U S Plane Pilot Recalls Attack by Red Planes
U S Navy Neptune crew of 11 led by Lieut Richard K Fischer endured a fiery crash on St Lawrence Island after two Soviet MIG fighters opened fire in the Bering Sea. Three crewmen were wounded by gunfire, four hurt in the crash, as Fischer described diving into clouds to escape. The Pittsburgh native reported no knowledge of danger until an ordnance crewman warned of firing.
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Richard K. Fischer
Bering Sea
Fischer
St. Lawrence Island
U.S
Soviet Siberia
Bering Strait
Navy
Pittsburgh
Donald E. Sonnek
Aviation Ordnanceman
Minnesota Lakes
Minn
United Press
Whitefield
N. H
White House
Siberia
New Castle to Open Harry L. Lockley School Building
The one story Harry L. Lockley building north of Ray street will be turned over to the city school system for use next fall replacing the Oak street school. Dog licensing enforcement is urged with six month old dogs needing licenses and strict city and county traffic officials fear July Fourth travel will create accidents. Harmony Butler County hosts Sesquicentennial celebration with a worship service and many weddings planned in June.
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New Castle
Harry L. Lockley
Ray Street
Pa Newe
Oak Street
H. E. McLure
Lawrence County
Harmony Over
Butler County
Beaver
Butler
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Dan Cupid
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy With Scattered Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and mild with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Tonight’s low 60 to 65. Today’s high 76 and low 54 with no precipitation. River stage 5.4 feet. Year ago highs 79 and lows 57.
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United States
Truman Urges Small Steps Toward Peace at UN Assembly
Former President Harry S. Truman told the United Nations anniversary gathering in San Francisco that agreement in small matters can lead to larger understandings amid cold war talks, while praising the UN as a beacon of hope and drawing a cautious nod from Molotov. He spoke before about 600 delegates and thousands in attendance.
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INS
Harry S. Truman
Geneva
United Nations
Russia
U.S
San Francisco Opera House
V. M. Molotov
Truman
Molotov
Opera
War in Korea began five years ago today
President Syngman Rhee marked the fifth anniversary of the Korean War saying Communists seek world victory by negotiation and achieved some gains. North Korea invaded across the 38th parallel at Panmunjom five years ago, drawing UN and free world denunciation and the start of the war. US divisions remain distant. the Republic of Korea Army has 20 divisions and 10 in reserve.
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Robert Brown
United Press
Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
38Th Parallel
Panmunjom
Free World
United Nations
United States
U.S
Republic of Korea
Pusan
Eighth Army
ROK
Peiping
North Korea
Rhee
Europe
Yalta Con
President Eisenhower Seeks Fishing Luck in Maine
President Eisenhower heads to Maine seeking better fishing after two quiet trips in Vermont and New Hampshire. He plans to reach Lake Parmachenee this afternoon, with stops in Berlin and the Dartmouth Wentworth forest center along the way, staying overnight with Sinclair Weeks in Lancaster, New Hampshire.
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United Press
White House
Eisenhower
New England
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Lake Parmachenee
Lancaster
N. H
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair
Parmachenee
Berlin
Dartmouth College
Newsboys Meeting Set for June 28 at Legion Home
All independent carriers of the New Castle News except Ellwood City carriers are asked to attend at the Legion Home at Jefferson and Falls Streets Tuesday afternoon June 28 at 1 PM. The meeting will outline how survey sheets are to be distributed.
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The
New Castle
Peron seeks new head for interior ministry in cabinet reshuffle
President Juan D Peron plans to appoint a new interior minister to head the Argentine federal police as he reorganizes his cabinet. Observers expect changes in interior aviation education communications and agriculture ministries as all 16 cabinet members submitted resignations to allow a fresh lineup. Sources say a formal announcement could come next week at the earliest.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Interior
Aviation
Education
Communications
Agriculture
Ministry of Interior
Peron
AS Mrs. Ralf Gaston 74 R D 10
Mrs. Ralf Gaston of rural route 10 died today at home after a brief illness. She was 74 and resided in the county for many years. Survivors include her husband and several children. Funeral arrangements are pending at the family home.
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Ralf Gaston
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Juana Ramirez
Five County Group Backs Pike Route Extension in Sharon
Nearly 200 businessmen, labor leaders, and government officials backed the westernmost north south turnpike extension at a Sharon meeting hosted by the Mercer County Turnpike Association led by Gordon Ward. Speakers cited shorter construction, potential traffic revenue, and regional industrial growth including an aluminum plant in Beaver County and a $17 million Penn Power expansion in Lawrence County.
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New Castle News
Mercer County Turnpike Association
Sharon
Shenango Inn
John W. Grasciar
United Steelworkers of America District 21
G. A. Harshman
Sharon Herald
William D. Thomas
James A. Rugh
Greater New Castle Development Corporation
Frank M. Clark
Gordon Ward
Lawrence
Beaver
Mercer
Erie
Crawford
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Greater
Beaver County
Penn Power
Lawrence County
United Steelworkers District 21
Beaver-Shenango-Erie
G. A
Five Die in Turnpike Crash of New York Family
Five members of the Kowalsky family from the Bronx died when their car rear ended an oil truck near the Irwin Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Victims include Benjamin and Beatrice Kowalsky and their children Judy Deborah and infant Abraham. Police work to determine the crash cause.
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Greensburg, Pa
New York
Irwin
Westmoreland County Memorial Hospital
Benjamin Kowalsky
Beatrice
Judy
Deborah
Abraham Kowalsky
Benjamin
Bronx
Soviet Demands Shadow UN Birthday Assembly
The United Nations tenth anniversary session faced a sharp dispute over Soviet demands to inject propaganda slogans into a peace pledge and push for disarmament aims. Molotov signaled likely failure to secure approval for co existence and an atomic weapons ban as Western powers push for a unanimous declaration on collective security before the Big Four summit.
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San Francisco
INS
United Nations
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Harry S. Truman
President of Ohio State Medical Association Dies
Dr. David W. Heusinkvelk Sr. of Cincinnati, president of the Ohio State Medical Association, died of a heart attack in a Columbus hotel room between 3 and 4 a.m. He was 57 and had arrived with his wife for a directors meeting.
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Ohio State Medical Association
David W. Heusinkvelk Sr
Cincinnati
Columbus
Heusinkvelk
President Awaits Reply On Plane Shooting Protest
President Eisenhower waits for a Soviet reply to the U S protest over the Bering Sea incident with a Navy patrol plane shot down by MIGs. The White House says the answer will influence future U S action and Geneva Four talks next month.
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Robert E. Clark
Eisenhower
INS
Geneva
U.S
Bering Sea
John Foster Dulles
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
Kremlin
Girl Dies After Leap From 8th Floor Office Building
Chicago police report a 21 year old woman, Dorothy Wells, leapt to her death from the eighth floor of the 333 North Michigan building after a phone call in which she told her fiancé Lt. Forrest T. Gay she loved him. The former Florida State University honors student was found on a lower level with a red purse and shoes near the window.
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Chicago
West Point
Forrest T. Gay
Dorothy May Wells
St. Petersburg
Fla
Miss Wells
Florida State University
Tallahassee
N. Michigan
Hattie Rio
Woman Takes Radioactive Disc at Demonstration
IPSWICH England police warned that a woman who walked off with a radioactive disc from an atoms for peace display faces possible death if she does not surrender it within 48 hours. A spectator group received discs and one was not recovered.
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Ipswich
England
Lere
Inside Todays News Classifieds Era Highlights
A fragment from a historic newspaper page outlines sections such as Classifieds Editorial Obituary Sports Churches Theatres and radio TV society items. It lists page identifiers and contact numbers, signaling a broad, era specific local publication layout.
Teen gang leader Caesar hunted after fatal East Harlem killing
Police tracked down a teenage gang chief nicknamed Caesar who allegedly ordered the revenge murder of 17 year old Carlos Feliciano as he stocked groceries. Four youths were arrested by detectives after a lottery to pick the shooter and a 14 year old girl was detained for allegedly hiding the weapon. Feliciano, of the Viceroys gang, died from a sawed off .22 rifle shot following a knife fight with Dragons member John Squendo.
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New York
East Harlem
Caesar
Carlos Luis Feliciano
Feliciano
Viceroys
John Squendo
Dragons
Two American Officers Die In Vienna Plane Crash
Two U S Army officers Capt Roy F Moullen and First Lt Malcolm J Stokes were killed when their small two seat plane crashed into the Danube canal at Vienna shortly after takeoff from a U S operated landing strip. Home addresses were not released.
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Vienna
Danube Canal
U. S. Army
Roy F. Moullen
Malcolm J. Stokes
Face to Face Protest Over Molotov Incident
USS officials and congressmen say Russia's attack on an American plane near Alaska raises serious questions about Soviet peace gestures. Dulles to seek Kremlin side via Molotov as United Nations talks wrap, with Eisenhower awaiting the report.
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United Press
Washington
USS
Russia
Alaska
John Foster Dulles
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
United Nations
San Francisco
United States
Molotov
Dulles
Kremlin
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Maine
U.S. Expands Aid to Greece After Earthquake
Washington announces 19.2 million dollars in aid to Greece to aid reconstruction and ease economic pressures. The package includes 7.5 million dollars in grant funds, 7.5 million in drachmas from surplus U.S. farm products, and a 4.2 million dollar drachma loan as part of the 1955 aid total exceeding 45 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
United States
Greece
State Department
U.S
News Preference Survey for New Castle News Readers
The New Castle News plans a readership and retailing survey starting next week. Carriers will distribute survey sheets Tuesday afternoon. about one in four subscribers will receive sheets to answer questions on news interests and paper usage.
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New Castle
Weather Pattern Holds Steady Amid National Turmoil
The piece notes corn crops ignore stock markets and world intrigue, focusing on growth as weather runs about seventy three degrees. It highlights a simple truth that crops stay on task despite press coverage, tax and war talk, and foreign affairs noise.
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