Coal Contract Nears End as Strike Talks Continue
Washington AP reports John Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Harry Moses of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association appear close to a contract for Northern soft coal mines as midnight expires. An agreement could boost pay by about 1.80 dollars per day for 200,000 workers and add a 0.10 dollar per ton increase to welfare fund royalties, with mines expected to operate Saturday amid hopeful talks.
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Washington
John Lewis
Northern Soft Coal
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Harry Moses
Northern
The
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Moses
Dustry
School Fire At Fulton Run This Evening
Two 15 year old boys from Indiana R D 2 noticed flames at St. Clair School Fulton Run and alerted locals. Neighbors doused the fire with water before Indiana fire trucks arrived, limiting damage to a small floor and wall section. damage estimated at 100 dollars.
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St. Clair
Fulton Run
Indiana
John Cenovich
Normar Anderson
Indiana R. D. 2
Clay Smith
Ernest Thrillhart
Indiana Fire Department
Ira Edwards
Edwards
Safe-Cracking Foiled By Tear Gas At Lumber Office
Thieves failed in a local lumber firm safe assault last night at Daugherty Lumber Company 1050 Philadelphia street. Tear gas filled the office as officers arrived with Patrolman Allison opening windows for inspection. The intruders fled leaving their tools behind near the safe. Police chief Sanford and officials conducted a full office plant and area check following the botched attempt.
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Daugherty Lumber Company
Indiana
Siposh
Philadelphia Street
O. T. Strittmatter
Will Wantine Amtonesdtape
Indiana Police
Allison
Howard Sanford
Ed Sullinger
Sanford
Pittsburgh area on alert for three prison escapees
Federal and local authorities issued a 24 hour alert for three bank robbery suspects who escaped from a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg Pennsylvania. The men, Joseph Wayne Nolen 26 Ballard 20 and Elmer Schuer 2 Chicago, were last seen near Pittsburgh after a taxi driver reported a gun pointed at him during a stop. Police have identified associates seen in a shoe store and at the Bronx bank holdup. FBI says agents are alerted and investigating.
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Pittsburgh
Ernest Vida
Perate Federal
VU. S
Lewisburg
Federal Penitentiary
Bruce Murphy
Pittster Thoroughly Burgh Shoe Store
Erg Trust Co
Bronx
N. Y
Land
Vida
Joseph Wayne Nolen
Ballard
Whitely County
Elmer Schuer
Chicago
FBI
Caudle cites many cases in testimony at hearing
Justice Department investigators presented testimony detailing instances where Congress members used influence in tax cases. T. Lamar Caudle testified that some lawmakers, including Rep. Robert L. Doughton Rep. Harley Kilgore Sen. William Langer and former Sen. Claude Pepper, conferred with him on tax matters for constituents.
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Washington
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways ‘and Means
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W. Va
William Langer
R-Nd
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Scott Lucas
Congress
Judiciary
Chelf Td-Ky
Caudle
Korea Veteran Back In States Arrives In San Francisco
Staff Sergeant Doyle Rowley Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Doyle Rowley of Indiana, arrived from Korea aboard the General A W Breust er in San Francisco. He expects to be discharged and home by October 2. A U S Marines member, he was listed as stationed abroad.
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Doyle Rowley Jr
Doyle Rowley
South 13Th Street
Indiana
Korea
San Francisco
A. W. Brewsiter
Sgt
Rowley
U. S. Marines
Stevenson Would Condemn Nixon Only After Full Facts
Gov. Adlai Stevenson urged against condemning Sen. Richard Nixon before all facts are known about a $16,000 fund contribution. He questioned who gave the money and whether it influenced Nixon’s positions or violated laws, calling for the Republican party to uncover and disclose the truth with proper respect for the presidency.
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NEW York
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Sen. Nixon
Republican ‘Party
Stevenson
California
GOP
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
Dwight D.eisenhower
ACLAS
Studio Sues Mario Lanza Over Contract Breach
MGM sues Mario Lanza for 5 195 888 damages claiming breach of contract for failing to report to work on the film Student Prince. The suit follows months of dispute, cites nearly 700 000 spent on pre production, seeks 695 888 special damages plus 4 percent of profits and a permanent injunction barring Lanza from other work.
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Los Angeles
Mario Lanza
MGM
Prince
Lanza
Philadelphia
Auit
Taft Sees Need Of Party Pacts
Senator Taft warned in Cincinnati that the two party system survives only if party members set aside minor differences. Speaking at a luncheon he urged unity ahead of the November election, saying voters face a chance to avert socialism and preserve democratic government.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Sen. Taft
Papers Delivered The Gazette Substitute Mail Route
The Gazette circulated despite a missed main street route as Mrs. Sylvia Glassford of the circulation department volunteered to substitute for the paperboy. A dance is planned for Sunday September 21 with the Home aelcity Legwa Blue Jackets Band performing.
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Gazette
Sylvia Glassford
Circulation Department
Aelcity Legwa Blue Jackets
Nixon Defends Use Of 416000 Political Fund
Senator Richard Nixon rejects Democratic charges over a 416000 political fund, saying he took no personal money from it and has asked trustee Dana F. Smith to publish a full report. He labels the accusations a smear by forces seeking to maintain the current administration, asserting contributors received no favors or treatment.
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IGOP
California
Nixon
Dana F. Smith
Pasadena
Calif
Ashland
Ore
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Sen. Niaon
Confidence in Nixon Safer, Eisenhower Helps Rally
General Eisenhower signaled willingness to keep Senator Richard Nixon on the Republican ticket amid a storm over Nixon accepting more than $16,000 in expense funds from California donors. Advisers debated whether to demand Nixon’s resignation, but a full review looked unlikely to force a quick change as Eisenhower pressed a Kansas City rally and moved toward St. Louis.
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Wisenhower
Dwight D.luisenhower
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
Dana Smith
Masachemi
Eisenhower
Ener
Kansas City
Big City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Eisenshower
Paul Smith Found Dead in Indiana Home
Paul Smith, well known in Indiana, was found dead in his bed at 11 07 last night at 208 South 7th Street. Neighbors reported his absence during the day and alerted police. Sgt Owens found the body. County Coroner H C Lang Jr ruled death from natural causes, indicating he had been dead 15 to 18 hours. A full obituary appears in today’s paper.
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Paul’ V. Smith
Indiana
South 7Th Street
Sgt. Owens
Indiana Police
H. C. Lang Jr
Harmony Bus Line Talks Deadlocked
PITTSBURGH The Harmony Short Lines Transportation Co strike drags on after bus drivers reject a new pay offer. President Bismard Johns of Division 1076 AFL Amalgamated Association of Motor Coach Employes says 100 striking drivers voted to turn down the deal. They walked off 115 days ago over a contract dispute. The company offer proposed an eight cent hourly increase now then three cents on May 1 and three more on November 1, 1953. Drivers earning 1.55 dollars an hour sought a 2 cent raise.
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Pittsburgh
Harmony Short Lines Transportation Co
Bismard Johns
AFL Amalgamated Association of Motor Coach Employes
Polio Victim Is Improving At 110 Memorial Hospital
In a Johnstown report from 110 Memorial Hospital the Streams family received news that Ela Mae, aged 18, has been moved to the fair list after days noted as not good Grace, 18, remains critical while Beverly, 2, and Don are listed as fair Chinese Reds attacked near Old Baldy in Korea as U S Eighth Army and Allied forces repel several hill assaults and counterattacks with heavy artillery jellied gasoline rockets and air support The action centers around Panmunjom and Chorwon as fighting continues throughout the sector
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Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Ela ‘Mae
Grace
Beverly
Don- Seoul
Korea
Old Baldy Hilljo
Panmunjom
Eighth Army
Church of Christ
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Old Baldy
Chorwon
Women Told to Keep Quiet on Prague Radio Pleas
A Prague broadcast urged women in Czechoslovakia to refrain from talking in public to guard state secrets. It warned that women exchanging news about their sons and husbands could be spied on by Western agents in shops and on streetcars. The program linked chatter to security risks amid Cold War tensions.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Communist Radio Today
Prague
Peace Talks Adjourned In Hot Session
In Munsan Korea negotiators adjourned the eighth week long recess after a 52 minute session over who started the war. The plenary meeting since Sept 12 produced no headway on prisoner exchange. The Reds agreed to a UN request and recessed talks at Panmunjom until Sept 28. Gen William K Harrison read a long reply to charges that the Allies stand against the world’s people. North Korean Gen Nam U See Peace.
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Munsan
Korea
Keerean
U. N
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
US N
Lestison
U. N. ‘General Assembly
Nam U
First Coal Pact Signed by Mamimee Collieries
Linton Indiana Mamimee collieries one of the largest strip mine operators signed an agreement with the United Mine Workers Friday night Roscoe McKinney president of the union District 11 announced the signing and said other strip mine companies will sign Saturday This action would avert a strike in Indiana Monday Operators of shaft mines and small truck mines had signed earlier Mamume employs about 300 of Indiana 4 500 strip mine workers About 5 000 men work in the state s shaft mines.
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Linton
India
Mamimee Collieries
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Roscoe McKinney
District 11
Mamumee
Two Broken Legs Result In Accident at Coal Docks
Ford Grege, 58, injured yesterday at James Coal Company loading docks in Stafford, suffered two fractured legs when run over by a coal flat. Hospital attaches report he is in fair condition and resting well.
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Ford Grege
James Coal Company
Stafford
68th Anniversary for This Couple
CHICAGO Frank E Nichols 91 and Annabelle 83 celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary with a family party hosted by Homewood Presbyterian Church women group. They moved to the suburb 20 years ago from Erie Pa after Nichols retired as a farmer. Born in Angola New York and Oil City Pennsylvania the couple have six children 24 grandchildren 53 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Chicago
Frank E. Nichols
Annabelle
Homewood Presbyterian Church
Erie
Nichols
Angola
N. Y
Oil City
Chaplin Barred From Return to U S
Barred from reentry to the United States by government order while officials review immigration eligibility. Charles Chaplin, 63, born in England, has lived in the U S for 40 years and was not a citizen. He has faced prior legal issues including a Mann Act case in 1944. Chaplin says he applied for reentry in good faith and expects to return, pending proper procedure.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington W
Thian Charles Chaplin
Murevpe
United States
McGranery
Meni
Chaplin
England
U. S
Hary Crocker
Ee Chaplin
Rehan
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