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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
8
London reports government and Cunard action to stop a wildcat strike threatening the Queen Elizabeth and other liners. Cunard seeks damages and penalties for crew who walked out against captain orders as port authorities monitor work resumes and the Queen Elizabeth docks at Southampton.
Pittsburgh marked the 50th anniversary of the motion picture industry with a ceremony at Harris’ first nickelodeon site on Smithfield near Diamond. Hollywood stars and executives attended, unveiling a plaque commemorating Harris’ first theatre. A separate report notes Myrtle Campbell cutting her foot on glass while picking raspberries and receiving hospital care.
Clem Pallarino of 218 East Cherry Street was treated at New Castle hospital for tearing and inflammation of the right eye after getting a cinder in the eye while working on the B and O Railroad on Sunday.
Phyllis Battelle reports on the evolving role of civilians in postwar American life. The piece surveys education, work, and citizen duties shaping national identity and social norms in the mid-1950s.
A millworker from near Pittsburgh, Joe Kotcka, saved his modest wages to buy books for Notre Dame. After losing his father and facing the 1929 crash, he shifted from saving to gifting, giving away a 15,000 book collection to become Notre Dame’s largest single library donor.
Hundreds of boys each day read books labeled Contributed by Joseph Kotcka of Clairton Pennsylvania. The gifts aim to inspire wisdom and learning, spreading a hopeful message as young readers dive into pages.
The Neshannock 4-H club named a four member committee to plan a club demonstration at the Lawrence county farm show August 23 to 25. Members are Marilyn Lenz Beth Nesbit Scott Douglas and Wayne Reynolds. Bee keeping was the main topic and Beth Nesbit gave a demonstration. Other projects include tomatoes cucumbers corn pigs chickens and beef breeding. The next meeting is at Wayne and Chuck Reynolds home on July 11.
Penn State club members and guests will watch George Harvey, famed trout fisherman and Penn State physical education professor, demonstrate fly tying and casting at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The event at Sylvan Heights golf course clubhouse includes refreshments after the talk. Harvey has 41 years of fishing experience. A stray note mentions pig weaning timing.
Local 118 pickets the Max Ludwig company into a third week amid failed settlement talks. The union demands a 12 percent hourly wage increase. Three year old James McGuire was struck by a car while crossing East Washington Street and suffered head burns, receiving treatment at New Castle hospital. The driver, Russell Carson, said he was westbound. the incident occurred near the city. The report notes San Diego County’s area and coastline details.
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