Say Firms Offer Gets No Vote on Steel Talks
The unions reject the firms offer as lacking in bargaining regard amid talks led by Cooper and McDonald. Goldman and Goldberg plan a federal suit over wage gains, while Finnegan cancels a session due to McDonald’s absence. A nationwide worker panel will judge the Taft Hartley era offer and a 500,000 member vote follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Conrad Cooper
Baltimore
Cooper
McDonald
Joseph F. Finnegan
Finnegan
Arthur J. Goldberg
Howard Hague
I. W. Abel
National Labor Relations Board
Abel
Mining Near Water Now Under Rules
Harrisburg AP reports mining near water will be strictly regulated by a new law prompted by the Knox Mine disaster. The rule bans mining within 200 feet of the high water mark without state approval and requires at least 35 feet of rock cover. foremen must enforce plans with penalties up to $5,000 and three years imprisonment. The measure follows the investigative committee’s sixth recommendation. Mount Orizaba is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains at 18,700 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Luzerne County
Lawrence
House
Senate
Knox
State Mines Department
Christmas gift contains nearly $1200 in cash found
POMPTON LAKES New Jersey AP Robert Harold opened a package of Christmas toys for his children and found almost 1200 dollars in cash. Police say the money, receipts from a toy store, was reportedly missing a week earlier and a clerk likely packed the cash in the gift box by accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Robert Harold
Iran braces for Iraqi attack amid frontier dispute
Iran ordered air and army reinforcements to Abadan and placed forces on high alert over an anticipated Iraqi strike. Despatches to Dezful, river patrols on Shatt al Arab, and fortifications around Abadan followed claims Iraq violated the 1938 frontier agreement. Iran warned it could take the case to The Hague or the U N Security Council. The Shah and Queen Farah postponed their honeymoon to address the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Dynan
Tehran
Iran
Abadan
Dezful
Khuzistan
Shatt al Arab
Persian Gulf
Iran Petroleum Co
Iraq
Tigris
Euphrates
Gulf
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
Baghdad
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic of Israel
World Court
Hague
U.N. Security Council
Farah
Caspian Sea
French Education Minister Resigns Over Aid to Private Schools
Paris reports Andrew Boulloche resigns as education minister after the cabinet shifts a compromise plan on public funds to private schools. The change would raise subsidies but gives government control over spending, drawing opposition from groups fearing government interference.
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Paris
Andrew Boulloche
Uday
France
Boulloche
Houlloche
Pittsburgh Railways Seeks Fare Increase With New Tariffs
Pittsburgh Railways Co plans to file tariffs with the Public Utility Commission to raise street car feeder bus and incline fares effective January 24. Cash fares rise to 27 cents, two-zone rides to 42 cents, three-zone to 52 cents, with tokens and passes adjusted accordingly. Officials cite higher labor costs and taxes under a new two-year contract.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Public Utility Commission
Patronage in Census Jobs Sparks GOP Pennsylvania Push
Washington AP reports Pennsylvania Republicans face a 1960 census patronage rush with 10,106 enumerators 594 crew leaders and 25 supervisors to hire. Enumerators earn about 12 dollars daily while crew readers make about 15.50 for eight hours. District breakdown lists multiple counties and job counts amid a GOP influence in the process.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
GOP
Sen
Hugh Scott
Chester
Pottsville
Norristown
Williamsport
Lewistown
York
Altoona
Greensburg
Johnstown
Oi Coty
Ferie
Aliquippa
Uniontown
Pike Group Seeks To Stop Tax Refund
In Philadelphia, a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suit to block a 10 block payment of a 900 thousand dollar tax refund to Mann Mine Research and Development Corp in Reading was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Judge Thomas J. Clary ruled the case, and the matter returns to state court where other litigation by the commission is ongoing. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has frozen Mann Mine assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Mann-Mine Research and Development Corp
Reading
Thomas J. Clary
Commission
Manu- Mine
Pennayl- Vania Supreme Court
Strike Jobless Total Drops in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP reports unemployment tied to the steel strike fell again with 10,948 Pennsylvanians returning to work. The Labor and Industry Depart ment lists 18,520 still idle, 500 of them steel workers, while 13,188 are in metals and metal products, and 2,025 are railroaders, all affected by the walkout ended by a court injunction for 80 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Labor and Industry Department
Ihe Relays Christmas Greetings and World Prestige
Politicians speculate on the Presidents talks with leaders of Italy Turkey Pakistan Afghanistan India Greece Iran Tunisia France Spain and Morocco. They agree the President has boosted his stock as a world leader and the nations prestige as freedom’s champion. Concrete results may come from the East West summit in Paris next April and sessions with Khrushchev in Moscow. Home politics hinge on how travel affects November elections with both parties hedging credit to the President if tensions ease.
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Italy
Turkey
Pakistan
Afghanistan
India
Greece
Iran
Tunisia
France
Spain
Morocco
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
US Newsman Ordered Out By Cuba
American newsman James Buchanan of the Miami Herald was convicted by a five man Cuban military court in Pinar del Rio for helping an escapee and received a suspended four year sentence and 24 hour deportation. He left for Havana to return to Miami.
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Havana
James Buchanan
Cuba
Castro
Pinar del Rio
Miami Herald
Buchanan
Miami
Frank Austin Young
Young
Lee Hills
Herald
Knight
Hills
Red China Criticizes Ike Spain Visit
Tokyo dispatch reports Peiping’s Peoples Daily condemns Eisenhower’s trip as aligning with a fascist regime in Spain. It asserts Spain seeks missile bases in return for U.S. aid and calls Madrid a tame satellite in Europe.
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Red China
Ike
Spain
Tokyo
China
Eisenhower
Redgime
Francisco Franco
Peiping Peoples Daily
Europe
Pope Outlines Peace Path From Christmas Message
The pope's Christmas address centers on peace amid postwar blocs and obstacles created by human malice. He cites moral decay, social injustice, unemployment, and arms race, praising diplomats and Eisenhower’s peace mission while urging a shared spirit of brotherhood as foundation for inner, social, and international peace.
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Christ
Pius XII
Pius
John
Eisenhower
Luthersburg Co Buys Two Other Telco Firms
Harrisburg AP reports Luthersburg Telephone Co acquires Brookville and Penfield Telephone Companies, all of Export, with the Public Utility Commission approving the merger. Rates stay unchanged. The surviving company will serve about 6,000 customers across Armstrong, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Forest, Clarion and Erie counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Luthersburg Telephone Co
Brookville
Penfield
Public Utility Commission
Telephone Utilities of Pennsylvania, Inc
Armstrong
Clearfield
Indiana
Jefferson, Forest
Clarion
Eirk
Tragic Collision Claims Allenport Man
Charlesqi Pa April? Eugene Wilson, 46, was killed Tuesday when his car collided with a freight train at a Pennsylvania Railroad crossing in Allenport near Charleroi.
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Charlerqi, Pa
Eugene Wilson
Allenport
Dickens A Christmas Carol on WDAD Christmas Eve
WDAD will broadcast Dickens A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve read by Reverend James Burnett Reid of Indiana for the second year. Reid began as a student after hearing Dr. Delbert Lean present the tale in Wooster, Ohio. The clergyman has read the Carol to audiences in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania over twenty years. The program airs at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 24.
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Charles Dickens
WDAD
Joe Termin
James Burnett Reid
Indiana
Reid
Dickens
Delbert G. Lean
Wooster
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Special Ed Building Bids For ISTC Set
The project includes two large classrooms with skylights, a reception area, four offices, and four clinics for speech therapy and audiology. One way vision glass links spaces, future audiometric room possible. Cost is 1,128,000 with Indiana share 395,640 for facilities at state institutions aiding deaf and mentally retarded students across Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State University
Indiana
Department of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania
Pair Saved Die Later In Parked Car
Two youths Edward O'Dell aged 18 and William Adniskey aged 20 from Curwensville were found unconscious in a parked car along Route 219 near Clearfield. They were revived by a highway crew but died from carbon monoxide poisoning after the vehicle later burned on a rural road four miles away. police noted the car overheated and the reason for a second stop remains unknown.
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Edward O’dell
William &. Adniskey
Curwensville
R. D
Route 219
Clearfield
Crown Prince Akihito Quietly Marks 26th Birthday
Japanese Crown Prince Akihito, celebrating his 26th birthday, spent time at his Tokyo residence with Crown Princess Michiko, the flour heiress he wed this year. She expects a baby next spring, a potential heir to the throne.
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Tokyo
Akihito
Hirohito
Michiko
Boy Buried Alive Rescued After Cave Collapse
In Tampa Florida 14 year old Robert French was buried seven minutes in a cave before being pulled out alive. A visitor from Rockford Illinois Homer Smith dug the boy free before firefighters reached the scene. French credited prayer with guiding him through the ordeal.
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Tampa
Fla
Robert French
French
Homer Smith
Rockford
Ill
Smith
Judges Say Governor Off Base Over National Guard Use
Federal court judges in Minnesota criticized Governor Freeman for using the National Guard to aid civil authorities during a mob crisis in Albert Lea. James D. Cooney praised the decision, while Miles Lord warned of an appeal if the ruling favored the state. Guardsmen remained deployed as negotiations between Wilson & Co. and the United Packinghouse Workers continued amid a meat processing disruption.
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National Guard
Freeman
Wilson
James D. Cooney
Chicago
Cooney
Minnesota
Miles Lord
Wilson & Co
Albert Lea
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Nackinohnico
Harness betting law hit in Pennsylvania racing bill
Pennsylvania lawmakers move to legalize betting at horse tracks with a four track limit and up to 50 racing days per year. A 5 percent tax on admissions and bets funds the state general fund, with remainder to county fairs and harness groups.
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Pennsylvania
House
Senate
State General Fund
Jroposalg
City approves Pan American hotel plan in Melbourne
The City Council granted Pan American World Airways permission to build a 1 million dollar luxury hotel in Melbourne on 2% acres. The 18 story structure will include 42 rooms and aims to attract high end travelers to the area.
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Iglavurne
Austrana Iap
Pan American World Airways
Melbourne
Obituaries from Indiana and Blairsville area death notices
Obituaries notice multiple local deaths including Liberata Ricci of Homer City and Laura Smith Burkley of Blairsville RD 2 with services and burial plans. Also listed are Walter Lowrie McCord of Indiana RD 2 and Sara Ann Palmer of Indiana and Sherman Barnett of Clymer RD 2 with service details and surviving relatives. Additional notices include Anna Mary Swasy of Blairsville RD 2 and funeral arrangements by Robinson-Lytle's and Hallow Funeral Home with dates and locations.
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Liberata Ricci
Homer City
Letio Ricci
Sutila
Wayne Avenue
St. Louis Catholic Church
Laura Smith Burkley
Blairsville
Bairdatown
Pittsburgh
John
Agnes St. Clair Smith
James Smith
Joseph
Paul
Edward
Mary
Elmer
George
Hallow Funeral Home
the Gazette
Walter Lowrie McCord
Indiana
Walter I
Annie Kidd Binney McCord
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Thornton W
Sarah) Snead
Chicago
Illinois
Allegheny Cemetery
Butler Street
Roy
David K. Muir
Robinson - Lytle's
Pang
Sara Ann Palmer
E. Roy Palmer
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Robinson - Lytle’s
Sherman Barnett
Clymer RD
Indiana Hospital
Cherryhill
William and Mary Howearth Barnett
Clymer
Wilda Me
Cune Barnett
John Barnett
George A. Miller
Robinson-Lytle’s
Edw. J. Moss, Jr
Greenwood Cemetery
Anna Mary (Clawson) Swasy
Charles O. Swasy
Blairsville RD
Black Tick Twp
Indiana, CO
Benjamin and
Carrie Ferguson Clawsor
Bethel Presbyterian Church
John L
Charles L
J. Torrance
Clark O
Norman
Carolyn) Dunlap
Hilding
Ruth) Carlson
Donald
Virginia) Campbell
Mary Lois Swasy
Robinson-Lytle's
Howard J. Cooper
Blairsville Cemetery
15 Year Old Plane Crash Wreckage Found Near Tallahassee
Burned fragments of a military plane believed sunk about 15 years ago were unearthed from a swamp 20 miles east of Tallahassee by an Air Force salvage team. The cockpit held remains of the unnamed pilot. Officials unsure if the craft was Air Force or Navy. A local sawmill operator found the wreckage while hunting.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Air Force
Here
H. A. Brock
Civil Air Patrol
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Ihe
Steel Strike
Pagal
Pope
Luthersburg Co
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Istc Set
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