Paragraf Cassius R Courtney dies on Ohio Turnpike site
Paragraf Cassius R Courtney 37 of Atlantic Pa crushed to death yesterday while working for Pennsylvania and Ohio Construction Co on a section of the new Ohio Turnpike near Youngstown. Courtney operated a large earth moving machine. a broken cable led him to attempt to clear the machine with a shovel.
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Atlantic
Pennsylvania and Ohio Construction Co
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Courtney
Mahoning County
Two Langer brothers held after fatal gore incident
At Altoona Pennsylvania William Kil linger bled to death at his brother in law George Langers home on Kil linger s 34th birthday. George and Lawrence Langer are in custody on open charges as Blair County DA Park Loose notes intoxication and lack of a clear account. Kil linger s sister recalls finding them attempting to revive him after a upstairs trip and a broken window, with Kil linger said to have fallen from a window.
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Blair County
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Erie Minister Dies in Crash Killing Two Travelers
Rev James I Harper Jr 48 former Erie minister and Migs Al wene Jarrett a missionary died in a Route 4 crash near New Bloomfield Pa when a tractor trailer collided with their car. Rev Raymond S Jarrett was critically injured. The trio had traveled to Washington to pick up Miss Jarrett returning from Africa. Harper was Nyack Missionary Training Institute graduate with pastoring in Norwalk and Anderson prior to Erie assignment. He leaves wife three children and mother. Burial planned in Nyack.
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Ind
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Lynn
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Phantom Slayer Trial Date Set in Pa Turnpike Slayings
John Wesley Wable, 24, accused of the Pennsylvan ia Turnpike murders, will stand trial for murder on March 1. District Attorney L Alexander Sculeo says Wable faces charges in the killings of Harry F. Pitts, Bowling Green truck driver, and Lester B. Woodward of Duncanon near Harrisburg. Wable was captured near Albuquerque on October 11 after a national hunt lasting about a month. Pitts and Woodward were found slain in their parked trucks on the Turnpike within three days of each other last July.
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Duncannon
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Chicago Leads In Steel Output In 1953
The Chicago district produced more than 20 million tons in 1953 becoming the nation’s top steel producer, per the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. The metropolitans output reached 3,100 tons in a record year, while Pittsburgh followed with 19,848,000 tons. U.S. total steel production was about 112 million tons.
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Presidents speech stirs foreign policy debate and veto talk
Lawmakers critique the presidents address with mixed views on foreign policy. Senator Morse calls the speech a platitude, while Dulles outlines policy in a two hour Senate session. Debates over tariff cuts and import duties continue as a constitutional vote on 18 year olds looms January 18.
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President's farm proposals draw frigid reception in Congress
Senators and representatives from both parties criticized the President's farm plans presented as objectives with details to come. Senator Young called them the same old story and Eastland said they won't get anywhere. Representative Vinson warned of overreliance on new weapons, while Chairman Reed welcomed possible tax cuts. Simpson urged cutting all excise taxes to 10 percent except liquor and tobacco. Barley and oats are forecast to grow farther north than wheat.
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Truman Defends Fight Over Red Subversion Question
Continued remarks quote President Truman on Capitol Hill spy hearings as a red herring to distract from anti inflation efforts. He confirms he would allow direct quoting and recalls a 1948 reporter asking the same framing, noted by veteran Washington journalists.
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