County tax boost unfair to taxpayers in Indiana County
Indiana County approves a two mill increase raising the rate from eight to ten mills, pushing nearly $75,000 more in county taxes while thousands of delinquent taxes could offset the hike if collected. Commissioner Orr opposed the raise citing unpaid taxes and unmarketable properties. efforts to clear titles and hire staff were discussed to recover losses.
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Indiana
Lloyd C. Rosensteel
William H. Hildebrand
H. A. Orr
Orr
Quake Strikes Northern Japan Roiling Coast and Towns
American forces and the Japanese government rushed relief to quake and tidal wave victims in snowbound eastern Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Official counts: 31 dead, 170 injured. 20 bodies recovered. Villages marooned on submerged homes, a new 40 foot hill reported near Niikappu. Tracks twisted, 600 yards swallowed by land shift.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kokkaido
Paler
Honshu Island
U. S. Army
Kyodo
Hokkaido
Kiritappu
Niikappu
Crazed Paroled Felon Kills Father And Niece
Jackson man, recently paroled from Ohio Penitentiary for attempted incest, fatally shot his 73 year old father and his 14 year old niece Dorothy Little. After taking a sister, her husband, and two children at gunpoint for two hours he shot himself. Sheriff Stanley Lewis described the scene and the sequence ending with the gunman’s suicide.
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Jackson
Dorothy Little
Arthur Phillips
Sheriff's Deputies
Phillips
Stanley Lewis
Ohio Penitentiary
Walter Little
William
15 Mill Tax Rate Approved For Buffington Two Township
Indiana County court approved an 81e mile tax rate for Buffington Township to ensure operating funds and the ability to pay off bonded indebtedness due July 1, 1954. The move followed township road supervisors seeking relief from an 11 mill limit, which they said would hinder their finances. The article notes parole and custody issues involving a local individual.
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Indiana County Court
Buffington Township
Lee
Phillips
John W. Duncan
G. Dewey Campbell
Watson
Blairsville Police Shakeup Prompts Borough Action
Blairsville residents debated council moves after Patrolman John Pease was dismissed nine days before his probation ends. Officials cite dissension and bitterness from the Latrobe Construction Company truck arrest as troubling, with further steps implied to restore smooth police operation.
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Blairsville
John Pease
Latrobe Construction Company
Honshu
Seven coal miners killed in cave in Hokkaido tragedy
In Hokkaido coal mining operations a deadly incident killed seven miners with two deaths reported when a mine collapse caused homes to cave in. The event dominates the page with continued coverage promised on Page Two.
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Hokkaido
Dogs Join Hunt For Missing Man In Ebensburg Case
State Police have recruited bloodhounds to help locate 55 year old Ellig B. Smith of Ebensburg who vanished February 24. Three officers and the dogs are combing wooded areas since Saturday, focusing on the Strongstown area where he was last seen.
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Ellig B. Smith
Ebensburg
Strongstown
Field & Stream Feature Set For Indiana Evening Gazette
The Indiana Evening Gazette will begin carrying a biweekly Field & Stream feature titled Outdoors. Three Field & Stream experts Warren Vege Al McClane and Doe Stetson will contribute in hunting fishing and dogs. The NEA feature debuts tomorrow.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Field & Stream
Warren Vege
al McClane
Doe Stetson
Guros
Councilmen Add 2 Mills To '52 Rate
Indiana Borough council by unanimous vote increased the tax rate two mills for 1962. One mill funds Carter Avenue paving and one and a half mills go to a sinking fund to pay interest on bonds. Budget shows income of 196,600 for borough expenses. expenditures set at 196,100.50, leaving a small balance. An adjourned meeting set for March 16 to open bids for Street and Police equipment.
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Indiana
Carter Avenue
Wayne Avenue
6Th Street
Fair Grounds
Universal Military Training Debated Bill Shelved
The House voted 236 to 162 to table universal military training UMT legislation. The Senate likely won't act before the 2nd Congress ends, though supporters vow to restart in the new session after the election.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Universal
Rep. Vinson
China
Poliensa
Sen. McFarland
Arizona
Senate
Vinson
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Policy limits on Korea war cited by US officials
Officials say basic policy may be altered by Communist actions and American public opinion. In a Philadelphia speech Assistant Secretary John M. Allison stated the aim to confine the conflict to Korea, not widen it, leaving escalation to the Communists and warning that world war would be their risk. Truce talks at Panmunjom were deadlocked over several issues.
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Swasepoor
United States
John M. Allison
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
Philadelphia
A. Alexis Johnson
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Korea
Allison
Panmunjom
U, 8
Freak Train Crash Fatal To Over 100
Rescue workers dug through splintered debris as Brazil’s worst railroad disaster heightens the death toll, with about 200 injured. Two trains collided on a river bridge at speed, sending a wooden coach into a steel commuter train and sending bodies into the Pa vuna River amid heavy rain. Joao Santos described the crash as looking like opening a sardine can.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Pavuna
Joao Santos
See-saw Taft Ike Test in New Hampshire Primary
Concord dispatch notes storms of political rhetoric in New Hampshire as Tuesday’s pivotal primary nears. Eisenhower trails Taft by a slim margin with many Republicans still undecided while Truman supporters press to mobilize the organization vote, and Kefauver campaigns in opposition.
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Ike
Taft
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Truman
J. Emmett Kelley
Exams To Decide Academy Choice
Rep John P Saylor announced that district youths seeking Naval Academy slots at Annapolis must take a civil service exam. Tests will be held in Johnstown and Kittanning as scheduling permits. He noted no appointment for West Point this year. The top scorer on the civil service exam will win the Annapolis appointment if they pass entrance tests.
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John P. Saylor
U.S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Johnstown
Kittanning
West Point
Rep. Saylor
Boy Hurt In Co Crash Goes Home
Paul Balonick, 14, of DuBois is in DuBois Hospital today with injuries from a Monday afternoon auto crash on Route 119 at Home. He was taken to Indiana Hospital from the scene, treated, then moved to DuBois for a wrist fracture. Police say he was riding with Paul Suplito, 43, when Suplito's southbound car collided with a car driven by Boyd Steele, 54, of Home RD 1.
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Paul Balonick
DuBois
Indiana Hospital
Indiana
Paul Suplito
Jaller
Boyd Steele
Home RD
Fire Destroyes Lucerne Home in Homer City Blaze
Firefighters battled 45 minutes to control a second floor closet blaze at Frank Szentniklosi home in Lucerne Homer City. The fire caused heavy damage to clothing furnishings and a bedroom suite with no insurance coverage noted. A separate notice mentions a Rosary service for Mrs Eleanor Hoffmann at 8 am March 6 at George Rinkenberger residence 403 Oak Street.
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Homer City
Frank Szentniklosi
Lucerne
Ralph Wineman
Wineman
C. D. of
A. Court St. Bernard No
George Rinkenberger
Oak St
Eleanoroffman Haweon
Ship Profits Quiz Gets a Lady's View
Washington witnesses describe Mrs Olga Konow's role in wartime surplus tanker deals and influence peddling probes. Senatorial inquiries tie her tip to a 1947 profit chain linking Joseph E Casey and associates to oil tanker purchases. The panel cites $1,267,200 in fees and profits for Casey and two partners amid related perjury prosecutions of Dudley and Rosenbaum.
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Washington
Olga Konow
U. S
Senate
Senate Investigations
Konow
Joseph E.casey
Sleuth
Newbold Morris
Casey
Robert W. Dudley
Joseph W. Rosenbaum
Dudley
Rosenbaum
Reds Admit Unreported POWs Held
In Munsan Korea the Communists acknowledged holding unreported prisoners and offered to provide their names later, contingent on the Allied side supplying data they demand. Rear Adm Libby pressed for full accounting, noting 1,621 UN soldiers and 50,000 ROK troops unaccounted for beyond the 11,500 POWs once released.
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Munsan
Korea
Reds
Adm
R. E. Libby
United Nations
Corhmnand
Red
Libby
U.N
Republic of Korea
ROK
Lee Sang Cho
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Nfapp
Clery Harry Wilson
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General County Fund
Sinking Fund
General Fund
Obihiro
Hokkaido Island
Cerituny
Buffington Two
Police Dept
Victors
Vinton
Short
Paul J. Kilday
D-Tex
Leslie Arends
R-I
Arenda
Kilday
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Navy
Ree Pepe
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