Hoover Slams Democrats and Warns of Plush Curtain
At the Republican convention in Chicago, aging ex president Herbert Hoover urged dismantling the Democrats plush curtain at home while urging sound statesmanship abroad. Hoover’s critique of the Democratic administration echoed Taft on foreign policy, clashing with Eisenhower on several points and labeling the Allied defense divisions a phantom army under Eisenhower.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New Layoffs Expected In Steel Fight
Pittsburgh reports ongoing steel strike fallout with 50,000 railroaders furloughed since June 2 and 422,405 allied workers idle. Pennsylvania Railroad says several thousand more may be laid off as traffic shrinks and shipments halt. Railroads mainly carry passengers mail express and perishables while durable goods production drops.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Allied Industries
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tron
GOP Convention Program Today
Chicago edition outlines a morning session at 11 30 a m with anthems invocations by church leaders and speakers including Gov John S Fine and Sen Joseph R McCarthy followed by credentials and resolutions reports and a 30 p m recess then more addresses by Rep Joseph W Martin Jr Rep Satharine St George Rep Walter Judd and Sen Harry P Cain.
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Chicago
Bishop
Fred Pierce Carson
Philadelphia
John 5. Fine
Harrison R.anderson
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Satharine St. George
New York
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Harry P. Cain
Washington
Eisenhower vows cleanup of appointive positions in Washington
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told Oklahoma delegates at the Republican National Convention he would purge Washington of those in appointive posts if nominated. He said a fresh start is needed in the federal government and would remove such appointees. He then sought California delegates for second-choice votes in the Warren Taft bloc.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Washington
Oklahoma
Republican National
California
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Robert A. Taft
New Antennna Erected At Indiana Municipal Building
A 70-foot antenna atop the Indiana Municipal Building enables radio contact with an Indiana Fire Department truck up to 25 miles away. Bernard Bush and Associates of Clairton placed the aerial last evening and the system is now in operation. Police Chief Howard Sanford said it expands contact range for the firemen with the station and traveling personnel during further instructions or cancellations. The new facility will be used with the Chevrojet truck from out of town.
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Indiana
Indiana Fire Department
Bernard Bush
Amputee Father Welcomes Premature Daughter
Pvt. Hubert Reeves, a quadruple amputee from the Korean War, has become a father as his wife Beverly Jean Hall Reeves gave birth to a premature daughter. The couple, married Sept. 9, live in town and are part of local news. Evening performances of Night Must Fail run at Fisher Auditorium through Saturday at 8:30 with reservations via phone.
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Fisher Auditorium
Summer Theater Guild
Cool To British Aid Offer
Washington reports say the United States is cool to a British proposal for a political advisers team to assist General Mark Clark in Korea. Officials favor closer liaison between Clark and American ambassadors in Japan and Korea to avoid decisions with global repercussions. Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd floated the idea to Secretary Acheson weeks ago.
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Washington
United States
Mark Clark
United Nations
Korea
State Department
Far East
Clark
Japan
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Acheson
Lloyd
North Korea
GOP Picnic to Telecast GOP Convention at Mack Center
Indiana County Republican picnic attendees at Mack Community Center will watch the GOP Convention on a large television in the picnic shelter. The covered-dish event starts at 6 p.m. and is open to GOP members of all ages, with the convention session airing tonight.
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Indiana
Mack Community Center
GOP
Blairsville Girl Struck By Auto injury on South Stewart Street
A four year old girl Pamela Pennavaria was injured Monday afternoon in Blairsville after running into a car driven by Steve I. Slive of Derry R D 1 near the Southside Market on South Stewart Street. She was treated for a bruised forehead and shock by a physician.
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Blairsville
Itl
Pamela Pennavatia
Thomas Pennavaria
South Stewart Street
Steve ‘I. Slive
Derry R. D
Southside
Final Draft Underway On GOP Platform
Chicago Republican platform builders tentatively approve foreign policy and defense planks while civil rights disputes threaten to erupt. Sen. Eugene D. Millikin reads the full document behind locked doors, aims for quick convention delivery, as 90 committeemen review plank by plank. Night Must Fall opens at ISTC Fisher Auditorium with tickets at the box office.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Platform eMalemart
Millikin
Summer Theater Guild
ISTC
Fisher Auditorium
Delegate Battle In GOP Meet
CHICAGO AP The Republican National Convention faced a late marathon of credentials cases as the Credentials Committee ruled on six of eight disputes. It awarded 43 delegates to Senator Taft and two to General Eisenhower, with a recess set to resume after a 12 hour session. A Louisiana contest decision and a Texas delegation feud remain unresolved as both sides presented their cases.
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Chicago
New York State
Credentials Committee
Ohio
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Louisiana
Texas
John E. Jackson
John Minor Wisdom
Jackson
Sen
Rob- See
Punxsilawney Doctor Fined for Disorderly Conduct
A Punxsy physician from Punxsutawney faced a $25 fine after a Sunday night fight in a Clearfield hotel. Police report he and three Pittsburgh guests joined a brawl after returning to the hotel. a companion, an attorney, was cut on the neck. Both injured men were treated and discharged from Clearfield Hospital.
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Clearfield
Punxsilaw‘ney
Pittsburgh
Clearfield Hospital
Punxsutawney
Louisiana Delegation Reversed in Taft Strategy Move
Conventio n. Backers of Son Robert A Taft gained 14 Louisiana votes for Eisenhower on the Credentials Committee in a surprise strategy bid to win a floor fight over contested delegates. Eisenhower aides denied any deal and pledged to oppose further compromises, while Taft supporters said they would back the committee’s report.
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SLALL
Chicago
Son
Robert A. Taft
Louisiana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Wisenhower
Wesley Roberts
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
English Council Guest Observes Indiana Borough Meetings
Leonard C. W. Pickering of Leicester England attended Indiana Borough Council’s meeting with Burgess Warren P. Kline and members. He is visiting his daughter Mrs Anthony Fancella and has observed the town offices fire police departments while J Burnell Shea led the session. He noted Indiana’s workings resemble those in England.
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Leonard C. W. Pickering
Leicester
England
Warren P. Kline
Indiana
Indiana Borough
Pennsylvania Delegates Weigh 55 Eisenhower Votes Claim
Pennsylvania Republicans prepare a 55 vote package for Eisenhower at the 1952 convention with Gov. John Fine and Samuel S. Lewis cited as the sources. The plan hinges on Fine’s public stance while others, including Kenneth H. Kressler, hold back, signaling a pivotal open delegation. Duff remains a long-time pro-Eisenhower voice though public positions are restrained by leadership.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
John 8. Fine
Samuel S. Lewis
Fine
Lewis
Kressler
Eisen‘hower
Sen
Eisenhower Oxtke
Ike
Eisenhower
James H. Duff
Kessler
Northampton County
Bel See
Pre-School Clinic Set At Saltsburg
Saltsburg Joint Schools announce a three day pre school clinic for children entering first grade in September. Admission requires six by February 1, 1958. Eligible are residents of Saltsburg Borough Conemaugh Loyalhanna and Clarksburg townships. Parents will receive letters explaining the clinic’s purpose and details.
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Saltsburg
Conemaugh
Loyalhanna Township
Clarksburg
Social Security Benefits Begin for Borough Workers
Indiana Borough officials approve an ordinance to place employes under Social Security starting January 1, 1951. The borough will cover half the cost with employees paying the other half, retroactive eighteen months, enabling eligible older workers to retire when desired. Two other matters were postponed for further study, including purchasing a new scales site at Balentine property, 60 by 160 feet, priced at $13,000.
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Indiana
Dtate
Borough Scales
Balentine
Wayne Avenue
Locust Street
Third Theft Is Reported In County Burglary Trend
The county sheriff reports the third burglary in a rising series, last night in the Armagh area. Police on scene. brief theft of a small amount of money and canned goods at a Brush Valley service station linked to the Indiana substation. The owner, F. L. Rhine of Homer Cligg, discovered the break in next morning.
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Armagh
Brush Valley Area
Indiana
F. L. Rhine
Homer Cligg
D. 1
Rhine
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