Local Man Enlists in U S Navy From Edenburg District
Gerald Edward Waitt son of Mr and Mrs Cecil C Watt Edenburg RD 1 enlisted in the Navy He is a Union High School Class of 1960 graduate Seaman Waitt will begin recruit training at the San Diego Naval Training Center and get 14 days leave after the first nine weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Edward Waitt
Cecil C. Watt
Edenburg RD 1
U. S. Navy
Union High School
Seaman Watt
San Diego Naval Training Center
Navy seaman Valenti completes electronics training at Great Lakes
Samuel Michael Valenti of Quest Street recently graduated from electronics school at the Great Lakes Naval Training Command. A 1959 New Castle High School graduate, he enlisted last June through the high school electronics program and now is eligible for advanced electronic schooling aboard USS Blandy in New River.
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Samuel Michael Valenti
U. S. Navy
Frank Valenti
Quest St
Great Lakes
Mannheim
Germany
Harvey W. Daugherty
Betty Regna
Bell Ave
63D Ordnance Company
Daugherty
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
New Castle High School
The
Arsenal Corporation
Marines Visit Barcelona During Sixth Fleet Tour
Ronald F. Hill, son of Florence M. Hill of Mills Way, completed an eight day visit to Barcelona with the First Battalion Sixth Marines of the U S Sixth Fleet amphibious force in the Mediterranean. The trip followed an NATO exercise on Sardinia and comes as Marines engage in multiple exercises across France Italy and Greece before a mid June return to the United States.
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Barcelona
Spain
Pfe
Ronald FE. Hill
Florence M. Hill
Mills Way
Sixth Marines
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sardinia
Sixth Fleet
France
Italy
Greece
Pvt Robert M Abraham completes finance course at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Army private Robert M Abraham 21 son of Mr and Mrs Louis Abraham 418 Waldo St completed an eight week finance procedures course at The Finance School Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana He was trained in matters related to financial operations within the Army.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Army
Walter H. Haybarger
William H. Haybarger
Morris St
Artillery and Missile Center
Haybarger
Fort Knox
Shenango High School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Robert M. Abraham
Louis Abraham
Waldo St
Finance School
Abraham
Army air crew member helps extract 35,000 pound load from C 130
In Kitzingen Germany Army PFC Sam J McCracken and Lt Ralph L Pounds family notes detail training and assignments. Chief Warrant Officer Victor A James of El Centro California participated as crew on a test flight that retrieved a 35 000 pound test load from a four engine C 130 cargo aircraft. The test program aims to determine safe drop weights over 30 000 pounds for airborne operations. The bathtub shaped container with 500 pound weights demonstrates center of gravity adjustments for data collection. Additional tests are planned with the 6511th Test Group at El Centro and other locations.
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Victor A. James
Alexander James
Pennsylvania Ave
Air Force
el Centro
Calif
Royal Air Force of
England
6511Th
New Cassle PA News Reports Safe Dropping Weights
The report notes that heavier weights may be dropped once test data predicts the maximum safe droppable loads.
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New Cassle
Well-Timed Vacation Helps Family Bond
Anne McLaughlin's mother aided after the birth of the first two children but with the third on the way, Bill McLaughlin shifted his vacation to stay home. He admits reluctance, yet says the arrangement helped him bond with the kids and start with the new baby better.
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Anne McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Anne
Bill McLaughlin
Bill
McLaughlins
May Meter Revenue Reveals City Parking Income
City parkers paid 8139.89 into meters in May as street meters brought 4370 and Authority lots 3769.89. Lot totals by site included Library 541.49 Offutt 239.73 Kerr 466.83 N Mercer 757.66 N Jefferson 289.28 W Washington 614.50 F Washington 157.11 Sill 0. Parking token sales added 40. Authority year to date lot income reaches 17809.27, funds directed to bond payments while street meter takings feed general city funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library
Offutt
Kerr
N. Mercer St
N. Jefferson St
W. Washington St
F. Washington St
Still St
William J. Asselton
Reporter recalls past Democratic conventions in 1956
Washington writer Dick West recalls the Chicago amphitheater press rooms and bandwagon memories from the 1956 Democratic convention as he notes W Averell Harriman testimony before a Senate subcommittee. Harriman, a former diplomat and governor, hints at no run for office, planning to attend the current Democrat convention as a delegate.
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Washington
UPI
Memory Lane
Chicago
Stevenson
Harriman
Senate
National Policy Machinery
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
Great Britain
Commerce
Europe
Truman
The
Mutual Security Agency
New York
W. Stuart Symington
Stu Harriman
Stb
Local IAM Delegates To Attend Convention
Two members of Local 1671 International Association of Machinists will attend the convention Friday through Sunday in Allentown. They are Vice President Gaylor Wimner and Edward J. Zehel, with Louis Nanni, president of Local 2178, and Frank Doyle, president of Local 166, saying their groups would not send delegates. British wool exports in 1959 reach a postwar high with shipments totaling 96 million pounds. Canada, India and Red China are listed as top customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Machinists
Allentown
Gaylor Wimner
Edward J. Zehel
Louis Nanni
Fank Doyle
Britain
Canada
India
Red
China
Iron ore shipments surge in early 1959 totals
Ottawa reports 7,385,664 tons of tram ore shipped in the first six months of 1959 versus 4,314,002 tons in the same period of 1958. Detroit notes the current model passenger car averages 27 lamps, five more than the typical home lighting total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Detroit
St Michael Youths Win Legion Awards at School Ceremony
Two St Michael's School pupils, Steven Lakatos and Kathleen Sloenerick, received American Legion awards. Walter A Kieler and Mrs. John Morgan presented honors for courage, scholarship, and achievement. James Sloenerick led the ceremony with the national anthem as students sang and Rev. Michael Mihok offered congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's School
American Legion
Steven Lakatos
Steve Lakatos
Hanna St
Kathleen Sloanerick
Michael Sloanerick
Hanna
Walter A. Kieler
Bey
John Morgan
American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Sloenerick
James Sloenerick
Diane Aram
M. Germaine
Michael Mihok
New Headache Discovery Relieves Migraine Pain
Medical science announces a two-layer two-color tablet named Duplexin that quickly relieves both pain and nausea from mild migraine headaches. The white layer eases throbbing pain, the pink layer neutralizes gastric acid and nausea, providing rapid, gentle relief with double-action formula claimed to be unmatched by aspirin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N.Y
Medical Science
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Gerald Watt
Anthony Mangieri
Sam Mangieri
Pollock Ave
Mangieri
Youngstown University
Minter
Arrow
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Kitzingen
Sam J. McCracken
Howard A. McCracken
3D S Infantry Division
McCracken
15Th Infantry
Fort Benining
Laurel High School
Ralph L. Pounds
Leroy A. Pounds
Slippery Rock RD
Fort Dix
Pounds
Oakland Army Base
Far East
S.C
Military Police School
Fort Gordon
Military Police
Samuels & Sons
E. Long Ave
Nabisco
West Wash
By Dick West
IAM
Union Plaza
West Side
Bologna
St. Michael
Legion Awards
Kalamazoo
South
Jefferson St
Long Lee Diamond
Beauty
Jack Gerson
ZY Ee
INGT
T. A
Bolotin
Baron Hardware
Washington ST
Nbc-Tv
Pat Boone
Pikes Peak
United States Automobile Club
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Chevrolet
Chevrolet-Keystone CO
W. Grant Street
New Castle, PA
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