Local police handle sled and dog incidents in city
Two minor police reports described a child’s sled found on Pennsylvania avenue and a woman’s claim of a black dog following her. Police treated the dog as a suspect, placing it in a cell. In Meadville, Robert F. Kent was reelected chairman of Crawford County Republicans.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Robert F. Kent
Meadville
Crawford County
Republican Committee
Marian Austin
Summit Township
Harry Werling
Townville
Steel production climbs to 1083 index high this year
National metal working weekly reports output at 73 percent of capacity, up 2 percentage points from last week. The production index rises to 1083, the highest level since the third week of February, signaling a strong gain for the year.
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The
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
McCarthy Hearings Face Recess Demand and Contempt Claims
The story centers on supporters and foes of Senator McCarthy amid calls for a recess in hearings. It notes Cohn as chief counsel to McCarthy’s investigations subcommittee and references the Army charges involving Schine. A separate Pittsburgh item reports C A Werner sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $200 for practicing dentistry without authority after the Odontological Society and dentists testified he took tooth impressions and made dentures.
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Roy
Cohn
McCarthy
Army
Schine
Subcommittee
Pittsburgh
C. A. Werner
Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania
Werner
Panther Valley Mines Stay Closed Amid UMW Fight
Panther Valley anthracite mines remain idle as Tamaqua United Mine Workers Local leaders press for a satisfactory settlement on working conditions. About 1,500 Lehigh Navigation workers and 6,000 idled miners face a scheduled return plan that could see 1,200 to 2,600 miners kept home, with resolution hoped through the equalization committee. Stanley found Livingston in Ujiji, Africa.
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Jamen Lansford
Panther Creek Valley
Tamaqua United Mine Workers
Tamaqua
Lehigh Navigation
Coal Co
UMW
John L. Lewis
Belgium protests Soviet attack on Sabena plane
Belgium accused the Soviet air force of firing on a Sabena transport loaded with purebred pigs from London to Zagreb. One crew member was killed and two injured after an emergency landing in Graz Austria. The craft supposedly was struck over Yugoslavia by a Soviet MiG attempting to force land across Hungary. Crew deny entering Hungarian air space and insist they stayed in the proper corridor.
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Belgium
Russia
Associated Press
Brussels
Moscow
London
Zagreb
Graz
Austria
Yugoslavia
Union, W. E. End Third Round of Pact Talks
Pittsburgh A third round of negotiations for a new contract between the Independent United Electrical Workers UE and Westinghouse Electric Corp has ended with no date set for resumption. The talks affect about 17,000 workers and centered on wage scale differences and work week length. The union seeks higher wages and a reduction of the work week from 40 to 35 hours without pay loss.
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New York and Pennsylvania Co., Inc
Lock Haven
Johnsonburg
United Mine Workers Union
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Wage talks underway as contract nears expiry
Pay and guaranteed annual wage figures are undisclosed as negotiations begin April 14. The current contract expires June 30. Westinghouse plans sessions with the Federation of Westinghouse Independent Unions on Thursday and Friday. The federation, representing 15,000 employees, seeks higher salaries.
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Federation of Westinghouse
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