Grand Council Of U C T Now Meeting Here
The 52nd annual convention of the United Commercial Travelers of America opened this afternoon in The Cathedral with Grand Counselor William H. Blews Jr presiding. Sessions run through Saturday with a 6:30 banquet and dance in the Cathedral ballroom. Dr. D F Bowers of Columbus Supreme Surgeon will speak.
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United Commercial Travelers of America
William H. Blews, Jr
East Lodge
Cathedral
D. F. Bowers
Columbus, O
Sea
West Avenue to be paved as city work progresses
City crews prepare West Avenue for paving on the east side while more dirt streets receive black top each year. A farmer found a peculiar worm on the Hawrylink farm. Railroads may reuse retired engines behind diesel locomotives for freight runs as weather boosts gardens and crops. Stamp collectors look forward to three cent commemoratives announced by Washington.
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West Avenue
Postal Department
Washington
Daily Weather Report
Cloudy with showers tonight. Friday mostly cloudy windy and cooler with occasional showers likely. Highs in the 60s east and 66 to 72 west. Low tonight 48 to 54. High Friday in the 60s. US weather stats for 24 hours ending today. Max 61 Min 52 Precip 0.50 inch. River stage 6.8 feet. Same date last year: Max 84 Min 62 Precip 0.0.
Wage Talks Under Way With Steel Giants In 1962
The CIO United Steelworkers begin wage talks with Jones and Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Inland Steel, and also opened negotiations with Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel. U S Steel may request a recess to study demands as talks aim to avoid a June 30 strike deadline while forecasts point to a sizable wage increase.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
Mammouth
United States Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Co
Republic Steel
Cio-United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Tornadic Winds Sweep Texas And Oklahoma
A severe weather outbreak hit Texas and Oklahoma with multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds, and dust storms. A Hale Center farmer was killed by lightning, many injured by debris, and San Angelo experienced blackout conditions with shattered storefronts. Hundreds of children were stranded in a theater during a Davy Crockett film.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Greenland
New York City
Hale
Tex
San Angelo
Davy Crockett
Burmese Officials Greet Gen Taylor Arrival in Rangoon
High Burmese military officials welcomed Gen Maxwell Taylor on his Rangoon arrival from Hong Kong en route to the United States to become U.S. Army chief of staff. Mrs Taylor joined the welcome at a dinner hosted by U S Ambassador Satterthwaite.
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Rangoon
Burma
Maxwell Taylor
Hong Kong
United States
U.S. Army
Taylor
U.S
Far East
Satterthwaite
Parker Consequence After Route 11 Collision in Franklin County
Samuel J. Parker, 43, of 453 South Main Street Chambersburg died in a Wednesday crash when his car struck a truck on Route 11 at State Line in Franklin County. He worked as a construction laborer in Hagerstown Maryland.
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Chambersburg
Samuel J. Parker
S. Main St
State Line
Franklin County
Parker
Hagerstown
Peace talks begin in British rail strike
London reports peace talks between the 12 day old rail strike leadership and the Labor Ministry. Jim Baty of the ASLEF executive meets the Peace Committee while Sir Brian Robertson joins the discussions at the ministry. Hope of settlement grows as critical days pass and unions seek mediation.
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British Rail
London
INS
Labor
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Ministry
Brian Robertson
British Transport Commission
London News Chronicle
Trades Union Congress
Anthony Eden
Eden
Wildcat Strikes At Auto Plants Are Subsiding
More than 50 000 wildcat strikers at Ford and General Motors plants began returning to work after Walter Reuther and CIO United Auto Workers leaders ordered an end to the stoppages. Skilled Ford workers had shut operations for three days over wage concerns, while GM workers pressed to avert a midnight deadline with marathon negotiations.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Reuther
United Auto
John Livingston
Six Bodies Recovered After Dam Collapse Floods
Officials in Porto Alegre report the recovery of six bodies after a dam near Pinhal in Rio Grande do Sul state broke during flash floods. Authorities discounted earlier Brazilian press estimates that the death toll could reach 100.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Pinhal
Rio Grande Do Sul
Floods in Eastern Alps Cause Wide Damage
Floods in the eastern Alps caused heavy damage in several villages and crippled road and rail links between Italy and France. Police reported one death. The Paris Rome railway was submerged at several points and traffic was not expected to return to normal before next week.
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Grenoble
France
Alps
Italy
Paris
Rome
Queen Opens Parliament Amid Emergency and Cold War Bets
Queen Elizabeth II opened Britain's Parliament with a pledge of a close accord with the United States and confidence in negotiations with the Soviet Union. A state of emergency was proclaimed to secure essential services as railway disruptions shortened pageantry.
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London
Elizabeth II
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Duke of Edinburgh
Westinghouse Strike Ends Returns To Work Planned
Westinghouse Electric workers at the East Pittsburgh plant and three smaller units will begin returning to work after a settlement between R W Gray of the company and IUE Local 601 on grievance review. The six day furloughs and Memorial Day pay issue remain unsettled. salaried white collar staff were furloughed during the strike.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Westinghouse Electric
Big East
R. W. Gray
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Thomas Burns
IUE
Death Notices Tuesday June 9 1955
Miriam Elliott Cornman age 62 of 333 Berger Place dies. Maude Barnes 77 of R D Charles R Sherer 81 of R D. Gerald E Nord 51 of 420 East Laurel Boulevard. Other entries note deaths in Mahoningtown and surrounding area.
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Miriam Elliott Cornman
Berger Place
Gerald E. Nord
East Laurel Boulevard
Adenauer vows West Germany will stand with U.S. allies
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer pledged solid support for the United States and Western allies. He expressed willingness for a top level talk with the Soviet Union under proper conditions and said Germany will faithfully observe its Western treaty obligations. He suggested exchange of views with Moscow before any conference.
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Jack Bisco
United Press
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
United States
West Germany
Soviet Union
West
Molotov Expects Big Four Geneva Talks In July
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov told French Premier Faure Russia will accept the West's invitation to a four power meeting in Geneva set for July 18 to 21.
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Bulletin Paris
V. M. Molotov
Edgar Faure
Russia
Geneva
Molotov Talks In Paris Ahead Of San Francisco Meeting
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov met at lunch with French Premier Faure and Foreign Minister Pinay in Paris as part of a Western diplomatic outreach. He then planned train travel to Cherbourg and a Queen Elizabeth voyage to the United States for a June 20 San Francisco meeting with the Big Three.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Russia
Molotov
Orly Airfield
Quai D’orsay
Cherbourg
United States
San Francisco
Soviet to Return 62 Naval Vessels to United States
The Soviet Union will return 62 Allied vessels received under lend lease to the U S Navy. The ships include 56 torpedo boats and six anti submarine craft. Vessels will be sent home from Baltic ports in groups of 10 to 15 over the next three months starting next month.
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Kiel
Germany
Soviet Union
Baltic Sea
Schleswig-Holstein
Looks Forward To Atomic Task Forces
The Atomic Energy Commission envisions a future with atomic naval task forces sweeping the seas at full speed for indefinite periods without refueling.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Two Loaded Oil Tankers In Collision
In early hours a North Sea collision between the 7256-ton Panamanian Buccaneer and the 10788-ton Swedish Johannishus ignited fires. One seaman was killed, 17 missing, 25 survivors including one woman rescued. Survivors landed at Margate and Dover before the Buccaneer moved to Rotterdam.
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Amsterdam
Holland
North Sea
Margate
England
Dover
Belgium
Buccaneer
Rotterdam
Two Fugitives Hunted After York Prison Escape
Two Harrisburg men Ernest Lindsay and Kenneth Phillips overpowered Warden Sweeney and Guard Decker at York County Prison and escaped Wednesday night. They fled toward Spry after a cab ride, then vanished into a wooded area. Both were serving nine month burglary larceny and receiving stolen property terms and faced Dauphin County burglary charges.
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York, Pa
Harrisburg
York County
J. Clyde Sweeney
Omer Decker
Ernest L. Lindsay
N. 2d St
Kenneth Phillips
Spry
Sweeney
Decker
Lindsay
Phillips
Dauphin County
California
York
Dauphin Counties
Catholics Here Pay Tribute to Mar McCarter
Monsignor Francis M. McCarter of St. Mary church was honored at a testimonial dinner for being raised to Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XII. More than 600 attendees heard him humbly credit his parishioners for his 36 years of service to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Francis M. McCarter
St. Mary Church
Monsignor McCarter
Pope Pius XII
Long Range U.S. Bombers Based On Formosa
A U S Air Forces release says F84G Thunderjets, capable of atomic missions, are based on Formosa after a task force landed from Okinawa. The jets, with in-flight refueling, will fly daily training sorties as they prepare for maximum effort missions. Four aircraft set a new jet fighter nonstop record by 4,840 miles Japan to Australia last month.
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Tokyo
U.S
Formosa
U.S. Far East
Okinawa
Air Force
New York
Moscow
Lewis Named New President of State Postmasters
William Lewis of Irvin was elected president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters at a three day Erie convention. Joseph Regis Jr. of Rimersburg was chosen secretary treasurer and Wilbur G. Warner of Lehighton was named editor of the chapter organ the Register.
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Erie, Pa
William Lewis
Irvin
Pennsylvania
National Association of Postmasters
Lewis
Joseph Regis, Jr
Rimersburg
Wilbur G. Warner
Lehighton
Register
Pennsylvania Power to Add Fourth Turbogenerator at West Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Power Company will add a fourth turbo generator at its West Pittsburg plant, boosting capacity by over 50 percent to 263000 kilowatts. The $17 million project includes transmission-line additions and is planned to start this fall, with completion targeted for 1958.
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Pennsylvania Power Company
West Pittsburg
C. S. Bowden
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Babcock-Wilcox Company
Bowden
Seek To Revive Armed Reserve Plan In Congress
Senate leaders move to revive President Eisenhower’s plan for a 2.9 million man active reserve by 1960 after a House withdrawal over a segregation amendment. Lyndon Johnson spearheads Senate strategy to pass the bill without tying it to segregation, hoping House acceptance follows.
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Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Arthur Mometer Keeps Secret Until Today
A reader insists on keeping a personal matter private while acknowledging its inevitability as the story unfolds. The note marks a firm request for disclosure despite the urge to suppress and control the narrative.
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