Wickes To Make African Visit
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of Pittsburgh will depart New York on June 19 with Mrs. Wicke and Elaine for a three month mission tour across Africa. They start Idlewild at 4 30 p m and travel to Lisbon then Monrovia en route to missions in Ghana Congo Union South Africa Mozambique Kenya Anglo Egypt Sudan and Egypt. The trip marks their third foreign mission visit and ends with a European return via Athens Rome Geneva Frankfurt Brussels Amsterdam Paris and London about September 20.
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Pittsburgh
Lloyd C. Wicke
Wicke
Elaine
New York
Africa
Wickes
Idlewild
Lisbon
Portugal
Monrovia
Liberia
Ghana
Belgian Congo
Union of South Africa
Mozambique
Kenya
Sudan
Egypt
South America
Pacific
Far East
Near East
Europe
Athens
Rome
Geneva
Frankfort
Brussels
Amsterdam
Paris
London
Beaver County Chairman Upset Highlight Recent GOP Victory
Harold Howarth of Beaver Falls won the Beaver County chairman post in a rollover for the Old Guard. Marguerite Shaw was defeated by Dora Carothers in a 99 95 vice chairman race in Beaver. Installation services for Dr. George William Carson at First Presbyterian Beaver Falls set for Wednesday 8 p.m. with Dr. Elmo Montag presiding and Dr. W Stafford Scott giving the charge. A Grove City group formed to oppose fluoridation of the municipal water supply. An animal trainer for the Kelly Morris Circus was arrested for striking an elephant with a sledge hammer in Slippery Rock. he will be released as the circus refused to pay the fine. A seven year old Center Two boy lost his left leg in a car bicycle crash in Butler.
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Beaver
Harold ‘Punch’ Howarth
Beaver Falls
Beaver County
Marguerite Shaw
Dora Carothers
White Two
George William Carson
First Presbyterian Church of
Presbytery of
Elmo Montag
W. Stafford Scott
Ellwood City
Raymond Pitzer
N. Sewick- Jey
Grove City
Slippery Rock
Kelly-Morris Circus
Butler County
Butler County Humane Society
William Bell Cox
Butler
Roger Clark
Leroy Clark
Butler RD 5
Butler Hospital
City to Appeal Bond Case Decision Highlighted by Council Vote
The council, opposing Parks Director Richard Biddle, approved appealing a county court ruling over the treasurer’s bond. Judge Lamoree ruled for Genkinger Agency seeking $2882.44 premium on the $100000 fidelity bond, after council rejected Nava Bonding’s lower bid.
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Richard Biddle
Superior Court
Chester C. Sweesy
John G. Lamoree
Genkinger Agency
Fidelity
Council
Navarra Bonding Agency
Farrell Chief Awaits Verdict in Gambling Trial
Farrell Police Chief Albert Timparo faced a jury after a charge was narrowed by Judge Leo H. McKay. The panel of seven men and five women began deliberations at 10 25 a m, with two key questions: whether a place was used for gambling and whether Timparo rented the premises. The judge instructed that mere presence at the stag party is not enough for conviction.
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Mercer
UPI
Farrell
Albert Timparo
Leo H. McKay
Timparo
McKay
Nations Need Modern Farms To Feed World
United Nations FAO founder Lord Boyd Orr says widespread adoption of modern farming could end reliance on synthetic foods for centuries. He notes women’s central role in feeding growing populations and argues farming could feed three times today’s population if surplus regions share know-how with the undernourished.
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Jeanne Lesem
United Press
New York
Lord John Boyd Orr
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Lord Boyd Orr
Doubleday
Boyd Orr
Sewer Survey Report Delay Is Explained
A letter read to council explains a delay in the Metropolitan Sewer Survey report from Consoer Townsend Associates. The report will now aim for completion by the end of June due to rewrites on financing and programming in light of new federal grant policies.
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Council
Metropolitan
Consoer-Townsend Associates
Pittsburgh
A. L. Heberling
Heat records top nation as temps swing across states
New York report notes the day’s high reached 108 degrees at Presidio Texas while Grand Marais Michigan posted the low of 32 degrees. The UPI dispatch highlights the stark temperature contrast across the country for the day.
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New York
Turnpike Crash Fatal To Woman
Mrs. Frances M. Stotler a 62 year old resident of New Kensington Pennsylvania was killed when the car she rode in crashed into the rear of another vehicle on the Ohio Turnpike. June Marks 40 Pittsburgh driver of the Stotler car was treated and released at St Thomas Hospital. The other car occupants Samuel Steinback 60 Mt Clemens Michigan and hitchhiker William J Theile 19 Johnsville Pa were not hurt.
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Akron
Ohio
UPI
Frances M. Stotler
New Kensington
Pittsburgh
Ohio Highway Patrol
Mich
William J. Theile
Johnsville
Governors receive homegrown suits from Goldfine gifts
New Hampshire Governor Lane Dwinell said Bernard Goldfine, a textile magnate with mills in NH and other states, gave each governor at the 1955 National Governors Conference material for a suit. Dwinell personally presented the gifts as a produce of New Hampshire industry, a common practice at such events.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Lane Dwinell
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Bernard Goldfine
Dwinell
Goldfine
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