Fire School Enrollment Grows as Classes Begin in Union
Tuesday night marked the second session of the Lawrence County Fire School in Union township with 425 registered volunteers for 1955. Three color coded groups trained under chiefs McFarland Rogers and Messner plus Lt Campbell with 23 instructors covering chemical extinguishers gas masks ladder rescue water supply pumping and related skills. Fire police instruction follows for a three day series led by Cpl Rice of the Pennsylvania State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Township
Lawrence County Fire School
Norman McFarland
New Castle
Chester Rogers
Ellwood City
James Messner
Neshannock Township
Lee Campbell
Lawrence County Fire Police
H. G. Rice
Pennsylvania
Two Youths Drown At Lake Near Reading Pa
The bodies of 19 year old Charles Klein of Shartlesville and Merlin Binner of Strausstown were recovered from a 14 foot deep lake in a secluded wooded area near Strausstown. State Police and over 50 residents searched the 300 foot long lake by boat for more than two hours after clothing was found on the shore.
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Reading
Five year old treated after fall at porch railing fracture
Philip Mills aged five of Wilmington road was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 9 15 p m Tuesday for a fracture of the right forearm from a fall over a porch railing.
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Philip Mills
A. D
Wilmington Road
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Violence Surges in Cyprus Amid Greek Union Push
In Nicosia a bomb outside the police HQ injures and a civilian dies from Tuesday night wounds. Cypriots demanding union with Greece inflamed violence for a third day as Britain’s role on the island remains a strategic link in the Middle East command.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
INS
Greece
Britain
Turkey
Suez
Egypt
Mideast
Fugitive From Rockview Taken
Bellas, a 34-year-old inmate from Rockview Penitentiary, was recaptured by guards after fleeing on Tuesday. Guard Paul Poorman spotted him near Millheim and, with several colleagues, stopped the escapee who had driven a tractor to the prison farm edge. Bellas was serving 8 to 10 years for manslaughter and burglary in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Rockview Penitentiary
Paul Poorman
Millheim
Mike M. Bellas
Poorman
Bellas
Indiana
House Approves Pumatuning Lake Boat Horsepower Limit
The Pennsylvania House passed a bill to enforce six horsepower limits on motor boats at Pumatuning Lake in Crawford County. The measure closes a legal loophole after a court cited the lake as not inland water, delaying enforcing existing motor boat regulations.
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Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Senate
Pennsylvania
Crawford County
China Likely 50 Years From Modern Industrial Status
Tokyo based Peiping Radio quoted Communist China Vice Premier Li Fu Chun saying China would need at least 50 years to catch up with leading industrial nations. He added socialism could be built in China in 15 years through three five year plans and that funds for industrialization could not be accumulated at high speed.
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Tokyo
China
Li Fu Chun
Peiping Radio
Sail
Ship Passes Through Suez Canal In Fifteen Hours
A vessel completed its transit through the Suez Canal connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea in fifteen hours. The passage exemplified the canal’s role as a vital north south maritime route.
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Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Almira Home Trustees Meet at Almira Home
The Almira Home trustees held a meeting with Mrs. Samuel Phillips as temporary chair. Reports covered finances, residents, and conditions. total receipts were 49015.40 with disbursements 49174.74. The daily cost per resident rose to 2.87, from last year, and tribute was paid to board member Mrs. Ralph Campbell who died July 24, 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland
Rhodes
Whittaker
Braham
Ralph
Robert Eckles
Ralph Campbell
Hunt Suspects in Big New York Bank Robbery
Interpol and Italian police traced four Americans and one Canadian to the Tyrrhenian port after a $305000 bank heist in New York on April 6. Suspects named were John T. O Connell Daniel W Renal Joseph M Di Tacco Peter J Riordan and Jeanette Forest. Police focused on Italian ports to thwart possible flight to Tangiers or North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interpol
Tyrrhenian
John T. O'Connell
Daniel W. Renal
Joseph M. di Tacco
Peter J. Riordan
Manchester
N. H
Jeanette Forest
Montreal
Canada
Tangiers
Cabinet resignations prompt government reorganization
The Peron cabinet resigns en masse as Eva Peron’s death is announced on a late evening broadcast. Sources say the move aims to reorganize the government after last Thursday’s abortive revolt, with some ministers likely to stay in post though details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Peron
President to tour New England amid fishing trip
The president will spend Friday night at Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks' farm near Lancaster New Hampshire. After fishing over the weekend he will give speeches in Maine and deliver a final address in Bangor before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm of Commerce
Sinclair
Lancaster
N .H
Maine
Bangor
Washington
Nation Passes First Full Day of 1955 Summer Weather
Corpus Christi reports clear skies but Emporia Kansas endures one inch hail. The nation bakes under heat well above 90 degrees as Canadian air collides with rising temperatures on the last day of spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Emporia
Kaw
Truck Weight Bill Advances to House After Senate Approval
The governor indicated possible support with changes aligning the bill to his preferred tone. The measure raises truck weights from 45000 to 60000 pounds and includes higher registration fees and overload fines. The Senate approved 40 to 5 and the House sent the bill with 80 to 8 support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Governor Haluska Defends Tax Plan Amid Senate Split
The governor Haluska argued for his tax program to fund welfare service expansions while several Democratic senators disagreed. The report notes his strong discourse and the group’s sentiment about not punishing dissenters.
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Haluska
Split in Ranks of His Own Party Causes Action
In the chamber of deputies a Thursday vote on a motion of confidence highlighted a split in the government coalition. Scelba battled for months to keep the coalition intact but could not heal the rift as Christian Democratic leaders rejected his reshuffled minister list.
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Cause OF Action
Chamber of Deputies
Scelba
Christian Democratic
Duke of Edinburgh Forced Landing Near Glasgow
The Duke of Edinburgh escaped unharmed after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a Bathgate football field. The aircraft a S51 Dragonfly piloted by Flight Lt. A. Lee landed due to weather closing in and routing issues on a flight from Edinburgh to Glasgow. Buckingham Palace confirmed the incident.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Duke of Edinburgh
A. Lee
Bathgate
Edinburgh
Buckingham Palace
Davidson in Critical Condition After Tractor Trailer Crash
Robert Davidson 34 of Bessemer remained very critical at New Castle hospital after a Tuesday morning tractor trailer accident on Mt Jackson Road toward the Pennsylvania Railroad. The rig went out of control when brakes locked and Davidson was thrown from the cab.
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Robert Davidson
Bessemer
New Castle
Davidson
Mt Jackson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baby Injured After Fall at Home in Norwood Avenue
Kurt Gibson two years old of 603 Norwood Avenue was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital for an abrasion on the left jaw after a fall at home.
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Kurt Gibson
Norwood Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Deaths Of The Day In New Castle Area
Several local residents are reported dead including James J. Daniels 62 of Eighth Avenue New York City former local, H Kenneth Webb 55 of 503 Main Street West Middlesex, Theodore Shaw Warnock 53 of New Castle area and Mrs Edith M. Robinson widow of Charles Robinson of 315 East Meyer Avenue. obituaries note service times and family survivors.
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James J. Daniels
Eighth Avenue
New York City
Mary Bunnell
Pine Street
New York
Volant
James
Anna Tutter Daniels
Pennsylvania Railroad
Olive M. Cummings
This City
Florence Adams
Houston
Texas
Cunningham Funeral Home
East Washington Street
Chestnut
H. Kenneth Webb
Main Street
West Middlesex
Edenburg
Ellsworth
Ohio
Frederick
Anna Redmond Webb
Beryl Mitchell
Webb
Westinghouse Corporation
Sharon
First Methodist Church
Kedron Lodge
Veteran's Associaton
Westinghouse
Beryl Webb
Joseph Moody
Farrell
Robert Fisher
Greenville
Beverly
Vicki
U. S. Army
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Billy
Bernice Sloan
Charlotte Genger
Gladys Webb
Charles Webb
Robert Webb
Fredonia
N. Y
J. N. Croxall
Haywood Cemetery
Theodore Shaw Warnock
New Castle
R. D
McKee-Warnock
East Brook
Mr. Warnock
Scott Township
William
Jennie McKnight Warnock
Anna M. Cunningham
Verna Jean
William H
Chauncey Richael
Stoneboro
Warnock
East Brook United Presbyterian Church
Hickory Township Volunteer Firemen
New Parisl Hunting Club
Earl Hughes
McClelland Funeral
Harlansburg
Graceland Cemetery
Edith M. Robinson
East Meyer Avenue
Charles Robinson
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Pulaski Township
William and
Esther McChesney Wallace
Highland United Presbyterian Church
Wilmington Agrees To Buy Water Company Assets
The Borough of New Wilmington plans to acquire New Wilmington Water Supply Company for 100 625 dollars. An audit by a certified public accountant will determine financial status before a Public Utility Commission approval. The investment needed to fix the plant is about 500 000 dollars, with a 40 percent rate increase anticipated after takeover and a 25 year payoff plan.
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New Wilmington Water Supply Company
Boro of
New Wilmington
Boro
Thomas V. Mansell
Consoer, Townsend and Associates
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Welfare Council Plans Summer Dinner Meeting
Lawrence County Welfare Council will meet at the Girl Scout Camp on Route 168 for a dinner on Thursday June 23 at 6 30 p.m. The program topic is The Girl Scout Camp A Community Project.
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Lawrence County Welfare Council
Women of Moose Plan Practice and Installations
Women of the Moose announce a practice for installation this evening at 8 o'clock in the local Moose home. Officers will be installed June 26 at 2 p.m. in the Moose home. Members from New Castle and Ellwood City attend events, with the college of regents proceedings led by Hazel Hummell and Paul Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Regents
House of God
Mooseheart
Pitzer
New Castle
McConnell
Ann Gottlieb
Syracuse
N. Y
Hazel Hummell
Paul Smith
Women of the Moose
Ellwood City
Clara Hawk
Woman Breaks Toe in Ellwood City Fall
Mrs. Jennie Carlson of R. D. 2 Ellwood City was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital Tuesday morning for a fracture of a right toe after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Carlson
Ellwood City
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mayor Reports Bid On Plant Here Expected
Mayor Edward A. DeCarbo said a bid on the former United Engineering and Foundry plant is expected within two weeks. He declined to identify the bidders. DeCarbo and Pittsburgh industrial realtor Thomas McCaffrey met with interested parties Tuesday night to discuss the sale. McCaffrey later spoke to the New Castle Civic and Industrial group about promoting the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. DeCarbo
United Engineering and Foundry Company
Mayor DeCarbo
Pittsburgh
Thomas McCaffrey
McCaffrey
New Castle
Nixon says Eisenhower expected to run again
Vice President Nixon stated the Republican party assumes President Eisenhower will seek reelection and that they are hoping and planning for his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Nixon
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Peron
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Oak Park Cemetery
Wilmington
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Butz Flowers
E. Washington St
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Greer Bldg
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Dial
Bank of Lawrence County
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