feet. A year ago similar date recorded a max of 87 and min of 55 with no precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Americans Move En Masse For Fourth Of July Holiday
The nation shivers with travel as city dwellers flee to the country and rural residents flock to cities. About 40 million cars were on the roads and rails for the long weekend. The National Safety Council warns of up to 380 highway deaths in the 78 hour span. Hot humid weather prevails east of the Rockies with many stations recording 90s.
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International News Service
National Safety Council
Rockies
Revision of Reserve Bil To Be Sought
Senator Richard B. Russell said he will seek Senate Armed Services Committee action to amend the administration reserve bill. He wants voluntary reserve service for veterans and inclusion of the National Guard, arguing the 27 guard divisions must be part of the program. He calls for state governors to handle segregation in guard units and for a voluntary system to entice veterans to participate.
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United Press
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
House
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Actress Fatally Stricken On Stage At Carthay Circle Theater
Hollywood city notes Isabel Bonner a 47 year old stage veteran collapsed and died during a performance of The Shrike at Carthay Circle theater She played the female lead opposite Dane Clark and was wife of playwright Joseph Kramm Bonner known for Nora Drake and Right to Happiness radio roles and recent film The Shrike marked her only screen credit
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Hollywood
INS
Isabella Bonner
Carthay Circle Theater
Dane Clark
Joseph Kramm
Miss Bonner
Nora Drake
Boy dies from electric shock on supermarket ride
Philadelphia authorities opened a citywide inspection of coin operated rides after a three year old boy, Donald Nagel, was fatally shocked by a reindeer ride outside a supermarket on Friday.
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Philadelphia
Donald Nagel
Segni's bid to form cabinet faces likely failure in Italy
In Rome Antonio Segni struggles to assemble a four party center coalition amid ongoing social reform disputes. Observers judge his chance of success as only fifty percent after two extra days of talks with President Gronchi and coalition leaders.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Christian Democrat
Giovanni Gronchi
Center
Segni
Gronchi
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Stores to Close For Independence Day Observance
Retail stores in New Castle will be closed all day Monday in observance of Independence Day. The Retail Merchants Association of the Greater New Castle Association announced the change. Monday hours will instead be observed Tuesday with 12 30 p m opening and 9 p m closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Retail Merchants Association of the
Greater
Man Held After Death Toll From Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Philadelphia report states 25 year old sheetmetal worker William F Cook was jailed on manslaughter charges for the death of five people after he and three companions drained methyl alcohol from a tank truck and hosted a party at Thomas Farrell's home. Five victims named include Farrell and his wife Catherine along with John Brennan James Dobbins and James Peak. Cook survived blinded.
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Philadelphia
William F Cook
Cook
Thomas Farrell
Farrell
Catherine
Seven Year Old Boy Treated For Arm Fracture
Billy Bert Mills aged seven from Wampum was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 4 45 p m Friday for a fracture of the right arm after a fall from a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Bert Mills
Wampum
Jameson Memorial Hospital
No News Issue on Monday July Fourth 1955
In observance of the Fourth of July holiday there will be no publication of The News on Monday July 4 1955.
Jaycees Fair Enters Final Stages Today
Lawrence county Exposition and Fair moves into its final stages at Flaherty field this afternoon and tonight. Attendance last night neared 8,000, boosting the week's total past 25,000 as crowds used the ball field for parking and a breezy evening added to the fair’s appeal. Kiddies Day rides are set for 10 cents with a horse show and fireworks slate to cap the event. Officials hope that tonight’s crowd matches the week’s peak to deem the 1955 fair a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Exposition and Fair
Flaherty Field
Jaycee
Flaherty Diamond
Government panel to approve first polio vaccine release
A six member NIH panel including Jonas Salk was to decide on the first Salk vaccine release in almost a month. They reviewed a large batch submitted for federal approval and insiders expected a release before nightfall possibly totaling over 3 million doses for the school inoculation program run by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Salk
Jonas E. Salk
National Institutes of Health
National Foundation For
Transit Strike Grips Washington Amid Mediation Talks
A crippling bus and streetcar strike in Washington, D C continues with federal mediators scheduled to meet 3000 striking workers and Capital Transit Co. Officials. Traffic is jammed as the walkout began Friday over wage demands. Senator Morse proposed canceling Capital Transit franchise.
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Washington
INS
Capital Transit Co
Louis E. Wolfson
District of Columbia
Senate District Committee
Wolfson
California
Wayne Morse
Ore
Man Held as Suspect in Triple Family Slaying
Nogales police report FB. E. Houlan was jailed in Nogales on a murder inquiry connected to the June 25 shooting deaths of Ruby Mae Pherson 44, her son George Robert 12, and her mother Zola Norman 65 in Dickinson Texas. He was arrested while allegedly trying to sell a stolen car.
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Nogales
Mexico
INS
FB. E. Houlan
Dickenson
Tex
Houlan
Ruby MaePherson
George Robert
Zola Norman
End of Summer Encampment at Indian Town Gap
Pennsylvania's 9th Infantry Division completed a two week summer encampment at the Indian Town Gap military reservation. Maj. Gen. Albert H. Stackpole, head of the reserve division, congratulated the troops for a job well done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianatown Gap
Pennsylvania
Jth
Indiantown Gap
Albert H. Stackpole
Deaths listed for Houk Westlake and Cramer
Obituary notices list Robert F. Houk 75 of rural route one Miss Helen Westlake 69 of 509 Highland avenue and Mrs Helen M Cramer of Youngstown Ohio. The items appear in a Saturday July 2 1955 column listing resident deaths and ages.
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Robert Frank Houk
R.D
Helen Rose Westlake
Highland Avenue
Helen M. Cramer
Youngstown
Pravda Welcomes Eisenhower Cold War Repudiation
The Pravda front page editorial welcomed President Eisenhower’s proposal to repudiate the cold war and praised his call for peace. It also faulted his remark that Soviet satellites should freely choose their government as at odds with his peace plan. The remarks were published in full in Russian papers after his news conference.
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Charles H. Klensch
Moscow
INS
Soviet Communist Party
Eisenhower
Pravda
Soviet Union
Continue To Hunt Missing Marine Fliers
In Tokyo the US Air Force sent two long range B29 Superfortress planes to search for two missing Marines presumed drifted in the Northwest Pacific. A seventh day of maximum air sea effort was ordered for Sunday with no trace found and survival hopes fading. Missing are Capt Hodgen P Pontague 26 of Jackson Mississippi and 2nd Lt David Bell 24 of Wayzata Minnesota. Marine Lt Alan W McAneny 27 was killed when his search jet hit a volcanic mountain on Oshim Island. Lt James R Day 24 was lost at sea after a search helicopter crashed.
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Tokyo
US Air Force
Northwest Pacific
Hodgen P. Pontague
Jackson Miss
David Bell
Wayzata
Minn
Alan W. McAneny
Oshim Island
James R. Day
President Eisenhower at Camp David Fourth of July
President and Mrs. Eisenhower spend a long Fourth of July weekend at Camp David with old friends after driving from Gettysburg where they celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary with 150 White House staff. He plans to return to Washington Monday night.
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Thurmont, Md
Ins
Eisenhower
Camp David
Gettysburg
White House
Washington
Altoona Man Killed in Route 422 Crash Near Butler
Homer Merrits, 55, of Altoona, was killed and his son Robert, 28, critically injured when their car rear ended a tractor trailer on Route 422 six miles west of Butler. The truck driver, Peter Caravasias, 33, of New Castle RD 6, was unhurt.
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Butler
Homer Merrits
Walnut Ave
Altoona
Robert
Here
Peter Caravasias
New Castle
Robert Merrits
Caravasias
Deny Route For Turnpike Has Been Decided
Harrisburg reports say the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and Gov. George M. Leader’s office deny a decision on the northwest extension route. The commission narrowed choices to Allegheny Valley or Beaver Valley routes from near Pittsburgh to Erie, with no formal selection yet. Officials say no word has been submitted and a decision may take weeks.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
George M. Leader
Allegheny Valley
PTC
Pittsburgh
Erie
Beaver Valley
Commission
Joseph J. Lawler
Lawler
Dorseyville
Butler
Franklin
Oil City
Strike cripples copper zinc and lead production nationwide
Denver dispatch reports 30,000 International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union members remained off work for a second day, halting output from three major producers American Smelting and Refining Kennecott Copper and Phelps Dodge across 14 states as talks in Salt Lake City paused but set to resume.
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Denver
International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Ind
American Smelting and Refining
Kennecott Copper
Phelps Dodge
Salt Lake City
Utah
Two Boys Pushed From Pier Drowned in Schuylkill
Philadelphia police report two youths Ellis Palmer ten and Adolph Sonny Sincavage thirteen died after being shoved into the Schuylkill River while fishing from a pier. Suspects Theodore Armpriester twelve and Joseph Ryan twelve held on homicide charges. they had recently been released on probation from the Philadelphia Protectory for Boys. Armpriester admitted shoving Palmer into the water after being caught riding Palmer’s bicycle.
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Philadelphia
INS
Schuylkill River
Ellis Palmer
Adolph
Sonny) Sincavage
Theodore Armpriester
Joseph Ryan
Armpriester
Palmer
Five Die In Indiana Auto Crashes On Fourth Of July
Indianapolis reports five highway deaths as the Fourth of July weekend begins. Four victims were from out of state, with the early holiday toll rising rapidly.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Steel wage deal ends nationwide 12 hour strike
U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers approved a wage pact ending a 12 hour national strike by 600000 workers. Production pay rises average over 15 cents an hour, with minimal raises to top skilled workers. Steel prices are set to rise about seven and a half dollars per ton, likely affecting consumer goods. Bethlehem Steel and Jones & Laughlin followed, with others expected to match.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Pacesetter
U.S. Steel Corp
USW
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Jones G Laughlin
David J. McDonald
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Wheel
Hot And Humid Forecast For Pennsylvania Weekend
The weatherman predicts continued hot and humid conditions through most of the holiday weekend with scattered afternoon or evening showers across Pennsylvania. A cold front moving south from between Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes should bring relief on Monday with slightly lower temperatures and less humidity. Temperatures today and Sunday in Pennsylvania reach the 90s in the afternoons and around 70 at night.
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Pennsylvania
Hudson Bay Area
Great Lake Region
Todays News Contacts And Classified Lines
A brief classified style snippet lists telephone lines NEWS PHONES NEWS-OL 4-6651 and WANT ADS-8-8511 with a date code bee 12 15 .10 indicating a page marker or issue reference. No further context or events are provided in readable text.
Staying Off the Road on a Hot Holiday
The speaker declines the gasoline rush of others on a crowded Fourth of July. He keeps his car in the family garage and avoids highways, choosing to stay home with family and shade while noting the hot eighty eight degree day.
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Asaie Welsh
South Mulberry Street
Lawrence
Darlington
Daily Weather Report
New Castle News
Lawrence County
New Castle Jaycees
Seani
Jaycees Fair
Washington, D. C
the Holiday: Menace
IMA
By Daniel R. Stearn
Inside Todays News
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Ellwood
Sia Theatres
Arthur Mometer
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