Turnpike Spur Urged to Link Pittsburgh to Great Lakes
Erie mayor warns that quick action is needed to build a Pittsburgh to Great Lakes turnpike spur. At Beaver Falls rally, about 150 delegates push for the link to prevent Ohio from securing a parallel route. Delegates from eight counties attended the gathering.
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Beaver Falls
Ins
Erie
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Arthur Gardner
Lakes
Ohio
Gardner
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Beaver
Allegheny
Crawford, Greene
Lawrence
Mercer
Washington Counties
Local notes on fall scenes and daylight time
Warm weekend may clog district highways as residents seek scenery. Leaves fall heavily amid dry conditions. Squirrels gather nuts. a tall Begonia plant at 204 Pearson St. is nearly six feet tall with pink blooms. A McKees Rocks pharmacist, Dominic Mussman, 42, gets two years for selling morphine and demerol.
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Craig Kennedy
Pearson St
Pittsburgh
McKees Rocks
Dominic Mussman
Warm Weekend Forecast With Sunny Skies
Mostly sunny and warm today and Sunday with a high near 90. Tonight will be fair and mild with a low between 60 and 66. The 24 hour US weather period ends at 7 am reports a max 90, min 60, no precipitation, and a river stage of 5.5 feet. A year ago the high was 75 and the low 50 with no precipitation.
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United States
Hurricane Ione Threatens U S Lower Atlantic Coast
Miami reports Hurricane Ione roared toward the U S east coast with 90 mph winds and a 14 mph eastward crawl. Advisories placed the storm offshore 520 miles from Miami with Carolinas in its path while ships faced rough seas but no immediate danger. Hilda's prior passage across the Yucatan preceded Ione.
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Miami
Ione
Atlantic
U.S
Miami Weather Bureau
Florida
North Carolina
Carolinas
South Florida
Weather Bureau
Hilda
Yucatan Peninsula
Central America
Call 793 From State For Draft Quota In October
The State Selective Service Board issued a call for 793 Pennsylvanians to meet an October draft quota of 718. Recruiting stations include New Cumberland 116 Philadelphia 283 Pittsburgh 283 Wilkes Barre 86 and Buffalo 25. Eighteen draftees report to Buffalo from Erie and seven from Bradford. one Erie recruit is directed to New Cumberland.
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Harrisburg
INS
State Selective Service Board
New Cumberland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Wilkes- Barre
Buffalo
N. Y
Erie
Bradford
American Freed by Red China Ending Two-Year Solitary
Lawrence R. Buol, 34, of Stockton California, released after two years in solitary confinement in Peiping. He said freed prisoners must be mad to praise the regime, and noted he endured 52 years of captivity in total. Bishop Alfonso Ferroni Carrada was released with him. seven more Americans were believed held for release in dribs and drabs. Buol called it the happiest day of his life and described the treatment as morally harsh though physically tolerable, noting a 30 pound loss.
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Marvin Stone
Ln.s. Far Eastern
Hong Kong
INS
Red China
Peiping
Lawrence R. Buol
Stockton
Calif
Reds
U. S
Buol
Alfonso Ferroni Carrada
Canton
Civil Air Transport Co
Constitution Day Observed By Citizens Grieve Federal Climate of Fear
Eleven citizen spokesmen testified before a Senate subcommittee on the 168th anniversary of the constitution. They faulted federal and local authorities including the House Un-American Activities Committee for creating a climate of fear in modern America. The proceedings were held in the old Supreme Court chamber of the Capitol with the panel taking seats usually reserved for witnesses.
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William Theis
Washington
INS
Congress
America
House Un-American Activities Committee
Senate
Supreme Court
Capitol
Sen
Thomas C. Hennings
Killing Over Pet Dog Sparks Philadelphia Quarrel
In west Philadelphia a woman was stabbed to death in front of her home after a dispute over a pet dog. Neighbor Mary Perry, 49, was charged and to be arraigned following Detective McMullin's account that the victim Lily Williams, 48, had complained about the animal on the sidewalk and Perry obtained a knife to attack.
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Philadelphia
Ins
West Philadelphia
Lily Williams
Presbyterian Hospital
Mary Perry
Joseph McMullin
Williams
Nixon to defend farm policies in Wabash speech
Vice President Nixon will deliver a hard hitting farm policy speech in Wabash Indiana to answer Democratic attacks on administration farm price handling. Democrats organize strategy with Claude Wickard leading a Chicago meeting as campaigns seek the farm vote in 1956 elections. Ezra Benson promised action to ease the price cost squeeze harming farmers income.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Wabash
Ind
Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Chicago
Ezra T. Benson
Kelley Plans Congressional Probe of IUE Amid East Pittsburgh Strike
Representative Augustine B. Kelley announces he will seek a congressional investigation of the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers following criticism by Representative James G. Fulton. The move follows IUE Local 601 returning to work at Westinghouse East Pittsburgh after a nationwide six firm strike, with IUE President James B. Carey blasting Fulton as company minded. Kelley says, as ranking member of the Education and Labor Committee, the probe should be launched.
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Washington
Augustine B. Kelley
D-Pa
House Education and Labor Committee
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Greensburg Democrat
James G. Fulton
R-Pa
Fulton
IUE
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Pittsburgh
James B. Carey
Carey
Kelley
House Committee On Education and Labor
President Did Not Register For Fall Election
Gettysburg Adams County Republican Chairman John H Basehore said he would not receive White House support for the November 8 election. With no statewide offices on the ballot in Pennsylvania this fall he noted President Eisenhower did not register by the deadline, but he had hoped for last minute backing in a tight race.
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Gettysburg
John H. Basehore
Adams County
White House
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Basehore
Har Risburg Railways Wins Injury Free Record Honor
Harrisburg Railways Co earned the Award of Honor from the National Safety Council for 3,381,779 injury free man hours. The world record in transit safety spans five years with 275 employees achieving the feat.
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Harrisburg
National Safety Council
Harrisburg Railways Co
To Relinquish Strategic Base in Finland Porkkala
Soviet Premier Bulganin agreed to relinquish the Porkkala naval base and treaty rights, withdraw Soviet forces, and end naval presence in Finland. He spoke with Finnish Premier Kekkonen as talks began between Helsinki and Moscow to develop bilateral relations.
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Moscow
INS
Soviet Union
Porkkala
Finland
Russia
Helsinki
Turku
Nikolai Bulganin
Urho Kekkonen
Bulganin
Juho Paasikivi
Kliment Voroshilov
Arguments To Be Heard In R W Toth Case
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments the week of Oct 10 on Robert W. Toth the 24 year old Korean War veteran. He challenges the Air Force's authority to court martial him for the alleged murder of a Korean civilian while serving as an airman in Korea. He was not charged until five months after discharge and was transported to Korea for trial before being brought back to the United States.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Robert W. Toth
Toth
Air Force
Korea
Execution of Wilbert Coffin Delayed to October Twenty First
In Quebec City United Press reports the execution of Wilbert Coffin, condemned for murdering a U S hunter, is postponed from September 23 to October 21 at Bordeaux jail in Montreal. Coffin, 44, escaped Sept. 6 from a Quebec City jail by brandishing a soap revolver, subduing five guards and stealing keys before fleeing.
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Quebec City
Wilbert Coffin
United States
Coffin
Bordeaux
Montreal
Youth Is Killed In Auto Crash In Butler County
Paul Ealy aged 26 from Chicora died of a fractured skull after an auto accident 1.2 miles west of Chicora. He was a passenger in a car driven by William Bullman age 21 from Clintonville, who failed to negotiate a curve onto a bridge. Bullman was hospitalized for injuries.
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Butler
Paul Ealy
Chicora
Ealy
William Bullman
Clintonville
Bullman
Butler County Memorial Hospital
Witnesses Testify Major Advised Prisoners To Talk
Four witnesses testified that Maj. Roland E. Alley advised American POWs in Korea to provide information to their Communist captors. Alley, a career officer from Bar Harbor Maine, faces court martial on charges of collaborating with the enemy while in captivity.
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Fort Meade
Roland E. Alley
Korea
Alley
Bar Harbor
Maine
Legislature Reconvenes to Tackle State Tax Plan
Pennsylvania lawmakers return Monday to resolve the tax impasse. Gov. Leader and party leaders will hear a budget breakdown from the Pennsylvania Economy League as Republicans seek $130 million in cuts. Democrats push a federal income tax based levy as a potential token law awaiting Supreme Court review.
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Lloyd R. Rochelle
United Press
Harrisburg
George M
Pennsylvania Economy League
Robert E. Woodside
Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Plan Technical Exchange Plan With W Europe
The United States plans to spend six to seven million dollars in the current fiscal year on a West European technical exchange program. About 1,500 Europeans will come to the United States for studies in economics production marketing and science. About 100 American experts will be sent to Europe under the program.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Europe
Eisenhower Expected to Seek Second Term Says Republican Leader
Harrisburg report says Republican State Chairman Miles Horst told the Pennsylvania Republican Institute that he believes President Eisenhower will seek reelection. Horst noted the Denver meeting left 48 GOP state chairmen convinced he would accept the nomination, though no direct commitment was obtained.
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Harrisburg
Miles Horst
Pennsylvania Republican Institute
Eisenhower
Horst
Denver
Futility of War Mentioned by Nehru in Parliament
Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru told Parliament that the world was beginning to realize the futility of war as debate on foreign affairs opened. He urged peace and listed global desire to curb conflict.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Adenauer Poised for Confidence Vote Over Moscow Talks
Bonn reports overwhelming cross party support for Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as Berlin and East German outlets frame the Moscow accords. Adenauer faces the Bundestag next Thursday to seek endorsement of his diplomacy with the Soviet Union and aims for a Friday confidence vote.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Adenauer
Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Russia
Wilhelm Pieck
Soviet Zone
Bundestag
Wave of Terror Strikes Morocco Amid Protest Over Peace Plan
In Morocco, violence spiked as protests against delay in French peace talks continue. Three dead and 20 wounded in shootings and bombings. Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin rushed to Paris for urgent discussions with Premier Edgar Faure. Moroccan nationalists reject an anti nationalist throne council ally.
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Paris
Morocco
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
North Africa
Protectorate
Edgar Faure
de Latour
Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Rabat
Faure
Marrakesh
Si Hadj Thami el Glaoui
Hunt For Two Men Resumed In Colorado Mine
Searchers resumed rescue efforts for two Kansas men lost in a 6000 foot abandoned mine shaft near Georgetown Colorado. Glen Dew 33 and Melvin LeBlow 45 prospectors from Ulysses Kansas had left a companion at 1500 feet with five hours of oxygen and ventured toward deeper passages. Authorities feared they did not survive.
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Georgetown
Colo
Kansas
Glen Dew
Melvin Leblow
Ulysses
Kan
Huge flood losses estimated across six northeastern states
The Commerce Department says hurricane floods last month caused about 157.0 million dollars in industrial damage in six states led by Connecticut with 72.5 million from 482 plants. Massachusetts reported 66.0 million across 180 plants. Pennsylvania 9.32 million. Rhode Island 5.75 million. New Jersey 3.07 million. New York 0.38 million. The Treasury will back 90 percent of a 10 million dollar loan to the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad for flood repairs.
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Washington
Connecticut
Business & Defense Services Administration
Commerce Department
Treasury
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Bulganin Returns to Kremlin After Illness Briefing
Ailing Premier Nikolai Bulganin left his sick bed for a brief Kremlin meeting with East German Premier Otto Grotewohl. The talks with Bulganin and Kliment Voroshilov start the second round of Soviet German negotiations amid Adenauer’s visit.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Otto Grotewohl
Konrad Adenauer
Kremlin
Grotewohl
German Democratic Republic
Kliment Voroshilov
Supreme Soviet
Bulganin
Voroshilov
Medical Reports On Ex Burgess Not To Be Public
Federal Judge Marsh refused to release public medical reports on Alfred Ackerman former Whitaker Burgess convict. He said doctor patient privacy overrides disclosure though reports confirm Ackerman’s release from Western Penitentiary for medical reasons.
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Pittsburgh
Rabe F. Marsh
Alfred
Dutch) Ackerman
Whitaker Burgess
Marsh
Ackerman
Western Penitentiary
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Wable to Seek New Hearing on Turnpike Slaying
Attorneys for John Wesley Wable condemned to death for the Turnpike slaying of a Virginia truck driver plan a Monday en banc petition for a new hearing. They allege truthful witness issues and insufficient time to prepare a defense to prior crimes.
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Greensburg
John Wesley Wable
Virginia
Wable
Harry W Pitts
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pitts
Westmoreland County Court
State Pardons Board
Civil War in Argentina reports second day clashes and air activity
In Buenos Aires a heavy explosion shook the city around 11 a.m. local time. A single aircraft, a twin tailed bomber, passed the river front about a minute later at an altitude near 1,500 feet, as fighting continued on the second day.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Weather steady in Pennsylvania with warm western heat
The Weather Bureau anticipated little change in conditions in Pennsylvania today and Sunday under a high pressure ridge. Forecasters noted Hurricane Jones might influence conditions later, with western sections reaching up to 90 degrees and eastern parts in the upper 70s to 80s. Overnight lows mostly in the 60s, some northeastern mountains in the 50s, and only light rainfall expected, except possible scattered showers in the west.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Jone
Youth Charged With Robberies In 34 Homes
Pittsburgh youth Arthur Comics Quinn aged 19 faced an indefinite sentence at Ellwood Camp Hill Reformatory for robbing and wrecking 34 homes. Judge Thomas M Marshall declared he had enough evidence to sentence him to 400 years after a guilty plea.
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Pittsburgh
Arthur Comics
Quinn
Ellwood Camp Hill Reformatory
Thomas M. Marshall
Realery Vases Sports
Savevas Theaters
Rebels Surrender at Curuzu Cuatia Base in Argentina
Rebel troops at the Curuzu Cuatia military base surrendered to government forces in Argentina today as the country faces continuing bloodshed amid the crisis.
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Percy Forster
Buenos Aires
INS
Curuzu Cuatia
Argentina
Fall of Rebel Strongholds Tightens Grip Near Cordoba
Buenos Aires reports two rebel strongholds fallen and says loyal forces press toward Cordoba where Gen Felix Videla Balaguer proclaims a revolutionary government as head.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cordoba
Felix Videla Balaguer
Rebels Press Cordoba as Peruon Revolt Enters Day Two
Civil war enters its second day with reports that Loyalists strike Cordoba city while rebels retreat from Rio Santiago base. Government sources say heavy casualties are likely, while unconfirmed word claims rebel generals urge President Peron to resign to avert a bloodbath. Reports conflict on progress as rebels and government clash.
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Corrientes
Cordoba City
Cordoba
Juan Peron
Rio Santiago
Uruguay
Puerto Belgrano
Bahia Blanca
Juan D. Peron
Delta Tau Delta Dispute Settled at Allegheny College
A dispute over admitting two social members to Delta Tau Delta at Allegheny College in Meadville Pennsylvania has been settled. One social member was Jewish and their admission had faced objections from the fraternity's national headquarters.
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Meadville, Pa
INS
Delta Tau Delta
Allegheny College
Harbor Bridge Opens Tonight After Repairs
Highway Superintendent Joseph Howley announced Harbor Bridge will open to traffic tonight after days of closure. The repair crew replanked the structure ending the audible flapping noise and restoring passage.
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Harbor Bridge
Joseph Howley
Death Record for Lash Pander and Welsh in 1955
Death notices list John W. Lash age 52 of R D 1 Wampum Letitia Pander age 86 of 1212 Huron Ave and Homer S Welsh of Ellwood City as recorded on Saturday September 17 1955 in local notices.
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Letitia Pander
Huron Ave
Baseball Heat Flares as Race Tightens Around Leaders
The Yankees and Indians battle for top position while the Brooklyn Dodgers stay calm at home. The White Sox and Red Sox struggle as the heat rises with a warm eighty two degree day affecting the scene.
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Sox
Rams
Brooklyn
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Wilbert
Butler County
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Inside Todays
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Homer S. Welsh
Ellwood City
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