Avert Strike By Pittsburgh Teachers
The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers won its first contract concessions after 39 hours of negotiations under a strike deadline. The tentative deal disrupts classes today as 1,200 members vote, with potential classroom return by 10 a.m. if approved. Agreement would extend benefits to all 3,000 teachers, though board disputes exclusive bargaining status.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Albert Fondy
Fondy
Berard J. McCormick
McCormick
Embezzler Gets 10 Years Probation
PHILADELPHIA AP A Philadelphia bookkeeper Helen Hersh 51 Mayfair admitted embezzling 64500 to gain affection and was placed on 10 years probation with restitution 50 monthly to Display House Inc and required psychiatric treatment The judge noted this was her second probation in ten years and she had earlier faced similar charges in 1948. A separate item reports Helen Mac Namara 31 Norwood killed when her car was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train in Delaware County.
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Philadelphia
Helen Hersh
Mayfair
Hersh
Display House, Inc
Herbert S. Levin
Levin
Display House
Glenolden
Helen MacNamara
Norwood
Baltimore and Ohio
Delaware County
Hospital fund drive near goal as pledges rise
Corry Memorial Hospital board reports $549000 pledged for the drive, with $280000 cash received toward a $550000 goal. A $700 inflow followed donation letters. Hospital planning studies on department responsibilities proceed for mid February operations.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
R. Elwin Fuller
Corry Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Alaska to send 240 reindeer to Korea for food needs
Alaska will fly 240 reindeer from Anchorage to Seoul aboard a Boeing 707 to aid food and medicine supplies in South Korea. The herd, sourced near Nome, will be joined by supervisor John Zumstein of Redmond, Oregon. If successful, plans call for another 200 next month and 600 next year.
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Korea
Anchorage
Alaska
South Korea
Nome
Pacific
Jung D. Wang
John Zumstein
Redmond, Ore
King of
Zumstein
Seoul
Wang
Chung Hee Park
Fire Loss Drops In Union City Area To 1968 Total
Union City and surrounding township saw a dramatic 1968 fire loss decline to 19 805 with Union City reporting 14 505. The year included 73 alarms split between Union City and Union Township, with major losses at the John Fielding home, Nelson Caldwell garage, and James Ines home as the fire department carried out 34 calls in each area and five assists.
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Union City
Francis
Poke) Wontenay
Union Township
Township
John Fielding
Nelson Caldwell
Union ‘Township
James Ines
Fire Department Partici
Britain’s First Underwater Arrest At St. Peter Port
David Kempthorne-Ley, 32, was fined the equivalent of $48 for illegal gathering of ormers 45 feet below the surface in Guernsey. Police Constable David Archer, in a skindivers suit, signaled him to the surface and confiscated an ormer hook and net. The charge follows an old Guernsey law restricting ormering to four days after a full moon. DIES OF INJURIES WILKES-BARRE Joan Breisch, 34, Hazleton, died from injuries sustained in a Mountaintop auto crash Monday.
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Peter Port
Channel Islands
David Kempthorne-Ley
Britain
David Archer
Kempthorne-Ley
Guernsey
Constable Archer
Heb
Wilkes-Barre
Joan Breisch
Hazleton
Mountaintop
Still Seek. Marines endure deadly air deck explosion
Ald N Duden 21 of Lt pan Minn describes aiding a pilot from an A7 Corsair after the first blast. He helped to the catwalk, grabbed a foam hose, and fought fires amid further explosions. Lt Ronald Schneider leaped to water from 65 feet after a fuel blast, later rescued by helicopter with burns. Filipinos Alfredi De Villena and sailor Hyland praise quick, courageous actions by fire teams during the disaster.
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Page
Aviation Ordnanceman
20Ald N. Duden
Pan Minn
Duden
Ronald Schneider
Washington, D.C
Alfredi de Villena
Dinalupihan
Bataan
Hyland
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4Eads Farm Group
Washington
Mel-ivin Sims
Liberty
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Sims
W. D. Milsop
Syracuse
N. Y
Adams County
Sobell Home
Morton Sobell
Helen
New York City
Sobell
Ing
Soviet Union
Corry Heating and Cooling
West Main Street
Connie's
Beauty Shop
Mellonbank
Corry
Wattsburg
Mill Village
Elgin
Troyer
Barney
Kaxxsrud
Furniture Department
South Center Street
Barney's
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