Draw Fire Of Canadians Draw Fire Of Canadians
Doukhobor leaders in Vancouver are charged with encouraging adultery and the sharing of spouses. Michael Verigin John Lebedoff and Joe Podovini Watt face counts of conspiracy to create ill will and to halt children’s schooling, with warrants issued yesterday delayed by snow.
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Vancouver
Doukobor
Russia
Michael
the Archangel
Sperial
Ccutor
Angelo Branca
Judge Gunther Declares Candidacy for Governor of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Judge Blair F. Gunther, age 47, announces his Republican bid for Pennsylvania governor. He pledges to carry out Governor Duff’s program, vows to be the builder, and argues for GOP leadership as the party seeks revival with Duff in the U.S. Senate. Gunther, deputy attorney general 1935-38, was appointed to the bench in 1942 and elected in 1943.
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Pittsburgh
Blair F. Gunther
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County Common Pleas
James H. Duffy
Duff
Republicans of America
James H. Duff
States Senate
Gunther
Cambria County
Arthur James
USO Closing Lacks Money Across 153 Branches
USO announces shutdown due to insufficient funds. Wartime service network cited, with 153 branches to terminate operations by Tuesday. Since 1941, over 1.5 billion service personnel benefited. postwar cuts began, despite a Truman revival. Trap Nests Check On Hens described for egg industry.
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New York
United Service Organizations
Burma
Europe
USO
United States
Truman
Groundhog Search in Ponysutawney Town
The Ponx sutaweney Spirit reports Ponysutawney has no groundhog for the town’s Groundhog Day tradition. A daily appeal has run for days with no offers or rentals. Nearby Indiana County is asked if a groundhog can be loaned to the “Groundhog Town.”
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Ponxsutawney, Ma
Ponxsutaweney
Indiana County
tRight
Atlantic Refining unveils hydrocarbon gas oil recovery method
Lycurias Laskaris of Atlantic Refining announces a process to recover 30 billion barrels deemed irrecoverable by injecting hydrocarbon gas two miles underground. Gas at over 4000 psi flows through porous rock to contact trapped oil, promising a major reserve increase but with high costs and field-dependent viability. first test planned in west Texas this year, wider use possible in five to ten years.
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Pitladelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Lycurias Laskaris
Atlantic
Iesterday
U. S
Laskaris
Alantie
Laskarix
West
Texas
Pennsylvanias Liquor Sales Drop In 1949 Profits Remain High
Harrisburg reports show 1949 liquor sales at 198,317,824 including tax, down from 208,172,473 in 1948 and 208,390,184 in 1947. Net profits totaled 38,481,833 in 1948 and 37,366,107 in 1947, with 53,222,910 total revenue from sales and taxes. The State Liquor Control Board notes 586 stores and a 10 percent state tax yielding 18,698,371 in 1947.
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Harrisburg
Belgium
Pittsburgh School Board Faces Possible School Closures
The Pittsburgh School Board, in a three hour stormy session, weighs firing 40 CIO workers for crossing AFL picket lines at two warehouses. CIO refusals halted supplies to cafeterias serving 20,000 lunches daily, following the board firing 90 AFL workers a week earlier for not reporting to work over union pay scales. State law bans public employees from striking.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh School Board
AFL
CIO
Boar
Chrysler Walkout Over Pensions Stirs UAW Talks
Dispute over pension terms at Chrysler triggers a walkout, the second in two years. UAW seeks a full new contract with a definite hourly pension payment, while Chrysler insists on a plan it would control. Government mediators aim to resume negotiations as production faces disruption across Chrysler plants.
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UAW
Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Chryslex
de Soto
Dodge
Plymouth
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Weckler
General Motors
Ford
Indiana County Brucellosis Group organizes new committee
The first meeting of the Indiana County Brucellosis Committee was held at the Extension Office Court House. Officers elected: Chairman Day K Nichols Indiana R D 4 Secretary Henry Wingert Marchand Delegate to State Committee John Auld Homer City AR D 1 Other members include James Cornell Blairsville RDJ Holstein breeders H M Travis Smicksburg RD Guernsey breeders Clyde Houck Clymer RD 1 Jersey breeders and Dr C Arnold Moorehead Indiana Veterinarian Attendees included Dr W J Connolly County Agent W C Cochrane and W H Folwell Penn State Dairy Extension specialist who outlined the new state Brucellosis program. The county board was praised for achieving a modified certified area and efforts aim to maintain certification.
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Indiana County
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Court House
Day
K. NichollInddiana
R. D
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Henry Wingert
Marchand
Art
John ‘Auld
Homer City
James Cornell
Blairsville
H. M. Travis
Smicksburg
Clyde Houck
C. Arnold Moorehead
Indiana
J. Connolly
W. C. Cochrane
W. H. Folwell
W. H. Folwell, A §. Taylor, Dairy Extension Specialist Penn State
Taylor
Belgium War Brides Meet United States Citizens in Court
Two Belgium war brides from nearby towns in Jefferson County were sworn in as United States citizens in a Jefferson County courtroom yesterday. Emily Runiz of Punxsutawney and Leah Kite of Brookville, both women had lived within two blocks of each other in Belgium during the war and served as brides to Americans they met there. Their husbands did not know each other.
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Brookville
Jon
Belgium
Breeselen
United States
girleoMea
Emily Runiz
Punxsutawney
Leah Kite
Jefferson County
Husbards
Tax-exempt colleges move into business amid tax scrutiny
U S Treasury targets untaxed income as colleges and charitable trusts expand into business ventures to fund operations. Institutions claim necessity amid rising costs and fading yields, while critics cite tax advantages and altered investment dynamics. Columbia and New York University cited as major examples with large affiliated business holdings.
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Sam Dawson
New York
U. S. Treasury
Businss
New York University
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rockefeller Center
Columbia University
Columbia
No Fiction Written Boston During Colonial Period
A note on early American writing states there was no fiction in Boston before the revolution due to a lack of a reading public. It adds that water power was not used by American Indians, while the Pilgrims had mills grinding coins as early as 1628.
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Boston
Providence
DP Bill Near Passage in Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to admit 320,000 displaced persons and 6,000 adopted children by June 30, 1951, plus 4,000 orphans, with 124,000 already in the U.S. under a 1948 law. The measure, likely to be introduced in the Senate, expands to 929,000 under House plans and advances DP camp entry deadlines.
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Washington
America
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
United State
House
Mel Carran
New
Boyd's Testimony Warns of Coal Shortage Ahead
Boyd testified before a Senate committee on coal production and stock levels noting an immediate danger point approach. He cited 73,000 idle workers in mining and related industries and 17,700 idle in railroad and steel due to coal shortages, with a three day workweek in mines and workers refusing shifts.
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John L. Lewis
Boyd
Senate
Bureau of Mines
United Mine Worker
Baby with five meningitis attacks in Philadelphia
Little Johnny Cavallieri, before age three, has survived a fifth meningitis episode. Doctors at Children’s Hospital say few have endured so many attacks of this severe disease. Meningitis reaches the CNS and spinal fluid. Doctors note immunity does not develop after one attack, and a second is rare. Rheumatism is said to be more common than several major diseases in Kansas City.
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Baby
Philadelphia
Johnny Cavallieri
Children’s Hospital
Johnny
John Sahil Publishes Geography Study in Journal
Dr John Sahil head of the geography department at John A H Keith School writes A Study In Geography World Relations. The article appears in the January 1980 issue of The Journal of Geography based on teaching experiences at John B H Keith School and Indiana State Teachers College.
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John A. H. Keith
Journal of Geography
Sahil
John 8. H. Keith
Indiana State Teachers College
Prophet Without Honor in Manila Shocks City Crowd
A 17 year old Miguel Armidillo a former bootblack claimed miraculous powers and led a following in Sampaloc Manila He prophesied four days of darkness earthquakes and the world's end Police detained him for psychiatric examination as health officials weigh public safety concerns The episode drew in Hawkers vendors and curious crowds as a brief Manila earthquake was felt in Tacloban Leyte but not by authorities in Manila
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Frank L. White
Manila
Miguel Armidillo
Miguel
Sampaloc
Tacloban
Leyte
Municipal Health Authority
Mercy Slayer Jury Proves Difficult To Pick
In a September trial, veteran Carol Ann faces a mercy slaying case as defense argues temporary insanity after learning of her father’s cancer. Prosecutor counters the mercy defense amid juror scrutiny while the defendant, nicknamed Ditty, sits with her mother in court as details unfold.
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David F. Goldstein
Lorin W. Willis
Carl Ann
Carol Ann
Ters Chums
World market for dried milk hinges on taste and pay
G. D. Turnbow of an Oakland dairy says there is a large global market for American dried milk if it tastes right and buyers can afford it. He notes shortages in England, France, Italy, Greece, and Poland and adds a political angle that aiding underfed people sustains democracy while communism thrives on starvation.
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France
Italy
Greece
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College of Agriculture
Purnbow
Insulating Board Types and Uses Across Building Projects
Insulating board offers versatile options for walls ceilings partitions and decorative interiors. Products include insulating building board sheating insulating board lath tileboards and planks with heat retarding properties that improve comfort and fuel efficiency. Lumber dealers provide applications instructions and design ideas for various spaces.
Hatchero Family Of 5 Die In Blaze
Mrs Morrow alerts neighbor to a fast spreading fire at the Hatchero home. Firefighters respond as Francis Heaton recalls terrified screams and attempts to save the family trapped on the second floor. The tragedy is described as massive.
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Francis Heaton
Boy Missing in Farmhouse Ends Night Search
Kenneth Leroy Walters, seven, who vanished yesterday afternoon after buying ice cream near his Titusville home, spent the night in a farmhouse. Hundreds of volunteers and state police had searched the area before the farm family reported finding him safe this morning.
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Titusville
Kenneth Leroy Walters
Stone Drops Aldrich Role On TV
New York reports Ezra Stone did not take the lead role on the Henry Aldrich television program because his age did not fit the part though his voice did. Robert Casey, a younger actor, took the assignment as Stone left the radio series. Enduring Floors notes say Capitol tile floors have been in place for over years.
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New York
Ezra Stone
Henry Aldrich
Robert Casey
Ezra Gone
Capitol
Washington
Obituaries Gather in Indiana County Retrospective
Multiple Obituaries from Indiana County and surrounding areas report the deaths of Rev L B Wissinger, Anna Margaret Setbert Hoffman, Elizabeth Davis Patterson, John Furman Mitchell and Clara Hoover Mitchell, Nora Mary Aul, with service details, survivors, and burial plans across Zanesville Indiana and Weiser Idaho.
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John Furman Mitchell
Clara
Hoover) Mitchell
Weiser
Idaho
Indiana County
Northam- Jones Chapel
Parents Held In Girl's Death
Pittsburgh January 25 The four year old Shirley Ann Bennett died after as the parents James Bennett 41 and Odessa Bennett 37 were held without bond in Morals Court. They testified they followed their church bishop's counsel to rely on prayer and oil for burns before seeking medical help. Police said the girl had first second and third degree burns over her body and was taken to Pittsburgh Hospital in critical condition.
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Pittsburgh
James Bennett
Odessa
Shirley Ann
Bennetts
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