Beck Family Members Escape to Canada Warned by Kennedy
Senate Rackets Committee investigator says three members of the Dave Beck family slipped into Canada to dodge questioning. Robert F. Kennedy notes there is nothing to compel their return and doubts they will come back to the United States. Seattle marshal reports the witnesses crossed into Vancouver. Beck Sr. faces further inquiry on how Beck Jr. became head of a beer distributing firm. Brewery officials are summoned to testify.
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Senate
Dave Beck
Canada
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
U.S. Marshal’s
Seattle
Wash
Dave Beck Jr
Vancouver
Beck Sr
Teamster Union
Beck Jr
Andeu
Dogwood Blooms Charm Rural Roads In Flight Of Spring
Dogwood trees blaze along New Bedford Road and old Route 422 brightening rural scenery. Residents report oil leaks on highways require caution for drivers braking suddenly.
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New Bedford Rd
Daily weather update with warm highs and scattered showers
The report shows a high in the 80s with partly cloudy skies tonight and scattered showers in the north. Lows in the mid 50s to low 60s. A 24 hour period records a high of 79 and a low of 46 with no precipitation and a river stage of 5.6 feet.
Peace Mission From OAS Heads To Nicaragua
The Organization of American States plans a peace mission to Managua to present a troop withdrawal proposal aimed at preventing war between Nicaragua and Honduras. The team will base in Tegucigalpa and Washington as observers promise cautious optimism amid border clashes.
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Organization of American States
Managua
Nicaragua
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
OAS
Washington
Dominican Republic
Ricardo Arias
OAS Council
Arias
Alphonse Greene
Youth Struck With Baseball Bat, Is Dead
Posdell Smith, 17, of 1132 Cherry St Braddock Pa died in Montefiore hospital of a head injury suffered when his father William 54 struck him with a baseball bat. The father claimed self defense and was to have a coroner hearing. Braddock police reported earlier calls to the home and later violence by the youth.
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Pittsburgh
Posdell Smith
Cherry St
Braddock
Montefiore Hospital
William
Edward Goldstein
Smith
Goldstein
Posdell
Britain reports new Herald airliner by Handley Paige
The Handley Paige Aircraft Co announces the Herald a two engine turbo prop airliner claiming highest economy. It cruises at 275 mph with 43 passengers or freight up to 660 miles and costs 490000 dollars.
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London
Britain
Handley-Paige Aircraft Co
Herald
Eisenhower to press foreign aid in bipartisan budget talks
President Eisenhower prepared to open his bid for the four billion four hundred million dollar foreign aid program at a 9 a.m. conference with Senate and House leaders. He plans two television and radio addresses to explain the plan, while Dulles and envoy Richards attend the briefing. Styles Bridges opposes moving foreign aid into the defense budget.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Congress
John Foster Dulles
James Richards
Middle East
GOP
Styles Bridges
N.H
Mrs McCarthy Urged For Senate Seat In Wisconsin
A push grows to appoint Jean McCarthy widow of the late Joseph R. McCarthy to the U S Senate seat. GOP legislators seek to empower Gov Vernon Thompson to appoint a successor, with Democrats calling interim appointment undemocratic. Rep Alvin FE O Konski backs Jean McCarthy, arguing she best represents Joe McCarthy’s philosophy.
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Madison
Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Vernon Thomson
Phillip Nash
Jean McCarthy
GOP
Alvin FE
O’konski
Joe McCarthy
Seven Die In Three Car Route 7 Crash In Ohio
Seven people died after a three car collision on Route 7 near Middleport Ohio. Nancy McCoy 17 died at Meigs County General Hospital after a skull fracture. Also killed were John C. Smith 21 George Halley 32 Elizabeth Halley 32 Marshall McCoy 40 and his six year old son George and Mrs Charles McCoy 17. Ruby McCoy 37 was critically injured. A third car driven by Hubert Boyd 48 Cheshire was involved but he was uninjured. Relations among the McCoy family remain unclear.
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Ohio
Boyd
Nancy McCoy
Charles McCoy
Congress Faces New Hassle Over Post Office Funds
Washington reports Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield told Congress the Post Office Department needs up to 90 million dollars more than requested for fiscal 1958. He warned further cuts may be needed if funds are not provided and urged restoring 58 million dollars cut by the House, noting increased mail volume. The subcommittee restored 32 million. critics urged curtailing nonessential services to save costs.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office
Arthur E. Summerfield
Senate Appropriations
House
Rep
J. Vaughan Gary
D-Va
Summerfield
Vietnamese Leader Diem Addresses Congress on U S Aid
President Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet Nam speaks before a joint session in Washington to thank the United States for aid and press for increased assistance to bolster Viet Nam against Communist threat. He met with President Eisenhower at the White House during a four day visit.
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United Press
Washington
D. C
Eisenhower
Washington Airport
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Diem
Congress
United States
Southeast Asia
House
Senate
White House
U.S
Ezio Pinza Dies at 65 in Stamford Home
Opera star Ezio Pinza died at his Stamford home at age 65 after suffering three strokes since last August. The Metropolitan Opera veteran, who found renewed fame on Broadway, had been resting comfortably a week earlier according to his wife. The death ends a 20 year Metropolitan era and follows a long, celebrated career.
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Stamford
Conn
Ezio Pinza
Metropolitan Opera House
Pinza
President Coty Welcomed as Italy Halts Crisis
France President Rene Coty arrived in Rome for a state visit with Italian President Giovanni Gronchi and outgoing Premier Antonio Segni greeting him. Military salutes and ceremonies marked the reception as Italy postpones naming a new premier and continues talks with party leaders over its government crisis.
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Rome
Italy
Rene Coty
Giovanni Gronchi
Antonio Segni
Coty
Geonchi
Salvation Army to Add a $30 000 Building Wing in New Castle
Salvation Army plans a one story 30 by 40 foot recreation wing for New Castle to aid youth programs. The project needs local gifts or loans and must await funds and formal approval from Salvation Army headquarters in New York.
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New Castle
Fred H. Allen
Mildred Rogers
Henry B. Strock Jr
Keely
New York
Thirteen Killed In Plane Crash in Spanish Sahara
A training flight transporting Spanish paratroopers crashed and burned killing thirteen servicemen in Spanish Sahara on Wednesday.
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Sidl Ifn
Spanish Sahara
Shenango China Reelects G. B. Zahniser As President
George B. Zahniser was re-elected president of Shenango China Inc. at the annual stockholders meeting held this week in the company offices. Officers re-elected include C. J. Newman, vice president and treasurer. Steward Cummings, VP manufacturing operations. J. Leo Dowd, VP and director of sales. Lynn A. Warren, secretary. Kathryn M. Boston, assistant secretary. Warren named chairman of the board. M. Levering Cartwright, James S. Higgins also re-elected to the board.
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George B. Zahniser
Shenango China Inc
C. J. Newman
Stoward Cummings
J. Leo Dowd
Lynn A. Warren
Kathryn M. Boston
Lynn A Warren
M. Levering Cartwright
Chicago
James S. Higgins
New York
Monkeys Cause Airport Staff Walkout In Ireland
Forty four Aer Lingus baggage handlers at Shannon Airport, Ireland, were fired after refusing to handle a cargo of smelly monkeys bound for U.S. polio research labs. Clerks assisted later arrivals, with a repeat dispute arising six months earlier over similar cargo from India.
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Shannon
Ireland
United States
India
U.S. Polio Research Laboratories
Baggage Union
Irish Airlines
Forest Fires Sweep Across New England
In New England a spate of forest and brush fires prompted a state of emergency in Massachusetts as Gov. Foster Furcolo mobilized resources. Over 80 fires were reported across the region with two major blazes in Massachusetts believed to be out of control amid forecasts of worsening conditions and gusty winds.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Rhode Island
Foster Furcolo
Francis W. Sargent
Weather Bureau
Mesta Joins Polio Fight at New Castle Plant
E A Trautman general manager of the Mesta plant announced the company joined the polio fight. One thousand one hundred New Castle plant employees will receive vaccine at no cost when supplies arrive with a four week interval between first and second shots. A similar program is underway at the West Homestead plant as part of an extensive industrial medical plan.
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E. A. Trautman
Mesta
New Castle
West Homestead
Trautman
Two Industrial Deaths Reported in Beaver County
In Beaver Falls at the Babcock and Wilcox plant Alfred Tyson, 57, of Darlington, died when two cranes collided and a scrap box struck him. In Aliquippa, William Belich, 49, of Monaca, died after falling 25 feet from a scaffold at the Jones and Laughlin works.
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Beaver Falls
Beaver Valley
Babcock and Wilcox
Alfred Tyson
Darlington
Aliquippa
William Belich
Monaca
Jones and Laughlin
Strawberries Show Taste and Local Pride in May Market
The speaker notes homegrown berries surpass others in flavor and eye appeal as May approaches. He recalls farmers and markets offering berries from other states but insists on homegrown fruit for shortcake. He mentions a seventy nine degree day and dreams of thick cream.
Death notices list several residents and ages
Denise Helene Watkins five months died at 318 Gardner Center Rd Tod H Keast 68 of Poland Mrs Claire G Newbury 86 at 1311 Huron Ave Walter Ostrowski 37 of 109 Lafayette St Peter Merolillo 72 Edenburg Mrs Ethel M Migut 46 429 Cr Art St.
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Denise Helene Watkins
Gardner Center Rd
Tod H. Keast
Poland
Claire G. Newbury
Huron Ave
Walter Ostrowski
Lafayette St
Peter Merolillo
Edenburg
Ethel M. Migut
Art St
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Route 422
Shenango River
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US 422
Daily Weather Report
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P.O
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Moscow
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Vatican
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Shenango
China
G. B. Zahniser
Polio
Beaver County
Arthur Memeter
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