Fireworks Through Centuries From Firecrackers to Displays
The article traces fireworks from ancient China to modern shows and war fare. It notes Fazzone Brothers in New Castle making mock atomic explosions and mentions Davy Crockett poses. Uplifting Fourth of July displays feature Niagara Falls like fountains and flag motifs, with rockets used by armed services.
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Fazzone Brothers Fireworks Manufacturing Company
New Castle
Davy Crockett
Pennsylvania
Niagara Falls
WAC
Armed Services
Y Teen Girls Set Off to Tri State Area Conference
Thirteen Y Teens from the New Castle YWCA and Mrs John Maxwell depart Sunday for a six day encampment at Bethany West Virginia with Rev Ramsey Bridges of Pittsburgh as daily speaker. The program features book reports talent shows folk dancing and swap shops with about two hundred girls from the region registered.
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Y.W.C.A
John Maxwell
Bethany
W. Va
Ramsey Bridges
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Castle Y
Joan Cornelius
Yteen
Sallie McIver
Judie Cushner
Jacque Bender
Serena Rashid
Carole Jenkins
Beverly Sommers
Carol Taylor
Flora Williams
Romana McHenry
Phyliss Hall
Frances Grossman
Sallie Baatz
Adenauer Sets Conditions for Moscow Talks on German Prisoners
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told the Big Three he will not meet in Moscow unless Russia releases more than 9,000 German war prisoners. He also demanded no recognition of East Germany and no acceptance of the Oder Neisse border before any talks.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Press
New York
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Adenauer
Russia
Germany
U.S
Waldorf Astoria
West Germany
Oder- Neisse Line
Davy Crockett fad gripes parents while youth copycat craze grows
Parents complain of Crockett mania as children demand hats fox fur trim outfits and imitation gear. A local child behavior expert says imitation peaks at age 17 or 18 and fashion copies neighbor kids. Australia reports 1954 population over nine million.
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David Crockett
Crockett
Boy Crockett
Congressman Crockett Alamo Crockett
Lawrence County
West Washington Street
Davy Crockett
Pittsburgh
Younster
Polly
Davy
Hoppy
Daniel Boone
TV set sales peak in 1954 surpassing 7.3 million units
Washington reports nearly a million more television receivers sold in American retail stores in 1954 than 1953, reaching a record total of 7,317,034 sets. The rise reflects growing consumer demand and expanding television adoption across the United States.
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Washington
Bids Received For Erection Of Nuclear Test Plant
Curtiss-Wright Corp has received bids from Pennsylvania contractors to erect three buildings at its nuclear testing plant in north central Pennsylvania. The firm has leased over 52,000 acres in the Karthaus-Driftwood area. One building will be used for manufacturing. the exact nature is undisclosed for security. The plant is expected to employ four to eight thousand workers and develop nuclear power for airplanes when construction begins.
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Lock Haven
INS
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Pennsylvania
Karthaus-Driftwood
New Jersey
George M. Leader
Leader
Mrs Maxwell Resigns as YW Teen-Age Director
Mrs. Maxwell, teen age director of the local YWCA, has resigned and will leave the city within two weeks with her husband John Maxwell. They plan to move to Montgomery, Alabama, where Mr. Maxwell will take duties at the Jefferson Davis hotel. Mrs. Maxwell has served in the post for fifteen months.
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John Maxwell
Maxwell
John
Castleton
Montgomery
Alabama
Jefferson Davis
Religious Life of President Is Accorded Praise
President Eisenhower's pastor at a Bloomington address praises his religious life and church devotion. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson lauds Eisenhower's attendance record and appeal for prayer, noting Dulles and much of the cabinet also attend his church as a symbol of the era's spiritual aims.
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Bloomington
Ind
INL
Eisenhower
Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church
Indiana University
Edward L. R. Elson
National Presbyterian Church
Washington
Dr. Elson
Ike
John Foster Dulles
New Castle Girl Set for Play at Westminster College
Joyce Dell Thompson of 202 Euclid Avenue New Castle Pennsylvania will star as Lavinia in a scene from Mourning Becomes Electra to be staged at Westminster College Old 77 at 815 p m Friday June 24 as the finale to Westminster College high school speech institute. Miss Helen Cushman of Slippery Rock State Teachers College will direct Rich Man Poor Man by Bertha Burill.
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Joyce Dell Thompson
Euclid Avenue
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Lavinia
Electra
Westminster College
Old 77
Helen Cushman
Slippery Rock State Teachers’ College
Bertha Burill
Visitors to Norway Gain Aluminum Output Soars
Norway's aluminum production in 1954 surged to 807 201 pounds, an all time high, as over 100 000 visitors flocked to the country. Italy reports about 700 000 radio sets sold and 600 000 to 700 000 in operation with more than 120 000 new sets, while television usage rises.
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Norway
Washington
American
Rome
Italy
Informers Threatened Over Pittsburgh Narcotics Ring
In Pittsburgh the narcotics ring crackdown continues with over 20 arrests. Informers face reprisals after breaking with the ring including threats to Bernard Cravetta's family and a teen informant. The ring sold marijuana to South Hills High School students.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Bernard Cravetta
South Hills
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