Nasser to Hear Case on Suez Canal Control
Egyptian President Nasser agreed to listen to a committee of 18 nations seeking international control of the Suez Canal. Australian PM Menzies suggested Cairo talks, but time and place are still being negotiated. Other tensions involve nationalization impacts, espionage accusations, and Khrushchev meeting with an Egyptian official.
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London
Nasser
Suez Canal
Robert G. Menzies
Cairo
Paris
Universal Suez Canal Co
Canal
Egypt
Steels Rush For Major Tax Benefit Amid Defense Expansion talk
Major steel firms rush to obtain expanded tax incentives to finance plant expansion if defense needs justify new capacity. ODM signaled no special case for steel as demand rises from shipbuilding, pipelines, and highways while Humphrey opposes broad tax-acceleration changes. Applications totaling about 680 million dollars are under study for potential tax incentives.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
ODM
Had Wrong Girl Got Right One
Springfield report states William Allen, 38, filled a marriage license form with Wanda Jarrett, 26, then canceled and refiled noting Mildred L. Grubbs, 46, with the remark Had the wrong girl, found the right one. The incident highlights a clerical mix up in Springfield.
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Springfield
William Allen
Wanda Jarrett
Allen
Mildred L. Grubbs
Segregationists Lead In Alabama Election Measures
In Birmingham on August 28 advocates of segregation in schools and parks led early in a special election. With 494 of 2700 boxes reported, the "freedom of choice" school amendment drew 28 095 For and 15 095 Against while a park and pool segregation amendment showed 25 998 For and 16 057 Against. Early voting varied by region as counts remained inconclusive. The amendments aimed to circumvent Supreme Court rulings.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court
War Mothers Gift Inductees Tuesday
The Somerset War Mothers chapter sent 14 inductees from Somerset County to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The group presented a gift to each serviceman before departure. After arriving in Pittsburgh they will take physical exams and, if passed, proceed to service camps.
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Somerset
War Mothers
Somerset County
Pittsburgh
Sewage Aid Funds Ready for Somerset Borough
Somerset officials were told federal aid for sewer treatment works will be available under a $500 million, ten year program. Grants may cover up to $200,000 of the proposed $800,000 rapid rate trickling filter plant by Neilan Engineers, with $2,097,650 allocated to Pennsylvania municipalities in 1957.
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Somerset
U. S
G. EB. McCallum
Water Supply and Water Pollution Control Program
U .S. Public Health Service
Richard Pile
Neilan Engineers
Pennsylvania
Escape From Death In Tar Spill Accident At Accident
Charles Gorney of Munhall Pennsylvania escaped death when his tractor trailer rolled over a 60 foot bank into a creek at Accident Maryland. He suffered a badly fractured leg and was trapped in his cab for two hours before rescue. State police said separation of the units prevented him from being buried under hot asphalt tar.
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Accident
Charles Gorney
Munhall
Gorney
Debate Route 40 As Interstate Road System Link
Maryland and Pennsylvania highway officials clash over including U S 40 from Hancock Maryland to Washington Iowa in the interstate system. Robert O Bonnell says Pennsylvania opposes the section in the system and would cut federal aid to 90 percent of the cost versus 10 percent.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Hancock
Washington
State Roads Commission
Somerset County
Addison
Robert O. Bonnell
Pennsylvania
Bonnell
Hancock - Washington
U. S. 40
Notorious four nabbed in Riesel acid attack case
FBI arrests four men plus two additional figures tied to the Riesel assault outside a Manhattan restaurant on April 5. John Dio Dioguardi and Domenico Bando are named among those charged with conspiracy to silence the labor columnist Victor Riesel.
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FBI
Riesel
New York
John
Johnny Dio) Dioguardi
FBI Today
Victor Riesel
Manhattan
Crusade
China Admits Downing U S Craft Off Coast
Secretary of State Dulles said China acknowledged its fighter pilots shot down a U S patrol plane off the coast last Thursday. He noted the note claimed a Chinese Nationalist aircraft and denied survivors. Navy crew numbered 16. one body recovered. Calls grew for formal protest and stronger action.
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Frances Lewine
Washington
Dulles
Red China
U. S. Navy
Navy
Mercator
United States
Eisenhower
Rep Celler
D-Ny
Celler
State Department
Britain
Sea
Manisfield
D-Mont
Agriculture In Spotlight At Co Op Fair
Junior Educational Activities Day at Meyersdale fair grounds showcased 4-H and FFA junior contests in dairy and livestock judging and tractor driving during the second day of the 1956 Somerset County fair. County Farm Agent James Bochy and staff, with area vocational ag teachers led by Charles Darrah and Emerson Suder, administered events. Dairy judging saw Guernsey Ayrshire Holstein classes with about 50 participants. Albert Barnett and Robert Marteney tied for first and each won 25 dollars with other placements listed. Livestock judging awarded ten prizes totaling 50 dollars to top entries led by Jack Hemminger, Somerset FFA, with subsequent Placings named.
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Meyersdale Fair Grounds
Somerset County
FFA
James Bochy
Somerset County Vocational Agricultural Teachers
Charles Darrah
Emerson Suder
Meyersdale
R.D
Farmer and Fair Association
Guernsey
Albert Barnett
Robert Marteeny
Somerset Ffa
Jack Hemminger
Bill Marteeny
Somerset Pfa
Ronald Horner
Stonycreek Ffa
Aberdeen Angus
County 4-H
Jim Hemminger
Lavansville 4-H
Kennketh Peterson
Cora Lee Nicklow
Upper Turkeyfoot
Bill Hay
Wilson Nicklow
Eldon Sechler
Rockwood Ffa
Lowell Friedline
Jennerstown
David Lease
Clarence Saylor
Sam Yoder
Albert Schrock
Donald Weimer
Thomas Smith
John Glessner
David Mankamyer
Carl Hay
Merle Smucker
James Mowry
Dale Nicklow
Cambria County
Quentin Hine
Arnold Wilson
Somerset Joint High School
Russell Wilson
Paul Anderson
Everett Nicklow
P. Glenn Hart
Howard Nicklow
Rockwood Joint High School
Franklin J. Illar
Grove City
Plaidettes
Pennsylvania
Judy Delp
Slippery Rock
Baby Nurse Silent At Inquest In New Haven
An Amazonian baby nurse Virginia B Jaspers, 33, refused to testify at a coroner's inquest after admitting injuring infants and shaking three to death in a fit of unprofessional temper. The inquest adjourned as she remains jailed on $50,000 bond. She wept and said, I ought to be put in an electric chair. The case prompted multiple parental complaints and police investigation into five other injuries while in her care.
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New Haven
Conn
Virginia B Jaspers
Miss Jaspers
Detroit
Abbe Kapsinow
Francis J. Moran
Moran
William Jaspers
New Haven Railroad
GOP To Pick Replacem ent for George Kline in Somerset
The Somerset County Republican committee plans to select a new full campaign chairman to replace the late George E. Kline. Bayard S. Maust of Salisbury said the choice will be made at a committee executive board meeting in Somerset likely by early next week.
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GOP
George E. Kline
Bayard S. Maust
Salisbury
Somerset County Republican Committee
Maust
Committee
Somerset
Kline
R.D
Board of County Commissioners
Walter F. Berkebile
Rockwood
Commissioners’ Board
Eisenhower Returns To Washington After California Holiday
President Eisenhower arrived in Washington from Pebble Beach after an eight hour thirty five minute non stop flight aboard the Columbine III. A welcoming crowd at National Airport included Vice President Nixon Secretary of State Dulles and GOP leaders. Harold Stassen returned to his White House post as disarmament aide after a month away.
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Washington
Eisenhower
California
National
Nixon
Dulles
Bertha Adkins
GOP National Committee
Eisenhowers
President
Harold Stassen
White House
Pittsburgh Man Jailed for Disturbance and Ride Solicitation
A Pittsburgh man, Walter Sanders, was committed to Somerset county jail after a disturbance at a North Somerset Turnpike restaurant and attempting a car-to-car ride solicitation. He received 30 days in jail in default of fine and costs. A 17-year-old Hooversville youth was jailed briefly for illegally discharging firearms.
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Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Walter Sanders
Justice of the Peace
O. Wayne Hay
Hooversville
Charles G. Clark
Leader Orders Fort Pitt Tunnel To Be Freeway
Harrisburg Aug 28 Governor orders the Fort Pitt tunnel in Pittsburgh to be built as a freeway. Most funding to come from federal sources. The tunnel would link the Pennsylvania Parkway and pierce Mount Washington with an east portal on Carson Street.
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Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh
Commonwealth
Duquesne Heights
Pennsylvania Tunnel Commission
Mount Washington
Carson Street
Livestock Day Schedule at Steele Frontier Days Show
Morning judging of dairy cattle and livestock and homemaking exhibits in the exhibition hall. At 2 30 p m Steele's Frontier Days Show continues with evening events at 8 p m.
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Steele
Dulles Denounces Soviet Propaganda Over Suez
Secretary of State Dulles accused the Soviet Union of waging a vicious propaganda campaign to block a fair Suez settlement. He praised Egyptian President Nasser’s role and urged cooperation toward an international control plan rather than nationalist slogans.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
London
United States
Britain
France
India
Indonesia
Ceylon
Sue
Duites
Moscow
Shepilov
Mideast
Suez
Asia
Europe
2 Percent Minimum Interest Set By Industrial Board
Harrisburg August 28 The Pennsylvania industrial development authority sets a minimum 2 percent interest on loans to local industry inducing groups and dictates a maximum term of 25 years for any loan William R Davlin commerce secretary notes rates will vary by case with no set top rate The authority was created and funded with five million dollars by the 1955 56 General Assembly
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
William R. Davlin
Commerce
General Assembly
Dr Sam Sheppard appeals to Supreme Court in wife murder
Dr Samuel H Sheppard asked the U S Supreme Court to overturn his murder conviction claiming a trial by press and prejudice in the case of his wife Marilyn Sheppard shot to death at the couple's Cleveland area home on July 4, 1954. The appeal, filed by defense chief counsel William Corrigan, argues news coverage influenced jurors and judges and seeks review when the court reconvenes in October.
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Sam Sheppard
Supreme Court
James Lee Washington
INS
Samuel H. Sheppard
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Court of Last Resort
Sam
William J. Corrigan
Sheppard
Cleveland
Marilyn
Corri
Gan
Corrigan
Press
Ohio Supreme Court
Budget Surplus Forecast Boosts 1957 Outlook
The Eisenhower administration raised its 1957 budget outlook with a $700 million surplus forecast next June, despite higher spending. Receipts are put at a record $69.8 billion and outlays at $69.1 billion, aided by a boosted economy and a shift of $1.506 billion in excise taxes to a highway trust fund. The deficit was trimmed but tax cuts remain unlikely.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Truman
Budget Bureau
Percival F. Brundage
Asalie
Charlesworth resigns as state administrator in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports James C. Charlesworth has submitted his resignation as secretary of administration to Gov. Leader, effective Sept. 14, to return to teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and lead the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. Prof. John H. Ferguson, also of Penn, named as successor. Charlesworth earned 15000 annually.
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Harrisburg
James C. Charleswith
Leader
Charlesworth
University of Pennsylvania
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
John H. Ferguson
James Charlesworth
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