Huge Highway Building Bill Approved by Congress
President Eisenhower is expected to sign a $33 billion highway program into law this week. The plan would build 41,000 miles of superhighways in 13 years with a pay as you drive system. The House approved it by voice vote and the Senate by 89 to 1, Sen. Russell Long dissenting over tax features.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
U. S
House
Senate
White House
Sen
Russell Long
Weather, traffic, and local notable events update
District residents watched stormy weather Tuesday evening as wind and rain passed. New York taxis flowed through the city in a large convoy. Steel for a temporary bridge arrived for Route 108 and Route 19. A crane demolished old buildings at East and Neshannock Ave, causing traffic detours. Oregon license plates appeared in town. Quince blossoms reemerged at the Sanderson home. Georgia Miles, of New Wilmington, caught an 18 inch pike at Pymatuning Lake near Andover Ohio, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Miles.
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East and Neshannock Ave
East St
E. Washington St
Georgia Kay Miles
High and Short Sts
New Wilmington
Pymatuning Lake
Andover
George Miles
Daily Weather Report Sunny and Less Humid This Afternoon
Sunny and less humid conditions expected this afternoon with a high near 77 to 83. Fair tonight with a low around 55 to 60 and Thursday continuing sunny with little temperature change. 24 hour US weather: max 85 min 68 precip 50 inches river stage 9.4 feet. Same date last year: max 73 min 44 no precipitation.
Iceland Election Could Force Defense Base Cuts
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles suggested Iceland’s election results may necessitate reducing U S defense bases there and possibly elsewhere. Senator Styles Bridges said Dulles would elaborate at a news conference, noting the Communist minority now controls the fate of American bases.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Iceland
U.S
Dulles
Sen. Styles Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Independence Party
Bridges
U N Security Council Defeats Algerian Cease Fire Debate
The 11 nation Security Council voted 7 to 2 against placing the Algerian cease fire item on its agenda. Russia and Iran pushed for full discussion, while the U S Britain France Cuba Belgium Australia and Peru opposed. China and Yugoslavia abstained as Arkady Sobolev urged airing of views by the 13 signatories of the intervention letter.
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United Nations
N.Y
INS
U.S
France
UN Security Council
Russia
Iran
Britain
Cuba
Belgium
Australia
Peru
China
Yugoslavia
Arkady A. Sobolev
Council
McConahy Resigns as Tax Revision Board Chairman
Commissioner Edward E. McConahy quit as chair of the Lawrence County Board of Assessment and Tax Revision. Commissioner M. M. Ingham was elected to fill the post amid discussions of delays in implementing the 1955 1958 equalization program and blame placed on the county board for higher property valuations.
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Edward E. McConahy
County Board of Assessment and Tax Revision
M. M. Ingham
McConahy
Joseph W. Gilmore
Ingham
Tax Assessment and Revision Board
Lawrence County
Lloyd H. Mullen
Meadville
Mullen
Tragic Auto Accident Claims Volant Area Baby
Jackson Eugene VanDyke two month old son of James J. and Dorothy Irene Burke VanDyke of Volant RD 2 dies in St. Augustine Florida when a rear car door left ajar lets him exit and is run over by the family vehicle. Survived by parents a brother and a sister and grandparents. Funeral set for June 29 at Cunningham Funeral Home Leesburg with burial Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Friends may call June 28.
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Jackson Eugene VanDyke
James J
Dorothy Irene Burke VanDyke
Volant RD 2
St. Augustine
Fla
VanDyke
Church of God No. 2
Donald Leroy
Patricia Ann
Lawriece Burke
van Dyke
Cunningham Funeral Home
Leesburg
Mt. Pleasant
Gas line rupture sparks tavern explosion in Morrisville
Authorities blamed a contractor's trenching machine for severing a gas line at a meter in Morrisville causing an explosion that demolished Monti's Tavern. One man was killed and eight others were injured as gas in the basement ignited by a spark from a refrigeration unit.
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Morrisville, Pa
Morrisville
Monti’s
Wimer to Meet City Council on Low Rent Housing Site
Earl Wimer of the Lawrence County Housing Authority plans to brief the City Council about selecting the Brinton site on E Washington St for a low rent housing project. Councilmen Stein brink and Cuba expressed concern over insufficient briefing as two alternate sites had been reviewed. Wimer said the regional land expert made the choice based on location and nearby subnormal housing, noting Cunningham Park was rejected for lying in Shenango Two and lack of township cooperation.
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Earl Wimer
Lawrence County Housing Authority
Brinton
E. Washington St
Herman Steinbrink
Paul J. Cuba
Wimner
Wimer
Cunningham Park
Shenango
Housing Authority
Curtain Lifted Higher as West Sights Soviet Air Power
Gen. Nathan Twining and British and French air chiefs toured a Moscow jet engine plant, viewed production and cutting edge radar gear, and saw Russian frontline planes. They visited Zhukovsky institute and a fighter base, noting the day as their best yet despite restricted camera access.
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Moscow
INS
Nathan Twining
Britain
France
Russia
Zhukovsky
Twining
Senate Hikes U S Air Budget By 960 Million
The Senate 48 to 40 along party lines increased the U S air budget by 960 million over the President's request in a defeat for Eisenhower. Republicans sought a 500 million increase but failed 47 to 42. Navy Secretary Thomas testifies before the Senate committee as conference talks begin.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Senate
U. S
Russia
Navy
Charles S.S. Thomas
Symington Committee
GOP
Styles Bridges
N.H
House
Aluminum Co Wage Contract Talks Started
Aluminum Company of America and the United Steelworkers opened wage contract negotiations in Pittsburgh for 17 000 workers across 12 Alcoa plants. The session was expected to be a formality with talks recessed until after the July 4 holiday. The current contract runs through July 31.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
United Steelworkers
Alcoa
Big Three Steel Wage Talks Enter Crucial Homestretch
In New York United Press reports that talks between the United Steelworkers and the Big Three producers U S Bethlehem and Republic near a three year no strike contract for 659 000 workers. Leaders prepare a committee report as furnaces are banked to prevent damage if no deal by June 30.
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Robert G. Shortal
United Press
New York
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
U. S
Bethlehem
Republic
Man Sought For Slaying Three Reported Seen
WARREN Ohio INS report says Alfred Wilson, a stuttering ex convict, was spotted on a road near Phalanx Station by a tipster who sent deputies to a Trumbull county wooded area. Search hampered by darkness with an all night patrol in effect.
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Warren, O
INS
Alfred Wilson
Phalanx Station
Trumbull County
Wilson
No Anti Nixon Move By Republican Governors
Gouvernors at the Atlantic City conference denied an anti Nixon move by not backing Nixon's renomination. Kansas Governor Fred Hall said the Eisenhower petition targeted the President while Nixon remained unmentioned. California Governor Goodwin Knight avoided confirming signs of support or opposition while governors anticipated Nixon's renomination.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Fred Hall
Kansas
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Haiti
Eisenhower
Hall
Eilsenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Police Officer George J. Price Retires Sunday
New Castle veteran officer George J. Price will retire after 20 active years with the New Castle police department. Known as Gillis, he earned a storied record for a 1947 rooftop rescue and a fatal wounding of a would be safecracker, injuries that influenced his decision to retire.
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New Castle
George S. Price
Price
George I. Price
Thorp St
Household Finance Corp
Gillis
David J
Thomas
HFC
Washington St. John W. Dawson
Monaco
Dawson
George
Eastern U S Warmth and Humidity Across State
Warm and humid conditions affected the eastern half of the state today while cooler air was forecast to move in from the west reaching Pennsylvania by evening. Expect scattered thunderstorms as the cooler air arrives with western highs near 80 and eastern peaks near 90.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Erie Man Believed Drowned Near Superior Harbor
Raymond Erickson, 24, of Erie Pennsylvania, is missing and believed drowned after vanishing from the freighter S S William Mather on Lake Superior near Superior Wisconsin. Dragging for his body was to be resumed by the Duluth Coast Guard station.
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Duluth, Minn
Raymond Erickson
Erie
Lake Superior
Superior
Wis
Duluth
Six Persons Die In Tornadoes And Storms
Tornadoes and destructive storms killed at least six people across the northern midwest and south land. A false tornado alarm at Grand Rapids sent hundreds of workers into the streets as thunderbolts caused three more deaths.
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United Press
Mideast
Southland
Grand Rapids
Mich
U. S. Weather Bureau
Middleton
Crawfordsville
Ind
Denmark
Wis
Chicago
Two Injured In State Rd Crash Near New Castle
Two women were injured in a two car crash on Pa 388 five miles north of New Castle shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday. Phyllis Fisher and Mary Lou Spaulding, both 26, were treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital with contusions and knee abrasions. Fisher remained hospitalized in fair condition. Driver of the Fisher car was John Fisher 29. the other car was driven by Richard Audin 23. Police said Audin’s car crossed into the oncoming lane after following a turn and could not avoid the collision. Vehicle damage was listed at 680 dollars.
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State Rd
New Castle
Phyllis Fisher
Meadow Brook Dr
Mary Lou Spaulding
Vine St
Eleven Die In Crash Of Air Force Tanker At Walker AFB
Eleven airmen died when a KC97 refueling plane from Walker Air Force Base crashed after takeoff and exploded in an open field south of the base. The wreckage burned, 11 bodies were recovered, five identified initially, and a board of inquiry will investigate the cause.
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Roswell
N. M
Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Walker
Walker Afb
509Th Air Refueling
Three Are Killed In Turnpike Auto Crash
Three persons from Philadelphia died in an early morning collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike east of the Bedford interchange. Richard Powell and his wife Nancy, 19, and Clifford Brown were killed when the rain slicked road caused their car to skid into a guard rail and bridge abutment, plunge 18 feet, and rest against a utility pole.
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Bedford
Kns
Richard Powell
Nancy
Clifford Brown
Philadelphia
Deaths of James Westman Eugene Van Dyke and Rose Polovina
Death notices report James Westman of 1206 Mt. Jacke son Rd Jackson Eugene Van Dyke aged 22 months of Volant Rd 2 and Rose M Polovina 74 of Elkport.
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James Westman
Mt. Jackeson
Jackson Eugene van Dyke
Volant
Rose M. Polovina
Elkport
Ellwood Classifieds Highlight Editor and Obituary Notice
Ellwood section features classified comics a cross word editor obituary and listings across pages Radio TV Society Sports stocks and theaters with contact numbers for want ads and news lines included.
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Daily Weather Report
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Commissioner Says
Volant Area
Florida
Jackson VanDyke
Auto
Ron
By Charles H. Klensch
Senate-House
By Rose McKee
Raymond Lahr
United Press Staff
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George J. Price
Household Co
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Jameson Hospital
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Bermuda
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