Senate boosts sales and cigarette taxes in budget package
The GOP led Senate approved a 5 percent sales tax and an 8 cent cigarette tax starting June 1 to balance Gov. Scranton’s 1.12 billion budget. Passage was by party line with 27 to 28 votes and moves to the House for agreement on amendments.
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Senate
Associated Press Harrisburg
Gov. Scranton
Senat
Finnae moCimtteoese
Go Ons
Senate Finance Committee
House
Commonwealth
Scranton
Stevenson Says U N Social Whirl Becoming Drag
Adlai E. Stevenson told a House subcommittee the United Nations social circuit wears him down. He urged housing allowances for 20 top U.S. mission members to entertain foreign diplomats in New York and called for U N Participation Act revisions. He distinguished informal gatherings from lavish receptions and noted the rising U.S. hosting burden with 111 represented nations.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
U.S
World Organization
House
Stevenson
Congress
New York
U.N
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Saturday Evening Post
Gross
Children voice support for a Somerset zoo in student essays
Somerset area elementary pupils write 245 compositions about a proposed zoo with only two opposing the idea. Many depict economic benefits, tourism, jobs, and education while others warn of costs and practicality, with dates and names from local students noted.
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Somerset Area
Do Not Wash Horse Blankets Sign in Phoenix Laundry
A public laundry in Phoenix displays a sign from the Old West era reading Do not wash horse blankets. The humorous notice suggests lingering frontier practicality in a modern setting.
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Phoenix
Bomb Explodes Wounding Officer While Disarming It
In Westmount suburb of Montreal a terrorist time bomb exploded as Sgt. Maj. Walter Holland Leja attempted to disable it injuring him severely. Multiple bombs in mailbox devices caused window damage and alarm across the area. Responsibility was claimed by Le Front de Liberation Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois.
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Montreal
Westmount
Walter Holland Leja
Leia
Joel Wolfe
Army
le Front de Liberation Quebecois
Quebec
Canada
St. Matthias Anglican Church
Bids to Open for Somerset High School Roadway Project
Harrisburg The State Public School Building Authority will open bids May 28 for a 450 foot by 20 foot roadway at Somerset Area School High School. An allocation of 6 490 dollars covers the project with curb work and an oval island at the entrance. Architects Sorber and Hoone of Greensburg prepared the plans.
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Harrisburg
State Public School Building Authority
Somerset Area School
Sorber and Hoone
Greensburg
Gordon Cooper News Conference Live on TV and Radio
In Cape Canaveral AP reports Gordon Cooper will hold a news conference Sunday with live television and radio coverage. The event outlines man's capsule program and spaceflight milestones, drawing wide public attention to NASA's missions.
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New York
Gordon Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Copter Shot Down In North Korea
North Korea shot down and damaged a U S Army helicopter during a routine mission near Seoul. Captains Ben W Stutts and Charleton W Voltz were aboard. their fates were not disclosed by North Korea at a Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting.
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Charles S. Chin
Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Chang Chung-hwan
Chang
U.S
Korea
U.N. Command
George H. Cloud
U.S. Marines
U.N
Ben Weakley Stutts
Charleton W.voltz
Pentagon
Stutts
Florence
Ala
Voltz
Frankfort
Mich
Cloud
Commission
U.N Command
Somerset Borough Votes Against Wage Tax Increase
Somerset Borough Council rescinded a prior motion to impose a one percent wage tax aimed at deterring a school board wage tax. Vern Sherwin won the bid to pave W Lanner Street and S Rosina Avenue for 17300.75 dollars. The zoo study was tabled pending more information.
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Somerset Borough
Vern Sherwin
Somerset
Municipal Authority
Water Revenue Fund
Critchfield Co
Edgewood Avenue
West Patriot
West Garrett Streets
General Telephone Co
Herb
Patriot Street
Demonstrators Arrested in Greensboro Racial Integration Efforts
About 225 protesters, mostly youths, were arrested in Greensboro as police moved to block entrances at S W Cafeteria Mayfair Cafeteria and Center Theater while attempting to integrate downtown facilities. Leaders vow to continue actions despite threats of jail.
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Melvin Lang
Greensboro
N.C
S&w
Mayfair
Center Theater
Bill Thomas
Thomas
Congress of Racial Equality Unit
Agricultural & Technical College
Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association
Kennedy to Visit Pope During Italy Trip
President Kennedy plans a meeting with Pope John XXIII on his forthcoming Italian journey. The aim is to console the ailing 81 year old pontiff amid circulating cancer rumors. The stop is likely Rome or Castel Gandolfo with Vatican options possible.
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Washington
Kennedy
John XXIII
Italy
Vatican
United States
Milan
Rome
Castel Gandolfo
Scranton Challenges Kentucky Over Daniel Boone Rifle Feud
Governor William Scranton dispatches a rider party to Kentucky to issue a dueling challenge over the Daniel Boone long rifle. A Pennsylvania roadshow traces the old wilderness trail to Frankfort for a late summer or fall shootoff with Governor Bert Combs and marksmen from both states. The 750 mile journey from Reading's Boone homestead to Frankfort aims for about 35 miles daily despite jubilant public interest.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Kentucky
Bert Combs
Capitol
Old Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh
Daniel Boone
S. K. Stevens
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Assembly
Cation
Boone
Reading
Frankfort
Maryland
West Virginia
Secret Security Steps Taken in Birmingham
Bomb threats and rumors heightened racial tension as Gov. Wallace and President Kennedy prepared for a weekend visit in north Alabama. Federal troops were deployed to Alabama bases and Alabama cities moved to promote peace, while King urged vigilance against threats to Negro leaders.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Action Wallace
Wallace
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Melvin Bailey
Anniston
Huntsville
Madison County Commission
TVA
White House
Pierre Salinger
Picked Out Home from 110 Miles Up
Space pilot Gordon Cooper, after 22 orbits, described spotting his Clear Lake Texas home district from about 110 miles up while praising the Earth view. Doctors reported no ill effects, noting normal vitals as he recovers from weightlessness.
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Ralph Dighton
Uss
Kearsarge
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Cooper
Clear Lake
Houston
Texas
Richard Pollard
United States
Asia
Florida
Washington, D.C
New York
South Africa
Air Force
Charles Upp
Detroit
Mich
Cuban Doctor Defies Marxist Indoctrination in Somerset Letter
Dr Pedro A Segarra former Cuban obstetrician gynecologist explains in a Somerset American letter to the editor why Marxist indoctrination cannot take root among true Cubans. He arrived with his wife and four children in Somerset last December and the letter appears on Page Two.
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Pedro A. Segarra
Cuba
Somerset_American
Somerset
Executive Says TV Gained at Papers' Expense
Mark F Ethridge vice president of the Louisville Courier Journal Times tells the Pennsylvania Press Conference television has grown at newspapers expense. He cites national ad revenue declines since 1956 and argues newspapers lag in research and automation. He notes AA P support for a research institute, compares funding to aviation, and warns TV dominates entertainment. See TV HAS on Page Two.
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University Park
Kentucky
Mark F. Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal-Times
Pennsylvania
Ethridge
American Newspapers Publishers’ Association
Hazardous Moments of Cooper's Trip Recapped
AP explains the perilous Mercury flight of Gordon Cooper. Doctors gave a dexedrine pill before reentry after a long sleep to ease stress. Kraft notes possible open ended follow up. Faith 7 could reach 96 orbits with more power and supplies, but CO2 filters limited stay.
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Cooper
John Barbour
Associated Press
Cape Canavers
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Project Mercury
Cape Canaveral
Kraft
Faith
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