United Fund Union Counselor Course Ends in Indiana County
The United Fund Labor Participation Committee closed its eighth weekly session awarding ten new Union Counselor certificates and pins. Recipients include leaders from UMW districts and AFL CIO locals across McCreary Tire, United Door, Coleman and Good, and Fisher Scientific, with remarks praising attendance and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund Labor Participation Committee
Organized Labor
Indiana County
Les Hoover
U.M.W
U.F. Labor Participation
Harry Mack
McCreary Tire and Rubber Company
Walter Stuchell
U.M
State Employment Service
Fox
Mr. Fox
Pennsylvania United Fund
United Fund
U.F
National Medical Research Program
U.S
Indiana Recreation Department
Unemployment Compensation
Department of Public Welfare
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Association For the Blind
Friends of Organized Labor
Johnson Heads For So Viet Nam
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson travels to South Viet Nam to confer with President Ngo Dinh Diem on countering Communist guerrillas. He arrives Saigon May 1 after a Honolulu stop and cautions that America must maintain strength and vigilance in a decisive war. Johnson declines to discuss specifics and says he will raise matters with Diem during two days of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis
Honolulu
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Guam
Hickam Air Force Base
Johnson
United States
Diem
Viet Nam
Adm
Harry D. Felt
U.S
Pacific
State Department
Laos
What More Can a Man Want? Pianist Allen’s Faith Aid
Hollywood AP report profiles Barclay Allen, paralyzed since 1950 after a Tahoe crash, who finds hope through faith and friends. A benefit record by Jane Russell Connie Haines Beryl Davis and Joe Carr aims to raise sales, while a planned shoulder replacement seeks to restore use of his right arm. Allen remains optimistic and continues composing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bacon
Hollywood
Barclay Allen
Westside
Allen
Kay Kyser
Freddie Martin
Jane Russell
Connie Haines
Beryl Davis
Joe
Fingers) Carr
Warne
Bros. Records
Musicians Union
Carr
Haines
Russell
Bob Waterfield
Los Angeles Rams
Danny Levinthal
Levinthal
Rams
Obituary notices from Indiana area May 1961 roll in
A batch of notices details deaths in Indiana area towns with survivors and service plans. Thomas Penberthy of Cameron's Botton and Rossiter, Esther Freas, and others are listed, along with Joseph Lipchak, Roy Strong, Rue Cetta Bair, Mary Novak, Veva Arthur Maguire, Donald Ewing, Leonard Jeffrey, and related funeral details. Graveside and church services are noted, with homes and cemeteries named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Penberthy
Cameron
Botton
Marchand
Rossiter
Thel
Esther Freas
Cleveland
Rue Cetta Bair
Sylvester
Eva Thompson
Fox Chapel
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Trafford
J. C. Bair
Eva R. Miller
John C. Bair, Jr
Oakland Cemetery
Mary Novak
Heilwood
Indiana Hospital
Poland
St.John the Baptist Catholic Church of
Polish National Alliance
Pele
Frank
Erie
John
Nanty Slo
Michael
Ohio
Anna) Kuzemchak
Clymer R.D
Seward
Stela) Kapcayk
Clymer
Bence Funeral Home
St. John the Baptist Church
Edward Curry
Veva Arthur Maguire
Hacket Plate
Presbyterian Womens Hospital
Montgomery ‘Township
Cherry Tree R.D
Cherry Tree
Leonard Jeffrey
Indiana Street
Homer City
Eleanor
Jefferson County
Robert
Sarah Ellen Reading Jeffrey
Mary Kathryn Orr
Thomas J
Bay Minette
Alabama
Mary Weber
Sykesville
Walter Kauffman
Greenville
Jeffrey
Roschester and
Pittsburgh Coal Comempany
Witnesses Weekend Training At Billows Amusement Park
Jehovahs Witnesses from the Indiana area hold a three day training program at Billows Amusement Park Johnstown May 12 to 14. Michael Genchar Jr presiding minister says local meetings canceled May 12 to 15 as members attend. The program aims to unite people across backgrounds through Bible study and Christian living with multiple sessions, baptisms, and a Sunday address by J W Filson. Seats are free and no collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Indiana
Billows Amusement Park
Mercury St
Johnstown
Michael Genchar, Jr
Genchur
Christian Association
Witnesses
J. W. Filson
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Filson
Paul
Billows Park
Senate Appropriation Panel Approves Pa General Budget
Harrisburg AP reports the Senate Appropriation Committee swiftly approved the general appropriations bill ahead of the June 1 start of the next fiscal year. The bill totals 444 million, with House Republican amendments adding about 4 million. it would boost state aid for seven districts next year. Majority Leader Weiner urged distribution of the bill to all 49 senators for study during the election week recess as the Senate planned a May 22 recess after today’s session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
Uaday
H . Weaco
House Republicana
Charlies R Weiner
Family Not So Unusual Family Not So Unusual
Weston Vermont AP reports the Newhall family of six adopts four children from diverse racial backgrounds Korean Navajo Chippewa and a Negro making a self sufficient 30 acre farm their lifelong home They travel between Weston and Springfield while Mrs Newhall teaches art and Mr Newhall works as a health foods distributor The couple say they adopted to give children a home and note their family enjoys music art dancing and farm life despite outsiders views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
William R. Newhall
Weston
Linda Ann
Monalisa
Virgil
Kim
Newhalls
Springfield
Troy
Newhall
van’ Schoonhaven
Mona Liga
Lto
Springheld
Senate Dems Back Off On Tax Bill
Harrisburg AP reports Senate Democrats shelved plans to push an $8 million annual revenue bill to eliminate commissions on collecting the 4 percent sales tax. Party leaders remained silent on prospects, with a GOP vote tie likely postponed until after the upcoming primary. House approved an $899 million 13 month spending program, while education measures moved forward in both chambers amid partisan debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
House
Berlin NATO ministers pledge to speed aid and deters
The NATO ministers reaffirmed vows to support West Berlin and resist Soviet pressure while planning faster aid for Greece and Turkey. U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk pledged five Polaris submarines by 1963 under American command to deter a Soviet attack. NATO aims to raise European forces toward the 30 division target, with ongoing calls for broader disarmament talks and stronger international control.
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Berlin
NATO
Geneva
Greece
Turkey
NATO Permanent Council
Laos
U.S
Dean Rusk
Western
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
Rusk
United States
Algeria
Angola
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Write-In Vote Wins Primary For Fifth-Grader
Spartanburg South Carolina Mayoral race result shows Doug Parker an 11 year old fifth grader winning 16 percent of the vote with 48 write-in ballots. The stunt by Spartanburg Herald reporters highlighted voter apathy as BC Democratic nominee A D Cidd captured 251 votes. Campaign began at 4 PM and lasted an hour with two more hours before polls closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S.C
Doug Parker
A. D. Cidd
Spartanburg Herald
Doug
Eichmann Proposed Extermination Steps Beyond Hitler
In Jerusalem the Eichmann trial heard that Adolf Eichmann suggested harsher measures than Hitler, including marking half Jews in the Netherlands as full Jews for death. Prosecutor Gabriel Bach said objections arose from the army and Hitler himself, while Eichmann pressed classifying half Jews as full Jews. The day covered Nazi plans in the Netherlands and Belgium. A Dutch schoolteacher testified that the Jews of Holland were wiped out and the day was forever feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Hitler
Gestapo
Asst. Ady
Gabriel Bach
Nazi Heirarchy
Netherlands
Bach
Eichmann
Belgium
Holland
Floods and floodwaters sweep Midwest and East regions
Heavy rains and strong winds flood thousands of acres across Illinois Indiana Kentucky and neighboring states. Levees fail near Vandalia and towns like Elnora Centralia and Shepherdsville face water supply and sanitation crises as residents evacuate and civil defense workers assist.
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New York
Virginia
Vermont
Florida
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Red Cypsy
Pavggon
Flond Seies
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Ilinois
St Louis
Cahokia
Mereamec Valley
St. Louis County
Missouri River
St Charles County
St. Louis
Indiana
National Guardsmen
Navy
Kentucky
Salt River
Shepherdsville
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United Fund Labor Unit
Friends
Outlook
Bob ‘Hope
Alfen
Lake Tahoe
Ney
Vantoria
Norman Hammer
Christ
General Hospital
Los Angeles County
Joseph Edward Liptak
Dixonville
Roy Strong
Jefferson Avenue
Vandergrift
Archie
Annie Strong
Elaine
Dunmire
Donald Eugene Ewing
Ralph A
Edith Lamar Ewing
Warren
Trumbull Memorial Hospital
Ohio Lamp Corporation
James
Kathleen
Effie Ewing
R.D
Cartie Lamar
Robinson - Lytle’s
Robert Jansen
Oaksland Cemetery
Denver
Mona Lisa
Mona
Lawrence
GOP
Senate Education Committee
Education Study Committee
Read Gazette
Ethiopia
Midwest
Gazette
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