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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1961
Page
1
In Whiting Indiana FBI arrests target five members of the Chilla family at Liberty Savings & Loan in a $1 million embezzlement scheme. The brothers allegedly hid a secret ledger since 1939, diverting deposits to pay claims from other funds. The scheme unravelled during a routine audit.
Castro announced plans to unify Cuba under a single party called the united party of Cuba's socialist revolution. He rejected personality rule, urged collective leadership, and cited anti imperialist aims while accusing the U S Pentagon of training guerrilla forces to oppose Cuba. The move aligns with a broader shift toward a one party system after de Stalinization.
A fire at the top of Seagram Tower in Niagara Falls Ontario damaged scaffolding and forms used for concrete work, delaying opening of the 300 foot tower. Officials said the tower structure was not seriously harmed and construction will resume, with seven observation levels planned atop a spire crown.
McComb city officials plan to seek a federal court injunction to bar more Freedom Riders after white mobs attacked visiting newsmen. Six Riders had desegregated the Greyhound terminal amid heavy protection. CORE said more trips planned in New Orleans. Kennedy praised local officials for maintaining law and order.
DETROIT AP: Terry Kinney, 20, shot a deer near Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then hitchhiked nearly 350 miles home to Detroit to recover the carcass. He said he stayed on after friends left, rented a rifle to hunt, and chose a freighted ride for most of the trip.
Lawrencesaid Justice Department investigators possess evidence implicating both Democrats and Republicans in a vast political scandal linked to Goldfine. Miss Paperman was ordered to reveal what happened soon as Goldfine faces probation and possible grand jury action. The case centers on Goldfine’s finances and alleged siphoning of about $600000 from his industrial holdings amid tax evasion and smuggling charges. The department had no immediate comment.
In Washington AP dispatches report a surge of political groups reshaping the Dominican crisis after Generalissimo Trujillo's May assassination. The National Civic Union dominates opposition, while the 4th of June party splits, and the Dominican Revolutionary party backs moderation led by Juan Bosch. Maximo Lopez Molina heads the Communist backed Popular Movement amid U.S. concern for a peaceful democratic solution. The Notre Dame football dispute in Pittsburgh is also noted in the same column.
Ambassador Adlai Stevenson said he discussed with President Kennedy the Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s suggestion that Stevenson run for the Illinois Senate seat now held by Republican Everett Dirksen. Stevenson will decide by December end and will be guided by the party and the administration’s best interests.
In Homer City Indiana County the final tally after military and absentee ballots gave Republican Donald M. Walker a seat on the Homer City School Board by 522 to 518 over Democrat Gordon Clark. Unofficial results previously showed Clark ahead. Bernard C. Voyten, also a Republican, held the other contest seat.
Harrisburg AP report says employees of the State Professional Licensing Bureau were urged to refuse gifts from any person or establishment licensed by the bureau. Bureau director Robert N. Hendershot told about 120 employees that no employee shall receive any gift including money bottles of refreshment or valuables from licensees.
Washington AP. The Communist party of the United States was indicted for failing to register as a Soviet agent. A 12 count charge alleges nonregistration by November 20 under the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950. Conviction could bring fines up to ten thousand dollars per day and prison terms for officers and members.
About 40 drivers and mechanics reached a new two year contract after a threatened strike in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. The agreement ends a labor dispute and secures labor peace for the Beaver Valley Motor Coach Co. The deal covers wages and working conditions for two years.
Labor unions use computing machines to identify unregistered members and boost turnout ahead of off year elections. AFL-CIO official James L. McDevitt says rolls and registration lists are fed into machines across unions to target voters, arguing gains in the House could swing labor legislation. He notes unity across labor factions despite other disagreements and hints at opposing Nixon in California races.
State and local police probe thefts totaling seven to ten thousand dollars from three prominent Charleroi figures Donald Bauch former mayoral candidate Marge Rosini Charleroi Savings and Loan secretary treasurer and William Burns dry goods owner. Homes damaged furniture damaged but no entry loss reported. The thefts occurred Thursday.
Harrisburg AP reports the State Crop Reporting Service says farm prices did not rise in November as usual. Wholesale milk prices rose only half the normal amount, pulling down averages for hogs, heifers, calves, lambs, and eggs. Gains in milk cows, steers, heifers, and sheep offset much of the decline.
Obituaries report deaths of James Elder McQuiston 67 Homer City native and longtime McCreary Tire worker. Effie Mabel Holmes 80s wife of Hugh Holmes. Mary Ethel Muller 71 Indiana resident. Dorothy Smith 60 Homer City. Minnie Sowers Bell 88 Blairsville native. Grayce Olive Housholder 1931 death in Josephine. Details cover survivors, services, and interment plans across Indiana County communities.
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