Five Convicted In Turnpike Case To Appeal
Five prominent men convicted of conspiring to defraud the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission of 19.5 million dollars began appeals. They face two to seven years in prison and fines up to 5000 dollars. judge deferred sentence until appeals. Four others acquitted.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Dauphin County
Homer L. Kreider
Thomas J. Fyans
Commission
Charles W. Stickler, Jr
Mann-Mine Research and Development Company
Reading
Evans
Clayton A. Landsidle
Paul J. McNeill
James F. Torrance
Stickler
Landsidle
City Work and Weather Hints Amid Fall Preparations
A street sweeper clears residential areas including North Hill and Little League Park along Taylor St. Widening on Leesburg Grove City road begins while downtown sees remodeling. Birds circle as fall signals approach and a jet crash memory lingers from July 25 1956 at New Castle. Property owners on Hamilton St await settlements in a local case.
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City
North Hill
Little League
Taylor St
Leesburg Grove City Road
New Castle
Hamilton St
September Draft Call In State 568
Harrisburg shows Pennsylvania's September draft call at 568 men as part of a national total of 8,000. The August quota for the state stood at 735.
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Harrisburg
Selective Service
Pennsylvania
Daily Weather Report Summary
Cloudy and mild tonight with lows 57 to 63. Saturday will be partly cloudy and more humid. Weather stats show 24 hour period ending 7 am with high 78 and low 57, no precipitation, heavy dew, river at 5.4 feet. year ago, high 83, low 65, precipitation 0.7, river at 8.5 feet.
Floods Kill and Displace Thousands in Kyushu Japan
Japanese press reports 2000 to 3000 dead or missing after torrential rains flood Kyushu. Isa kaya and Omura City suffer severe inundation with scores of homes washed away and trains trapped. A radio operator in Isahaya relays that nearly 1000 are dead or missing.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
Japanese Weather Bureau
Kyushu
Ishaya
Nagasaki
Isakaya
Omura
Isahaya
Yutaa Miura
Honmio River
Philadelphia police hunt after fatal store shooting of Jacob Wallfield
A Philadelphia task force of more than 150 officers hunted youths Friday in connection with the murder of 75-year-old druggist Jacob Wallfield, killed by a shotgun blast during a holdup at his north Philadelphia store. Two other teen killers confessed to slayings in separate holdups this year.
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Philadelphia
INS
North Philadelphia
Jacob Wallfield
Wallfield
Episcopal Hospital
Lewis Viner
Explosion in Auto Kills Three in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh blaster committed suicide by detonating a car bomb Friday night, killing himself, his estranged wife Elaine Gitschier 18, and eight year old Linda Kraus. Seven others were injured as bystanders.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Arthur H. de Pew
Dravon Corp
Elaine Gitschier
Linda Kraus
Linda
House Democrats Decry Eisenhower Over School Construction Bill
The House defeated the 1.5 billion dollar school construction bill 208 to 203 with Democrats blaming President Eisenhower for the setback. Republicans defended the President but admitted weak support hurt passage. Since civil rights battles delay Senate action, any final vote is not expected this year. Party lines show 111 Republicans voting to kill, 77 to keep alive. 126 Democrats to keep alive, 97 to kill.
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Neil MacNeil
United Press
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Hungary reports hundreds arrested over revolt bid
In Budapest the state announced that several hundred opponents were rounded up last week at the Csepel steel plant. Gyorgy Marosan told a large crowd that 500 to 1,000 arrests occurred as authorities moved to quell anticipated anti-communist activity.
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Vienna
INS
Hungary
Gyorgy Marosan
Csepel
Budapest
Radio
Marosan
Mt. Oliver Man Killed In Arizona Car Crash
Mt. Oliver resident Fred Scuilli, 61, was killed in a three car crash in Arizona during a desert tour. His wife and seven other relatives were injured as 12 family members traveled together.
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Mt. Oliver
Arizona
Pittsburgh
INS
Fred Scuilli
New Castle Officials Elected In Western Pa Conference
Two New Castle residents were named to top posts in the Western Pennsylvania Conference at Sharon. James A. Rugh was elected president and Murray S. Stephens secretary-treasurer for one year. Fred Bennett of Sharon and James H. March of Beaver Falls were named first vice presidents.
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New Castle
Death Toll In Turkish Plane Crash Rises to 23
In Bursa, northwestern Turkey, a Turkish air force jet crashed and exploded in a row of houses and shops. The pilot died when his parachute failed to open. Twenty three people have now died and fourteen are injured as seven more succumb in hospitals.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bursa
Biggest NYC real estate deal announced in history
Webb and Knapp agrees to sell three Manhattan skyscrapers for 66 million dollars led by the 77 story Chrysler Tower and including the 30 story Graybar Building and 32 story Chrysler East Annex. Syndicate headed by Lawrence A Wien to take 75 percent control, with 20 million dollars cash.
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New York
New York City
Webb & Knapp
Chrysler
Graybar
Death records list six local residents ages 51 to 77
Alfred J. Mascaro 51 of 759 Addis Street Mrs Francis A Pinkerton 55 of Harbor Edenburg Road George K Wheale 54 of 161 Morris Street William Rushing 77 of 27 North Front Street Mrs Amelia Sibberson of 420 Meyer Avenue listed in a local death notices compilation.
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Alfred J. Mascaro
Addis St
Francis A. Pinkerton
Harbor-Edenburg
George K. Wheale
Morris St
William Rushing
Front St
Amelia Sibberson
Meyer Ave
Bride Marital Hall Collapse Kills Over Forty In Cairo
In Cairo a top floor collapse at a Darb El Ahmar house during a wedding killed more than 40 people, including a bride in a white dress. About 45 injured were hospitalized as rescue teams searched the rubble for additional victims. The disaster struck near Saladin's Citadel late Thursday night.
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Cairo
Darb el Ahmar
Saladin’s
Detours Set For Route 18 Re Construction
State Highway Department will close Pa Route 18 south of New Castle to Moravia on July 29. Trucks detour via W Washington Street Atlantic Avenue Mahoningtown Mt Jackson Enon Valley and New Galilee. Cars use Traffic Route 168 to Koppel.
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State Highway Department
New Castle
Moravia
W. Washington St
Atlantic Ave
Mahoningtown
Mt. Jackson
Enon Valley
New Galilee
West Pittsburg RD
Koppel
Dulles Visits Canada to Meet New Prime Minister
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles departs for a weekend trip to Ottawa to meet Canada’s new prime minister John G. Diefenbaker. It is his first official Canadian visit in nearly two years, though he has vacationed at Duck Island on Lake Ontario.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Dulles
Duck Island
Ontario
Rumor Nasser May Freeze U.S. Assets in Egypt Speech
Rumors say President Nasser will announce freezing all American assets in Egypt in a Alexandria speech marking the fifth anniversary of King Farouk’s departure. U.S. investments in Egypt total about 25 million dollars and tensions rise over withheld funds and wheat and oil sales.
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Cairo
INS
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Alexandria
Nasser
U.S
Farouk
Treasury
Washington
Cuba Faces Call for General Strike Amid Tense Anniversary
Cuban authorities tightened security across Havana and Oriente Province as the 26th of July movement urged a 15 minute nationwide strike to mark its fourth founding anniversary. Troops and police were on alert while rebels, led by Fidel Castro, were not expected to mount a full-scale assault.
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Havana
Santiago
Oriente
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Ellwood Sank 16 Stocks secoees-25
Ellwood Sank reports stock market movements and sector performance with brief notes on gains and losses. The item frames a concise financial snapshot amid the paper’s other briefs and notices.
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Mac
Society
Ross Org
Ellwood
Football season nears as practice begins this summer
The piece notes fading summer heat but signals football season approaching. It mentions practice starting in weeks, players aiming for trim, and readiness for tackles and ends as teams prepare, with a line about today’s eighty two degree weather.
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