Mahoning Faculty PTA Holds Year End Luncheon
The Mahoning school faculty and Parent-Teacher Association held their annual year end luncheon at the Methodist church dining room. Principal Fred Y. McLure spoke in memory of Mrs. Ethel Hunt Patterson and thanked members for their cooperation. Barbara Gilbert received a transfer gift as she moves to a new position in school administration next year. Floral tributes were sent to Mrs. Patterson from the PTA unit the school and her class.
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Mahoning School
Parent-Teacher Association
Methodist Church
Fred Y. McLure
Ethel Hunt Patterson
McLure
Barbara Gilbert
Mahoning
Gilbert
Patterson
PTA
June Program At Mahoning Meth Dist Church
Children’s program events scheduled for June at Mahoning Methodist District church with a special Sunday program for local children. Madison Avenue Christian Church held its annual June program on Sunday June 3 with Mrs. Milton Butts and others in charge and Mrs. Kenneth Gibson as accompanist. Final rehearsal set for Saturday afternoon June 9 at the church.
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Mahoning Methdist
Madison Avenue Christian Church
Milton Butts
Ray ‘Tanner
William Johnson
Kenneth Gibson
Nellie Ross Graduate to Be Honored at Open House
Miss Nellie Ross will be guest of honor at a graduation open house hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Phillip Ross. The event will be in the family home on North Cedar street Sunday June 30 from 7 30 p m. to evening.
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Nellie Ross
Phillip Ross
North Cedar Street
New Castle High School
Ross
Mahoning School Year Ends For George Washington Students
Mahoning students from George Washington returned home by 9 30 a m after completing the school year. Classes ended as teachers provided final grades and students visited rooms they will report to in September. A new site at the old playground corner of Newell and Madison Avenue will host upcoming activities.
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Newell and
Madison Avenue
Mahoning
George Washington
Grand Jury Advises Action in Cory Death Case
The grand jury returned a recommendation for further investigation after hearing four witnesses including two drivers in the wreck near Wampum. Harry Stephenson and Rodger Swagger face charges before Justice of the Peace F. M. Miles with a hearing expected in a few days as witnesses described vehicle positions and speeds.
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Rodger Swagger
Wampum
Justice of the Peace
F. M. Miles
George McCloskey
Pennsylvania State Police
McCloskey
Harry Stephenson
New Castle RD 7
Ellwood City
Herman Guy
New Castle
Willie Harvey
W. Wood St
Stephenson
Swagger
Guy
Harold Marshall, Jr
John A. Meehan, Jr
THREE MOTHERS G O C MEETING TONIGHT HELD IN MAHONING METHODIST CHURCH
Members of the Ground Observers Corps will meet in the Mahoning Methodist Church social rooms to discuss judo. The event includes demonstrations by New Castle auxiliary police under Clarence Frampton. Mrs Lewis Blasdell supervises. Captain Russell Ford will attend. Audrey Roakes is noted among attendees.
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Ground Observers Corps
Mahoning
Reverend Polley attends U P conference at Westminster College
Rev Stephen Polley of Mt Jackson United Presbyterian church has attended a week long U P conference at Westminster College in New Wilmington. Mrs W Thayer Martin of Mitchell Indiana, formerly from Mt Jackson road area, is visiting friends and relatives here.
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Seventh Ward
Stephen Polley
Mt. Jackson U. P
U. P
Westminster College
New Wilmington
W. Thayer Martin
Mitchel, Ind
Mt. Jackson Road
Playground to Open June 18 in Mahoning
Mahoning Recreation Department announces the playground will be put in shape for the summer program opening on June 18. The facility's readiness aims to provide youth activities and recreational space for the upcoming season.
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Mahoning Recreation
Niagara Falls Power Plant Hit by Rock Slide
A rock slide at Niagara Falls damaged the Niagara Mohawk hydroelectric plant, wrecking six generators totaling over 250000 kilowatts and cutting all power to Niagara Falls. Power was later partially restored and damage was projected in the millions.
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Niagara
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
New York State
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara Mohawk Corp
Plane lands at Pittsburgh injuring several
A plane crash landing at Pittsburgh injured several people with no mechanical problems reported. The aircraft, of the same type as the Easter Sunday crash that killed 22, was en route from New York to Houston, Texas.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Houston
Tex
Queen Elizabeth II Arrives in Stockholm for Four Day Visit
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Stockholm for a four day state visit. A 21 gun salute greets Britannia as Swedish destroyers escort the royal yacht into waters south of the capital. Fog disrupts planned fly past and Swedish press largely criticizes the visit.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Elizabeth II
Britain
London
Britannia
Halland
Smaland
Here
Baltic Sea
Socialist Aftern
Aftontidingen
Nixon Urges Neutral Nations Tact in Cold War Speech
Vice President Richard M. Nixon spoke at Lafayette College commencement in Easton Pennsylvania warning that the East West struggle is a real war of ideas. He urged Western nations to win neutral and uncommitted peoples over with ideas rather than force, noting 600 million live in neutrality.
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Easton
INS
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Lafayette College
Stevenson Aides To Meet In Chicago To Plan New Moves
Stevenson for President campaign strategists will convene in Chicago to map the next steps for securing the Democratic nomination. With the Chicago convention set for August 13, delegates must be chosen, and second ballot support for Adlai Stevenson remains a key aim as he leads among likely nominees.
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Stevenson
Chicago
Washington
INS
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate approves air line discounts for ministers travel
The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill permitting airlines to provide low rates or free rides to ministers. Current law already allows such privileges on trains and buses.
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Washington
Senate
House
Deaths Of The Day Directory Summary
Directory lists all funerals not yet held with interment place funeral director time of funeral and calling hours published daily at the start of Classified Section.
Obituary Notices for Norris Moore Turner Families
Obituaries for Mrs. Maude B. Norris 77 of Alliance Ohio died June 7 after illness. Survived by daughter Florence Barcus and two grandchildren. Funeral June 9 at J. R. Hodge Funeral Home. Interment Oak Park cemetery. Also notices for John B. Moore 83 of 1026 Beckford St. who died June 9 after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Kate Hunt Moore and five children. Funeral June 11 at Howard L. Reynolds Funeral Home. Interment Oak Grove cemetery. Jennie Turner 75 of 122 Center Way died June 7 after a lingering illness. Survived by two sons, three daughters, one sister and one brother. Funeral Sunday at DeCarbo Funeral Home with interment Greenwood cemetery.
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Maude B. Norris
Orchard Way
John B. Norris
Alliance City Hospital
Alliance
Ohio
New Castle
John and
Elizabeth Book Bennett
John B. Moore
Kate B. Hunt Moore
Beckford St
John
Elizabeth McBurney Moore
Hickory Two
Lawrence County
Kate B. Hunt
Madison Ave
Howard L. ‘Reynolds Funeral
Adams, St
Melvin Sparks
Oak Grove Cemetery
Reynolds
Jennie Turner
Center Way
Thomas Turner
Higbee
Stoneboro
Turner
Lawrence Turner
Franklin
Norman Turner
City
Helen Billig
Sandy Lake
Gladys Matetich
Esther Romanshuk
Cuyahoga Falls
Mary Higbee
Mercer
Harry Higbee
Anti-Forger Arrest Ends League Founder’s Plans
Charles Carson Chitty, 33, founder of the Anti-Forgery League of America, was arrested on a forgery charge, cancelling his recent plans for the organization.
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New York
Charles Carson Chitty
Wood cushions support Brooklyn Bridge towers
The Brooklyn Bridge sits on submerged timber cushions five feet thick under its towers. New measurements reveal the structure rests on wooden supports that strengthen the span as engineers study the river bed.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
John M Thorpe Dies in Alliance
Word has been received of the unexpected death of John M Thorpe in Alliance Ohio. He was former Mt. Union football coach and later safety director for the city of Alliance. He is survived by his widow Armada Toepfer four children and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be from Turkle Funeral Home Alliance Monday afternoon June 11.
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John M. Thorpe
Alliance
Thorpe
Armada Toepfer
New Castle
Mt. Union College
Turkle Funeral Home
John E Norris Dies in Detroit
John E Norris of Detroit formerly lived in New Castle and Euclid Ave. died Thursday. He was married to Belle Mitchell who preceded him in death. Survived by his daughter June Norris of Detroit and several nieces and nephews.
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John’ W.’ Norris
Euclid Ave
John E. Norris
Detroit
New Castle
Belle Mitchell
Miss June Norris
President to Be Taken to Walter Reed Hospital
The President was taken to Walter Reed Hospital as a precaution after waking with an upset stomach. Personal physician Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder was summoned at 2 a.m. Hagerty declined to call the condition critical and said the stay duration was unknown.
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Howard McC. Snyder
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Walter Reed
Drowned airman from Franklin area in Pacific atoll
Franklin area airman Carroll Edward Smith aged 22, son of Mr and Mrs Harold E Smith of R D 2 Polk, drowned at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific late Tuesday per a telegram from Air Force Gen Edwin S Chickering a native of Oil City. The notice confirms the fatal incident and names the commanding official.
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Franklin
Franklin Area
Carroll Edward Smith
Harold E. Smith
Polk
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Air Force
Edwin S. Chickering
Oil City
United Brothers in Christ Plans Vacation Bible School
United Brothers in Christ church on Stanton Ave completes plans for a Daily Vacation Bible School. It runs June 11 to June 22 from 11 30 a m to 2 30 p m daily with Rev Thomas Stewart directing. Instructors include Mrs Everett Johnson beginners Mrs Ronald Baker primary Mrs George Brandon juniors and Rev Stewart intermediates.
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United Brothers
Christchurch
Stanton Ave
Thomas Stewart
Everett Johnson
Ronald Baker
George Brandon
Stewart
Car Crash Kills Greenville Teen. Two Hurt on Route 18
In Greenville James G Wells 17 died when a car overturned on Route 18 near Reynolds Development. Two companions were injured. In Sharon Walter Philips and William Langdon face rioting and inciting to riot charges at Mercer next week tied to the Westinghouse strike. In Farrell teachers seek another 100 raise amid discontent with the 100 raise approved May 28. Dr Thomas V Murray elected president of Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in Erie. Mercer County Bar Association to sponsor Mercer County Legal Journal publication. similar magazines exist in 25 counties with Lawrence county's journal in its 15th year.
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Greenville
James G. Wells
Route 18
Reynolds Development
Sharon
Walter Philips
William Langdon
Mercer
Westinghouse
Thomas V. Murray
Northwestern
Pennsylvania
American College of Surgeons
Erie
Lawrence
Mercer County Bar Association
Mercer County Legal Journal
Lawrence County
Britain invites Soviet air chiefs for London Moscow talks
The Foreign Office says Britain has invited Soviet civil air chiefs to negotiate direct air service between London and Moscow. The Russians have not yet accepted but are expected to respond soon. A speckled bear in South America is noted for building stick nests high in trees.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Foreign Office
South America
Dr White Not Alarmed By President Illness
Boston based heart specialist Dr Paul Dudley White said he is not alarmed by the President's upset stomach and headache. He has not been contacted by the White House and has no information on any connection to the President's past heart attack.
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Boston
INS
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
White House
Belmont
White
Washington
Vaughn Brothers Win Wool Pool Contract
Vaughn Brothers of Hartsville C. won the 1956 wool collection contract from the Lawrence County Cooperative Wool Growers Inc. with the highest bid among five bidders. Their offer was 45 cents per pound for half blood and fine delaine and 50.75 cents for medium grades, with loading set for Butler June 25 and New Castle June 26 to 27.
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Vaughn Brothers
Hartsville
Lawrence County Cooperative Wool Growers Inc
R P. Peebles
Vaughn
Butler
New Castle
Cooperative Board of Directors
Employment Rises to 65 Million in May Record
Washington reports May employment at 65 million, a May record, despite auto plant layoffs. Unemployment holds steady from April at about 2.564 million, with a roughly one million gain from April to May.
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Washington
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Weeks
YMCA Founded in London in Eighteenth Forty Four
The Young Men's Christian Association was established in 1844 in London.
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The
Young Men's Christian Association
London
Negotiations On New Steel Wages Progress
Three major firms U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel and the United Steelworkers union entered the third day of wage talks in New York after moving from Pittsburgh. Experts expect a large wage increase for about 650 000 steel workers and a broad price rise affecting the economy with at least another week before counter proposals. З
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Robert G. Shortal
U. P
New York
Pittsburgh
Hotel Roosevelt
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Lnion
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Dilworth Named State Chairman For Clark
Harrisburg report says Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth was named state chairman of the Clark-for-Senator Committee. He will lead volunteers for Joseph S. Clark Jr. in the November U S Senate race. Charles B. Pearson will be field director to organize rural county groups.
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Harrisburg
INS
Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Joseph S. Clark, Jr
U. S. Senate
Clark
U. S
James H. Duff
Dilworth
Charles B. Pearson
Eisenhower Plans Weekend Fly From Washington to Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower plans to fly from Washington to his Gettysburg area farm for the weekend. He was scheduled to depart between noon and 1 30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time today.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
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