Four masked men kidnapbeat and brand Negro in Houston
Four armed white men abducted Felton Turner in Houston and beat him with a chain, carved Ku Klux Klan on his chest and stomach, and left him hanging. Turner escaped, was treated at Jefferson Davis Hospital for wounds, amid ongoing sit-ins at white lunch counters. NAACP officials condemned the attack as brutal intimidation aimed at halting demonstrations.
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UPI
Felton Turner
Houston
Tex
Turner
Houston, Tex
Ku Klux Klan
Felton ‘Turner
Jefferson Davis Hospital
NAACP
Texas Southern University
Clarence A. Laws
Southwest
Dallas
Laws
Mystery lights reported across eastern U S
Air Force investigators examine a mysterious stream of brilliant lights seen from Lake Erie to Key West. The Defense Department cites a meteor theory while Cape Canaveral missile personnel say the lights resembled a satellite burning up on reentry.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Air Force
United States
Defense Department
Lake Erie
Key West
Fila
Washington
Weatherman surveys flood threat along Ohio River watershed
Vernon T. Houghton chief of the Federal State Flood Forecasting Service in Pittsburgh surveyed the Oil Creek area and warned that ice gorge conditions and heavy snow could raise flood risks. He noted four inches of ice along the Allegheny River and expected continued cold, with temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal through week end as he examines headwater regions.
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Warren
UPI
Vernon T. Houghton
Ohio River
Houghton
Pittsburgh
Oil City
Civil Defense
Oil Creek
Pennsylvania
Allegheny River
Springdale
Riverton
Joseph Stephenson Dies at 54
Joseph Stephenson of 210 N Crawford Ave died at age 54 on Tuesday March 1960. Rites were to be announced by the family.
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Joseph Stephenson
Crawford Ave
Lord's Admonition Of Prayer And Fasting By Bishop Finfinis
The Rt. Rev. Polyefktos Finfinis of the Greek Orthodox Church Pittsburgh urges prayer and fasting during Lent. He warns that without God progress and wisdom lose meaning and society degenerates when the covenant with God is broken.
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Polyefktos Finfinis
Greek Orthodox Church
Pittsburgh
UPI
Humphrey urges national peace agency creation
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey challenged the administration’s disarmament policy and urged forming a national peace agency. He called for American leadership to break the East–West deadlock as Geneva talks resume next week. He noted Russians may soften on inspections but demanded greater effort.
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Washington
Apt
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
America
Minnesota
Geneva
Overton ‘Brooks
D-La
House Space Committee
Defense Department
Civilian Space Agency
Brooks
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Proxmire
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Federal Communications Commission
John C. Doerfer
Civil Aeronautics Board
James Durfee
Doerfer
Durfee
New Wilmington Plans Regional Planning Joining
New Wilmington Borough Council adopts an ordinance to join the Lawrence Regional Planning Commission and names Daniel H. McQuiston as the borough representative. The borough faces a 375 dollar regional planning fee. McQuiston also serves on the New Wilmington planning commission and leads the regional planning study group. Three bids for a standby borough well are sent to Water Engineer E. E. Bankson for review. State approval for bathhouse plans is required before bids can be advertised. Health officials will not permit pool opening until the bathhouse is replaced. A 1735 dollar check from New Wilmington Telephone Co for pole rental 1948 to 1953 with interest was presented by borough solicitor Thomas V. Mansell. Westminster College basketball advances to NAIA second round by beating Maryland State 64 to 63. a quarterfinal vs Whittier is set for tomorrow at 11 30 a.m. EST.
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New Wilmington
Lawrence Regional Planning Commission
Daniel H. McQuiston
McQuiston
Bathouse
New
Wilmington Telephone Co
Thomas V. Mansell
Auto Dealer Sought in New Castle Finance Scandal
Warrants have been issued for James E. Tim Temenski, a New Castle auto dealer, in a case involving alleged fake car titles and misdeals with most banks and finance companies. The General Finance Co. and state police swore the warrants.
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New Castle
James E
Tim” Temenski
General Finance Co
Temenski
Samuel Cutler
Johnson's Senate Filibuster Tactics Stir Public Tension
Lyndon Johnson moves to extend Southern filibuster talks for another week or more using nightly quorum calls and rare cloture maneuvers. He seeks to keep Southern lawmakers on the floor while planning late night votes to pressure civil rights opponents.
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Johnson
Dixie
Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N. Y
House
Both Parties Hope Voting Will Reveal Presidential Trend
In Manchester New Hampshire the first presidential primary of the year opened with a rough electoral year forecast. Republicans clashed with Republicans and Democrats with Democrats as both sides leveled charges against each other.
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Manchester
N. H
Upi
New Hampshire
Khrushchev Changed by U S Summit Visit
Washington report notes Nikita Khrushchev may look more pragmatic yet tougher toward the United States after upcoming talks in the summit and Moscow. He reportedly admires American living standards while doubting the missile gap, respects U S military strength, and pursues peaceful competition at best. Nixon and Kennedy clash over anti-Communist charges as New Hampshire politics spotlight a bellwether primary.
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Washington
Moscow
Eisenhower
Nikiat Khrushchev
United States
U.S
Russia
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Action Against Cuba Softened
The State Department signaled no stronger steps against Cuba beyond a verbal rebuke from Secretary of State Herter. Officials said Fidel Castro's latest anti US charges did not alter the view that economic reprisals would harm civilians and strain Latin American ties. Herter denounced Castro's claim that US officials were behind Havana harbor munitions ship explosion as baseless.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Cuba
Christian A. Herter
Fidel Castro
U.S
Havana Harbor
City Council Rejects Low Bids On Old Equipment
City Council rejected bids totaling 222 for old city equipment at last week’s auction as too low and referred disposal to the committee. The council also authorized Mayor Herman F. Steinbrink to choose three doctors to examine Patrolman Harry Jedziniak before returning to duty, amid a 3 2 party line vote.
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Old City
Herman F. Steinbrink
Harry Jedziniak
Richard H. Biddle
Ralph Markley
Jedziniak
Robert W. Rainey
Orville Brown
Steinbrink
News Phones and Want Ads Contact Info
A brief listing announces the newsroom phone lines for classifieds and news tips with the telephone numbers OL 4-6651 for news and OL 8-851 for want ads.
Indictments handed up in murder arson and liquor case here
The March grand jury indicted Nunzio F Casacchia 43 of 711 Superior St on murder and voluntary manslaughter in the Dec 29 slaying of Carolyn Taylor Retort a 17 year old mother of three. Casacchia pleaded innocent and is held without bond awaiting trial. Also indicted were James Dudash 37 for involuntary manslaughter drunken driving and related charges from a Rt 19 crash last Dec 20 and William O Day who died from injuries. Anthony J Carbone Jr Edenburg RD 1 was indicted on a conspiracy charge after a raid found a 75 gallon still and five barrels of mash. The grand jurors returned four true bills and will present 17 more cases.
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Nunzio F. Casaccchia
Superior St
Casacchia
Carolyn Taylor Retort
Howard B. Hanna
James Dudash
Portersville
O'Day
Anthony J. Carbone Jr
Edenburg RD 1
State
Police and Liquor Control Board
Carbone
John S. Powers
Joseph Solomon
Fair and Cold Weather With Snow Likely
Weather and river data report a bright but chilly afternoon with highs of 20 to 28 and a low near 0 to 10. Snow likely by Wednesday afternoon or evening with highs 25 to 34 and rising clouds. Nunzio F Casacchia pleads guilty to murder and voluntary manslaughter in a noon court appearance.
Magic brush artist paints silver in town streets
An artist set up in the dark last night and painted silver on trees and a window pane. He created a filigree of silver lace across the hedge and shrubs, a wondrous sight with no two spots alike. Sol came on and rubbed them out on the twenty ninth.
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Sol
Disaster unit plans flood readiness at county meeting
New Castle Ellwood City Wampum and county Civil Defense Red Cross and police leaders met at the courthouse to outline an hour to hour stream check for flood warnings and review last year’s response. Officials discussed aid stations medical teams and looting prevention along with cadet auxiliary police and field hospital use.
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New Castle
Ellwood City
Wampum
County Civil Defense
Red Cross
Lewis C. Dayton
Red Cross Survey Team
David Hamilton
Red Cross Disaster
Ronald K. Thompson
The
Mahoningtown
Thompson
Hamilton
George W. Moore
W. Gilmore Smith
Harold G. Rice
Civil Defense
Koch
Joseph Watterson
William Duncan
Leroy Harriger
Marchline
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KKK
Allegheny
Monongahela
National Peace Agency
Kansas City, Mo
Westminster College
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Maryland
Princess Anne
Westminster
Whittier
Calif
UPL
Leo Boursen
Concord Studies
County Court House
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Tke
Nikita
Wants Peace Prize
Wesley Powell
Powell
John T. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
China
Kennedy
Paul C. Fisher
University of New Hampshire
Fisher
Norris Cotton
R-N
Inside Today
Cross Word
Ellwood
E . Theaters
William O'Day
Edenboro
Dudash
Rt. 19
Daily Weather Report
Bulletin
Nunzio F. Casacchia
Arthur Mometer
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