Carl Weyandt Retires From Syntron After Building a Giant
Carl S Weyandt founder and president of Syntron retires after building a company with 635 Indiana County employees and 200 elsewhere. The firm posts 34 million in local payroll, 14 million in sales last year, licenses its products in eight countries and continues an expansion. Weyandt recalls conceiving the Syntron hammer at Westinghouse and how the name combined synchronism and electronics. The firm began as National Electric Co later Syntron Hammer Co and grew from a two-man shop to a major industrial supplier.
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Syntron Company
Carl S. Weyandt
Indiana County
Carl Weyandt
Westinghouse
Central Electric Tool Company
National Electric Co
Syntron
Syntron Hammer Co
Syntron Co
Pittsburgh
Hom
West Arms Plan Gets NATO OK
In Istanbul, NATO foreign ministers endorsed Western disarmament proposals to present to the Soviet Union at the summit. Police clashed with thousands of Turkish university students near City Hall, but soldiers fired no shots, only using rifle butts to push back the crowd. no major casualties were reported.
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Istanbul
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adnan Menderes
West
Liquor law sentences for two Indiana area men
Two Indiana area men pled guilty to furnishing intoxicating beverages to minors and were sentenced by Judge Edwin M. Clark. Charles Peterman, 45, Indiana, must pay costs and faces 100 dollar fine or three months in the Allegheny County Workhouse. Allen Miller Byers, 18, Indiana, must pay costs and a 100 dollar fine or three months in the Indiana County Jail.
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Indiana Area
Indiana
Liquor Control Board
Edwin M. Clark
Charles Peterman
Allegheny County
Allen Miller Byers
Water &T
James Barry
Rochester Mills RD
Nolo
Barry
West Penn Power Co
Kittanning
Powell Coal Co
Strike by Phone Subscribers Set in Tijuana
In Tijuana, about 5,500 telephone subscribers plan a strike today over billing procedures and call limits. Representatives from organizations opposing the Combania Teletonica Fronteriza called the action after a meeting held Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tijuana
Mexico
Wespona
Combania Teletonica Fronteriza
Dorm Fee Hike Suggested For Pennsylvania State Colleges
Harrisburg AP reports the Board of Presidents of Pennsylvania's 14 state colleges recommends a $3 weekly dormitory fee rise by June 1961, to take effect this September and another dollar next June, with 11,000 resident students at teacher training schools paying $1.35 weekly including laundry. The 1959 Legislature authorized up to $3 increases to help finance a $35 million dormitory program.
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Harrisburg
Board of Presidents of
Pennsylvania
Lawyers Back Students In Turk Drive
Istanbul lawyers joined a campaign against Premier Adnan Menderes as soldiers broke up anti government rallies. About 3,000 youths clashed with troops near NATO ministers in the city with 30 lawyers arrested at the Palace of Justice while students demonstrated for a monument square.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Adnan
Menderes
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
NATO
Istanbul Palace of Justice
Palace of Justice
Aladdins Lamp It Crosstards Busitese Mirrar 3
Obscure notices compiled from a late edition noting weather with a chance of showers. Mentions possible temperatures near 70 with variable conditions and a mix of miscellaneous classified style lines.
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Pau
Euul
Odigh Ty Asthy Suis Eid
Dugh
Hamilton Man Dies In Crash
Jas per Yeager a 55 year old Hamilton Jefferson County man was killed in a one car crash at 7 40 am today police said from the Punxsutawney barracks Yeager who worked as the caretaker at the National Guard Armory in Punxsutawney was en route to work when his car left the road struck a tree and overturned the wreck occurred about a mile south of Hamilton on Route 953 with no one else in the car.
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Punxsutawney
Jasper Yeager
Hamilton
Jefferson Co
Punxsutawney Barracks
Yeager
National Guard
Aes
Five Injured In County Road Mishaps
Indiana County reports three weekend crashes injuring five people. Charlotte Fyock, 20, Penn Run RD 1, suffered multiple fractures in a two car collision on Legislative Route 32019 between Brush Valley and Nolo. Burton Thomas Smith and Anthony Golba, both of Lucernemines, were treated for injuries. Damages to vehicles were listed. A separate one car crash near Arcadia injured Michael Klapak and Buron Goss, with lacerations and possible chest injuries. A two car collision on Rt 119 near Indiana injured Jacob Salva and Alex Filmer Sweeney with modest vehicle damage.
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Indiana
Charlotte Fyock
Penn Run
Brush Valley
Nolo
Burton Thomas Smith
Lucernemines
Anthony Golba
Smith Auto
Smith
Golba
Indiana Hospital
Arcadia
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Michael G. Klapak
Cherry Trees R.D
Burnon Goss
Klapak
Goss
Rt. 119
Jacob Salva
Clune
Alex Filmer Sweeney
Lucerne Mines
Skiff Swamps Five Youths Drown in Florida
In Panama City Florida a 12 foot skiff swamped on a pond drowning five of eight youths aboard. Victims were Donald Ray Sullivan 14 James Brown 20 Cecil Brown 16 Ronnie Brown 8 and Larry Steven Brown 5 all from the Lynn Haven community. Relatives on shore swam 100 yards and rescued Lamar Brown 10 Terry Lee Brown 6 and Danny Brown 4.
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Panama City
Fla
Donald Ray Sullivan
James Brown
Cecil
Ronnie Brown
Larry Steven Brown
Lynn Haven
Lamar Brown
James
Terry Lee Brown
Larry
Ronnie
Danny Brown
Ex Blairsville Star Bill McCracken Dies at 20
William Bill McCracken former Blairsville High School athlete died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon in St. John hospital Pittsburgh after cancer and leg amputation complications. Born December 31 1939 he was a 1959 Blairsville grad and organized community fund drives raised over 3000 for an artificial leg. He was active in the United Presbyterian Church Black Lick and the family name is Stricken-Page.
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Josephine
William
Bill)McCracken
Blairsville
St. John's Hospital
Pittsburgh
McCracken
William Olson
Black Lick
Indiana County
Tri-State
Young McCracken
Graceton
Blairsville High
United Presbyterian Church
Paul
Ben- Lee
Page
Liquor Hijack Arrests In Greensburg
Three men were arrested in Greensburg in an alleged plan to hijack a liquor shipment valued at 45 000 to 50 000 dollars. Prosecutors say Jerome Sukolsky Wilson Daniels and William Benson plotted with Anthony Russo to steal 900 cases from Highway Express trucks en route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
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Greensburg
Paul A. Ritemann
Jerome Sukolsky
Pittsburgh
Wilson W. Daniels
William Benson
Export
R. D
Rittlemann
FSI
Philadelphia
Russo
Rittkemann
PPG Now Owns and Operates Indiana Plant
The Indiana Manufacturing Co on Oakland Ave extension is now owned and operated by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The change, announced today, places until April 30 most ownership with PPG. G H Seagert said operations will continue as usual under the new management.
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Indiana Manufacturing Co
Oakland Ave
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Theompany
PPG
G. H. Seagert
Jacal
Indiana County Courthouse to Close Early for Memorial
The Indiana County Courthouse offices will close at one o clock tomorrow to allow county officials to attend the memorial service for George Brown, head of the Tax Claim office, who died Saturday.
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Indiana County
George Brown
We County
Stop Parking On Boro Street
Temporary no parking signs are posted on South Sixth from Grant Street to the borough line due to a Route 19 detour. Indiana Borough Police Chief Harry H. Owens says the restriction and patrols curb high speeds as heavy detour traffic flows through the area.
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South Sixth
Grant St
Indiana
Harry H. Owens
Owens
South Sixth St
Indiana Borough
Missed Stay For Chessman After Wrong Number
San Francisco AP report states Caryl Chessman failed to gain a 36 minute stay of execution when a telephone misdial prevented timely contact with San Quentin. Judge Louis Goodman said he reached the warden too late as the gas chamber had already executed the condemned man. The judge instructed his secretary to call the warden but the phone number was incomplete due to a digit error.
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San Francisco
Caryl Chessman
U.S
Louis
Goodman
San Quentin
Plan Local Participation In CD Test Plan Local Participation In CD Test
Indiana County will join a state wide Civil Defense alert tomorrow afternoon per County CD Director G W Marbach. The 2 PM drill starts with air raid siren blasts and radio TV outages with channels 640 or 3240. At 2 15 traffic stops and sheltering, 2 27 all clear, schools and the focal hospital to cooperate. Only emergency vehicles may travel during 2 15 to 2 27 with auxiliary police aiding traffic at Memorial Hall operations ongoing after the test.
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Indiana County
Indiana
G. W. Marbach
Focal
Domenick Violi
Pittsburgh
Memorial Hall
Ex County Coroner Dr E L Fleming 75 Dies
Dr Edward Lee Fleming 75 physician in Indiana since 192? passed away at 122 North Sixth Street this morning at 8 50. Ill health since October. Served in Creek side Marion Center Dayton and Indiana County Coroner for 12 years. Honored May 14 by Indiana County Medical Society for fifty years in medicine. Belonged to Cuumy Medical Society Pennsylvania Medical Society and AMA. Member of Courtesy Staff Indiana Hospital and First Methodist Church Indiana. Born Sept 2, 1884 at Atwood to Sarah Stear and William Atkins Flum. See Dr Fleming Page 5 Column b.
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Edward Lee Fleming
Indiana
North Sixth St
Fleming
Creekside
Marion Center
Dayton
Indiana County
Indiana County Medical Society
Cuumy Medical Society
Pennsylvania Medical Society
American Medical Association
Indiana Hospital
First Methodist Church of
Dr. Fleming
Atwood
Sarah Stear
William Atkins
Courts Refuse Appeal In Chessman Executio n
Daryl Chessman died in the San Quentin gas chamber at 10 12 am after federal and state high courts rejected his appeals. He smiled as the potassium cyanide took effect, moments before a stay could be granted to hear one final challenge.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl
Chessman
San Quenttin
United States
California
The
Hare
Nine Dates With Death Chessmans lengthy sparring with fate
SAN QUENTIN Calif AP Caryl Chessmans nine dates with death are listed with stays and reprieves from 1952 to 1960. The condemned kidnapper and murderer faced executions amid media attention and final moments directed at Eleanor Black of Los Angeles.
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San Quentin
Calif
Caryl Chessman
Drastic Changes In Coal Vital Oil Import Policy
Washington AP The National Coal Policy Conference urges drastic changes to oil control imports to safeguard national security. George H.L. Love and Seph E. Moody propose three month quotas for residual oil, cutting quotas by about nine million barrels from current levels, noting South Atlantic needs drop with utilities switching to natural gas. They claim present quotas and program operation fail to protect domestic oil and coal interests. Doughnut special Tues and Wed 15¢ doz All Supinka's Pie and Cookie Box. 2g H. C. Rifle Club Party tonite
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Washington
National Coal Policy Conference
George HL. Love
Seph E. Moody
M. W. Carson
Oil Import Administration
Alantig
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Caryl
Quentin Chamber
Er City
By Joseph E. Dynan
Turk Drive
Inside the Gazette
Drew Pearson
Indians
Incine State College
Pitt
Society
Spurie TV
Radio World
Judas
Farty Tonight Catholic Center
Star
Bill McCracken
Bill” McCracken
Boro Street
E. L. Fleming
Edward L
Fleming Roe
By Leif Erickson
Eleanor Black
Los Angeles
Janes
Coal Vital
Supinka
H. C. Rifle Club
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