Jamestown strike ends in four plants dispute still unsettled
In Jamestown a three day strike by about 600 United Electrical Local 305 members at Blackstone Corporation ended without a settlement. Four Art Metal Construction Company plants and other sites resume work after a separate agreement with Local 24 and AFL unions. Wages and benefits remain central to the Blackstone talks with a one year contract expiry noted.
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Jamestown
United Electrical Local 305
Blackstone Corporation
Interna-mental Federation of Technical Engineers
AFL
Art Metal Construction Company
Watson Manufacturng Company, Inc
Hope's Windows, Inc
Jamestown Metal Corporation
Local 24
Art Metal
Art Metal, Machinists Lodge 1559
TAM Lodge 1550
Lodge 1659
Blackstone
Champagne tastes shift as sweetness declines worldwide
Paris champagne makers note a general move away from sweet variants. Sugar syrup is used to mask acidity but modern preference leans drier. Before World War I sugar levels reached 15 percent. now exports rarely exceed 10 percent. Tastes vary by country with British and American buyers favoring dryness, while Veneauela, Scandinavia, and Finland lean sweeter.
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Paris
France
Veneauela
Scandinavia
Finland
Davy Crockett Inspired Hero Chair Debuts For Kids
A new folding chair for children uses aluminum tubing and canvas with a screen painting of Davy Crockett on the seat. Available in red or blue with white, black, and yellow trim.
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Davey Crockett
Davy
Jaycees Appeal For Aid To Asia
Corry Junior Chamber of Commerce joins nationwide drive under Operation Brotherhood to aid 750000 homeless in Asia. Appeals for agricultural tools to Vietnam refugees around Saigon, urging anti-Communist support and freedom. Local donations accepted at Fire Stations 1 or 2 until June 28 and will be sent to Pittsburgh for shipment to Vietnam.
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Corry Junior Chamber of Commerce
Asia
Jaycees
Brotherhood
America
Jaycee Organization
Vietnam
Saigon
Geneva
Southeast Asia
No. 1
No. 2
Pittsburgh
Clarion Breaks Ground for New Trailer Plant Nearby
A new ABC Mobile Homes trailer plant will be built 3 miles west of here at Lakes-to-Seaville, employing 100 to 150 locals. The one story concrete block building measures 160 by 340 feet, with construction by Anderson and Miller. Start of full production anticipated around December 1st with a 50 foot model to be produced.
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Eeseeteen
Gyoulnd
Lakes-to-Seaville
ABC Mobile Homes
ABC
Loveland
Colo
Michigan
Harold A. Fisck
Clarion Chamber of Commerce
Possible Swimming Site Decision Near Thompson's Bay
City Health Director Dr. Felix Shubert will decide within days if Thompson's Bay and nearby beaches will again be open for swimming this summer. Past summers saw high bacteria counts prompting swimming bans, though improvements in sanitation may permit swimming this year with full operation anticipated by 1956 after the sewage plant expansion.
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Erems Mt Bay
Felix Shubert
Thompson's Bay
Shubert
Dr. Shubert
Robert Blair
Water Department
Lost Fund May Back Low Income Housing Plan
City officials discuss using the Lost Fund of the Roger Young housing project to finance an addition low income housing unit behind the Franklin Avenue bridge. The Flats area east of Franklin Avenue in the city of 16th Street is seen as a health and fire menace and may be eliminated. About $260,000 remains in the Lost Fund as a settlement nears.
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Roger Young
City Hall
Franklin Avenue
16Th Street
Milk Hearings Data Gathered By Erie Expert Witness
Dr Bartlett an agriculture economics professor at Timois University has begun compiling milk price data for the Erie area as the city expert witness for upcoming milk commission hearings. City Solicitor Gerald Weber says Bartlett will be tied up in Pittsburgh hearings and has instructed his staff to begin work on the Erie case to support consumer claims of high prices.
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SHIN
Weber
Pittsburgh
Wildcat Walkout At Tarentum Workrooms Over Pay
About 900 workers walked off the job in Tarentum Pa on the first Monday of a dispute over incentive pay. The Creighton Plant of the Pittsburgh strike idled around 4,000 employees, ending the week.
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Wildcat
Tarentum
Creighton
Pittsburgh
Air Show Draws 3500 to Corry Event
About 3500 people attended the Corry air show sponsored by Aero Supply. CAP members in khaki and blue caps helped with traffic and crowd control while Civil Defense Police managed parking. Tom Rothrock piloted a CAP aircraft and served as operations officer. Red Cross, Corry Fire Department, Columbus department, and Aero Supply personnel assisted, with a tractor needed to free cars stuck in marshy ground. The show, aided by local police and Fire crews, was deemed financially successful and may become an annual event.
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Titusville
CAP
Tom Rothrock
Civil Defense Police
Corry City
Spring Street
Red Cross
Corry
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Clarion
S. Center
Thompson's
Fogle Lumber CO
Franklin St. Corry, Pa
Kollmann
Brigham Hardware Heating and Plumbing CO
Corry, Pa
Donald A. Stewart
East Main Street
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Epartel
Dodd
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National Bank
the National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
T Peliver
Jgeas Drugs
Tunnell
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