Backfill Bill Draws Fire in Pennsylvania House
Gov. Scranton's backfill mining bill faces immediate opposition in the Pennsylvania House with calls for full backfilling of mine stripings and an eight member reclamation board. The bill heads to the Mines Committee as lawmakers anticipate a heated mining fight tied to 1961 law standards.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
John F. Laudadio
D-Westmore
Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
Rockefeller Backer Romney Declares Noncandidacy
Washington AP Romney said he will not run for the 1964 Republican nomination and that a draft would be presumptuous. The move reinforces Gov Rockefeller of New York as the front runner, echoing comments by Scranton and Goldwater and paralleling Nixon in 1960.
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Washington
George Romney
New York
N. A. Rockefeller
Romney
Michigan
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Scranton
Goldwater
Senate
Nixon
Borough Appeals Headed for Court In Garbage Case
The Somerset Borough Council moved toward a courtroom battle over a new refuse disposal ordinance. Ray Pile of Somerset Garbage & Refuse Service vows to enforce his exclusive contract, seeking injunctions and damages for alleged breach. Pile warns of substantial losses from trucks and rights fees. See BOROUGH on Page Two.
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Somerset Borough
Ray Pile
Somerset Garbage & Refuse Service
Pile
Council
Britain to Unite Sea Land and Air Forces
The British government proposes a single Defense Ministry to oversee the navy army and air force though no merger is planned. Defense Minister Peter Thorneycroft spoke in the Commons as Labour pressed a no confidence motion. Healey cited US experience for unity and warned against top direction without clear policy.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Defense
House of Commons
Peter Thorneycroft
Navy
Army
Air Force
Admiralty
War Office
Air Ministry
Thorneycroft
Labor
Denis Healey
U.S
Healey
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Secretary of Defense
James V. Forrestal
Defense Ministry
Polio Vaccine Drive Opens in Somerset County
The Sabin oral polio vaccine will be offered to residents six weeks and older at no cost, with a 25 cent donation requested to offset expenses. No one will be refused due to inability to pay as the county medical society promotes a Sunday vaccination drive and a registration form is on Page Two.
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Somerset County Medical Society
Western Pennsylvania Braces for Flood Threats
Heavy rain and melting snow push Ohio and Monongahela rivers higher as officials warn of ongoing flood risk in western Pennsylvania. Ohio River may crest above normal pool Tuesday. Wheeling could reach 36 feet if rain continues. Chartiers Creek floods Carnegie and Canonsburg. low streets and basements inundated.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Monongahela
Vernon Houghton
U.S
Ohio River
Houghton
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
W.va
Chartiers Creek
Carnegie
Canonsburg
High Court Ruling Ends Featherbedding on Rail Fires
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced that about 3100 freight train firemen would be laid off following a Supreme Court ruling upholding work rule changes. 1800 yard firemen and 1200 road firemen affected. 1000 with under 10 years service. Layoffs not immediate due to potential negotiations and a 25 day court effect period.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court
New York Papers Resume After 86 Day Shutdown
The New York Post resumes publishing in New York City after an 86 day shutdown of major dailies. The Post plans a circulation of about 500000 while prior runs averaged 375000. Other papers remain shut or limited as union bargaining continues and the Herald Tribune issues a single sheet explaining its pause.
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New York
Broadway
Post
Afl-Cio International Typographcial Union
The
Herald Tribune
Manhattan
Bidault Predicted De Gaulle Overthrow After TV Interview
Ex Premier Georges Bidault, a fugitive linked to the Algerian independence fight, appeared in a London BBC interview and forecast De Gaulle's overthrow. Scotland Yard denied knowledge of his presence as Britain-France tensions flared over Algeria and BBC programming. Bidault, 62, leads the National Resistance Committees arm of the Secret Army, and he claimed rising support to topple De Gaulle while dodging a direct terrorism sanction.
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London
France
Georges Bidault
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
British Broadcast Corp
Bidault
Scotland Yard
England
BBC
de Gaulle
Brit
Macmillan
Algeria
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Mars life unlikely despite CO2 water vapor find
Scientists report Stratoscope II detected carbon dioxide and water vapor on Mars during a balloon flight from Texas to Tennessee. They estimate condensed moisture under four cubic miles, arguing life would be marginal at best and require further study before any definitive claim.
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Palestine
Tex
Mars
Howard Weaver
University of California
Texas
Tennessee
National Scientific Balloon Flight Station
U.S
Mariner II
Venus
Weaver
Earth
Mud and Snow Slides Close County Roads
Flooding from rains and melting snow closed several county roads Monday night. Route 219 between Berlin and Garrett near Garrett was blocked by a slide about two miles north of Garrett, later opened after hours of work. A road near Meyersdale fairgrounds flooded and closed. Quemahoning Dam area roads closed due to high water with washouts reported. Somerset firefighters pumped out cellars on Columbia Avenue and others later in the night.
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Berlin
Garrett
Meyersdale Fairgrounds
James A. Hahn
Hooversville
Quemahoning Dam
Somerset
Columbia Avenue
Korns to Breakfast With Gov Scranton
Rep. William Korns of Somerset is among 55 members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly invited to a breakfast with Gov. Scranton at 8 a.m. today. The Penn Harris Hotel hosts the session as part of a bipartisan series of Tuesday meetings.
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William Korns
Somerset
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Gov. Scranton
Penn Harris Hotel
Brazil Grants Political Asylum To 9 Hijackers
Nine Venezuelans who hijacked the freighter Anzoategui and sailed into Brazilian waters have been granted political asylum in Brazil. They were held in a naval hospital in Nova Friburgo after a weeklong bid to pressure Venezuela’s government and end Feb. 19. Dardan de Carvalho said they would move to Rio de Janeiro and may live wherever they wish.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Anzoategui
Foreign Ministry
Nova Friburgo
Here
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Dardan de Carvalho
Interior Department
Ministry of Justice
Rio
Nationwide rail strike looms after Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court upheld rulings allowing railroads to overhaul work rules that threaten thousands of jobs. Talks are to resume in Chicago on March 13 with five unions representing 210,000 workers. Presidential and potential congressional actions could delay or deter a nationwide shutdown.
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J. E. Wolfe
National Labor Railway Conference
Wolfe
Chicago
Washington
Supreme Court
Association of American Railroads
AAR
Presidential Action
Leverett Edwards
National Mediation Board
Presidential Emergency Board
U.S. District Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Major Networks Plan Live Kennedy News Conference
All four major networks will carry the Kennedy news conference live at 11 a.m. Wednesday. NBC CBS and ABC will televise and simulcast the event while Mutual will provide radio coverage only.
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New York
Kennedy
NBC
CBS
ABC
Mutual
Bus Crash Kills Seven on Welfare Island Hospital Route
A Welfare Island Hospital bus driver slumped at the wheel and the vehicle plunged into the East River. Six people died and one was missing believed drowned. four survived including an unidentified nurse who heard screams. The driver, John Alberts, perished along with ward clerks Catherine Quann and Rosie Taitt, and therapists Richard Reichelt and Robert Perez, plus Gertrude Porter. Rich ard Haas, a physiotherapist, witnessed the crash. Rescue boats and Coast Guard units recovered victims from icy waters.
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New York
Welfare Island Hospital
East River
City Department of Hospitals
Welfare Island
Coast Guard
John Alberts
Richard Haas
Hans
Alberts
Catherine Quann
Rosie Taitt
Alexander FE. Reichelt
Robert Perez
Gertrude Porter
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Khrushchev
Alexei Adzhubei
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Izvestia
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