Denial of US Airmen Fire After Alaska Incident
The Defense Department rejects Soviet charges that American airmen fired on Russian MIGs after a U S plane was forced down off Alaska. The U S position: no fire was returned. Molotov claims an exchange of shots and offers 50 percent damages, noting the U S plane was over Russian waters. President Eisenhower and Dulles to confer tonight after his fishing tour return.
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William Galbraith
United Press
Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Alaska
State Department
John Foster Dulles
San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
Navy
Eisenhower
Dulles
New England
Molotov
Russia
Local notes of pigeon's escape and ripe tomatoes in Hillsville
Mrs. Nicholas Ferry reports a pigeon entering her chimney and ending in the cellar pipe, rescued and groggy but unharmed. July 3 signals dog days, advise water for pets and prompt medical care for bites. Pete Rodino reports early ripe tomatoes on Main Street Hillsville. Military aircraft and private planes observed over the city from Vienna Airport area. Cascade Park busy with picnics. swimming pool less crowded. City Forester notes carved inscriptions along Nesham... creek dating from 1901 to 1913 near Grove St. bridge.
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Nicholas Ferry
Huey Street
Pete Rodino
Main Street
Hillsville
Pete
Vienna
Owen Penfield Fox
Neshannock Creek
Grove St. Bridge
D. M
Daily Weather Report Forecast and Temperatures
Mostly sunny with a chance of scattered light showers east portion. Highs 73 to 80. Tonight fair and cool with lows 47 to 53. Tuesday sunny and warmer. In the 24 hour period to 7 am today highs reached 73 and lows 44 with heavy dew and river stage at 5.4 feet. Sunday's 7 am period recorded a high of 70 and a low of 42.
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United States
Report On North Korea Air Buildup By Defected Pilots
Two North Korean pilots who defected to South Korea said 580 Communist combat aircraft are in North Korea with more arriving from Manchuria and Russia by train. They alleged three divisions of MiG-15 jets and one bomber division, with Russian advisors aiding the air corps in a feverish buildup.
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Seoul
INS
South Korea
North Korea
Manchuria
Russia
Lee Woon Yong
Lee Eun Seung
Three Youths Killed In Bridge Crash Near Pulaski
Six Pulaski Central High juniors were in a car that left a bridge and plunged 15 feet into a stream. Three died Lawrence Archer 17 Dennis Ingersoll 16 Richard Long 17 while Frank Ostrander Jr. 17 was critically injured and others were hurt. All at Oswego Hospital.
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Pulaski
N.Y
Pulaski Central High School
Lawrence Archer
Dennis Ingersoll
Richard Long
Richland
Frank Ostrander Jr
Harlow Dutton
Fernwood Corners
Fred Hall
Fernwood
Oswego Hospital
Ostrander
Hoover Commission Urges 19 Defense Dept Reforms
The Hoover Commission proposes 19 Defense Department management changes to save about two billion dollars yearly. It calls for a new civilian post in the secretary of defense office, and a fourth Pentagon department to handle common supply and service activities. The report criticizes planning, urges more thorough analysis, unified military planning, and stronger procurement guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Hoover Commission
Congress
Defense Department
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
President Eisenhower Launches Maine Campaign Tour
President Eisenhower returns to partisan work with Operation Maine to heal splits in Maine Republicans after a Democratic victory. He plans an 11 p.m. Washington conference with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to report on the day’s progress and next steps in the campaign effort.
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Parmachenee
Lake
Maine
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Flash Flood Strikes Torrington Wyoming
National Guardsmen stood by with boats and trucks as Torrington and nearby towns faced a three foot flood. Up to ten inches of rain drenched Fort Laramie and Guernsey, with power cut and businesses inundated while residents were evacuated and flood waters drained toward the Platte River.
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Torrington
Wyo
National
Wyoming
Fort Laramie
Guernsey
Platte River
Southland
Farmers vote for federal controls on wheat crops
Washington reports the administration outlined plans to raise wheat quality and trim surpluses after growers approved strict federal controls on 1956 crops by more than a three to one margin. Had they rejected them the support price would have fallen to about $1.19, now expected near $1.81 per bushel.
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Washington
INS
U. S
U N Begins Second Decade With Peace Aim
The United Nations marks its 10th anniversary with 73 diplomats reaffirming a shared commitment to peace. Dr Eelco Van Kleffens says members pledge to pursue disarmament and reduce atomic threats using the UN charter as guidance. Big Four ministers discuss Cold War issues ahead of Geneva summit.
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George Coffey
United Press
San Francisco
United Nations
U.N
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Geneva
Readership and Retailing Survey sheets to subscribers
Carriers of the New Castle News will deliver Readership and Retailing Survey sheets to subscribers Tuesday afternoon. The survey, by spot sampling, aims to gauge reader preferences, shopping and merchandise interests to help tailor the paper. About one in four districts will be surveyed, and respondents should answer fully without signing their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle News
Allegheny Elects New President at Meadville College
Lawrence Lee Pelletier, Bowdoin College government professor, elected the 16th president of Allegheny College in Meadville. He will succeed Louis T. Benezet, who leaves to become president of Colorado College this fall.
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Meadville, Pa
INS
Lawrence Lee Pelletier
Bowdoin College
Allegheny College
Meadville
Pelletier
Louis T. Benezet
Colorado College
Newsboys Meeting for Survey Sheet Distribution
Independent carriers of the New Castle News except Ellwood City will gather at the Legion Home at Jefferson and Falls Street on Tuesday afternoon June 28 at 1 PM. The meeting will outline how survey sheets are to be distributed to carriers.
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The
New Castle
Pennsylvania Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 19 Dead
A grim weekend in Pennsylvania saw 19 lives lost in traffic accidents and four other fatalities. Drowning deaths occurred at abandoned mines near Shenandoah and Van Meter, a roller coaster belt failure killed Harry Montgomery at West View Park, and a tavern owner was shot at the Washington Furnace Inn in Laughlintown near Ligonier. The worst crashes happened on the Turnpike near the Irwin Interchange claiming five lives including Benjamin Kowalski his wife Beatrice and their daughter Deb.
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Pennsylvania
Washington Furnace
Laughlintown
Ligonier
Robert Rade
George Giles
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Irwin Interchange
Benjamin Kowalski
Beatrice
Deb
Segni Moves to End Italy Cabinet Crisis
Premier-designate Antonio Segni aims to heal the split in the Christian Democratic Party as Italy faces a six day cabinet crisis. He seeks to form a triumvirate by inviting Ezio Vanoni and Giuseppe Pella into his cabinet, representing left and centrist factions.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Christian Democratic Party
Italy
Ezio Vanoni
Giuseppe Pella
Segni
Vanoni
West German Bundestag Opens Debate on Volunteers Bill
The Bundestag starts its major discussion on rearmament with the first reading of the volunteers bill authorizing 6000 officers and men as the core of a reconstituted Wehrmacht. Defense Minister Theodor Blank will outline policy in a military policy statement.
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Bonn
INS
Bundestag
Wehrmacht
Theodor Blank
Adenauer
Settlement Of Steel Wages Issue Sought By CIO Group
The CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee meets to draft final wage patterns for basic steel firms ahead of a Thursday midnight deadline. David J. McDonald says there is still time for settlement after rejecting current offers, including Inland Steel's proposed 1.02 per hour raise. The 170 member panel must approve any action affecting 600000 steel workers. The current average wage is 2.23 dollars per hour.
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J. Robert Shubert
United Press
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Nsw
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Inland Steel
Chicago
Greensburg Man Arrested in Slaying Case
State police arrested 36 year old George T. Giles of Ligonier in the death of Robert Rado at his inn on Route 30 near Ligonier. Rado a noted innkeeper and Steelers sports fan was shot by a deer rifle as he stood in his doorway after an earlier bar dispute. Police say Giles had been ejected from the inn bar by Rado.
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Greensburg
INS
Robert Rado
Roxie Rado
Pittsburgh
Route 30
Ligonier
Westmoreland County
Joseph R. Check
Rado
George T. Giles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chinese MIGs down Nationalist plane and force airliner crash
In Formosa Chinese Communist MIGs shot down a Nationalist warplane and forced a commercial airliner to crash land near Matsu Island. An American doctor aboard for a mercy flight was wounded. The Soviet built jets attacked a Flying Lines amphibian charter to the U S Military Assistance Advisory Group, forcing a crash on White Dog Island. Four Chinese crewmen on the PBY escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
United Press
Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
White Dog Island
Matsu
Matsu Islands
Housing legislation delayed as programs near expiration
Congressional leaders halted hope of passing new housing legislation before four major programs expire at midnight Thursday. House Banking Chairman Brent Spence urged quick approval to extend current programs temporarily while a Senate bill faces House floor fights over public housing provisions and a segregation amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
House Committee
Spence
House Rules Committee
Senate House
Death Notices for Sanko DeLorenzo Kirk Jackson Covert Covert
Death notices list Michael Sanko 41 Ellwood City Mrs Jennie DeLorenzo 67 602 Pearson Street Mrs Victoria Kirk 64 102 EF Sharp Street Charles W Jackson Clearwater Florida and Laura Bell Covert 38 474 Neshannock Avenue.
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Michael Sanko
Ellwood City
Jennie DeLorenzo
Pearson Street
Victoria Kirk
EF. Sharp Street
Charles W. Jackson
Clearwater
Fla
Laura Bell Covert
Neshannock Avenue
Hammarskjold to lead post birthday UN moves to Geneva
Dag Hammarskjold, fresh from a 60 nation assembly in San Francisco, departs for New York en route to Geneva for next month summit talks. He will confer with Russia’s V M Molotov before flying on to coordinate Big Four planning with Henry Cabot Lodge, Sir Pierson Dixon, and France’s UN envoy.
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United Nations
Big Four
World Organization
Geneva
Dag Hammarskjold
San Francisco
New York
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Moscow
Hammarskjold
America
Henry Cabot Lodge
Britain
Sir Pierson
Dixon
France
Area Farmers Vote Against Wheat Marketing Quotas
Lawrence county farmers rejected maintaining wheat marketing quotas for 1956 in a poor turnout with only 21 of 94 eligible voting. Nationally quotas passed 77 percent. Prices: 1956 crop at 1.81, current year 2.06. dropping quotas would cut price support to 50 percent parity around 1.19.
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Lawrence County
Twenty four years of memory since the wedding night
A reflective note marks twenty four years since the couple wed, recalling a moonlit story, a southern trip, and a balmy eighty degree day as time hastens by yet memory of joyful moments endures.
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Southland
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White House
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