Miners Stage Protest Over Store Policy
More than 300 Lucernemines miners wives and children protested a credit policy change at Mahoning Supply Company this morning causing the store to close. Union Local 488 said management announced a temporary credit policy change after yesterday’s talks. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co owned mines report no statement. county mines idle due to a lost shift dispute affecting about 2,500 miners.
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Lucernemines
Mahoning Supply Company
the Gazette
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Lucerne
Taylor Bids Long List To Philar Meet
Harrisburg May 27 State Sen M Harvey Taylor Republican State Chairman drew up an invitation list for the GOP State Committee meeting in Philadelphia June 10 Virtually all Pennsylvania Republicans are invited including the Grundy Owlett bloc The list now runs about 500 names and may double by the meeting Duff and gubernatorial candidate James H Duff are expected to persuade Taylor to run again for a sixth term as state chairman The Duff F ine wing will control the choice despite a large bloc supporting Grundy Owlett
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Harrisburg
Harvey Taylor
GOP
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
A. 5
Joseph R. Grundy
G. Mason Owlett
Taylor
Goy
James H. Duff
Dauphin County
Kenneth F. Kressler
Northampton County
William J. Hamilton, Jr
Duff-Fine
Grundy-Owlett Camp
Coplon Spy and Attorney Apply for Marriage License
Judith Coplon, a 29 year old former government employee convicted of spying for Russia, and lawyer Albert H. Socoloy, 29, obtained a Brooklyn marriage license at Borough Hall. The license is valid for 30 days. Socoloy is with the firm that defended Coplon who is appealing a 25 year prison sentence.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Russia
Albert H. Socoloy
MacArthur Sees No Impending War Says Public Opposes It
General Douglas MacArthur, in a Tokyo interview published by the New York Times via C. D. Sulzberger, states that a shooting war is unlikely. He argues both sides resist aggression, Russia prospers without conflict, and both nations favor defensive postures amid a no win scenario.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
MacArthur
Tokyo
New York Tras
Feace
C. D. Sulzberger
Monvidebermer
Lesinski Dies in His Sleep Amid Congressional Career
U S Rep John Lesinski of Michigan 65 died in Dearborn after a heart attack early today. veteran chair of the House Education and Labor Committee backed labor causes and Taft Hartley opposition, had planned a tenth term. Lesinski returned from Washington for the recess and died after breathing difficulties following a social evening with friends. Wife Westie 40 was at his side as observers described the death as sudden and shocking to colleagues.
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Detroit
U. S
John Lesinski
D-Mich
House
Dearborn
Lesinski
Washington
Congress
Education
Thaddeus Stolfisz
Wstelle
New Clues Reported In Nassau Slay Case
New York Daily News reports FBI uncovering clues in the Bahamas slaying of Betty Renner a Washington lawyer. The piece links new evidence to the Sir Harry Oakes case as both killings remain officially unsolved. Renner’s death involved a partly nude body found in a well and ties to a witness in the De Marigny trial.
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New York
New York Daily News
FBI
Bahamas
Betty Renner
Atractive
Washington
D. C
Harry Oakes
State Department
Nass
Renner
Department of Justice
Indiana County
John¢commission
Tokyo
Woods
Oakes
Rowley Cemetery
Montgomery Township
Hille
Countdale
Alfred de Marigny
de Marigny
Rowley
Nancy Oakes
Marigny
Miss Renner
Nassau
Alice MacDonald
Loat House
Miss MacDonald
Alumni Day Keynote Urges Vision for STC College
M. Vashti Burr deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania urged Indiana State Teachers College alumni to support making the college the leading teacher education institution in the United States. Speaking at an Alumni Day executive council meeting in John Sutton Auditorium she highlighted education promotion and thanked donors for anniversary gifts.
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M. Vashti Burr
Pennsylvania
Indiana State Teachers College
United States
John Sutton
Indiana
Miss Burr l
Friends of Education
Miss Burr
All Pennsylvania College Alumni Association
Washington, D. C
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State Teachers College
Les Isto
State Hospital Payments Approved For 1960 Quarter
Auditor General Weldon B. Heypurn announced approval of 42 200.23 in payments to eight state aided institutions for the quarter ended February 26 1960. Payments are quarterly from legislative appropriations. Institutions and amounts include Brookville Hospital 3000 Centre County Hospital Bellefonte 2986.82 Charleroi Monessen Hospital Washington 5306.47 Clearfield Hospital Clearfield 8250 Eye and Ear Hospital Pittsburgh Allegheny 4750 George F Geisinger Memorial Hospital Danville Montour 12092.16 Indiana Hospital Indiana 10404.78 Latrobe Hospital Westmoreland 5500.
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Weldon B. Heypurn
Commonwealth
Brookville Hospital
Jefferson Co
Centre County Hospital
Bellefonte
Charlerioi
Dionne Quintuplets Restricted Amid Birthday Plans
Callander Ontario May 27 The Dionne Quintuplets sixteen tomorrow say they are not interested in boys Their father Oliva Dionne explains he will keep them under supervision and limit outings with boys until they finish school in two years The five girls now in grade ten will have a quiet birthday party with a single cake and sixteen candles with ten schoolmates invited
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Annette
Cecile
Emile
Marie
Yvonne
Callender
Democrats of N.C in hot fight for senate nomination
In Raleigh on May 27 senator Frank P Graham sought the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate seat. He faced Raleigh lawyer Will Smith and former Senator Robert P Reynolds in a bitter primary. A runoff was possible June 24 if no candidate won a majority. Election officials projected 425000 to 475000 voters. polls opened 6 30 a m and closed 6 30 p m EST.
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Raleigh
N. C
Frank P. Graham
Truman
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Wills Smith
Raleigh Corporation
Robert P Reynolds
Smith
American Bar Association
Graham
Reynolds
Senate
Election Officisla
Czechs Told To Close N Y Consulate
Washington May 27 The United States orders Communist Czechoslovakia to close its New York Consulate as Prague demands trimming American staff in Czechoslovakia from 26 to 12 by June 6. Ambassador Briggs presents the note to Czech Foreign Minister Siroky in Prague.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
New York
Deepartment
Bratislava
U. S
Prague
Department
Ellis Briggs
Wiliam Siroky
B and O to discontinue Punxsutawney Indiana trains
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced it will end the two trains running between Punxsutawney and Indiana effective June 10. The B and C secured PUC permission to halt the line yesterday.
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Punxsutawney
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Indiana
B and C
PUC
Four Inmates Escape From Torrance State Hospital
Four inmates escaped from Torrance State Hospital yesterday and area residents are asked to be on the lookout. The men were identified as Wilfred Corse 25 Armagh Frederick Goodman 29 Jeannette Thomas McClure 18 Chicora and Richard Weigle 25 Freedom. All four were wearing institutional clothing.
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Torrance State Hospital
Blairsville
Volunteer Fire Company
Wilfred Corse
Armagh
Frederick Goodman
Jeannette Tion
Thomas McClure
Chicora
Richard Weigle
Freedom
Indiana Evening Gazette schedule changes and holiday note
The Indiana Evening Gazette announces publication on Monday with Tuesday suspension for Memorial Day weekend. The paper will not publish Tuesday May 29 and will resume after a brief halt, causing a temporary gap for readers and advertisers.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Bus
Koonts & George Buy Kelly Insurance Agency
Koonts and George Insurance Agency announces purchase of the Kelly Insurance Agency formerly owned by Luke Kelly. Mr. Kelly is now described as a bounty detective.
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Koonts & George ‘Purchase Agency
Koontz & George Insurance Agency
Henry Hall Building
Kelly Insurance Agency
Luke Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Bounty Detective
Homage Paid By East German Youth To Soviet Dead
East Germany's FDJ youths paid homage to Russia's war dead with pomp and fanfare in Berlin amid patrols by Western troops and West German police. Incidents included an East German police ambush on western officers, two alleged Communist agents seized by British Sector Police, and at least 14 deserters fleeing to the west as over 3,000 FDJ members laid wreaths for the fallen.
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Young Pioneers of the
Free Communist Youth Organization
Berlin
Wilhelm Pieck
Young Pioneers
NEA
East Germany
Russia
Land
Free German
Freie Deutsche Jugend
FDJ
China Reds Withdraw From Wanshan Island to Formosa
Hong Kong. May 27. Nationalist forces evacuated the Wanshan Islands southwest of Hong Kong, handing them to the Communists. Royal Navy reported the base was cleared by 8 a.m. and Canton remains open to foreign trade for the first time in eight months. Nationalists claimed 4,000 Red troops annihilated in a second amphibious attempt. 1,000 Nationalist soldiers were moved to Lingting Island for final evacuation to Formosa.
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Wanshan
Ladrone
Royal British Navy
Canton
Royal Navy
Lingting Island
Formosa
Lingting
Ambulance Death After Return From Cleveland Clinic
Stanley Bury, 26, of Black Lick died last night while being transported from the Cleveland Clinic back to Cambria County for further treatment. The coroner said the man was under kidney care during hospitalization. Alumni and graduates gathering at Rustic Lodge note Sunday festivity plans and graduation dinners.
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Stanley Bury
Black Lick
Eben Traciad Ae
D P.m
Cleveland Clinic
Cambria Ce
Culver
Aalx Hospital
New Kiski Dormitory Under Way at Saltsburg PA
Construction starts on a modern dormitory at Kiski School Saltsburg to house 64 students and four teachers. Completion expected by September 1950 with a corner stone ceremony planned for June 8. Architects Hunter Caldwell Campbell. contractor J C Orr Son Altoona. Trustees include Col William McKee and Heath Clark.
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Kiski School
Saltsburg
Kiski
Mnore
United Nations
New York
Hunter, Caldwell & Campbell
J. C. Orr & Son
Altoona
Col
Wm. McKee
Pine Hill
C. A. McClintock
Colonial Trust Company
Heath Clark
Pittsburgh and Rochester Coal Company
Indiana
Oscar Adams
Pittsburgh
Lena, Clark
Blairsville Man Receives Six Months To A Year Jail Term
Steve Mazurek, 23, of Blairsville, was sentenced in Westmoreland County Court to a workhouse term of six months to a year for assault and battery and solicitation by threats to commit robbery. Greensburg police charged him with trying to force a young woman to rob an elderly man. He was acquitted of pointing a deadly weapon and carrying a firearm. The sentence will be served in the Allegheny County Workhouse.
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Westmoreland
Steve Mazurek
Blairsville
Mazurek
Greensburg
Allegheny County
Spelling Bee Ends In Tie After Long Competition
In Washington the 23rd National Spelling Bee ended in a two way draw as Diana Reynard, 12, of East Cleveland Ohio, and Colquitt Dean, 14, of College Park Georgia, each spelled 48 and 49 words respectively before words ran low. Each champion received 500 plus a trip to New York.
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Washington
Diana Reynard
East Cleveland
Ohio
Colquitt Dean
College Park
Diana Spelladd
Colquitt
New York
Jim Bernhard
Lanier Junior High School
Houston
Tex
Nancy Maclaren
Tewksbury
Scripps-Howard Cheln
The
Bee
Diana
Indiana County 40 and 8 Spring Wreck at Armory
The Indiana County 40 and 8 Voit ure 708 holds its annual Spring Wreck tonight at the Armory on Wayne Avenue. A preceding parade at 7:30 p.m. will showcase new members to be initiated into the Legion organization.
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Indiana County 40 & 8
Wayne Avenue
Legion
Dairy Exposition Honors Grand Champion At Penn State College
J. Fred King Glen Campbell and R. D. 1 won grand champion honors in showing dairy cattle at the annual Dairy Exposition at Pennsylvania State College this week. King is identified as a student at Penn Estate.
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J. Fred King
Glen Campbell
R. D
Panmesylvania State College
Mr. King
Penn Estate
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