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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
15
The program ended with a tap dance by McDermott and a closing performance by the school orchestra led by Leslie George William Carr Jon Carroll Joe Sciengio Zeta Graziani and Bennie Augustine. A student composed song was sung.
Elizabeth Taylor is expected to marry William D. Pawley Jr., son of a former ambassador to Brazil, after she finishes Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer High School next spring. The engagement was announced in Miami Beach, with her mother noting a 1950 wedding date as possible.
Inez Robb lampoons a Greater New York Safety Council warning that a groom should not lift a bride heavier than 75 pounds to cross the threshold. The piece cites council official Paul Strickler, noting safety limits apply to brides and barrels, and jokes about using mechanical devices to avoid injuries.
Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist, army personnel chief, said a new pay raise for the armed services could force revival of the draft. The draft remains legal but suspended since January. inductions depend on voluntary recruitment. Dahlquist testified at a House subcommittee on a pay bill, noting grievances over a pay system that favors large families. He agreed a resort to the draft may be necessary if the system is not revised.
E New Castle Mrs Fissel's class reschedules to Thursday June 16 with Mrs Henry Karki hosting. Nearby residents Lonny Karanbauer from Herman Pa visits relatives Sam and Peggy Love. Local families visit Slippery Rock and Allegheny Avenue guests attend Willard Jubilee events with ties to Chicago World's Fair plans.
Acting Army Secretary Gray addressed 350 Army and 229 Air Force cadets at the U S Military Academy ceremony in West Point New York urging new lieutenants to meet a world of nihilism with leadership. He noted the officer corps now draws less than 10 percent from West Point versus 45 percent before the war and called for a large peacetime army to meet urgent demands. The speech framed the era as a test of enduring American principles against creeping nihilism.
A 33 year old York Glass Co. worker William F. Little was killed attempting to free fellow mechanic William H. Hibner from a steel scaffold that touched a 2300 volt line. Hibner, 32, is in critical condition at York General Hospital. Foreman Lynn Winfield and worker Charles J. Proctor escaped unharmed as the scaffold toppled at a motor sales firm site.
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