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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
1
Mrs Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital for a routine physical checkup described as a top to toe examination. White House Press Secretary Hagerty said the visit is not prompted by illness and she is expected to remain several days.
The steward of a private Pittsburgh club, Henry A. Papale, 41, drowned Monday while swimming with his ten year old son in Slippery Rock Creek near their Butler county family cottage. Coroner J. Clinton Atwell said cramps likely caused the tragedy as Papale floated in an inner tube.
Pa Newe reports on odd street names like Habit Way in the district and notes Pittsburgh common quirks as drivers slow to view scenery. County Bible schools near midterm end with programs and picnics, while harvest expectations rise and fruit sizes improve along the New Jersey seaboard.
Sunny hot and humid today with a chance of widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. High 85 to 94. Tonight and Wednesday continue hot and humid with scattered storms. Low 64 to 73. 24 hour period ending 7 am: high 93 low 66 precipitation 0. River stage 6.3 feet. Same date last year: high 84 low 68 precipitation 21 river stage 7.4 feet.
The Soviet official newspaper Izvestia accuses Harold E. Stassen of attempting to derail London disarmament negotiations while noting his Monday endorsement of a new Soviet disarmament plan. The report also says France may reject a total nuclear test ban as it pursues its own atomic weapons program within two years.
Army Specialist William S. Girard may face trial in two to six months, per his military legal advisor Maj. Stanley F. Levin at Camp Whittington Japan. Levin, who consults daily with Girard, says the constitutional issue of the U.S. Japan administrative agreement is the primary concern delaying the case.
A Senate House conference committee met again to resolve the General Appropriation Bill deadlock as final adjournment looms Wednesday. Republicans resist restoring funds and want the bill at 1.111 billion dollars while Democrats threaten to defeat 93 million in non-preferred appropriations for state aided hospitals and universities without a two thirds vote. The dispute becomes a war of nerves as both sides weigh consequences of adjournment and funding for higher education and hospitals.
In Port au Prince the new Haitian military junta asserts control with an iron hand. Tanks and half tracks sweep the streets as rounds of arrests follow riots that killed at least 50 and wounded about 200. Sentries guard pro-Fignole strongholds and potential opponents are rounded up.
Mrs. Eroyle Moore of 1412 Coal Street Wilkinsburg suffered a puncture wound to her right lower arm when a tree limb struck her car on Route 18. She received treatment and was discharged from Jameson Memorial Hospital.
Robert Bacon aged 34 of 209 King Ave injured his right elbow when caught in a machine at work. He received treatment and was discharged from Jamesson Memorial Hospital.
A brutal heat wave and successive floods killed at least 134 people across the eastern half of the United States. Drownings, floods, and lightning deaths are reported in multiple states, with New York, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Minnesota among the hardest hit.
Mrs Edith Stowe 44 of Youngstown Ohio testifies that Hosea Lamolli shot and beat her April 4 in a dark Mahoning Two wooded area. Lamolli indicted for assault with intent to kill and armed robbery and denies robbing Stowe or Torres.
In Wheeling West Virginia a 30 year old truck driver killed two people and seriously wounded a third with a .357 Magnum as his wife and two children watched. Police say the killings followed a dispute over their children possibly being taken away.
The Senate Rackets Committee began public hearings resuming after a recess to question Bakery Workers Union leaders on reports of favors to certain employers. Gil bert Mann former head of Chicago Local 100 testified as the first witness. Also named were Joseph Kane Local 525 New York Curtis R. Sims suspended secretary treasurer of the international and Union President James G. Cross.
A government source says the Supreme Court ruling opening secret FBI files to defendants has plunged the Justice Department into chaos. Attorney General Browell ordered U.S. attorneys to withhold FBI files without his personal permission. The department has already lost two cases in Georgia, a tax and a narcotics ruling, amid moves to seek new legislation and a possible re argument.
Ottawa report notes the Liberal government on caretaker basis while John Diefenbaker prepares to take office as Prime Minister and form a new Conservative government after the June election. Louis St Laurent resigns, plans to remain MP and opposition leader. a new election is expected this autumn or next spring.
In Washington the House pushed toward final passage of the civil rights bill amid Southern resistance. A last attempt to block it involved sending the measure back to committee to attach the defeated jury trial amendment. The House has rejected four jury trial versions, while the Senate appears ready to bring the bill to the floor for debate, bypassing Eastland's Judiciary Committee.
Two young boys, Fred Jaggers aged 10 and James Porter aged 9, drowned while swimming in the Shenango River near Wheatland Pennsylvania. They stepped into a deep hole and, after others summoned help, Wheatland Farrell and Sharon firemen recovered Jaggers within 45 minutes but failed to revive him. Porter’s body was recovered later.
Two boys from New Castle reported missing by their grandmother were found asleep on a Mahoningtown church lawn by city police last night.
Death records list Grazia DePietro aged 87 of 215 East Madison Avenue Belle Schawl aged 91 of 614 Euclid Avenue Grove City and William J Flowers aged 87 of 1518 Railroad Brook Street dated June 18, 1957.
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated the fourth spring test in Nevada atop Angels Peak. A secret device 500 feet above Yucca Flat produced a 10 000 ton TNT equivalent blast seen from San Francisco and Los Angeles with no ground contact.
Frank Scalise a 55 year old reputed associate of Frank Costello and other underworld figures was shot to death Monday as he left a Bronx fruit and vegetable store. Two gunmen fired at least five shots and fled in a sedan. The store owner Enrico Mazzaro was held in $100000 bail as a witness. Authorities say the killing bears gangland slaying characteristics and may link to international narcotics traffic. Scalise was once an associate of Charles Lucky Luciano and suspected in a global dope smuggling ring.
A rustic invitation describes an informal gathering in a leafy yard with a hammock chair and ample seating for friends. Snacks and lemonade spice a moonlit, breezy night free of games, debate, or formality for a peaceful, amiable social event.
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