Rainy Fourth of July Lions Club Show Delights Crowds
Indiana Lions Club kept the Fourth of July program alive despite heavy rain. After the horse pulling contest and opening baseball game were washed out, a late schedule push drew large crowds at the Fairgrounds. President Granville Seyler said the decision to proceed was rewarded as many attended, with WDAD broadcasting the event.
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Fairgrounds
Lions
Granville Seyler
WDAD
Fregram
Food Prices Up Sharply
New York July 5 The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose sharply the strongest in nearly two years as higher commodity costs boosted buying after the Korean outbreak. The index jumped to 19 from the prior week a 9.4 percent rise year ago and a peak not seen since December 28 1948. Flour wheat corn rye oats hams bellies lard sugar milk coffee cottonseed oil cocoa eggs hogs and lambs led gains with barley and beef the only foods lower.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Court Sentences 2 Here Monday
A brief court session was held as the courthouse stayed closed. Joe Golinsky of Coral, 44, received a suspended sentence after admitting receiving stolen goods linked to Bellaseda and Greceek. Frank Staramaski of Saltsburg, 35, was ordered to pay costs and given a suspended sentence on condition he leaves the county after pleading guilty to assault.
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Joe Golinsky
Coral
Helen Golinsky
Mike Bellas
Bellaseda
John Greceek
Homer City
Blairsville
Frank Staramaski
Saltsburg
4th of July Baby For the Falcons
A baby girl born yesterday July 4 at 4 20 a m to Mr and Mrs Herbert A Falcon of WO Philadelphia street Indiana The baby Mary Lou weighs nearly severe pounds at Indiana Hospital Both mother Audrey Barr and daughter are doing well The Falcons also have a 2 year old child Pavia Bruce
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Herbert A. Falcon
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Herbie
The
Gazette
Mary Lou
Indiana Hospital
Audrey Barr
Falcons
Pavia Bruce
Fire and Crash Near Indiana Gazette Office
A tractor-trailer fire caused by an overheated brake drum blocked Philadelphia street in Indiana as Clyde J. Wool of Lancaster stopped the vehicle. Two hours later a two-car collision near the Gazette office injured no one, with Nancy Sherwin and Wilson Weible as drivers and more than $100 in damage.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Gazette
Clyde J. Wool
Lancaster
Philadelphia Strest
Wilson F. Weible
Irwin RD
Taft cites President's negligence in Korea defense
Senator Taft charges that only 200 of the funds allocated for Korea were spent for defense before the Communist attack. He accuses President Truman of reversing prior policy and failing to arm Korea, while Ambassador Muccio testified about equipment left behind.
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Taft
Ohio
U. S
South Korea
Truman
Congress
Korea
Iran
Philippines
John J. Muccio
Ace Aeson
Quiet Fourth Nets No Major Incidents in Indiana and County
Police report a quiet Fourth of July with no major accidents or injuries in Indiana state and Indiana County yesterday. Local authorities noted routine patrols and no significant incidents.
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Indiana
Indiana County
Homer City Man Ends Own Life
Leonard Iseman, 31, of Homer City, died in Indiana Hospital from a self inflicted .22 caliber gunshot. Sheriff Jeffries said he had been in ill health and the incident occurred at his parents home in Homer City around 1 30 p m yesterday.
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Leonard Seman
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
Paul W. Jeffrias
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Merle Iseman
Explosion Rocks Ship Cheshire in Mersey River
An explosion rocked the 10,000 ton British ship Cheshire in the Mersey River today injuring about 40 men. Six of those hospitalized were said to be in serious condition as firemen in gas helmets searched the bow for further victims. The Cheshire was preparing to sail to Australia with British emigrants.
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Cheshire
Moresey
Bibe
Australia
Duff Puts Margiotti In Cabinet
Gov Duff appoints T McKeen Chidsey and Grover Ladner to state Supreme Court and names Charles J Margiotti as Attorney General. Vacancies follow deaths of Chief Justice Maxey and Justice Linn. Court balance shifts to five Republicans and two Democrats. bipartisan precedent noted. Term implications touch 1951 elections and 1950 vacancy.
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James H. Duff
T. McKeen Chidsey
Grover C. Ladner
State Supreme Court
Charles J. Margiotti
Chidsey
Easton
Bob Ladner
Philadelphia
Margiotii
George W. Maxey
Scranton
William B. Linn
High Tribunal
Supreme Court
Margiotti
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
John C. Bell, Jr
Montgomery County
Michael J. Eagen
Lackawanna County
Bell
Duff
Lee Duff
Vishinsky Mystery Deepens Over Absence From Moscow Scene
London dispatch notes continued absence of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky fuels speculation he is in Asia for talks with Chou En Lai or in Pyongyang on Korean War moves. Some think illness or vacation explains delay, while Ho Chi Minh is also conspicuously silent. Most diplomats doubt dismissal.
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Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
Asia
Vishinsky
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Pyongyang
North Korea
Red
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Trygveile
Ho Chih Minh
Vietnam
Indo-China
Peiping
Willard Children To Enjoy Rides
Willard Home children from Indiana will join the Gooding Amusement Company at Valley Forge Pennsylvania July 5 for a week of rides as the Indiana Fair opened. Eisenhower backed a plan to aid South Korea and warned of the costs of freedom in a July 4 address to Scouts. Route 22 detour from Blairsville to New Alexandria was set for repairs with postmastership applications due by July 97.
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Indiana
Gooding Amusement Company
Valley Forge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Southing
G. A. Bouie
Korea
Eisenhower
Washington
Blairaville
New Alexandria
Green Ridge
Rossiter
American infantry stranded after North Korean tank drive
In South Korea near Suwon, American infantrymen were cut off by a tank-led advance as U N forces faced their first massed North Korean assault. The number of Americans and the battle outcome remained unknown, with hope for withdrawal or breakout voiced by a headquarters spokesman. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean visited the front before returning to base.
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Seoul
U. S
Taejon
Suwon
C. H. P. King
Sout
Korea
Susson
North Korea
William F. Dean
No Action On Vacant School Post
The State Public Instruction Department will delay naming a new Indiana County schools superintendent until it gets recommendations from the County School Board. The post has been vacant since July 1 after Dr. D Patterson retired. If no recommendations arrive within ten days the department will hold off filling the office indefinitely awaiting board agreement.
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State Public Instruction Department
Indiana
County
D. Patterson
Patterson
Public Instruction Department
Henry Klonower
Two Local Men Have Accidents
Two well known local men suffered injuries over the weekend. Don Martin an Indiana insurance man broke his left arm yesterday morning at Indiana Hospital when he slipped from a stool getting out of bed. Robert Kerr of 662 Water street an employee of the Railway Express Agency broke his right wrist while unloading freight at the Torrance station last Friday. The break has been set and he is recuperating at home.
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Don Martin
Indiana
Mr. Martin
Robert Kerr
Water Street
Railway Express Agency
Torrance
Mr. Kerr
Run Here Not Necessary Run Not Necessary
Rumors spread that tires and shoes might be rationed due to a Morgana situation. A large rubber company stated there is no shortage or rationing, and warned the rumors are unfounded.
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