Bodies Identified Elusive In Mt Carmel Plane Crash
A United Air Lines DC-6 crash on a Pennsylvania mountainside killed 43 people including producer Earl Carroll and show girl Bery Wallace. Authorities list four crew and thirty nine passengers with two infants among the dead. Identification is hampered by dismembered remains and widespread wreckage as investigators inspect the site.
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Shamokin
Beryl Wallace
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Jack Oakie
International Soundphoto
Local notes report harvests and road work in Lawrence county
Mrs Joseph Colaluca reports picking a ripe tomato from her garden. Blossoms indicate a large elder berry crop this summer in Lawrence county. Oiling resurfacing work is underway on county highways with many roads treated. Vacation Bible schools wrap up today with commencement programs tonight or Sunday. Downtown lighting improvements reveal brighter doorways and may deter break ins on the main street.
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Joseph Colaluca
North Cascade Street
Pa Newe
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report United States Update
Daily weather summary reports a 24 hour period ending at 6 a.m. with a maximum of 74 and a minimum of 51 degrees and no precipitation. River stage is 5.1 feet. Year ago statistics show a 75 degree high, 53 degree low, and 0.18 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Dark Horse Candidate Fading In Republican Race
Talk of a dark horse winning the Republican nomination fades as Washington leaders back Taft of Ohio or Dewey of New York. About 700 delegates on the second ballot may back Taft or Dewey, with Stassen supporters likely to vote as a bloc and sway the outcome.
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William K. Buscminbon
Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Dewey
Stassen
Await Reaction To Bernadotte Peace Proposals In Palestine
The United Nations awaits Arab and Jewish responses to Count Folke Bernadotte s peace plans for the Holy Land. He has confidentially presented far reaching proposals to settle Palestine but will withhold details until Jews and Arabs narrow areas of disagreement. Bernadotte says no truce breakdown or stalemate is in sight despite ongoing difficulties.
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Holy Land
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Bernadotte
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Greek Army Launches Major Offensive in Grammos Area
Greek forces deploy five divisions along a 200 mile front in northwestern Greece to crush guerrillas led by Communist Gen Markos Vasiliades. An eight hour battle drives a rebel unit of about a thousand fighters from the Grammos mountains as Spitfire aircraft support the operation. The rugged terrain is reported strewn with casualties.
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Butler 107 year old Anna Minehart dies. funeral set
Mrs Anna Watterson Minehart 107 Butler Countys oldest resident died Thursday in Callery. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at Evans City.
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Butler County
County Democrats to Meet Saturday for Party Officers
County Democrats will select their party officials Saturday afternoon June 19 at the courthouse. County Chairman John B. Shaw called the biennial meeting for 2 o clock and will likely be reelected as chairman after a brief anticipated contest.
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Basil Harris, Shipping Leader, Dies at 58
Basil Harris, 58, board chairman of U. S. Lines and prominent figure in American shipping, died today at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.
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Taft Calls Strategy Meeting as Filibuster Threat Looms
Senate GOP policy chairman Taft of Ohio convened a strategy session as filibuster threats around the draft bill cloud the 80th Congress adjournment prospects. Wherry privately warned that the House and Senate could return to debate if the draft bill stalls. A one man filibuster might be beaten in time to allow near term adjournment, party leaders said.
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Congress
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Idaho
Cochrane Buys Ohio Lantern Company Plant
L D Cochrane of Youngstown becomes owner of the Ohio Lantern Company plant at Tiffin saying the site will be dismantled and moved to Washingtonville.
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Washingtonville
Butler Bus Strike Ends With Wage Increases
Partial bus service resumed in Butler after a 98 day strike ended. AFL drivers accepted Butler Motor Transit Co offer of a 10 cent hourly raise plus a two cent safe driving bonus. Mechanics received a five cent hourly increase based on prior wages.
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Butler Motor Transit Co
Coal Deadlock Moves Toward White House Action
Federal Mediation Director Cyrus S. Ching pressed to break the soft coal wage deadlock as talks with John L. Lewis at the United Mine Workers HQ moved toward a White House briefing within 48 hours. A joint mediation session with union and industry was set for 11 30 a.m. If talks fail, President Truman would invoke Taft Hartley emergency machinery to avert a 400 000 miner strike.
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Cyrus S. Ching
White House
Ching
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United Mine Workers
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Industpy
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Truman
Senate to stay in session to break draft bill filibuster
Acting Senate Majority Leader Wherry said the Senate will stay up all night if needed to break a filibuster against the draft bill. He predicted passage before adjournment tomorrow night though opposition remains. TO MEET AT GROVE CITY CHAMBERSBURG Pennsylvania Synod meet opens June 13 next year with delegates from the 67th annual gathering.
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Senate
Wherry
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Taylor
Ida
Grove City
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Grove City College
Safe stolen from market found by officers
Constable Theodore Altman and Dog Law Investigator Howard E. McLure recovered the safe stolen from Call's new supermarket after burglars broke in in the early hours of Thursday. The door was torn off and the contents worth several thousand dollars were missing. The safe was found in a petters nook on the Lawrence County Sportsmen's Association property along the dirt road to King's Chapel church. An empty nearby area was also noted.
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Theodore Altman
Neshannock Township
Howard E. McLure
Call's
Lawrence County Sportsmen’s Associaton
King’s Chapel Church
President Truman Returns to White House After Transcontinental Journey
President Truman comes back to Washington to confront the Republican House majority. He expects word on congressional adjournment and plans talks with Democratic leaders. He will stay in D C for about two weeks before visiting Independence Missouri and Bolivar Missouri for a July 5 stop.
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Truman
White House
Congress
Independence
Bolivar
Foundrymen Reach One Year Contract Agreement
United Engineering and Foundry workers local 398 sign a one year contract with UE and F Co at The Castleton hotel after amicable negotiations. The union says the deal improves on last year and authorized immediate signing. Machinists at the plant have been on strike since June 3, with molders not crossing picket lines. A meeting between company reps and machinists union was set for later today.
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International Molders & Foundry Workers
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Joe Medure
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H. B. Cummings
United Iormer
Alex Parsint
Wherry Announces Cancellation of Steel Allocations
Senator Wherry announced that the government canceled steel allocations for the 1 100 mile trans Arabian pipeline for the second and third quarters of the year. He said Secretary Sawyer would issue orders cancelling 16 000 tons for the second quarter and 52 000 tons for the third quarter.
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Neb
Senate
Small Business Committee
Marshall
Sense
Forrestal
Commerce
Sawyer
Navy
John W. Kenney
Man Found Guilty of Second Degree Assault in Lake Beeren Case
John G. Finn 23, Stamford bellhop, found guilty of second degree assault on nurse Reva Reznik. His body was later found in Lake Beeren. Finn faces 2.5 to 5 years or a $1000 fine or both. Sentencing set for Monday. He plans to appeal.
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John G. Finn
Reva Reznik
Lake Beeren
Stamford
Skigghead
Fifty-Two Japanese Killed in Kyushu Mine Blast
The Mitsui Mitsubishi Katsuya coal mine on Kyushu Island suffered a gas blast more than a mile from the entrance. Fifty two Japanese were killed, ten were injured, and eight more are missing, according to Kyodo News Agency reports.
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Kyodo
Jan
Mitsubishi Company
Katsuya
Kyushu Island
Bill approves intake of 205000 displaced persons
The House passed a bill to admit 205,000 displaced persons into the United States over the next two years and sent it to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Deaths of Mrs. John A Eppinger and others
Death notices list Mrs John A Eppinger 66 of Slip pery Beck R D Frank J Hunter 74 of 219 Cottage Pumpkin Venditte 44 of 18 South decters on street W Graham 85 of 25 West North all noted in the Friday June 18 1948 death record.
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John A Eppinger
Slippery Beck
Frank J. Hunter
Cottage
House approves modified peacetime draft bill amid opposition
The House passed a drastically altered peacetime draft measure by 283 to 130 and sent it to a Senate conference. Leaders warned of a long session to break a filibuster as conferees seek to reconcile differences on dates and exemptions.
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Senate
Er Wherry
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Community Cheat Board Officers Elected at Hotel Meeting
Thursday meeting at Thea ton Hotel named Paul ng as president Howeat Mickieee Poen retary Rev G 8 Bennett and St W Walter Bra G Di Reuben J 4 Preston Fie Abe Gonick it Gort A Hoyland L rdon Charles H Johnson Jr Mrs Lees Johnson Hon John Webb rge F Winter Jr following the election of officers a bylaws discussion was held
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