U.S. China Deadlock Over 40 Americans Held
In Geneva on August 4 envoys A Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping-nan failed to reach agreement for releasing 40 American civilians held behind the Bamboo Curtain. Talks paused for new instructions, with a dispute over Chinese students in the United States and potential third-country checks.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Geneva
United States
China
Washington
Peiping
U. S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Johnson
Wang
Connie Moves Slowly Toward The Mainland
Tropical storm Connie the third of the year churns westward at about 10 mph roughly 770 miles east of Guadeloupe with 50 mph winds. The Weather Bureau notes uncertain exact location due to missing vessel reports but expects continued west or west-northwest movement for 6 to 12 hours and warns ships in the storm’s path to exercise caution.
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Miami
INS
Connie
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
Weather Bureau
Harlan Davis
Barnes to Speak at Somerset Rotary Noon Meeting
Leslie O Barnes president of Allegheny Airlines Co Washington D C will be guest speaker at the noon Somerset Rotary Club meeting today at Somerset Country Club.
Bedford Pike Crash Claims Lives Of Two
A two car wreck on the Pennsylvania turnpike killed Edward J. Jakson of Brooklyn and Florence DeHaas Dembitz of Washington DC. Five others were injured and hospitalized in good condition. the Dembitz family included Susan 15 and Abigail 13. Jakson’s daughter Christian 7 survived. Mrs Dembitz was an attorney and her husband Lewis Demitz 45 worked at the Federal Reserve board.
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Bedford
Edward J. Jakson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Florence DeHaas Dembitz
Washington, D. C
Jakson
Dembitz
Lewis N. Dembitz
Jakion
Christian
Susan
Abigail
Washington
Division of International Finance
Federal Reserve Board
Furloughs For 326 Westinghouse Employes
A time study dispute at Westinghouse Electric Corp in East Pittsburgh led to furloughs for 326 production workers after 144 service workers walked out in the switchgear division. Union says jobs are being eliminated. company says it seeks engineering standards and calls the strike illegal. Other plant divisions with 15,000 workers remain unaffected.
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Pittivaslis
Hale
Big East
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
Mid-Summer Here To Stay Bit Longer
The Associated Press reports extended hot and humid conditions across Pennsylvania with little chance of cool fronts. Farmers face withering crops especially corn and tomatoes in the southeast, tobacco in the south central counties, and bees suffer from nectar shortages as fires burn across parched forests.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
State Agriculture Department
Department
Henry Adams
Philadelphia
Canada
Adams
Shooting By Pair Lands Both In Jail
Two men, Edgar Mitchell and James Miller, were jailed in Somerset County after a car battery argument escalated to a shooting at about 10 p.m. Wednesday. Mitchell faces assault and related charges. Miller faces pointing a deadly weapon and assault charges.
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Somerset County
Edgar FE
Mitchell
Listonburg
James E
Jaybo’ ) Miller
Duquesne
Miller
Price Hospital
Confluence
Pfe
Benjamin Kowalsky
Clitesell
Eight Arrested in Excursion Boat Gambling Raid
State and Monmouth county police raided a sea going card game aboard the Peter Stuyvesant excursion boat in Raritan bay and arrested eight men. The operation occurred as the vessel neared New Jersey waters and involved local prosecutors and state police with observers aboard.
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Atlantic Highlands
N. J
State
Monmouth County
Raritan Bay
Peter Stuyvesant
New York
Brooklyn
Monmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport
42Nd Street
Manhattan
New Jersey
John Doyle
Vincent P. Wheaper
Doyle
Atty
Grover C. Richman Jr
Walker Sues Broadwater Over 308 Dollar Car Damage
Luke Broadwater of Somerset files a 308 dollar damage suit against Bert Walker of Meyersdale alleging Walker forced his car off Route 160 into a culvert while passing a milk truck on December 11, 1954 four miles southeast of Berlin. Suit filed in Somerset Prothonotary’s office by Saver Heckman and Barbera.
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Bert Walker
Meyersdale
Luke Broadwater
Somerset
Walker
Route 160
Berlin
Broadwater
D. Guy Floto
Saver, Heckman and Barbera
30 Die As Plane Crashes At Fort Leonard Wood
An American Airlines two engine plane attempting an emergency landing at Fort Leonard Wood Mo crashes in flames. All 30 aboard die and forest fire from wreckage burns hours later. Rescue workers recover bodies at a temporary morgue as investigators begin work.
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FT. Leonard Wood
American Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Third Bandit Sought After Brink's Armored Robbery
Buffalo police widened the hunt for the remaining gunman in a Brink’s Armored Car heist that netted nearly half a million dollars. Two suspects, Sylvester Mazzella and Anthony Pattinato, were charged with first degree robbery after a brief chase and exchange of fire with officers. The manhunt crossed the Peace Bridge into Fort Erie Canada as authorities pursued James Sheridan alias Jimmy Salomerio, reportedly wounded and fleeing on foot through the city.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Canada
Brink
Eugene Colhessy
James Sheridan
Jimmy Salomerio
New York City
Sheridan
Peace Bridge
Ft. Erie
Ont
North Garrison Rd
Sylvester Mazzella
The
Bronx
Anthony Pattinato
Baltimore
PAGEE
Ground Observer Tests Sunday In Western Pennsylvania
Operations Skytrain VI tests the Ground Observer Corps in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania with B29s and B25s simulating air strikes. The nerve center is at the filter center as some 334 posts are manned by volunteers for about 11,000 participants.
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Pittsburgh
Ground Observer Corps
Pennsylvania
Air Defense Command
West Virginia
Maryland
Two-Car Pike Crash Causes $95 Damage
A rear end collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at 1 30 pm Thursday resulted in 95 dollars in damage with no injuries. Charles C. Kemp 36 of Parma Ohio drove the striking vehicle. He rear ended Roland Carl Foester of Dean Michigan as Foester slowed for construction near the Laurel Hill tunnel east portal. Foester left the scene after identifying himself.
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Charles C. Kemp
Parma
Ohio
Somerset
Kemp
Roland Carl Foester
Dean
Mich
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Foester
Carney Receives Fourth Distinguished Service Medal
President Eisenhower presents Admiral Robert B. Carney with his fourth Distinguished Service Medal in Washington. The award serves as a final token of the nation's gratitude for his leadership in both hot and cold wars.
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Carney Washington
Robert B. Carney
Eisenhower
Rise in Strike Activity Signals Year-Long Hurdle
Washington reports growing strike activity as unions push for larger shares of prosperity while employers resist. Finnegan predicts more small strikes this summer and fall as labor costs rise. Labor Secretary Mitchell notes 2075 stoppages in H1 1955 with 11.2 million idle man-days, higher than 1954 but below prior years.
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Washington
Finnegan
James Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Mitchell
Missing Windber coal miner Tony Dukich reported missing
A 66-year-old retired Windber coal miner, Tony Dukich, has vanished from his home with the Raymond Webb family at 500 Railroad Street. He was last seen Monday afternoon, wearing a cap blue jeans and a salt and pepper shirt. He is about five feet six inches tall weighs around 150 pounds and has sandy gray hair with a small mustache.
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Windber
Tony DuKich
Raymond Webb
Railroad Street
Dulrich
Hickory Man Drowns Near Avella In Cross Creek
In Washington Pennsylvania on August 4 a Hickory man James M. Stewart aged 31 drowned during an early morning swimming party in Cross Creek near Avella. Cowden 31 and Teresa Stegdnga 22 were with him. Cowden reached the woman but could not reach Stewart before Avella firefighters recovered the body.
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Washington
James M. Stewart
Hickory
Stewart
Thomas Cowden
Teresa Stegdnga
Canonsburg
Cross Creek
Avella
Here
Cowdep
Link Belt and Syntron plan stock exchange agreement
CHICAGO August 4 Link Belt Co announced its directors and those of Syntron Co Homer City Pa approved a plan under which Syntron stockholders may exchange their shares for Link Belt shares.
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Chicago
Link Belt Co
Syntron Co
Homer City
Link Belt
Jubilant Airmen Reach Clark Field After Release
Eleven U S airmen freed from 214 years in red China prisons arrived at Clark Field Manila after denying spy charges and recounting ordeal. They rest in an air conditioned hospital, plan a Tokyo news conference, and begin journey home. One airman Maj William H Baumer on crutches due to a leg wound and frostbite from the B 29 crash over North Korea.
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Manila
U. S
China
Hong Kong
Clark Field
Tokio
Peiping
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
North Korea
John Knox Arnold Jr
Silver Spring
Red China
Bandits Steal Payroll In Bold La Guardia Airport Job
Two bandits kidnapped Colonial Airline employees at LaGuardia Field and drove off with a $16,500 payroll. Norman Schroeder 3 of Brooklyn a Colonial inspector remained at the wheel while Patrick LaNorta 82 and Alex McTagget 25 were forced into the station wagon and not harmed. The robbers ordered them to keep walking and not look back as they fled in the car.
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New York
la Guardia Field
Manufacturers Trust Co
la Guardia
Norman Schroeder
Brooklyn
Gray
Schroeder
Patrick LaNorta
Alex McTagget
Four Tell Martial Court Ex-Gleas Communist Aid
Four former Korean prisoners of war testified at a U S Army court martial that accused murderer James C Gallagher was a Progressive who helped the Communists. They described prizes of cigarets and candy for pro Communist writings and lectures attacking American war mongers.
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New York
INS
James C. Gallagher
Brooklyn
Gallagher
U. S. Supreme Court
Eisenhower Says Bulganin Open To Disarmament Talks
President Eisenhower expressed belief that Russian Premier Bulganin did not close the door to a U S Soviet disarmament accord despite rejecting aerial inspection He discussed new U S disarmament proposals and said Washington would consider Russian ideas fairly while pursuing a solution acceptable to both sides.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bulganin
U. S
Russia
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States
United Nations
Two Navy Flight Instructors Die In Plane Crash
Corpus Christi Texas August 4 Two Navy flight instructors were killed when their two engine S2F plane crashed and burned 385 miles southwest of Kingsville Naval Air Station The men were Lt Cmdr Carol Palermo 32 and Lt (JG) Edward P Supancic 28 Supancic's father Louis Supancic of Export Pennsylvania and his wife Clara Thibeault of Cranston Rhode Island
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Kingsville Naval Air Station
Cmdr
Carol Palermo
Edward P. Supancic
Supancic
Louis Supancic
Export
Clara Thibeault
Cranston
R. I
Auto Production Cut Suppresses U S Car Output This Week
Auto Mobility News reports heat waves and weak operation at Ford and General Motors will reduce U S car production to 141 354 units for the week in Detroit.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Ford
General Motors
U. S
Time Out for Ginger at Mountain Playhouse This Week
Mountain Playhouse presents Time Out for Ginger this week and The Rose Tattoo next week. For reservations call Boswell 3512.
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Mountain Playhouse
Thundershowers Drop Mercury In Pittsburgh
Two thundershowers cut the heat in Pittsburgh from 96 to 82 as 21 degrees fell by mid afternoon. A streetcar derailed and power lines were knocked out in Oakland while Albert Noland, 57, died from the heat wave.
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Pittsburgh
Soho
Oakland
Allegheny County
Albert Noland
Greater Pittsburgh
Resolution Passes Naming 28th Division Highway Route 322
The Senate unanimously approved a resolution naming U. S. Route 322 from Chester to Erie the 28th Division highway. The cross state route would be dedicated as a memorial to Pennsylvania's national guard division, with units dating back to the 1740s and active in major U.S. wars. The measure directs the highways department to place markers along the route with the new designation.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Chester
Erie
Pennsylvania
National Guard
U. S
Highways Department
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