Manchuria Guns Fire on Allied Planes at Yalu
Lt. Gen. Glenn O Barcus, commander of the U S Fifth Air Force, disclosed that Communist antiaircraft guns in Manchuria fired on American planes bombing the Suiho power plant last Monday across the Yalu River. No planes were lost. The UN policy forbids cross border attacks. raids on Suiho Changjin Fusen and Kyoen demolished North Korean plants. Continued on page 2.
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Soviet Ack Acks Near Truce Tent Allege Near-Miss
UN charges Soviet artillery nearly hit the truce tent at Panmunjom in the neutral zone around 5 a.m. Friday. Col. Charles W. McCarthy, UN liaison, told North Korea’s Col. Chang Chun San that joint security officers found a probe could occur without direct intent, warning of serious consequences to prevent recurrence.
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Editor Speaks at AP Papers Short Sleeve Conference
K Freat publisher of the Bedford Gazette spoke at the annual shortsleeve conference of Associated Press editors at Conneaut Lake Hotel. He described freedom of information issues and methods for securing accident reports on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and noted state police cooperation in timely spot news and police reports along the Pike.
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Associated Press
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Franklin jet pilot killed in Korea to notify father
J. K. Williams of Franklin Pa received word from the Defense Department that his son Maj. Jack Williams a reconnaissance jet pilot has been killed in Korea. Maj. Williams was a brother of Kenneth Williams managing editor of the Meadville Tribune Republican.
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Korea
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Kenneth Williams
Meadville Tribune Republican
Pennsylvania Farmers Oppose Annual Legislative Sessions
Organized farmers of Pennsylvania oppose annual sessions of the legislature as proposed in a constitutional amendment. A resolution by the State Council of Farm Organizations and the Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives denounces the change and also opposes a constitutional convention during the current economic and political turmoil. Governor Fine supported a 1951 effort to create revision machinery, but it was sidelined.
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Congress Group Blasts Military On Atomic Four up
A Senate House Atomic Energy Committee report to Congress criticizes military planners for failing to press for discovery and production of uranium the basic raw material of atomic bombs. The panel says raw materials like iron copper or gold can be produced in greater quantities with time and cost. Continued on page 4.
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Masked bandit tries to hold up mail truck in New Jersey
Camden police report a masked bandit boarded a UV five mail truck in Westmont during a routine pickup. Eugene R. Lukasiak, a 36 year old mail truck driver from Penn Suaken, fought the thug as the assailant leaped from the baggage area, stunning him with a gun butt before fleeing after Lukasiak drew his 45 revolver.
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German Youth Performs Atop Cathedral Steeple
Cologne authorities detained a 13 year old carpenter after he performed acrobatic stunts atop the 512 foot Cologne Cathedral spire for four hours. Police charged him with public nuisance as crowds watched in fascination and fear last night.
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Dewey Launches All-Out Push for Eisenhower Nomination
Gov Thomas E Dewey said he would mount an all-out effort to back Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for the Republican presidential nomination at the upcoming party convention. He spoke in New York before leaving for a governors conference in Houston Texas. Democrat Sen Richard B Russell argued experience as his bid for the nomination on a NBC TV program from Washington. In AP delegate tallies Russell sits in second place.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Georgia
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Bedford Area School Directors Meet To Discuss Joint System
Bedford High School hosts a 8:30 p.m. meeting called by D. Cress Reiley to consider forming a joint school system with seven districts already agreeing on a contract for grades through twelve. Directors urged to attend tonight’s session for approval details.
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Bedford Borough
Austrians Cheer Acheson Amid Russian Occupation
Secretary of State Dean Acheson arrived in Vienna to ringing cheers from thousands of Austrians under Soviet control and rode through the Russian zone from Tulins Air Base to the city. He had just left Berlin where a hearty welcome awaited him on a 24 hour visit. The trips aim to show the West will keep these cities free despite Soviet pressure.
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Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
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Austria
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Tulin Air Base
State Dairy Farmers Ask Milk Price Boost Hearing Tomorrow
Pittsburgh dairy farmers press for higher milk prices at a State Milk Control Commission hearing held tomorrow. Keystone Milk Producers Association president C. B. Wachsmuth says a milk shortage looms unless producers receive more pay.
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Western Pennsylvania
State Milk Control Commission
C. B. Wachsmuth
Keystone Milk Producers Association
Pine Grove Captain Named Provost Marshal
Captain Merritt E Hein of Pine Grove Schuylkill County has been named Provost Marshal for the Pennsylvania Military District to direct military police detachments in the Keystone state. He will base headquarters at the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation after returning from three years service in Europe.
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Merritt E. Hein
Pine Grove
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania Military District
Keystone state
Hein
Indiantowa Gap
Europe
Storms End Spell of Heat With 169 Deaths Across Nation
A series of storms Sunday broke a heat wave, hitting Milwaukee Pittsburgh and a broad belt. At least 169 deaths were blamed, with New Jersey reporting 54 deaths the highest toll. Chicago saw 2% relief before a return of heat lingered in Texas and Oklahoma. Continued on Part 3.
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Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
New Wrinkle Canned Clothing for Air Force
Washington June 29 The Air Force will can import clothing items for airmen including 51468 varieties of uniforms underwear and shoes The Air Material Command announced that 195 quartermaster type items are being packed in 15 to 16 gallon iron drums for overseas shipment.
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Air Force
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Finnish teen wins Miss Universe title in Long Beach
Armi Helena Kuusela, 18, from Finland, captured the Miss Universe crown defeating entrants from 29 lands. Miss Hawaii, 19, Eisa Eusman, placed second. Miss Greece, Daisy Mavreaki, and Miss Blunteh from Hong Kong also featured. The winner gains a seven year motion picture contract, a $3,000 car and a $2,500 wrist watch.
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Armi Helena Kuusela
Hawaii
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Honolulu
Greece
Daisy Mavreaki
Hong Kong
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Hier
Burglar in Questioning Here Kills Self
Millard F. Wright a 42 year old burglar who had undergone brain surgery to curb thefts killed himself in a Butler State Police detention cell. His body with a noose and a cut artery from broken glasses was found after he was to be brought to Bedford for questioning about unsolved burglaries. Wright had prior theft links in Somerset and Pittsburgh and a 1989 lobotomy. police had recovered over 125000 dollars worth of stolen goods.
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Bedford
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Area Hit By Electrical Storm
An electrical storm struck the Pittsburgh area causing widespread power line outages and damage to trees and shrubs. Wind gusts reached near ad miles per hour with a quick temperature drop as a brief heat wave ended. Hospitals reported outages but service was restored in about an hour.
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Thug Beats Maid in Pittsburgh Home Invasion
An unidentified assailant attacked a maid at a Pittsburgh residence on June 29 in a failed ransacking of a physician’s home. Lenore Rane sustained facial bruises and shock. This marks the second break-in at Dr W D Finegold’s home within 13 days.
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Sevirre Hall
Lenore Rane
W. d. Finegold
West Germany seeks return of Saar border land
Trier Germany Jur Jakob Kaiser a cabinet member called for the Saar to be returned to Germany and urged an early solution that preserves the Saar as a German component. He accused the Western Powers of handing 18 million East Germans to a dictatorial system and urged self determination for the Saar.
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Hitler
Assessments on Pa Real Estate Rise Slowly in 1933
Harrisburg June 23 The State Tax Equalization Board said real estate assessments in Pennsylvania are climbing but so slowly they can only rise one per cent higher than in 1933 despite new construction dollar values and economic conditions. The board certified to the Public Instruction Department an adjusted list of market values of taxable real estate and its comparison to assessed valuations. The list includes all 2 414 schools Continued on page 2
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State Tax Equalization Board
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Public Instruction Department
Second Deputy Named To Process 37 Cases Of Stream Pollution
Harrisburg June 29 UP Atty General Robert BE Woodside named a second deputy to process 37 pollution cases against 27 municipalities along the Susquehanna River. Woodside said there has been no change in police requirements for compliance with the cleanup program and assigned Robert L. Rubendall to assist Deputy Attorney General Robert A. Trace in handling the municipal cases.
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Woodside
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Susquehanna
Four Die Nine Hurt in Bedford County Crashes
Four people died and nine were injured in four auto accidents on Bedford County highways. The worst tolls came from a Turnpike crash west of Bedford and a fatal Osterburg collision involving an Air Force man. Details describe a tire blowout, a cross median impact, and multiple injuries to passengers including Harriet Whitaker and Samuel Gore, with Gore dying after hospitalization. Four soldiers from Blue Knob were wounded and one killed in an Osterburg to St Clairsville run incident.
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Bedford
Harriet Dekrafft Whitaker
Philadelphia
Whitaker
Samuel Gore
Brooklyn
Memorial Hospital
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Rose‘Gore
Angelo Massieri
Venice
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Mass
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Blue Knob
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Livengood Calls Ike the Man of Destiny for GOP
Somerset, June 29 William S. Livengood Jr secretary of internal affairs labeled General Dwight D. Eisenhower the man of destiny for this year of decision. In a weekend address to Republican friends at his home he urged unity behind Eisenhower predicting the candidate offers the best chance for GOP victory in November and for solving foreign and domestic problems. Continued on Page 3
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William S. Livengood, Jr
Internal Affairs
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Livengood
Eisenhower
97 Cars Entered In Antique Auto Derby
The Antique Automobile Club of America awarded prizes after a three day derby in May. Judges observed a field of nine ancient autos and chose winners including William A Pollock of Pottstown with a 1997 Chadwick and Wien Jurda of Monessen for traveling the longest distance.
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Pottstown
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