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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
1
Panair do Brasil Constellation en route from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires crashed near Asuncion Paraguay. 24 aboard with at least 14 dead, 6 passengers and 3 crew hospitalized. Plane destroyed and fire suspected.
The House Civil Service Committee unanimously approved a bill to grant a 7.5 percent pay rise to about one million federal civil service workers retroactive to March 1, adding roughly 325 million dollars to payroll. Rep. John E. Moss weighs pursuing an eight percent floor fight. Senate already approved 10 percent. A conference committee would reconcile differences.
Elderberry patches promise a record berry harvest as branches heavy with buds signal fruit. Farmers battle rains and heat to bring crops in while corn rises toward knee high by the Fourth of July. In the same period five Methodist ministers and families move from parsonages as five new ones arrive, with potato chip time noted.
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending 7 a.m. today show a maximum temperature of 76 and a minimum of 45 with trace precipitation. River stage reads 5.9 feet. Comparisons to the same date last year note a high of 90 and a low of 66 with 0.40 inches of precipitation.
A wildcat strike by Queen Mary stewards and deckhands forced cancellation of the liner's 7:30 am sailing to New York. About 1,200 passengers were to be returned to London by train while 300 to 500 crew members remained away.
British submarine Sidon exploded and sank in 30 feet of water at Portland harbor on the English coast. Navy officials said about 10 crew members were missing. seven seamen were hospitalized with injuries. Eye witnesses described a massive smoke column as the vessel went down and some crew leaped clear.
The CIO United Steelworkers will begin the second round of 1955 wage negotiations with the Six leading steelmakers next week. U S Steel resumes June 20 with the rest to submit replies June 21 and 22. McDonald indicated the union seeks a substantial raise and would reject merely dimes and nickels. Both sides voice optimism for a peaceful settlement.
Pennsylvania received an E for excellent cooperation after Wednesday civil defense drills in which over 1,000,000 people in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Erie were imagined killed in atomic and hydrogen bomb attacks. State officials reported no motorist non cooperation during the exercise.
Western Big Three foreign ministers begin a two day strategy meeting in New York to forge a united front for next weeks talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov in San Francisco. Secretary of State Dulles arrives from Washington while Harold MacMillan and Antoine Pinay join at Wave Hill for the planned luncheon.
Vatican excommunicated Argentine President Juan Peron and others tied to the arrest and deportation of two senior Roman Catholic churchmen. Police conducted widespread raids on parish houses and Catholic Action centers nationwide seeking documents to back Peron’s charge that the church provoked disturbances in Buenos Aires and beyond.
Civil Defense Test in Lawrence County proved successful with strong public cooperation. In New Castle and Ellwood City pedestrians sheltered promptly after the 2 05 p m alert. Lt Delbert Weis reported downtown traffic clear by 2 07 p m as officers controlled intersections.
Two men died and four others were injured when a power line tower toppled on them in Mechanicville New York as they tried to free a mired truck. The dead were James Wilson 20 Confluence and Rollin Collins 24 Continental. Arthur B. Spicker Gibbon Glade was among the injured.
The Labor Department reports an nationwide rise in job availability with three-fourths of major production centers needing more workers through mid July. Economists foresee 1955 as a record business year with employment reaching about 64 million as schools release a million graduates. The Federal Reserve board on banks and credit policy is noted in the same period.
Police in Hyattsville Maryland investigated the slayings of two teen age girls found in a wooded picnic area near the University of Maryland College Park. Suspects numbered at least 25 with no definite clues yet. Victims were Michael Ann Ryan fourteen and Nancy Marie Shomette sixteen residents of Lane Manor. Bodies found by a road near Northwest High School after they left home to collect Nancy's report card.
The Keystone Defender reports a back carried satchel atomic bomb developed by scientists. The Pennsylvania State Council of Civil Defense notes its portability could aid saboteurs and Congress has proposed a rewards bill for information on atomic weapons smuggling.
West Palm Beach authorities say blood stains on the porch of the ocean front home point to foul play in the disappearance of Circuit Court Judge Curtis E. Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie. A large search followed their Wednesday disappearance as officials weigh kidnapping and murder theories.
Seamen in 18 Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports were ordered out today by CIO NMU president Joseph Curran. About 28 000 seamen and officers refused to sail as talks with tanker operators and dry cargo and passenger fleets failed. Unemployment insurance fund demand cited as key bargaining point across NMU and allied unions.
Vice President Nixon told Temple University graduates in Philadelphia that the fate of the Big Four conference rests with the Soviet leaders. He warned obstruction would derail talks but said progress depends on action toward peace and reducing world tensions. Nixon urged U S strength and support for allies while exploring options.
The Southwest endures a fourth straight day of savage weather with 107 mph winds in Oklahoma City and heavy rains flooding streets. evacuations rise as basements fill and trains are derailed in Nevada and Colorado after a night of tornadoes across Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma.
Harry Ross Jones aged 61 of 613 Miller Avenue died. Paul Axe age 60 of Cleveland Ohio. Mrs Thomas F Nelson age 72 of Lowellville Ohio RD 2. Frank O Donnell age 79 of Shenango Township.
President Eisenhower leading a government in exile amid a mock atomic blitz declared a simulated martial law across the nation. After Emergency Operation Alert talks, the plan envisions armed services policing the country until Congress returns and recovery from a simulated nuclear attack begins.
President Eisenhower convened the National Security Council in a subterranean bunker far from Washington for a realis tic follow up to a simulated atomic attack. The plan included cabinet and defense leaders to review the mock damage and casualties from Wednesday's exercise.
A 175 member Texas farm and ranch group arrives in Lancaster on Saturday to inspect local operations in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. Secretary W L Henning says they will view cattle breeding and fattening, with stops at Aberdeen-Angus Millarden farm and Joseph Sprecher's Hereford farm near Annville.
The text notes poor tomato growth with the sun retreating, no action in corn and wheat, flowers and grains stopping, but weeds persistently grow among zinnias onions and hay despite weather. It mentions a temperature of seventy two.
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