Eden appeals as British rail strike drags on
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden urged 70 000 striking railway workers to end the nine day walkout. The government planned swift action and considered using emergency powers to break the deadlock while warning of job losses and harm to export orders.
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Anthony Eden
Noel Pinches
London
INS
Perity
Walter Monckton
British Transport Commission
Monckton
Sir Anthony Eden
Eden
Chequers
Transport Commission
Weekend heat causes many flat tires on region highways
The district saw many cars with flats during a hot weekend as motorists from Conneaut Lake and elsewhere dealt with tire problems along Pa News reports. Homegrown strawberries were plentiful with highway stands loaded with fruit. New Wilmington buzzed with activity from commencement events and visitors numbering in the hundreds. Some city youths took summer farm jobs to help harvest crops and escape the heat.
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Conneaut Lake
Pa Newe
New Wilmington
Daily Weather Report Rough pattern with scattered storms
Partly cloudy warm and humid tonight and Tuesday with thundershowers beginning this afternoon. Low tonight in the 60s. US weather stats show 24 hours ending today with max 86 and min 56 and traces of precipitation. river stage at 5.3 feet. For the 24 hours ending Sunday 7 a.m. max 80 min 54 with traces of precipitation.
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United States
Miss Walker Crowned Westminster College May Queen
Miss Mary Lou Walker, a Westminster College junior, was crowned May Queen during Alumni Day ceremonies at the campus in New Wilmington. The crowning followed a court procession and included the May pole dance and a concert by the college band led by Professor Donald O. Cameron.
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New Castle News
Mary Lou Walker
Westminster College
Marjorie Rodger
Miss Walker
New Wilmington
Queen Walker
Lorraine Adams
Carole Jones
Marion McConnell
Nancy Siehl
Marilyn Steadman
Margaret Williams
Wampum Man Dies From Fall
Robert O. Allen aged 61 of Beaver Street Wampum died in Jameson Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull after a fall from a ladder while repairing spouting near Crescentdale He was born July 18 1893 and worked as a painter for Lastik Products Company He is survived by Irma Cress Allen his wife and children Catherine Elizabeth Gorst and Robert William Allen plus a granddaughter a sister and four brothers Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 30 PM at the Wampum Methodist Church with Rev D J Blasdell and burial in Clinton cemetery
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Robert O. Allen
Beaver St
Wampum
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Crescentdale
Allen
Charles Barber
Barber
County
Mr. Allen
Lawrence County
John
Jemima Davis Allen
Lastik Products Company
Irma Cress Allen
Catherine Elizabeth Gorst
Robert William Allen
Pete Brophy
Newport
James
Huntington
Calif
Samuel
This City
William and
Beaver Street
Marshall Funeral Home
D. J. Blasdell
Wampum Methodist Church
Clinton Cemetery
Sunday Route 317 Crash Injures Four
State police investigate a two car collision on Route 317 Mt. Jackson to Bessemer at 7 45 pm Sunday. Involved driver Fred Lutz and an unknown motorist. Four people were admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital with serious to fair injuries including Charles J Luisi William Jaynes Mrs Ellen Lutz and Fred Lutz.
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Mt. Jackson-Bessemer
Fred Lutz
Lutz
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles J. Luisi
S. Cedar St
William Jaynes
F. Clayton St
Ellen Lutz
Whippo Street
Child Actor Fractures Toe After Tree Fall
Bernard Spencer age 11 of R. D. 3 Harbor Road fell from a tree while playing on Saturday. He fractured the third toe of his right foot and was treated at New Castle hospital late that afternoon.
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Bernard Spencer
R. D
Harbor Road
New Castle
Kenneth Anderson Injured After Porch Fall
Kenneth Anderson aged 29 fell from the porch at his home on Sunday and struck his head on a cement block. He was treated at New Castle hospital for a head laceration and an avulsion of the tip of the left third finger.
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Kenneth Anderson
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Castle
Costly Truck Strike Likely In Allegheny Co
In Pittsburgh AFL Teamsters Local 249 rejected a three year contract by 1672 to 48. The counteroffer included a 26 cent hourly raise and other benefits. The expired pact with the Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association affects about 3000 Local 249 members and could halt truck freight in the county. Joint Council 40 representing 2000 teamsters in 29 counties outside Allegheny accepted a similar wage deal.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Allegheny County
AFL Teamsters
Joint Council 40
Allegheny
Local 249
Association
Four Lawrence County Men Drafted for June Quota
Four men from Lawrence county will be inducted into the U S Army this month to meet the county quota of four the lowest in two years. All four volunteer from Local Board 86 and will depart New Castle on June 15 to Pittsburgh for processing centers.
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Lawrence County
U. S. Army
County Selective Service Board
Local Board
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg Man Killed in Dice Game Dispute
Harrisburg police seek the killer of James T. Herron a 28 year old father of three who was shot three times during an argument over two dollars in a dice game. He died on a sidewalk with onlookers describing the fatal incident.
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Harrisburg
James T. Herron
President Eisenhower at West Point for Class of 1915 reunion
President Eisenhower attends the 40th reunion of his West Point class of 1915 as June Week festivities unfold. He plans a foreign policy address to be delivered before the academy’s 469 graduates, with coverage by radio and television.
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West Point
N.Y
Eisenhower
U.S. Military Academy
Academy
West
White House
Steelworkers prepare wage talks for 600000 mill workers
CIO United Steelworkers leaders held a last minute briefing in Pittsburgh before negotiations begin. USW President David J. McDonald plans to present pay demands to U S Steel Corp as the nation's top producer seeks a substantial pay boost for mills nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
James M. Smith Died At 93 In New Castle Home
James MacDowell Smith Sr died at 11 A M at his 1907 Highland avenue home at age 93. Born March 23 1862 in New Castle he co founded Shenango Pottery and headed Shenango China. Survived by widow daughter two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Body at Boyd Myers Funeral Home with services at First Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 4 PM.
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New Castle
James MacDowell Smith
Highland Avenue
Mr. Smith
Daniel McClure Smith
Louisa Ten Broeck Smith
Francis Sproul Agnew
Sewickley
Boyd- Myers
North Jefferson Street
First Presbyterian Church
Alumni Express Confidence In Administration
Westminster college alumni voted confidence in the college administration after a special investigating committee found ten charges by former students to be false. The committee, led by Henry C. Herchenroether Jr., noted none of the accusers appeared to testify. The Alumni Association adopted the report with few dissenters and approved forming a 12 member panel to handle future controversies.
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Westminster College
Pittsburgh
Henry C. Herchenroether, Jr
Alumni Association
New Castle News
Harvey FE. Moore
Sharon
Westminster College Alumni Association
Westminster Commencement Degree Awards Held at Westminster College
Westminster College held its 101st commencement in New Wilmington awarding 140 bachelor degrees and remaining master degrees to about 200 graduates. Notable honors went to DeOrmond McLaughry for an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy alongside Doctors of Divinity conferred on Rev. John R. Louden and Rev. William H. Lawrence.
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Westminster College
New Wilmington
John Furbay
DeOrmond
Tuss) McLaughry
Dartmouth
John R. Louden
U. P. Church
Xenia
William H. Lawrence
U. P. Presbyterian Church
Sharon
Lawrence
U. P Church
W. Bruce Wilson
Sunset Hills U. P
Government launches drive to restore vaccine confidence
Washington reports Surgeon General Leonard Scheele on NBC Meet the Press outlines a public campaign to assure parents that Salk polio vaccine is as safe as science can make it. He cites a 1 in 100,000 chance of live virus slipping past tests and notes vaccines are 60 to 90 percent effective, not 100 percent.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Fifteen Escapees From Farview Recaptured in Scranton Area
Fifteen inmates who fled Farview State Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Waymart have all been recaptured. The last arrest was Moses Brown Ross, 24, of Philadelphia. Ten others were caught on the grounds after the breakout and four more Saturday night. The group overpowered three guards after breakfast and used a broken fire escape door to escape.
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Scranton
INS
Farview State Hospital
Waymart
Moses Brown Ross
Philadelphia
Jonestown Motorcyclist Dies After Route 443 Crash
Isaac Kreiser Jr. 21 of Jonestown died in Good Samaritan Hospital after a motorcycle collision with a car on Route 443 near the Gold Mine Road intersection in Lebanon County.
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Lebanon
Isaac Kreiser Jr
Jonestown
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gold Mine Road
Deaths and ages of residents listed in local record
James M. Smith 93 surname residence 1907 Highlands Avenue. Robert O Allen 61 Wampum. Frank A. Dewberry 66 R D 2 Winter Lane. Theresa Knorr Proeles 82 414 North Jefferson Street. Mike Radovich 68 R D 1 Beaver Falls.
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James M. Smith
Highland Avenue
Robert O Allen
Wampum
Frank A. Dewberry
R. D
Winter Lane
Theresa Knorr Proeles
North Jefferson Street
Mike Radovich
Beaver Falls
Final Day Of School In New Castle And County
Tuesday marks the final day of the 1954 55 term as pupils stay home while teachers finish report cards and schedules. City students will collect reports Tuesday and resume after Labor Day around September 7. Wampum and Neshannock townships also end. all 11 county high schools have graduated.
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New Castle
Wampum
Neshannock
Two Women and Baby Die in Mount Holly Collision
A head on crash on Chatsworth Road east of Mount Holly killed Mrs. Miguela Rodrigues 27 and her 18 month old son Edwin of Lakewood and Mrs. Mary Robson of Pemberton township. Rodrigues husband Victor injured. police say Rodrigues drove in the wrong lane into Robson's car.
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Mount Holly
N. J
INS
Chatsworth Road
Miguela Rodrigues
Edwin
Lakewood
Mary Robson
Pemberton Township
Rodrigues
Victor
Robson
Swarm Of 20 000 Bees Invades Indianapolis Hotel
A swarm of 20 000 bees disrupted operations at the Sheraton Lincoln Hotel in Indianapolis on Sunday. Beekeeper Thomas M. Hannah, 35, captured the insects in a box from a beam above the hotel stairs and added them to his collection of 29 swarms this year.
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Indianapolis
INS
Sheraton - Lincoln
Thomas M. Hannah
Running board cut injures Girard woman
Josephine Fusco aged 54 of 500 Hazel Street Girard Ohio lacerated her lower left leg when stepping into a car Sunday at 9 p.m. She sought medical aid at New Castle Hospital.
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Josephine Fusco
Hazel Street
Girard
Ohio
New Castle Hospital
Ford and UAW reach three year contract at Ford plants
Ford Motor Company and the CIO United Auto Workers announce a new three year agreement giving workers a 20 cent hourly raise and a company guaranteed layoff pay. UAW President Walter Reuther hails it as the union’s biggest package in 20 years. John S. Bugas says both sides won and the public won. The national bargaining committee approves unanimously, with a strike looming at Ford plants that began at midnight.
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United Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
John S. Bugas
Ford
Ford, CIO UAW near job security deal to end wage dispute
Ford Motor Company and the CIO United Auto Workers reported a tentative agreement on a job security plan worth 59 million dollars. The plan would fund compensation for laid off workers, resolving the major hurdle in an end to the nationwide strike that began at midnight. Pickets lined plants with more than 60,000 workers affected as Ford Local 600 set its own noon deadline.
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Rey W. Brune
United Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Billy Graham Opens Paris Crusade Before 9000
American evangelist Billy Graham launched his continental crusade in Paris drawing 9000 attendees with 623 decisions for Christ. Cliff Barrows called it the greatest opening victory of his crusade, noting the language barrier yet strong turnout at the Palais Des Sports. Translation to French was provided live by Jacques Blocher.
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Paris
Billy Graham
North Carolina
Christ
Graham
Cliff Barrows
Wembley Stadium
London
Palais Des Sports
Jacques Blocher
War Editorial and Classifieds Highlight City Pages
A compact page shows a wartime editorial and assorted notices and classifieds. Obituary and theatre listings appear with ads and contact numbers as part of the community newspaper layout.
California strawberries in Pennsylvania harvest season shown
The piece notes California strawberries arriving as a seasonal treat, while Pennsylvania growers begin harvest locally. It contrasts home grown berries with those from California and mentions warm weather in California at eighty six degrees.
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California
Pennsylvania
Californi
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Daily Weather Report
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J. Robert Shubert
Shenango China Company
Westminster
Frank L. Tinkham
Eft
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Penn State
Will W. Orr
Tinkham
Farview
By Rey W. Brune
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