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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1952
Page
1
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Washington AP reports economist Roger Putnam aims for a quick ruling on the coal miners pay dispute. Industry and union leaders argued for the full 1.90 daily raise, but the Wage Stabilization Board approved only 1.50 and blocked 40 cents as inflationary. Lewis indicated miners might not strike if Putnam rules against the full amount, while industry spokesman Harry Moses urged full consideration of underground work.
Christmas savings clubs operated by three banks closed for 1952 with 4106 members. About 1 million dollars will be returned to participants. Checks totaling 76,361 go to National Bele club members by mail tomorrow for delivery Thursday. Citizens National Bank prepares 128,716 for its 1435 members, as 1959 clubs form with first payments due December 1.
Employees of the Aero Supply Lodge IA Machinists voted on 44 amendments to the grand lodge exb anitation. Locally two amendments drew focus raising officers salaries and raising monthly dues from 2 to 3 dollars. Day and night shifts held separate sessions at union headquarters South Center Street. Results nationwide were not expected for several weeks due to ballot counting schedules.
State Highway Department crews under Waller Proctor began repairs on about 7 000 feet of Route 25090 Washington Street extension from the westerly tie to Route 11. The unpaved road, in bad condition for months, will get a gravel surface. Weather favored progress though a forecasted change could slow work.
Navy pilots from Reserve Squadron 781 at Los Alamitos fought a battle near a carrier task force late yesterday. The action reportedly involved four Panther jets, downing two Russian made fighters about 35 miles from the fleet, roughly southwest of Changin.
In Billings Montana a Flying Boxcar crashed and burned in a muddy field twelve miles east of town killing eight servicemen. Four died at the scene and four later from injuries. The plane was bound from Edmonton to Denver. Investigators cited propeller trouble and mechanical failure as causes. eight others were hospitalized.
Former New Jersey governor A Harry Moore, the state's only three term chief executive, died at 73 after suffering a stroke while driving a car that left Route 28 near Somerville. His wife, injured, sought medical help after the collision, as Moore had been recovering from fatigue earlier in the year.
A bus carrying steelworkers plunged over an embankment in West Mifflin Borough, injuring ten. Six were detained at hospitals, others treated and released. The group was returning from the Homestead Works of U S Steel Co.
Washington AP reports Sen Taft says he expects Republicans to win major posts without a battle in the incoming Senate. He would not say if he seeks GOP leadership posts and urges Eisenhower to invite top Senate leaders to White House for weekly sessions. He outlines priorities including the budget, taxation, reorganization act, price and rent controls, and foreign aid reauthorization.
Congress opened an investigation into tax exempt foundations to determine if they fund un American or subversive activities. The probe covers over 600 organizations including Rockefeller Carnegie and Ford foundations, with Rep Cox directing a House unit to assess resources and purposes aligned with or against US interests.
Five member board announces 2510 youths must report for Army physicals. They depart at 6:65 m for New Cumberland depot, return by 20 a m on November 22. Names listed include Corty Robert Seastead Davis and Harley Whitman among others.
Copenhagen reports that government and sources confirm a Greenland defense expansion plan but U S officials and Danish and Greenland ministers deny any formal agreement. A Danish Arctic Contractor will handle portions of the work, including a $1.2 million project at an existing U S air base set to finish next spring.
In a heavy clash near the Yalu frontier, Chinese forces reportedly relinquished a strategic hill as Allied units pressed the offensive. Air strikes and ground patrols intensified, with reports of multiple enemy aircraft destroyed and ongoing probes along frozen front lines. Casualties cited include substantial Red losses in ground fighting prior to November.
RCA researchers in Princeton demonstrated a battery operated television receiver using 37 transistors instead of vacuum tubes. The set weighed about a quarter of a full table model, with the only vacuum component being the self contained picture tube. Transistors could cut video receiver costs and enable lighter, smaller sets, as executives predicted future full transistor receivers and even tube replacements.
Copperweld Steel Co of Pittsburgh announces an offer to buy Ohio Seamless Tube Co of Shelby for 8,680,000. Stockholders may accept at 55 a share by depositing stock certificates in one of two Ohio banks. Copperweld runs plants in Pittsburgh Warren and Gosport PA and Oswego NY.
City officials discuss setting rules for tax exonerations tied to a $7 levy on residents over 21. Mayor Kinley urges fairness as exemptions possible up to age 65. Budget talks include special forms, hospital bills, and fire district adjustments as the council plans readings and public inspection days before year end.
Mrs Roberta Wright widow of a train burglar was given ten years probation after pleading guilty to two burglaries in Clearfield County. Bell jailed her yesterday, she already serves six months from Butler County and nine months from Warren and Washington Counties. She faces trial on tertiary charges in Crawford Jefferson Mercer Westmoreland Allegheny Fayette and Lawrence Counties. Her husband killed himself at the Butler State Police barracks after his capture.
President Truman said arms shipments to Western Europe have fallen short of earlier goals. He noted progress since the war and cited total weapons valued at about 667 million dollars delivered through June, with aims for 1.0 billion and 1.60 billion warships and subs to be submitted by December.
At the United Nations delegates debated the Indian plan for a four nation prisoner repatriation commission to handle Korea POWs once an armistice is reached. The proposal, aiming to include Poland Czechoslovakia Sweden and Switzerland if possible, seeks a neutral umpire to break ties. Washington talks between Truman and Eisenhower shaped US policy expectations ahead of resumed Korea debates. In a separate item, Most Rev Emmet M Walsh was named coadjutor bishop of Youngstown, succeeding the late Bishop James A McFadden with an installation to follow.
In Bonn the Bundestag rejected Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's call to speed ratification of Allied Western treaties. The vote 179 to 186 against resuming the peace pact and European Defense Community next week exposed rifts in the coalition as Socialists joined opposition.
In Pusan Korea a government committee led by Prime Minister Pink Toh Chin plans a large reception for Dwight D. Eisenhower during his scheduled visit. The effort reflects wartime publicity aims and possible secrecy around the visit.
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