Philadelphia Recount Ordered for Democratic Senate Race
The Philadelphia County Board of Elections ordered a complete citywide recount of the April 28 Democratic U S Senate primary amid a tied contest between Justice Michael A Musmanno and Genevieve Blatt. Officials said all 3 300 voting machines would be reopened and could take three days.
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Philadelphia
Democratic Party
U.S
Internal Affairs
Genevieve Blatt
Maurice S. Osser
Commission
Miss Blatt
Musmanno
42Nd Ward
Musmanna
Lackawanna
Washington
Somerset
State Elections Bureau
Blatt
Jurist
Dauphin County
Osser
James H. Duffy
U.S. Senate
Senate
Justice Musmanno
Duffy
County’ Board of Elections
Francis R. Smith
Common Pleas
Vincent A. Carroll
Jamestown
Harrisburg Sit-In Demands Public Hearing on Police Brutality
A group of about a dozen Negro civil rights demonstrators began a sit-in on the State Capitol steps in Harrisburg, urging a public hearing on police brutality in Chester. Leader Stanley Branche pledged further actions if the administration and state police fail to respond.
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Jack Lynh
Associated Press
Harrisburg
State Capitol
Chester
Stanley Branche
Human Relations Commission
Branche
William Keisling
Scranton
State Police Detective Bureau
Purdy
E. Wilson Purdy
Elliott Shirk
The
Capitol Steps
Commission
Laos Officials Fear New Communist Push
Lao authorities fear Vang Vieng, 60 miles north of Vientiane, may face a new Red drive after the Plaine des Jarres offensive. Pathet Lao troops, likely aided by North Viet Nam forces, push the neutralist Kong Le forces while U S recon planes monitor the area.
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Tony Escoda
Vientiane
Laos
Vang Vieng
Plaine Des Jarres
Kong le
Three-Nation Control Commission
Souvanna Phouma
Poland
Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Viet Nam
Washington
State Department
U.S
Ban Na
Samaritan Rewarded at Cambridge Court
In Cambridge Massachusetts a Good Samaritan paid an $8 parking fine for Michael Donovan a Haverhill man. Judge M Edward Viola asked why and Blodgett a Harvard student stepped forward with the money. The case against Blodgett was dismissed.
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Cambridge
Mass
M. Edward Viola
Michael Donovan
Haverhill
Donovan
Thomas Blodgett
Harvard
Blodgett
Viola
Somerset Chamber Announces 2000 Brochure Plan and Signs
At its regular meeting the Somerset Chamber of Commerce Recreation Division reports 20 000 Somerset brochures completed with plans to mail remaining copies nationwide. Two signs along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are planned. The Lake Committee operates the Lake Concession with bait fishing supplies and food. Membership reaches 150 plus with a target of 200. An Industrial Development progress report notes a weekly events calendar and invites groups to contact the Chamber.
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Division
Somerset
Robert Shoemaker
United States
Robert Schrock
Art Seitz
Chamber
First Lady Acknowledges Poverty on Land in Alabama
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson says she is glad Republicans concern itself with tenant poverty on her Alabama land after visiting the site and hearing reports of deplorable conditions. She notes her aim to help and recalls earlier steps like supporting a 5 monthly rent to keep tenants.
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Frances Lewine
Lexington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alabama
GOP
David T. Martin
Nebraska
M. G. Snyder
Kentucky
Washington
John
Johnson
Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lick Branch
Lyndon
White House
Federation
Frosty Sons Great Western Mule Train
A staged TV preview shows a three wagon mule train named the Easterners traveling toward New York with a panic of onlookers. Amarillo pioneers Charlie Prickett Jettie Prickett and Carol face delays weather and a collision injuring Prickett and killing a mule in Missouri before playful baby chicks arrive amid long odds.
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Frosty Sons
Great Western Mule Train
Somerset
Amarillo
Tex
Charlie ‘Prickett
Jettie
Carol
Mule Diver
C. M. Hasenpalugh
Galena
Kansas
New York
Charlies Prickett
Illinois
Oklahoma
Chillicothe
Prickett
Black N Somerset
Stevenson Warns Reds at U.N. Southeast Asia Defense
Adlai E. Stevenson told the United Nations Security Council that the United States will defend Southeast Asian nations from armed Communist aggression as long as they request help. He warned of a dangerous Soviet path and urged possible UN intervention to police the Cambodia South Vietnam border amid Laos crisis developments.
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Milton Besser
United Nations, N
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Stevenson
the .S
Fedorenko
Southeast Asia
South
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Washington
North
U.S
South Viet Nam
State Department
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Thailand
Council
United States
U.N
Presbyterians Elect 1st Negro Moderator
The United Presbyterian Church U S A elected Rev Edler G Hawkins the first Negro moderator by a 465 368 vote over Rev Alva Cartlidge The 55 year old New Yorker pastors St Augustine Church Bronx and led a push against racial discrimination He urged moving toward human dignity while the church broadens civil rights work within its 3 3 million members and 9 100 churches
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Oklahoma City
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Edler G. Hawkins
New York City
Alva Ray Cartlidge
Erie
St. Augustine Presbyterian Church
Bronx
J. Vernon Lloyd
Danville
Calif
Hawkins
Dale K. Milligan
Beulah Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Cartlidge
St. Augustine Church
Des Moines
Iowa
State Treasury Receives Anonymous $52 Donation
The Pennsylvania state treasury received an anonymous cash donation of 52 dollars, mailed from Fredericksburg. Grace M. Sloan, the state treasurer, said the note with the payment explained an overpayment and that the donor was returning the money due to an error in time. The donor was described as a current or former state employee.
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Harrisburg
Grace M. Sloan
Fredericksburg
Court Rules Longshoremen Not Required To Protest Cuba Ties
A Federal appeals court in Richmond upheld the International Longshoremen's Association stance against working ships linked to Cuba. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the ILA did not violate labor laws by its action, a case tied to a 1962 Cuba policy and a cease-and-desist order from the National Labor Relations Board.
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Richmond
Castro
Cuba
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Baltimore
Tulse Hill
Ocean Shipping Service, Ltd
Hamilton
Bermuda
Liverpool
Natonal Labor Relations Board
Butler at Governor's Mansion Receives Executive Butler Title
Alfred Taylor, longtime butler at the governor's mansion in Indiantown Gap, is now titled executive butler by the state Executive Board. His bi weekly pay rises to 222.50 with meals at 3.50 and cottage rent 24.75 monthly, boosting his weekly cash by 10.75. He leads a six person household staff including a maid and two cooks.
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Harrisburg
Indiantown Gap
State Executive Board
Alfred Taylor
Grimsby
England
Pennsylvania
Taylor
Alfred
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Samaritan
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Butler At
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