County Democrats Refuse Endorsement of Rep Clark in Primary
Lawrence County Democrats vote by secret ballot to drop incumbent Congressman M Clark in the April 26 primary. Beaver and Butler County groups still back Clark. The decision followed a letter from Sen Wayne Morse criticizing Clark and a plan to raise funds to defeat him. Clark vowed he can win the primary and general election.
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Lawrence County
M. Clark
Michael I. Barr
Aliquippa
Clark
The
Beaver
Butler County
Theodore Gannett
Gannett
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Pennsylvania
Washington
Governor forms lay panel to overhaul Pennsylvania education
Gov. David L. Lawrence names a 25 member lay committee led by Lt. Gov. John M. Davis to study education from kindergarten to college and report by Jan. 31 with recommendations for major reforms. The panel includes Sens. Clark and Don Scott, former Lt. Gov. Kennedy, Mine workers leader, and business and civic figures. The group may expand and will study over the next decade without calling a special legislative session.
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UPI
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
John M. Davis
Lawrence
U.S
Joseph S. Clark
Hud
Lees
Plan to weaken referee voting rights push falters in House
House leaders' bipartisan plan to appoint federal referees for Negro voting rights shows strains as Southern Democrats push to water it down. A Wednesday amendment requiring prompt action on Negro voter applications passed 188 to 120, appeasing civil rights backers but angering Southern lawmakers.
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UPI
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Congress
Senate
Equal Wage Law Takes Effect in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania law banning sex-based pay discrimination went into effect. It requires equal pay for salaried and hourly workers and overtime, while allowing higher wages for seniority or merit-based raises. The measure aims to place women on an equal footing with men in industrial and commercial pay scales and enables back wage claims for discrimination.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Sugar Import Control Plan Is Protested
Senate and House agriculture chairmen oppose Eisenhower’s request to extend the Sugar Act four years and grant power to alter imports. Cooley calls the move an act of aggression toward Cuba. Ellender proposes a limited quota-change power when Congress is not in session. Also reports on minimum wage expansion and export drive with an export bank program.
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Cuba
Cooley
Allen J. Ellender
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Congress
AFL- Cio
George Meany
House Labor
White House
Eisenhower
U. S
Winter Storm Strands Midwest and Hits Atlantic Seaboard
A new storm spreads snow rain and ice from Virginia to southern New England while the Midwest cleans up from drifts up to six feet. Heavy ice snarls highways as thousands of travelers are stranded and Chicago endures its worst storm in six years with eight inches of snow.
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Midwest
Weather Bureau
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
City
Disarmament Plan Attacked by Communist Propaganda
The third session of the major disarmament conference opened as Moscow Radio and Peiping NCNA denounced the Western plan. They accused it of reflecting Pentagon aims and called for arms control measures excessive and protective of disarmament reluctance. In the U.S. bureau report, Fraser Colorado recorded the nation’s coldest temperature at zero as West Palm Beach reached 89.
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UPI
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Peiping
New China News Agency
Pentagon
NCNA
New York
Fraser, Colo
U.S
A Lent Message on Positive Abstinence and Fasting
A Lent message urges positive abstinence through fasting prayer and repentance. It emphasizes both material and spiritual fasting, affording purification and glory to God, while noting exemptions for the infirm travelingors in service or facing trials. It calls healthy Christians to observe Lent fully to prepare for Christ's Resurrection.
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Jesus Christ
Preliminary Budget Figures Show Higher School Costs
The New Castle School Board presents a 1960-61 budget with estimated expenses $400,000 above the current budget, signaling a possible 8-mill tax increase. Board President William Thompson described the figure as preliminary and expected a lower amount when reviewed by the full board.
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New Castle
William Thompson
Thompson
West Side
Howard S. Stewart
W. Washington St
Joseph Cooper
Kisthart To End Career Honored By New Castle Staff
Leonard Kisthart a 29 year News Ad Man will retire March 24 after a dinner in The Castleton. Chairman Jack P. Jones presided as master of ceremonies with entertainment by Jack M. French and James Trevitt. Several staff members praised Kisthart and read congratulatory telegrams and letters.
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New Castle News
Castleton
Jack P. Jones
Kisthart
Jones
Jack M. French
French
James Trevitt
Jack Bartholli
James Cover
Anthony Annecillo
Jack Jones
Earl Hammond
Jack French
Two Miners Among Holden No 22 Mine Victims Found Missing
Grim search continues for two miners presumed dead after 16 others are confirmed dead in Holden No 22 mine disaster near Logan West Virginia. Rescue teams recover bodies from three miles of tunnels as a foreman’s last testament is found near a safety lamp.
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W. Va
UPI
Holden No. 22
West Virginia
Josh Chasins Jr
Mabel
Chasins
Jack Matheson
Obscure Local Addresses Noted in Editorial Snips
The fragment lists names and ages with several street addresses including 204 Holton Street and 113 Park Lane. Also mentions James F. Ellis Jr and Frances Dubino of Ellwood City. The context appears as a partial notice or social item without full details.
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James F. Ellis Jr
Holton St
A. E. Marlin
Park Lane
New York Irish Celebrate St Patrick’s Day Parade
About 120000 marchers and an estimated one million spectators fill Fifth Avenue for the St Patrick’s Day parade despite forecast snow slush and rain. Francis Cardinal Spellman Gov Nelson Rockefeller Mayor Robert Wagner and other officials review from 64th Street and St Patrick’s Cathedral steps.
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UPI
Fifth Ave
Frank D. Finnegan
St. Patrick's Day
Weather Bureau
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
64Th St
Illinois Officials Hunt Clues In Starved Rock Deadly Case
Illinois officials searched a snowbound Starved Rock State Park canyon for clues in the sex slayings of three prominent Chicago women. The bodies, mothers of nine and wives of major businessmen, were found at a cave mouth in the remote park area.
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UPI
State Park
Ottawa
Chicago
Lillian Ocetting
Frances Murphy
Mildred Lindquist
Starved Rock State Park
Twine Raffles
Illinois
William Morris
Walmo Sports Show Opens With Busy Cathedral Crowd
About 2,500 attended the second annual Walmo Sports Show at the Cathedral with booths, demonstrations, and sport displays. Notable participants included the Castle Pistol Club and Turner Archery, while local youth and service groups staffed various exhibits. The show runs tonight with events including a style show and shooting demonstrations.
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Neshannock
Castle Pistol Club
Junior Rifle Club
Turner
Boy Scouts
The
Game Commission
Lawrence County Association For the Blind
Gary Bales
N. Scott St
al Isolda
E. Washington St
Victor Mills Jr
National Ave
Joe Melichar
Washington St
Walma \Lions
Westminster
Jodi Shop
Turner Archery Club
Jr Rifle
Negro Leaders Call Nationwide Boycott Over All-White Jury
In Orangeburg South Carolina officials began selecting an all white jury for 400 Negro defendants as Negro leaders urged a nationwide boycott of chain stores. The NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins urged 1000 units to use the boycotts in racial self defense and the action was to take effect immediately.
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Orangeburg
S.C
South
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy Wilkins
FBI chief cites alarming rise in crime 1959
J Edgar Hoover comments on the preliminary 1959 FBI crime report noting a 1 percent rise in major crimes from 1958, with violent offenses up 7 percent. Murders up 21 percent in cities with 500 000 to 750 000 population, and New York City leading with 390 homicides followed by Chicago 330 and Los Angeles 134.
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United Press International
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Houston, Tex
Weather Update: Cloudy Snow Likely Northeast. Temps Rise
Cloudy with snow and several inches of accumulation forecast in the northeast portion today. Elsewhere light wet snow ends as a high in the upper 30s. Tonight and Friday bring variable clouds and flurries, colder with teens overnight and little warmup Friday. 24 hour period: high 37, low 29, precipitation 0.7 inches of snow, river at 6.2 feet. A year ago: high 41, low 22, no precipitation, river 10.8 feet.
Inside Today's News Page Pace Classified
Classifieds and listings on a prairie page feature TV logs society notes sports and obituaries with brief items and notices. A mix of ads and community notes appear alongside editorials and theater listings.
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Society
Cross Word
Ie Sports
St Patrick's Day Weather and Wit Over Green
A lighthearted column notes the stubborn cold before St Patrick's Day with talk of green clothing and a wish for greener hedge and lawn. The author mocks the delayed spring feel as the Irish celebration approaches and the day’s weather remains bleak.
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St. Patrick’s Day
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