Administration Seeks Life Term for Airline Hijacking
The Kennedy administration urged Congress to make airline hijacking punishable by life imprisonment, placing it with piracy on the high seas. Citing El Paso hijackings, officials argued current federal and state laws are inadequate, and a new law would deter airborne crimes and empower federal agencies in the fight against hijackers.
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Washington
Congress
High Seas
Border Patrol
FAA
el Paso
Tex
Halaby
Leon Bearden
Cody
John H. Warner
Civil Aeronautics Board
East Berliners Face Higher Bills for West Berlin Commute
East Berlin commuters must pay nearly five times more for rent utilities and public services in West German marks to settle bills, as the East German regime imposes penalties to curb refugee flow. Western protests and Cold War tensions rise with Moscow’s stance and West German military buildup noted.
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Carl Hartman Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Lawrence Signs Bill On Delinquent Tax
Harrisburg AP Gov. Lawrence signed multiple bills into law. The delinquent tax notice rule now requires registered mail and posting if not received. Other measures include reorganizing state colleges, selling East Stroudsburg land, funding hospitals and schools, and expanding retirement, public welfare, and regulatory provisions.
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Lawrence
Harrisburg
Lawrence Friday
Cuban Consuls Granted Asylum In Argentina
The Cuban consuls general of Buenos Aires and Montevideo were granted political asylum by Argentina amid defections from Fidel Castro's regime. Ernesto Guevara leads the delegation to Punta del Este for a regional conference as Leonardo Bravo Puig and Vitalia della Torre Perez receive asylum.
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Argentina
Montevideo
Uruguay
Fidel Castro
Punta del Este
Inter- American Economic and Social Conference
Ernesto Guevara
Cuba
Foreign Ministry
Leonardo Bravo Puig
Vitalia Della Torre Perez
New Post Station Planned for Oil City
Washington AP reports plans to build a new South Side postal station in Oil City Pennsylvania announced by Postmaster General J Edward Day. Preliminary plans call for 10 560 square feet of floor space at a site between Second and Front Streets east of Wilson Avenue. Further plans and specifications will be announced later.
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Washington
South Side
Oil City
J. Edward Day
Second
Front Streets
Wilson Avenue
Plans For Garrett 1961 Homecoming Given
Oldtimers Luncheon will be hosted by First National Bank of Garrett as part of the Garrett Homecoming on Labor Day weekend. The event at Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church Admitting free to 75 and older, with a nominal fee for others, includes prizes from the bank for various age and travel categories.
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Garrett Oldtimers
First National Bank of Garrett
Verda Herbolsheimer
Garrett
Somerset
Thomas F. Lansberry
Charles A. Merrill
Center Street
Kennedy Wins Approval For Peace Corps Bill
President Kennedy wins Senate Foreign Relations Committee approval for 40 million dollars to establish the Peace Corps. A move to cut to 25 million failed 11-6 with 3 abstentions. full funding approved. House denounces program as a boondoggle amid lobbying questions about R Sargent Shriver.
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Washington
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Senate
House
Rep
H. R. Gross
Gross
R. Sargent Shriver
Shriver
House Civil Service
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
First contract awarded for Pittsburgh Erie Expressway
The State Highways Dept. awarded a $3,894,783 contract to Adam Feidemiller, Inc. of Greensburg for the Zelinople Bypass on Route 19 in Butler County. The 3.25 mile section will begin near the Lancaster Jackson line and run southward with four 12 foot concrete lanes separated by a wide earth median.
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Harrisburg
State Highways Dept
Adam Feidemiller, Inc
Greensburg
Butler County
Lancaster-Jackson
Somerset area school district spends over a million in year
The Somerset area school district reports total expenditures of 1 375 716 27 for the year ending July 2. Auditors cite a 90 370 94 general fund balance from 1 466 087 21 receipts. Liabilities show modest accounts payable and a large surplus of 2 407 677 46. Auditors Jerome S. Good Lloyd L. Lohr and Floyd Zehner.
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Somerset Area
Jerome S. Good
Lloyd L. Lohr
Floyd Zehner
Crane Co. acquires Alliance Ware Inc in mixed asset deal
Crane Co purchases Alliance Ware Inc including a Somerset pottery plant for about 5 million dollars. Alliance Ware, a subsidiary of American Metal Products, operates porcelain, pottery and enamel plants in Ohio Indiana Texas California and engages in bathroom fixtures. The deal involves 32 million dollars in stock plus 231 674 Briggs shares valued near 8 dollars each, representing 30 percent of Briggs. No personnel changes expected though workers told to report Monday. Crane’s executive offices are in New York with operations in Johnstown.
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Somerset Pottery
South Somerset
Crane Co
T. M. Evans
Crane
Alliance Ware
Alliance
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Kilgore
Texas
Colton
Calif
Crane Company
Alliance Ware Corporation
American Metal Products Corp
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Briggs Corporation
Alliance Ware Company
Crane Manufacturing Company
New York
Johnstown
American Radiator Company
Concern Over Increase Steel Output Less Jobs
Labor and management leaders fear that high mill output does not reduce unemployment. About 100000 steelworkers remain jobless as mills run at 70 percent capacity, while employment fell from 381000 in early 1961 amid rising production to 44.8 million tons. Automation and longer hours for some workers are cited as reasons.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
American Iron and Steel Institute
Khrushchev opens door to Berlin talks with no concrete plan
Premier Khrushchev signaled readiness to negotiate Germany and Berlin but offered no concrete proposals for a summit. Notes to the United States Britain and France criticized West Germany and accused Bonn of rearmament while a harsh warning to West Germans warned they'd not endure hours of a third world war if unleashed. The Washington note hinted at Kennedy era tax rises and higher prices.
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Khrushchev
Germany
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Bonn
Europe
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Kennedy Becomes Honorary Member of Police Lodge
Pittsburgh's Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 of the Fraternal Order of Police announced President Kennedy was granted an honorary membership. The lodge said the acceptance boosts officer morale and reassures law abiding citizens nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
Fraternal Order of Police
Kennedy
Fort Pitt Lodge
Solons to See Restored Coal Stripped Land
Westmoreland County developer Arthur Henderson invites the Senate Local Government Committee to inspect 12 acres he says were restored after strip mining at a 45 degree back fill. The land near Beaver Run Dam was backfilled by the state at 2.9 cents per cubic yard, costing an estimated 6000 to 7000 dollars. Henderson claims his site is one of only a few backed by state action since funding became available.
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Vandergrift
Westmoreland County
Senate
Arthur Henderson
Washington Tnp
Beaver Run Dam
State Department of Mines
Henderson
John J. Haluska
D-Cambria
Signs of the Times Indicate 2nd Coming
R Allen Anderson of Washington DC told Adventist delegates that a great awakening in the Far East, especially China, signals Christ’s return. He said the Bible predicts the east will be awakened in the last days, noting world conditions and prophecies as evidence.
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R. Allen Anderson
Washington, D. C
Anderson
Far East
China
Earth
Senate approves record peacetime defense budget
The Senate voted 85 to 0 for a 46.8 billion defense bill, adding about 1 billion beyond Kennedy's request for expanded air power and ground forces. The action, with House alignment expected, boosts wartime readiness and civil defense funding despite administration doubts.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
West Berlin
U. S
Redevelopment Plan Sought in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Officials of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Redevelopment Council await state approval for an economic development program. If approved, individual county agencies in Washington Greene and Fayette could apply for federal loans and grants directly to the Federal ARA. The plan outlines organization location employment and past programs.
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Washington, Pa
Pennsylvania
ARA
Southwest Council
Farmer Killed As Tractor Rams Tree Near Cumberland County
Harrisburg AP reports 49 year old Richard R. Beacham of Newville RD 3 died when his tractor rammed a tree along Route 944 near his Cumberland County farm. Beacham also worked as a pressman at the Harrisburg Patriot News.
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Harrisburg
Cumberland County
Richard R. Beacham
Newville R.D
Beacham
Harrisburg Patriot-News
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