Miners of District 11 to Elect Officers Next Tuesday
Members of District 11, United Mine Workers of America, will vote next Tuesday for officers to serve four-year terms beginning April 1. Incumbents Louis Austin Roscoe McKinney Ralph Lay face challengers in multiple subdistrict contests with votes to be tallied locally before final district office certification.
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Terre Haute
United Mine Workers of America
Louis Austin
International Board
John W West
Linton
Claude
Gabber
Bicknell
Joseph Nixon
Arthur Duane
Jasonville
Robert Goodwin
Rosedale
Russell Whitted
Princeton
Jess Abram
Dugger
Robert S. Tuley
Boonville
Ralph Wilhite
Eighth
Eagle Streets
Gas shortage may hit seven Indiana towns
Danville Indiana report says seven towns Brownsburg Carmel Dana Danville North Salem Rockville and Zionsville could face gas heater fuel shortages this winter if extreme cold drives demand beyond allocations. Indiana Gas Distribution Corp warns FPC has not allotted enough gas for cold weather.
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Danville
Ind
U.P
Indiana
Indiana Gas _ Distribution Corp
Federal Power Commission
Brownsburg
Carmel
Dana
North Salem
Rockville
Zionsville
Witch at Switch Stuns Hattiesburg Residents
Eight-unit apartment residents spent Halloween night in darkness as unidentified high school youths pulled the central electric switch and held would be repairers at bay with firecracker grenades for four hours in Hattiesburg Mississippi.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
U.P
Notable Early Cold War Roundup Highlights Peace and Pressures
United Nations backed India's Korea peace plan by 54 to 5, with Russia blocked from stymying Western-led accord. South Korean forces retook Pinpoint Hill as "Welcome Ike" greeted the coming U S president in Seoul. Spartander turnout signaled support for Saar-France economic link amid ongoing Franco German talks.
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Korea
United Nations
Russia
India
Seoul
United States
Pinpoint Hill
France
Germany
Rabbit blamed for Indiana brush fires report
A rabbit is blamed for at least one of Indiana's month long brush fires with witnesses saying a fur aflame hare ran through a field as dry grass burned.
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Seymour
Ind
U.P
Indiana
U S says it will not block Iranian oil shipments by American firms
The State Department announced a policy reversal allowing American companies to move oil from Iran despite British seizure of oil properties. Britain plans legal action against shipments, while Washington says the shift is advisory and amid a broader Anglo Iranian dispute. The move aims to clarify U S stance on Iranian oil sales.
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Jane’s
Reds
United States
Russia
Ana Pauker
Romania
Poland
Israel
Winston Churchill
Britain
Washington
U.S
Iran
Great Britain
State Department
Department
Government opens Buffalo office for air procurement district
The federal government has opened a new office in Buffalo. The Buffalo Office of the Rochester Regional Office of the Northeast Air Procurement District of the United States Air Force is established.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Rochester
Northeast Air Procurement District
United States Air Force
Change in Coal Mine Situation Shown Here
A 1917 clipping from an Indianapolis newspaper shows mine pay contrasts. George Wall earns 199.25 for two weeks at Spring Valley, Steve Patrola 208, while day laborers receive 68.40. average miners about 70. The piece notes higher busy season wages and lower annual averages with dull periods.
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Indianapolis
George Wall
Spring Valley
Steve Patrola
Patrola
Wall
Bear and three other game bagged on Vermont hunting trip
Old Deadeye Bud Warren used five shots to harvest a bear a deer a fox and a rabbit during a Vermont hunting trip. The sequence highlights his marksmanship as he travels through the region.
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Enfield
N. H
U.P
Bud Warren
Vermont
Counties Change but Home Doesn’t in Cody Wyoming
Ned Frost has lived in four Wyoming counties without leaving the Cody area. He was in Sweetwater when the region was whole, watched Fremont form, then Big Horn split, and now resides in Park County after Big Horn was divided. The home remained constant through the county changes.
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Cody
Wyo
U.P
Ned Frost
Wyoming
Sweetwater County
Fremont
Big Horn County
Park County
Big Horn
American Envoy on Way Home From Middle East Row
Roving ambassador Edwin A. Locke Jr. heads home to explain U S aid policy after a Lebanon speech and interviews that displeased Washington. State Department cited differences with the aid program and noted Locke may be kept in limbo until after the January 20 inauguration. Byroade in Indiana called Locke’s recall routine and said other ambassadors also returned for conferences.
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Washington
U.P
Edwin A. Locke, Jr
Middle East
U. S
State Department
Locke
Dean Acheson
Foreign Service
Chase National Bank of New York
Department
Michael J. McDermott
Lebanon
Woodburn
Ind
Henry A. Byroade
Edwin A. Locke
Byroade
Expert Discusses Status of Television at Indiana University
Louisville editor Bill Ladd told a conference on educational television that commercial TV is the best system but that rising commercialism has already lowered overall program quality. He spoke at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Ind
U.P
Louisville
Bill Ladd
Louisville Courier-Journal
Indiana University
Soil Conservation Growth in Greene County Farms
Greene County shows a record rise in soil conservation co operators as 52 farmers joined the district in the past 11 months. The total now tops 317 local cooperators, with 46 988 acres under district guidance and ongoing plans for more permanent practices.
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Greene County
Thad Cory
Greene County Soil Conservation District’ Board of Supervisors
SCS
Soil Conservation District
Becam District
Technica
Harold F. Creech
U.S. Soil Conservation
Cory
Soil Conservation Service
U.S
Mr. Creech
Parson in Palmyra Says He Married Over Sixty Couples
Reverend Charles A. Johnett a retired minister in Palmyra Maine reports he has wed more than 60 couples since entering the ministry in 1892. He notes many weddings were in the town and surrounding area.
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Palmyra
U.P
Charles A. Johnett
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Saxton
Walter Gorby, Sr
Curtis Nicholson
Milton Board
Theodore Saucerman, Jr
Ralph Lay
Jess Adams
Floyd James
Ernest Good
Louis Gieselman
Winslow
Raymond E. Williams
Elderfield
Edward P. Hunter
Billy Goodman
James J. Vowell
Sullivan
Paul Bradbury
Coalmont
Lee Hults
Charles Baker
Brazil
David Campbell
New Goshen
William Gray
Clinton
Treiias
Tinton
Kenney’s
United Press Foreign News
Old Deadeye
Daisy Cigar Store
Francis Utterback
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