Girard Lawyers Move To Block Jap Court Trial
Attorneys for William S. Girard filed a habeas corpus action to stop his transfer to Japanese authorities for trial. Judge Mc Garraghy ordered Girard not be delivered to any foreign power pending the hearing next Tuesday. The Army will send Brig. Gen. Decker as an official observer at the Japanese trial.
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Washington
William S. Girard
U. S
New York
Dayton M. Hirrington
Girard
Army
Japan
Charles L. Decker
Wilber Brucker
Department of the Army
Decker
Defense Says Political Persecution Highlights Pike Trial
In Harrisburg on June 6 defense lawyers in the Pike turnpike conspiracy trial argued political persecution as nine men face charges of conspiring to fleece the Pennsylvania turnpike commission of 19 million dollars. Testimony from Deputy Atty. Gen. Harrington Adams and Albert Eberman opened background on the turnpike and its laws as side bar conferences filled much of the session.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Harrington Adams
Albert Eberman
State Elections Bureau
Homer L. Kreider
Dauphin County
Eberman
Adams
Atty
Vincent G. Panati
Kreider
Highways
Joseph J. Lawler
Lawler
Jack Miller Building 9 00 A M Guild of New Centerville Church of God
Jack Miller to address the Guild of New Centerville at 9 00 A M in the Church of God building.
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Jack Miller
Guild of New Centerville Church of God
Billy Graham Uses Bible to Reach Cosmopolitan New York
In Madison Square Garden Billy Graham declares he teaches from the Bible not psychology or philosophy. He asks attendees to lift their Bibles as a sign of making the book live in New York. Tonight 18,000 attend, crusade total 410,000, 569 seeking Christ, total 13,889 decisions.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Christ
Woman Gives Birth to Quintuplets in Mozambique
Paris AFP report that Selina Covane, 27, already mother of twins, triplets and quadruplets, delivered four boys and a girl. The 14 total children, born at Vila Joao de Belo about 1200 miles north of Lourenco Marques in Mozambique, are all living.
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Paris
INS
Agence France Presse
AFP
Selina Covane
Vila Joao de Belo
Lourenco Marques
Moambique
Portuguese East Africa
Covane
West Virginia Youth Fireman Killed Near Meyersdale
A 19-year-old Piedmont volunteer fireman Kenneth Richard Legge died when a 1956 Chevrolet left Route 219 near Meyersdale. Passenger Earl W. Conn, 31, of Westernport Md, faces involuntary manslaughter charges after the crash that also injured Thomas Bryan and shook two others. Investigators cite a sharp curve and guard rail impact. Conn posted bond and awaits court action.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Maryland
Meyersdale
Kenneth Richard Legge
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Robert H. Halverson
Somerset
Earl W. Conn
Westernport
Conn
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
Wayne Hay
Thomas Bryan
Meyersdale Hospital
Harold Evans
R. D
Keyser
Elwood Bevans
Tri-Town
Grantsville
Legge
Bevans
Evans
Halverson
Herman McGuire
Cleveland
Ohio
Route 53
Confluence
Highway Officials Deny Campaign Fund Coercion
Pittsburgh report states three of four present and former state highways department officials denied coercing subordinates to contribute to a Republican campaign fund. The fourth defendant, Alex Campbell, a former assistant superintendent of maintenance in Allegheny County, is to testify tomorrow. Denying the charges were Oscar W. Hohing, Michael Hertz, and Thomas J. McElheny.
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Pittsburgh
State Highways Department
Alex Campbell
Allegheny County
Oscar W. Hohing
Michael Hertz
Aspinwall
Thomas J. McElheny
Campbell
Rubbish Fire at Somerset State Hospital Grounds
Somerset volunteer firefighters were summoned at 4 20 pm Thursday to extinguish a rubbish fire at the disposal grounds of Somerset State Hospital. The blaze involved hay and brush but Fire Chief Newton Picking reported no damage.
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Somerset
Somerset State Hospital
Newton Picking
Reception For Russian Tops In Finland A Cool Welcome
Premier Bulganin and Communist Boss Khrushchev faced a cool Finnish greeting on arrival in Helsinki. About 1,000 undemonstrative locals and 15,000 onlookers watched as Sukselainen led the welcome. The Kremlin leaders appeared grave, with talks focused on trade and neighborly ties.
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Finland
Helsinki
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Vieno J. Sukselainen
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Mscow
Migrant Workers Killed In Fiery Truck and Van Crash
Bulletin reports a two car collision at South Rosina and West Main in Somerset at 1:25 a.m. left five injured and many dead among migrant workers. Names listed include Austin E. Cassler and Lloyd Barnett with addresses. details show drivers were Weimer and Barnett, with Cassler among the seriously injured. Additional AP briefs from Clarence and Erie note separate fatalities and a missing Verona child in Pittsburgh area reservoirs.
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Somerset
South Rosina
West Main Street
Somerset Community Hospital
Austin E. Cassler
Mary
W. Patriot Street
Lloyd W. Barnett
Nellie
E. Church Street
Harold G. Weimer
Race Street
Weimer
Lloyd Barnett
Barnett
Austin Cassler
Distinguished Bridal Couple Visits Somerset
Mr. and Mrs. Mah lon N. Haines of York visit Somerset and area residents. Haines operates Haines shoe stores, owns a Dakota cattle ranch, and middled around a Florida home where he plays on a senior baseball team. He recalls a European voyage romance that led to marriage after a widower period. He started life with $127 and rose to businessman status.
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Somerset
Mahlon N. Haines
York
Mr. Haines
Florida
Vicinity
Ohio
Somerset Lions Sponsor Opens New Community Playground
Somerset community playground opens Monday for the summer season under Lions Club sponsorship with three new instructors: Chris Stoner and William Kuhlman from Somerset High School directing activities and Mary Ann Lease leading arts and crafts. George Pfrogner directed for nine years.
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Somerset Community Playground
Somerset Lions Club
Chris Stoner
William Kuhlman
Mary Ann Lease
Stoner
Kuhlman
Somerset High School
Leader Attacks Republicans For Cowardly Inaction In Mental Health Crisis
Harrisburg June 6 The governor condemned Senate Republicans for avoiding inspection of Philadelphia State hospital and Pennhurst State School saying their stance harms mental health funding. GOP leaders dismissed plans for on site tours and insisted action hinges on broader GOP participation and committee support.
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Harrisburg
Juhe
Senate
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia State Hospital
Pennhurst State School
Chester County
Sen. Mahany
GOP
Mahany
Caruso
A. J. Caruso
General State Authority
Dent
GSA
Leader
Tragic North Carolina Truck Crash Kills Migrant Workers
A fiery collision near Fayetteville involving a migrant labor crew of 41 from several states headed to Dunn to pick beans killed 18 people, mostly Black adults and a six month old, with 18 injured. The wreck blocked U S 301 nine miles north of Fayetteville as two trucks collided at a Y intersection. Sightseers describe a massive fire and scattered victims as authorities investigated the cause.
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Fayetteville
N. C
State Highway Patrol
Here
Willie Soloman
Florence
S. C
Mount Olive
Dunn
U. S. 301
Fund Drive Planned for Central City Park Pool
Central City Recreation committee outlined plans to open the recreation park swimming pool with a $2500 fund drive. Last year’s operations were $2200 and major repairs are needed. Free public swimming will be offered and kick-off is set within 10 days with George Sura named fund drive chairman. Committees and officers listed.
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Central City
Recreation Park
Central City Cairnbook
Shade Township
George Sura
Cairnbrook
Sura
Dana Balya
A. J. Swendler
Henry Sobelski
Peter Hawrylack
Bruce Middleton
Margaret Blank
Katherine Hilshanky
John Findly
Surprise Flight Demonstrates Carrier Quick Mobility for President
On the USS Saratoga in June 6, two Navy Crusader jets landed on the deck after a Pacific Coast to Atlantic run in 3 hours 28 minutes. The demonstration, watched by President Eisenhower and officials, showed rapid carrier reinforcement capability in an atomic age emergency. Secretary Dulles, Wilson, and Humphrey observed as jets took off from the deck shortly after Columbine III landed. The test, announced after departure, highlighted preplanned rapid redeployment between oceans.
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Saratoga
Eisenhower
Navy
Atlantic
California
Florida
Dulles
Defense Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
White House
James C. Hagerty
Pacific
Mayport Naval Base
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbine III
Dynamite and Caps Found At Baltzer Plant Site
Authorities investigated the discovery of three dynamite sticks and caps near the William Baltzer and Son building contractors business in Shanksville. The explosives were found under a moved steel beam pile. State police and Sheriff Norman F. Walker concluded there was no intent to damage the plant.
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William Baltzer & Son Building Contractors
Shanksville
Norman F. Walker
Five Teens Die After Convertible Wreck Near Pittsburgh
In White Oak borough, McKee Road, seven teens from East McKeesport rode in a 1956 convertible. A oncoming car forced them off the road, plunging 50 feet and tumbling. Four youths Beswick Johns Forman Earl Ginther and fifteen year old King died. two others including driver Wessell and King were seriously hurt.
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Mckeesport
White Oak Borough
Bruce Wessell
East McKeesport
McKee Road
Route 30
Pittsburgh
John Slyopek
White Oak
Joseph Beswick
Joseph Johns
William Forman
Earl
James Ginther
UN report rejects Russian excuses for Hungary crackdown
The United Nations draft conclusions condemn Soviet intervention in Hungary as a suppression of a spontaneous uprising seeking democracy. It cites Nagy's government refusal of a Russian invitation, the Kadar regime's lack of popular support, and police as Kremlin puppets, with Dag Hammarskjold hinting at a General Assembly meeting.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
U. N
Russia
Hungary
Kremlin
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
Alsing Andersen
Denmark
K. C. Shann
Australia
R. S. S. Gunewardene
Ceylon
Enrique Fabregat
Uruguay
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
United
Ussr
Budapest
Poland
Red Army
Imre Nagy
Communist Party
Erno Gero
Janos Kadar
Mrs James T Ream to Address Rotary Today
Mrs James T Ream wife of James T Ream son of Mr and Mrs M Jay Ream of Hickory Hill will speak at the Somerset Rotary club meeting at the Somerset Country club today. She and her husband have lived in Rome on a Rotary Fellowship with their two year old Claudia and she will discuss the reactions of a fairly young couple in a foreign country.
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Ream
James T. Ream
M. Jay Ream
Hickory Hill
Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Italy
Dirienzo Child Hurt In Bicycle Accident
Julie Ann Dirienzo 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Dirienzo of 504 North Center Avenue was treated at Somerset Community Hospital Thursday evening for a knee laceration after falling from a bicycle.
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Julie Ann Dirienzo
Harry Dirienzo
North Center Avenue
Somerset Community Hospital
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Coaldale
James F. Torrance
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W. Main St
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Clarence Center
Erie
Frank W. Massing
Massing
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U.S. Senate
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Lewis Wesley
Pahokee
Gilbert Robert Peters Jr
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