Takes On 3 Parts of Industry
WHITE SPRINGS West Virginia June 23 John L Lewis leads a United Mine Workers committee to meet operators from the North and West and part of the South over a soft coal contract. He will also confer with Harry M Moses representing U S Steel on captive pits. The group jokes about a timetable to strike after June 30 when the pact ends. The Taft Hartley act requires 60 days notice to end or modify a contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel Corporation
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
Car Truck Crash On Watt's Hill Near Indiana
At 12 30 this morning an autor truck crash on Watt's Hill two miles west of Indiana caused 200 damage to a 1949 Chevrolet coupe driven by an Akron driver. A Motor Cargo semi operated by Robert J. Gutai attempted to pass another truck while James Theophila swerved to avoid. his car struck the left rear wheel of the truck. No injuries were reported.
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Autor
Watt
Indiana
Akron
Motor Cargo Inc
Robert J. Gutai
Reed Street
Freemansburg
James Theophila
Bye Street
Alum, O
Theophila
Parade Honors Go To Verona Arnold Verona Wins Parade Prizes
Verona captures top award for drum and bugle corps while Arnold wins best band at Blairsville’s 41 unit parade. Sponsored by Blairsville VFW Post 5821, total prizes reach 525 with multiple teams and fire companies earning awards including Johnstown Post 155 and Creighton Fire Company.
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Arnold
Verona
Blairsville
V. F. W. Post
Johnstown Post
Seward Cadets
Grapeville
110Th Infantry and Band
Pennsylvania
Naional
Creighton Fire Company
Derry
Westinghouse Division
Auto Crash at Philadelphia and Thirteen Street
An estimated $340 damage occurred in a morning collision at Philadelphia and Thirteen streets in Indiana Borough. Drivers were Thomas J. Anderson of Indiana and Jud L. Sedwick of Kittanning. Anderson's car $250 damage, Sedwick about $100. Sedwick faces reckless driving charges. incident recorded at 8:39 a.m. A separate minor crash at Seventh and Philadelphia streets involved G L Stonebrook and Elmer Ellis.
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Philadelphia
Thirteen Street
Indiana
Thomas J. Anderson
Washingtontreet
Jud L. Sedwick
Kittanning
Anderson
Sedwick
Seventh
G. L. Stonebrook
Death Ends Parade Remains of William Beck After March
William Lester Beck longtime director of the Indiana Municipal Band collapsed and died after marching in Blairsville's Veterans of Foreign Wars parade. He had told friends he planned to quit after reaching the judges stand and is noted as 59.
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William Lester Beck
theIndiana
Blairsville
Beck
Indiana
North Sixth Street
Warren P. Kline
Kline
Tuey
Berk
Latrobe Fire Company
Typewriter Plays Part In Hiss Trial
New York June 23. A battered Woodstock typewriter figures in the Alger Hiss perjury trial as two ex servants testified it belonged to their family and not to Hiss. The defense portrays the machine as evidence the Hisses disposed of it before the alleged copying for Soviet spies.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Woodstock
State Department
Mrs. Hiss
Priscilla
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Fhfisses
Iime
Parade Draws Huge Crowd in Cherry Tree Old Home Week
Hundreds of spectators lined the streets for the firemen parade featuring 30 units. Indiana judges Iva Edwards William Simpson and Edwin Shuster awarded prizes to Dale Fire Company Oakland Fire Company Ferndale Hastings High School Band Lakemont Auxiliary and others for best appearance and distance. Curwensville drill team performed and a carnival and square dance capped the celebration amid carnival fare and notes for local vendors.
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Cherry Tree
Iva Edwards
William Simpson
Edwin Shuster
Indiana
Dale Fire Company
Oakland Fire Company
Ferndale Company
Hastings High School
Lakemont Fire Company
Permit Case Arouses Vandergrift Citizens
The Public Utility Commission heard that a temporary permit to R J Fox to operate Vandergrift motor lines was secured by alleged fraud. Milton E Uncapher, receiver for Vandergrift lines, seeks rescission and expects a July 5 hearing in Greensburg. Banks claim $48,871 in combined liens as creditors urged halt.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
R.J. Fox
Vandergrift Motor Coach
PUC
Milton E. Uncapher
Vandergrift Lines
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Fox
Uncapner
Vandergrift Movor
Commission
Vandergrift
Vandergrift Savings and Trust
Merchant's National Bank of Kittanning
Kiski National Bank
Coplon Considers Visiting Russia Then Drops Plan
Judith Coplon testified she once contemplated a Spring 1948 visit to Russia but abandoned the idea. Prosecutor John M. Kelley Jr. pressed details as Coplon, a former Justice Department analyst, faced cross examination on government secrets alleged to have been given to the Russians. She said she never sought a Soviet visa and denied intent to travel with engineer Valentine Gubilchev.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Russia
John M. Kelley, Jr
Jyss Coplon
Kelley
Justice Department
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubilchev
Coplon
Beekeepers Meet Tonight in Indiana County
The annual summer meeting of Indiana County Beekeepers unfolds at 7 00 p m CST tonight on Floyd Stear’s Smicksburg farm Route 210 between Georgeville and Trade City. Stear presides the association with perhaps the county’s largest apiary. Penn State bee specialist W W Clarke will join county agent W C Cochrane to discuss summer bee management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Beekeepers
Floyd Stear
Smicksburg
R. D
Stear
Georgeville
Indiana County Beekeepers Association
W. W. Clarke
Penn State
W. C. Cochrane
School Bus Law Raises Questions
Harrisburg June 23 Pennsylvania officials studied the meaning of what qualifies as a school bus under a new law. The law requires two directional traffic to stop at least 10 feet from buses loading or unloading children and removes references to school owned or contracted vehicles. Authorities worry over definitions as the Sept. 1 effective date approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Scho
It's a Lovely Baby At Loves'
A baby boy born at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital in Birlingham Alabama weighs seven pounds eleven ounces. His mother, 14-year-old Katherine Elizabeth Love, ran away last September to marry Joseph Love, 18 in Mississippi. The couple lives with Mrs Love's parents. The child’s father is Joe Love.
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Birlingham
Ala
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Katherine Elizabeth Love
Joseph Love
Mississippi
Love
Joe
Sirs
Top Military Gradua Wed Top Military Gradua Wed
West Point New York June 23 AP Second Lieutenant Richard Z Carvall 22 top honor man in the U S Military Academy recent graduating class will marry here Saturday to Miss Margaret E Dudley of Olyphant Pennsylvania Carvall attended Brown University before enrolling at the Academy son of Mr and Mrs Richard Carvolth of Peckville Pennsylvania He was in the Navy s V 12 program during the war Miss Dudley lives at 819 First St in Olyphant The ceremony will be performed in the Academy s cadet chapel by the Rev William Rodda
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West Point
N. Y
Richard Z. Carvall
U. S. Military Academy
Margaret E. Dudley
Olyphant
Carvallh
Brown University
Academy
Richard Carvolth
Peckville
Navy
Dudley
First St. Jin Olyphant
William Rodda
Catworth
Archbishop Beran Silenced by Prague Communists
Catholic priests report a wall of silence around Archbishop Josef Beran as Prague isolates him with contact cutoffs since last weekend. Vatican and diplomatic sources fear a formal arrest soon on anti state agitation charges amid a state takeover of the church.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
Beran
Czechslovakia
County to share state fuels tax due to oversight
Indiana County will receive its share of the Liquid Fuels Tax amounting to 37,490.47 after an auditor general’s office review revealed Indiana County was omitted in the county breakdown. The county check was placed in the mail yesterday in Harrisburg following a morning telephone call between County Commissioner Steele Clark and the auditor general’s office.
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Indiana County
Steele Clark
Auditor General's
Morrisburg
Harrisburg
Dutch KLM Plane Crashes Off Bari Port
A four engine KLM plane crashed into the sea near Bari Italy killing an estimated 30 to 40 aboard Americans Dutch and Turks among the dead. 24 bodies recovered including 16 men five women and three children. Recovery hampered by rough seas.
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Rari
Italy
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Bari
Tralian Navy
Actounia
Rome
Batavia
Java
Amsterdam
Youngstown Closes Pool Over Race Tensions
In Youngstown Ohio a city pool was closed after a confrontation when Nathaniel C. Lee a Black NAACP relations committeeman and his three children entered the east side pool. A crowd of about 1000 swimmers threatened them and police ordered the family to leave. The pool remained closed for the day as park officials acted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Youngtown
Park Commission
Nathaniel C. Lee
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Lee
Bruce Hamm
Tehran Denies Soviet Charge Over Consulate Closure
Tehran rejects Moscow's accusation that Iran hostile actions forced the Soviet Consul General to leave. The Military Governor says consulate closures follow a long standing consular agreement and cites a radio address from Tabriz. A Russian charge involved Arkady Kras hikitularized pamphlets in Tabriz.
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Teheran
Iran
Azerbaijan
Soviet Union
Tabriz
Russia
Arkady Krashike
Judge Denies Bail, Keeps Contempt Sentence for Green
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina refused to release Gilbert Green from jail amid contempt findings in the Communist conspiracy trial. Defense pleas for bail reinstatement or a stay pending appeals were denied, with Medina warning similar penalties will follow future courtroom outbursts. Three co-defendants were sentenced for contempt earlier, while appeals court weighs bail for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold R. Medina
Gilbert Green
Green
Court of Appeals
Medina
Tange
John W. Gates
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Abraham Isserman
Indiana Donors Gift 89 Pints to Blood Center
Indiana's first contribution to the Johnstown Regional Blood Center reached 89 pints. The collection occurred yesterday at the Indiana Armory donation center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bloodmobile staff, aided by volunteers, reported a strong response and scheduled visits for July 16 and July 27. Donor registration was available at the Indiana Red Cross, 21 N. Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Johnstown
Margaret Serene
Indiana County
Miss Serene
Indiana Red Cross
N. Sixth Street
Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Pleasant Pa
Mary Catherine Tulley, 10, of Bradford, Fayette County, died today after being injured yesterday in a crash near here. Her mother Reging Tulley, 42, and William Sperry, 24, of Conswellsville, are in serious condition at Frick Memorial Hospital. Police say the car hit a concrete abutment along the highway.
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Mt, Pleasant
Mary Catherine Tulley
Bradford
Fayette County
Reging Tulley
William Sperry
Conswellsville
Frick Memorial Hospital
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