Father’s Day brings attention in New Castle and Lawrence County
Sunday observed as Father’s Day with heightened home attention in New Castle and Lawrence County. Wheat fields show near harvest readiness while New Wilmington hosts sesqui celebration events drawing dispersed former Wneshannock Presbyterian members. Local showers aided parched lawns, yet heavy storms were lacking nearby. Cathedral crowds set likely new North Hill parking record as autos filled blocks around the Cathedral.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Wneshannock Presbyterian Church
New Wilmington
Cathedral
North Hill District
Daily Weather Report
Weather outlook shows rather cloudy skies with scattered showers and drizzle late tonight. U S statistics record a high of 77 and low of 67 with 13 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 5.1 feet for the 24 hour period ending today at a.m.
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United States
Britain Queries U S On Hong Kong Defense Plans
London sources say Britain queried the United States about helping defend Hong Kong from Chinese Communists. Bevin reportedly told the State Department Hong Kong is a valuable port and British territory. Officials discuss shared defense and economic aid, with Acheson referring the matter to Washington.
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London
Britain
United States
Hong Kong
Communist
Peiping
China
Shensi
Bevin
U.S. State Department
Far East
Paris
U. S
Acheson
A. V. Alexander
Washington
Crown Colony
Shanghai
Ask Israel To Take Back Some Arab Refugees
The United States urges Israel to accept Arab refugees from the Palestine conflict to break the peace talks deadlock. The plan targets those willing to live at peace with neighbors and opposed to further Israeli territorial concessions. Referee reports from Mark Ethridge in Lausanne flag the refugee issue as the core obstacle to a Holy Land settlement.
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Washington
INS
United States
Israel
United Nations
Mark Ethridge
U.N. Conciliation Commission
Lausanne
Switzerland
State Department
Holy Land
Four Injured When Auto Crash At Route 168 278 Junction
State police report four people hurt in a 1:05 a.m. collision at the junction of Routes 168 and 278. Joseph 22 and Phyllis Fee 21, both of 7 Lowry Street, and Kathaleen Fee 1826 Arlington Avenue Louisville Ky, plus her 11 month old daughter Marlene suffered injuries. Phyllis Fee admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital. Eugene Dish of Shippensburg allegedly ran a stop sign and Martin Fee of Louisville operated another vehicle.
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Wilmington-Volant
Joseph
Lowry Street
Phyllis Fee
Kathaleen Fee
Arlington Avenue
Louisville
Marlene
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Eugene Dish
Shippensville
Martin Fee
Dish
Governors Gather For Conference In Colorado Springs
Governors and their staffs arrived in Colorado Springs for the 41st annual governors conference. Twenty-two governors expected today as last minute cancellations reduce the roster. the meeting opens tomorrow to discuss common problems.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
INS
Governors’ Conference
Wool Pool to Be Held by Lawrence County Cooperative
Members of the Lawrence County Cooperative Wool Growers Association will conduct their annual wool pool in Butler and New Castle during the last week of June. Butler County growers deliver Monday. New Castle pooling Tuesday and Wednesday for Lawrence and Beaver counties. grading by Penn State’s W B Connell with purchases by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Dry, clean wool only. wet or manure‑containing bales rejected.
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Lawrence County Cooperative Wool Growers Association
Butler
New Castle
Lawrence
Beaver Counties
Butler County
B. and O
Beaver Township
Beaver County
W. B. Connell
Penn State College
Commodity Credit Corporation
Two Bandits Are Shot To Death
Nebraska authorities turned over to the FBI fingerprints of two unidentified bandits killed in a gun fight at a country road block as they fled with 75000 dollars in stolen diamonds. Colfax county Sheriff Ed Patrice of Schuyler Neb was wounded in both hands in the shootout from a dirt barricade near Howells 80 miles northwest of Omaha.
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Omaha
INS
Nebraska
FBI
Colfax County
Ed. Patach
Schuyler
Neb
Howells
Woman’s Murder Baffles Police in Los Angeles
Los Angeles police struggled to identify a sex psychopath who garrotted and mutilated Louise Springer a 28 year old beauty operator. Five clues including smudged fingerprints on her car a tree branch and a sash cord were sent to the laboratory. The body was found in her convertible after she vanished Monday when her husband went to retrieve her eyeglasses from the store.
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Los Angeles
INS
Louise Springer
Unemployed Farrell Woman Loses 500 to Confidence Man
A Farrell woman was deceived by a con man who promised a job and hired her to work in a Sharon bank. She gave $500 as bond, but the envelope contained old papers instead of the pawn.
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Farrell, Pa
Sharon
Death Record for Leroy Mumford and Others
Obituary notice lists Leroy Mumford aged 64 of 333 East North Street and infant Marvin Cook plus Dale L. Mullen aged 42 of 322 Englewood Avenue with death records dated Saturday June 18 1949.
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Leroy Mumford
East North Street
Marvin Cook
Castlewood
Dale L. Mullen
Englewood Avenue
Bus Service To Flaherty Field Brings Evening Rides
New Castle announces weekly weeknight bus service to P. J. Flaherty Memorial Field for baseball fans. The program, run by the Greater New Castle association mayor John F Haven and Samuel I Friedman, launches Monday with 7 15 and 7 45 p m departures from the Public Square post office.
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New Castle
Greater
Croton Avenue
Cascade Street
GNCA
Friedman
Atomic probe to study cleared access to secrets
The congressional atomic probe will move behind closed doors to review reports that many individuals were improperly cleared for atomic secrets. Sen. Hickenlooper says he may expose these clearances on the Senate floor if the committee does not deliver a sufficient report.
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Washington
INS
Congressional Atomic Probe
Atomic Energy
David E. Lilienthal
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lilienthal
Senate
Theft Reported at McCoy Texaco Station
New Castle police report that the McCoy Texaco Service Station at North and East streets was robbed this morning. Between $400 and $500 in cash and about $500 in checks were taken from a strong box. Investigating authorities request any additional information.
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New Castle
McCoy Texaco
East Streets
Paris commemorates resistance as troops guard peaceful events
In Paris on June 18 1949 thousands of troops guarded ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the French resistance. A mass rally by De Gaulle supporters and a rival Communist gathering drew no immediate incidents though police and guards remained ready for possible clashes.
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Paris
DeGaulle
Pierre DeGaulle
Charles DeGaulle
Bir Hakeim
Passy Bridge
Grenelle Station
Jacques Leclerc
St. Louis Des Invalides
Vincent Auriol
Henri Queuille
Communist Party
Small Boy Shoots Young Brother in St Louis
A seven year old boy in St Louis shot and killed his five year old brother Richard Bognar after the younger refused to play. The crime occurred in the flat where Mrs. Bognar and the two boys were present. The family list includes eleven children, ten at home.
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ST. Louis
INS
Richard Bognar
Frank Bognar
William
Richard
Firemen Hurt in Uptown Manhattan Garage Blaze
Six firemen injured in an explosion and fire at an uptown Manhattan two story brick garage on the west side. Officials had no immediate report on the cause. Lt. Dallas of hook and ladder company 22 was named among the injured.
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New York
INS
Manhattan
Dallas
Hook and Ladder Company 22
Big Four Parley Resumes Monday in Paris
Western experts finalize strategy for the Paris Foreign Ministers Conference amid cautious hopes for a Berlin and Austria accord with the Soviet Union. The Big Four resume Sunday and end with a Monday plenary as Vishinsky and Acheson stay, Bevin and Schuman meet Brussels Pact officials in Luxembourg.
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Paris
INS
Russia
Berlin
Austria
Andrei Vishinsky
U.S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Luxembourg
Schuman
Bevin
Moscow
Rman
Coplon to Testify Monday in Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon rests at her hotel before a ninth week espionage trial. She will present her version of events and face cross examination Monday. She described notes on a top secret FBI report for a serious comic book project and said a purse note was taken to New York under her DOJ boss.
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Acme Telephoto
Washington, D. C
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Washington
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Valentin Gubitchev
NKVD
Secret Police
FBI
Thomas Kelly Jr Injured in Route 19 Auto Crash
Thomas Kelly Jr a 20 year old resident of Neshannock Avenue suffered severe knee injuries when a limousine out of control on Route 19 near Pittsburgh struck a pole and rebounded into his car. He was treated at Allegheny General Hospital and discharged. Also injured were Frank I Snyder president of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Charles J Graham president of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad and Charles Ross the limousine chauffeur. Snyder is listed in very serious condition.
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Thomas Kelly, Jr
Neshannock Avenue
Pittsburgh
Kelly
New Castle
Allegheny General Hospital
Frank I. Snyder
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Charles J. Graham
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Charles Ross
Snyder
Pistol Packing Mamma Sparks Neighborhood Turmoil
Doris Hammond, 31, claimed to be Philadelphia's pistol packing mamma after firing a .22 pistol into the air seven times to scare her husband. She faced a hearing on violations of the firearms act amid the disturbance.
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Philadelphia
INS
Doris Hammond
Hiss Trial Set to Resume Monday Defense Aims to Discredit Chambers
The Alger Hiss perjury trial heads toward defense case Monday with plans to undermine Whittaker Chambers. Judge Kaufman denied motions to dismiss the charges as the government rests its case after three weeks of testimony alleging Hiss aided a communist spy ring.
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New York
INS
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Samuel H. Kaufman
Lloyd Paul Stryker
State Department
Stryker
U. S
Thomas J. Murphy
Chambers
Four Air Force Personnel Die In Plane Crash Near Middletown
Four air force servicemen were killed when a twin engine trainer crashed and burned during a routine training flight from Cleveland to Olmstead field near Middletown Pennsylvania. The dead are 2nd Lt Roy D Lenser 1st Lt William S Shaffer Pfc George Christian and Pfc Leonard Novac. Army officials at Olmstead are investigating the cause while next of kin notifications were pending.
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Cleveland
INS
Air Force
Olmstead
Middletown
Olmsted Field
Army
Roy D. Lenser
William S. Shaffer
Hudson, O
George Christian
Middleport
Leonard Novac
Pittston
Charles Bassett
Unwed Wife Faces Prison for Killing Millionaire Employer
Agnes Garnier 52, described as an unwed wife, was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of her millionaire employer and mourner, John E. Owen, owner of ranch and apartment properties and president of a major landlord association. Her attorneys said they would appeal the verdict.
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Riverside
Calif
INS
Agnes Garnier
John E. Owen
Owen
National Association of
Garnier
Upper Potomac Flood Moves On to Cumberland
Flood waters of the upper Potomac sweeping toward Cumberland Maryland inundated parts of West Virginia towns Peters burg Moorefield Romney and Harman as dozens are missing and several believed drowned. State police report 17 foot flood stage at Cumberland with roads and telephone lines down and aid convoys prepared for Peters burg where about 3000 people are cut off.
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Cumberland
Petersburg
Moorefield
West Virginia
Potomac River
Romney
Harman
INS
W. Va
Red Cross
R. H. Shields
Duca Degli Abruzzi Club Subscribes to Hospital Fund
The Duca Degli Abruzzi Club led by president Nick Casalandra contributes 2000 dollars to the New Castle Hospital building fund. Alfonso Scarazzo announces the Italian American groups total at 12000 dollars after six societies joined. Other donors include the King Humberto Club and House of Savoy Club among others.
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Duca Degli’ Abruzzi Club
Nick Casalandra
New Castle Hospital Building Fund
Alfonso Scarazzo
Cochairman
King Humberto Club
House of Savoy Club
Unione Calabro Americana Club
St. Marguerite Mutual Benefit Society
Armando D'iaz
Inside Today's Classified Pages and Section Listings
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A Summer Compromise For Arthur And His Companion
Arthur wants mountains to view distant country rivers and meadows while she dreams of the seashore and sandy beaches. Unable to visit both, they compromise on a seaside vacation as the day reaches 85 degrees.
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Valley of New Castle
Field Club
C. Merle Raisley
John E. Elliott
Charles F. Morrow
W. Earl Leslie
Louis A. Peargall
Gordon M. Almstead
Fred M. Alexander
Louis A. Pearsall
Dr. I. Q
Allan B. Anthony
Meadville
David W. Rees
Ermel E. Branstetter
Daily Weather Report
New Wilmington-Volant
New Castle News
R. Eugene Smith
Flaherty Field
Will
Kremlin
German Economic Council
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Thomas Kelly Jr
Olmsted Airfield
Potomac
Inside Today
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