State Rest in Paight Mercy Slaying Trial
Bridgeport January 27 The State of Connecticut rested its second degree murder case against Carol Ann Paight in a mercy slaying trial. State's Attorney Lorin W Willis announced the end of testimony after nine witnesses in under a day. Police Sgt Thomas Tamburri testified he was in Carol Ann's hospital room Sept 23 and heard her say I am not going to go to sleep until my daddy dies. Her 62 year old father Police Sgt Carl Paight died soon after from a bullet to the brain. A doctor who informed Carol Ann of her father's doomed cancer was among key witnesses. The defense signaled potential calls if the state did not call him. Page Two.
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Conn
Connecticut
Carol Ann Paight
Mercy
Lorin W. Willis
Thomas J. Tamburri
Carol Ann
Carl Paight
Cyrol Anns
Hiss Verdict Irks Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt questions the Hiss perjury verdict and five year federal sentence saying trial by peers safeguards innocence and that appeal may test truth Whittaker Chambers reportedly confesses to sins in the case while the government witness exemption is noted Dance event details follow.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Alger Hiss
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mr. Hiss
Auto Taxes Opposed in Allegheny County
In Pittsburgh on January 27 a campaign formed against proposed auto taxes on trailers in Allegheny County. The county plans to tax trailers on permanent foundations. The Trailer Coach Association warned it would seek court action to block the tax by appealing first to the county Board of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review. About 40 trailer park owners from western Pennsylvania attended the session.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Trailer Coach Association
County Board of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review
Pennsylvania
FBI Agent Tells Jury About Street Quarrel
In federal court FBI agent Daniel Garde testified about a street corner argument involving Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev as espionage suspects. Prosecution described the meeting as a love driven encounter while defense portrayed it as a quarrel over marriage plans, with map evidence shown to the jury.
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Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubit
Ghev
Daniel Garde
Miss Coplon
Department of Justice
Gubit
U. S
Richard J. Hradsky
Garde
Manhattan
Gubitchev
Hradsky
Abraham J. Pomerania
Archibald Palmer
Gabs Jichey
Raymond P. Whearty
Counter Action Threat Looms Over Berlin Blockade
Western powers warn of a counter blockade against eastern Germany if traffic to Berlin remains strangled by the Soviets. McCloy says the airlift could resume if a full blockade is imposed. Officials foresee high level talks and an economic penalty as the only effective response, amid gloom over a quick end to such tactics.
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Berlin
Germany
High Commission
U. S
John J. McCloy
United States
Boston
McCloy
Alexander Kotikov
Maxwell D. Tayor
War Department Nuremberg Film Here On Tuesday
The War Department film The Nuremberg Trial Let It Be a Lesson shows at Indiana Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening January 31 at 8 pm. Sponsored by Indiana units of the U S Army Organized Reserve Corps the public is invited free of charge. The 77 minute film includes captured German footage of slave labor camps and full coverage of the Nuremberg trial. This is the only showing in Indiana on a nationwide tour.
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War Department
Indiana Presbyterian Church
Indiana
U. S Army Organized Reserve Corps
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Organized Reserve
Robins Return Early in January Weather Jumble
Robins appeared on Miss Estelle Henderson's lawn on Thursday, described as two fat robins, disrupting the groundhog weather countdown. The piece notes January-like confusion as winter lingers and Punxsutawney Phil's forecast is unexpectedly delayed.
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Estelle Henderson
North Th Street
Miss Henderson
Jatary
Cock Robin
Billy Rose Home Looted by Robbers
Ban dits raided Billy Rose’s fashionable New York townhouse at 83 Beekman Place late last night, stealing a safe furs and jewelry valued at about 100000 dollars while leaving a 250000 dollar jewelry worn by Eleanor Holm intact. Police report three men entered during a theater outing for Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
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New York
Billy Rose
Hose
Eleanor Holm
Miss Holm
Rose
Katherine Hepburn
Two Injured In Route 480 Bus Car Crash Near Clymer
Two county men were hospitalized after a collision on Route 480 near Clymer. Dale Townsend, 43, Indiana, injured his back. Worth Lowman, 38, Dixonville, treated for facial injuries. The bus, owned by Orr Transportation, stopped for a railroad crossing when John Katz, 21, Dixonville, rear ended it. Bus had no passengers. damages estimated at 300 to 400 dollars on the bus and about 350 on Katz car.
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Clymer
Dale Townsend
Indiana
Worth Lowman
Dixonville
Orr Transportation Company
John Katz
Katz
Cokeville Boys Given Hearing on Larceny Pleas
Three Cokeville youths, Robert Reitz George Geldbush and Nick Diana, arrested by Indiana Borough police for stripping a radio from a car in the McGill used cay lot on Philadelphia street, were given a hearing this morning. They pleaded guilty to larceny charges and were ordered held for court by Squire Thomas FP Murray Jr.
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Cokeville
Indiana
McGill Used Cay
Philadelphia
Robert Reitz
George Geldbush
Nick Diana
Squire Thomas FP. Murray, Jr
Squire Murray
Five Children Perish In Lawton Home Fire
Five young children died in a Lawton Oklahoma two room frame home when a locked door trapped them as flames spread. Their mother stepped out briefly for water and was unable to reach the children. five bodies, ages two months to six years, were found, four charred on a bed and one in a crib. A gas heater and window curtains are suspected as the ignition.
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Lawton
Okla
C. D. Young
Henslee
Judith Aline
Patty Louise
Phyllis
David
Denny
Indiana Legion Show Kids Contest at High School
The Indiana American Legion Variety Show at the High School on February 9 and 10 will feature a Tiny Tot Popularity Contest for children aged one to six and a future king and queen selection. Proceeds benefit the Indiana Nurses Home. Local merchants sponsor contestants. trophies and prizes go to top entries. Parents may enter children via committee women Mrs John Risheberger, Mrs Lawrence Smith, Mrs Nettie Peightal, Mrs M W Trainer, or Miss Melinda Detwiler.
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Indiana
Indiana American Legion
Indiana Nurses’ Home
John Risheberger
Lawrence Smith
Nettie Peightal
M. W. Trainer
Misa Melinda Detwiler
Local Feed Store Quits Business After 40 Years
The Lewis Steele Feed Company at 839 Water Street Indiana ends operations after four decades serving the community. The site will be taken over by the Indiana Farm Bureau around March 1. Originally started by Linus M. Lewis, the business was renamed Lewis Steele Feed Company when the Steele family moved in 1923 and has run under that name since.
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Lewis-Steele Feed Company
Water Street
Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau
Linus M. Lewis
C. Earl Steele
Belcame
Blood Sacrificial Killings Believed In Philippines Trip
Two U S professors Robert P. Conklin of Springfield Massachusetts and Marvin Pittman of Chicago were killed on a mountain trail near Manila on Christmas Day. Investigators report a tribe of Ifugao, seeking to restore soil fertility, allegedly sacrificed the two to appease witch doctors. Bodies found January 16 and buried in a shallow grave, with initial speculation that robbery was the motive.
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VU. S
U. S
Robert P. Conklin
Marvin Pittman
The
Philippines University
Lonesy
James L. Meader
Meader
Conklin
Springfield Mass
Pitman
Chicago
Twins Born in Two Places in One Day
Keefer twins born on the same day in two locations. A daughter delivered at the parents home in South Connellsville, and a son eight hours later at Connellsville Hospital, about a mile and a half away. Firefighters investigated a false alarm in Luciusboro near Homer City. Washington reports the U.S. and eight North Atlantic allies signed agreements governing one billion dollars in American arms for Western Europe.
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Luciusboro
Connellsville
Keefer
Dalton Keefer
South Connellsville
Washington
United States
North Atlantic
Western
Europe
Congress
Truman
Il Siz
Senate Pigeon-holes Resolution Demanding Use of TH At Once
The Senate Labor Committee pigeon-holed a resolution urging President Truman to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to restore full coal production. A motion to postpone indefinitely passed, seen by some as killing the measure, while others argue action may still occur if negotiations advance.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Humphrey
Donnell
R-Mo
Dairy Day Meet Hears Discussions
Over 160 Indiana County dairy men attended the Annual County Dairy Day program sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Association. Topics included good dairy management forage crops and new crop varieties brucellosis program and farm woodland management. Featured speakers urged continued brucellosis controls and highlighted hybrid corn varieties legumes in rotations and woodland management for higher returns per acre. Two men, Mike Gima and Joseph Stanich, were held after a $1,700 robbery and assault case, with hearings noting pleas of not guilty.
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The
Agricultural Extension Association
J. S. Taylor
Loggialus Sam Svate
Dairy Heard
Taylor
Indiana
George Berggren
Mike Gima
Pine Town
Joseph Stanich
Alverda
Terday
Justice of the Peace
Thomas F. Murray, Jr
Bond Sales Down Dance at Hotel Homer Tonight
Savings bond sales in Indiana County last year totaled 1 730 710 dollars vs 2 020 000 in the prior year. Charley Davis and His 3 Sharpe band performed at the hotel dance benefiting the fund. The Latimer community rummage sale at center building 138% G bonds included in the tally.
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WDTV
Pittsburgh
Wjac-Tv
Johnstown
Hotel
Homer
Charley Davis
Shanes
Narley Davis
Soaras
Sharpe
U. 8
Inodiana
Girl Burned In Gas Blast At Coney Island Restaurant
Ann Pennington of Glen Campbell, a waitress at the Coney Island Restaurant in Indiana, suffered facial and arm burns when a gas stove exploded after she lit the oven around 6:30 p.m. The gas remained on, and flames shot into her face as she opened the oven door. She was treated by a local physician and reported in satisfactory condition this morning.
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Ann. Pennington
Glen Campbell
Coney Island
Indiana
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