Michigan's Prison Mutiny Ends In Reforms
Officials at Southern Michigan Prison tightened control after a five day inmate rebellion. Convicts won reforms but face prosecution for crimes during the uprising. Gov Williams notes punishment limited to reprisals by the State Department of Corrections. Prison authorities say no reprisals needed to restore order. Continued on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
State Department ‘of Corrections
Volun
Michigan
Summer Theater Guild named at Indiana State Teachers College
Jim Stewart selects Summer Theater Guild as the official title for the Indiana State Teachers College summer theater. Mrs. Romae Fatora of Blairsville won honorary patrons' tickets. the season runs June 25 to August 2 with six plays at Fisher Auditorium. Robert W. Ensley directs, assisted by Paul E. Randall as guest director.
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Guild
Indiana State Teachers College
Jimmy Stewart
Romae Fatora
Blairsville
Summer Theater Guild
Squire Walter Jackson
Robert Sutton
Alex Stewart
Indiana County
Indiana
Fatora
Fisher Auditorium
the College
Robert W. Ensley
Summer
Paul E. Randall
Temple University Theater
Blairsville shop sues Yale Tech for damages
An $859 damage suit is filed against Yale Technical Institute Blairsville alleging water overflow from second floor rooms seeped into Milady's Shop on ground floor in Penn Theater Building. Complaint by Prothonotary Orr on behalf of Kay Williams and J. E. Williams seeks $859.21 plus interest for damages to dresses and store supplies and premises, dated on or about October 5, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Technical Institute, Inc
Blairsville
Jas
Penn Theater
J. Carlyle Orr
Kay Williams
J. E. Williams
Milady
War Game Fatal To Six Year Old
Six year old James Pouncy was shot dead in McKeesport Pennsylvania while playing war games with his brother William ten. William retrieved a twelve gauge shotgun from behind a door and fired as both boys hid behind a bed. The fatal shot struck James in the face. Eagles Dance Saturday Music by Don Carlo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mckeesport
James Pouncy
William
James
Eagles Dance
Don Carlo
Erie
General Assembly
Bell Grange
Lin
Rod and Gun Club
William W. Jones
Village dance Friday April 25 with Melotones
An advertisement for a Village dance event on Friday April 25 featuring the Melotones. Also promotes Rogers Jewelry and Ricupero's pizza and spaghetti and notes a general sale on shotguns and rifles with easy payments and no carrying charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Remington
Savage
Rogers Jewelry
Tix
County Election Board Named for Indiana County Primary returns
Indiana County commissioners announced a 12 member board to tabulate returns from the Tuesday primary. Members include Commissioners Rosensteel Orr and Hildebrand plus Bowser McGregor voting registrar, and local officials Mrs Weamer Devinney Glovack Cimra Loughry Stull, with Homer City and Cherry Tree residents represented. Entertainment listings note a Rhythm Ranger square dance at Indiana Guard Armory 9 to 12 with snack bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
L. C. Rosensteel
Harvey A. Orr
W- F. Hildebrand
J. D. McCann
John A. Bowser
John McGregor
Eugene Weamer
N. R. Devinney
Homer City
Irene Glovack
Buffington Township
Mary Cimra
Aukman
Nellie Loughry
Saltsburg
Elizabeth Stull
Cherry Tree
Indiana Guard Armory
Rail Crossing Safety Confab Held In Indiana
Twenty nine civic leaders and officials gathered at Moore Hotel Indiana to discuss eliminating grade crossing slaughter. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sponsored the luncheon as part of a safety push targeting 6500 daily crossings. Officials proposed an educational campaign and strict enforcement, noting driver and pedestrian errors that cause crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Toronto Gazette
Indiana
Moore Hotel
PTA
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
H. D. Graffius
Punxsutawney
Parent-cher
Caboose
T. K. Cassel
Wdad-Indiana
Felone
Junto
Warren E. Kline
Ment
Onsign
Indiana County
Plea of Innocence in Tax Evasion Case
Former Chief Magistrate John J. O'Malley entered a plea of innocent to charges he evaded $150,000 in federal income taxes. O'Malley, reduced to magistrate in 1950, pleaded yesterday before Federal District Judge George A. Welsh. Indicted March 13 by a special grand jury, he posted a $5,000 bond. no trial date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John J. O'Malley
O'Malley
George A. Welsh
Welsh
County Firemen Battle $150000 Barnesboro Blaze
Nine fire companies from Cambria and Indiana Counties fought a main street fire in Barnesboro that gutted the Karp Building housing Charlson's Furniture Store. The two story brick building left only its shell as firefighters battled smoke and water. Two Barnesboro men were overcome by smoke and Fire Chief Maurice Tibbott did not survive?
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Indiana County
Barnesboro
Karp
Cambria County
Charlson’s Furnniture
Clymer
Cherry Tree
Fein
Carrolltown
Spangler
Hastings
Ebensburg
Nanty Glo
Patton
City Water
West Branch
Susquehanna River
Walnut Run
Maurice Tibbott
Tibbott
Lee Barnesboro
Missouri Flood Crest Near Kansas City
Floods eased after peaking just under 30.7 feet along the Missouri River at Kansas City, with levees protecting industrial areas. The crest was far below the 1951 record of 36.2 feet, while federal aid followed as President Truman approved flood relief and emergency allocations to Missouri and Kansas.
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Cancer Crusade Campaign
Indiana
Kansas City
Kansas
Burgess Warren P. Kline
Kaw
Missouri
Kansas Citys
Truman
Washington
Training 78 young scientists in cancer research
A program spent 358209 to train 78 young scientists in cancer research. The effort aims to advance research capabilities to help control cancer through skilled researchers and ongoing scientific work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Three Prisoners Escape Jail and Kidnap Deputy Warden
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania three Reading men George J. Dion Lewis Biancone and G A Homan escaped from Columbia County Jail after breaking out and kidnapping the deputy warden who was freed soon after They were awaiting trial for armed robbery in Bloomsburg on November 2 1951 and are also accused of a Frackville robbery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
Columbia County
Reading
George J. Dion
Lewis Biancone
G. A. Homan
Frackville
Oriental War Bride Nobuko Coronel Finds New Home
Nobuko Coronel, a 20 year old Filipino of Japanese-Okinawan ancestry and Oriental war bride, travels to join her GI husband and child in Alhambra. Letters from local residents convinced her she is welcome, ending her plea to be a Madame Butterfly.
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Alhambra
Nobuko Coronel
Madame Butterfly
Nobuko
Nobuko Coronel and husband face citizenship row in Okinawa
Cpl Robert A Coronel and Nobuko Coronel sailed from Okinawa with their baby as their case draws aid from the Alhambra Post Advocate readers. The couple, married in 1951, faced pressure over Nobuko’s American citizenship amid wartime loyalties, with police reports and a flood linked to Clinton area events.
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Okinawa
Cpl
Robert A. Coronel
Mary Ann
Nobuko
Alabambra
Coronel
Philippine Underground
Mississippi River
James Ryan
Indiana
Ryan
Clinton
Philadelphia
Ber- See Oriental
Wick
Truman claim on Iran triggers sharp reactions worldwide
President Truman’s offhand remark that he forced the Russians out of Iran by a personal ultimatum drew criticism in high quarters. A White House clarification framed the word as a layman use, noting the note to Russia on March 4, 1946 and Russia’s subsequent Iran troop withdrawal in May.
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Washington
Truman
Iran
Stalin
Roger Tubby
State Department
Russia
Tubby
Washington M
CTO
America
United States
United Nations
Food Price Posting Ordered for 70 Million Meals a Day
Washington OPS orders hotels taverns and other establishments to publicly post ceiling prices for food and drinks based on the Feb 3-9 week. The move aims to inform customers and defend against price charges disputes while ceilings stay fixed until wholesale food costs justify changes.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ellis Arnall
Bureau of Labor Statistics
28th Army Leads EC Red Cross Drive Donations
In Goettingen Germany the 24th Infantry Division topped the European Command in 1952 for the American Red Cross drive. The division, led by the 112th Infantry Regiment, contributed more money than any other division-size unit in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goeppingen
Germany
24Th Infantry
112Th Infantry Regi
Joint Board Okays Pact For New HS
The Commodore Purchase Line Joint Board approved signing a contract with an Altoona architectural firm to build a six year high school for 1,103 students. The plan includes classrooms, shops, art and music rooms, a 700 seat auditorium, an 84 by 108 foot gym, a library, cafeteria, offices, and health rooms near Purchase Line. The project follows State Department of Public Instruction approval and consolidates students from Commodore Arcadia Mahaffey and Punxsutawney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore
Purchase Line Joint Board
Altoona
Hunter, Caldwell and Campbell
State Department of Public Instruction
Arcadia
Mahaffey
Punxsutawney
Purchase Ling
Steel seizure case stalls in federal court before Pine
Judge David A. Pine pressed government lawyers for a ruling on President Truman’s April 9 steel seizure claiming constitutional authority. He demanded a precedent showing a federal court upholding such a order without explicit congressional action. Baldridge asked for a week to prepare but Pine denied delay, urging prompt action.
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Federal District Court
David A. Pine
Pine
Pssident Truman
Asst. Atty
Holmes Baldridge
Congress
Baldridge
STEEL
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Earl Ward
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Russell Jarbo
Tony Nazzone
James Breeze
Jim Stewart
Yale Tech
Ricupero’s. Ae
Melotones
County Election Board
Jones Furniture
Rose Nudge
Grandview Avend
Donald Burggraf
Grant St
Ralph Finn
South 7Th St
Ariene Mc
Maine
Shorty S
Wayne Ave
Clymer Moose
Homer
Jamond
Luddie Timko
Safaland
Meee Petrey
Lmany
Howard T. Sanford
William L
Ingersoll
Chamber of Commerce
iBy Forrests
Lockard
Gazette City
Gazette
Frank Sipos
Bina
Andes
Sipos
Cofc
Indiana Fur Storage
28Th Army
Amer. Red Cross
Phila
St. Kissinger Circle
Modern Ace of Orchestra
Marke
Ayne Ave. Ni
Andlana Guardepee
Laddie Timka
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