State Senate Cautions on Mine Probe in Luzerne Tragedy
In Harrisburg Republicans slow to act on House order for a legislative probe into the Luzerne County mine disaster. Senate leaders question timing as Knox Coal Co mine flooding traps 12 workers near Pittston. Education and flood relief measures also move through committees.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Luzerne County
James S. Berger
Senate Mines Committee
Frank Kopriver
Allegheny
Lawrence
Knox Coal Co
Pittston
Susquehanna
Senate Education Committee
Labor and Industry Department
Paul L. Wagner
Schuylkill
William L. Batt
Republcan
Thomas A. Ehrgood
Lebanon
State Farm Show
William J. Lane
D — Washington
Public Welfare Department
Detroit Driver Sentenced After Turnpike Crash Kills Seven
A Detroit driver identified as John Mines Dr pleaded guilty to seven counts of traffic manslaughter after a head on crash on the Shu rat Turnpike. He received a 20 year term on each count and a possible 140 year total. Six members of the George Bentley family and a New York woman died in the November crash, while Hines survived with serious injuries.
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Samujsky
Oliv
Detroit
James Own
N.Y
Shurat Turnpike
Ohio
John Mines
George Bentley
Jamestown
Hines
Coal Breaker Fire Destroys Mine Facility Near Here
A coal breaker near here burned yesterday from an undetermined origin. Officials estimate losses around 50 000 dollars. Firemen from Seadberg and Pine Grove battled the blaze for three hours. Owner Thomas Sehenck said 35 men worked there. The incident follows concerns over mining law enforcement raised by a House resolution and separate bills seeking prior approval for mining under rivers or other large waters in Pennsylvania.
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Jane Onuve
Seadberg
Pine Grove
Thomas Sehenck
Pittston
House
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Electrical Union Opposes Phone Rate Hike
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said it will fight the proposed increase sought by General Telephone. The union opposed the rates after negotiations on a new wage contract broke off, with about 1,275 employees in Johns town Sayre Belo Olt Clay and Wardencritt working without a contract.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Fice Wnil
Cirnerd ‘Velephone Co
Luroy Docbyel
Trews
Uwer
Ibew Joint Board
Doehrel
General Telephone
Johnstown
Sayre
Belo
Olt Clay
Wardencritt
M .D. Murphy
Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
In Between Ages a Lot of Growing Down
Hal Boyle muses on the awkward midlife span between 40 and 50, exploring doubt confusion and the sense of growing down not up. The column sketches a man at Hale Increase hearings and a public life, contrasting youth memories with present quiet routines and the fading sense of certainty as days pass.
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York
Mony
Pennsylvania
Emarkink
Warlier
Quilier
Nuclear might rhetoric from iReds and Khrushchev
The report notes political rhetoric on missile power with quotes on ICBMs and nuclear arsenals. It cites Khrushchev’s claim of serial rocket production and Malinovsky condemning imperialist threats while warning Western powers about the power of ICBMs and strategic arms.
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United States
United States Navy
Khrushchev
Congress
Soviet Union
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