Pennsylvanians see June building permits surge
June activity in Pennsylvania communities shows higher total permits and value than May and June 1953. Construction grew across residential, commercial, industrial, and public sectors with 3 541 dwelling permits and 36 145 406 in costs, plus 927 commercial and public permits valued at 20 047 782. Notable projects include a Cochran ton wastewater plant, an Erie office building, and a Wilkes Bar re school. Weather and local incidents add context with a heat wave, a wheat shipment, and a few local notices.
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Pennsylvania
Erie
Jahmstown
Wilkes-Barre
Will Report on Efforts to Settle Long Strike
Pittsburgh Local 249, AFL General Teamsters told its 770 members that a full report will be issued Monday on efforts to settle the nine month strike against five major Pittsburgh department stores. Union President Thomas L. Fagan said the members will meet at 9:30 a.m. in Memorial Hall.
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Pittsburgh
AFL General Teamsters
Thomas L. Fagan
Memorial Hall
Beanie Benedict Killed as Milk Truck Slams Into Yard
In northwest Detroit Beanie Benedict three shares the frightful accident as a parked milk truck rolled downhill striking the Benedict yard. Beanie, barely three, died instantly while another child Amy Allen, eight, fractured a leg. Milkman Earl Woods cried that he had killed the baby, while neighbors and the mother mourned.
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Detroit
Beanie
Chance
James Benedict
Jean
Mrs. Benedict
Amy Allen
Earl L. Woods
Benedict
Tye
Convict Chessman Wins Third Stay of Execution in California
Daryl Chessman, a convicted offender, secured a last minute stay of execution from the California Supreme Court marking his third such stay in six years. The decision postponed the lethal gas chamber sentence and extended his life pending further appeals.
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San Francisco
Daryl Chessman
California Supreme Court
Farmer's Dilemma Ends as Cow Frees Itself
New Windsor Maryland Whitie the Holstein escaped a silo after Stanley Simons left her overnight in a 2 by 2 foot door. He found her at dawn free and uninjured, noting she squeezed through the opening and wandered off after milking. The cow was described as not very tall but broad and in good condition.
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New Windsor
Whitie
Stanley Simons
Simons
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