South Dakota GOP primary tally tight as vote count resumes
In Sioux Falls, Taft and Eisenhower fight a near even count in South Dakota's Republican presidential primary. With just hundreds of votes needed to decide, 1,708 of 1,947 precincts reported totals for 14 Chicago convention nominating votes, AP notes a record primary ballot and labor impact.
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Sioux Falls
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Chicago
Uate Hisenhower
Ohio
Abilene
Kaw
Taft
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Taft-Hisenhower
Black Hills
Indiana Street Work Approved and County Bids
Indiana Borough Council approved street resurfacing bids led by Vern Sherwin of Somerset for Indiana streets with pre mixed asphalt and 2 percent thickness options. Beckwith Machine won a $3,412.24 air compressor contract after crediting $500 for the old unit. The borough plans a new 36 by 36 foot concrete block barn and leases damp grounds to the Optimist Club for five years to develop baseball diamonds and playground facilities.
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Vern Sherwin
Somerset
Indiana
Beckwith Machine Company of
Pittsburgh
Indiana Lumber & Supply Co
Borough
West Church Street
Optimists Council
Optimist Club
Fa Cmpreme
Beth Israel Synagogue to Hold Cornerstone Laying
Indiana's newest synagogue will host a cornerstone ceremony on Thursday at 6 p.m. on the corner of South Fifth and Washington streets. The project is led by building chair Hyman J. Brody with a committee including David Abrams Israel Brody Joseph Brodsky Reuben Edelstein William Waxler and Samuel Weis and assisted by advisory board members Leonard Brody Saul Waxier Earl Handler George Marcus Leo Lipman Jack Richman Nahum Levinson. Architect Ezekiel Levinson and contractor E. E. Napp & Sons designed a modern facility with worship and social spaces. Rabbi David G. Shapiro will oversee studies and services with Rabbi Joseph Wagner delivering the main address.
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Beth Israel Synagogue
Indiana
Hebrew Unity Congregation
South Fifth
Washington Streets
Hyman J. Brody
David Abrams
Israel Brody
Joseph Brodsky
Reuben Edelstein
William Waxler
Samuel Weis
Leonard Brody
Saul Waxier
Earl Handler
George Marcus Leo Lipman
Jack Richman
Nahum Levinson
David G. Shapiro
Ezekiel Levinson
E. E. Napp & Sons of
Stafford
Joseph We Wagner
Synagogue of Israel
Wheeling
West Virginia
Highway Engineer Transferred From Uniontown to Pittsburgh
Leonard J. Curran, district highway engineer at Uniontown, is transferred to a similar post in Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Highway Department announced yesterday. Curran, former chief of District 10, oversees Indiana County. District 10 headquarters are in Indiana.
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Leonard J. Curran
Uniontown
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Curran
District 10
Indiana County
Indiana
Truck Fire At Coal Company Mine Heilswood Area
Firemen were called shortly before noon yesterday to extinguish a truck blaze at the Pine Township Coal Company Mine Heilwood. The fire confined to the motor unit and caused damage to geraniums and bedding plants. Shireman’s Florist Plumville 349x.
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Heilwood
Barnesboro
Pine Township, Coal Company
Shireman’s Florist
Plumville
HC Officer Quits Post
HOMER CITY R. E. Walbeck, borough secretary for 13 years, has resigned to devote full time to insurance and real estate. Homer City Council will name a successor later. In regular session, officials agreed to start actions to place borough employees under Social Security benefits, including police officers.
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Homer
R. E. Walbeck
Crippled Clinic Set For Indiana
The State Department of Health will conduct the annual spring Diagnostic Clinic for Crippled Children at the Indiana Hospital on Wednesday June 11 at 9:00 am. Dr. Harald H. Sankey of Pittsburgh will head examinations assisted by staff from the State Hospital for Crippled Children in Elizabethtown, Pa. Physicians wishing to refer children should contact the State Public Health Nurse at 37 South Ninth Street, Indiana, or call Indiana 5-2861.
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State
Department of Health
Indiana Hospital
Harald H. Sankey
Pittsburgh
State Hospital For ‘Crippled Children
Elizabethtown
South Ninth Street
Indiana
Draft Board Seeks Information on Missing Man Hanick
Indiana County Selective Service requests missing man Richard Lee Hanick of Detroit Michigan. Last known address 13635 Carlisle Drive Detroit. Information should be relayed to the county draft board.
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Indiana County Selective Service
Richard Lee Hanick
Carlisle Drive
Detroit
Mich
County Draft Board
Troutman's to Present Founder's Edition Great Books Set
The Indiana Free Library will receive a Founder's Edition of the Great Books of the Western World from Troutman's, a 54 volume Britannica project. Troutman's, a 4500 subscriber to the set, bought at $500, with editing costs near $2 million. the display is in the Troutman's show window.
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Indiana Free Library
Troutman’s
Stacy L. Peck
Encyclopaedia Britannica
University of Chicago
Troutman's
Indiana
Hold 3 Men For Thefts In Dixonville Strips Mine
Three men are jailed in Indiana County over thefts at the Andy Wanchisin strip mine near Dixonville. Suspects Jay Fulmer Jr, 38, John Misko, 82, and Henry Bozigar, 33, Aliquippa, were identified by State Police. Most loot including bulldozer parts and scrap metal was recovered. A judge set bond at $1,000 each, and all were committed to jail awaiting court action.
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Indiana County
Andy Wanchisin
Dixonville
Jay Fulmer, Jr
Clymer
John Misko
Henry Bozigar
Aliquippa
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Walter Jackson
Veterans return from Korea lead San Francisco arrivals
Harry D. Stiteler of Indiana Way is among 5,470 veterans arriving home from Korea over the weekend in San Francisco. Also on the schedule Moose Thursday features the Diamond Brothers Orchestra with dancing starting at 10 p.m.
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Harry D. Stiteler
Indiana Way
Korea
San Francisco
Clymer Moose
Diamond
Brothers Orchestra
I and
Ana Pauker Faces Possible Purge In Romania
Vienna report says Ana Pauker once a leading Communist figure is accused by Bucharest radio of pro capitalism and counter revolutionary acts. Ex-ministers Vasile Luca and Techari Georgescu are named in a purge tied to Romania’s economic woes. Scanteia article cited. changes linked to Gheorghiu-Dej’s rise as premier amid shortages and Russian influence.
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Vienna
Austria
Ana Pauker
Bucharest
Pauker
Romania
Romanian Communist Party
Vasile Luca
Techari Georgescu
Mrs. Pauker
Georghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Ana
Gheorghiu-Dej
Red
Scanteia
Romanian Workers (Communist) Party
Ann Pauker
Central Committee
Washington Calls Confab Tomorrow
The White House summons industry and union leaders to a Capital conference tomorrow as 650,000 CIO United Steelworkers refuse to work without a contract. About 75,000 workers are idled nationwide, with 26,000 coal miners and over 35,000 railroaders also laid off, and defense steel output down about 90 percent. River towboat crews and allied workers bring total idle near 71,000, including 10,000 iron ore miners. Steel companies met in New York to urge Steelworkers Chief Philip Murray to resume talks within 48 hours. Murray offered no comment. In Washington, Senator Mood (D SC) on Banking Committee advanced a Defense Production Act amendment.
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Pittsburgh
White House
CIO
United Steelworkers
Ldle
Allied Industries
New York
Philip Murray
Murray
Washington
Chairbank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Indiana Co Grand Jury Indicts Four
The Indiana County Grand Jury yesterday indicted four persons True bills were returned against Calvin Taylor Turtle Creek larceny and receiving stolen goods Lester Smith Burrell Township burglary larceny and receiving stolen property Alex Socci Swissvale larceny and receiving stolen property Scott Palmer Black Lick serious morals offense A non-true bill was returned in the case of Wayne F Hess Dixonville charged with a morals offense Melvin A Deyarmin Homer City RD 1 pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence He will be sentenced at a later date Christ H Lute Alverda charged with operating a motor vehicle after suspension of operating privileges pled guilty to the offense He was ordered to pay the costs of prosecution and sentence was suspended
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Indiana
Melvin A. Deyarmin
Homer City RD 1
Christ H. Lute
Alverda
Thousands Welcome Eisenhower Home in Abilene
Eisenhower returns to his boyhood home in Abilene Kansas to a large welcome amid the Republican presidential campaign. Crowds along the railroad tracks, former neighbors and Midwestern supporters mark a symbolic shift from military to political leadership as he departs from NATO duties and enters active politics.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Priscilla Bell
Kansas City
Eisenhower
Tom Bell
TWA
Abilene, Kan
Abilene
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Homer City Man To Be Sentenced in Federal Court
PITTSBURGH August La Mantia of Homer City, who confessed to a check kiting scheme run through an Indiana bank, will be sentenced in federal court on June 13.
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Pittsburgh
la Mantia
Homer City
Indiana
Park Pool Opens Sunday At Indian Springs Park
Indian Springs Park swimming pool opens Sunday afternoon June 8 at two o clock with a swim and sun suit show and local store cooperation. Jim Pattison will host the program, followed by a concert by the Indiana Municipal Band. Pool admission is free for the balance of the day. Season tickets are on sale at Henry Hall's. Swimming classes begin Monday for beginners and intermediates at 1 p.m. General swimming runs 2 p.m. Monday to Friday. Sunday opens at 1 p.m. with no classes scheduled.
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Indian Springs Park
Jim Pattison
Indiana Municipal Band
Henry Hall
White Township Hikes Budget and Census Drive
White Township School Board adopts a 262,580.59 dollar budget for the coming year at 20 mills, five mills higher than last year, retains a 10 dollar per capita tax, with reimbursements announced at 136,293.76 dollars. A census of all residents 21 and older is planned to place them on the tax rolls, and the tax collector is authorized to hire help for delinquent collections as about 8,000 dollars in last year’s taxes remain unpaid.
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White Township School Board
Harold Nesbitt posts bond in federal embezzlement case
Harold Nesbitt aged 48, former Hom er City State Bank president, posted a $10,000 bond yesterday for a federal court appearance on charges of embezzling $748 in 1949. Nesbitt is a resident of Indiana, Pa.
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Pmsburgh
Harold Nesbitt
Homer City State Bank
Nesbith
Indiana
Bicycle Coupons Published Daily Gazette Notice
The first free bicycle coupon appears on the first page and a second set follows today in the Gazette. Readers are urged to check the daily issue for the latest coupon offers and redemption details.
Blairsville Crash Injures Man Involving Coupons Giveaway
A fragmentary report notes a car crash on Rass Market Street Blairsville injuring a man from New Kensington. It mentions a daily Gazette publication and a July Fourth celebration in Blatrsville with four bikes to be given away. The text is garbled with names and addresses.
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Ule
Blatrsville
Arthur Mary
New Kensington
Indiana
the Gazette
Rass Market Street
Blairsville
Blairsville Adopts Social Security Plan
Blairsville Borough will place about 150 employees under Social Security in a preliminary ordinance adopted by the town council. Police officers currently under an annuity plan will join the Social Security setup. Council rejected a $100 offer for a stone quarry owned by the borough in the flood control project area.
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Blairsville
Burough
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