Tragedy at Kaufman Garage Claims Earl Kaufman
Earl Gaylord Kaufman 27 of New Castle was killed when the bed of his dump truck slipped and crushed his head at Kaufman's Chevrolet garage in New Wilmington. A shop foreman and Army veteran, he built a new home on the old Wilmington road and leaves a wife Betty.
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Earl G. Kaufman
New Castle
Kaufman
Earl Gaylord Kaufman
Wilmington Township
Frank and
Stella Means Kaufman
Neshannock Presbyterian Church
New Wilmington
First Calvary Division
U. S. Army
Japan
Betty
Newc id Observes and Local Rail Hazard
Residents in Grove street and South Mill street area note two incidents where box cars rolled onto busy streets but were halted by citizens. No injuries or property damage reported. Farmers in New Wilmington district endure rain delaying hay forming as hot weather keeps residents away.
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Grove Street
South Mill Street
New Wilmington
Pa Nene
Daily Weather Report Forecast for today and week
Sunny and warm today with a high of 82 to 89 degrees. Tonight will be fair and cooler, low 57 to 62. Tuesday remains fair with little temperature change. U S weather stats show 24 hours ending 7 a.m. today: high 89, low 53, no precipitation, river at 6 feet.
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United States
Outbreaks Against Peron Regime Spark Tense Argentina Protest
In Buenos Aires violent protests by Roman Catholics escalated tensions with the Peron regime. The Plaza de Mayo riot followed a clash at the naval club and renewed church state rifts amid calls for peace. Cardinal Capello condemned the uprising as President Peron urged harmony in a nationwide radio address.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
Juan D. Peron
Naval Club
Over-The-Road Drivers Strike Under Way in Pa
Western Pennsylvania faces a strike by AFL General Teamsters Local 249 as drivers reportedly picket after a Sunday meeting in Oakland. About 3000 members are involved, though an official start date has not been set. The union rejected a 26 cent per hour raise over three years, seeking control over truck helper assignments.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
AFL General Teamsters
Memorial Hall
Oakland
Thomas L. Fagan
Eisenhower Urged by 54 Republicans to Seek a Second Term
Fifty four Republican Congressmen marking three years since Eisenhower’s nomination presented a formal petition urging him to run again in 1956. The group includes all first elected GOP Congress members from 1952 and 1954. Eisenhower posed with three leaders but avoided comments on his plans.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Air Force Academy Dedication Set at Lowry AFB
Denver.. Air Force officials dedicate the United States Air Force Academy at 7 p.m. EDT at its interim Lowry site. Gen Nathan Twining and Air Secretary Harold Talbott oversee the ceremony with Col Robert Stillwell swearing in the first class of 306 cadets. The Strategic Air Command and the Thunderbirds perform an aerial salute.
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Denver
Air Force
United States Air Force Academy
Nathan Twining
Harold Talbott
Lowry Air Force Base
Robert Stillwell
Strategic Air Command
Thunderbirds
Twining
Carl Spaatz
Moscow
United States
Talbott
Plane Lands On Turnpike Near Sideling Tunnel
An F 86 Sabrejet ran out of fuel and landed safely on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Sideling tunnel about 30 miles east of Bedford. Maj. Leo Carboneau of Niagara Falls Air Force Base said he nosed down the jet when fuel ran dry over the Alleghenies as motorists swerved aside.
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Bedford
INL
Sideling Tunnel
Maj
Leo Carboneau
Niagara Falls, N.Y. Air Force Base
Shriners Gather in Chicago for Five Day Convention
In Chicago 90,000 Shriners and families descend for the five day annual convention with the opening session. The influx fills hotels and boosts local nightlife which had suffered in the heat.
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Chicago
King Fez
Shriners
Three Turncoat Americans On Way Back To US
Three former U S Army ex GIs who embraced communism and refused repatriation at Panmunjom crossed into Hong Kong from Communist China and prepared to sail home aboard the President Cleveland. William A. Cowart Lewis W. Griggs and Otho G. Bell, all in their early twenties, said death is better than communist rule and will reach San Francisco on July 29. They worked on a state farm and in an agricultural implements factory in Red China before requesting repatriation and were briefly held as prohibitive immigrants. The U S consulate arranged third class passage and hotel costs, for which they signed promissory notes to repay.
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United Press
Hong Kong
Gi's
William Cowart
Othe Bell
Lewis Griggs
China
Free World
United States
President Cleveland
San Francisco
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
U.S
Panmunjom
Red China
Three Dead In Weekend Plane And Vehicle Crashes
Three people died in a plane crash returning from a fishing trip when the aircraft lost a wing and crashed in Fulton County. The victims were pilot George Hamm 30 of Corapolis and passengers Frank Gutshall 15 and James Wells 20 of Wells Tannery. In highway crashes Dr. J D Bowersox 63 of Stoyestown died after his car overturned near Somerset. Charles Fehlman 18 of Pittsburgh perished when his car struck a tree and caught fire near Warren Route 6. Five year old Robert Korpasinski of Trenton New Jersey drowned at Curtis Lake Falls Pennsylvania after stepping into a hole while wading.
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Pennsylvania
Fulton County
George C. Hamm
Corapolis
Frank Gutshall
Oakdale
Shie
James
Wells Tannery
J. D. Bowersox
Stoyestown
N.J
Curtis Lake
Falls, Pa
Ao Hole
Fairless Named To New Post
Benjamin F. Fairless retired as chairman of United States Steel Corp is named Protestant co chair of the National Conference of Christians and Jews succeeding Benson Ford. He previously received the Gold Brotherhood award for service in human relations and serves as trustee for several foundations and colleges.
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Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Fairless
Benson Ford
Ford Motor Co
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
The
National Safety Council
Wooster College
Ohio Northern University
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation
Carnegie Institute and
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Deputy Defense Secretary Anderson Resigns
President Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Robert B. Anderson as deputy defense secretary with great reluctance. Anderson will step down around August 15 and a successor may be named before Congress adjourns. no decision on a name was disclosed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert B. Anderson
White House
Anderson
Congress
Murray Snyder
Bonus Plan For Service Proposed By United Press
The armed services committee backs a voluntary incentive plan to boost reserves. Sen Richard B Russell and Sen Francis Case along with Sen John Stennis endorsed the proposal. Assistant Defense Secretary Carter L Burgess testifies on the Defense Department position and doubts the plan will guarantee needed trained personnel. The Russell plan offers a $400 bonus to discharged servicemen who volunteer for free training in Army and Marine Corps reserves. The administration favors a compulsory reserve requirement after active duty.
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Armed Services Committee
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Francis Case
R-Sd
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense
Carter L. Burgess
Congress
Defense Department
Russell
Burgess
Army
Marine Corps
House
Eisenhower Prepares for Geneva Departure After Farm Visit
President Eisenhower starts a busy week ahead of his Friday night departure for the Big Four meeting in Geneva. He returned to Washington from Gettysburg with his son and grandson while Mrs. Eisenhower and the president's wife remained at the farm. The First Lady plans to join him in Geneva after a nationwide address. He gave his young grandson a Civil War battlefield tour at the Gettysburg site.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Switzerland
Gettysburg
Capital
May
John Eisenhower
Elivera Doud
Dwight David II
Barbara Anne
Susan
David
Troop Airlift Reaches Halfway Point in Gyroscope Operation
At Ashiya Air Base in Southern Japan task force Gyroscope nears halfway as 20th planeload of paratroopers from the 508th Regimental Combat Team lands. Twenty-three more C 124s are due to bring remaining troops from Ft Campbell to Japan for the 9000 mile trans Pacific flight.
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Ashiya Air Base
Japan
Ft. Campbell
United States
U.S
Legislature To Resume Today After 10-Day Break
Harrisburg REPORT says the General Assembly returns to work with a slate of controversial bills. Lawmakers remain divided over Gov. Leader's 411 million owed income tax plan. The House Ways and Means Committee is unlikely to move the tax program without a renewed administration drive. The Senate faces debate on fair employment practices and a veterans bonus in the Korean War context.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
George M
House
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Senate
Pennsylvania
FEPC
Death Record Listings for July 11 1955
Obituary-style list of individuals with ages and residences including Arthur Mometer Robert J Dillinger 85 from Volant Theodore John Lechner 41 from Wampum Abraham I Wachs 77 Pittsburgh Agnes F Shaw 72 Middlesex Fort Gaylord Kaufman 27 A D 5 Frank B Brenneman 50 Gabriel Frank 36 Leo Whalen 75 John H Filby 61 with brief weather note about heat and cool evening and sleeping.
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Theodore John Lechner
R.D
Wampum
Shenango
Abraham I. Wachs
Jefferson Street
Agnes F. Shaw
Middlesex
Fort Gaylord Kaufman
Frank B. Brenneman
Pittsburgh
Gabriel Frank
S. Jefferson Street
Leo Whalen
S. Ray Street
John H. Filby
W.state Street
West Pittsburg Warehouse Fire Destroys Plant Storage
A major West Pittsburg blaze destroyed the Re-Ly-On Products warehouse on Old Chewton Rd, with damage estimated at about 100000. Fire departments and 13 trucks fought the flames for over three hours after a 3 p.m. discovery by Earl Newlander.
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New Castle News
Re-Ly-On Products Corporation
West Pittsburg
Shenango
Union
Chewton
Neshannock
Lawrence County
Chewton Rd
Re-Ly-On Products Company
Earl Newlander
John Oberleitner
New Castle
Oberleitner
Cool Canadian air brings relief from heat in Pennsylvania
A mass of cool dry air from Canada sweeps across Pennsylvania promising relief from high temperatures. North winds should keep mountain highs in the upper 70s and the rest of the state in the upper 80s, with night lows from the upper 40s in the mountains to the lower 60s in the southeast. Fair, cooler weather is forecast today in the southeast with little change elsewhere.
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United Press
Inside Todays News Page Classified Radio TV Comics
Classified page overview noting sections for society cross word editorial obituaries theaters stocks and contact numbers for news room want ads and telephone lines for the edition
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Cross Word
Ellwood
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Daily Weather Report
U.S. Air Force Academy
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Base of New Academy
Chicago, Ill
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Volant
Inside Todays News
Steen
Tewree
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