Steelworkers demand wage boosts and benefits in landmark move
The CIO United Steelworkers press 835 companies for unspecified pay raise and social benefits including pensions. Philip Murray aims to start talks within 30 days. a strike could occur if no agreement by July 16. The union notes recent raises and projects wide future demands across multiple contracts.
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GTO
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Prisoner Martha Kalwaie Described Quiet in Wilkes Barre
May 16 report describes Martha Woodson Kalwaie 30 a child psychologist charged with murder in the fatal beating of her one month old son as a quiet cooperative prisoner Deputy Warden Joseph Strobel of Luzerne county prison notes she has slept well and appears calm and collected
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Joseph ©. Strobel
Luzerne County Prison
Mrs Christina Loveland Dies In Butler Home
Mrs Christina Loveland widow of Frank W Loveland died Sunday afternoon at 1 near 17 Mill Street in Butler after long illness She lived in the city all her life and was a member of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church Surviving are a sister Emilia Myers two brothers William and Harry Myers and several nieces and nephews Funeral services are at Bracken Keating Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery Also reported Butler banker Stuart and Butler painter Lewis Awe Werneke died in local hospitals from recent accidents
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Mill Street
St. Paul's
Lyle Loveland
Claveland
Bracken- Keating
Pine Grove Cemetery
Spending exceeds income in miners pension fund
In New York on May 16, it was reported that the John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Welfare Fund spends faster than it earns. Four months saw about 38.3 million dollars spent, roughly 2.266 million weekly, while royalty revenues from coal producers were estimated under 30 million dollars yearly. Union officials may seek a royalty boost as prior accumulations financed ongoing pensions and benefits.
Ellicottville Man Killed In Wreck Near Murder Hill
Chester Gaines 36 of Ellicottville died after his car left Route 242 near Murder Hill in Cattaraugus County. The crash sent the vehicle 98 feet into a ditch and rolled about 100 feet. Gaines suffered fatal injuries en route to Salamanca City Hospital. The Friday accident was the area's only serious incident on Black Friday.
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Tamestown
Murder Hill
Cattaraugus County
Chester Gaines
Wes
Litike
Galton
Dublin
Gaines
Salamien City Hospital
Requiem Saturday for Mrs Charles McLaughlin
Prayer service at 10 30 a m and requiem mass at 11 p m at St Thomas Church for Mrs Charles McLaughlin. Rev John DeSanti celebrant with bearers Robert Williams John Dempsey PL Swanson Albert Carburg Francis Duke Paul Mulheirn. Burial in St Thomas Cemetery. Out of town attendees listed.
Senate probes cash kickback charges tied to Poland loan
Senate investigators opened a review into alleged cash kickbacks from a 40 million dollar Poland loan. The special committee said the payments were handled by forwarders and brokers linked to overseas shipments under the Polish government.
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