House Votes To Extend Taxes Amid Defense Spending Debate
The House moved to approve a bill delaying July 1 tax cuts on autos, cigarettes, telecoms, travel, and corporate profits to preserve revenue and honor President Eisenhower's request. The measure could face changes in the Senate where amendments are allowed, while defense spending proposals added hundreds of millions. A Knight dispatch later alleges reps Mouder and others used public funds for luxury travel and limo services during investigations.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Military Appropriations
Len Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Morgan Mou ‘der
New York City
Plaza Hotel
Boulevard Room
Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel
St. Louis
Knight Newspapers
Dispatch
Moulder
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Volant appoints two to study ballfield repairs
Volant Borough Council President Thomas G. Marrett named Councilmen Walter Barcheck and Robert Mahon to determine repairs for the borough ball field. The move follows notice that the Lawrence County Commissioners authorized 100 for the project. The council also awarded a 220 contract to George Biddle Paving Co. for borough street patching and repair.
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Volant
Thomas G. Marrett
Walter Barcheck
Robert Mahon
Lawrence County Commissioners
George Biddle
Weather swings as cooler air returns and kids cause nightly noise
The area cools after a warm spell with windows closed at night. Residents discuss summer travel plans and map routes east north or south while paint and home upgrades appear. Curfews are set in some districts as evening disturbances rise. A weekend storm hit North Beaver Township, bringing down trees and cutting power in nearby E Palestine. SEATO stamps issued at the post office with new sheets for SEATO and women stamps.
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North Beaver
E. Palestine
Ohio
SEATO
Widow protests city school tax to council
A Scioto Street widow told the City Council that school taxes are too high and she cannot pay them. Mayor Steinbrink and Councilman Biddle explained the levy came from the school district, not the city. She lamented no place to move and concerns about redevelopment and public housing.
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Scioto St. l
Herman F. Steinbrink
Richard H. Biddle
City Council
Orville Brown
Fire hazards denied at Somerset State Hospital
Somerset State Hospital officials responded to a charge by state Auditor Charles C. Smith that the institution had fire hazards. Chief Newton B. Picking of the Somerset Volunteer Fire Dept inspected the building and reported no conditions constituting a fire hazard.
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Somerset, Pa
UPI
Somerset State Hospital
Charles C. Smith
Newton B. Picking
Somerset Volunteer Fire Dept
Child Bicyclist Injured in Tuesday Accident
Michael Gould, seven, of Idlewild Drive RD 2, fell from his bicycle Tuesday and was admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital. He was treated for a cerebral concussion and abrasions to the head and right elbow. his condition is listed as good.
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Michael Gould
Idlewild Dr
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles Mayberry Suffers Fall at Home Fractures Collarbone
Charles S. Mayberry aged 83 of 2907 Wimington Road slipped and fell in his bedroom Tuesday. He was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital for a fractured collarbone and injuries to his right elbow and discharged.
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Charles S. Mayberry
Wimington Rd
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Geneva College honors area seniors with top awards
Area students among Geneva College graduates received valedictorian Richard Eakin New Castle and salutatorian C Eugene Walker Pittsburgh both with highest honors. Six seniors earned department honors while 13 seniors and 10 underclassmen received prizes and awards from alumni and friends.
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Geneva College
Richard R. Eakin
New Castle
C. Fugene Walker
Pittsburgh
George R. Bird
Rochester
Filmer F. Litzinger Jr
Baden
Elmer F. Litzinger Jr
James FE. McClure
Beaver’ Falls
Arthur C. Watterson Jr
Ellwood City
Paul J. Lloyd
Beaver Economics
C. Eugene Walker
James A. Relf
Seattle
Wash
Ruth Anne Mitchell
Beaver Falls
E. Jane Boggs
Delta Kappa Gamma
Department of Education
Marilyn J. Russell
W. A. Bliss
Beaver
R. W. Redpath
Jerrold S. Milroy
Isabella Stewart
Frances C. Patterson
Clinton
the College
Ralph W. Duell Jr
Yonkers, N
Zoning Permit Fees Question Referred for Study
City Council debated whether residents should pay 50 to change zoning retroactively after a 1951 industrial rezoning. City Solicitor Orville Brown will study the issue after directing referral to the Planning Commission and then back to the council.
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Orville Brown
Nick Lovaglio
Countyline Rd
Lovaglio
E. Gene Schweinsberg
Council
Brown
Planning Commission
Tri-State Conference to Gather Christian Business Men
New Castle and Ellwood City CBMC members join colleagues from New York Pennsylvania and Ohio in Canton Ohio for the tenth annual Tri-State Conference at Malone College. The event runs Friday through Sunday with a father and son breakfast Saturday morning and a main banquet at 6 30 p.m. featuring speaker Ron Dotson of Lima Ohio. Men will also serve in local pulpits Sunday morning.
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New Castle
Ellwood City
Canton
Malone College
CBMC
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Byron Dotson
Lima
Traffic rule bans parking near Jameson Memorial Hospital
City Council adopted a traffic rule prohibiting parking on Garfield Ave beside Jameson Memorial Hospital for 850 feet west from Wilmington Ave. The measure follows a recommendation from Police Chief William J. Birt.
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Garfield Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
William J. Birt
Wilmington Ave
Hubcaps Stolen From 1959 Car on Mahoning Ave
Police report two flip-type hubcaps valued at 34 dollars stolen from a 1959 car parked at 202 Mahoning Ave. The owner, Roy Sockaci of New Brighton RD 2, said he left the vehicle late Tuesday and found the hubcaps missing at about 1:15 a.m. today.
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Mahoning Ave
Roy Sockaci
New Brighton
RD 2
Bower Receives Doctor's Degree
James Norman Bower son of Mr and Mrs Frank P Bower 132 E Euclid Ave received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at commencement at Pitt University. He is a 1947 New Castle High School graduate and earned a BA at Westminster College in 1951. After Navy service he will intern at Western Pennsylvania Hospital.
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James Norman Bower
Frank P. Bower
E. Euclid Ave
Pitt University
Dr. Bower
New Castle High School
Westminster College
United States Navy
Bower
Jane Boore
Latrobe
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh
Strikes Threaten Convair Bases In Atlas Plant Sitdown
In San Diego UPI reports little hope for an early settlement of the machinists strike at Convair installations across four Atlas missile bases and related plants. Warnings say the walkouts could spread to the wider aircraft missile industry within a week.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Convair
Soldier electrocuted at Fort Bragg crane contact
A Rossiter Pennsylvania soldier Harold H. Brady 26 died after the crane he operated touched a high tension wire. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Womack Army Hospital and served with an engineering company.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
UPI
Rossiter
Army
Harold H. Brady
Womack Army Hospital
Boy Bitten by Dog in Front of Neshannock Avenue
Vincent English aged 14 of 130 Park Avenue was bitten by a dog in front of 470 Neshannock Avenue Tuesday. He received treatment at Jameson Memorial Hospital for a abrasion on the right thigh and was discharged.
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Vincent English
Park Ave
Neshannock Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Deaths Of The Day Directory Notice
Classified section provides a recept to be held and shows interment place funeral director time of the funeral and calling hours for the day. It guides readers to details about obituaries and burial arrangements.
Local Obituaries Hit Edenburg and New Castle Area
Multiple obituaries report deaths in Edenburg and nearby New Castle. Jess James Lastoria, 52, died suddenly after a heart attack. Nellie Hofmeister, 83, died after an extended illness. Avery Thomas, 50, a former New Castle resident, died in Youngstown. Surviving relatives include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren. services are announced with dates, times, and burial plans in local churches and cemeteries.
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Jess James Lastoria
Edenburg
New Castle
Michael
Mary Zarlingo Lastoria
Shenango China
Lastoria
Brethren In Christ Mission
Ronald Robert Lastoria
Michael Lastoria
Ernest Lastoria
Perry
Elizabeth Mele
DeCarbo
Cunningham
Sutton
H. P. Heisey
E. W. Burford
Oak Park Cemetery
Nellie Hofmeister
Edenberg
Frank Hofmeister
Pulaski Twp
Lawrence County
Julius and
Mary Gibson Wallace
Hofmeister
Edenburg Christian Church
Grove City College
WCTU
Allegheny County Home Finding Dept
Russell C. Hofmeister
Robert
Dorothy) Rowan
John Atkinson
Charles
Raymond Wallace
Mabel Wallace
Robert A. Myers
N. Jefferson St
Samuel Fleming
Graceland Cemetery
Ebenezer Church of God In Christ
S. Jefferson St
Avery Thomas
Youngstown
Shepherd
Greenwood Cemetery
Mason Funeral
Farrell
Thomas
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dub
Laura Wilson Thomas
Church of God In
Marie Fountain
Detroit
Mich
Laura Thomas
Lela Thomas
Catherine Thomas
Australia’s vast domain spans millions of square miles
Melbourne reports that Australia controls over three million square miles, with about one million in the tropical zone, highlighting the breadth of its territorial reach.
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Melbourne
Australia
Tropics
Cairo Waterways Face Schistosomiasis Drainage Losses
Cairo authorities report schistosomiasis in irrigation canals raises costs by about 60 million dollars annually as snails spread through water systems impacting agriculture and public health funding.
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Cairo
Egypt
Navy Chases 40 Story Balloon Over Texas Sky
The U S Navy estimates Skyhook Glynco a giant balloon from Glynco Ga will drift down within hours after launch last Sunday to measure cosmic radiation. Navy planes and radar trucks have pursued it since Sunday with no sign the gondola has released. The 40 story bubble was still rising as of Tuesday with descent set for 3 30 p m local time.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Navy
Glynco
Texas
Glynco Naval Air Station
Brunswick Ga
Fissure Signals Possible Niagara Falls Rock Slide
A fissure on the American Falls crest near Prospect Point suggests a future rock slide at Niagara Falls. Crews de-watered 200 feet of the crest to clean debris from a 1954 rockfall, revealing a diagonal crack visible for about 50 yards. Park officials say no current danger, noting cracks may be ancient.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
UPI
American Falls
Prospect Point
Niagara Frontier State Park Commission
Keith R. Hopkins
Wettich Bridge Cost Estimated
The Taylor Township Board of Supervisors has an estimate of 57 400 to bring the Wettich Bridge to state highway standards. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads are named defendants in a PUC hearing, with both agreeing to submit estimates. A Pittsburgh meeting organized by the PUC will decide cost sharing with the State Highways Dept and Lawrence County present.
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Taylor Two
Wettich
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Lewis Papa
Pittsburgh
State Highways Dept
Lawrence County
Rail payout panel backs five cent hourly raise for rail workers
A presidential fact-finding board recommended a five cent an hour wage hike and better health and welfare benefits for about 600000 non-operating railroad workers. The report aims to avert a potential strike by off train staff, with no walkout legally allowed before July 8. Eleven unions had sought 25 cents more per hour plus extra holidays and insurance improvements.
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Washington
UPI
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Felwood City
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