Extra License Plates Proposed For State Cars In Harrisburg
Harrisburg AP report notes a bill to issue a second Keystone State license plate for all vehicles front mounted. The measure aims to add advertising and revenue. The article lists other House bills on reck less driving penalties, wage and hour rules, unemployment for strikers, and various state employment and tax provisions.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Ciangrani
Scarcelli
State Revenue Department
Keystone State
Motor Tech
Mee Marten
Pennsylvania
New House
Secretary of Revenue
Stephens
D Somerset
Comer
Dphila
Limper
D-Phila
Thomas Frascella
Davis
R-Forest
Gramlich
R-Venango
Taylor
Branca
D- Phila
Taylor and Branca
Somerset
Welsh
Toll
Cianfrani
McKeever
Boory
Readinger
D-Berks
General State Authority
Eilbert
Holt
Banker
R-Huntingdon
Toomey
R-Perry
Leonard
Dallegheny
Veterans Clubs
Brennan
D-Bucks
Kooker
R-Bucks
Moody
Senate Battles Over Tax Plan and Budget Fight Deepens
The Senate set a four day session to push 65 million dollars in stopgap funding as the two year fiscal period ends. Democrats clash over the leaders proposed income tax with Gov. Leader defending the plan while Republicans call it unconstitutional and hokum. House and Senate leaders spar over spending cuts, state employee salaries, and a government reorganization plan. The administration also proposes higher unemployment benefits and employer insurance rates amid ongoing tax and budget disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Leader
Senate
Commonwealth
House
Daniel A. Verona
D—Allegheny
Robert D. Fleming
Allegheny
John H. Dent
Fleming
State Planning Board
Commerce Department
Sutb
Rowland B. Mahany
Leadley
Administratio
Inen
Pauli L. Wagner R.schuylkilli
Senate Education Committee
Overnor
Nes
Evea
Dent
Senate GOP Moves To Block Interstate Billboard Provision
Senate GOP move seeks to stop a billboard section in a plan funding a 40 000 mile interstate system with a 2 billion dollar bond issue. George and Byrd predict admin defeat as they push to remove advertising rights along interstate rights of way and defend states rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
D-Ga
Byrd
D-Vad
Gore
Senate 2
Sey
Commas Cause Misread Tariff Act of 1872
A historical note explains a misplaced comma in the Tariff Act of June 6, 1872 led to fruit and trees being admitted with a duty fee when the text intended separate treatment. The error altered fiscal interpretation and sparked debate on legislative drafting.
Soviet Move Seen To Split U S and Allies
U S and British reaction to Soviet shifts under scrutiny as Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr signals probing the Red Chinese stance. Hoover cites Chou En Lai’s call for peaceful forms to liberate Formosa and warns Washington will not waver from ally Republic of China. Senate voices caution on top level talks, warning against appeasement. McCarthy blasts Marion Eisenhower and frames administration figures as key players in the uneasy balance. Milton Eisenhower unavailable for comment as White House defers.
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Russia
Red China
Herbert Hoover Jr
Los Angeles
Reed
Chou
Formosa
Hoover
Republic of China
Sen. Smith
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Smith
Sen
Duff
Jto
McCarthy
Marion S. Eisenhower
United States
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
White House
O'Connor Criticizes delays in polio vaccine safety review
Amid a national polio vaccine pause, officials press for safety checks on Cutter, Pitman-Moore, Wyeth, and Sharpe & Dohme vaccines. O'Connor urges faster action as 50,000 Massachusetts children receive first shots and cities report variable vaccine availability.
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Scheele
O'Connor
Public Health Service
National Foundation
American Medical Assny
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
National Institutes of Health
William Sebrell Jr
Sebrell
The
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Eli Lilly
Indianapolis
Public
Pitman-Moore Co
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Sharpe & Dohme, Inc
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Chicago
New York
Veto Debate Over Postal Wage Boost Looms in Senate
Senate readies for a veto override showdown on a postal wage boost. Kennedy returns after surgery as Democrats seek 15 GOP votes to overcome the President’s objection while Republicans caution unity tests could affect Eisenhower’s political future. Carlson proposes a revised 1.8 percent average raise with a 6 percent minimum, retroactive to March 1, to counter the veto and curb cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Sén
Kennedy
D-Mass
GOP
Eisenhower
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
First State Shakeup Has Been OK'd
Harrisburg reports the first governor led government reorganization proposal won unanimous Senate approval. It would make the state Planning Board a separate agency, with critics warning it could raise costs. House action was delayed for study while debate continued.
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Harrisburg
Leade
Senate
State Planning Board
Commerce Department
Sen. Mahany
Nahany
Sec. Fleming
Allegheny
Sen. Dent
Fleming
Restore Famed Church Steeple in Boston
Restoration work on the Old North Church steeple, famed for lanterns signaling Paul Revere, begins today. A 46 foot hand hewn white oak beam will be set, with siding, spire, and weathervane to follow, finishing by August a year after Hurricane Carol toppled the original structure.
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Boston
Paul Revere
Action on minimum wage boost debated in House
Martin said Barden has not yet called hearings on the minimum wage measure as housing talks occupy him. He noted White House discussions on a military manpower reserve bill and said arrangements could pass it soon, without detailing specifics.
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Martin
Barden
White House
House
Vietnamese factions push for private army with national force
The National Revolutionary Committee seeks Bao Dai removal and end of French influence while a Hoa Hao rebellion holds 8,000 fighters in the western province. Government moves to mobilize civilian air transport to move troops westward prompt Gen Tran Van Soai to offer 5,000 Hoa Hao men to join the national army, an offer the government rejects due to feudal control concerns.
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National Army
Phuong
National Revolutionary Committee
Bao Dai
South
Viet ‘Nam
Viet Nam
Tran van Soai
Tran Trung Dung
Hoa Hao
Appeasement Ruled Out Says Duff at Club Talk
Senator James H. Duff states Eisenhower will not pursue appeasement under any circumstances. He told the General Federation of Women’s Clubs that the President aims for an honorable peaceful solution to the cold war and convened a high level meeting to explore such an accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
James H. Duff
R-Pa
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Duff
Dulles Outlines U S Views On East West Ties
Dulles described U S policy on military aid to Yugoslavia remaining unchanged despite Soviet leaders possibly visiting Marshal Tito. He called the Belgrade mission by Bulganin and Khrushchev a "humble pilgrimage" and said the Big Four summit should focus on procedures, not major issues. He noted possible talks on Berlin traffic and taxes, debated moving US troops in Austria to Italy, and predicted Molotov and others would attend a U N anniversary conference in San Francisco for further talks.
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Russia
Dulles
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Bulganin
Khruschev
Diles
U. S
Pravda
West Germany
Berlin
Austria
Italy
Molotov
Britain
France
U. N
San Francisco
Krekeler
Eisenhower
Tal Eisenhower
Germany
Demo Leader Gives Post To Opponent
ERIE Pa Herbert Foster Republican mayoral candidate was named inspector of detectives by his Democratic opponent. Mayor Arthur Gardner appointed Foster to replace Alois Skobieczka. Skonieczka did not receive a new assignment. Capt Edward Williams headed the juvenile division and was chosen police chief succeeding William Donahue who resigned Feb 15. The Democratic couch named Gardner mayor after conviction of Mayor Thomas W Flatley on charges related to bribes from gamblers. Flatley serves 14 to 3 years in county workhouse. Foster helped uncover a 20 million dollar gambling ring. About 350 different crops are grown on American farms.
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Erie
Herbert Foster
Arthur Gardner
Foster
Alois Skobieczka
Skonieczka
Edward Williarmss
Chosen
William Donahue
Gardner
Jam 4
Thomas W. Flatley
Flatley
Allegheny County
Damiani McLaughlin
Obituaries from Indiana area May 1955 notices
Multiple obituary notices from Indiana Memorial Hospital region list Jennie Grace Kilpatrick Curtis Good Shel toca. Augusta F Lewis Carl Lewis D Brook Lewis Alma Gene Love with family in Indiana. Arlie A Brady Ambrose. Robert Samuel Griffith Black Lick Two. Faye Vanita Stapleton Niagara Falls NY. Services set at Robinsons Funeral Home Indiana with dates May 24 25 and Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Jennie Grace Kilpatrick
George Kilpatrick
Curtis Good
Shelocta
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Harrison City
Pittsburgh
Sheloca
Robinson's
N. 7Th St
Indiana
R. Paul Beatty
St. Peters Cemetery
Augusta F. Lewis
Carl E. Lewis
Philadelphia Street
Smicksburg
Thomas Weston
Mary Catherine Haskell
First Methodist Church of
Cary Bible
Alma Gene) Love
William E. Haskell
Meadville
Ira D. Hyskell
New York City
Stella Farra
Hood River
Ore
Dora Welsh
Robinson’s
Tuesdy
R. W. Falls
Smicksburg Memorial Cemetery
Smicksburgg
Lewis
Funeral
Robinsons
N. Seventh Street
Arlie A, Brady
Ambrose
Rayne Two
Indiana County
Wesley
Margaret Dane Black Brady
Bere
Tha Lightcap Brady
Richard J. Bare Tiss
John M. Lovett
Oakland Cemetery
Robert Samuel Griffith
Black Lick Two
Wright Rest
Marchand
Greene Township
William
Susan Griffith
Black Lick Township
Sarah Belle Bruner
Blairsville
Faye Vanita Stapleton
Niagara Falls
Canoe Township
Jay and
Ora Mae Vieeland White
John S$. Stapleton
St. Marks E,u.b
Juneau
Jay White
Punxsutawney
RD 1
Harry and
Murray
N.Y
Londale
Paul
Punxsutawney RD 1
Morrison Funeral Home
T. F. Sexton
Pine Grave Cemetery
Two Men Lost In Gulf Rescue
MOBILE Alabama two crewmen died and eight were rescued after the fishing vessel S Gonzales sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The missing seamen were Oscar Olsen 65 and Raymond Sheffield 45. Skipper Eric Lindberg 63 said the ship was crowded into a sea buoy by an outbound freighter that continued on its way.
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Mobile
Ala
S. Gonzales
Gulf of Mexico
Oscar Olsen
Raymond Sheffield
Eric Lindberg
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Ways and Means Committee
Iilinois
Poy
Demos
Pere One
Harold M. Reilan
Ill
Reilan
Reitan
U.S
Serum
Sam M. Cathey
Asheville
Washington
Cathey
Rockefeller Plaza
Ike
Gulf Rescue
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