Governor Opens Pa Farm Show With Pageant and Huge Crowds
Gov John Fine opened the 38th Pennsylvania Farm Show as crowds braved snow to attend the five day event. Nearly 1,000 musicians and nine agricultural queens helped stage Song of the Soil while 11,000 competitive exhibits and hundreds more displays filled the Farm Show Building. The 100 piece Future Farmers of America band joined in the pageant amid remarks calling the festival a distinctly Pennsylvanian institution.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Farm Show Commission
Future Farmers of America
FFA
William R. Gor
Don
John 8. Fine
Fine
Pennsylvania
Driver Pleads Guilty After Suspension Ended in Crash
Edward Peelman was fined 100 dollars for driving after suspension. Judge Samuel Rossiter cited prior violations including speeding and a suspension breach. Another defendant, Eric, received a year term for a drunk driving charge with parole after three days.
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Brous
Brie
Jerry von Kaenel
Samuél ¥. Rossiter
Rossiter
von Keene
Edward Peelman
Eric
Kane Opposes Pittsburgh Wage Tax Plan
J Kane Allegheny County Commission chairman opposes Pittsburghs proposed one percent wage tax. He notes prior support for a county income tax faded after studying local levies and says city county state and local wage taxes are undesirable. Mayor Lawrence backs the ordinance pending in City Council set for March 1.
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Pittssunun — Vemoune Voht J. Kane
Allegheny County Commission
Pittsburgh
Kane
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Funeral yesterday for Henry L. Keppel
The memorial service for Henry L. Keppel was held at 2 p.m. at Bracken Funeral Home with Dr. B A Or ner officiating. Relatives acted as bearers, and interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees included relatives from Pittsfield Union City Morgantown and Torpedo among others.
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Henry Keppel
Bracken Funeral Home
B A. Orner
Paul Keppel
Richard Keppel
James Ross
Seymour Upton
Almon Peterson
Robert Nichols
Harold Ross
David Ross
Pine Grove
Lena Ross
Pittsfield
Joves
Nancy
Union City
Waltsburg
Fay Twin
Duane
Morgantown
W. Vu
Mary Rhinehart
Claronice Rhinehart
Torpedo
Carrie Allen burial held at Bracken Funeral Home
Funeral services for Carrie Allen were held yesterday at 3:30 p.m. at Bracken Funeral Home with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. pallbearers included William Marsh Adrian Reesink Herold Waite T W Whitehead Fred Miller and John Ricker. Relatives from distant places attended from New York Delaware Youngstown and Pittsburgh. Also, two U S Army lieutenants were reported killed when their L 19 observation plane crashed into a mountain in Seoul today.
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Woutemie
Carrie Allen
Bracken Funerall
Pine Grove Cemetery
I Willam Marsh
Adrian Reesink
Herold Waite
T. W. Whitehead
Fred Miller
John Ricker
Arthur Owen
Cranberry Lake
N. Y
E. T. Allen
Wilmington
Del
Hattle Parker
Eric
William Price
Youngstown
Madge Williams
Waren
Melvin Thomas
Pittsburet
Seoul
U.S. 8Th Army
Eisenhower Labor Proposals Push Faces Senate Clash
Washington Republicans move to fast track Eisenhower labor reform proposals with no hearings, aiming for an early Senate committee vote. Senator Murray of Montana denounces the plan as dictatorial and demands public briefings with top management and labor officials. House Republican leader McConnell calls the measures a moderate approach.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Labor Committee
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Smith
Capitol Hill
BUL
Sen
Murray
Montana
Terrauory of
Labor
Mitchell
Murray Iso
Capitol
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
Henry W Miller 62 Claimed by Death in Corry
Henry W Miller 62 of Corry died after a long illness at Corry Memorial Hospital. He was a World War I veteran and longtime employee of GE Erie with earlier work at PRR Ajax and Erie Railroads. Survived by siblings. rosary Thursday. Requiem Mass Friday at St Elizabeth's Church. burial at St Thomas Cemetery.
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Chestnut Strees
Mr. Miller
Corry
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Corry Memorial Hospital
Hee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ajax Tran Works
Aero Supply Plant
Erie Railroad
General Electric
Erie
St. Thomas’ Church
Moose Lode
Howard M. Davis
John Mullet
Lother
Joseph Miller
Buffalo
Bracken Funeral Home
St Elizabeth's Church
St. Thomas’ Cemetery
Senate Democrats criticise Eisenhower labor proposals
Senate Democrats led by Murray and Lehman fault Ike's labor package noting some good elements but calling for extensive revision beyond the president's suggestions. Lehman stressed the InW needs substantial changes and far more revision.
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Murray
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Lehman
UAW Pays $5,000 Reward Over Ritchie Story
Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers reportedly paid Donald Ritchie five thousand dollars for his account of the union president's attempted murder. The Detroit Times says the payment to Ritchie's wife came about an hour after his escape, in Canadian currency, as Windsor police suspect he waited outside while a lawyer intermediary delivered the cash. The payout is part of a broader UAW rewards program totaling two hundred twenty thousand dollars linked to the Walter and Victor Reuther shootings in 1948 and 1949.
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Amooutea Frese
Detroit
Walter Reuther
GIO
United Auto Workers
Donald Ritchie
Detroit Times
Ritchie
Windsor
Big Auto Union
Walter
Victor Reuther
Erie Vice Activity Quiet After Drive
Erie during the weekend saw continued numbers gambling and houses of ill fame despite an expanded city vice squad working overtime. Mayor Thomas Flatley warned to eliminate organized vice or face a police shakeup as the team twice searched suspected dens with no evidence found.
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Erie
Thomas Flatley
Flatley
Theelty
Pittsburgh YMCA YWCA Launch Five Million Fund Drive
A five million dollar fund drive started today in Pittsburgh led by the YMCA and YWCA to support a new Downtown area project and related initiatives. The effort aims to mobilize community support and raise funds for the planned development.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Ymca
YWCA
Three Killed In Plane Crash Near Knightstown Indiana
Three men from Columbus Ohio were killed when their four place Stinson plane crashed on a farm about a mile and a half northeast of Knightstown Indiana. The victims are Walter M. Clark Joseph W. Dobbins and John Baward Dyer. Clarke appears to have been the pilot. The cause of the crash was not known. Temperatures were near 22 and a stiff wind blew as Knightstown lies 35 miles east of Indianapolis on U S 40.
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Ind
Columbus
Stinson
Qoile
Walter M. Clark
Joseph W. Dobbins
John Baward Dyer
Clarke
Indianapolis
U. S. 40
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