Living Costs Rise In State In Early 1956
Pennsylvania families saw a 1.1 percent rise in living costs for January through April 1956, driven by higher retail prices across major commodity and service groups. The 3 percent sales tax contributed to the increase, with April prices 0.6 percent higher than a year prior and 14.7 percent above 1947-49 levels. Food costs rose 0.7 percent, while house furnishings and utilities moved up, and rents edged higher.
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Pennsylvania
John R. Torquato
Department of Labor and Industry
Consumer price index shows April 1955 56 rises in personal care medical and recreation
The report notes higher prices from January to April in items including clothing and personal care up 1.6 per cent and medical care up 1.4 per cent due to service rate increases and sales tax. Transportation remained 0.7 per cent higher while April 1955 56 indexed 5.6 per cent in personal care 3.3 per cent in medical care and 3.5 per cent in reading and recreation.
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Reading and Recreation Group
Bloom predicts Republican party unity in Allegheny County
State Republican Chairman George Bloom arrived in Pittsburgh to forecast harmony among party factions during the coming presidential campaign. He met with Finance Chairman Charles Graham and local officials, pledging full operation by Citizens for Eisenhower with volunteer recruitment and registration drives nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
INS
George Bloom
Allegheny County
Bloom
Charles Graham
Citizens For Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Edward L. Flaherty
Latrobe
Oil City
Altoona
Holmesdale
Hershey
Wellsboro
Many Youths Earn Swim Certificates in City Program
Swims certificates were earned by 184 youngsters in the citys largest learn to swim drive. Over 1000 boys and girls took part at Franklin Washington and YMCA pools with about 75 percent learning to swim though only 184 met the 60 foot standard. Training continues 9 10 a m at Franklin and Washington pools with free swim 10 a m to noon and 1 3 p m. Beginner and intermediate tests will be given for the rest of the summer at both pools.
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Franklin, Washington
YMCA
Franklin and Washington
New Castle Woman Joins Brazil Mission Trip
Donna McMurray born Northview Ave Ill seeks three year overseas service with 40 other Methodists. She will undergo six week orientation at Camp Dogwood and Scarritt College before sailing via freighter to Porto Alegre Do Sul Brazil for missionary teaching.
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Manana
Donna McMurray
Ill Northview Ave
Brazil
New Castle
Methodist Church
Monroeville, O
Donna
Miss McMurrey
Scarritt College
Scarritt
Camp Dogwood
Nashville
Methodist Board of Evangelism
South America
Miss McMurray
Porto Alegre
Do Sul
Kenneth McMurray
Northview Ave
New Castle High School
Muskingum College
New Concord
Monroeville
Cleveland
Nazarenes Attend Church Conference in Kansas City
Rev. G. R. Larber and others from the First Church of the Nazarene attended the fourteenth quadrennial General Assembly in Kansas City. About 12,000 Nazarenes gathered to receive holy communion as the church outlined 1956 goals: 1,000 new churches, 1,000,000 in Sunday school enrollment, and $14,000,000 in offerings.
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G. R. Larber
Hazel Fraley
Ray Williams
Jane Hedrick
Lilly Wilcox
Church of the Nazarene
Kansas City
Woman Cuts Finger In Sickle Incident
Mrs. Charlotte Ransom of 502 Croton Ave was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 7 30 p m Monday for a lace r ation of the left index finger after striking it with a sickle.
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Charlotte Ransom
Croton Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Woman Cuts Arm At Local Store Incident
Diane Hupp 22 of E Meyer Ave was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital at 4 15 p m for a right forearm laceration after cutting it on broken glass at the W T Grant store where she works as a salesgirl.
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Diane Hupp
E. Meyer Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
W. T. Grant
Nazarenes Set 1958 Goal to Build One Church a Day
The Nazarenes plan a golden anniversary year in 1958 with a goal of constructing one new church daily. A worker at the new field house at the senior high injured his back hand by a rusty wire. Child Pattison, aged six, was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital for a right wrist injury from a broken pitcher.
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Nazarenes
Mark Pattison
Shenango Rd
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Carpenter John Strizzi Treated For Hand Injury
John Strizzi aged 56 of 407 Meyer Avenue received treatment at Jameson Memorial Hospital at 3 p.m. Monday for an injury to his right hand. Strizzi works as a carpenter for Matthew Leivo and Sons.
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John Strizzi
Meyer Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Strizzi
Matthew Leivo and
Man Breaks Ankle on Tractor Accident
John Bodnar 45 of Edenburg Road was admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital at 2 pm Monday with a fracture of the left ankle after a wheel fell off a tractor he was working on.
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John Bodnar
Edenburg RD 1
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Bodnar
Fishhook Removed From Boy’s Thumb At Hospital
John McCormick 11 reports a fishhook in his right thumb and is taken to Almira Memorial Hospital at 4 45 p m for removal by a medical team.
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John McCormick
Almira Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
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