Rescuer Probes 300 Feet for Missing Miner in Sheppton Rescue
A rescue worker descended 300 feet into the Henry Throne David Fellin cubicle seeking Louis Bova, the third miner still missing after the Aug 13 collapse near Sheppton. TV footage suggested a possible body, but the 12 to 18 inch shaft revealed only remains of a sealing plug. drilling resumed to reach Bova.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford H. Benjamin
Associated Press
Hazleton
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Louis Bova
Fellin
Throne
Bova
Sheppton
Andy Drebitko
Pottsville
Drebitko
Drebiko
Utah Mine Closed Pending Probe Into Fatal Blast
The $40 million Texas Gulf Sulphur potash mine in Moab Utah was ordered closed indefinitely as officials begin a joint state federal probe into the underground explosion that killed 18 men. Survivors remain hospitalized and bodies lie in a temporary morgue as investigators study the blast area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moae
Utah
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Casper A. Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
Utah Industrial Commission
Texas Gulf
Seven Somerset road sections added to state system
Gov signed law placing seven public road sections in Somerset County into the state highway system. The routes include Water Works Road, E Catherine Street, Two Roads 312 and 453, Two Road 634, Two Road 222, Two Road 555 and Graham Avenue in Windber, with distances ranging from 0.11 to about 4.3 miles.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
Somerset County
Somerset
State
State Department of Highways
Somerset Twp
Water Works Road
N. Center Avenue
E. Catherine Street
Somerset-Fayette
Lower
Turkeyfoot
Somerset County-Cambria
Conemaugh
Windber Borough
Paint
Paint Two
Somerset Borough
Somerset Two
Graham Avenue
Windber
21St Street
Press Barred From Hearing on Woman's Ouster
Mrs. Gloria Carville, Windber Republican committeewoman, faced a barred hearing in Somerset to determine ouster. County chairman Clark W. Rodger refused to reveal charges and prevented press access, while Carville claimed the hearing was illegal and read a letter addressing due process under Rule No. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Carville
Windber
Somerset
Clark W. Rodger
Rodger
Carville
The
American
Jury Recruits Race to Feed Farm While Murder Trial Opens
Mr and Mrs Leonard Mc Gee sworn as jurors in a murder case. They report no one at home to tend the farm chores. The judge, after day one, orders the entire panel under guard to the Mc Gee home for a few hours to care for the chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard McGee
McGee
Scranton Vetoes Bill to Raise Speed Limits
Gov. Scranton vetoed a bill to raise highway speed limits, among four vetoes in a session. The measure would have raised trucks to 55 mph on interstates and widened passenger car limits to 60 mph on broader roads, with other changes widening access on narrow roads. The veto cited need for further study due to accident risk, while sponsors included Reps. Merry and Magee Jr. and Dems Polen and Renwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Scranton
Ralph S. Merry
George C. Magee Jr
Crawford County
J. Dean Polen
Washington
William F. Renwick
Elk
JFK Urges Foreign Aid Cut Restored
President Kennedy urged restoring the 585 million dollars cut by the House from foreign aid. He met with Gen. Lucius D. Clay and aides to discuss the mutual security program and its impact on U S security while Republicans warned the President of eroded support for aid in Congress.
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JFK
Cornelius F. Hurley
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
House
Squaw Island
Lucius D. Clay
David F. Bell
Agency For International Development
Ralph Dungan
Clay
United States
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Washington
Senate House Republican
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Senate
GOP
Tito Declares Yugoslavia’s Independent Communism Approved
Yugoslav President Tito announced that Soviet Premier Khrushchev recognizes Yugoslavia’s independent brand of communism as correct. He said Khrushchev agreed and that both nations are united on major issues while criticizing Red China.
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Velenje
Yugoslavia
Tito
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red China
Kennedy to name three neutrals for rail arbitration board
United States labor officials report railroad and union negotiators unable to agree on three neutral members for a seven member arbitration panel. President Kennedy will appoint the three neutrals if consensus remains elusive, under a federal law aimed at averting a nationwide railroad strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Rail Board
Washington
Railroad-Labor Arbitration Board
Asst
James J. Reynolds
J. E. Wolfe
H. E. Guibert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Wolfe
Gilbert
Guy W. Knight
Debris Spotted From Missing KC135 Planes Off Florida Coast
Debris from two KC135 jet tankers was seen about 160 miles from the prior wreckage site as search crews, aided by HU16 Albatross amphibians, monitored a new debris location roughly 400 miles off Florida. Rescue teams plan to maintain surveillance while surface ships approach, hoping for survivors from the missing crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Strategic Air Command
Florida
Air Rescue Service Command
Orlando
Air Force
Cocoa
Hoover Calls Valachi Revelations Hinder Fight on Cosa Nostra
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said recent disclosures by Joseph Valachi will complicate the nationwide effort against organized crime. He noted the Valachi testimony corroborates FBI findings from 1961 and opposes public disclosure of informants.
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Washington
Cosa Nostra
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FBI
Justice Department
Joseph Valachi
Ist
Robert F. Kennedy
Valachi
Senate
Miss Pennsylvania Takes On Two Months of Work in Nine Days
Cheryl Lynne Kegley, 18, named Miss Pennsylvania after Donna Lear fell ill, rapidly prepares for Atlantic City and the Miss America Pageant. She salvaged most of Donna’s wardrobe, practices ballet for Ritual Fire Dance, and plans college attendance after the yearlong reign. Bill Baldwin praises her energy and maturity.
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Westchester
Bill Baldwin
Cheryl Lynne Kegley
Pennsylvania
Donna Lear
Lancaster
Lynne
Donna
Atlantic City
N. J
Salisbury High School
Grove City College
Baldwin
Quiet integration begins inSouth Carolina schools
Five Negro students faced little hostility as court ordered integration reached two high schools and a grammar school in Charleston. Only one incident occurred at Rivers High when eighth grader Jacqueline Ford was jeered by three white boys as she left. A police officer observed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S.C
South Carolina
Rivers High School
Jacqueline Ford
Helicopters shot up as Buddhist crisis rises in Vietnam
Communist gunners disabled 18 U S helicopters and killed two Americans near Saigon. One H21 fell in flames with two fatalities. four other H21s were hit while ferrying troops toward a guerrilla area near the Cambodian border. The toll to date reaches 534 U S deaths in Vietnam. The U S aid mission shelters two Buddhist monks amid protests and ties with Diem's government strain as diplomatic friction grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Viet Nam
Diem
Henry Cabot Lodge
Stores to Close for Labor Day in Somerset
In observance of Labor Day on Monday, most Somerset stores will close. The Pennsylvania State Employment Service, County Courthouse, and post office will also shut, with no window service or city and rural mail deliveries except for special letters and packages, announced by Postmaster George Cassett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
George Cassett
House Demands Action Against Soviet Trawlers
House investigators urged the Coast Guard to act swiftly when Soviet fishing trawlers with potential intelligence aims are spotted in U.S. waters. The subcommittee pressed for a uniform policy to counter threats, noting numerous sightings off Florida and California and the need to preempt covert operations.
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House
Walter R. Mears
Washington
Coast Guard
U.S
Florida
North Atlantic
Cuban
Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
Edward M
Kennedy
D-Mass
Cape Cod
California
Navy
Congressional
State Department
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H. B. Charmbury
Fellin- Throne
By R. Greg Nokes
Somerset American Harrisburg
By Fred Walters
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
A. James Reichley
George M. Leader
County Boards of Assistance
Nikita
Homestead Air Force Base
Cosa Nostra News
Kegley
Minute Maid
By Ronald Sustana
Peter Arnett
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