Some Hope Of British Strike Negotiations
London reports a government bid to meet with striking engineers and firemen to end Britain’s 11 day railway walkout. The talks followed the unions accepting a TUC formula while the National Union of Railwaymen stayed involved but non striking.
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London
Britain
INS
British Rail
Trades Union Congress
British Labor Federation
National Union of Railwaymen
TUC
British Transport Commission
Anthony Eden
Congress
Labor
Labor Ministry
Green arrow added at East Washington East Street intersection
Pa Newe notes a green left turn arrow at the East Washington East Street light allowing eastbound traffic to turn left onto East Street or Neshannock Avenue. Rain refreshed crops while landscaping at First Presbyterian on North Jefferson Street adds shrubs. Sampson and Grant streets remain busy and hazardous. Artificial lakes spread as farmers beautify and prepare for possible fire water needs.
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Pa Newe
East Washington
East Street
Washington
Neshannock Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
North Jefferson Street
Sampson Street
Grant
Pa Nene
Cloudy Cool Weather With Rain Through Thursday
Daily weather report notes cooler, cloudy conditions with possible rain today tonight and Thursday. Thundershowers expected this afternoon and evening. Tonight’s low in the 50s. US statistics show a 24 hour period ending 7 am with high 75 and low 57, 0.95 inches precipitation, river stage 5.4 feet. A year ago on this date the high was 75 with no rain.
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United States
President to seek Ike pledge on military manpower cuts
Senate Republican leaders expect President Eisenhower to reaffirm support for active manpower reductions in the Army and Marine Corps. They aim for a public statement to blunt Democratic moves to block administration cuts, even without a military reserve act. The House delay stems from National Guard segregation disputes.
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Eisenhower
Army
Marine Corps
GOP
Senate
Boy Dies in Unusual Farm Mishap Near Harrisburg
Daryle Winston Shank a 14 year old from Middletown RD 1 suffocated on a neighbor’s farm when struck on the head by a stone near a hay blower and buried by blown hay. Found during hay unload, attempts at resuscitation failed. Funeral planned at Christ Lutheran Church Elizabethtown.
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Harrisburg
Daryle Winston Shank
Middletown RD 1
Young Shank
Norman Y. Shank
Mark Guyer
O. H. Swartz
Reading
Darlene
Norman H. Shank
Elizabethtown
George W
Man Duped Again in Lebanon Tax Scheme
Warren W Wentz, a nurseryman who hid his life savings in a tree after distrusting banks, was duped out of $1000 by a man posing as a federal tax agent. Police had previously arrested four youths over the theft of his $11000 savings from a tree on the nursery grounds. The latest arrest, John Meyer, 36, of Sheridan, faces charges for posing as an Internal Revenue agent to obtain the money.
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Lebanon
Warren W Wentz
Wentz
John Meyer
Sheridan
Internal Revenue
Truck Weight Bill Clears House Vote in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania House approved a bill to raise truck weight limits from 45,000 to 60,000 pounds by a 137 to 63 vote. Debate focused on administration amendments that would raise truck license fees by 9 million dollars annually, sending the measure to the Senate for further action.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
George M. Leader
Ten Miners Killed in Saar Coal Mine Collapse
INKIRCHEN Saar UP ten miners died and six were injured when a newly built tunnel 210 feet from surface collapsed 1,500 feet underground. Sixteen miners were trapped as 210 feet of tunnel crashed down. Bodies of six were recovered, two later died in hospital. Eight more were rescued during the night, two of them dead, the rest taken to hospital with noncritical injuries.
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Inkirchen
Saar
Gneisenaar
Eisenhower to Speak at ABA Convention in Philadelphia
President Eisenhower will join the American Bar Association for its annual Philadelphia convention August 20 to 26. Vice President Nixon and Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren are also slated to speak. David F. Maxwell heads the arrangements committee for the local bar association.
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U.S. Bar Association
Philadelphia
INS
Eisenhower
American Bar Association
David F. Maxwell
Bar Association
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Arl Warren
Koreans Demonstrate at U S Embassy in Seoul
More than 1 000 anti Japanese demonstrators tried to storm the American Embassy in Seoul to protest U S aid to Japan. Police clashed with about 200 protesters and used buses and taxis as a barrier injuring at least 10 people. The crowd demanded U S Ambassador William S B Lacey halt aid to Japan over alleged pro Communist policies. A police battalion and Korean national police moved to the scene after protesters marched to Rhee mansion.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Japan
William S. B. Lacey
Syngman Rhee
Westinghouse, CIO Union Meet to End Six Day Strike
In Pittsburgh, Westinghouse and Local 601 of the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers planned another meeting to stop a six day strike by about 10,000 district production workers who want Memorial Day pay. More clerical staff to be furloughed. 1100 sent home without pay. Unconfirmed reports say the union may extend the walkout at East Pittsburgh Homewood Linhart and Trafford plants. The union seeks cancellation of six day disciplinary furloughs and reversal of the holiday pay denial.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Westinghouse
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Homewood
Linhart
Trafford
East Pittsburgh
New Measure On Emergency Phone Use Referred To Governor
Gov. George M. Leader now holds a bill requiring telephone subscribers to yield the line for emergency calls. The House approved the anti obstruction measure and the Senate passed it 50 to 0. Authors are Assemblymen George C. McGee Jr and Albert E. Strausser with penalties up to 300 dollars and 30 days in jail for blocking or falsely claiming an emergency.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
House
Senate
George C. McGee, Jr
Crawford
Albert E. Strausser
Columbia
Boy Escapes From Detention Home At Chambersburg
A 15 year old boy held on charges of gasoline station thefts escaped from the Franklin county court house detention annex in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. He eluded a matron, removed a screen from a porch window and slid down a pole to freedom. The youth was one of six in custody tied to thefts across three counties and Maryland.
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Chambersburg
Franklin County Court House
Maryland
Plan Latter Rain Convention In New Castle
The Latter Rain church on Reynolds street brings 27 ministers from the tri state area to New Castle for a June 20 convention. Afternoon talks at the Reynolds street church cover church advancement and remedies. The Nazarene church on Falls street at Beaver hosts an evangelistic evening service.
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Latter Rain
Reynolds Street
New Castle
Tri-State
Church of the Nazarene
Falls Street
Beaver
State To Share Civil Defense Drill On June 15
Harrisburg Pennsylvania will join a 10 minute nationwide civil defense drill set to begin at 2 05 p m EDT on June 15 Governor George M Leader urged Pennsylvanians to use the drill to practice essential self protection measures The red take cover signal will sound at 2 05 p m with the white all clear at 2 15 p m Pedestrians should seek designated shelters and motorists must pull to curbs and stop
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
George M
Faure Invites Molotov to Lunch in Paris
Premier Edgar Faure invites Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to lunch at the Quai d Orsay in Paris to discuss Russia's bid to West Germany, with Molotov accepting and headed to San Francisco for the United Nations anniversary.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
V. M. Molotov
West
Ger
Molotov
San Francisco
United Nations
Faure
Antoine Pinay
Quai D’orsay
Russia
Safe Robberies Hit Country Bell Dairy Building Again
Country Bell Dairy at 1060 Butler avenue was robbed Tuesday night for the seventh time in years. Manager John Boyle says two thefts occurred since the Boyd Dairy sold the site, five occurred under Boyd ownership. Tear gas in the safe failed to deter thieves. Police hope to solve the ongoing series of burglaries.
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Country Bell Dairy
Butler Avenue
John Boyle
Boyd Dairy
Boyle
President backs Adenauer amid Moscow invitation
President Eisenhower expressed utmost confidence in West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He stated the Soviet invitation to Adenauer was a logical development after West Germany regained sovereignty and that Adenauer will remain faithful to the Western allies. The final decision on Moscow rests with West Germany.
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William Galbreath
United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Adenauer
Moscow
West Germany
United States
Adenlauer
Adenauer Likely to Visit Moscow to Discuss Ties
Bonn sources say Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will probably accept the Soviet invitation to visit Moscow to discuss trade and diplomatic relations between Russia and Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
Adenauer Seeks Big Three Backing for Moscow Visit
Bonn reports that West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer plans to secure the Western Big Three’s support for a Moscow trip possibly in early July.
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Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Adenauer to discuss Soviet Moscow invitation
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer, 79, will confer with his West German cabinet today on Moscow’s invitation to visit. A Bonn spokesman said the government was ready to enter diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union as Moscow proposed, following a note relayed through Paris.
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Bonn
INS
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Moscow
Federal
Paris
Wage talks continue between U S Steel and CIO Steelworkers
In Pittsburgh US Steel and the CIO Steelworkers press wage talks with a narrow agenda restricting discussions to a wage increase. The union seeks a sizeable raise citing profits and productivity. Sessions with six major producers occur this week with optimism a strike will be avoided. The current contract expires next year.
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Pittsburgh
INS
U. S. Steel
CIO
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
USW
Battery B Satisfactory After Inspection in Punxsutawney
The B Battery of the 229th FA Battalion in Punxsutawney was found satisfactory after an administrative and training inspection on Monday. Lt. Col. Alfred F. Barnes, commander, and Capt. Ralph G. Gilliland, administrative officer, led the review of records and the 63 enlisted men and two officers.
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Punxsutawney
Alfred F. Barnes
229Th FA
Ralph G. Gilliland
Peace Offensive Gains Steam with Adenauer Invite
Washington dispatch reports the Soviet Union invites West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to Moscow in a bid to shape global opinion ahead of a summer summit. Officials say the move advances a broader Soviet strategy to push neutrality from Germany and push for a joint communique backing on easing tensions, trade, and cultural exchanges.
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Washington
INS
Russia
Kremlin
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Adenauer
U.S
State Battle For Income Tax Starts June 20
Harrisburg reports Governor Leader plans to push the income tax bill in the House on June 20 with the Ways and Means Committee to report the 411 million dollar levy. Republicans oppose. Democrats say they have 112 members but lack 106 votes to override GOP opposition. If approved, the measure would go to a Senate likely to bury it quickly.
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George Kabuse
Harrisburg
INS
Leader
House
George M. Leader
Thomas K. Hodges
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Death Notices for Kowalchuk Teague and Frank
Obituaries list Mrs. John Kowalchuk aged 60 of 835 Wogan Street Dr. Hyman A. Frank aged 62 of 219 Clen Moore Boulevard and Mrs. Ida B Teague aged 79 of 114 Fairfield Avenue in a Wednesday death record.
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John Kowalchuk
Wogan Street
Hyman A. Frank
Clen Moore Boulevard
Ida B. Teague
Fairfield Avenue
Ford Local 600 Leader Wins Return To Jobs At Rouge Plant
Detroit filing cites Carl Stellato, president of Ford Local 600, saying he persuaded rebellious skilled workers at the Rouge plant to end their wildcat walkout and go back to work.
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Detroit
Carl Stellato
Ford
Rouge
Wildcat Auto Strikes Hit Detroit Area Plants
Detroit upshot reports wildcat strikes curbing production at GM and Ford amid contract disputes. Ford Rouge plant workers demand 30 cent raise to match external pay scales, despite 8 to 18 cent boosts. Carlo Stellato, Rouge Local 48,000 president, failed to calm the crowd and left amid heckling.
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United Press
Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Big Rouge
Dearborn
Carlo Stellato
Rouge
Man Escapes Federal Custody in Rome Georgia
George Krull a 33 year old described as very dangerous by the FBI escaped from federal custody in Rome Georgia where he had been held with two companions on charges of kid napping and assaulting a 53 year old woman on April 14 Authorities also seek Krulls 31 year old brother Michael who is accused of participating in the crime Both brothers have long criminal records dating to their teens in the Pittsburgh district.
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Rome, Ga
INS
George Krull
FBI
Rome
Georgia
Krull
Michael
Krulls
Pittsburgh
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