Neshannock Honors 1961 Bausch & Lomb Science Award Winner
Dwight D. Racioppo earned the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award at Neshannock High School with Principal William Wallace noting the award honors top science scholars. Racioppo also received multiple scholarships including Case Tech and Danforth Foundation while planning to study metallurgy at Penn State.
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Dwight D. Racioppo
Bausch & Lomb
Neshannock High School
United States
Racioppo
William Wallace
National Association of Seconday
Mahoning- Shenango Valley Engineers Society
Case Institute of Technology
Danforth Foundation
Thiel College
Women's Club of
Mary Jane Botham
College Conservatory of Music of Cinncinnati
William Carlson
Pittsburgh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ralph Cicerone
Union Carbide Scholarship Foundation
Pennsylvania State University
William Mack
Neshannock Lions Club
Chester Mick
Penn State
Industry backs bands Detroit
Industrial firms across the United States sponsor about 1600 musical ensembles including bands orchestras and chestras according to a survey by the National Industrial Recreation Association.
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Detroit
United States
National Industrial Recreation Association
New Gettysburg College selects Cornell dean as president
Dr. Carl A. Hanson of Cornell University will become Gettysburg College president on September 1 succeeding Lt. Gen. Willard S. Paul. Hanson, Akron native and expert in labor relations, has served since 1948 at Cornell and since 1957 as dean of the faculty. He is a member of the New York State Board of Mediation and has consulted for Standard Oil Esso and DuPont.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Carl A. Hanson
Cornell University
Gettysburg College
Hanson
Akron
Ohio
Willard S. Paul
New York State Board of Mediation
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Esso Standard Oi Co
E. I. DuPont Corp
Cornell
New York School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Break New Ground In Desegregation Controversy
The Justice Department argues states must keep public schools open and desegregated, denying the right to close schools to avoid integration. In Baton Rouge a three judge court weighs St Helena Parish moves, linking education to fundamental constitutional rights and due process.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Baton Rouge
St. Helena Parish
Protest over seizure of Puebla University by communists
About 100000 Roman Catholics gathered in Puebla to protest the seizure of Puebla University by Communist led students. The crowd filled the central square and nearby streets, the largest recent Mexican demonstration with participants from over 20 cities. Authorities cite limited Communist support in Mexico City and note the students seized the campus in April after anti American demonstrations tied to Cuba.
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Puebla
Mexico
UPI
Puebla University
Mexico City
Cuba
York Adventurer Tests Bubble Boat On San Juan Trip
Wayne Wilson of York Pennsylvania begins a 150 mile San Juan River voyage in a transparent plastic bubble boat he built. He travels about 30 miles daily with 11 companions in a river boat caravan, aiming to finish near Page Arizona where trucks await.
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Utah
Wayne Wilson
York
San Juan
Wilson
St. Lawrence
San Juan River
Colorado River
Mmiles
Page
Aziz
Read- Standard Machinery Co
Plastic bags blamed for 114 U.S. suffocation deaths
An estimated 114 deaths in the United States last year were attributed to suffocation in plastic bags.
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Chicago
United States
Veterans Affairs answers on veteran status and pensions
The VA confirms that service from 1920 to 1922 qualifies as veteran status, but not a World War I war period unless specific dates apply. It notes a widow may receive pension if income and estate limits are met, and a person raised by a veteran father may be entitled to pension until age.
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Russia
Citizens protest Quaker teacher hire in Ohio town
Residents of Yellow Springs circulated petitions opposing Mills Lawn Elementary School’s hiring of Mrs. Henry Dyer a Quaker woman who previously refused to pay part of her income tax for military funding Patriotism cited as the main issue Petitioners said they would present petitions reflecting town sentiment Mrs Dyer 34 stated she and her family faced controversy
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Yellow Springs
UPS
Ohio City
Mills Lawn
Henry Dyer
Kenneth Coffman
Tax misapplied funds prompt state inquiry
The husband redirected tax money to UNICEF and Houses for Korea. the couple claims all taxes are paid and their home was seized but later repurchased. School board President Pauli Wagner notes Mrs. Dyer agreed to tax withholdings from her paycheck as with other employees.
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Unicef
Houses
Korea
Dyers
Pauli Wagner
Jewish War Vets Denounce Birch Society Action
At the Pennsylvania state convention of Jewish War Veterans a resolution denounced the John Birch Society as undermining academic freedom while claiming to fight communism. New officers elected include Leroy H. Bloom as state commander, Carl Gelb as senior vice commander, Irvin J. Good as judge advocate, and Mildred Lermack as auxiliary president.
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Philadelphia
UPI
John Birch Society
Leroy H. Bloom
Pittsburgh
Joseph Goldstein
Carl Gelb
Scranton
Irvin J. Good
Mildred Lermack
Harry Markowitz
Billy Graham Opens Second Week Of British Crusade
Billy Graham, recovering from a throat infection, continues his England crusade in Manchester. He reports no lasting ill effects from the illness and says he felt stronger at the end of a 42 minute Saturday sermon. The London Daily Sketch criticized his methods as emotional manipulation.
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Manchester
England
UPI
Billy Graham
London
Graham
London Daily Sketch
COWPENS SC NAME ROOTED IN CATTLE PENS TRAIL
In early days cattlemen used the cow pens area for cowpens and the name stuck.
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Cowpens
S.C
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Dwight Racioppo
George Wicksteed
China
York Adventurer
Toblaws
Loblaw
Kitt
Veterans Administration
National Institute of Rug Cleaning
Oliver
Cadillac
Reiber Cadillac
Pontiac Company
COR
Wilmington & Kenneth Avenue
New Castle, PA
Birch Society
Welt
Scott Township
Justice OF the Peace
Bete
Scotts
Scotts Rose
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