Big Blaze Opens 8th Area Fire School Monday
The 8th annual Lawrence County Fire School opens Monday at Union Two with air force crew from the 79th Air Group demonstrating a crash truck to tackle a gasoline and oil fire. County firemen will attend five days of classes on various fire hazards and close with a Cascade Park picnic and water battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.A.F
Union Two
Air Force
Lawrence County
Fire Dept. Air Force
79Th Air Force Group
Cascade Park
Harold G. Rice
Pennsylvania State Police
Roy J. Merkel
79Th Fighter Group
Frank McBride
Charles R. Goerth
79Th
John Oberleitner
New Castle
Injury at Work Leaves Man With Lacerations
Samuel Dennis aged 14 and 208 Allen Sr sustained lacerations to the first finger of the left hand during a saw operation at the Country Club yesterday. They received treatment and were discharged from Jameson Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Dennis
Allen Sr
Jameson Memorial Hospital
County PTA Sets Plans for Coming Year Meeting
The Lawrence County PTA Council program committee met at Mrs. Harlan Mone’s home on Old Pittsburgh Road to map next year’s council and executive meetings. Representatives included Mrs. Charles R. Scott, Mrs. Doris Hennon, Mrs. Ethel Good, Harry Wright Jr., and Frank Goff. Goff will moderate a panel on “The Relationship of Unit and Council” at the July 2 gathering at 8 p.m. in the Mesta Machine Co meeting room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
PTA Council
Harlan Mone
Old
Pittsburgh Rd
Charles R. Scott
Hickory
Doris Hennon
South New Castle
Ethel Good
Shenango
Harry Wright Jr
Union
Frank Goff
Ellwood City
Goff
Mesta Machine Co
Senate approves foreign aid package and military funds
The Senate authorizes a Defense Department budget include a 500 million loan fund with 750 million annual draw for two years. About 1.8 billion in military aid is set for roughly 40 countries along with 800 million for defense support to South Korea Formosa and other non communist Asian nations. Additional authorizations cover 152 million in technical aid 250 million for a presidential emergency fund and a ten million foreign aid allocation for overseas schools and libraries run by U.S. citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
South Korea
Formosa
Senate
Sen. J. William
Fulbright
Ark
U.S
Springfield Tornado Strikes City Friday Night
A tornado devastated Springfield Illinois damaging a large warehouse flattening plants and uprooting trees. Dozens of homes garages and businesses were damaged and power lines were down causing widespread outages as firefighters and linemen worked to manage live wires and hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Service Anniversary for Bell Telephone Right of Way Rep Glenn Weber
Glenn R. Weber of 418 E Meyer Ave New Castle completes 45 years of continuous service with Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania. He began as a climber in 1912 and has spent his entire career in New Castle. Weber belongs to Westminster Lodge 727 New Castle Consistory and the Telephone Pioneers of America and will be guest of honor at a luncheon Tuesday with colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn R. Weber
E. Meyer Ave
New Castle
Bell Telepone Co
Pennsylvania
Bell Organization
Westminster Lodge 727
The
Telephone Pioneers of America
Civil rights bill action delayed by House dispute
The House debated a civil rights measure with three main provisions including a new civil rights commission and a federal court injunction power. A bid to require jury trials in civil rights contempt cases failed as southern opponents and Eisenhower opposition argued it would derail the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate Committee For Action
Eisenhower
Emanuel Celler
N.Y
Aime J. Forand
R.I
Torch Burns Hip Incident at Work Hurts Richard Carens
Richard Carens a 46 year old man of 312 N Bea ver was accidentally burned in a torch incident at his workplace yesterday. He sustained a hip burn and was treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Carens
Beaver
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Seventh Ward Father Sons Breakfast At St Lucy Parish
Fathers Day observance at St. Lucy parish includes 7 30 a m communion with sons, a Holy Name Society breakfast, guest speaker Rev Nick Dattilo from St Charles Seminary, remarks by Rev Dominick Oliver, and a parish fathers program with awards for the oldest father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lucy Parish
Holy Name Society
Nick Dattilo
Frank Dattilo
W. Madison Ave
St. Charles Seminary
Overbrook
Philadelphia
Dominick Oliver
St. Lucy’s
Nunzio Guido
The
Columbus Ladies Plan Summer Activities and Visit
The Christopher Columbus Auxiliary outlined July and August plans at the latest meeting in the club hall with Mrs. Frank Iovanella directing. A trip to Pittsburgh to view points of interest is planned, the annual Idora Park picnic is set for August, and preparations continue to assist the men for the June 30 and July 1 2 3 celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Frank Iovanella
Pittsburgh
Auxiliay
Idora Park
North Beaver Firemen Seek Pledges for Mt. Jackson Hall
North Beaver Township volunteers report only four thousand dollars raised of the fourteen thousand dollar debt for the new Mt. Jackson fire hall. A further canvass update is planned at the June 27 meeting in the Mt. Jackson Fire Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Beaver Township
Mt. Jackson
Andrew Domenick To Be Honored At Open House Reception
Andrew Domenick, 1957 New Castle High School graduate, will be seated by his parents at 517 W Madison Ave Sunday for an open house from 7 30 p m. He is awarded a four year music scholarship to Youngstown University and will attend in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Domenick
New Castle High School
Andy Domenick
Madison Ave
Andrew
Youngstown University
Soldier Joseph Matteo Returns From Japan to Korea
James and Mrs. Matteo report their son Joseph Matteo with the U S Army has returned to Korea after a Japanese leave. He visited neighbor Nick Augustine of W Cherry Street now with the Air Force in Japan. The two sent pictures of their time together. SEVENTH WARD NOTES Mrs. Howard Kennedy improves and is home on Cleland Mill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Matteo
Japan
James Matteo
W. Cherry Sr
Joseph
U. S. Army
Korea
Nick Augustine
W. Cherry
Howard Kennedy
Cleland Mill Rd
Russia Proposes Nuclear Test Ban with Allied Observers
Zorin formally proposed a two to three year ban on all nuclear tests. Observers would be stationed in Russia, the United States, Britain and the Pacific area to enforce the agreement. The United States Britain and the Soviet Union are the only three powers to possess the hydrogen bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zorin
Russia
United States
Britain
Pacific Area
Soviet Union
Seven Inductees To Leave On Tuesday
City RD 1 Joseph John Lockwart Mahoningtown RD 7 Lindy George Wigton Portersville RD 2 From Board 87 Albert John eR 1216% S&S Mill St New Castle Sue Leslie Cover 605 Spruce New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Joseph John Lockwart
Mahoningtown
Lindy George Wigton
Portersville
Albert John Er
S&s. Mill
Marty McKissick Treated After Foot Laceration
13 year old Marty McKissick was treated and discharged from Jameson Memorial Hospital after sustaining a cut to the left foot from a sickle. He lives at 12 Edison Avenue and was released yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty McKissick
E. Edison Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Brother Of Resident Dies In Steubenville
Mrs. Andrew Rohrer of 625 E Long Ave is notified of her brother James O'Donnell's death in Steubenville Ohio from a heart attack. Burial plans are set for Steubenville on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Rohrer
E. Long Ave
James O'Donnell
Stubenville
O‘donnell
Steubenville
Fire Destroys Part Of Plant Near Reading
Fire of undetermined origin raged over an hour burning a section of the Bowers Battery and Spark Plug Co in Spring Valley near Reading. The one story concrete building housed the dry charge and maintenance shops. Damage estimated at 250000 amid smoke 100 feet high as Reading Hyde Park Temple and L ausdale fire units battled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Bowers Battery
Spark Plug Co
Spring Valley
Marshall Delong
Hyde Park
Temple
Laureldale
Opposition to Suspension of Nuclear Tests
Washington officials expect strong Pentagon and Atomic Energy Commission opposition to a potential two to three year ban on nuclear tests. The Soviet plan would place observers under international control in the Soviet Union and allied regions to monitor violations, but U S defense and AEC fear the move would undercut ongoing experiments for missile defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
State Department
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
Administration
U. S
Soviet Union
Britain
Pacific
Defense and
Atomic Energy
Warns Draft Despite Reductions Can't Be Ended
At Quantico the Selective Service head Lt. Gen. Hershey warns the draft cannot end even with manpower cuts. He says a 200,000 man force reduction could cut monthly calls by half, noting strength above one million requires conscription. The remarks came during Secretary Wilson's fifth annual conference at the Marine base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
INS
Selective Service System
Lewis B. Hershey
U. S
Hershey
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Quantico, Va
Court Waives Jury For Shapiro Case
David Shapiro of 1 W. Sheridan Ave. faces trial without a jury after Judge John S. Powers approves a waiver motion. Shapiro is charged with receiving stolen goods reported missing from Perrine Oil Co. in Mercer County. arrest dated July 15, 1956, by State Trooper Thomas Petrovich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Shapiro
W. Sheridan Ave
John S. Powers
Shapiro
Joseph Solomon
Perrine Oil Co
Mercer County
Thomas J. Petrovich
Wide Search For 7 Year Old Boy In Philadelphia
A seven year old boy fled his Overbrook home after disciplinary rebuke and spent the night in a friend's tent. About 50 police, park guards, and 709th AAA Battalion National Guard members conducted an all night search. the boy was found early the next morning sitting on a basement trunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Guard
Billy Sawyer
Overbrook
709Th
AAA
Pennsylvania National Guard
Big Bill Aims to Form New Corporation to Bid on Wheeling Track
William G. Big Bill Lias of Wheeling said he would help create a new corporation to bid on the Wheeling Downs race track before June 21. He indicated bidders for the track at a government auction had been warned off by race track interests in New York and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Downs
William G
Big Bill Lias
Lias
New York
Ennsylvania
State's Case Against Lamolli Opens Monday
Hosea Lamolli of Youngstown Ohio faces assault with intent to kill and armed robbery charges after a grand jury indictment. He allegedly attacked Edith Stowe and Gonzalo Torres near Mahoning Two on April 4. The trial opens Monday with Stowe and Torres as principal witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosea Lamolli
Youngstown
Lawrence County
Lamolli
Edith Stowe
Pipe
Gonzalo Torres
Mahoning
Stowe
Lamour
James Brice
Torres
City Patrolman Catches Youths In Theft
Patrolman Kevin Goodman of the New Castle police captures three youths linked to local thefts. The group confessed to stealing cigarettes, candy, ice cream, and money from the Kroger Store on S Mill St and Cascade Park. Fifteen cartons of cigarettes were found hidden in a lumber shed after a lumber company manager alerted the Kroger manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Goodman
New Castle
Kroger
S. Mill St
Cascade Park
William Bender Lumber Co
Goodman
Reading center director leads speed reading session
Mrs Francis A Hawthorne director of the Geneva College reading center conducted a speed reading session yesterday in Washington D C for the eastern region staff of the Girl Scouts of America She was chosen from reading specialists across the eastern United States to teach the course and is also an assistant professor of education at Geneva College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Hawthorne
Geneva College Reading Center
Washington, D. C
Girl Scouts of America
Hawthorne
United States
Geneva
Two Drivers Fall Victims Of City Speed War
The city crackdown on speeding nets Robert Wilson of Clymer Pennsylvania cited for driving too fast for conditions on Grove Street and James Wallace of New Castle Route 9 cited for a loud muffler on Mill and Washington Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Clymer
Grove St
James Wallace
New Castle RD
Mill
Washington St
Birth announced for Leslie Lynn to Mr and Mrs Frank Clyde Davidson
Personal mention announces the birth of a daughter, Leslie Lynn, on June 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clyde Davidson of Willowick Ohio. Mrs. Davidson is the former Shirley Shields, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Shields of Edgewood Ave. The Davsons’ son is from New Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Lynn
Frank Clyde Davidson
Lake Shore Blvd
Willowick, O
Davidson
Shirley Shields
Russell H. Shields
Edgewood Ave
Frank C. Davidson
Mr. Davidson
New Wilmington
Woman with Big Feet Sought After Shoe Theft in Lakeland
Lakeland police search for a woman after six pairs of size 12 women's shoes valued at 23 dollars each were stolen from a parked car. Shoe salesman E. R. Erskine reported the theft Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland, Fla
E. R. Erskine
Winona and Jackson Legion game ends early at 29-0
In Jackson Mississippi the Winona and Jackson American Legion teams halted play Friday at the top of the fifth inning by mutual agreement. Jackson led 29 to 0 when the game was called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Winona
Jackson American Legion
Jackson
Two Car Crash on Route 168 near New Castle
A two car accident on Route 168 five miles south of New Castle caused about 1200 in damage. Mary Wisbith 31 of Wampum drove a parked car with a flat tire and George Chambers 42 of West Pittsburgh hit it from behind. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Mary Wisbith
Box
Wampum
George Chambers
Pittsburgh
Wisbith
Chambers
Indian grads’ names printed on USC diplomas trigger confusion
In Los Angeles three Indian students Aad Viswanathasetty Udipikrishna Maheshchandra Girijashanker Shukla and Prabodhchandra Giri jashanker Shukla were among 3 000 graduates whose diplomas were printed on sheepskins at the University of Southern California. The episode caused a ruckus as the unusual material and long list drew attention from officials and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Madavasetty
Viswanathasetty
Udipikrishna
Maheshchandra Girijashanker Shukla
Prabodhchandra Girijashanker Shukla
All of India
University of Southern California
Early U S lotteries fund public works and colleges
For about 250 years after the 1614 lottery, lotteries financed churches colleges and roads. George Washington supported creating a military academy for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
High School Students Gift Mrs Peirie A Spider Monkey
Mildred Peirie, a beloved English teacher, received a $50 spider monkey from her graduating class this week. She jokes that she tells students to stop monkey business and won’t tell classes to stop horsing around. Scientists at the Naval Reserve Laboratory use a 600 inch radio telescope to detect radio waves from distant planets such as Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Mildred Peirie
The
Naval Reserve Laboratory
Mars
Solid substances melt and disintegrate in time
A note explains that many chemicals exist only as solids and rapidly disintegrate when they melt, highlighting the instability of many substances upon phase change.
Disappearance of Judge Chillingsworth Remains Unsolved
Two years after Circuit Judge Co E Chillingsworth and wife Marjorie vanished from their Manalapan home no clues have emerged. Deputy Lawrence says the search remains at a dead end. Blood stains a floodlight and two adhesive tape rolls are the only found clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
INS
Florida
W. H. Lawrence
Co. E. Chillingsworth
Marjorie
James M. Owens Jr
Manalapan
Chillingsworth
Geneva Summer Session Begins at Beaver Falls and Ohio Centers
Geneva College begins summer session with 460 students enrolled in day and evening classes at the main campus in Beaver Falls. An additional 141 students are enrolled at Ohio centers in East Liverpool Steubenville Cadiz Denison Dover and Newcomerstown High Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Ohio
East Liverpool
Steubenville
Cadiz
Denison Dover
Newcomerstown
Three People Die in Lightning Strike at Park
A storm caused a fatal lightning incident as Geibel and his wife reported their home had been struck. Geibel was struck while crossing an athletic field near the park. the lightning traveled along a steel fence. House damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geibel
Mayflower ready for visitors in Gettysburg era prank
The Mayflower is prepared for visitors with display items including a car and a gift of animal feed for President Eisenhower at his Gettysburg farm. Massachusetts Governor Foster Furcolo received a formica topped table in an accompanying note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ican Department Stores
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Massachusetts
Foster Furcolo
U P Church to Merge With Presbyterians
The 100th anniversary centering on the founding of the United Presbyterian Church marks the merger with other major Presbyterian groups. The sole large church outside the union is the Presbyterian Church in the U S Southern Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P. Church
Presbyterians
United Presbyterian Church
New Union
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Southern Church
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