Local and Regional News In Brief From Erie County Area
Financial markets and United States exchanges will be closed for Washington's Birthday on February 22. Laura Criswell of Erie is hospitalized with a suspected polio case after illness began yesterday. A Ward woman sought police action over a drunken husband but officers declined without a warrant. Northwestern District Band Festival participants include Annette Curtis Judy Dwyer and David Andersor. A weekend weather forecast predicts mild days then cooling with mixed precipitation. Crawford County Selective Service Board 51 registrants, including Philip Hancock and James Arden Green, are scheduled for March 3 induction. Allen Carpenter sustained a left collarbone fracture and several broken ribs at the European Hotel. Morning trains on Erie and Pennsylvania lines ran late due to a broken steam line on one route. Four-year-old John Seastead was treated for a leg injury after a stairs mishap. A bicycle theft was reported near the Rex Theatre.
ROKS Denounce Plans For Korean Conference
The article reports Dulles lamenting conference failures as due to East West fundamental differences over freedom of choice. He notes Western trust in German and Austrian peoples versus Soviet limits, and describes shifts in positions at Berlin and Geneva talks regarding participation and representation of major powers in the Korean conflict.
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Russia
Pittsburgh Duquesne Light refunds affect 400000 customers
About 400000 customers will receive refund checks today ranging from a few cents to $5 with six percent interest. The refunds cover part of a rate increase in effect for about ten months in 1951, which the Public Utility Commission later rejected.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Public Utility Commission
Dust Clouds Rise Across Central Plains
Dust clouds engulf Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas Nebraska and Colorado today reducing visibility to zero in the Texas Panhandle as street lights were turned on.
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Oklahoma
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Patrols Tighten Around H-Bomb Test Zone
Associated Press reports Pearl Harbor based Able destroyer escorts on 24 hour alert patrolling the western Pacific near the H-bomb proving grounds. They scan sea and sky for submarines and any hostile activity as air patrols restrict civilian flights and prepare for potential tests at Eniwetok.
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Pacific
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Eniwetok
Navy
Marilyn Monroe Ends Day Tour of Korea
Marilyn Monroe, exhausted but happy, ends a four day visit in Korea and flies to Japan with husband Joe DiMaggio. Few Air Force personnel greet her in Tokyo, contrasting with the vast crowds she drew in Korea. Monroe says she never felt like a movie star and calls the visit the high point of everything.
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Drivers for Gle Get Safety Awards
Fourteen Grange League Federation drivers at GLF mills in Erie and Crawford counties received certificates and cash awards for operating their vehicles without accidents in the past year. A turkey dinner for forty GLF employees followed the ceremony at the Greyhound Post House on Route 6. Recipients include Delbert Croscott, Robert Pierce, Charles Clark, James Roberts, Glenn Reed, Delbert King, Robert Reed, Ralph White, Garrett Benaink, Lyle Acker, Calvin Nelmeyer, Charles Williams, Donald Sunter, and Howard Proctor.
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Lyle Acker
Meadville
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Charles Williams
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Edinboro
Howard Proctor
Waterford
Workers Asked to Forego Wage Increase in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co. asks 2,700 union employees to forgo a raise this year to curb rising operating costs. President C. D. Palmer sent letters to Division 85 AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes requesting a one year contract extension without change. Union silent. Palmer noted a 60 day notice option to negotiate anew on March 1. Rent scales were not published. Fare increases to cash trolley 20 cents and bus rates 26 cents were enacted months earlier.
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Raise Standards For Restaurants In Pennsylvania
State health officials seek higher cleanliness and sanitation rules for public food establishments. Dr. Russell E. Teague emphasizes cooperation among operators handlers and sanitarians, with trained inspectors guiding compliance. The division oversees 140 sanitarians while noting enforcement relies on collaboration rather than police power. Black bears are a species with color variation including light cream shades.
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Miguet
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Russell E. Teague
State Secretary of Health
Teague
State Health Department
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David Binkley
Four Windows Broken in Pittsburgh Store Riot
Four display windows were smashed at two Joseph Horne Co. stores in Pittsburgh as part of a wave of vandalism tied to a 84 day old department store strike. Police reported two arson attempts and gasoline soaked doors at the North Side warehouse.
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David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
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