Storms Cause Heavy Damage Across Eastern Pittsburgh Area
Flood waters from West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania surged down the Monongahela as weekend storms left at least nine dead and vast damage. Canonsburg evacuees numbered 40 to 50 as Chartiers Creek receded. Uniontown and other towns faced flooding and widespread outages.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Monongahela River
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio River
Canonsburg
Chartiers Creek
Brink Theft Trial Opens in Beacon Hill Courthouse
In Boston eight men face trial for the $1 218 211 Brink s robbery. The heavily guarded Suffolk Superior Court session began with defense motions as defendants were kept in custody. Named on trial are Anthony Pino Michael V Geagan Vincent J Costa Joseph F McGinnis Adolph Maffie Henry Baker James I Faherty and Thomas F Richardson.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Beacon Hill
Felix Forte
Paul T. Smith
Suffolk Superior Court
Anthony Pino
Michael V. Geagan
Vincent J. Costa
Joseph F. McGinnis
Adolph Maffie
Henry Baker
James I. Fa
Watson Injured In Auto Accident Near Big Spring
Preston Watson of 2001 Avenue T suffered a severe back injury when his car overturned about 10 miles northeast of Big Spring on Highway 350 at 6 p m. A passing motorist took him to a Big Spring hospital, then to Snyder and finally to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. His brother J C Watson, a passenger, was unharmed. A Highway Patrolman cited a collision with another vehicle as the cause and noted the car rolled into a pasture.
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Preston Watson
Avenue T
Big Spring
Watson
Snyder
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
J. C. Watson
Jimmie Parks
Ellender and Khrushchev Hold Long Moscow Meeting
Senator Ellender of Louisiana spent 2 hours and 38 minutes in the Kremlin with Nikita Khrushchev. He planned to seek clarification on the Suez crisis and study conditions in Ukraine Caucasus Siberian Kazakh virgin lands and cotton farming near Tashkent.
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Moscow
Sen. Ellender
Dsa
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Ellender
Ukraine
Caucasus
Tashkent
True Love Never Fades Reunites After 60 Years
Benjamin French aged 82 and Mabel Smith Kibbe aged 79 were married yesterday in Tiverton Rhode Island after a 60 year separation caused by a jealous hoax. Their romance began in 1894 when her family moved away. They renewed their bond during a May family reunion after learning of each other’s lives.
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French
Tiverton
New Hampshire
Kibbe
Mrs Springer Dies in Dallas Hospital
Mrs Marsh Springer of 3300 Cherry Street died at 5 30 a m in Baylor Hospital Dallas. Body to be returned to Snyder today by Bell Funeral Home Coach. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Marsh Springer
Cherry Street
Baylor
Dallas
Snyder
Bell Funeral Home
Twin Satellite Plan Described By Naval Researchers
Scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory outline a two satellite system tied to a three stage launch vehicle. The baby moon satellite would share an orbit with a final rocket section acting as a second satellite, potentially passing the first repeatedly as both circle Earth about every 90 minutes.
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Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
United States
Little Leagues Seek Towle Park Use Agreement
A Snyder county delegation asks the county commissioners to allow Little League baseball at Towle Memorial Park starting next year. They propose moving from the high school field to the park’s south side diamond, already lit and bleached, sharing it with a women’s softball team. The plan would add four nights of doubleheaders weekly and may expand to a county-wide league, pending coordination with park officials. The court also notes a state credit of 23 535.48 for lateral roads and votes to request the funds.
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Snyder
County Commissioners Court
Towle Memorial Park
Little League
Pony League
City League
Ordi
W. J. Ramsey
State Board of County and District Road
Scurry County
Cypriot Girl Urges EOKA To Withdraw
Dorsoula Demetriadous a 22 year old Greek Cypriot woman lashes out at EOKA leader George Grivas urging them to leave Cyprus. Her fiancé was killed reportedly by EOKA during the island conflict. A revolt of condemned Cypriots prompted the release of British hostage John A. Cremer after three days in an EOKA hideout. He was found in good condition, hospitalized with shock and abrasions.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
George Grivas
EOKA
Movement For Union of Cyprus
Greece
Dorsoula Demetriadous
Cremer
Federal Agents Seize Heroin in Angleton Prison Plot
Houston narcotics agents arrested a 30 year old Black man in Huntsville and seized a large quantity of heroin intended for the wife of an inmate at Ramsey State Prison Farm unit two near Angleton. Warden C L Adams said prison officials had investigated a possible drugs entry into the unit aided by a hospital steward and a new guard.
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Huntsville
Houston
Ramsey State Prison Farm
Angleton
C. L. Admas
Grass fire at loading dock north of here
Fire department responded to two fires and a false alarm yesterday and one fire today with only slight damage. A grass fire burned near the Fullerville petroleum loading dock on the Santa Fe line twenty miles north. A Highland Park resident reported smoke from a barbecue pit. This morning a fire in a wall at 2507 Avenue Z was put out with a garden hose after children reportedly dropped matches into a wall hole.
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Fullerville
Santa Fe
Here
Highland Park
Rose Circle
Avenue Z
Missing Boy 15 Is Found After Mountain Search
A 15 year old, Charles Hammer of Houston, went hiking with Earl Robinson of Level Land when Charles was injured by a rock while Earl went for help. An air search aided by sheriff's deputies, highway patrols, and a truck driver led to Charles being found and treated at Slaton hospital.
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Post Sheriff's Department
Lubbock
Howard Gibbons
Charles Hammer
Houston
Earl Robinson
Levelland
Earl
Fullerville
Charles
Post Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Department
Post
Slaton
Gunnery Meet Opens At Foster AFB Victoria
The first air to air gunnery meet in Air Force history starts at Foster Air Force Base Victoria. Supersonic fighters compete in eight missions at altitudes from 20 000 to 30 000 feet.
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Victoria
Air Force
Foster Air Force Base
Baptist Encampment in Stamford to Hear Gov Gary
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary will address the Baptist Brotherhood encampment in Stamford District 17. About 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the event.
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Stamford
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Baptist Brotherhood
District 17
Steel Strike Ends as Major Firms Sign Three-Year Pact
The United Steelworkers end a five week walkout by 650,000 workers as Armco Steel signs the last contract, with Allegheny Ludlum Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube also aboard. About 25 percent of strikers return, full production to follow in 10 days to three weeks. Prices may rise. workers gain 45 to 55 cents hourly over three years.
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Pittsburgh
America
United Steelworkers
Armco Steel Corp
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
U.S. Steel Corp
Uniontown
USW
Weather Snyder: Hot Weekend Amid Stray Thunderstorms
West Texas forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Weekend heat persists with no significant temperature change as today's 7:30 a.m. reading shows 76. Highs reach around 100 this weekend, lows near 65.
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Snyder
West Texas
Soil Bank Plan Draws Democratic Criticism in Chicago
Claude R. Wickard accused the Eisenhower administration of a brazen bid to win farm votes with cash under the soil bank plan. He urged the Democratic platform to push broader farm aid and higher price supports, while criticizing the program’s effectiveness this year and stressing foreign aid and surplus disposal. He noted farmers’ low prices and income but said they are too busy harvesting to complain. Wickard, a former FDR agriculture secretary, is the Democratic senator nominees’ candidate for Indiana and chairs the party agricultural advisory committee.
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Chicago
Claude R. Wickard
Eisenhower
New Soil Bank
Congress
Wickard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Charles F. Brannan
Indiana
Homer Capehart
Benson
Democratic National Committee
Agricultural Advisory Committee
Platform Committee
Federal
Treasury
Agriculture Brannan
Man Dies Searching For Rescued Wife
In Fort Smith Arkansas Louis Kelley Morris 36 suffocated while pursuing his wife who had already been rescued from a burning house. Night Chief W H Looper said Morris ran into a storage room to rescue her and became trapped. His mother aided the daughter in law to escape through a window minutes earlier.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Louis Kelley Morris
W. H. Looper
Morris
Looper
Police School Starts Here
A two week police training school began today for department members. Texas A and M engineering extension service, with the Texas Education Agency division, conducts the program led by Wallace D Beasley with instructors William S Brogdon and Ira E Scott. Topics include police authority, evidence laws, traffic enforcement, and traffic law. next week adds accident investigation and public relations.
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T. L. Steele
Engineering Extension Service of
Texas A & M College
Texas Education Agency
Trade and Industrial Education Division
Wallace D. Beasley
William S. Brogdon
Ira E. Scott
Children Register For Pre School Work in Snyder District
Registration for the Snyder school district pre school is underway for children entering first grade this fall. Pupils will enroll at their future districts except Northeast Elementary School where registration is at Central. The Northeast building should be ready this fall. sessions begin Tuesday next week to acclimate six year olds to school life and reduce September confusion.
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Snyder
Northeast
Central
Johnson Emerges As Key Figure In Democratic Split
In Chicago Senator Lyndon B. Johnson rises as a pivotal factor in the Stevenson Harriman race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Backers see him enabling a first ballot Stevenson win while Harriman supporters view him as a potential spoiler who could sustain a convention deadlock. Johnson holds Texas 56 votes and broad unpledged Southern support, with his stance tied to the party platform on civil rights as the platform committee meets to draft planks on farms civil rights and education ahead of the convention.
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Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stevenson- Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnson
Senate
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson
Harriman
John McCormack
Massachusetts
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