More Cars Fewer Trucks Buses On Turnpike In 1954
Harrisburg June 15 The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission released the 1954 traffic and revenue summary. Total vehicles 12,635,242 and gross tolls 21,866,190 with total revenue including other sources of 23,093,393.76. Truck and bus mileage fell, car mileage rose, leading to a toll revenue dip of about 1.1 percent from 1953. Daily averages show trucks 6,127. buses 150. cars 28,340. overall 34,617 vehicles per day. Trucks and buses paid 58.5 percent of tolls in 1954, down from 61.1 percent in 1953.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Durin
Slippery Rock Conference Set to Open Next Sunday
The twenty seventh annual Western Pennsylvania Bible Conference launches Sunday by Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock with daily sessions at 3 p m Sundays and 8 p m weekdays through June 26 National speakers include Dr Bob Jones Sr Cary N Weisiger III and Dr R L Stevenson Moody Melody Aires perform 7 p m Monday through Saturday Walter Bauder of Portersville chairs publicity A codeci a change or addition to a will.
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Western Pennsylvania Bible Conference
Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church
Bob Jones
Bob Jones College
Bob Jones University
Jones
Union
Cary N. Weisiger, III
Mt. Lebanon
Portersville
Mountville U. P
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Walter Bauder
Princeton Womens Missionary Meeting Slated June 16
The Princeton Womens Missionary Society of Memorial Presbyterian plans an all day session at the home of Mrs Esther Shaffer in New Castle R D 5 with sewing and quilting, a noon tureen dinner, and afternoon devotions led by Mrs Mary Shaffer. Margaret Allison Society also schedules a June 16 meeting at Mrs Aileen Moser with co host Mrs Norma Gibson and devotions by Mrs Mildred Munnell. Local 4 H leaders attend Camp East Brook this week with crafts and music. no 4 H meetings during Vacation Bible School June 13 to 24.
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Womens Missionary Society of
Princeton Memorial Presbyterian Church
Esther Shaffer
New Castle R. D
Mary Shaffer
Margaret Allison Society
Margaret Allison Missionary Society
Aileen Moser
Norma Gibson
Mildred Munnell
Betty Porter
Mabel Bobbert
Camp
East Brook
Barbara Jordan
Louise
Joyce
Conrad
Nancy Bobbert
Vacation Bible School
Porters
Local families visit for weekend and midweek calls
New Brighton and Pittsburgh residents, including Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey and son, Mr. and Mrs. John Matthews and Sue, and Mrs. Harry Caldwell with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bloom, visit friends in Beaver Falls, Ellwood City, New Castle, and Ford City. Several couples share Sunday dinners and attend a Synod Service at Geneva College Chapel led by Rev. Paul McCracken of Philadelphia.
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John Hickey
New Brighton
Tom Frazier
John Matthews
Sue
Pittsburgh
Frank Morrison Sr
Harry Caldwell
Albert Bloom
Beaver Falls
Gabriel Park
Harry McElwain
Linda
Roy Bessell
Ellwood City R. D
John Munnell
Wilma Jean
New Castle
Clyde Copper
Fred Weisz
Ralph Sherman
Paul Gregory
Ford City
Howard McConnell
Geneva College Chapel
Paul McCracken
Philadelphia
Losses on Quemoy Island Revealed by Nationalists
Nationalist Chinese officials on Quemoy report 43 killed and 74 wounded since September amid heavy Communist artillery. They say no invasion plans are seen while Reds bolster communications airfields and supply lines for about 240 900 troops opposite Quemoy. Senators Clements and Dirksen toured Formosa to inspect U S aid funds.
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Quemoy Island
Ins
Quemoy
Owen Clements
Everett Dirksen
Formosa
Pittsburgh Local Opposes Governor's Graduation Income Tax
The CIO United Steelworkers local at U S Steel Homestead Works voted unanimously against Governor George M Leader's proposed one percent graduated income tax. The group will gather signatures on a plant petition with about 8 000 workers, while state CIO leaders endorsed the measure. The petition goes to state CIO president Harry Boyer who supported the tax alongside other unions.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
U.S Steel Corporation
Homestead Works
George M Leader
CIO State Industrial Council
John McManigal
Nsw
McManigal
Harry Boyer
CIO Council
Boyer
United Mine Workers
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
AFL State Federation of Labor
Reunification on agenda for Big Four talks
President Eisenhower and West Germany's Konrad Adenauer agreed that the July Big Four summit will aim to pave the way for early German reunification. They affirmed that neutrality cannot apply to Germany and that collective security is essential for independence.
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Joseph W. Grigg
United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Germany
Free World
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Moscow
Europe
Maxwell Rejects Public Hearings on Child Welfare Bill
State Rep. H J Maxwell chairman of the House Child Care Committee said he rejected a request for public hearings on a controversial child welfare bill. The panel will hear supporters and opponents privately as counties gain more authority in child care cases.
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Harrisburg
H. J. Maxwell
Westmoreland
House
Pennsylvania Citizens Association
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