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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
18
In Montreal on June 20 delegates at the Building Owners and Managers Assoc watched a Westinghouse designed bilingual elevator model operate without buttons. The operator uses spoken up or down commands in English or French to move the cab, with doors closing as it rises or descends.
Pittsburgh June 20 Em ployes of the South Penn Oil Co and subsidiaries will vote tomorrow on whether they want a union shop clause in their contract the National Labor Relations Board announced today.
Ecologist states Columbia Gas System is adequate to serve Baltimore and Virginia communities. Atlantic Seaboard plans to expand to Richmond and Roanoke while Columbia reports extensive Appalachian gas lands and ongoing drilling with hundreds of wells and contracts. In Middlebury, former college president Dr John M. Thomas marries former dean Eleanor S Russ. Thomas once led Penn State and Rutgers.
A fire in Monessen Pennsylvania early today killed Monroe Goodwin 70 whose body was found among the ruins and left Walter Branch 85 fatally injured after he jumped from a second floor window.
Mrs. Cecetia Payne Goposchkin, a Radcliffe lecturer and photometry authority, is honored for balancing groundbreaking astrophysics work with household duties and raising three children. She is married to Harvard astronomer Dr. Geryl Goposchkin. The Radcliffe Alumnae Association granted the honor.
Uniontown dispatch reports Earl Rumble Jr. 18 was found innocent in the slaying of 15 year old Harold Hilton during a street fight of teens in Brownsville. The jury deliberated about an hour before exonerating the West Brownsville youth, who said he was attacked and could not recall firing a weapon.
Actress Lucille Ball and bandleader Desi Arnaz marry for a second time at Our Lady of the Valley church in Canoga Park California. The civil vows were exchanged November 30 1948 in Greenwich Connecticut with only immediate family present. Both have film commitments and plan no second honeymoon.
Three Planters Nut & Chocolate Co officials filed suit in Wilkes-Barre to depose executor Harry J Mustaine of Mrs Louise Obici estate claiming she was not PA resident at death and asking Luzerne County Register of Wills Jatin Shivell to revoke letters of administration.
Ten people were hurt when an elevator plunged four floors at a building on Wirth Avenue and 24th Street during noon shopping. Police said no serious injuries occurred as Bellevue hospital disaster units joined responders at the scene.
A brief notice places D Henedie in Baltimore during February 1948. It records a single named person and a location with a vague time reference.
Washington reports a public claim that Soviet Premier Stalin suffered a heart attack, but State Department says it has heard nothing from the Moscow embassy. spokesman White said the embassy has not advised any such event, contradicting a Drew Pearson note.
Davenport Ya June 20 A farm and labor representative group formed a permanent Midwey Organization for Political Action to advance policy agendas and mobilize support.
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