World faces war risk unless Russia accepts UN action
Secretary of State Dulles warned the world risks war unless the Soviet Union agrees to UN action against indirect aggression in the Middle East. He pledged U S troop withdrawal from Lebanon on request and urged an emergency summit to focus on subversion and other indirect aggression. He urged UN control to curb such practices and preserve Middle East stability.
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John Scali
Washington
Dulles
Russia
United Nations
Middle East
United States
Lebanon
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
U. N
Bank Robbers Looted Elverson Bank Then Fled
State police captured two armed gunmen two hours after they robbed the Elverson National Bank of 10000 to 19000 dollars as a rain soaked pursuit ended in a wooded area along Route 100 four miles southwest of Pottstown. Clyde Cope and Leonard Ivey were taken into custody. Ivey was wounded and treated at Coatesville hospital. Bonds and cash were recovered, with money found stuffed in both men's shirts.
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Elverson
Elverson National Bank
B. J. Tarlecky
Thorndale
Clyde Cope
Cincinnati
Leonard T. Ivey
Covington
Ivey
Coatesville Hospital
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pottstown
Tarlecky
FBI
Cope
Maize Receives Honorable Mention in Safety Council Contest
The National Safety Council awarded C. H. Maize, state mine inspector from Somerset, an honorable mention for the May contest. The council, based in Chicago, fields thousands of monthly entries in its safety slogan competition.
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The
National Safety Council
C. H. Maize
Somerset
Maize
Safety Council
Chicago
Local Musicians to Play Tuesday on WVSC
Three local musicians Hans Stumpf David Weimer and Bill Bittner appear as guests on Bob Frenchs WVSC Mid Morn ing Melodies Tuesday from 9 35 to 10 30. The trio will mix talk with ad lib jam sessions and each player leads selections during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob French
WVSC
Hans Stumpf
David Weimer
Bill Bittner
House Group For Contempt against Goldfine
The House commerce committee voted unanimously to press a contempt of Congress charge against Bernard Goldfine, a Boston textile manufacturer and friend of Sherman Adams. The action follows a subcommittee's failed effort to obtain answers about his finances. The full House is expected to act next week, with possible U.S. attorney referral to a grand jury.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Boston
Goldfine
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Samuel Sears
House
U. S
Somerset Magistrates Plan Second School Session
The Somerset County Magistrates Assn voted to launch another schooling session for justices of the peace in civil and criminal law and the motor vehicle code at the county court house. Sessions open to all JP’s, likely starting in September, with Attorney Wilbert H. Beachy Jr. as instructor. Beachy criticized centralized setups and said local filing and hearings are more efficient. The group to meet August 21 for a corn and wiener roast in Berlin community grove.
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Somerset
Beachy
Berlin Community Grove
Berlin Firemen Block Party Opens Saturday Evening
Berlin Firemen stage a week of events at the Berlin Brothersvalley borough grounds on North Street beginning at 7 30 with proceeds supporting department operations. Two parades are planned the Great Firemen Parade on Thursday and the children's pet parade on Wednesday both at 7 30. The Berlin Brothersvalley joint schools band performs opening and closing nights with rides and entertainment nightly.
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Tomorow
Berlin
North Street
Berlinborough
Brothersvalley
Allegheny
Northampton
Summit
Black
Stonycreek
Berlin Brothers Valley Joint Schools
Judge Orders Jail to Release Union Leaders
Superior Court Judge Chester H. Rhodes ordered the release on $10,000 bail of Scranton union leaders Joseph J. McHugh and Robert K. Malloy after they were sentenced to one to two years for conspiracy. Defense plans an appeal while co-defendants Philip Brady and Joseph Bartell received similar sentences for prior dynamiting acts.
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Stroudsburg
Superior Court
Chester H. Rhodes
Lackawanna County
Scranton
Otto P. Robinson
Rhodes
Carlson M. O’malley
Atty
Joseph Brennan
Philadelphia
Joseph J. McHugh
Robert K. Malloy
Local 229
General Drivers and Helpers Union
Brennan
Auto
McHugh
Malloy
Philip Brady
Joseph Bartell
Rockview
Magazine Parade Sold to John Whitney in New York
New York financier John Hay Whitney will purchase Parade magazine from the Sunday supplement in a deal disclosed Thursday. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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New York
Parade Magazine
John Hay Whitney
Italians Raise Money to Replace Madonna Statue
A fund drive began in Cormayeur to replace the Madonna statue toppled from Mt Dente Del Gigante during a recent blizzard. Former Alpine guide Giuseppe Brocherel, survivor of the 1904 Alpinists who placed the statue, was among the first to donate.
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Cormayeur
Italy
UPI
Mt. Dente del Gigante
Giuseppe Brocherel
No New Trial Denied in Boden Case
Judge Thomas Lansberry refused arrest of judgment and a new trial for Melvin Leroy Boden of Rockwood who is serving life for his wife Mary Growall Boden's 1957 slaying. Boden’s appeal to the district supreme court remains pending for the September term. Harry Boden received two years for being an accessory after the fact.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Melvin Leroy Boden
Rockwood
Western Penitentiary
Boden
District Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Somerset County Court
Mary Growall Boden
Harry Boden
Melvin
Lansberry
Harry
Mary Boden
Bus Schedules for Junior High Band
The Junior high band will pick up Saturday to perform at the Casebeer Lutheran church picnic. Bus one stops at Husband 1:00 Bakersville 1:15 Lavansville 1:20 with departure from high school 1:30. A second bus picks Listie 1:00 Friedens 1:10 Weible's garage 1:20 Sipesville 1:35. Members leaving from the high school should arrive by 1:30 to maintain the schedule.
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Casebeer Lutheran Church
Husband
Bakersville
Lavansville
Listie
Friedens
Weible’s Garage
Sipesville
Central City Cops Battle Timber Rattler While Berry Picking
Central City police on a huckleberry trip along Frazier Flat about five miles east of town encountered a 50 inch timber rattlesnake. William Stahl and Stanley Passerle used their pistols to fend off the striking reptile as rustled berries turned into a tense wildlife encounter.
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Central City
Wiliam Stahl
Stanley Passerle
Frazier Flat
Sixth Group of Evacuees Arrives in Rome
The sixth group of 84 American evacuees from Iraq arrived in Rome as part of the state department airlift. With this arrival, the total Americans evacuated to date reaches 653.
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Rome
UPI
Iraq
Control of Fumes from Autos May Come Soon
New York city air pollution chief Dr. Leonard Greenburg told the 22nd annual conference of sanitarians that automotive exhaust fumes could be legally curbed by devices attached to cars within a few years. He predicted the device would be perfected soon.
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New York
API
Leonard Greenburg
The
National Association of Sanitarians
Executives Death Alarm Absent Details In Indianapolis
Indiana AP report says 54 year old Forrest Teel, Lilly marketing chief, was shot in his Cadillac near Meadowbrook. Police seek a 40 year old divorcee friend who left in a cream blue sedan with another rider. Teel, a club board member and pilot, died from two .25 caliber bullets. $210 found. no robbery indicated. Survived by wife and 14 year old son Tom.
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Indianapolis
Forrest Teel
Eli Lilly & Co
Teel
Meadowbrook
Country Club of Indianapolis
Michael Smiley
The
Lilly Company
Chanute
Kaw
Cuba
Colombia
Eli Lilly International Corp
Tom
Thor IRBM launch aborted by Air Force due toTechnical troubles
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP officials halted another Thor intermediate range ballistic missile launch Thursday amid technical problems. SEATTLE AP Marion Pat Boling neared the halfway point in his 6682 mile non stop record flight from Manila with a downhill pull on Thursday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Seattle
Marion
Pat) Boling
Manila
Britain France differ on Mideast summit plans
London AP reports Britain and France sent divergent Mideast summit plans to Premier Khrushchev, disagreeing on date and format. Dulles signaled Eisenhower favored Britain’s August 12 U N Security Council session, with De Gaulle urging Geneva August 18 and rejection of a UN framework summit.
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London
Britain
France
Khrushchev
United States
Dulles
Eisenhower
MacMillan
U. N. Security Council
New York
Geneva
U. N
Washington
de Gaulle
Eleven Cars Derail On Milwaukee Olympian Train
Eleven cars of the Milwaukee Road Olympian Hiawathian passenger train derailed near Oak Creek Milwaukee injuring 25 to 50 people. No fatalities reported. Dining car passenger Alex Sawezya helped others escape after braking squeals and a rocking motion before the crash. Seven cars remained on track and were to continue to Milwaukee. cause under investigation.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Seattle
Milwaukee County
Oak Creek
Alex Sawezya
Sawezya
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Wilt Cousins Moonshine Ring
A federal grand jury indicted five Wilt family members for operating a moonshine still east of Uniontown. Indicted are Le Roy Wilt 39 of Somerset R D 2 Carl Wilt 32 and Glenn Wilt 30 of Saltlick Pennsylvania Lee Wilt 28 Grantsville Maryland and Truman Wilt 23 Barton Maryland. Glenn Wilt remains at large while the others are released on 2500 dollar bond after a December IRS raid on Carl Wilt’s farm.
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Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Wilt
Leroy
Somerset
R. D
Carl
Glenn
Saltlick Wp
Lee
Grantsville
Truman
Barton
Internal Revenue Service
Carl Wilt
Glenn Wilt
Lebanon elects Gen Fuad Shehab president after 83 days
Gen Fuad Shehab wins Lebanon’s presidency as a compromise candidate, easing the 83 day rebellion. Western cabinet cohesion may falter as Saeb Salam vows continued fighting and calls for US troop withdrawal. Chamoun resists resignation while Shehab delays taking office until Sept 24. U.S. forces remain offshore.
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Edwin Shanke
Beirut
Fuad Shehab
Lebanon
Sami Solh
Shehab
U. S
Saeb Salam
Associated Press
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
State Dulles
Washington
House Votes To Up Social Security Pay
The House approved a Social Security pension boost by seven percent in a 375 to 2 vote. The bill increases minimum monthly benefits, raises the 65 eligibility cap, and hikes payroll taxes with a higher taxable wage base. Only Reps. Noah Mason and Bruce Alger voted no. fate now lies with the Senate.
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Washington
Noah Mason
NII
Bruce Alger
Tex
Senate
Congress
House
Somerset Post Office Clears 16000 Letters Before Rate Hike
The Somerset post office canceled about 16 000 letters before the July 31 postage rate increase. Postmaster George Cassett said the rush was the largest since Christmas, with one cent stamps selling out as customers met the 5 15 deadline. First class letters rise to four cents and air mail to seven cents.
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Somerset Post Office
Somerset
George Cassett
Pittsburgh Man’s Auto Rams Tractor Trailer
Earl J. Sanserson, 47, of Pittsburgh, drove into the rear of a tractor-trailer driven by Thomas J. O’Leary, 36, of Clifton Heights, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike one mile west of Laurel Hill tunnel Thursday afternoon. No injuries were reported. Trailer damage listed at $25, auto damage about $500 in the state police report. Both vehicles were traveling east.
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Earl J. Sanderson
Pittsburgh
Thomas J. O’leary
Clifton Heights
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Pike
Half Million Voters Seen in Pennsylvania Registration Drive
Commonwealth Secretary John S. Rice predicted about 500000 voters will join the rolls in Pennsylvania for the November election. He said most new registrants will be Democrats and urged easy access to registration, urging employers and households to assist with transportation and child care to help people register before the September 15 deadline.
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Carlisle
Commonwealth
John S. Rice
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
Democratic Committee
Rice
Eastern States Warehouse Closed for Saturday Picnic
The Eastern States Farmer's Exchange will close its Berlin warehouse all day Saturday so employees and their families can attend the annual outing at Berlin Community Grove.
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Farmer’s Exchange
Berlin Community Grove
Notice of No Services at Trinity Lutheran Church
Due to the absence of Dr. I. Hess Wagner there will be no services Sunday August 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
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I. Hess Wagner
Trinity Lutheran Church
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J. W. Davis
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Ellis Barron
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