Britain U S Clear Decks for Top Talks on World Affairs
London AP report says British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and U S Secretary of State Christian Herter aligned on issues before a weekend summit between Prime Minister MacMillan and President Eisenhower. Topics include disarmament reform a UN backed body Berlin Laos and nuclear test ban talks.
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London
Britain
United States
Eisenhower
Harold MacMillan
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Russia
Aliquippa Union Votes Strike Aid Plan
Aliquippa Union Local 1 voted to use its treasury to aid 1100 striking members amid the nationwide steel strike. A relief committee may pay utilities groceries and medical prescriptions with no set amount. Two nonmembers were barred for dual unionism charges against the local president.
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United Steelworkers
Llocal
Treasury
Nicholas Mamula
Mamula
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Aliquippa
John Karkovich
Alex Pilotti
Aliquippa High School
International Union
Two Men Sent To Jail In Somerset County Case
Two men were committed to the Somerset county jail Friday. Jerome Irion of Omaha Nebraska faces drunken driving charges. Clayde Stutzman of Berlin is accused of being drunk and disorderly.
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Somerset County
Jerome Irion
Omaha
Neb
Clayde Stutzman
Berlin
Bring Kasanovich Back for Slaying Trial in Pittsburgh
Allegheny County District Attorney Edward Boyle said he will attempt to extradite Nicholas Kasanovich from California to stand trial for the 44 year old murder of his wife Dragico. If he resists, Fresno police will detain him for return.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Boyle
Allegheny County
Nicholas Kaanovich
California
Boyle
Kasanovich
Fresno
Cal
Dragico
India Faces Red China Pressure as Nehru Reacts
India reports incursions by 200 Red Chinese troops prompting Nehru to protest Peiping. U S officials avoid comment while lawmakers urge UN intervention and link Khrushchev talks in Washington to India’s neutrality drift.
Ex Convicts Held for Hays Bank Theft
In Pittsburgh two ex convicts Joseph Gallo and Edward Kern are held for court after a July 23 robbery at the Hays branch of Peoples First National Bank. They allegedly wounded two officers in a gun battle and were identified by two bank employees. Officer Anthony Paga remains hospitalized.
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Pittsburgh
Hays
Joseph Gallo
Edward Kern
Gallo
Kern
Robert Thompson
Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co
Frank X. Weis Jr
R. G. Hallas
Anthony Paga
Mercy Hospital
Eisenhower Vetoes Major Flood Control Bill
President Eisenhower rejected a 1.206 billion flood control and water projects bill, vetoing 67 unbudgeted items. He warned such spending would undermine federal fiscal policy despite the bill’s support for Pennsylvania projects and national waterways. Congress, including Speaker Sam Rayburn, plans an override attempt next week.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
White House
Capitol Hill
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Europe
Senate
Pennsylvania
Army Engineer
Allegheny River
N.Y
Army
Brookville
Chartiers Creek
St. Marys
Tyrone
Curwensville
Maxwell Locks
Shenango River
Ohio
Eisenhower Hopes Berlin Crisis Ends in Months
President Eisenhower told West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt in a telegram his hope is to end the Berlin crisis in a matter of months. He said continued fortitude patience and imagination may achieve the objective through forthcoming discussions.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Eisenhower Welcomed With Unparalleled Scots Greeting
President Eisenhower arrived in Scotland for a social visit with Queen Elizabeth II as crowds lined the 40 mile route from Aberdeen to Balmoral. The Queen, pregnant, drove to greet him and chat with the royal family at Balmoral Castle.
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Scotland
Eisenhower
Aberdeen
London
Balmoral Castle
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Atlantic
West
Nikita Khrushchev
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
George VI
Nations Tax Take Totals 98 Billion in 1958
FRANK CORMIER reports U S government tax revenue across federal state and local levels reached 98 3 billion dollars for fiscal year 1958 down 0 3 billion from 1957 due to the recession per person receipts fell from 579 to 568 dollars while state and local revenues rose about 1 billion dollars.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Bureau
Labor Federation Gives Qualified Support to Gov
The Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor gave qualified support to Governor Lawrence's unemployment compensation reforms. President Joseph A. McDonough said the bills fall short of labor demands but praised the effort to bridge labor and management views. The federation urged raising the payroll tax base from $3,000 to $3,600 to cut the rate from 4 percent to 3 percent, noting current wages over $3,000 are not taxed.
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Harrisburg
State Federation of Labor
David Lawrence
Joseph A. McDonough
PFL
Crossing Clapier Pass Becomes Latest Circus Feat
Circus owner Darix Tongi led three elephants two llamas and a camel across the Alps via Clapier Pass in Italy on Thursday. Earlier a Cambridge University professor attempted the route with an elephant to prove Hannibal's passage but a rock fall blocked the way. Tongi cleared obstacles with strongmen.
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Susa
Italy
UPI
Darix Tongi
Alps
Clapier Pass
Cambridge University
Hannibal
Togni
India vows military action if needed over Chinese border moves
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that India will defend its borders if necessary against red Chinese troops occupying two Himalayan frontier areas. He announced troop movements but preferred settlement by negotiation, as several hundred Chinese troops attacked a border post in the northeast frontier agency near Tibet.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Northeast Frontier Agency
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Assam Rifles
Ladakh
Kashmir
Democrats Surge in Somerset County Registration Drive
Democrats led in field registration during the first two days with 219 new voters to 108 Republicans plus one non partisan. They swept three precincts Confluence Hooversville and Jenners Cross Roads while holding three Republican districts Windber Shanksville and Rockwood.
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Somerset County
Confluence
Hooversville
Jenners Cross Roads
Howard Mulhollen
GOP Committee
Windber
Shanksville
Rockwood
Porter tells Rotary None Win Strike
H. K. Porter Co. president Charles L. Holbert told Somerset Rotary no one gains from a strike and urged unions to decide by the majority. He outlined decentralized labor relations across eleven divisions with two foreign subsidiaries and cited past calm in labor disputes. Also, eleven international Pitt students will tour Somerset to study local government on September 19.
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Henry Baker Reiley III
Charles L. Holbert
H. K. Porter Co
Pittsburgh
Somerset Rotary Club
Holbert
Mexico
Canada
Pitt University
Somerset
South America
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Russia bars tests while West holds back
Moscow says it will not resume nuclear tests as long as Western powers refrain and would sign an agreement to halt all atomic and hydrogen weapon tests. Tass noted Russia would resume only if the West restarts tests, while the United States extended its test suspension to December 31 and Britain linked its ban to progress in talks on a three power suspension treaty. France reportedly proceeds with Sahara tests.
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Germany
Lloyd
Russia
Herter
Laos
Britain
U. N
Red
Moscow
Tass
Council of Ministers
Senn Russi
U.S
Washington
United States
France
Sahara
de Gaulle
Algeria
Geneva
Reel's Corner Man Burned In Gasoline Fire
One man injured in a Thursday morning fire at Reel's Corner. Fred Frazier, 43, suffered first to third degree burns when sparks from a grinding stone ignited a can of gasoline at his home near Reel's Corner. He was taken to Somerset Community Hospital in poor condition.
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Reel’s Corner
Central City
Andrew Schanko
Fred Frazier
Frazier
Somerset Community Hospital
Central City Fire Department
Reels Corners
Fraiier
Reels Corner
Leak halts X15 rocket test at Edwards Air Force Base
At Edwards Air Force Base California a hydrogen peroxide leak in the X15 auxiliary power line kept the rocket plane grounded. Test Pilot Scott Crossfield remained in the cockpit for over two hours as technicians worked, with no serious damage reported and the flight postponed to next Tuesday at the earliest.
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Ralph Dighton
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Crossfield
Crossfield
Desert Test Center
Air Force
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