Britain Tests Record Hydrogen Bomb in Pacific Sky
London United Press reports Britain's second and mightiest hydrogen bomb detonated Friday at Christmas Island proving ground in the mid Pacific. Air Vice Marshal W E Oulton says megaton range power possibly five million tons of TNT. Witness Richard Voumard says the test marks an operational weapon deliverable by unmodified medium bombers to distant targets.
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London
Britain
Christmas Island Proving Grounds
mid-Pacific
W. E. Oulton
United Press
Richard Voumard
Voumard
Moscow
Memorial Day at New Wilmington and area notes
Memorial Day saw a sparse turnout at the New Wilmington Bore swimming pool as warmer days approach. Observers report a flipped sign at the N Mercer Street library entrance and a glass- strewn intersection at E Washington Street and Pearson Street after yesterday’s accident. churches prepare for baccalaureate services at the Cathedral while picnic crowds gather across the district.
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New Wilmington
E. Washington St
Pearson St
Macmillan Approves Queen to Visit the United States
London sources say Prime Minister Harold Macmillan has officially approved a state visit to the United States by Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen’s decision is expected soon, though initial hesitations stemmed from the Anglo American rift over Suez. Elizabeth has already made state visits this year to France, Portugal, and Denmark.
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London
Harold Macmillan
United States
Elizabeth I
Suez
Elizabeth
France
Portugal
Denmark
Influenza Death Toll Rises Across Philippines
Manila and provincial authorities reported 62 new influenza deaths on Friday, lifting the total known toll to 464 as the epidemic spread. The update comes amid mounting concern over the epidemic sweeping the Philippines.
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Philippines
Manila
Daily Weather Report Partly cloudy and warm with scattered storms
Partly cloudy warm and humid with scattered showers and thunder storms this afternoon and continuing tonight. High in the 80s, lows 58 to 66. Sunday partly cloudy and cooler. 24hour stats: max 82, min 60, precip none, river 5.4 feet. Year ago: max 80, min 55, precip 0.68, river 9 feet.
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Daily Weather Report
Calls For New Look At Trade With China
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged a new look at the entire Chinese trade situation as Britain moves to expand trade with Red China. The Senate Commerce Committee will investigate the issue, with Senator Hubert H. Humphrey calling for Foreign Relations Committee action as well.
Clarion Deaths At Auto Race Ruled Accidental
Clarion County coroner's jury ruled the deaths of eight year old Mary Lou Lindey and 13 year old Harold Brunn Jr accidental after a wheel flew from Ted Wise’s stock car near the finish of a 100 lap feature race. Spectators witnessed the wheel strike the two children and injure others at the Clarion Speedway.
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Clarion, Pa
INS
Clarion County
Ted Wise
Hubbard, C
Mary Lou Lindey
Slippery Rock
Harold Brunn, Jr
Gibsonia
Youth Is Killed In Auto Crash Near Meadville
James Beatty age 19 of Connellsville was killed in a two car wreck on Route 18 in Erie County near the Crawford County line. Two others injured were taken to Meadville Hospital. Accident occurred about 28 miles north of Meadville.
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Meadville Pay
KNS
James Beatty
Connellsville
Erie County
Crawford County
Meadville Hospital
Meadville
Baccalaureate Service Sunday For Catholics
Over 300 persons are expected to attend the baccalaureate exercises for Catholic graduates of the June class at St. Mary Church tomorrow at 7 30 p m. A 6 p m dinner in the school hall will honor students, priests and teachers. Rev F Clifford Soisson of St Anthony Church Bessemer will speak. The service includes Rosary Litany and sermon followed by Solemn Benediction. The Priests Forum of Lawrence County sponsors the exercises. Rt Rev Msgr Francis M McCarter is pastor of the host church.
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St. Mary Church
F. Clifford Soisson
St. Anthony Church
Bessemer
Father Soisson
Priests’ Forum
Lawrence County
Francis M. McCarter
Thomas J. Horner
George Kilarecki
Twenty Five More Indicted In Pike Scandal
Harrisburg based dispatch reports Gov. Leader’s charge of a 19.5 million dollar swindle tied to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission grows as 25 additional defendants are indicted, bringing total to 45. Dauphin County grand jury expected to convene for trial with 20 others on June 4. officials say appeals likely. A separate note mentions injuries to Donna Warso at Jameson Memorial Hospital after a playground accident.
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Harrisburg
INS
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Dauphin County
Huette F. Dowling
PTC
G. Franklin McSorley
Dauphin County Criminal Court
Dowling
Guided Missile Launch Shatters Florida Night
A guided missile, likely an Army Jupiter, blasted from Cape Canaveral on Friday leaving a thunderous roar heard 10 to 15 miles. Air Force declined to confirm the missile type. Hundreds watched from the beach as a bright rocket rose and vanished quickly into the sky.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Alumni Day marks Westminster College 103rd commencement
Westminster College in New Wilmington held Alumni Day with hundreds returning for events including a cornerstone laying for the Walton Mayne Memorial Union. Alumni Accomplishment Awards were to be given to Eugene Carr and Helen Martin. The May Queen was crowned as the day wrapped with a college band concert.
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Westminster College
New Wilmington
Walton-Mayne Memorial Union
Russell Hall
Eugene Carr
Ohio Broadcasting Co
Helen Martin
Carr
Westminster
Miss Martin
American College For Girls
Cairo
Egypt
Carol Paulie
Oil City
College Field House
South Terrace
Chiang Chiang Kai-shek Deplores Taipei Riots
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek condemned last week's riots in Taipei and warned against any opposition to friendship with the United States. In a nationwide broadcast he called the events shocking and regrettable and said China must stand with the United States as leader of the democratic nations.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Chiang
China
Democratic Nations
Demonstration by Virginia Tech students broken up
In Blacksburg Virginia Tech students clashed with police after a Friday night demonstration involving about 300 students. Cadet band music and a tear gas bomb failed to disperse the crowd. Two students were arrested for slashing a state police car tires.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Dixie
Deaths: Mrs Melvin Eppinger and Stanley Szymanski
Deaths recorded for June 1 1957 list Mrs Melvin Eppinger 69 of Volant RD 2 and Stanley Szymanski 71 of 107 Wilder Avenue.
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Melvin Eppinger
Volant
Stanley Szymanski
Wilder Ave
Eight Area Firms to Build 900 M48 Tanks for Army
Congressman Frank Clark said eight area firms will participate in a $119,000,000 Army contract to build 900 M48 A2 tanks. Chrysler Corp. awarded the project with government plants in Newark Delaware to produce the tanks. Clark had urged selection of the Newark facility on May 6.
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Frank Clark
Army
Clark
Department of the Army
Chrysler Corp
New Castle Welding and Manufacturing Co
Castle Tool and Die Co
Lockley Machine Co
Johnson Bronze Co
Townsend Co
New Brighton
Standard Steel Speciality
Beaver Falls
Ingram-Richardson Co
Castle Rubber Co
East Butler
Newark
Del
Brucker
Food Poisoning Death Tied to Sandwiches Shutdown of Plant
In Tampa a death and at least 25 illnesses are linked to packaged sandwiches. Health officials report staphylococcus bacteria likely from human infections. Local tests were sent to the state department while the producer was closed and products recalled in seven counties.
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Tampa
Fla
C. E. Phillipss
County Health Department
Phillips
State Health Department
Miller Plans To Appeal Conviction On Contempt Charges
The playwright Arthur Miller planned to appeal his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to name participants in Communist meetings. He was found guilty on two counts, each carrying up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Judge Charles F. McLaughlin withheld sentencing and released him on a $1,000 bond, while a related case before the Supreme Court could affect the appeal's outcome.
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Thomas B. Ross Washington
Arthur Miller
Congress
Marilyn Monroe
Charles F. McLaughlin
Miller
Supreme Court
Nixon Brother to Wed at Pensacola Naval Base
Ensign Edward C. Nixon, 27, brother of Vice President Richard Nixon, will marry Miss Gay Lynne Woods, 19, today in a private Pensacola Naval Air Station chapel ceremony. Chaplain R. E. Elliot will officiate. Woods is from New Orleans. her father Vernon B. Woods is a builder.
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Pensacola Naval Air Station
Fla
INS
Edward C. Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Richard Nixon
Gay Lynne Woods
New Orleans
Pensacola Naval Air Station Chapel
Miss Woods
Vernon B. Woods
R. E. Elliot
Atlanta
Naval Air Station
Two-Year-Old Parking Authority Awaits Council Action
The City Parking Authority, two years old this week, expects a council vote on Monday on a proposal from February for two new parking lots. The sites are at West Washington Street and South Becker Street, and at North and East Streets, based on a November 1955 Eckles Engineering Co. survey. The authority’s first year saw turmoil including the mayor firing three members who opposed the plan. The five original members were Edwin M. McBride, David Long, James A. McCormick, Thomas J. Foley, and Anthony Conn.
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Edward A. DeCagbio
W. Washington
S. Beacer
North
East Sts
Eckles Engineering Co
Authority
Edwin M. McBride
David Long
James A. McCormick
Thomas J. Foley
Anthony Conn
Woman Held In Shooting Of Ex Fiancee
Edith Louise Hough a 42 year old private secretary remained jailed as a grand jury investigates the case. She testified she shot Zurab Abdusheli 44 a Voice of America announcer after he became aggressive and pulled at her clothes. The shooting followed his visit to mourn her father's death.
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Washington
Edith Louise Hough
Miss Hough
Zurab Abdusheli
Abdusheli
Voice of America
Washington and Deland, Fla
District of Columbia Women’s Bureau
Abdushel
Auto Stolen While Farmer Seeks Insurance in Ormton
ORMONT, N. C. Willie A. Hunt, a Fairmont farmer, drove into town Friday to buy automobile insurance. While his policy was being drawn up, someone stole his car forcing him to hitchhike home.
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Ormont
N. C
Willie A. Hunt
Fairmont
Willie
Drowning Death of 13-Year-Old Girl in Loyalsock Creek
A 13-year-old girl, Sherry April of Loyalsock Township, drowned Friday while swimming in Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Williamsport
Lycoming County
Loyalsock Creek
Sherry April
Loyalsock Township
New Castle High seniors to attend baccalaureate service
Ne-Ca seniors of New Castle High School will attend a baccalaureate service tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Cathedral. Dr. Garth C. Koch will deliver the sermon Foundation For Life with Rev. George W. Henderson and Rev. L. A. Shindledecker assisting. The program includes organ recitals, hymns, readings, solo, and the senior class prayer.
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New Castle High School
Garth C. Koch
First Baptist Church
Foundation For Life
George W. Henderson
Second United Presbyterian Church
L. A. Shindledecker
Epworth Methodist Church
Donald Griffin
Margaret Weir
Jesus
Helipeters Test Landings At White House Grounds
President Eisenhower oversaw test landings of two helicopters on the South Lawn marking the third landing on White House grounds. The three seat craft valued at $60,000 landed about 50 yards from the mansion entrance. Officials say personal use awaits the mid July civil defense evacuation drill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Executive Mansion
Fisenhower
Motorcycle Rider Killed In Milton Crash
Robert J. Moore 22 of Watsontown killed when his motorcycle mounted a curb and hit a tree in Milton. Companion Roy Thornberg 21 suffered facial and knee lacerations. Police chief said the riders may have been playing chicken with cars before the crash.
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Milton
Robert J. Moore
Watsontown
Roy Thornberg
John Golden
New Floods And Tornadoes In Parts Of Texas
Tornadoes and torrential downpours hit Texas causing at least five deaths and widespread damage. Flash floods swept San Antonio and Fort Worth while Bracketville saw families flee. Two 14 year old boys were killed by lightning in Arlington as high winds felled homes in Mona hans.
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Vermont
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Bracketville
Tex
Monahans
Arlington
la Pryor
Ohio Valley
New England
Mid-Atlantic States
Appalachians
Survivor Of 20 Days On Mountain Flown Back Home
Mrs. Dorothy Le Masurier 45 survived twenty stormy days on Ferris Mountain after a Wyoming plane crash. She was flown from Casper to Duluth in a Minnesota National Guard C-47, treated for frostbite shock sunburn exposure and malnutrition.
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Duluth, Minn
INS
Dorothy le Masurier
Wyoming
Duluth
Casper
Wyo
Minnesota National Guard
Rawlins
le Masurier
Ferris Mountain
Dalton
Nuclear Test Postponed by Weather in 1957 Series
LAS VEGAS Nevada INS reports the Atomic Energy Commission postponed the second test of the 1957 series due to adverse weather. A 24 hour postponement was ordered.
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Las Vegas
Nev
INS
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Grass mower accident injures Leona Prosser in Jameson area
Leona Prosser of 3109 Fernwood Lane was cutting grass when a stone struck her right leg. She received treatment at Jameson Memorial Hospital for a leg laceration and was discharged at 2:10 PM.
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Donna Warso
New Castle
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Leona Prosser
Fernwood Lane
June Reigns With Greens and Flowers in Her Hair
A poem-novelty notice greets June as a welcoming figure styled with greens and flowers. The piece notes May has left and June arrives to reign with grace and a cheerful smile on a 79 degree day.
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June
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Pike
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Macon
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Tri-K Pirates
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