Little Rock School Board Granted 30 Days to Appeal
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Little Rock 30 days to pursue its bid to resume integration to the Supreme Court. Central High School would reopen as an all white school on Sept 2 while seven of nine black students sought readmission. Thurgood Marshall said the NAACP would file further moves. Gov Faubus urged lawmakers to be ready for action as the 30 day window starts.
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ST. Louis
Little Rock
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Central High School
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
New York
Marshall
NAACP
Appeals Court
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Gardner
Masse Family Prepares for 21st Wedding in St. Joseph
Mrs. James Masse of St. Joseph Ontario readies for the 21st time in 26 years as her son Peter marries Jean MacPherson of Nova Scotia at St Peters Roman Catholic church. Relatives travel from Florida to attend the ceremony.
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London
Ont
James Masse
St. Joseph
Masse
Peter
Jean, MacPherson
Nova Scotia
St. Peters Roman Catholic Church
Florida
Integration Held 'til High Court Rules
Central high school in Little Rock will open September 2 as an all white school under a court stay that delays integration until the Supreme Court rules. The 8th Circuit granted a stay on its order ordering integration, while Gov. Faubus urged lawmakers toward an emergency session and potential school closure if troops are stationed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Virgil Blossom
U. S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvanian Democrats Split, Bowers Says
Clarence P. Bowers after losing the Senate primary accuses Pennsylvania Democrats of disunity. He pins blame on self serving leaders and refuses to name them, replying to Democratic state chairman Joseph M. Barr who claimed party unity at a Pittsburgh meeting.
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Reading
Clarence P. Bowers
U. S. Senate
Pennsylvania
Bowers
Joseph M. Barr
Barr
Pittsburgh
President Readies Trial Ban on A Tests
President Eisenhower, in talks with Russia, plans a one year trial ban on nuclear tests starting once negotiations begin. The plan reserves US right to resume tests if Russia blocks agreed monitoring posts and a global network. Delays from UK discussions push timing to late autumn with Britain debating timing of its own test series.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Geneva
Britain
Pacific
Henry M. Jackson
D— Wash
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Pennsylvania Sets October Draft Quota at 785 Men
Harrisburg AP report states Pennsylvania's selective service fixed October draft quota at 785 men, up from 504 men called last October.
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Harrisburg
Selective Service
Pennsylvania
Senate kills bill to shield states from federal preemption
The Senate 41 to 40 reversed itself and sent the measure back to judiciary committee, effectively killing it for this session. The bill sought to prevent federal laws from superseding state sedition statutes unless Congress says so or a direct irreconcilable conflict exists.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Congress
House
Steve Nelson
Pennsylvania
UN Plan Allows Arabs Own Path to Peace in Middle East
The United Nations general assembly approved unanimously a plan letting Arab nations shape their own living arrangement in peace. The 81 nation body voted 80 to 0 with the Dominican Republic absent, and Dag Hammarskjold will lead withdrawal talks with the United States from Lebanon as part of the implementation.
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United Nations
Middle East
General Assembly
U. N
Dominican Republic
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
Leb
Hutchinson Told Testify Or Face Ouster
AFL-CIO executive council ordered Carpenters Union President Maurice Hutcheson to answer Senate corruption questions or face expulsion from the council. He was to explain his refusal to testify at a November meeting amid ongoing investigations into union fund handling.
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Senate
Congress
Hutcheson
Council
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Federation
Aflcio
Venezuela Vaccinates 25000 Cattle Against Foot and Mouth
The agriculture ministry says 25,000 head of cattle in cattle rich western Venezuela are being vaccinated against foot and mouth disease.
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Caracas
Agriculture Ministry
Venezuela
House Plays Cat and Mouse With Minerals Subsidy
The House delayed and finally killed a minerals subsidy bill sought by the Eisenhower administration. The plan included a copper stockpile and price supports for several minerals, with an estimated half billion dollar cost over five years. The Senate had earlier approved a limited version before the House action.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Senate Democratic
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Duke of Bedford Flies to Bedford Bicentennial event
The town of Bedford Pennsylvania marks its 200th birthday with events honoring Ian Robert Russell the Duke of Bedford. He attends a luncheon and reception and is presented to Miss Fort Bedford finalists. Senator Edward M. Martin is to crown the winner while dignitaries including Ezra Taft Benson Governor George Leader and Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence join from the British embassy.
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Bedford
Pennsylvania
Duke of Bedford
Ian Robert Russell
England
A New Angle for The Complete Angler
Laverne Walton survived a swamp crash after his car was forced off the road by a truck. Rescuers pulled the car from the water and found a fish thrashing in the back seat, a curious scene in Clinton North Carolina.
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Clinton
N. C
Cupi
Isaak Walton
Laverne Walton
Walton
Litzinger Named President of Somerset County Firemen
William Litzinger of Hooversville was installed as president of the Somerset County Firemen’s Association at the July 24 Holsopple convention in Garrett fire hall. New officers include Merle Blough as vice president Lloyd Smith as treasurer and Edward Lauer as secretary. The meeting honored deceased members and reported 19 fire calls with borough losses of $900 and property saved valued at $7,600.
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Somerset County Firemen’s Assn
William Litzinger
Hooversville
Thomas Blough
Holsopple
Garrett
Blough
Litzinger
Merle Blough
Lloyd Smith
Central City
Edward Lauer
Andrew Schanko
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
Fred Jacobs
Somerset
Western Pennsylvania Firemens Assn
New Kensington
Atorney Industries
H. D. Kendig
Windber
A. G. Traup
Rockwood
R. Bruce Evans
Everett
P. L. Packman
Jerome
Schanko
Ray Meyers
Law and Legislative Committee
Somerset County Firemens
Salisbury Fire Hall
Surplus Food Distribution Planned in Friedens and Kantner
Officials announce surplus food distribution this week with two windows. On Friday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 at the old fire hall in Friedens organizers urge residents to bring containers and proper ID. On Saturday morning from 10:30 to 12:30 back of Morocco's Skating rink on Kantner avenue food will be handed out to eligible recipients with ID and containers.
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Morocco
Kantner Avenue
Friedens
Trooper Severely Injured In Toll Road Crash East Of New Stanton
State trooper Stephen Gyurke 29 of the Somerset barracks was critically injured when a tractor trailer crashed into a parked rig he was inspecting along the turnpike five miles east of New Stanton. Gyurke had both legs amputated above the knee and suffered multiple facial and body wounds. Driver Charles Wayne Culver of Charles City RD 1 Town was charged with aggravated assault and battery.
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Stephen Gyurke
Turnpivision
Somerset Barracks
Et Ae
New Stanton Inerchange
Gyurke
Berkey Avenue
Somerset
Frick Memorial Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Charles Wayne Culver
Charles City
Culver
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Edward F. Mathers
Akron
Ohio
2 Car Crash At Edgewood And Patriot Corner
Two cars collided at the intersection of West Patriot Street and Edgewood Avenue near 11 p.m. Thursday. James P. Ferrer, 31, of 151 West Union Street, was taken to Somerset Community Hospital with unspecified injuries. The other driver, Mrs. Winifred Digruttolo, of Fort Hill, a nurse, was headed north on Edgewood. Both vehicles were demolished. Ferrer’s car valued about $2,300 and the other $450.
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West Patriot Street
Edgewood Avenue
Somerset Community Hospital
James P. Ferrer
West Union Street
West Patriot
Winifred Digruttolo
Fort Hill
Digruttolo
South Edgewood
Ferrer
Flowers and Telegrams Pile Up for Princess Margaret Birthday
A steady stream of flowers and telegrams arrives at Balmoral Castle for Princess Margaret's 28th birthday. Weather forces a tea party inside the castle instead of a Loch Muick picnic while the royal family marks her return from Canada.
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Princess Margaret
Balmoral
Scotland
UPI
Balmoral Castle
Margaret
Aberdeen
RAF
Peter Townsend
Loch Muick
Queen Elizabeth
Deeside
Prince Philip
Charles
Prince of Wales
Princess Anne
Canada
Two Die in Latrobe Area Auto Crash
Mrs. Mary Huston 53 of Stoystown RD 3 died in Latrobe hospital from injuries after a two car crash on Route 30 near Latrobe. Her foster-mother Mrs. Ruth Spangler 75 of Stoystown RD 8 also died Tuesday from the accident. Spangler’s husband Henry 78 and Howard Huston were injured. Spangler remained in Latrobe hospital Thursday. Leonard Jon L. 29 of Greensburg operated the other car in the Route 30 Route 680 collision. Funeral services for both victims set for Saturday in Stoystown.
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Mary Huston
Stoystown
Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe
Ruth Spangler
Henry E. Spangler
Howard Huston
Mary
Spangler
Huston
Jon L. Leonard
Greensburg
Conemaugh Township Forms Authority for School Building Plans
The Conemaugh Township school board authorizes Livengood Brancher and Stroup and attorney Simon Uhl to form a municipal authority to finance the new school building. Bond counsel and solicitor named. Aug 26 opening of school, Aug 25 faculty meeting. Neilan Engineers to modify water line extensions. special meeting set Aug 26 with Buchart associates for high school plans. Supervisors travel to York to confer with architects.
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Conemaugh Township
Livengood
Davidsville
Buchart & Associates
York
Telford B. Blough
James W. Spory
Helen Aldstad
Robert B. Patton
Helen Ifft
Ruth Kelly
Mary C. Morgan
Florence Reitz
Ruth C. Shank
Thelma
Hastings mine fire torches generating equipment loss set
Fire at the Hastings mine of Jane and Laughlin Steel Corp at Brownsville destroyed generating equipment. Firemen estimated losses at 12000 dollars. No injuries and production remained normal. Cause not determined.
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Brownsville
Hastings
Jane & Laughlin Steel Corp
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