Snow, Ice Hit County Roads After Six Inch Storm
Indiana County battles a six inch snowfall with urgent road clearing. Main arteries passable as 125 highway workers plow through the night. One collision on Route 119 near Homer City injures three people. damage rated at 1500 dollars.
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Indiana County
John Lopresti
Homer City
William Wolfe
Church Street
Indiana
Wolfe
Patricia Kunkle
Lopresti
Route 119
Sipas
Nation-Wide Steel Strike Threatened
Pittsburgh reports a potential nationwide steel strike on New Year’s Day raises grave concern in government circles. Economic Stabilizer Putnam warned that automatic price increases tied to wage raises won’t be permitted unless Capehart amendment proceeds allow it. Federal mediators Mills and Maggiolo warn the strike threat would cause serious economic disruption as contract talks between CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel continue.
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Pittsburgh
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Washington
Ace
Clyde Mills
Walter A. Maggiolo
CIO United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
Four Indiana Service Clubs To Man Salvation Army Kettles
Members of four Indiana service clubs will take over the Salvation Army kettle duties this week. Rotary Club volunteers ring Monday, Optimist Club on Wednesday, Kiwanis Club on Thursday, and Lions Club on Friday to raise holiday funds.
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Indiana Service Clubs
Salvation
Rotary Club
Optimish
Kiwanth Club
Lions Club
Teacher Found Dead In Auto Near Bloomsburg
Mrs Margaret Kindig a 38 year old music teacher formerly of Williamsport and now widowed mother of four was found dead yesterday in her overturned car in Fishing Creek ten miles north of Bloomsburg Officials cannot determine how the car went into the creek Meaker reports she had been Christmas shopping in Bloomsburg Arley found the vehicle after the mishap.
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Bloomsburg
Margaret Kindig
Denton
Williamsport
Fishing Creek
Arley
Kindig
Meaker
Back From War Doctor Says Johnny Yuha May Recover
Johnny Yuha may walk again after spinal operation by Dr Iriving Cooper. Coach Ray Phillips said the spinal cord was pinched, not severed, and with treatment and rehab he could regain feeling. Yuha, 19, is in good spirits with family and friends at University Hospital New York City.
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Johnny Yuha
Ray Phillips
Iriving Cooper
New York University
Bellevue Medical Center
Phillips
Johnny
University Hospital
East Mih ‘Street
New York City
N. Y
Lawrence Smith
Indiana
Btry C 449Th F
A. Osburn
Fort Bragg
Elders Ridge
Indiana County
San Francisco
Korea
Pfc
Robert J. Henry
Junior E. Rhoades
Homer
Seeking More Information For Survey
Blank survey questionnaires were mailed today to Indiana residents who showed interest in a proposed new industry. The forms seek detailed information on previous employment and work done to aid company personnel in assessing skilled labor availability. Wage will follow the prevailing union schedule and conditions will be made ideal. The firm, one of the five largest electronics manufacturers, may locate here if enough skilled help is found.
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Indiana
Woman given prison term for bigamy in High Point
One Too Many Mrs Magdalene Adams, 31, was sentenced to two and a half to four years in a High Point,N C, prison after being found guilty of bigamy. Witnesses said she married former paratrooper Hugh Wilson, 29, in 1949 and claimed Adams was her brother to explain the presence of the man and the children. Adams received one to two years for aiding and abetting bigamy.
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Magdalene Adams
High Point
N. C
Adams
Hugh Wilson
Wilson
Reject Red Peace Plan As Deadlock Tightens
MUNSAN Korea Dec 15 AP A United Nations Command truce negotiator accused the Communists of seeking victory at the conference table after rejecting a six point Korean truce supervision plan. He said no progress on policing the armistice or prisoner exchanges, with negotiators deadlocked and returning to Panmunjom Sunday.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U.N
Howard Turner
Victor J
Panmunjom
R. E. Libby
Will Face Charge In Shooting Will Face Charge In Shooting
Beverly Hills Calif Dec 15 AP The District Attorney says he will prosecute film producer Walter Wanger for felonious assault despite efforts to block trial for shooting the agent of his actress wife Joan Bennett Prosecutor S Ernest Roll said if police sign a complaint and Chief Clinton Anderson agrees the case will be prosecuted regardless of participants wishes He warned Lang s attorney Oliver Schwab that his client could be moved to the Los Angeles General Hospital prison ward if deputies are prevented from talking to Lang
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
S. Ernest Roll
Jennings Lang
Wanger
Clinton Anderson
Lang
Oliver Schwab
Los Angeles General Hospital
County FFA Rates High In Contests
Indiana County FFA members shined in state-wide contests with medals awarded to Edwin Myers Green Township Don McCreight Elders Ridge James Klingensmith William Kelly Wayne McMillen Tom King and Richard Speranza. Lang, shot in the groin, remains in hospital after surgery and is progressing satisfactorily as deputies plan to visit.
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Roll
Lang
Edwin Myers
Green Township
Don McCreight
Elders Ridge
James Klingensmith
William Kelly
Canning Crops
Wayne McMillen
Marion Center
Tom King
Richard Speranza
Ealders Ridge
Mercer County Gambling and Liquor Fine Sweep
Seventeen Mercer County residents were fined a total of 4650 on gambling and liquor law violations. Judge George H. Rowley led a large session with grand jury probes already begun earlier in the year. Eagles club officers from Sharon faced 500 dollar penalties while nine Farrell liquor violators paid 100 to 150 dollars. Fred Donnelly and three others from Sharon were slated for January 7 sentencing on gambling charges, winding up the year’s investigations.
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Mercer
Mercer County
George H. Rowley
Eagles Club of
Sharon
Farrell
Fred Donnelly
Sharon Eagles Club
Gam
Bank of England loosens controls to curb sterling speculation
England acts to ease exchange restrictions while the pound’s dollar parity holds at 2.80 and gold remains pegged at 250 shillings per ounce. The move aims to curb speculative dealings that weakened the currency without ending exchange controls.
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London
Bank of England
Child Gives Up Pups Pleads For Homes At Station
Joan Steele and Marcie Dutton transported four auburn puppies to the police station seeking safe homes. Dogcatcher William Hopkins promised not to euthanize them and noted the puppies each wear red collars. Call Indiana 5 8666 to offer a home.
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Joan Steele
North Fourth Street
Marcie Dutton
William Hopkins
Hopkins
Joan
Indiana
Stockholder Mystery Solved by Gazette Locate Name
Indiana Evening Gazette traced Veronica Wishniewska’s stock within 24 hours with help from a New York firm. The stock ended up with Rev. Stanley Gawronski in New Salem Pa. after her death on December 19 1937. Gawronski says he bought the stock for her and holds it now. A lead from Mrs. Charles Gallagher in McIntyre guided investigators to Pittsburgh where sisters Anna Skrzydlewska and others confirmed the estate claim.
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Toronto Gazette
Indiana Evening Gazette
New York
Evening Gazette
Veronica Wishniewska
Tyelin Area
Stanley Gawronski
New Salem
Miss Wishniewska
Gawronski
Charles Gallagher
McIntyre
Pittsburgh
Saylor Hospitalized After Appendectomy
Rep. John P. Saylor who showed Indiana High School students movies on the Atari bomb yesterday is in Lee Hospital today. He was taken yesterday afternoon for an appendectomy. His condition is reported as fair.
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John P. Saylor
Indiana
Lee Hospital
First Phase of Tax Scandal Probe Ends
Washington December 15 The first phase of a tax scandal probe ended with fresh disclosures including ten long distance calls from Jess Larson head of the General Services Agency to Frank Nathan in New York and Miami. Nathan denied knowledge of the calls, saying they were deals. President Truman signaled a broad anti corruption program as a federal grand jury will examine perjury prospects after a Ways and Means subcommittee transcript is sent to the Justice Department. Charles Oliphant resigned as general counsel of the Internal Revenue Bureau and appeared at a White House briefing with Truman amid a storm over alleged benefits to friends.
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Charles Oliphant
Howse
Washington
Henry
the Dutchman
Frank Nathan
Nathan
House
Jess Larson
General Services Agency
New York
Miami
Truman
Subcommittee
King
D-Calif
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Larson
Marenne
Mr. Truman
Oliphant
Abraham Teitlebaum
Lee
President Truman to launch sweeping cleanup program
President Truman plans a new broom program nine months after declaring his administration honest. He is finishing preparations to purge officials who betrayed trust and is expected to announce details today. Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy of New York, famed prosecutor of Alger Hiss, may be offered a key role.
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Washington
Truman
Thomas F. Murphy
New York
Alger Hiss
Motive Sought In Two Deaths in Worcester
Police investigated a double slaying in Worcester Massachusetts after Dr O Draper Phelps 70 was shot in his office by a patient Diogenes Boudouvis a semi retired restaurateur who had been under the doctors care. Phelps died at City hospital after being found on the couch with a bullet wound. The suspect committed suicide with a .38 caliber weapon.
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Worcester
Mass
O. Draper Phelps
Diogenes Boudouvis
Pehlps
City Hospital
Boudouvis
Weizmann Condition Improves, Attending Physicians Say
Tel Aviv report states President Chaim Weizmann shows improved health as attending physicians provide daily update.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Chaim Weizmann
State Demos Offer Threat In Dispute
In Harrisburg Senate Democrats threaten to block appropriations if Republicans back away from a tentative Philadelphia city county consolidation deal. Senator Samuel G. Neff says he has the support of the 20 member Democratic minority to hold up funds until the unification bill is passed. Republicans and Democrats agreed on a plan to freeze hundreds of Republican county employees, with consolidation led by a 10 member commission. Five members would be named by Gov. Fine and five by Mayor-elect Joseph Clark, with a Philadelphia voters' special election to ratify the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
Philadelphia
Samuel G. Neff
Beaver
John
Fine
Joseph
Clark
Senate Republians
State Demos
Indiana County Fair Association Dinner Sees Low Attendance
The ICFA annual dinner for corporate members occurred at the Indiana Veterans of Foreign Wars country club with poor weather keeping many away for officer elections. Attendees viewed slides from county fairs featuring the county agent as part of a reorganization plan to be scheduled later. Also noted is a Dance-Clymer Moose event on Saturday December 15 with music by Mickey Lokey.
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Indiana County Fair Association
Indiana Veterans of Foreign Wars Country Club
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