Russia Celebrates First May Day of Man in Space Era
Moscow marked the first May Day of the space age with a massive parade honoring Yuri Gagarin’s orbital feat. Premier Khrushchev led dignitaries at Red Square while posters and banners celebrated Soviet progress and U2 tensions loomed over international headlines.
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Russia
Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ussr
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Francis Gary Powers
Sverdlovsk
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Red Square
Komsomol Pravda
Europe
Gagarin
United States
Cuba
May Day Show Highlights World Communist Unity Strains
The May Day celebrations showcase Communist strength with Malinovsky praising up to date warfare while signaling no concrete plans. In China Chen Yi urges greater home front unity under Mao Zedong and calls for solidarity of socialist nations and global communist unity.
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Rodio Y. Malinovsky
Moscow
Red Square
Red China
Chen Yi
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tze- Tung
Peiping Radio
International Communist Movement
Children Raise Over Five Hundred in Cancer Tag Day
About 80 children fully supported a Cancer Crusade tag day totaling $532.57 in several districts. Principal organizers were Mrs. John Scharf as chair and Mrs. Carl Friedhofer as co chair with assistance from Mrs. Alex Ogle. Awards included theatre tickets from Jack Crowley and candy bars donated by Carl Friedhofer. funds came mostly in small coins.
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John Scharf
Carl Friedhofer
Somerset Township
Cochairman
Alex Ogle
Jerry Cramer
William Coley
Eddie Cook
Robert Bowlby
Gregg Menser
Gretchen Stumpf
Robert Gross
Jack Crowley
Beth Scharf
Diana Snyder
Doug Berkley
Marjorie Barron
James Cook
Karen Peterson
Andy Cook
Linda Davis
Harold Flowers
George T. Evans
Ferner
Scharf
Cuban invasion plan blocked by U S advisers says Herald Tribune
New York Herald Tribune reports three Kennedy advisers Dean Rusk Chester Bowles and Adlai Stevenson halted air superiority and underground actions that would have aided the Cuban invasion. The dispatch notes plans to strike Cuban airfields two days before the landing and to contact underground resistance were vetoed.
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New York
The
New York Herald Tribune
the Herald Tribune
Washington Dispatch
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Chester Bowles
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Joseph New
Herald Tribune
U.N
Rusk
Bowles
Stevenson
Castro
United States
Cuba
Jose Miro Cardona
Red China Faces New Calamities Amid Drought and Floods
AP report from Tokyo notes China confronts drought in the northeast and east central areas, hailstorms in the southeast, and floods in the south. The New China news agency says authorities have already imported food on the world market with Canada and Australia bearing large orders. It cites drought in Shantung and Hopei with no figures on affected acreage.
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Tokyo
Red
China
New China
Peiping
Canada
Australia
Canina
Shantung Province
Yellow River
Hopei
Fredericktown Miner Receives Heroism Medal
Michael Messer of Fredericktown Pennsylvania won a Joseph Holmes Safety Association medal for rescuing a fisherman from a whirlpool in the Shenandoah River near Luray Virginia. The award was announced over the weekend by the safety group.
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Washington
Michael Messer
Fredericktown
Joseph Holmes Safety Association
Messer
Shenandoah River
Luray
Winter Snow Totals Second Highest in 21 Years
Somer set county logged 169 inches of snow this past winter, 5 inches shy of the 174 inch record set in 1959 60, marking the second highest total in 21 years per Don ald B Fridy of the state highway department. April brought 17 inches after Friday night and Saturday showers, deepest April fall in 10 years. Monthly totals show October 4, November 6, December 44, January 48, February 29, March 12.
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Somerset County
Donald B. Fridy
State Highway Department
Frndy
Astronaut X Prepares as Final Candidate Is Revealed
Cape Canaveral reports intense anticipation as Astronaut X nears the first U S space flight. Among three finalists many bets favored John Glenn Alan Shepard Virgil Grissom with launch set after dawn Tuesday at the Cape amid safeguards for a 15 minute suborbital mission over the Atlantic.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cocoa Beach
U.S
Glenn
John H. Glenn, Jr
New Concord
Ohio
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
East Derry
N.H
Air Force
Virgil L. Grissom
Mitchell Ind
Grissom
Cape
Atlantic
Earth
Dr Cockerille Speaks At Conemaugh Township School Dedication
Clara E. Cockerille of Westminster College addressed the dedication of three district schools in Davidsville. She traced education progress from a 1833 log cabin to the high school Central and Jerome Elementary, urging forward-looking investment in children’s schooling.
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Conemaugh Township Union
Clara E. Cockerille
Westminister College
Conemaugh Township
Davidsville
Central
Jerome
Cockerille
Mississippi River
Africa
Congo Central Gov't Set to Disarm Katanga
The Congo central government vows to disarm Katanga and remove foreign advisers and mercenaries. President Tshombe, held under house arrest, angrily walked out of a unity conference as Kasavubu and Bomboko assert authority to bring Katanga under central control.
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Congo Central
Katanga
Coquilhatville
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Justine Bomboko
Tshombe
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Oriental
Bomboko
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
U.N
Leopoldville
Schools Can Help Combat Unemployment
A Pennsylvania report to the public instruction department urges schools to align vocational curricula with industry needs and expand educational television. The study led by Dr. Glenn H. Christensen of Lehigh University calls for job preparation programs and curricula adapting to automation and more leisure time for students.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Instruction Department
Glenn H. Christensen
Lehigh University
College of Arts and Science
Laos rebels offer cease fire as Kennedy plans key Security Council session
President Kennedy resumes work after cutting weekend at Middleburg retreat to return to Washington. Prince Souvanna Phouma proposed talks 35 miles north of Vientiane, signaling a possible Laos cease-fire before a high level Security Council meeting. Officials cautioned none confirmed and armed forces remained in tight secrecy.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
Laos
Middleburg
White House
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Southeast Asia
State Department
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Security Council
Laos Rebels Propose Military Leaders Meeting Near Vientiane
In Vientiane Laos the rebel regime proposed a meeting of military leaders near Ban Namon north of the capital to seek a cease fire. Prince Souvanna Phouma said he would agree to a meeting before Wednesday. The Pathet Lao controls areas around Ban Namon and the front line remains near Ban Keun.
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Vientiane
Laos
Ban Keun
Here
Pathet Lao
Vang Khu
Souvanna Phouma
Communist Bloc
Ban Namon
Kong le
Souvanna
Xieng Khouang
Vang Vieng
Three Injured In One Car Crash On Pennsylvania Turnpike
Three persons were injured Sunday afternoon in a single vehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County. Victims Myrtle McWilliams Meyersdale Carol Ann McWilliams and Carol Rebecca Murray Corriganville Md sustained a dislocated shoulder eyebrow laceration and head cut. They were treated at Mt. Pleasant hospital and discharged. State police report driver Sally McWilliams Meyersdale lost control struck an embankment. Vehicle damages were estimated at 700 dollars.
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Westmoreland County
Myrtle McWilliams
Meyersdale
Carol Ann McWilliams
Carol Rebecca Murray
Corriganville
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Sally McWilliams
Citizens Urged To Attend Boro Council Meeting
An unsigned notice urges Somerset borough residents to attend tonight’s council meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the borough building council room. The meeting is open to the public. Also scheduled is the Somerset Area school board meeting at 8 p.m. in the SAHS library to discuss next year’s budget.
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Somerset Borough
Somerset Area School Board
SAHS
Armco Steel recalls 175 of 500 workers at Butler plant
In Butler Pennsylvania Armco Steel recalls 175 of 500 recently laid off workers as modest improvements in orders and plant improvements prompt the recall. An Armco spokesman cited better demand and preparations for upgrades as the reason for bringing staff back.
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Butler, Pa
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Senators Favor Ousting Castro With Force Or Embargo
Democratic and Republican senators voiced options to depose Fidel Castro if Latin nations fail to act. Some urged military measures risking wider conflict, others called for a Cuba embargo and possible naval actions. Senators Bridges Ellender and others pressed for tougher steps while Kennedy opposed immediate intervention.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Herman Talmade
D-Pa
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Laos
Iran
Joseph S. Clark
Dpa
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Castro
CBS
Public Notice To Be Put on Notice (No 1)
An article argues the fundamental right to be put on notice in democratic nations. It explains notice methods including personal service posting in public places and newspaper publication. It notes growing populations make personal service costly and supports newspaper notices as a lawful effective medium.
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William Morrow
Nehru
India
Pakistan
Associated Press
Astronaut X
Freedom Shrine
Miami
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Arlington Cemetery
Dr. Cockerille
By Peter Grose
Kasavubu’s
Peeve
Nat
By Elton C. Fay
By John Griffin
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Boro Council
Armco Steel
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