Berlin Declaration on German reunification to be signed
Britain France the United States and West Germany plan a 12 point Berlin Declaration on reunification. Diplomats view it as a move to outsmart Soviet pressure ahead of a West German election while basing terms on the Eden Plan from 1954 offering free elections and sovereign ally choices.
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London
INS
Britain
France
U.S
West Germany
Berlin
East Germany
Nikita S. Khrushchev Bulganin
Anthony Eden
Germany
Parakeets and Night Firework Warnings Reported
A local woman advertised for her lost parakeet after several calls cited a found bird. Residents warned to secure toys at night to prevent injuries. Fourth of July celebrations linger and fireworks continue in parts of the city. Police note overtime parkers and frequent calls, while meter tips fail.
Daily Weather Report Fair Tonight and Warmer Sunday
Weather for the 24hour period ending 7 a.m. reports a high of 80 and a low of 58 with no precipitation and heavy dew. River stage is 5.4 feet. A year ago the high was 84 and low 64 with 1.9 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 11.6 feet.
Two Bridge Painters Die In Delaware Memorial Bridge Plunge
Two painters died when a scaffold clamp failed on the Delaware Memorial Bridge causing a 200 foot plunge into the Delaware River. Victims were Donald Jiannini aged 22 of West Conshohocken and Eugene Hart 37 of Chester. Bodies recovered.
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Philadelphia
INS
Delaware River
Delaware Memorial Bridge
Donald Jiannini
West Conshohocken
Eugene Hart
Chester
City Housing to Be Bid In 90 Days
Lawrence County Housing Authority plans 76 low rent units on the West Side with bids advertised in 90 days after FHA final approval. Land purchases for 12 acres between Harbor Street and McClelland Avenue totaling $18,800 will close next week, with building contracts over $1 million expected early next year.
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Earl Wimner
Lawrence County Housing Authority
Harbor St
McClelland Ave
Winter
Federal Housing Administration
William Eckles
Ellwood City
FHA
R. M. Little
Mel P. Booker
Three Teenagers Held For Murder In Philadelphia
Three teenage youths Isaiah Green 16 James Crowson 16 and Edwin Walker 15 were captured and charged with the murder of 75 year old Jacob Wallfield a Philadelphia druggist. Lt. David Brown said all signed confessions with Green admitting being the triggerman. The shotgun was found in a North Philadelphia rear yard where Walker slept. Green was traced to a relative’s home Crowson arrested at his home Walker seized at a friend’s home.
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Philadelphia
INS
Jacob Wallfield
David Brown
Isaiah Green
James Crowson
Edwin Walker
Brown
Green
Walker
Lawrence J. Ferguson
Crowsen
Body Of Man Blown Out Of Plane Found
The body of jeweler Saul F. Binstock, 62, found in the California desert after an airliner explosion. An autopsy was performed. investigators seek the exact death cause and trace explosive marks as Civil Aeronautics Board probes continue.
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O'Donnell
Barstow
Calif
San Bernardino
Civil Aeronautics Board
Nasser rallies 180000 in Alexandria on fifth anniversary
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser addressed about 180000 citizens in Liberation Square Alexandria praising victory over starvation and economic pressure with Syrian and Russian aid. He linked the latest stand to last fall’s Anglo French Israeli invasion and noted the canal nationalization anniversary.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
West
Nasser
Hammed Tahrir (Liberation) Square
Farouk
Suez Canal
Baby Is Shot Accidentally By Young Babysitter
A 14 year old babysitter fired a .22 rifle and fatally wounded his infant nephew Terry Holmes two. The child died at Warren Hospital from a head wound. Larry Johnson of Warren Bradford County was repairing the rifle in an adjoining room when the accident occurred in Endeavor Forest County.
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Warren
Terry Holmes
Larry Johnson
Bradford County
Endeavor
Forest County
Constable Killed During Slippery Rock Chase
A speeding motorist led to a fatal crash near Slippery Rock Butler County. George Watts 53 of Slippery Rock died when the patrol car struck an embankment on Route 258. Patrolman James W. Coleman 42 was hospitalized with possible skull fracture after the collision. The pursuit began when the driver was seen speeding past an intersection.
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Slippery Rock
INS
Butler County
George Watts
James W. Coleman
Grove City Hospital
Route 258
Massive Dock Fire Ravages Boston Mystic River Docks
A blaze at the Mystic River Docks in Boston caused more than 1.25 million dollars in damage and threatened fuel elevators. About two thousand workers battled through the night as five firefighters were hospitalized. Fire chiefs warned the blaze could burn for days amid involvement from fireboats, Navy vessels, and 60 trucks. The Pocahontas Fuel Yard area, leased from Boston and Maine Railroad, housed the fire with uncertain origin, possibly spontaneous combustion.
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Boston
Mystic River
John F. Howard
William Hogan
Navy
Pocahontas
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mystic Docks
Cow Jumps Fence Injures Pittsburgh Family in Accident
A cow leapt a farm fence and collided with a car on Route 8 near Titusville. Howard Adams 51 drove his wife Ruth 46 and daughters Nancy 14 and Sharon 11 to Stern Memorial Hospital with cuts from flying glass. the driver was uninjured and the cow was killed. Car damage was estimated at 800 dollars.
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Union City
Pittsburgh
Howard Adams
Erie
Titusville
Ruth
Nancy
Sharon
Stern Memorial Hospital
Adams
Asiatic Flu Kills 642 in West Java. Floods Evacuate 60,000
An official report says 642 people have died from Asiatic influenza in West Java as the epidemic rages in some areas. Separate dispatches report floods driving more than 60,000 from low-lying districts and 13 flood deaths.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West Java
Plans To Raise The Andrea Doria Salvage Effort
A Trenton salvage firm has purchased the submerged Andrea Doria and will begin raising the liner from 212 feet deep about 70 miles off Nantucket. The operation, headed by Richard Meyers, may take about a year and cost 2 to 3.5 million dollars. Two 630-foot ore ships and 97 000 feet of cable are en route from the Great Lakes project.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
Armando Conte
Marine Salvage Dvvsion
AAA Sales Co
Societa D’assis‘orazione
Genoa
Nantucket Island
Stockholm
Richard Meyers
Detroit
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Eisenhower Sends Dulles to London for Disarmament Talks
President Eisenhower announced he will send Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to London Sunday to join the long running disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. The White House said there is no emergency and no new development. the move signals determination to press for a disarmament agreement.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
London
Soviet Union
White House
News
James C. Flagerty
Dulles
Townships Set To Back Area Sewerage Plan
Union and Shenango townships plan Monday votes on resolutions backing the city metropolitan sewer plan to extend lines into surrounding areas. The measures aim to strengthen the city's bid for 15000 federal advance planning funds for a project affecting Neshannock and Taylor townships. Ed Hanna of Union notes high septic usage and says officials will support the city. Shenango Township supervisors will hold a special meeting to act on the resolution, Miles Baker calls its passage likely. The four townships’ approvals are sought by the Housing and Home Finance Agency Community Facilities Administration.
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Union
Shenango
Neshannock
Taylor
Ed Hanna
Union Two
Shenango Twp
Miles Baker
Community Facilities Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
U S Forces Aid Japan Flood Relief Effort Expands
U S air and naval forces join Japanese relief agencies to speed aid to western Kyushu after floods and landslides. Tokyo lists 319 dead and 277 missing feared dead. newspapers cite total toll possibly 1000 to 3000. Over 190000 homeless as 31 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. Weather improves briefly. further heavy rains expected in Honshu.
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Itazuke
Japan
United States Air and Naval
Kyushu
Tokyo
Omura Bay
Honshu
Attorney to review Wedler claim in Sheppard case
Dr. Samuel Sheppard’s former lawyer William Corrigan heads to Florida to examine Donald Wedler’s tale that he killed Marilyn Sheppard. Corrigan plans a thorough check of Wedler’s statements as a potential basis for new action toward freeing the Cleveland osteopath.
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DE Land
Fla.up
Samuel Sheppard
Florida
Cleveland
William Corrigan
Donald H. Wedler
Marilyn Sheppard
Commissioners Hire Appraiser for County Tax Study
H. C. Workmaster of Appraisal Co. of Pittsburgh is contracted by Lawrence County commissioners to survey the tax equalization program. The study, costing up to $2500, will be completed in 30 days. Workmaster will inspect varied properties across political sub-divisions to determine average fair market values for land and buildings.
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H. C. Workmaster
Unit Value ‘Appraisal Co
Pittsburgh
Lawrence County
Workmaster
British RAF Uses Leaflets to End Oman Rebellion
RAF jets shifted from rockets to leaflets over 5 000 square miles held by rebels in Muscat and Oman. Leaflets urged rebels to lay down arms with promises of pardons, with rocket attacks likely to resume if rebel attitude does not change.
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Trucia Oman
Muscat
Oman
Imam of Oman
Talib
Jury Trial Amendment Defeat Likely
Republican leaders expect 35 to 37 Senate votes with the administration on a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill, enough to defeat the provision. President Eisenhower opposed the amendment and Democrats plan to push it, with a close showdown anticipated next week.
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Dayton Moore
United Press
Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
GOP
Deaths on Saturday July 27 1957
R Loy Boyd age 69 of 1503 North Mercer and John George Benn age 40 of West Pittsburg are listed among deaths recorded Saturday July 27 1957.
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R. Loy Boyd
N. Mercer
John George Benn
West Pittsburg
Assassin Ends Own Life After Palace Shooting
Guatemala City reported the assassination of anti Communist President Carlos Castillo Armas by a palace guard who then killed himself. Vice President Luis Arturo Gonzalez Lopez was sworn in to continue the anti Communist program. The fate of the country remained unclear as the, situation unfolded after the June 1954 coup and 1955 Washington visit.
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Guatemala City
Ins
New York
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Romeo Sanchez
Luis Arturo Gonzales Lopez
Castillo Armas
Jacobs Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Americas
Washington
Communist Party
Hoffa Emerges as Suspected Heir to Beck at Teamsters
In Chicago James R. Hoffa 44 announced his bid for the Teamsters presidency as Dave Beck neared exit. Hoffa spoke before 800 officials after an acquittal on a Senate conspiracy charge and pledged to battle AFL-CIO opposition. In Seattle Beck pleaded innocent to a grand jury indictment accusing him of grand larceny over a union auto sale. Beck Jr. faces arraignment next Tuesday.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
Hoffa
Senate
Teamster
Seattle
Wash
Beck
Teamsters
Dave Beck Jr
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