Dewey says he will not seek presidential nomination again
In Albany on December 29 1950 Thomas E Dewey renounced future presidential ambitions while keeping open the governor seat. He appointed Charles D Breitel to the State Supreme Court fueling speculation he would retire from public life at year end. Dewey stated he would not seek the Republican nomination in 1952 1956 or 1960 and joked about years beyond 1960.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Charles D. Breitel
State Supreme Court
Nationalists thwart Red flotillas in Hainan coast raid
Nationalist military sources report shore based artillery on Hainan Island silenced several Communist flotillas manning boats. Small scale landing attempts hint at a planned major Red assault on Liuchow Peninsula, as guerrilla activity grows inland. General Hsueh Yueh returns as island commander with Gen Yu Han Mou as deputy.
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Thea Pt
Hong Kong
Hainan
South China
Liuchow
Red
Hsueh Yueh
Hainan Island
Taipei
Formosa
Yu Han Mou
Red State Plan Wins Easily in Romania Parliament
Bucharest December 29 The Romanian Parliament approved by 376 to 2 a State Economic plan for 1950 calling for a 37 percent rise in industrial output and an investment total near 1 billion dollars. The plan envisions close cooperation with Russia and joint economic planning with the Eastern Bloc Council for Mutual Assistance.
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Bucharest
Romania
Russia
Economic Council of Mutual Assistance
Potts Faces Charge Over Illegal Passing in Town
Information filed against George C. Potts of Indiana RD 3 by Indiana Borough police alleges illegal passing at a town intersection. The case names Potts and specifies the alleged traffic violation and location.
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George C. Potts
Indiana RD
Indiana
New York City New Year Prices Vary by Spot
New York on New Year Eve offers wide price range from 4.50 for dinner and hat to 15 to 25 for prime tables. Venues include Carnegie Hall Waldorf Astoria Copacabana Hotel Astor Cerutti's Club and Jeane's Club with plans to manage crowds. Shows feature Morey Amsterdam Myron Cohen Diosa Costello and Jimmy Durante. Bar hours extend past 3 a.m. under state law.
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Carnegie Hall
Pimes Square
Jeane
Broadway
Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel Astor
Cerutti
Madison Avenue
A. m
Morey Amsterdam
Myron Cohen
Aencer
Diosa Costello
New York State
Luzon Shaken by Major Luzon Tremor
A heavy Luzon earthquake lasting two and a half minutes hit Isabela Province hardest with landslides and sea waves. A woman drowned at Mercedes, a boat with eight passengers was saved after capsizing near Malalan Ferry, and a jeep vanished in a ground fissure near Nauguilian. Many towns isolated, Red Cross reported fissures and black water in Tilagan. In Cabanatuan a stampede injured women and children. Roughly the 500 mile length saw widespread fear and structural damage.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Isabela
Manila Bulletin
Mercedes
Nauguilian
National Red Cross
Tilagan
Cabanatuan
Mrs. E C Perry Dies After Long Ill Health Siege
Sarah M Perry wife of Edgar C Perry superintendent of Indiana Public Schools died at 3 45 p m December 28 in Indiana Memorial Hospital after extended illness Born in Altoona Pennsylvania June 13 1901 she was a Penn State graduate and honor student in Altoona High School She taught high school Latin in Altoona and remained active in civic groups in PottsTown and Indiana Surviving are her husband father James O McCune and uncle Robert McCune Services will be at Robinsons Saturday at 1 pm Interment in Altoona Fairview Cemetery
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Sarah M. Perry
Edgar C. Perry
Indiana Public Schools
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Altoona
Pennsylvania State College
Altoona High School
Perry
Century Club
Business and
Professional Women's Club
Pottstown
Junior Women's Civic Club of
Harry Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Na County
Altoona Fairview Cemetery
Vening
Com Altoonamunity Center
This Wolf Found Match In Pick Up
Detroit police report a woman, Lorraine Rickey, 23, faced a man who grabbed her throat near her home. She fought him off, estimating his weight at 170 pounds. Her brother Edward, a former Airborne judo instructor, trained her in self defense.
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Detroit
Lorraine Rickey
Mickey
Miss Rickey
Edward
Hiss Ends Ordeal As Witness in Perjury Trial
In New York on December 29 the prosecution finished cross examining Alger Hiss, the high state department official on trial for perjury. Hiss testified last on December 19, with cross-examination spanning nearly three days since December 21, resuming after Christmas. The government revealed Hiss offered to supply a psychiatrist to the grand jury, an offer that was rejected, and the jurors asked for the psychiatrist’s name, which he said was Dr. Carl Binger of Cornell Medical College.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Toremer
State Department
Hiss
Aqeuossad Pagnos
Whittaker Chambers
U. S
Thomas F. Murphey
Chambers
Secret Department
Carl Binger
Park Avenue
Cornell University Medical College
Remind Co Vets To Record WWII Discharges in Indiana
Indiana County today saw veterans groups urge World War II veterans to record their discharge or separation papers now. State bonus applications expected early next month require originals. Army will need discharge papers and other branches list NAV PER 553, NAVMC 8 PD, and NAVCG2510 for record filing.
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Indiana County
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
R P Employees Enroll in Evening Classes at Rochester and Pittsburgh
About 250 Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company workers join evening extension courses on safety, mining, and preparation at Indiana Homice Blairsville areas. Lydick notes damage to his car from a hit-run incident. driver fled the scene. New Years Eve dance advertised with band and Legion Club event details.
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Rochester and Pittsburgh Coast Company
Floyd H
Lydick
Bairdstown
Indiana
Hom
Ice
NuMine
Mcintyre
Blairsville
Uydick
Hine
Air Force X-1 Rockets To Mach 3 At Speed Record
Los Angeles reports the Air Force X-1 rocket plane flew 1989 mph over Edwards Air Force Base at Muroc Dry Lake, a Mach 3 speed three times the sound. The informer cites reliable sources. the pilot identity is unclear, though Yeager or Everest are suspected. Continued on Page Eight.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles Times
Marvin Miles
Miles
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc Dry Lake
Charles Yeager
Pete Everest
Yeager
Betty Marbury Rests Sans Hand
Betty Lou Marbury a 10 year old from Brownsville Tenn rests after an operation to remove her diseased right hand a malignant bone tumor caused the need for amputation between wrist and elbow doctors in Memphis and Boston advised the procedure to halt spread while three nurses tend the patient her condition described as good and prayers of the nation were offered for her recovery.
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Memphis, Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Brownsville
Boston
Leech Class to Hold Brief Service for W M Templeton
Members of the John M. Leech Bible Class meet at Robinson Funeral Home at 7 this morning for a short service honoring W M Templeton who died Wednesday. Templeton was a longtime Leech class member active in the church.
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John M. Leech
Robinson Funeral Home
Merning
W. M. Templeton
Templeton
Leech
County Accidents Enjoy Holiday Traffic Quiet in Indiana
Holiday traffic in Indiana County shows few major crashes since Christmas. Minor accidents appeared on policy dockets but were not deemed reportable, indicating a subdued travel period across the county.
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Indiana County
New Year's Eve Store Hours in Indiana
Stores in Indiana except groceries close at 5 p m on New Year's Eve. Grocery stores stay open until 6 p m. All stores close Monday Jan 2 1950 for New Year observance. The Indiana Evening Gazette will not publish Monday.
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Indiana
Indiana Evening Gazette
Teachers Elect Dr. Ralph Heiges
The Pennsylvania State Education Association elected 1950 officers at its annual convention in Harrisburg. New leaders include John G. Hulton president of Administration and Ralph E. Helges president of Higher Education. Irene Frederick secretary and other vice-presidents named for Practical Arts and Vocational Education and Supervision and Curriculum.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Education Today
John G. Hulton
Latrobe
George D. Weiss
Bellwood
Joseph N. Maddocks
Altoona
A. N. King
Hershey
C. Nicely Hanner
Kittanning
Ralph E. Helges
Indiana
Raymond Amatong
Greenville
A. G. Breidenatine
Lancaster
Bessie B. Reitz
Sunbury
Pat Moriarity
Harriseburg
Irene Frederick
Northumberland
Helen Hurst
Grove City
Edith Eshelman
Lanecaster
Mabel
Griffith
PSEA
Two County Men Die Of Heart Attacks
Indiana County residents Emmet S. Bisley of Black Lick Township and Earl W. Shank of Blairsville died of heart attacks. Bisley was found at home yesterday afternoon by visiting friends, while Shank was found on a coal car in Gallitzin last night. Obituaries appear in today’s paper.
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Indiana County
Emmet S. Bisley
Black Lick Township
Earl W. Shank
West Burrell Street
Blairsville
Gallitzin
Coal Conference to appeal to NLRB over miners three day week
Pittsburgh based Coal Wage Conference plans to urge the National Labor Relations Board to declare John L. Lewis three day work week an unfair labor practice. George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal says operators have not moved to sign separate agreements. He calls Lewis tactics coercive and notes few producers have yielded to union pressure.
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Pittsburgh
National Bituminous Coal
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
NLRB
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
Love
Six Beauties Contest Sparks Orange Bowl Row
In Miami the Orange Bowl Queen crowning crowned Ladene Van Wagoner as Miss Van Wagoner, a 23 year old airline stewardess from Salt Lake City. Six runners-up accused the selection of being fixed, claiming a pre announcement paper tipped the winner. Orange Bowl officials denied any manipulation, while rivals pledged petitions against the decision.
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Miami
Fla
Ladene van Wagoner
Miss van Wagoner
Colleen Townsend
Florida Sun and
Riviera Times
Posen
Coralablés
Ciuts
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dan Marehoney
Ernie Seiler
Duke Jordan
Erit
Coral Gables
Ellen James
Barbara Erickson
Joy Redman
Betty Baucom
Ann Moyer
Cathy Blakley
Pilot dies after plane crash on Devil Step Mountain
In Crab Orchard Tennessee on December 28 a 35 year old pilot from Houston Texas was found dead after crawling more than a mile from a plane crash site seven days earlier. He suffered a broken leg and exposure in subfreezing rain on Devil Step Mountain. The wreckage had been located the day before.
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Anderson
Columbus
Miss
Bristol
Tenn
Devil Step Mountain
Cumberland Plateau
Crossville
Chattanooga
Taxes Cut Wide Swath Through Family Income
A Federal Reserve Board report shows in 1948 American families paid $9 of every $100 in Federal income tax, matching per hundred spending on autos and appliances. About 76 of each $100 went to other consumer expenditures, with net saving the remainder. Tax shares varied by income, from 1% at the top to 1% at the bottom, and nearly one third of spending units tied to families pooling income overspent their 1948 income. six percent stayed even, six and a half saved part of their receipts.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
America
Or & T Om
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Philippine Area
Irene Biron
Robert Bourque
Stebbins Pond
Bedford
N. H
George Brosseau
Albert Catudal
Red State Plan
Mark Barron
E.C. Perry
Reece Club
Tues
Legionnaires
Homer City
Legion Club
Stein
New London
Judith Gibson
Betty Marbury
Robinsons
Ralph Heiges
Gwen
Coal Conference
Queen
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