President Eisenhower Heads to Gettysburg for Convalescence
President Eisenhower left Walter Reed Hospital and drove to his Gettysburg farm for a two week convalescence after abdominal surgery. He said to be medically fit with high spirits as he and his wife posed for photographers before the 85 mile trip.
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United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Gettysburg
White House
Gettysburg Acres
Columo Uw
Washington, D. C
Gettysburg Farm
Road work slows Wilming ton Ave traffic and washouts close roads
Motorists faced slow travel as excavation allowed one way, with 25 to 30 cars passable in the opposite direction. Traffic later returned to normal after street work finished. Cherry pie season finds farmers rushing to pick and freeze fruit while dogs rampage lawns. Park picnickers leave messes as children swim with supervision urged. County roads remain closed due to washouts and the Highway Department works day and night to reopen them.
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Wilmington Ave
Highway Department
Weather summary for today and yesterday
Partly cloudy and milder tonight with a mid 60s low. Sunday will be partly cloudy, hot and humid with possible afternoon or evening thunder showers. US weather stats cover 24 hours to 7 am today. Max 76, min 52, no precipitation. river stage 7.3 ft. A year ago: max 85, min 50, no precipitation.
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United States
Eisenhower Faces War Over Foreign Aid Bill Near Final Action
The U S Senate backed a 4.5 billion dollar foreign aid authorization by 54 to 25 and sent it to a Senate House conference. The bill sits 400 million below the President’s request but 700 million above the House. Conferees likely settle midway before a final appropriation vote in about ten days. Leaders from both parties defended the Senate version despite GOP rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Foley
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Foreign Relations Committee
State Trustees Approve Center For New Castle
The Penn State Board approves a new technical center to open in September in New Castle. A university team will visit next week to coordinate plans with local officials for the two year drafting and design technology and electrical technology courses leading to an associate degree in engineering.
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Penn State Technical Center
Pennsylvania State University
University Park
Roger W. Rowland
Walter A. Kearney
New Castle Public Schools
New Banking Hours Adopted by New Castle Clearing House
Bankers of the New Castle Clearing House Association reach unanimous agreement on new hours starting Monday July 16 with no Saturday banking. Hours are 9 30 a m to 3 p m Monday to Thursday and 9 30 a m to 5 p m Friday. A holiday schedule also established, listing New Years as observed.
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New Castle Clearing House Association
H. C. Dinsmore
Clearing House Association
Citizens National Bank
Old Timers Set 40th Milestone at Cascade Park
Old Timers will observe the fiftieth anniversary of Old Timers Day this year at Cascade Park pavilion on the afternoon of August 15. The committee aims for the biggest celebration yet with local merchants planning displays and inviting long-time attendees to mark New Castle's community milestone.
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Cascade Park Pavillion
New Castle
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Secretly Wed in White Plains
Roxbury Connecticut reports Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller married in a secret civil ceremony at 7 30 p m in White Plains New York. Monroe wore a wrinkled black skirt and pink sweater while Miller wore a blue linen suit. The couple, described as happy and tired, began their life together away from reporters. Monroe, 30, Miller, 40, this marks her third marriage and his second.
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Roxbury
Conn
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Connecticut
White Plains
N.Y
Marilyn
Seymour Rabinowitz
Miller
Gasoline Tax Boost Effective At Midnight
Harrisburg report notes a penny increase in the federal gasoline tax becomes effective at midnight Sunday. With Pennsylvania adding six cents and the federal government three cents, the total tax on a gallon rises to nine cents starting tomorrow. The Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania says this is the 12th general tax rise in 35 years.
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Harrisburg
INS
Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Association
Farmer killed when son runs over him near Atwater
John Ring 64 rested beneath a tree after wheat harvest when his son Charles drove a truck over him while returning with a hay load. He died at Springfield Hospital shortly after.
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Atwater
Ill
John Ring
Charles
Ring
Springfield
Huge Hunt For Fugitive Near Warren O
An army of 200 law officers combed a square mile in Trumbull county woods and swampland in a bid to capture 37 year old triple killer Alfred Buck Wilson. A tip he was seen two miles from Warren sparked the manhunt with fire engines floodlights and headlights from patrol cars aiding the search. Over 100 State Highway patrolmen joined local deputies and Warren area police in a dawn to dusk foot by foot sweep.
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Warren, O
INS
Trumbull County
Alfred
Buck) Wilson
Wilson
Warren
State Highway Patrol
Frank J.lausche
Trumbull
Portage County
Warren-area
No Intervention By Government In Steel Crisis
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell reaffirmed his stance against government intervention in the threatened nationwide steel strike. He declined a request from Senator John Marshall Butler to convene a management labor conference here, saying negotiators are using free collective bargaining to avert a strike.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
John Marshall Butler
R-Md
Poland hunts for leaders of day uprising
Western businessmen recount fierce fighting as Poznan endures a two day uprising. Warsaw Radio says resistance continues, while Polish forces hunt alleged diversionists. Reports claim higher casualties, with 39 killed and 270 wounded cited by Warsaw. Russian divisions near the border are alerted.
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Berlin
Poznan
Warsaw
Joseph Fleming
United Press
Poland Today
Vienna
Columy
Walker Named 12th President of Penn State U
Dr. Eric A. Walker, 46, English born educator, elevated from vice presidency to become the 12th president of Pennsylvania State University. He succeeds Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower whose resignation, prompted by personal reasons, takes effect by December 31 after joining Penn State in 1950 following Kansas State tenure. Walker will assume duties after a conference with the retiring president.
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University Park
INS
Eric A. Walker
Pennsylvania State University
Milton S. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Penn State
Kansas State University
Board of Trustees
Walker
Hot and sticky weather forecast for Pennsylvania
Weather officials warned of rising heat with temperatures in the 80s and possible 90s by Sunday. Humidity would increase to uncomfortable levels as cloudiness thickens into likely statewide showers and thunderstorms through the period.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Death Notices for Morrison McGrath Weaver Steen
Death notices list Ralph L. Morrison 55 of 337 E Washington St Lyle E. McGrath 50 of Butler Pa James M. Weaver 74 of 212 Cres cent St and Leena Steen 52 of Darling ton RD 2 with no further details provided.
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Ralph L. Morrison
E. Washington St
Lyle E. McGrath
Butler, Pa
James M. Weaver
Crescent St
End-Name: Steel wage talks near midnight strike risk
Big Three negotiators and four man teams from United Steelworkers meet in New York in an eleventh hour bid to avert a strike by 650000 steelworkers at midnight. Both sides remain unyielding as steel centers halt schedules and the economy braces for disruption.
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New York
Big Three
United Steelworkers of America
Big
United Press
United Steelworkers
David McDonald
Navy fires Aerobee-HII rocket to new altitude record
At White Sands New Mexico Navy researchers fired an Aerobee-HII single stage rocket to 163 miles height establishing a new world altitude record. The improved thrust chamber design enabled the rise surpassing the 158 mile Viking II 1954 note. Special radio instruments gathered earthward data for the Defense Department for the 1957-58 international geophysical year.
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Defense Department
U.S
WAC
Koppel Toll Bridge to be Repaired and Widened
The Public Utility Commission approved reconstruction and widening of the Koppel toll bridge over the Beaver River in North Sewickley Township Beaver County. The bridge faces immediate closure if unrepaired as light loads cause excessive sway and wooden floor beams and planks are deteriorated. The span will gain a 24 foot wide steel grid floor and a sidewalk widened to four feet at an estimated cost of 395000. A hearing in Beaver July 20 will allocate repair costs. The bridge carries State Route 351 over the river.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Beaver River
North
Sewickley
Beaver County
Highways Department
Commission
Commonwealth
Elwood Koppel
Beaver
Tornado Hits Minnesota Causes Property Damage
Violent storms swept the upper Midwest with a tornado near Laverne Minnesota causing property damage. No deaths were reported as heavy hail and uprooted trees disrupted the area while warnings were lifted by midnight. Other tornadoes appeared in Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas as cooler air moved in.
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United Press
Upper Midwest
Laverne
Minn
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
South Carolina
Steel Mills Across Nation Hit by US Steel Strike
Nationwide strike paralyses steel mills as 650000 United Steelworkers walk out before a midnight deadline. Mills from coast to coast bank fires and halt production, with only finishing tasks continuing briefly. Layoffs begin as orderly shutdowns take effect and union activity intensifies at local halls.
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Selwyn Feinstein
United Press
Pittsburgh
United
USW
Five Prison Guards May Face Charges
District Attorney Edward Boyle said he may file criminal charges against five Western Penitentiary guards in a smuggling probe. Parolee James Alder, 28, implicated the guards and testified after the probe began, naming five unidentified guards as involved in the alleged ring.
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Pittsburgh
Jns
Edward Boyle
Allegheny County
James Alder
Alder
Boyle
Gen Twining Inspects Soviet Air Force Academy
General Nathan F. Twining reviewed the Soviet air force academy at Monino near Moscow on his final full day in Russia. He plans a reception for Western airmen that night and will depart Sunday for Wiesbaden, having arrived the previous Saturday.
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Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
Russia
Monino
U.S. Air Force
Twining
Wiesbaden
Buses To Stop Operating At Tallahassee
Tallahassee buses halt at midnight after a five week boycott protesting segregated seating. City commissioners rejected integration demands from the Negro Inter-Civic Council and the transit system suspends service indefinitely, leaving 48,000 residents with only taxis. Transit losses hit 60 percent as 14,000 Negro riders stopped using buses since May 28.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Negro Inter-Civic Council
C. L. Carter
Carter
Vacation Return Notes In Weather and Travel Tone
The speaker reflects on returning from vacation with signs of inflation and fatigue. They describe stacked laundry, sun exposure, and beds not meeting expectations. They declare the trip over for a year while noting 75 degree weather and readiness for another journey.
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Kansas City
Wendell H. Ford
Owensboro, Ky
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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White Sands Proving
Koppel
Minnesota
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