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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
1
South Korean Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai said Seoul no longer feels bound by the Korean armistice after the Geneva conference collapsed. He stated any response would be defensive, not aggressive, and urged Chinese Communist forces in North Korea to leave, or be forced to leave, to prevent further incursions.
Harrisburg report states the State Elections Bureau expects a flood of primary campaign expense accounts. Candidates and political organizations must file by the 6 p.m. Thursday deadline.
The Highway department trucks haul baled hay to Route 351 Enon–Petersburg road area for mulch planting. A camp meeting at the old Country Club grounds in Vine takes shape for July 8 with Western Pennsylvania participants. Residents seek heat relief with water hoses as a mechanical ditch digger speeds pipe installation on South Mercer street. Bees cluster near North Mercer street library entrance awaiting an expert. Corn appears in Little Beaver Township, about six inches tall, as storms and heat boost crop progress.
Rather cloudy today tonight and Thursday with thunder showers likely in the afternoon or evening. High today 86 to 88 with a low around 62 to 67. United States weather statistics cover the 24 hour period ending at 9 am today with a maximum temperature of 90 and minimum of 66 and precipitation of 0.40 inches and river stage at 5.3 feet. Data for the same date a year ago shows a maximum of 79 and minimum of 51 with precipitation absent.
At United Nations on June 16 the Security Council opens its first hearing to move the Geneva conference to the UN. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. will ask Thailand ambassador Pete Sarasin to explain Bangkok’s plea for UN military observers in Southeast Asia. Britain and France back a definition of policy while a vote is not planned today.
Sidney Wagner of Youngstown announces a two million dollar shopping center to be built on Wilmington road just north of Central Presbyterian church. Construction to start within 60 days and finish within six months. Four local businessmen including D D Davis J J Marino and Frank Smith Jr form the builder group. The center will cover 23 acres with 18 to 25 units and parking for 1 200 in front and space for 1 500 more at the rear. Plans include a variety store two supermarkets chain jewelry and dairy stores chain hardware a bank branch and nearby service shops with potential department store inclusion. The project runs north of the city limits toward Dr Amleto Acquaviva's property.
Hoodlums tore through Oliver High School during the night causing extensive damage. They used a wrecking bar and pipe wrench to force open doors, cabinets, and 12 cafeteria refrigerators. Thousands of papers and records were scattered, with severe harm to print, electric, and machine shops and food strewn in the cafeteria.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports progress in talks between U S Steel and United Steel Workers on a 1954 contract. Subcommittees finalize wage pension and insurance terms for union approval by Tuesday as the 170 member wage policy committee and 36 member executive board convene eight days before contract expiry.
LEWISBURG Pa June 16 One of two inmates who escaped the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg has been shot and killed and the other captured. Frank S Moxley 25 Alexandria Va fatally wounded near White Deer in Union County after failing to halt. Richard F Schriver 25 Baltimore captured 6 am near a road west of the penitentiary. Both were serving auto theft terms with release dates in February and November respectively.
Civilian Air Patrol planes aided a search for George M. Russell III of Carnegie and Shirley Jean Morris of Weirton after they drowned in rain swollen Slippery Rock creek Sunday evening. State police supervised volunteers from nearby fire departments as boats operated and the stream bed was dragged without locating the bodies. The couple slipped into the water while standing on a rock near the gorge below McConnell’s Mill bridge. The search continued with volunteers today.
Pittsburgh June 16 A Stowe township painting contractor faces investigation in the fatal hit run of three year old William Cavanaugh in the North Side district. Police said 45 year old Robert Allen surrendered and claimed he learned of the accident Tuesday after returning from a weekend trip. Allen said he was in the vicinity and fits the witness description.
The notice names Mrs Anna R Haymes aged 48 and her address at 465 East Washington Street.
New Delhi reports French troops landed at Pondicherry on the east coast and demands their immediate withdrawal to seek a peaceful settlement. France denies the claim saying 50 gendarmes arrived to maintain order aboard the liner Vietnam and notes France is responsible for Pondicherry’s security.
Rev William A. Parsons of Lewistown was named vice moderator for a one year term at the 73rd annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Synod held in Chambersburg. The synod reported Presbyterian membership in the state at 410667, up 4055 from last year.
In Pittsburgh on June 16, Dormont high school suspended four male students for arriving in shorts to class. Superintendent Dr. David Stewart said the move upholds standards and that Ronnie Large 17 Fred Goehringer 17 George Manolios 16 and Bill De Klaven 16 must seek a school board hearing to determine their fate.
Officials of the 229th Field Artillery Battalion announce it has received its first 105 mm howitzer since reactivation in 1953. The gun will be stationed at Clearfield Pennsylvania with Company A. Members from Company A have traveled to Indiantown Gap to pick up the howitzer.
London June 16 The British defense minister Earl Alexander admitted Eden's failure at the Geneva peace conference and said Britain will play a full part in the cold war He cited Eden's efforts at Berlin and Geneva to ease tensions and warned that no real change in Communist aims has appeared He urged aid to Asia to preserve Southeast Asia integrity ahead of Churchill Eisenhower talks.
The FBI reports the arrest in Miami Beach of James Paul Baker a 44 year old Philadelphia man on a charge of impersonating an air force colonel. He was detained after two citizens recognized a photo and a Miami Herald story.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill will meet next week for a relaxed one on one discussion aimed at rebuilding wartime unity. They will address military alliances, Europe’s communism, and moral issues without advisors or formal decisions, allowing free exchange of views.
The McCarthy Army hearings near conclusion with McCarthy back on the stand for cross examination. Welch expects to finish questioning McCarthy by nightfall on the final day as Mundt signals approval. Cohn and Carr testified. their futures may hinge on the subcommittee verdict.
President Eisenhower, at a news conference, said he has enough day to day problems and has not decided about seeking re election in 1956. He emphasized he has not discussed the issue seriously with anyone and did not look toward 1956, focusing instead on current national problems.
A 24 year old Korean war veteran Copeland Hughes Jr a new Army discharge two months ago lost both legs after a head on freight train collision at Benders junction twenty miles northwest of Bethlehem The accident involved an 18 car freight and a 16 car freight and occurred Tuesday authorities said
An 18 year old Harrisburg girl, Mrs. Sarah Zettlemeyer, was killed when the car she rode in crashed into a parked truck. Driver Paul Walker, 17, of Mechanicsburg, was injured and treated. police say he apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
Five year old William Bevan of 1708 Kerr Street was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 2 30 p m for a forehead laceration after being struck on the head while swimming.
Trenton officials pressed an exhaustive search for 300000 dollars of state funds allegedly misused by former Governor Harold G. Hoffman who died twelve days earlier. Meyner charged Hoffman with 16 counts of misconduct tied to embezzlement traces and related schemes, while noting no personal check found in Hoffman's bank account.
In Saigon and Paris on June 16, Prime Minister Bao Loc and his cabinet resigned amid political crisis. Ngo Dinh Diem named as successor while Bao Dai in Paris urged formation of a new government stance. The move follows battles over reforms to curb corruption and independence treaties with France.
President Eisenhower said Churchill asked to meet at the White House to ease talk of a U S Britain rift on foreign policy. He invited Churchill and Eden for informal talks the weekend of June 25 with no formal agenda and a focus on strong Anglo American cooperation.
In Bloomfield Indiana a 33 year old wife Mary Gray admitted fatally shooting her husband James Gray a convicted counterfeiter while he lay asleep with another woman at the Gray home near Solsberry Greene county. She surrendered to Sheriff Fred Davis and is held on a preliminary murder charge with Miss Jean Reed named as the other woman and witness to a prior beating and the shooting.
General Mark W. Clark, retired president of the Citadel, spoke at Akron University’s second commencement urging the United States to avoid a defensive posture in future wars. He argued the country should have decisively defeated communists in its first arms test, and warned against dragging Russia into a world war.
The passage describes unusually warm nights making wool blankets and pajamas unnecessary. People consider sleeping outdoors on a window ledge, porch swing, hammock, or tent in the yard. It notes sultry air and temperatures around eighty eight degrees as peppers and hay grow nearby.
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