Greek and American Tankers Collide Off Brest Coast
A Greek freighter Ioannis and American tanker Stony Point collided in fog off Brittany. Both burned with smoke rising. nine dead reported, including eight on Ioannis and one on Stony Point. Survivors and rescuers from German and French ships raced to aid crew.
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Brest
Fance
Brittany
France
U.S
Stony Point
Ioannis
the Hague
Ins
French
Sev
Erik Reckmann
Kellum
Joannis
Chevreuil
S.S. America
Erik Beckmann
Speed in Senate on Civil Rights Bill
Senate GOP Leader Knowland predicted swift action on the House civil rights bill with a direct push to the Senate calendar. He said a by-pass move to the calendar is certain and likely Thursday, with the bill set for first readings today. Senator Russell cautioned on outcome, noting southern opposition may not hold.
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Washington
INS
Senate
William F. Knowland
Judiciary Committee
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Daily Weather Report Clears With Lower Humidity
Clearing conditions and lower humidity with a high of 76 to 85. Tonight and Thursday will be fair and cooler with a low of 53 to 61 and a high of 75 to 81. Twenty four hour stats show a maximum 92, minimum 67, precipitation 0.86 inches, river stage 6.2 feet. A year ago the date recorded a 71 high, 53 low, 0.78 inches of rain, and a river stage of 8 feet.
End of Big Game Hunting Legislation Hangs on Adjournment
Pennsylvania lawmakers eyed final adjournment as leaders announced restoring about 23 million of the 94.5 million cut from Gov. Leader's budget. The General Appropriations Bill totaled 1.165 billion after two days of debate with Democrats withholding signing.
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Burton W. Siglin
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George M
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
John H. Dent
Japan to Try Girard Despite U S Court Ruling
Japan's justice minister Umekichi Nakamura says Tokyo will try William S. Girard in a Japanese court despite a U.S. federal court decision to the contrary. He notes the ruling has no bearing on Japan and warns of potential strain on the U S Japan security treaty. Girard, elated by the U S decision, criticized press coverage as harmful to his case.
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Sid White
Tokyo
INS
Japan
Girard
Umekichi Nakamura
International News Service
GI William S. Girard
Nakamura
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
U. S
New York
U.S
Four Die and Four Hurt in Two U S 6 Crashes West of Walkerton
Two separate accidents on U S 6 about 32 miles west of Walkerton left four people dead and four injured. Emil Rehbein 61 of Union Mills died when his car collided with an Indiana state highway truck as it passed another auto. Russell Kerr 52 and his wife Mabel 49 beside Murial Rehbein were injured, while truck driver Henry Spaulding 55 escaped injury. A second crash during the wreckage clearance killed Noeman Mussel and his wife Norah of Chester County Pa and passenger Leroy Gieger of South Bend Ind.
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Walkerton, Ind
INS
Walkerton
Emil Rehbein
Union Mills
Ind
Indiana
Russell Kerr
Kerr
Mabel
Rehbein
Murial
Henry Spaulding
LaPorte
S. P. O'Reilly
Fort Wayne
Noeman Mussel
Norah
Chester County
Leroy Gieger
South Bend
101Yearold Woman Dies in Stewartstown Home
A 101 year old woman, Annie M. Sloat, died Tuesday night at her home in Stewartstown York County. She left 192 descendants.
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Stewartstown, Pa
Stewartstown
York County
Annie M. Sloat
Death Records: William Androlia Matilda Alborn Clyde Ferree
Death notices list William Androlia aged 62 of New Galilee Matilda Alborn aged 89 of Volant and Clyde Ferree Jr aged 22 of Ellwood City with residence details as of June 19 1957.
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William
America
Androlia
New Galilee
Matilda K. Alborn
Volant
Clyde Robert Ferree, Jr
Belton
Ellwood City
Lamolli Found Guilty On Assault Charge In Local Trial
Hosea Lamolli of Youngstown was found guilty of assault with intent to kill Edith Stowe in Mahoning Two on April 4. He was acquitted on assault with intent to kill Gonzalo Torres and cleared on two robbery indictments. Lamolli admitted shooting Stowe. she testified and remained hospitalized for 42 days. Sentencing pending after verdict.
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Lawrence County
Lamolli
Stowe
Atoms For Peace Treaty Ratified by Senate Vote
The Senate approved President Eisenhower's atoms-for-peace treaty on a 7 19 roll call. Nine Democrats and 10 Republicans opposed the measure which would establish an international atomic energy agency to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy and share non military materials. The United States Russia Britain France and Canada are among nations that must ratify for the treaty to take effect. The U S has pledged 80 million dollars of non military uranium 235 to the agency.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Russia
International Atomic Energy Agency
United States
Britain
France
Canada
United Nations General Assembly
Israel fears Soviet submarines shift Middle East power
Israel expressed growing concern over Egypt acquiring three Soviet submarines. An attack on Israeli shipping was described as a potential trigger for war as the cabinet held an emergency session to address the move.
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Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Jerusalem
Sinai
Gaza Strip
Relief Promised as Western Pa Gets Cooler Air
A cooler air mass from Ohio was due to move into western Pennsylvania today and sweep across the state, bringing relief from a seven day heat wave. Showers were possible with clearing and lower humidity later. Low temps tonight expected in the mid 50s to mid 60s, while eight heat related deaths have occurred, including 38 year old Robert F. Dougherty in the Monongahela River.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Robert F. Dougherty
Monongahela River
Claire Wesneyak
Hawley
Paupack
Lake Wallenpaupack
Arlene Beatty
Falls Two
Bucks County
U S Court Prevents Girard Transfer to Japan
U S District Judge Joseph C McGarraghy ruled that GI William S Girard cannot be turned over to Japan for trial. He said delivering the prisoner would violate U S constitutional rights and he issued an injunction ordering Girard not be delivered to the Japanese government and allowing possible American court martial prosecution.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Joseph C. McGarraghy
William S. Girard
United States
McGarraghy
Girard
Japan
Bakery Union President Faces Charges in Senate Probe
Senate investigators summoned Bakery Workers Union President James G. Cross to answer charges of goon squad tactics collusion with an employer and misuse of union funds. Kennedy said evidence would show Cross borrowed $106000 since 1948 including $40000 last November after a strike permission withdrawal at Zion Industries.
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Herbert Foster
United Press
Washington
Senate
James G. Cross
Bakery Workers Union Today
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Cross
George L. Stuart
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Philipsborn Sr
Herbert
Zion Industries, Inc
Martin Philipsborn, Jr
Man to Ascend 105000 Feet Above Earth
Plans at Holloman AFB New Mexico call for a 35 year old doctor to be sealed in a 3 by 7 foot cylinder and carried about 20 miles high by a helium balloon. He will spend 24 hours aloft to study biological effects of space travel.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
INS
Hollowman Afb
N.M
David G. Simons
Four Armed Bandits Rob Opera Star
Four armed robbers forced entry into Lauritz Melchior and family home on Mulholland Drive in Hollywood and stole 175000 dollars in cash jewels and furs after tying up the opera star his wife Maria and the Melchior cook. They ordered Melchior to open a safe and rummaged the residence before fleeing. Melchior 67 years old since moving to Hollywood in 1944 after twenty five years at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Hollywood
Lauritz Melchior
Melchior
Maria
Swank
Mulholland Drive
Melchiors
William Vowles
Vowles
Legislation For Korean War Bonus Reaches Governor
Enabling legislation to create a mechanism to pay a proposed 150 million dollar state bonus to Korean War veterans moved to Governor George M. Leader's desk. The House joined the Senate in passing the conference report on the bill by unanimous vote. The measure would allow the state to pay an estimated 335,000 Pennsylvania veterans if voters approve a constitutional amendment on the ballot next November.
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Harrisburg
LLP
George M
House
Senate
Pennsylvania
Salem man injures ankle unloading freight shipment
Eugene Bennett of 324 W Ninth St Salem Oregon stepped on an uneven manhole and sprained his right ankle while unloading a shipment of freight He was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital and discharged.
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Eugene Bennett
Ninth St
Salem
Jameson Memorial Hospital
U S Expected to Appeal Girard Case to Supreme Court
The government planned to skip the U S Court of Appeals and take the Girard case directly to the Supreme Court. A ruling by District Judge McGarraghy that Girard must face an American military court martial was upheld by Eisenhower officials as illegal under U S law and Constitution. A top level conference was set to decide whether to seek Supreme Court jurisdiction. If the high court agrees, the appeal would hinge on foreign policy implications.
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Helen Thomas
United Press
Washington
US. Court of Appeals
Girard
Supreme Court
Joseph C. McGarraghy
GI William S. Girard
Justice Department
U.S
Japan
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
McGarraghy
Eisenhower
United States
Hoffa Bribery Trial Starts
The government begins trial against Teamster Union Vice President James R. Hoffa on bribery charges for allegedly bribing a Senate Rackets Committee investigator. Co defendant Hyman J. Fischbach, a Miami lawyer, faces the same charges as Hoffa. Also on trial nearby is Frank Brewster, Seattle Teamster vice president, on contempt of Congress.
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Washington
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Roses On The Lattice Brighten The Yard
Arthur Memeter notes each spring the roses bloom more beautifully than the last and brighten the neighborhood. He remembers past years when the yard was lovely and says every rose seems to vie for praise as it climbs the lattice on this eighty sixth day.
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Daily Weather Report
Cincinnati
Muella Rocco
Kenya
East Africa
Riverside
Calif
Milton Adelman
Elsinore
Cleveland National Forest
Terry Moore
Panama Insurance
Eugene McGrath
McGrath
Bakery Union
Lauritz
Girard Case
Hoffa
Cross Word Editorial
Ellwood
Sae
Arthur Memeter
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