One of the Finest Armed Forces Day Parades
Downtown New Castle drew crowds for a standout Armed Forces Day parade featuring top local and visiting units and floats. Prizes went to American Legion Post 343 Bands, Wampum, Grove City entrants, and Union Township High School. Reviewing officers included Commander Carbis Walker and Col. Robert White.
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New Castle
American Legion Post 343
Wampum School
Kittie
Grove City
Union Township High School
le Vets
Air Force Rotc
229Th National Guard
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Mayor's Safety Council
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 315
Carbis Walker
USNR
Robert M. White
USMCR
Robert F. DeMeter
USMC
Walter Kielar
Castleton
Large Crowd Attends Armed Forces Day Parade in New Castle
Perfect parade weather drew a large segment of New Castle and environs to the downtown area Friday evening to view the Armed Forces Day parade. Traffic problems were managed by city and fire police as the event proceeded. Community volunteers shared in acts of assistance amid the celebration.
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New Castle
Armed Forces
Sunny and warm today with scattered thundershowers
Weather forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions today with scattered thundershowers in the south portion by afternoon or night. High near 80. Tonight and Sunday cloudy with showers. lows in the 50s. Cooler in the north Sunday. River stage five feet.
Public Health Service rejects smaller polio vaccine doses
The Public Health Service rejected reducing polio shot sizes to stretch scarce supplies. It urged caution before starting first doses during the late summer polio peak, roughly mid August to mid September, allowing local authorities to decide if first shots should be canceled in high prevalence areas. Second shots remain safe to administer during that period.
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Michael J. O'Neill
United Press
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Seeks To Make New Record
An F-86 Sabrejet pilot launches from Los Angeles aiming to fly to New York and back between sunset and sunrise for a first in history. Lt. John M. Conroy of the California Air National Guard plans brief fuel stops at Denver Springfield Columbus and Albuquerque and back by 7:40 p.m. EST.
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New York
Los Angeles
Armed Forces
John M. Conroy
California Air National Guard
San Fernando Valley
Mitchel Field
Conroy
California
Air Force
Denver
Colo
Springfield
Columbus
Ohio
Albuquerque
N.M
Air National Guard
Fire destroys Cole's Inn in Lowell
A general alarm blaze leveled the 60 room Cole's Inn in Lowell on Friday night. Damage was estimated at 250000 dollars. All occupants escaped unharmed while three firemen were treated for smoke inhalation after 12 guests fled down smoke filled stairways.
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Lowell
Mass
Cole’s Inn
Armed Forces Day Observed Across Nation
More than 5 million Americans visited Army Navy and Air Force bases for Armed Forces Day demonstrations of the arsenal. The theme power for peace framed parades and speeches, with Defense Secretary Wilson warning of slim margins of superiority over the Russians and promising a steady buildup. Over 7,500 marched in the Washington parade reviewed by Vice President Nixon and Wilson.
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Charles Cord Dry
United Press
Washington
Wilson
Charles E Wilson
Huge Armed Forces Day Parade In Pittsburgh
Army Navy and Air Force marked Armed Forces Day with a large parade in downtown Pittsburgh. About 5 000 service members marched as Air Force Reserve and Navy planes flew overhead. The Army displayed a Nike guided missile at Point Park and flying demonstrations were planned at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Navy Marine officials broke ground for a 750000 Navy Marine Reserve Training Center in Oakland to train 850 Navy and 400 Marine reservists.
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Pittsburgh
Army
Navy
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Point Park
Greater Pittsburgh
Marine Corps
Oakland
Labor peace returns as Southern strikes settle
Labor peace returns to the South as the 68 day Southern Bell Telephone strike ends with a one year contract covering 50 000 workers in nine states and 25 000 at Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The agreement includes no strike, wage boosts of 1 to 4 dollars weekly, and company funded health welfare costs. Ratification by unions due by May 27 ends the dispute.
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Atlanta
INS
Southland
Southern Bell Telephone
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Washington
Bell System
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
CIO
Bank Robber Escapes From Kansas Jail
Kansas City Kansas INS report says George Sims 25 admitted taking 20 dollars from Kenneth Carpenter to aid his escape from Wyandotte county jail. Carpenter, 42, linked to a November Oswego bank holdup, remains sought with Irene Humphrey of Poplar Bluff Missouri as FBI investigates new angle.
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Kansas. City
Kas
INS
Kenneth D. Carpenter
Kenton, C
FBI
George Sims
Carpenter
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Irene Humphrey
Poplar Bluff, Mo
Oswego, Kas
Patrolman Shot In Leg In Pittsburg Incident
Carnegie patrolman Howard Dillon was wounded in the leg when another officer accidentally discharged a service revolver at police headquarters. Patrolman Joseph Krafthcian was cleaning his weapon when it went off, the bullet entering Dillon above the knee.
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Pittsburgh
Sns
Carnegie
Howard Dillon
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Joseph Krafthcian
Dillon
Baccalaureates Set For Six Lawrence County High Schools
Six Lawrence county high schools hold Sunday Baccalaureate services to begin graduation week. Ellwood City Union township North Beaver township Bessemer East Lawrence and Slippery Rock township will host eight o clock services with named pastors at each school. Commencement events follow in the same sequence next week with each district staggered by day.
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Lawrence County
Ellwood City
Union Township
North Beaver Township
Bessemer
East Lawrence
Slippery Rock Township
William Stafford Scott
Bell Memorial Presbyterian Church
Charles W. Hoover
Wesley Methodist Church
Stephen Polley
Mount Jackson
Sloan dies after operation. ICC president in Tokyo
George A. Sloan, U S industrialist and newly elected president of the International Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo, died in New York after an operation. He would have turned 62 on May 30.
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New York
INS
George A. Sloan
U. S
International Chamber of Commerce
Tokyo
Big Four Ministers May Meet In San Francisco
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov plans to attend the United Nations tenth anniversary in San Francisco. Dag Hammarskjold prepares for a possible Big Four ministers meeting to set agenda for summer talks among top diplomats. Dulles Pinay and MacMillan have signaled attendance as the ceremony unfolds with ministers from about 60 nations expected.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
V. M Molotov
United Nation
San Francisco
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Paris
Geneva
Molotov
Golden Gate City
Opera House
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Antoine Pinay
Harold MacMillan
Tragedy Ends in Three Deaths After NYC Slaying
Alfred Carpenter 35 fatally shot his former sweetheart Mrs June Empson 26 as she shopped for her husband and child, then killed himself. A caesarean attempt by Dr Vincent Baccaia to save the unborn baby failed. the infant died 15 minutes after birth. Empson’s brother said Carpenter had long pursued her. Police noted prior rejections and the killer’s residence near the family.
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West
New York
N.J
Alfred T. Carpenter
June Empson
Carpenter
Vincent Baccaia
Edin Mullins
Death notices for James McFarland and others in local area
Death notices list James McFarland 87 of New Wilmington R D 1 Andrew Pastirak 69 of 1311 South Jefferson Ellwood City widow Anna Catherine Jones 61 of Ellwood City and Anna Burda 78 of 1933 Prospect Street plus Norman Martin Carr 75 of R D 3 Volant.
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James ©. McFarland
New Wilmington
R. D
Andrew Pastirak
South Jefferson Street
Anna Catherine Jones
Ellwood City
Anna Burda
Prospect Street
Norman Martin Carr
Volant
Indian sources say talks between Red China and U S likely within 60 days
New Delhi reports high Indian sources indicate direct discussions on the Far Eastern crisis between Communist China and the United States are expected to occur within two months. Ambassador K M Menon returned from Peiping with Chinese replies as Nehru, Eden, and possibly Washington weigh next steps.
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New Delhi
India
China
United States
Red China
VK. Krishna Menon
Peiping
Krishna Menon
Formosa
Jawaharlal Nehru
Red
London
Anthony Eden
U.S
Washington
Nehru
Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
Bandung
Indonesia
Seek To Break Strikes In Great Britain Ahead Of Election
In London, Prime Minister Eden and opposition backers push for settlements as rail and dock strikes loom. About 17,000 longshoremen plan to walk out Monday, three days before Britain's May 26 general election. roughly 60,000 railway workers are also involved.
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London
Anthony Eden
Floods Roar Through Dust Bowl Southwest Wreaking Damage
Calm settled over the flood ridden Southwest dust bowl as heavy rains and overflowing rivers caused deaths and displacement. More than 5,000 left homeless in Colorado Oklahoma and Texas with at least ten deaths reported. An 18 year old drowned in the Purgatoire river and a church was split in two at Trinidad Colorado.
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Southwest
Dust Bowl
Arkansas
Missouri
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Trinidad
Colo
la Junta
Legislature To Resume On Monday In Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Legislature returns Monday to start deciding tax policy. The House Appropriations Committee resumes hearings to find cuts in Gov. Leader’s 1.836 billion dollar two year budget while administration leaders push the 411 million dollar income tax plan. The governor plans televised programs to explain tax needs and argues four-fifths of the request lands on previous Republican administrations.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House Appropriations Committee
George M. Leader
Young burglars caught breaking into Covington jewelry store
Police arrived at a Covington jewelry store after a burglar alarm. Two 10 year old boys admitted they climbed rooftops and entered through a skylight to see what they could find. They were peering through a hole in the ceiling when officers stopped them.
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Covington
Gardener Arthur Mometer Tends Beds on a Warm 75 Day
Arthur Mometer tends onions lettuce radishes and tomatoes in his garden enjoying the warm 75 degree day. He prides his art as a gardener and notes the beds are emerald with careful ground preparation and patient work.
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Labor Peace
Kansas
Waurika
Okla
National Guard
Morris Becker
South Side Business Association
Mary Lou Ryhal
Francis Anastasia
Pavilion
Cascade Park
Pierre J. Huss
New York City
Great Britain
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Arthur Mometer
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