Long rifle feud heats up as PA, KY issue shoot challenge
Eight Pennsylvania horsemen delivered a formal shootout challenge to Governor Bert Combs, prompting a tongue in cheek exchange about the Kentucky rifle. The feud centers on whether the famed long rifle is misnamed, with plans for a November or fall shoot in Kentucky and Pennsylvania and a vow to set formal ground rules.
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Frankfort
UPI
Pennsylvania
Bert Combs
Fred Gehm
Mechanicsburg
William Scranton
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Reading
George Chinn
Historical Society
Some Vets To Get More Compensation
Two classes of veterans with service connected deafness in both ears or loss of use of both vocal cords will receive additional monthly compensation. Wartime disabled veterans get 47 dollars more per month, peacetime cases 38 dollars. The VA will identify most entitled veterans and add the increase to August payments.
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Pittsburgh
Veterans Administration
Chewton ial VBS Opens Here Monday
Vacation Bible School starts Monday at Chewton Christian Bible School for pupils and community members. It runs daily 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. through June 21 in the church with C P Durbin as director aided by teachers and others.
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Chewton Christian Bible School
C. P. Durbin
Chewton Christian Bible School Holds Closing Exercises
Pupils were promoted to the next class at the Chewton Christian Bible School closing exercises. Certificates were distributed and pupils will advance to the new class starting Sunday.
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Chewton Christian Bible School
J C Yoho Bible Class Holds Fry at Grand View Park
Members of the J C Yoho Bible Class at Chewton Christian Church held a fish fry at Grand View Park near Wurtembrug. No business meeting occurred and the next meeting time will be announced. The group, which bowls each Saturday night, will hold its annual dinner Saturday at 6 30 PM at the Heinz Tea Room.
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J. C. Yoho Bible
Chewton Christian Church
Grandview Park
Wurtembrug
Heinz
Chewton Notes Visit Highlights Local Callers
In Chewton Mr and Mrs Moulton Ferguson and family of Princeton called on the Craven and McMillin households. F B Murphy of Grove City visited East Palestine friends while Paul Craven and family from Ellwood New Castle Rd called on Harry Craven. The Kellys and Hennon visited Philadelphia relatives and infant son of Mr and Mrs Kelly at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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Chewton
F. B. Murphy
Grove City
William McMillin
Larry Craven
East Palestine, CO
Roy Craven
Paul Craven
Ellwood
New Castle Rd
Harry Craven
Carl
Dale Kelly
Clenn Hennon
Mrs. Kelly
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Sheep Show Draws 2 County Entrants
Sheep from two county breeders will be among 160 entered in the Keystone Ram and Ewe show and sale July 6 in Harrisburg. Agriculture Secretary Leland H. Bull said R. H. Thompson of New Castle and the Future Farmers of America Chapter at Wilmington Area High School will send sheep to the show.
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Harrisburg
Leland H. Bull
R. H. Thompson
New Castle
Farmers of America
Wilmington Area High School
Presbytery Meeting Planned for June Twenty Second
Shenango Presbytery sets a June 22 session at First Presbyterian Church West Middlesex with ministers and elders from Lawrence and Mercer counties. Host pastor Rev C Pewey Smitley welcomes delegates, worship led by Rev James Mawhinney, and retirement honor for Dr Richard W Graves former New Wilmington pastor.
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Shenango
First Presbyterian Church
West Middle
Lawrence
Mercer
C. Pewey Smitley
James
W Mawhinney
Richard W. Graves
New Wilmington
Thomas Newcomb
Clen Moore UP Church
Cuyler N. Ferguson
New Castle
George Henderson
Family Scrapbook by Ernest G Osborne
The Smiths are an outdoor family who enjoy picnics and walks by lakes and woods. They undertake overnight backyard camping to practice skills before trips, cooking outdoors and sleeping under the stars, with backyard trials when new gear arrives.
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Smiths
Smith family outing rehearsals help during trips
The family finds tent setup practice essential before real trips. The youngsters reliably raise the tent quickly when weather threatens and enjoy the process as part of their life, making the outings a family tradition.
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Smith
CARE farm tools spark tomato miscue and kid success
In Matayaya Dominican Republic CARE equipped a 5-D Club with farm tools to start vegetable plots. Enthusiastic watering ruined the first tomato crop but the boys learned from experience and now sell produce to fund a chicken project.
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Matayaya
Dominican Republic
First manmade drug cures disease in 1910
In Berlin the first manmade chemical compound to cure disease arsphenamine or salvarsan was synthesized by Dr Paul Ehrlich and marketed in 1910 curing syphilis.
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Berlin
Paul Ehrlich
Cambodian health crisis eased by MEDICO teams
In Kratie and Lomphat Cambodia a six member MEDICO team works at Kratie Hospital and four at Lomphat to address a dire doctor to population ratio of one per 100000. The aid effort includes five American doctors four nurses and a technician supporting local staff.
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Kratie
Cambodia
Medico
Kratie Hospital
Lomphat
Migration Shift: South Loses 4 Million, Cities Gain 2.7 Million
A Census Bureau report shows non metropolitan areas in the South shed about four million people during the 1950s while Southern large cities attracted 2.7 million new residents.
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Washington
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Paul Kelly
Philadelphia
Joseph Kelly
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Fred Figley
John McConnell
Jack Gerson
Chic Kamo
Presbytery
William L. Wishart
First Presbyterian Church of
Dupont Fabric
New York
New York Couture Group
Ernest G. Osborne
Cne
Safari
Riehmans
Dacron
Small Loan Act
Consumer Discourr
Beneficial
Beneficial Finance System
Beneficial Consumer Discount CO
Accutron
Telstar
Bulova
Richman
East Washington Street
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