Turkish Army seizes government in coup tops Menderes
Turkish military officers oust Premier Adnan Menderes in a bloodless coup seizing radio stations and sealing borders. A committee of national unity under Gen Cemal Gursel takes over to pave free elections and defend NATO CENTO ties as Turkey stands by UN human rights pledges. In Athens Western observers note unrest and a push to attract industry in New Castle.
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Menderes
Gursel
Athens
Greece
UPI
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Committee of National Unity
Cemal Gursel
Syneman Phee
South Khorea
NATO
CENTO
Forecast Holiday Death Toll On Highways At 375
United Press International reports the Memorial Day weekend travel peak with millions on the road. The National Safety Council forecasts 375 fatalities on highways during the three day holiday period.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Key stone shortway delayed by funding, says state official
Harrisburg reports state highway secretary Park Martin says the Keystone Shortway will be 10 to 12 years away due to financing issues. Federal funding cuts and intercity project priorities limit available interstate money, with plans for two lane additions in some areas and potential awards for White Deer to Kerwick and Sharon to Clarion line sections.
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Harrisburg
UPS
Park H. Martin
Martin
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Sharon
White Deer
Union County
Kerwick
Columbia County
Clarion Jefferson County
Finch Tregoff Retrial Date Set For June 20
Los Angeles physician R Bernard Finch 43 and his mistress Carole Tregoff 23 await retrial for murder of Finch’s estranged wife Barbara Jean 33. Finch returned to jail Thursday and will face trial June 20 after nearly ten months in confinement.
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Los Angeles
UPI
R. Bernard Finch
Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean
Senate Opens Impartial Inquiry Into U 2 Flight Fallout
Washington UPI report says the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins a closed inquiry into the U 2 incident and summit collapse. Secretary of State Herter testifies as the first witness while Eisenhower backs the probe and Bohlen is named chief censor. Khrushchev blamed for torpedoing the Paris summit.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Herter
Russia
Eisenhower
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Hensmen
State Department
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Moscow
Bohlen
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Paris
Downtown Merchants Set Tuesday Shopping for Memorial Day
The Downtown Merchants Association will observe Monday hours on Tuesday May 31 to mark Memorial Day. Stores open at noon and stay open until 9 p.m with Tuesday morning closure. Regular hours resume Wednesday June 1. In Santiago Chile a 34 plane U.S. air fleet with about 500 personnel and 400 tons of aid sped toward earthquake survivors.
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Santiago
Chile
Mercy
7Th U.S. Army Field Hospital
United States
Panama
Peru
Llifen
Valdivia
Puerto Montt
Glender McAdams
U.S
PRR Workers May Walk Out
More than 25 000 members of the Transport Workers Union may stage wildcat strikes on the Pennsylvania Railroad today. Michael J. Quill warned that members might disobey orders and cripple passenger and freight service over Memorial Day weekend.
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Transport Workers Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana
Indianapolis
New York City
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
California
Chicago
UPI
Michael J. Quill
Quill
TWU
Pennsy Board
James M. Symes
Pennsy
Philadelphia
Commencement Exercises For 950 County Graduates
County eight districts hold separate commencements for 950 graduates tonight through next Friday. Baccalaureate services Sunday except Ellwood City and Wampum May 22. Ellwood City area holds 350 graduates tonight in Ewing Park at 6 15 with Judge Clyde S Shumaker main speaker and Mary Ann Custozzo valedictorian. Seventy two honor students named. In case of rain venue shifts to high school auditorium.
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Ellwood City
Wampum
Neshannock High School
Ewing Park
Mary Ann Custozzo
Patricia A. Loccisano
Sidney Rappaport
Tree of Life Synagogue
E. Vincent
Laurel Union
Clyde S. Shumaker
Butler County
Wendell Dean
Union School Board
Edward Marshall
Anita Pearl
Ray Johnston
Michael Allen
Robert Harrison
Monroe Davis
Alice Stewart
Loretto Scotia
Grace Stevenson
Vivienne Thompson
Clayton Harriger
Greenwood Methodist Church
Laurel
Laurel High School
Addison H. Leitch
Shenango Area
Henry B. Strock Jr
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Judy Zabetakis
Car‘mena
Linda McKee
Claire de Lune
Shenango Joint Board
Regis Arnold
Cuvier Ferguson
Third United Presbyterian Church
Russell Moore
Savannah Methodist Church
Penn asks fraternities to remove race religion clauses
The University of Pennsylvania on Thursday asked three national fraternities with campus chapters to erase discriminatory membership provisions from their constitutions. Sigma Chi Sigma Nu and Alpha Tau Omega were told to abolish the clauses or exempt the Penn chapters from observing them.
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Philadelphia
UPI
University of Pennsylvania
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Alpha Tau Omega
Weather Outlook With Showers and Warm Temperatures
Mostly cloudy and warm with showers and thundershowers today and tonight. Highs 75 to 80, lows 60 to 65. Saturday cloudy and mild with showers north and east. Highs 68 to 74. 4 hour period ending 7 am shows max 77, min 59, no precipitation, river stage 6.6 feet.
Weather Data Snapshot for Same Date Year Ago
Historical figures show minimum temperature 63 degrees with no precipitation. River stage recorded at 5.6 feet on that date.
Ellwood City Obituaries Page Traits and Notices
Obituary notices list Michael S. Vanaskys Sr., 68, of 99 S. Lee Ave. and Mary E. Rowles, 55, of 1idl Dewey Ave. along with Mary Giltsch, 81, Gavie Fyffe, 68, James Parker, 68, and Frew Book, 84, across Ellwood City and nearby Volant and addresses 1023 E. Washington St. Details indicate local funeral notices and age postings.
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Mary Giltsch
Ellwood City
Gavie Fyffe
Volant RD
Seventy-Six Today Rhyme Struggle Behind the Printer
The writer laments a slow rhyme day as the printer demands speed. He notes the challenge of composing witty lines while acknowledging the deadline and the seventy six years of age.
Veterans Remembered With Flags Across 83 Cemeteries
Lawence County will place 3 535 flags on veterans graves this weekend. A. Lewis Conn, director of veterans affairs, and local groups will deliver 12 by 16 inch Stars and Stripes to 83 cemeteries, with Greenwood New Castle hosting the most burials at 625.
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Lawrence County
Oak Park
New Castle
Graceland
Castle View
St Mary
Union
Slippery Rock
Wayne
Fair Oaks
Wilmington
Savannah
Shenango
King’s Chapel
Pulaski
Rose Point
Greenwood M.E
Shenang
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New Castle News
Green
Vernon B. Corle
Greater New Castle Assn
Morris, Griffiths
Robert A. Weingartner
Greater New Castle Development Corp
Norman E. Clark
Pace
Martin J. Kovach
Labor
Alfred H. Owens
John F. Henderson
Nebraska
Missouri
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Ohio
Newton Griffiths
Bureau of Industrial Development
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce
Griffiths
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Thomas W. Morris
Greater New
Morris
RCA
Finch-Tregoff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S. Mercy Task Force
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Tion
PRR
Daily Weather Report
Inside Today's
Kias
Michael S
Mary E. Rowles
Dewey Ave
James Parker
N. Frew Book
E. Washington St
Arthur Mometer
Harmony Baptist
Dean
Scott
Harlansburg
M.E
United Baptist
Deer Creek
New Bedford
Evergreen
Frizzleburg
Hopewell
Mahoning U.P
Mahoning
Villa Marie
Rich Hill
Old Jerusalem
Pleasant Valley
Madonna
St Lucy
Mahoningtown
St. Nicholas
SS. Philip and James
St. Vitus
Polish National Tr
Mt. Peasant Plaingrove
United Presbyterian
Plaingrove
Plaingrove Presbyterian
Ashton, Mahoning
Baptist Mahoning Two
Bessemer-Finnish
Beaver
Bessemer
Mt. Jackson U.P
Westfield
N. Beaver
Whiting
Booker
Clinton
Big Beaver
Naggle
Newport
Fayette
New Wilmington
Neshannock
New Wilmington M.E
Volant
Mountville
Perry
Pleasant Hill
Wurtemburg U.P
Mt. Hope
Graceland Memorial
Shenango U.P
Fisher Farm
Eastbrook
Mershimer
Normal Shenango
Zac Shenango
Center Shenango
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