Couple Hurt in West of Allegheny Tunnel Pileup
A man and his wife suffered minor injuries in a turnpike crash just west of the Allegheny tunnel on Sunday. Reynaldo Manuel and his wife Levenne were treated at Somerset Community Hospital after their auto rear-ended a tractor-trailer driven by Imerson Newman. Total damage to both vehicles was about $650.
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Allegheny Tunnel
Reynaldo M. Manuel
Chelsea
Mass
Imerson L. Newman
Dayton
Ohio
Pike
Manuel
Levenne
Somerset Community Hospital
Meyersdale
Summit Township
Sanford N. Schrock
R. D
Michael Pagen, Jr
Schreck
Berlin
George E. Hummel
R.D
Accord
Women Vote in Mexico for a President
Mexican women for the first time joined men at polling places across 29 states to vote in the presidential election and a new Congress. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 48, sought a landslide victory amid close Senate and Chamber races while PRI guarded 24,300 polling sites.
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Mexico City
Congress
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
CAP
Hungarian Nazi Leader Caught After 14 Years
Geza Gegedo es, a Hungarian Nazi leader, was captured after a 14-year manhunt in Budapest. Police say he used his brother in law’s name while working in the steel town of Sztalinvaros. Nepszabadsag reports he ordered a woman shot and is linked to a deserter shooting and the hanging of a suspected Communist.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nepszabadsag
Geza Gegedoes
Sztalinvaros
Increased Guard at U S Information Agency in Panama
The National Guard intensified patrols at the U S Information Agency building in Panama after a concrete block was thrown through the display window of the USIA office and library last Thursday. The Foreign Ministry ordered the higher security posture following a U S embassy protest over the vandalism.
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Panama
Goldfine Plans to Explain Uncashed Checks to House Panel
Bernard Goldfine said he will explain to House investigators the nearly $778,000 in uncashed checks tied to his firms dating back to 1941. He previously refused, saying the matter was not pertinent to the inquiry into his dealings with government agencies.
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Goldfine
Washington
Bernard Goldfine
House
Boston
Sherman Adams
Jack Lotto
Mildred Paperman
Lotto
John B. Bennett
R-Mich
Peter IF. Mack
D-Ii
Robert W. Lishman
Fire damages two piers and warehouses in Boston
A general alarm fire swept two piers and two warehouses on Boston's waterfront Sunday night. The blaze consumed the structures as crews fought the flames along the harbor.
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Boston
Pope Blesses 6000 Child Pilgrims at Lourdes Shrine
At Lourdes France Pope Pius XI issued his apostolic blessing to 6000 child pilgrims from 15 countries including the United States. Maurice Cardinal Feltin read the pope’s message urging a deeper Christian life, devotion to the Virgin Mary, and fraternal unity in prayer for world peace.
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Lourdes
France
Pius XI
Bernadette
United States
Maurice Cardinal Feltin
Paris
Adenauer Wins Big in West Germany State Election
In North Rhine Westphalia the Christian Democrats gain an absolute majority, solidifying Adenauer's control weeks after a national victory. The atomic armament issue dominated the race as Socialists pressed for nuclear weapons reversal amid the cold war.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bundeswehr
West Germany
Christian Democratic Party
Adenauer
North Rhine-Westphalia
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Christian Democrat
Cuban Rebels Free Five More North American Hostages
Cuban rebels released five additional kidnap victims from the United States and Canada. The U S embassy said a helicopter was ferrying them to Guantanamo Bay naval base for landing imminently. The group includes John N. Schissler of Montgomery Alabama, Prof E P Pfleicher of St Paul Minnesota, Edwin H Cordes of Fanwood New Jersey, Roman Cecilia a Cuban naturalized U S citizen from New York City, and Harold S Kristianson of Geraldton Manitoba.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Naval Base
Guantanamo
Moa Bay Mining Co
John N. Schissler
Montgomery
Ala
E. P. Pfleicher
St. Paul
Brakes Failed Trigger Deadly Truck Collision
A La Jeannette intersection crash involving two garbage trucks killed one man and injured five others. One helper, Nick Chickle aged about 40, died after admission to Greensburg hospital. brakes allegedly failed on one vehicle on a steep hill. A driver and two helpers per truck. Also, Joseph Pruitt 41 of Braddock died after being struck by a train in Braddock General Hospital case.
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Jeannette
la Jeannette
Greensburg
Nick Chickle
Dies
Pittsburgh
Joseph Pruitt
Braddock
Braddock General Hospital
Demands for Rock n Roll Lead to Prison Terms
Eight youths aged 19 to 25 in East Germany received prison sentences from seven months to two years after a Leipzig dance hall incident. A West Berlin free jurists committee said they carried a sign declaring Elvis Presley their idol and demanding rock n roll, a forbidden music style, triggering a brawl as police tried to confiscate the sign.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Committee of Free Jurists
Leipzig
Free Jurists
GOP ticket aims to reach rural voters in a split campaign
GOP statewide candidates will begin in big cities then fan out to rural areas to meet voters. Arthur T. McGonigle says the plan doubles outreach vs all stops together and will personalize campaigning. He has events set from Erie July 2 to Hershey August 20 including Philadelphia Lancaster Pittsburgh and Freeport.
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Harrisburg
Arthur T. McGonigle
GOP
McGonigle
Erie
Freeport
Armstrong County
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Pittsburgh
Hershey
Parliament Probe Over Prince Philip Travel Costs
A Labour MP in the House of Commons urged the Air Minister to reveal who funded Prince Philip’s 680 mile flight to a polo match. The royal trip, made during a royal visit to Holy Island, saw Philip captain Windsor Park to a 5 14 win before returning north.
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London
Washington
Prince Philip
Scot
Philip
House of Commons
Baird
Queen Elizabeth II
Holy Island
England
Windsor Park
Windsor Park Club
Campmeeting at Edgewood Reaches Record Offering
At Edgewood Grove Church of God campmeeting a record missionary offering of 6632 dollars was received Sunday morning. Rev. H. R Morehead general overseer spoke of mission outposts and urged faith in the Gospel as he recounted a fakir’s conversion story and a Buddhist priest’s remark about a needed demonstration. Afternoon service followed.
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Church of God
Edgewood Grove
H. R Morehead
Mr. Morehead
Ceylon
Scout Camp Opens With Flag Raising at Roaring Springs
Some 200 visitors witnessed the Roaring Springs Scout Reservation summer camp opening with a flag-raising ceremony led by four Marine sergeants. Berlin fife and drum corps, U S Marines, and Johnstown V F W post joined 131 scouts and leaders for a 4 week season near Johnstown. The flag gifted by Congressman John Saylor was raised over the camp. Troops from Windber Confluence Daisytown Stoystown and Hastings joined the opening week.
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Roaring Springs
Berlin
U. S
Robert E. Peary
Jennerstown
Everitt E. Rowe
34Th Infantry Co
John Saylor
Cambria County
Johnstown
Fife and Drum Corps
George Fisher
Rober Smith
Windber
Confluence
Daisytown
Stoystown
Hastings
Edward M. Fed
Scouting
Fedorowitcz
Rone
Two Registrations At Hotel Walker
A Berlin man 24 year old Richard Broderick was committed to Somerset county jail Saturday by Berlin borough Police Chief Earl Shultz on resisting arrest charges. Gold Canby 48 of Boswell R. D. 1 also jailed Saturday charged with drunk and disorderly conduct.
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Berlin
Somerset County Jail
Earl Shultz
Richard Broderick
Gold Canby
Boswell
Progress in Phila. Paper Controversy
Negotiators for the American Newspaper Guild and the Philadelphia Inquirer agreed on a proposal to end the five week strike. The Guild vote on the proposal is set for Monday. The dispute centers on a security clause and plans to discharge 03 employees in a consolidation.
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Philadelphia
American Newspaper Guild
Philadelphia Inquirer
the Inquirer
News
Inquirer and
Bulletin
Teamsters Local
Teamsters
Inquirer
Milker Electrocuted in Derry Two Barn Incident
Raymond Jellison about 55 was electrocuted Saturday in the barn of his dairy farm in Derry Two. Coroner Stephen Yoney said Jellison apparently touched a live wire on an electric milking machine.
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Blairsville
Raymond Jellison
Derry Two
Stephen Yoney
Westmoreland County
Jellison
Funeral for Arthur G. Traup by Somerset Lodge 358
Members of Somerset Lodge 358 will assemble at the lodge room on Monday July 7 1958 at 7 PM to conduct a Masonic Funeral service at Mills and Mickey Funeral Home Rockwood Pa for Brother Arthur G Traup. Worshipful Master.
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Somerset Lodge
Mills & Mickey Funeral Home
Rockwood
Arthur G. Traup
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