White House reports steel progress for defense needs
White House says considerable progress toward reopening steel mills to meet defense needs. John R. Steelman says a list of mills to reopen may be released tomorrow, with plans to move finished steel to military item makers for Korea. A government union management panel will meet again to finalize the plan amid the nationwide strike.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman
Steelman
Korea
Confessed Ring Leader Of Spy Ring Tells How He Bought Information
Stockholm Sweden June 174 The confessed ringleader Johan Fritiof Enbom 33 admitted he recruited helpers by supplying cash. He said his younger brother Martin one of seven accused needed money for a fine and received funds to join an artillery regiment along the Kalix Line near the Finnish border in return for military road bridge and fortification information.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Johan Fritiof Enbom
Martin
Enbom
Kalix
San Francisco Hails Jet Ace Gabreski With City Key
Col Francis S Gabreski a famed combat pilot receives the key to the city from Mayor Elmer Robinson in San Francisco. The Oil City Pa native praised by the mayor for his service as citizens salute him amid Sabre jets and applause.
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San Francisco
Francis S. Gabreski
America
an Francisco
Elmer Robinson
Djoni
Gabreski
Korea
civic center
California
theis
Soviet Claims Swedish Plane Opened Fire on Jet Fighters
Stockholm reports Moscow radio claimed a Swedish Catalina rescue plane, unarmed and on a mercy mission, shot at Soviet jets in the Baltic Sea, prompting Sweden to order Sea forces to return fire if attacked. Swedish officials say the Catalina was shot down over international waters during a rescue mission.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Nils Swedlund
Baltic
Tage Erlander
Bank Managers Meet Pocono Manor Conference Theme
Bank managers from the Pennsylvania Savings and Loan League gathered at Pocono Manor Pennsylvania on June 17 as the conference urged banks to help achieve an economy that preserves financial institutions vital to a free America.
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Pocono Manor
Pennsylvania Savings and Loan League
America
Potatoes Plentiful After Shortage Era Ends
An Associated Press survey finds potatoes plentiful in markets nationwide as price ceilings lift. Wholesale prices in New York and Chicago near prewar levels, with some chains selling five pounds for 25 cents. Some dealers expect further declines while others foresee a gradual stabilization. Agriculture Department analyst notes prices may take another week to settle.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Fred H. Wahlsing Jr
County Heat Wave Bakes Pennsylvania as Storm Provides Brief Break
Bedford County and millions across Pennsylvania endured near 100 degree heat for a third straight day. A brief thunderstorm cooled some areas, with Everett reporting 101 degrees and 72 after the rain. High heat sparked tree damage and a drowning death near Girard as officials warned of only slow relief ahead.
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Bedford county
Everett
mercury
Bedford
Juliana street
Richard street
Route 30 Reopens After 2 Mile Strip Completed
Detour signs removed at 7 30 am marking completion of two miles of Route 30 east from Bedford Borough to Wolfsburg. Despite 27 days of rain in May, 30 to 50 workers from New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company finished on time. Road widened to 22 feet with a three inch asphalt top. officials urged caution as crews wrap up.
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Rt. 30
Bedford Borough
Wolfsburg
Schellsburg
New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company
Niles Bartholomew
yester
berm
U N Team Recesses Walkout Halts Korean Armistice Talks
The deadlocked Korean armistice talks entered a second forced recess as the United Nations team led by Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. walked out of Panmunjom on Tuesday after a fruitless session with North Korean negotiator Nam Il. Harrison said he would not return until Saturday, though liaison officers would receive proposals, while Reds jeered.
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Munsan
Reds
William K. Harrison Jr
Nam, Il
United Nations
Harrison
Panmunjom
U. N
Police Seek Driver After Rt 220 Three Vehicle Crash
State police hunt the motorist who fled after a three vehicle crash on Rt 220 half a mile north of Bedford. A gravel truck driven by Donnie Shaw struck the car that slowed to pick up a hitchhiker, then another truck driven by George Smouse hit Shaw’s vehicle. The fleeing car, a black 1936 or 37 Ford or Chevrolet, caused $500 damage to Shaw’s truck and $1500 to Smouse’s. Neither truck driver was hurt. If caught, the driver faces leaving the scene charges.
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Rt. 220
Bedford
Donnie E. Shaw
Everett Rt. 3
Shaw
George E. Smouse
Bedford Rt. 1
John V. Carrick
Smouse
Communist Germans Draft Army Law Pressuring Pacifists
Berlin June 17 Communist leaders push to wreck West Germany defense ties by drafting a law conscripting East Germans into a strong army Swift approval seemed certain The plan aims to upend military alliance with Western powers portraying West Germans as risking a murderous war between brothers Conscientious objectors would be punished as enemies of peace unanimously approved last week by the five East German parties led by the Socialist Unity party
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Berlin
Germany
Socialist Unity Communist party
Anti Aircraft Units Posted at Key Targets
The Air Force announced anti aircraft units have moved to positions near strategic plants big cities and Air Force centers to boost defense readiness. Civilians were told to expect 24 hour sky watch at observation posts along possible attack routes. The Army said the moves carry no special significance and are part of a long standing pattern of periodic repositioning. Fighter interceptors would engage first and guns would handle any aircraft that penetrate the defense.
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Air Force
Army
America
Union Ends 2 Day Strike With Long Island Railroad
Union ends a two day Long Island Rail Road strike that stranded about 150000 commuters and disrupted New York transit. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers resolved disputes over rules changes not wages, with a truce signed by a federal mediator and railroad officials. Full service to resume by midnight with the first Jamaica to Brooklyn run at 6:30 p.m. EST.
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Long Island Railroad
Harry Hendrickson
New York
Pennsylvania Station
Hendrickson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
union
Long Island line
inter
Long Island Rail Road
Ashlet bass
NeW TOK metory
Jamaica
Queens
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
LIRR
Independent subway
Long Island
railroad
union brok
Ross Barr
William Wyer
M. E. McMahon
brotherhood
national railway
Backers Urge Keystone Delegates to Support Ike
Dr. Robert L. Johnson president of Temple University and chair of Citizens for Eisenhower urged Pennsylvania delegates at the Republican National Convention to back Gen Dwight D Eisenhower. In a telegram to 70 delegates he warned Pennsylvania may drift Democratic in November if delegates do not follow public wishes.
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Philadelphia
Robert L. Johnson
Temple University
Pennsylvania
Citizens for
Eisenhower
Keystone State
Republican National Convition
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
Ike
PUC Told Company Favors Big Business
Harrisburg June 17 The Public Utility Commission heard that Pennsylvania Power and Light Co customers are not included in the proposed 2 730 000 a year rate increase. Attorney Douglass D Storey said bigger customers are exempted while smaller ones shoulder the burden as the PAC holds a final hearing before deciding whether to grant the hike by August 12.
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Harrisburg
Public Unity Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Douglass D. Storey
PAC
Allied Troops Repulse Strong Chinese Raids
Allied forces held Western Korean heights known as Hill T on after days of heavy shelling. They repelled three Chinese battalion assaults totaling about 750 men, inflicting around 1000 Chinese killed or wounded as Reds faltered on the slopes overlooking an invasion route to Seoul.
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Seoul
Chorwon
PUC approves cut in railroad coach fare statewide
Harrisburg June 17 The Public Utility Commission approved a 25 percent reduction in round trip railroad coach fares for family travel. The new rates take effect June 25 statewide. Similar cuts have been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for interstate travel. The reduction applies to groups of three or more traveling together between points 100 miles or more within the state.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Payne Beats Brewster in Maine GOP Senate Primary
In a bitter Maine primary Governor Frederick G. Payne defeated incumbent U.S. Senator Owen Brewster by about 3,000 votes amid graft and influence-peddling charges in the state liquor monopoly. Payne's victory shifted Maine toward Eisenhower, with Brewster aligned to Taft. Brewster had faced long political scrutiny including a 1947 inquiry into tie ups with Howard Hughes.
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Maine
Owen Brewster
U. S Senate
Frederick G. Payne
Brewster
Payne
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor
League for Political Education
Senate
House
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airlines
Pan American Airways
al “yee
Eisenhower
Taft
Ridgway Denies Germ Warfare Charges by Communists
Gen. Matthew Ridgway, newly designated Atlantic Pact commander in Europe, offered a strong denial of Communist charges that United Nations forces conducted germ warfare in Korea. He said the claims are false and manufactured by Communist leaders, while Italian Communist Party Secretary Palmiro Togliatti pressed for further trials of alleged germ-warfare criminals.
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Rome
Matthew B. Ridgway
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Communist party
Ridgway
Europe
Naples
United Nations Command
Korea
Pardon Board Asked To Commute Hex Murder Sentence
Harrisburg June 17 The State Pardons Board was asked to commute the life sentence of 57 year old John Blymire of York County convicted in 1929 of a hex murder. His attorney Herbert L. Maris said 23% years served should be enough for another chance. Blymire beat Nelson Rehmeyer over a hex dispute. Wilbur Hess and John Curry were also involved. Hess is related to Blymire. Both younger men were later released.
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Harrisburg
State Pardons Board
York County
Herbert L. Maris
Philadelphia
John Blymire
Blymire
Nelson Rehmeyer
Rehmeyer
Wilbur Hess
John Curry
Footsore 13 Year Old Orphan Returns After 4 Day Trip
The Bedford borough police picked up 13 year old Jimmy an orphan living with foster parents on a Bedford county farm after a four day journey. He rode a bicycle borrowed near his home passed through Bedford to Everett before dawn and avoided police once by lying low near a state highway building. He traveled with only clothes two jeans and a dollar eighty five including child welfare funds. He left home after complaints about restrictions on baseball and pay, saying he would return home eventually.
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Jimmy
Bedford
Daily Gazette
Bedford county
Simmy
trus
tum
Jammy
State Highway building
Everett
neal
Man Draws One Year Jail Sentences for Two County Robberies
Robert Ross Morris of Clearville Rt 1 received two concurrent one year terms in Bedford County prison for his roles in two Monroe Township robberies. He pled guilty to stealing a lamb valued at 20 dollars and a tire set valued at 15 dollars during May. Morris was fined 160 dollars and ordered to restitution in both cases. Earl Richard Davis of Clearville Rt 1 was fined 100 dollars and placed on probation for the lamb theft and also ordered to restitution. The Gazette had incorrect earlier reports about Davis’ jail status and Morris’ probation.
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Robert Ross Morris
Clearville
Davis
Morris
Rhee Opponents Signal Compromise Amid Political Crisis
In Pusan on June 18, opponents of Syngman Rhee voiced willingness to accept a compromise amid mounting police pressure. Backers of Rhee warned he may reject any deal that weakens his power, while discussions focus on a popular election formula with Assembly oversight. The National Assembly majority opposes Rhee and may delay the June 33 deadline for a new president.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
National Assembly
assembly
North Korea
Worker dies at Hershey plant in 100 foot fall
Hershey Chocolate Corp employee William E. Bahder, 49, was killed today at the Hershey plant when a cable on a bucket elevator snapped as he descended to inspect a beam. He fell about 100 feet into a pile of cacao beans.
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Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Corp
William E. Bahder
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