Vietminh Halt Third Major Assault At Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh forces broke off their third wave assault on Dien Bien Phu last night allowing a lull for French defenders. Paris reports say ammunition and supplies were rushed into the besieged fortress and a subsequent counterattack retook Isabelle after earlier gains by the rebels.
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Associated Press
Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Fendi
Christian de Castries
Isabelle
Fire guts Nanty Glo supermarket. damages hit 75 thousand
Fire gutted a Nanty Glo California Pa supermarket owned by American Stores Co. estimated damage ranged from 65 000 to 75 000 dollars. The blaze began in electric motors powering meat and produce coolers. Nanty Glo and Ebensburg volunteers fought the two hour blaze. no injuries reported.
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Nanty Glo
American Stores Co
Thomas Woodring
Woodring
Ebensburg
Jamestown Plant Workers On Strike
About 175 workers at Steel Partitions Inc two Falconer plants launched a strike after failed contract talks with UE Local 309. Pickets posted with no disturbances reported as negotiations had run several weeks and three nearby locals pledged aid.
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Jamestown
Steel Partitions, Inc
Falconer
Rueben T. Johnson
Steel Partitions
Howard Moore
Jamestown clothing firm to close within two months
A 20 year old Jamestown manufacturer Fashion Clothes Inc owned by Samuel Goldman will shut down by July 1. Located at 42 Taylor and 28 Harrison streets it will wind down by selling stock and not buying more. If not sold as a going concern equipment and building may be sold separately.
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Jamestown
Fashion Clothes, Inc
Samuel Goldman
Taylor Street
Harrison Street
Goldman
Philip Waite Buried at St Elizabeths Cemetery
The funeral for Philip M. Waite was held at Bracken Funeral Home with Corry Lodge officers in charge. A morning prayer service was followed by burial in St Elizabeths Cemetery. bearers included Aes Supply colleagues and honoraries named from local groups. Attendees from away included several Waite family members and friends.
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Philip Waite
ST. Elizabeth's
Philip M. Waite
Bracken Funeral
Corry Lodge
Plris
William Johnson
Charles P. Keating
Aes
Leo Howlett
Harry Fairchild
Ronald Greeley
Paul Taylor
James Scully
Ralph Morris
S. J. Irvine
L. E. Graham
Harold Cragg
Harold Jewell
K. R. Benson
William Coleman
Harold Herbert
Rixford
Ralph
Raymond
Reid Waite
L. P. Putnam
Ora Waite
Jamestown
A. M. Kennedy
Cleon Aldrich
Sherman
Carl Johnson
Fredonia
Pickets close mine in Johnstown halt contract talks
About 150 pickets halted operations at the Shanksville Mine in Johnstown Pennsylvania as Cambria Fuel Co refused to renew its contract with the United Mine Workers. The walkout disrupted early shift production and drew federal or state mediators to the scene.
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Johnstown
Shanksville
Cambria Fuel Co
United Mine Workers
Blotches on Homes Blamed on Nearby Dump Fumes
About 100 homeowners in Lincoln Place Munhall report gray blotches on light colored houses. The blotches appeared after waking yesterday and could not be rubbed off. Residents blame fumes from a nearby slag dump. a paint expert says sulphur fumes may form lead sulfides with white pigments.
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Peeseeee
Pittsburgh
Lincoln Place
Munhall
Beaver engineer to receive 1954 Horatio Alger Award
Michael Baker Jr of Beaver Pennsylvania will receive a Horatio Alger Award in New York on May 6 for building one of the nation’s largest consulting engineering firms in under a decade.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Baker Jr
Beaver, Pa
New York
Indochina Peace Talks Set Amid Security Proposal
Dulles urged peace within a framework of collective security for Southeast Asia noting the region is volatile. He cited the Korean talks as a positive example and pressed for UN supervised elections and proportional representation as core Korean issues.
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Gromykin
Soviet Union
Red China
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Europe
United Nations
Hel
Pennsylvania Voter Registration Drops In 1964 Primary
A survey of county election boards found 5,071,234 registered voters for the May 18 primary, down from 6,176,466 in 1953. Estimates for Lackawanna and York counties are incomplete, with statewide totals 1964 versus 1953 broken down by Republican Democrat and Minor Parties. The 1952 all time high was 6,341,070.
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Pennsylvania
County Election Boards
Lackawanna
York
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Jamestown Concern
Athens
Greece
CORA
Naa Rey
Stahl’s
Jewelers
Corry
Hamilton
Loblaw
Armour
SWIFT
Colliers Radio & TV Service
North Center St
The
National Bank of Corry
the National Bank
LEO AL CO
T. V
Philco
First Ave
Mber Federal Deposit Insurance
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