Keystone Briefs: Summaries from Pottsville to Pittsburgh
Pottsville police report 20 year old Hore Kemmerling held without bail for grand jury murder action after fatal shooting of a state trooper. Indiana hosts auction of J M Stewart Co merchandise worth about 150000 following owner Alex Stewart’s death. Somerset honors 99 year old Mrs Bila Countryman with plaque. Butler breaks ground on a 2.2 million Standard Packaging plant in East Butler expected to hire 80 to 100. Pittsburgh officials reject George Lincoln Rockwell campus speech offer amid student opposition. Pittsburgh freight-rate claims hinder Bay State Milling Co plant, while Gulf Oil posts 1961 earnings of 338.5 million. Harrisburg court set Thursday start for petitions challenges in five May primary races.
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Pottsville
Hore Kemmerling
Evan
Mhurder
Kemmerling
Pine Grove
Edward Gundel
Hemmeting
Butler
Standard Packaging Corp
East Buller
Betwen
Ers
Hope Springs Eternal It’s Spring Optimism Across Hemispheres
A spring mood spans the globe as people in London Mexico City Tokyo Moscow and Australia plan gardens crops and family moments. Optimists expect life and growth despite global fears with farmers in Russia expanding livestock feed crops and Italian growers facing lost grapes while Australians anticipate August blossoms. In Latrobe Pa net income at Litrobe Steel fell in 1961 despite higher sales, posting 724000 on 25678000 in sales after 1960s 1113000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemisphere
Harry Mervus
Itler
Harry
Almonner
Gonner
Choliide Dorantes
Mexico City
Suzue ‘Tanaka
Jane
Tokyo
Aoyama
Victor Feodorovich Isaev
Moscow
Isaev
Preimier Khrushchev
Giuliana Fallin
Australia
Hugh McLeod
Frank Dunin
Max
City Bond Issue May Be 300000 in Essex City
City faces a possible 300000 bond issue to finance paving sewers and sidewalks. Property owners would pay most costs, with Essex street and Avenue A residents objecting to paving. Council seeks a financing plan with a bonding firm and aims for progress this year despite financial hurdles.
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White Street
Columbus Avenue
Essex Street
Avenue A
Council
Roger Brown
Wit Council
Kennedy Honeymoon's Indian Feast Delights First Lady
Jacqueline Kennedy explores Indian cuisine during a five day Delhi tour. She savors tropical fruits, exotic dishes, and expresses love for every morsel while bottled water is supplied to avoid travel stomach upset. The First Lady visits the Taj, Banaras, and royal Jaipur with Maharaja and Maharuhi as guests. McNamara plans Viet Nam talks in Honolulu with Lemnitzer amid ongoing strategy sessions on Diem regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen Dkung
America
Biast
Washington, D.C
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
India
Bombay
New Delhi
Kipling
Washington
Kennedy
Viet Nam
Honolulu
Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Lyman I. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Ngo Dinh Diem
Prevailing wage hike in Pa may raise school cost
At two day hearings in Harrisburg the Kennett Square School Authority warned that Pennsylvania's prevailing wage law could boost construction costs for a new Greenwood Elementary School in Kennett Square from 250000 to about 1062500 a 25 per cent rise. Authority solicitor W J Scarlett urged department review while Townsend and Burke countered that wage rates alone do not fix costs. The hearing continues with testimony from contractors and union representatives as Labor Secretary Sulcone weighs a decision within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Chester County
Kennett Square
Joseph F. Burke
Afl-Cio
Charles Sollt
Labor and Industry Department
Burke
Sheetmetal Workers International, Association of Philadelphia
Townsend
Labor
A. Allen Sulcone
Scarlett
Philadelphia
Bucks
Chester
Montgomery
Delaware
Fires Claim Over a Hundred Families Nationwide
The National Fire Protection Association reports 962 people died in 1962 in the United States and Canada from 169 multiple death fires. This signals a 15.5 percent rise from 1961, when 982 lives were lost in 169 such incidents.
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United States
Canada
National
Pire Protection Association
Swallows Return To Capistrano
The Capistrano mission town on St Josephs Day saw over 1,000 people gathering as about 900 swallows returned to nest among the ruins of the old church marking a notable seasonal return to Capistrano California.
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Ano
Calif
St. Josephs
Capistrano
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Keystone Briefs
Indiana
J. M. Stewart and Co
Alex M. Stewart
James Stewart
Somerset
Pennsylvania Medical Association
Somerset County
Bila Countryman
Berlin
Pittsburgh
George Lincoln Rockwell
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Clinton Ridenour
Arlington
Rockwell
Robert Bigger
Bay State Milling Co
Allegheny County
Gulf Oil Corp
Commonwealth Court
Amodmin PreRe
Latrobe
Latrobe Steel Co
Benjamin H. Beattie
Jeannette
Robert E. Mahady
Congress
Westmoreland County
Herman Mihalich
Monessen
Beattie
Mahady
Leed
Corry
Sacqueline Kennedy
Princess Lee Radziwill
Jaipur
Ele
Phant
Bibia
Roberts
Columbus
Jackie
Penna
FORD
Swallows
Reddy
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Rlane
Tri-Nord Motors, Inc
W. Smith Street
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