Enon Valley Woman Killed In Auto Crash
Mrs. Henry Zeh aged 58 of Enon Valley died after a head on collision on Route 551 near Beaver Falls. Her husband was listed critical and Edgar Bowman of Beaver Falls suffered a fractured jaw. Heavy rain accompanied the crash and both victims were unable to be questioned.
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Enon Valley
Henry Zeh
Beaver County
Beaver Falls
Zed
Plymout
Headon
Edgar Bowman
College Ave
Rochester
Zeh
Providence Hospital
Bowman
Maryland
Erie
Campbell
Oliver Funeral Home
East Palestine
Gale Force Winds Batter Pittsburgh Downtown
Gale force winds struck Pittsburgh in two waves. The first at 5 p.m. reached 64 mph, trapping workers and hitting shoppers. the second around 10 p.m. brought 53 mph winds. Dozens of utility poles toppled and at least one person was injured by flying branches.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Storms and rain disrupt county roads and traffic
Storms swept the county last night with heavy winds causing minor damage. Driving conditions worsened between the city and Ellwood City and rain washed out unpaved roads. A motorist tried to start a stalled car on S Jefferson St as motorists detoured.
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Ellwood City
S. Jefferson St
Weather Summary for Tonight and Sunday Outlook
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with a chance of light showers in the extreme northwest. Low 55 to 60. Sunday partly cloudy and mild with a high 76 to 84. 24 hour stats show max 85, min 61, precip 1.88 inches, rain, river stage 10 feet. Last year same date max 80, min 48, no precip, river stage 7.7 feet.
Egypt and Saudi challenge to U.S. on Suez Aqaba threat
In Beirut Egypt and Saudi Arabia renew threats to bar Israeli shipping from the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. Egypt’s acquisition of three submarines strengthens the position as Aly Sabri signals UN support if Israeli ships press through. Saudi Arabia shows unity with Egypt but may break with Syria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Egyp
Saudi Arabia
United States
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Aqaba
Syria
Suez-Aqaba
Cairo
Aly Sabri
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Nations
Student dies after shooting at Cleveland bar
John H. Zebrowski a 22 year old John Carroll University student was shot to death by bar owner Carmen Basile 38 who said she fired in self defense Basile was arrested on homicide charges as police described an argument that started inside the Quality Bar and moved to a rear parking lot Zebrowski who attended night classes was reportedly urged by Basile to stop the fight and came at her according to his father John A Zebrowski editor of The Bur yer a Polish weekly
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Cleveland
John H. Zebrowski
John Carroll University
Carmen Basile
Quality
Basile
Zebrowski Basile
Zebrowski
John Carroll
John A. Zebrowski
The
Buryer
Liquor Board Suspends Two County Licenses
Harrisburg report states the state Liquor Control Board suspended two Lawrence County licenses. Polish Falcons of New Castle at 103 Miller St faced 25 days for false records, improper admissions, non mutual benefit operations, misused wholesale permits, off premise sales, and gambling. Johnson Club in Hillsville received 15 days for by law failures including non member ballot, credit purchases, and improper concession management.
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Harrisburg
State Liquor Control Board
Lawrence County
Polish Falcons
New Castle
Miller St
Johnson Club
Hillsville
Foreign aid cut by House committee lifts security doubts
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to cut 400 million dollars more from President Eisenhower's foreign aid program despite his warnings that the requested aid is vital to U S security and allied freedom. The panel also endorsed a one year limit on a proposed new aid program.
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Washington
Congressional
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
U. S
Stassen to Present U S Plan at LondonARM Disarmament Talk
Western delegates to the London disarmament conference, led by U S delegate Harold E Stassen, travel to Paris to brief NATO allies on week’s developments before returning to London. Stassen will begin presenting the American plan for nuclear disarmament Monday. Russia signals favorable reaction to manpower cuts and scrapping non atomic arms.
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London
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Harold E. Stassen
Ivor Pink
Britain
Jules Moch
France
M. H. Ellis
Canada
North Atlantic
Stassen
NATO
Russia
Ten Traffic Deaths In West Penna Forecast
Pittsburgh AP reports the Western Pennsylvania Safety Council predicts ten people will be killed in traffic accidents in Western Pennsylvania during the four day July 4 weekend. The forecast reflects high risk on regional roads and the potential for impaired driving.
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West Penna
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Safety Council
Pennsylvania
Death Notice for Andrew Bathgate at Ellwood City
Obituary notes Andrew Bathgate aged 90 of 2610 14th Street Ellwood City died Saturday June 29 1957. He is survived by relatives and friends in the Ellwood City area. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Storm Causes Slight Damage In City County
A heavy wind and rain storm caused scattered outages in city and rural areas. 1.88 inches fell in New Castle and the Shenango River rose four feet. Meadville saw 2.2 inches with water near flood stage. Conneaut Lake hit a record high since 1948 as Pymatuning Dam rose 46 feet.
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Penn Power Co
Volant-Leesburg
Snake Run
Chewton
Moravia
New Castle Water Co
Shenanguo
Leesburg Volant
Meadville
Conneaut Lake
Conneautville
Pymatuning
Huge Aerial Review To Honor General Twining
Washington air base hosts the largest peacetime aerial review to honor Gen. Nathan F. Twining as he ends a four year term as Air Force chief of staff and prepares to become Joint Chiefs chair on August 15. An Oak Leaf Cluster will accompany his Distinguished Service Medal during a ceremony before the flyover of 272 aircraft from WWI Jennies to modern jets.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Andrews Air Force Base
Twining
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eighty-Year-Old Man Admits Hatchet Killing
Pittsburgh police say Cornelius Rodgers eighty confessed to killing Dushon Radokovic seventy with a hatchet during an argument last Wednesday. Detectives report two deep head wounds and Rodgers charged with murder after leading officers to the body at the Swissvale home.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Dushon Radokovic
Swissvale
Cornelius Rodgers
Rodgers
Radokovic
Washington Pa. Clerk Given Suspended Embezzlement Sentence
Leroy W. Porter Jr., former city clerk and earned income tax collector, pleaded guilty to embezzling 17000 in tax funds. Mayor Fitch reimbursed the funds from personal finances. Judge Weiner suspended Porter’s sentence to 23 months, fined 500 dollars, and ordered court costs. Fitch asked restitution be a matter of honor.
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Washington, Pa
Leroy W. Porter Jr
Porter
T. S. Fitch
David H. Weiner
Fitch
Washington Steel Company
Western Pennsylvania Hit By Gales Friday Night
Heavy rains and gale force winds from the Hurricane Audrey remnants struck Western Pennsylvania Friday night. In the Pittsburgh area rainfall topped an inch with winds up to 64 mph, bringing down trees and power lines. Duquesne Light reports multiple 4,000 volt feeders knocked out affecting hundreds of homes. Erie saw heavy rain and 3 inches total with 1.6 inches in a three hour span and widespread basement and sewer flooding.
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Pennsylvania
Audrey
Canada
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
Canonsburg General Hospital
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Erie
Seven Killed In Farmington Crash After Tire Blowout
A pickup truck and a car collided on US 550 ten miles east of Farmington New Mexico after a front tire failure caused the car to veer into the truck’s path. Seven people died including two children and no survivors were reported. Police cited witness accounts but could not confirm the car’s drivers.
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Farmington
N.M
New Mexico
US 550
Floyd Miles
Rail traffic into New York halted by substation fire
A substation fire at the Sun nyside yards stopped all rail traffic into Pennsylvania Station. Long Island Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad services were affected with trains from Jamaica to Penn Station and Flushing to Penn Station on the Port Washington Line halted.
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New York Station
New York
Sunnyside
Pennsylvania Station
Long Island Railroad
Pennsllvania Railroad
Jamaica
Penn Station
Flushing
Port Washington
Wallet Missing After Bank Visit
Mrs. Peter Quinn of 15 Borough Jame St. reported a wallet containing $100 was taken while she stood at a downtown bank counter during business with a teller. Police were notified Thursday afternoon about the theft.
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Peter Quinn
Borough Jame St
Three Scientists Defuse Nevada Nuclear Dud
Three calm scientists clambered up a 500 foot tower at the Nevada test site and disarmed a nonexploding nuclear device after a firing mechanism hitch halted the test. Robert Burton of Sandia Laboratory led the effort with Forrest Lairbrother and Barney Rubin of Livermore Laboratory assisting. Burton said he was not particularly nervous and that a detonation failure will never happen again.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Test Site
Robert Burton
Sandia Laboratory
Albuquerque
N. M
Forrest Lairbrother
Barney Rubin
Livermore, Calif
Burton
State rests Turnpike case in multi million fraud trial
The state rested its case against nine defendants charged with conspiracy in a Turnpike Commission funds swindle. Defense lawyers said they would seek dismissal on demurrer after a private judge’s conference. The Commonwealth presented its 20th witness and then halted further readings from the winter grand jury record.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Homer L. Kreider
The
Commonwealth
Two Aircraft Demolished in Miami Ground Collision
A four engine DC7B plowed into a parked Super Constellation on the ground near midnight, triggering a fiery explosion that demolished both Eastern Airlines aircraft and part of the terminal. Both planes valued at 5,000,000 dollars belonged to Eastern. No passengers were aboard and the DC7B crew escaped unharmed. The Constellation was empty.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Two Jet Planes Collide Off Sorrento In NATO Operation
In the Mediterranean off Sorrento Italy two jet fighters collided and crashed. An intensive search failed to locate the wreckage or pilots from the USS Air Force and Italian aircraft amid NATO Operation Rosie-Rosie. Pilot names were withheld.
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Naples
Italy
USS. Air Force
Sorrento
NATO Air Force Command
Europe
NATO
Mediterranean
Fishing Town Of Cameron Devastated By Hurricane
Waters of a hurricane tidal surge wreck Cameron Louisiana as rescue crews number about 1000 search for victims. The 161 dead toll is expected to rise as debris is cleared with bulldozers and barges ferrying the injured and dead to Lake Charles.
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Lake Charles
Cameron
Calcasieu Parish
Henry Reid
Louisiana
Audrey
Death Toll In Hurricane May Exceed 1 000
Lake Charles La INS forecasters warned Hurricane Audrey could join the Gulf states’ most deadly storms. The report recalls Galveston 1900 with about 6 000 deaths and later hurricanes in Florida Alabama and the Northeast with death tolls near or above 1 000 in several years.
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Lake Charles
INS
Audrey
Gulf States
Galveston
Tex
Florida
Alabama
United States
Canada
Carol
Hazel
Quake Shock Probably In The Aleutians
A fairly strong earthquake was recorded early today at Fordham University. Seismologist Rev. Joseph Lynch said the shock happened about 4,200 miles away and likely originated in the Aleutian Islands.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Death Toll May Run Into The Hundreds
Hurricane Audrey's death toll from the Gulf coast into the Eastern Seaboard runs into the hundreds. Five deaths are reported in Alabama Mississippi and the Carolinas. Illinois and Indiana record eight more deaths from floods and storms. Indiana declares a state of emergency as rescues continue.
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Gulf Coast
Alabama
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Audrey
Illinois
Indiana
Midwest
Hurricane Area Declared Disaster Area
President Eisenhower declared disaster areas in Louisiana and Texas after Hurricane Audrey. About a thousand people remained marooned without food or water in Cameron Louisiana where a tidal wave left Cameron 98 percent destroyed and at least 150 dead. Federal loans and aid become available, following appeals from Governors Long and Daniel.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Texas
Cameron
Audrey
Earl K. Long
Price Daniel
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Gettysburg
Old Fashioned Fun At a Hidden Pool
Arthur Memeter recalls a simpler era as he describes hiking to a distant pool for a naturally swimming outing. He notes the lack of swimsuits and filtered water and contrasts it with today’s warmer 82 degree day.
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Zils
West Side
Daily Weather Report
Elton W. Grenfell
Submarine Force Pacific
Princeton
U.S
Liquor Control Board
Andrew Bathgate
14Th St
Conneaut
Miami, Fla
James M. Flincham
United Press Staff
Aleutians
Gulf of Mexico
National Guard
Rachsin
Pudaey Aisthewao
Ellwood
Arthur Memeter
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