See-Saw Battle Rages as Rebels Press Toward Beirut
Lebanon's government forces clash with Kamal Jumblatt’s Druze tribesmen in the hills near Beirut as rebels push toward the capital. Jets, armored cars, and artillery counterattack while irregulars block routes to Kayfound and Chemlan to hinder the advance.
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Wilton Wynn
Beirut
Lebanon
Kamal Jumblatt
Chemlan
Fayfoun
Beirut International Airport
Kayfound
Jumblatt
Progressive Socialist
Warehouse Pickets Halt Four Pittsburgh Warehouses
Gen eral Warehousemen Local 636 pickets halted operations at four Pittsburgh warehouses including the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board storage facilities. About 10 million dollars of liquor stocked at Pitt-Penn Terminal serves over 200 district liquor stores. Some 100 union members struck after failing to reach a contract with the Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Assn. The old contract expired June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
General
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Pitt-Penn
Kirby Transfer & Storage Co
White Terminal Co
Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Assn
The
Liquor Control Board
Should West Intervene in Beirut Scrape
AP reports the West faces a dilemma over intervention in Lebanon as pro Western President Camille Chamoun clings to power against an eight week rebellion backed by Nasser’s UAR. Western troops could backfire politically risking Arab opinion and Lebanon’s Christians.
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Chemlan
Jumblatt
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Lebanon
U. N
Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Morocco
Persian Gulf
Cairo
Asia
Africa
Russia
Middle East
Syria
Europe
Suez Canal
Weekend Auto Crash Victim Dies of Hurts
Mrs. Rufus C. Britton age 56 of Roanoke Heights North Carolina died from injuries suffered in a weekend automobile crash. She was riding with her husband when their car on Route 31 near Mount Pleasant overturned after striking an embankment. Britton had been reported in fair condition earlier.
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Mount Pleasant
Rufus C. Britton
Roanoke Heights
N. C
Frick Memorial Hospital
Britton
Stouffer to Lease 550-Seat Pittsburgh Restaurant
Stouffer Corp announced a 20 year lease for a 550 seat restaurant at Park Plaza Apartments in Pittsburgh. The $1.5 million eatery at Craig and Fifth Avenues will open in spring 1959 as the chain’s fourth Pittsburgh site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Stouffer Corp
Park Plaza
Pittsburgh
Stouffer
Craig and
Fifth Aves
Senate clears path for Alaska to become 49th state
The Senate approved the House bill 64 to 20 to admit Alaska as the 49th state. Final steps require presidential approval and Alaskan ratification, enabling statehood by late fall or early winter with Alaska’s two senators and one representative seated in January.
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Alaska
Sue Bartlett
Congress
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Frank Church
Idaho
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
Jackson
Senate
UPI
Russian Siberia
Arizona
New Mexico
House
Dublin elects Scots-born widow as lord mayor
In Dublin City Council, Catherine Byrne, a Scots-born Roman Catholic widow in her late 50s, was elected lord mayor on the fourth ballot, defeating Robert Briscoe, a Jewish community leader and Fianna Fail nominee. Mayor James Carroll, seeking re-election, faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Catherine Byrne
Somerset Stores Stay Open All Day Wednesday
Somerset stores announce Wednesday hours from 9 am to 5 pm ahead of Independence Day. Last minute shoppers can enjoy afternoon value in groceries and vacation clothing. Saturday hours return 9 am to 9 pm on July 5.
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Somerset
Glen Alden to Resume Huber Mine in Ashley July 14
Wilkes Barre AP Glen Alden Corp said the Huber coal mine in Ashley will reopen on July 14 after a closure. The move restores mining operations in Luzerne County.
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Wilkes-Barre
Glen Alden Corp
Huber
Ashley
Reel's Corner Sees Multiple Auto Crashes Over Weekend
State police report two weekend crashes near Reel's Corner and a Monday two vehicle collision on Route 380 west of the site. Lamont Button of Pittsburgh 61 drove into a hay truck driven by Stulie Hartman 56 of Central City. Damage limited to about 190 dollars. no injuries in this pair. A separate Penn turnpike rear end collision east of Donegal interchange involved Joseph Sternstein 37 Dayton Ohio cited for following too closely. Total damage about 70 dollars. Jerry McMorris 53 of Chicago IL was the other driver.
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Reel’s Corner
Turnpike Division
Somerset County
Lamont H. Button
Pittsburgh
Stulie M. Hartman
Central City
R. D
Pennsylvania
Jerry McMorris
Chicago
Nuclear talks open as Russians and Americans pledge progress
Geneva bulletin reports amiable meetings between Russian and American scientific officials and predicts progress for the West West nuclear weapons testing talks opening Tuesday. The joint statement dispels any doubt about Russian delegates arriving for the conference on detecting underground tests.
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Geneva
Supreme Court declines to fast track Little Rock desegregation appeal
The high court refused to shortcut procedures on the Little Rock desegregation case, noting the St. Louis Court of Appeals will act in time for next school year. It also unanimously struck down a $100,000 NAACP fine in Alabama for contempt over a membership list, ruling it restrained free association.
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Washington
Karl R. Bauman
Supreme Court
Little Rock
U. S. Court of Appeals
St. Louis
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
Montgomery
NAACP
Harlan
Court of Appeals
Lemley
U. S
Harry J. Lemley
Central High School
Eisenhower
Mafia Links Seen In Apalachin Meeting By Narcotics Agent
A federal narcotics agent testified that the Apalachin raid suggested a Mafia black hand convention. The hearings in Washington probe a national crime syndicate infiltrating labor and business, with 100 witnesses subpoenaed and a four month schedule.
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Washington
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Apalachin
N. Y
Martin F. Pera
Narcotics Bureau
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Pera
Sicily
Robert F. Kennedy
Peru
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
America
McCellan
McClellan
11 Year Old Girl Bitten by Dog in Somerset
An 11 year old girl visiting her grandmother at 393 East Patriot Street was bitten by a dog Monday afternoon and treated at Somerset Community Hospital dispensary. A separate incident involving five year old Jerry Coleman resulted in a cut tongue after a fall while at play.
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Shirley Lee
Edna Lee
East Patriot Street
Somerset Community Hospital
Jerry Coleman
Vernon Coleman
Republican County Committee to Meet July 18 at Eight
Clark W. Rodger the GOP county chairman announced a meeting of the county Republican committee on July 18 at 8 p.m. in the county courthouse. Agenda items include by law recommendations for the working party and the executive committee’s preliminary fall election plans. The registration committee will report and propose ways to increase party membership.
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Clark W. Rodger
GOP
Republican Committee
County Court House
Castro's Rebels Kidnap 2 More Yanks 41 in All
Fidel Castro's rebels seized two more Americans in eastern Cuba bringing total hostages to 41 Americans and 3 Canadians. U S consul Park Wollam reported daily contact as eight rebels carried off White and Poll from a work camp.
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Castro
George Kaufman
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U. S
Sherman Avery White
New York
Nicaro Nickel
J. Andrew Poll
Grand Rapids
Mich
Worman Elected Commander Of 24th District American Legion
Robert D. Worman of Union Town was chosen commander for a two year term by the 24th district American Legion at a Connellsville meeting. The delegates approved 88 district delegates to the state convention in Philadelphia July 23 26. Posts Stoystown and Smithfield in Fayette county were praised for boosting membership.
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Robert D. Worman
Uniontown
24Th District
American Legion
George B. Shearly
Connellsville
Stoystown
Smithfield
Fayette County
Philadelphia
Keystone Boys’ Camp
Somerset County
Monkey Escapes In Police Car In Long Beach
In Long Beach California a monkey caused an officer to chase and recover a drifting patrol car. Officer Paul Guest pursued the vehicle after Christine the monkey fooled him by pressing the gearshift and rolling the car while he phoned for a pound wagon.
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Long Beach
Calif
Christine
Paul Guest
Adams Shut Mouth Of Goldfine In Libel Suit Fireworks
Business promoter John Fox announces a million dollar libel suit against Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams amid accusations and denials involving Adams, Bernard Goldfine, the Boston Herald and Traveler, and their publishers and attorneys. Fox says suits will target Choate, the Herald Traveler Corp., its attorney and Goldfine's lawyers for libelful statements. He cites widespread scurrilous accusations in writings about him.
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Washiton
John Fox
Sherman Adams
Fox
Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Boston Herald and Traveler
Robert Choate Fox
Choate
Herald-Traveler Corp
William J. Dempsey
Goldfine
Roger Robb
Samuel Sears
Adams ordered Bernard Goldfine to keep his mouth shut says Fox
John Fox testified that Sherman Adams clearly ordered Bernard Goldfine to stay silent after Goldfine said Adams “isn't letting me down.” Fox, a Boston business promoter, maintained his prior testimony that in Adams presence Goldfine proposed a drink.
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Washington
John Fox
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Fox
Goldfine
Adams
Boston
Surplus Butter Distribution Dates Announced for Somerset County
Surplus butter will be distributed to all properly registered families in Somerset county in the afternoon or evening hours of Thursday July 3 or Saturday July 5. Each family receives one pound. Meyersdale will distribute at 11 a.m. July 3 and Rockwood at 12 30 p.m. July 5.
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Somerset County
Meyersdale
Rockwood
Bake Sale at Cambria Savings and Loan
The Zimmerman Valley 4-H Club hosts a bake sale Thursday July 3 from 9 30 until noon at Cambria Savings and Loan. Proceeds support 4-H activities and youth projects.
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Cambria Savings and Loan
Zimmerman Valley
4-H Club
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California
Frank Costello
Girard College of Philadelphia
Stephen Girard
M’clellan
G. Milton Kelly
Republican Co
Wollam
Park Wollam
Guantanamo
Daymond Elmore
Haynesville
Richard Sargent
Toronto
White
Poll
Nickel Processing Corp
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Oriente
Sierra Maestra
Worman
Officer
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Luteri
Berlin
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