United Nations Birthday Observed In San Francisco
Diplomats from major nations gathered in San Francisco to mark the UN tenth anniversary. Western foreign ministers planned concrete progress from cordial talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov as top officials prepared for a Geneva summit next month. Molotov met Dag Hammarskjold and U.N. official Van Kleffens during the commemorations.
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San Francisco
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Molotov
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Eelco van Kleffens
Stop Signs Replace Older Version Citywide
Motorists will see new red stop signs replacing older yellow ones across the city. Summer arrives locally Tuesday at 11 32 p m Eastern Standard Time or 12 32 a m Wednesday. Eclipse today not visible here. total eclipse underway elsewhere. Wheat cutting hay harvest underway with dry days aiding work. warnings to parents about objects left in mailboxes.
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Summer
Africa
Asia
Japan
Indian Ocean
East Indies
Australia
New Zealand
U. S
Weather Outlook Warm Humid With Afternoon Thunder Showers
Daily weather report shows mostly sunny warm and humid conditions today and Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs reach mid 80s today and upper 80s Tuesday, lows around 60 tonight. River stage at 5.1 feet with no precipitation in the past 24 hours.
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United States
Longest Total Eclipse In 1,238 Years Visible Worldwide
The seven minute to nearly twelve minute total eclipse crossed a 7000 mile arc from Ceylon to the Philippines. U.S. Air Force jets with scientists chased the shadow over the Philippines while observers in Ceylon faced clouded skies and alarmist predictions.
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Manila
P.I
Ceylon
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Peron May Lose Power Amid Argentine Military Move
Diplomatic sources report General Franklin Lucero aims to restore order in Argentina and possibly remove President Juan D. Peron. The claim centers on Lucero, a Catholic war minister who now heads all armed and security forces, with rumors of Peron’s fall circulating in Buenos Aires. United Press notes there is no confirmation and cites army loyalty to Lucero.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan D. Peron
Franklin Lucero
Argentina
Lucero
Peron
Thomas R. Curran
United Press
South America
Buenos Aires
New York
Curran
Three American Turncoats Not Yet Out Of China
In Hong Kong the U S consulate reserved rooms for three American turncoats who deserted to communism after the Korean War. Former GIs Otho Bell Lewie Griggs and William Cowart were expected at the border from Canton but did not arrive on the train. Consul S M Backe planned to return to monitor the situation.
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Hong Kong
U.S
S. M. Backe
Canton
Red China
Pfc
Otho Bell
Olympia
Wash
Cpl
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William A. Cowart
Dalton
United States
Backe
Democrats Eye Reviving FEPC Legislation in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg Democratic leaders consider reviving FEPC bill after the Republican Senate Education Committee pigeonholed it by a secret ballot vote. State Chairman Joseph M. Barr criticizes the move as a betrayal of the 1954 pledge to pass FEPC this session.
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Harrisburg
FEPC
Senate Education Committee
Joseph M. Barr
Education Committee
General Assembly
Barr
Principal Drowns After Boat Capsize Near Bloomsburg
Earl Davis Sr., 47, supervising principal of Scott Township Schools, drowned when a motor boat capsized on a private lake near Bloomsburg. Davis and lake owner L H Kline were aboard. Kline was rescued. Davis sank while swimming to shore and a body was recovered. An autopsy was ordered by Columbia County Coroner E M Davis.
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Berwick
Earl Davis
Scott Township
Bloomsburg
Davis
L. H. Kline
Kline
Columbia County
E. M. Davis
Date Set For Execution Of Turnpike Killer
Gov. George M. Leader fixed September 26 for the electric chair of John Wesley Wable, Westmoreland County killer of Harry F. Pitts, and George Capps of Bucks County for Marta Gibbons slaying. Wable’s conviction upheld by Pennsylvania Supreme Court last May. Capps’ conviction for Marta Gibbons killing dated January 22, 1954. Clemency petition to be heard at September Board of Pardons meeting.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
John Wesley Wable
Westmoreland County
George Capps
Bucks County
Wable
Harry F. Pitts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Court
Capps
Marta Gibbons
State Board of Pardons
GM Plants Resume Operations After Wildcat Strikes
Detroit report says most General Motors plants have resumed production after wildcat strikes. the Fisher body plant in Livonia remains idle due to unresolved grievances, with two other plants delayed by a lack of parts until flows resume. In Calcutta cholera kills about 400 in three weeks, with 150 new cases daily.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Wildcat
Fisher Body
Livonia
Fling
Mich
Pontiac Final Assembly
Pontiac
Calcutta
India
Huge Defense Bill Faces Senate Vote Today
The Senate prepared to vote on the $31.86 billion defense appropriations bill proposing continued cuts to surface forces. Some Democrats opposed the plan arguing for Army and Marine strength, warning of fringe wars and allied morale impacts while Gen. Symington urged amendments to freeze Army and Marine numbers at key levels.
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United Press
Senate
House
Marine Corps
U.S
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Eisenhower
Korea
Mother and Son Killed in Crash Near Sunbury
Mrs Earl Long 46 of Dalmatia RD 1 and her eight year old son Delroy were killed when their car hit a truck on a highway south of Sunbury. Injured were two other children Dale 6 and Virginia 13. The Long vehicle was driven by Mrs Long and struck the truck driven by William Martz of Dalmatia RD 1.
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Sunbury
KNS
Earl Long
Dalmatia
Delroy
Laurel Queen Is Named For State
WELLSBORO Pa UP Anne Hamilton Henscey 18 year old senior at State College High school University Park Pa was chosen Miss Pennsylvania Laurel Queen from among 73 contestants at the Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival Saturday Juanita Pelletier Miss Dubois High school was runnerup
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Wellsboro
Anne Hamilton Henscey
State College High School
University Park
Juanita Pelletier
Dubois High School
Austrians Report Americans Held in Siberia
Vienna based informants among 180 returning Austrians say several Americans were held in Siberia for 8 to 10 years. The latest freedom train from Soviet slave camps crossed into Austria. First Lt. Jerry Ford of Oklahoma, about 38, CID prior to capture, was reported in good health last seen in 1950.
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Vienna
Austria
Siberia
Freedom
Jerry Ford
Oklahoma
Counter Intelligence Corps
Six Die as Car Is Struck at Leipsic Grade Crossing
At Route 65 crossing two miles north of Leipsic Ohio a car carrying six young people stopped then darted in front of a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train. The train demolished the car and killed all six instantly. Killed were Robert Alsept 21 of Toledo Robin Alsept 21 of Lima Mrs Helen Reinecke 20 of Lima and her children David 2 and Randy 4 months and Miss Mary Martha Gross 18 of Lima.
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Ottawa, O
INS
Leipsic
Baltimore & Ohio
C. A. Mattakie
Lima
Elber Klausing
Robert Alsept
Toledo
Robin Alsept
Helen Reinecke
David
Randy
Mary Martha Gross
Three Die in Motorcycle and Auto Collision Near Olean
Three persons died in a Sunday crash involving two motorcycles and an automobile driven by Lawrence J. Barrett of Olean New York. The victims aged 29 26 and 20 suffered skull fractures and were thrown from their bikes. Stonemetz of Shinglehouse Pennsylvania Wilkinson of Olean and Kerr of Olean were named as the deceased.
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Olean
N.Y
Here
Lawrence J. Barrett
Gerald Stonemetz
Shinglehouse
Robert R. Wilkinson
Patricia J. Kerr
Jelke Begins Prison Term For Call Girl Racket
Minot F. Mickey Jelke III, 25, known as an oleo heir, reports to Sing Sing Prison to serve a two to three year term for running a call girl racket. He was convicted after a second trial following a first trial voided for press restrictions and a failed appeal.
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New York
Minot F
Mickey Jelke III
Sing Sing
Jelke
Compromise Proposed on Military Reserve Plan by Rep Short
Rep. Dewey Short proposes a middle ground to the administration military reserve bill. The plan would let 17 and 18 year olds enlist for two years of summer training and add two to three extra drills. Short argues against seven and a half years of service, citing family and business plans. The administration would keep one night of drill weekly and a three week summer camp.
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Washington
Dewey Short
Short
House Armed Services Committee
Second Round In Negotiations On Steel Wage
The second round of bargaining opens as U S Steel replies to USW wage demands for a sizable raise for 600 000 workers after an 11 day recess. The Big Six mills resume talks this week with USW president David J McDonald and negotiators. deadline for a no contract no work strike is June 30.
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J. Robert Shubert
United Press
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Twenty Lost As Boat Capsizes in English Channel
Police search continues after a landing barge carrying workers on holiday sank in rough seas off Rivabella France. At least twenty people are dead, with several missing, the capsize occurring Saturday during a routine outing.
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Rivabella
France
English Channel
Adenauer drafts reply to Russia bid for friendship
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer, backed by the Western Big Three, begins drafting a reply to Russia's invitation for talks in Moscow to discuss normalized relations. He signals a push for a rapid program on rearmament and reports full unity among the United States Britain and France for the months ahead.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Moscow
Adenauer
United States
Water and Phone Lines Cut on Egyptian Border
Israeli army reports disruption of water and telephone lines along the border with Egypt. A pipeline blast severed water supply to Gaza frontier desert settlements while Kisuffim, hub of Israeli communications, lost phone service. No blame assigned amid ongoing clashes.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Gaza
Kisuffim
Egypt
Accidents Take Twelve Lives in Pennsylvania Weekend
United Press reports Father’s Day weekend traffic and water accidents claim 12 lives in Pennsylvania. Six died in vehicle crashes and six more drowned as sunny, hot conditions drew crowds to roads and recreation areas.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
Deaths in local area listed for June 20 1955
Death notices for Emily S Coulter 48 of Quest Street Charles E McCarron 65 Kop pel Martin Jeff Jackson 68 Warren Ohio Edward J Connery RD 5 Harry K Armstrong 56 Pulaski Road RD 3 Antonio Lattanzio Tony Smith 59 North Street Rudolph Mayer 72 Ellwood City and Frances Viola Catania 71 Ellwood City.
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Emily S. Coulter
Quest Street
Charles E. McCarron
Koppel
Martin
Jeff) Jackson
Warren
Ohio
Edward J. Connery
R. D
Harry K. Armstrong
Pulaski Road
Antonio Lattanzio
Tony Smith
North Street
Rudolph Mayer
Ellwood City
Frances Viola Catania
Eisenhower Opens UN Anniversary With Hope For Peace
President Eisenhower sails to San Francisco to address UN 10th anniversary at the Opera House. He will urge optimism for the world body as Western powers prepare for the Big Four talks with Molotov and allies. He met Dulles after a long flight and will host a luncheon at the St Francis Hotel with Ham Marshjeld and other officials.
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United Press
San Francisco
Calif
Eisenhower
U. N
California
Goodwin Knight
Dulles
Elmer Robinson
UNS
United Nations
International Organization
Mr. Eisenhower
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Columbine Tit
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
St. Francis Hotel
Dag Hammarshjeld
General Assembly
E.N. van Kleffens
The
Netherlands
Fire In Huge Renovo Gas Well Put Out
Two Texas fire experts used a 280 pound nitro glycerin charge to extinguish a three day blaze at a newly drilled Renovo Pennsylvania gas well. The well may have been the East’s largest, with an estimated 150 million cubic feet a day flow. Seven men were injured, two hospitalized, while nearby woods were drenched to stop a forest fire.
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Renovo
Texas
Paul
Red) Adair
Asger
Boots) Hansen
Pennsylvania
New York State Natural Gas Co
Welcome Summer Brings Heat and Rain for Outdoor Teams
The poem invites summer to bring warm sunny days and showers to suit picnickers and baseball players. It calls for cooperation between seasons, noting the weather should stay hot and around eighty six degrees, with rain drops at night.
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