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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1948
Page
10
Washington D C June 28 advisories urge careful driving for the upcoming three day Fourth of July period. With an estimated 31 million passenger cars on the nation’s highways, officials warn that reckless driving risks fatalities and offer six concrete Donts from slow driving to avoiding drunk driving and tire checks to prevent a deathless weekend.
In western Pennsylvania during the first week of summer school vacations four swimming fatalities were recorded. Sunday 77 year old Harry Willard of McKeesport drowned in a pool. Edwin S. Stetson, 9, of Washington, died in a creek near Washington.
Harrisburg June 28—A 20 percent wage increase for all state employes was urged by the Pennsylvania Council of Public Employes AFs. The resolution denounces Gov. Duff’s past cost of living boosts and asks the governor to grant the raise immediately. The council plans a legislative fight during the 1949 General Assembly session for accumulative sick leave and vacations. The note adds that federal employees receive a blanket 330 yearly boost. The Mesabi district elevation fact is incidental.
Three dead and seven injured from weekend traffic crashes in Pittsburgh. Robert R. Rethage 22 and Joseph Pruss 20 burned to death when their car overturned Sunday. Two other men were hospitalized. Phyllis Rabinowitz 18 was killed Saturday and her sister Bernice was seriously injured in a collision.
Harold L. Callahan, seaman apprentice USN, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene B Callahan of New Castle, serves on the initial crew of the navy cruiser USS Worcester. If the ship completes its shake down, he will become a Plank Owner aboard the Worcester.
Rep Hugh Scott new Republican national chairman vacations three weeks in New England. He plans to confer with Herbert Brownell on personnel strategy and tactics before returning to guide the Dewey Warren campaign. Dewey told him he is now running the campaign on his own authority.
The State Department plans to publish the first of 16 agreements with ERP participating nations. Final signing must occur by next Saturday midnight to avoid halting ERP goods. Drafts sparked concern in receiving countries over U.S. influence on internal affairs.
Police search for Raymond Ziringer a 26 year old trusty at the Allegheny County Workhouse who escaped Sunday during a prison baseball game. He was serving a burglary sentence and is believed to have fled in a car while the game between the prison nine and a New Kensington team unfolded. The text also oddly mentions the marsupial mole as unrelated wildlife.
The National Safety Council warns poisons kill over 2000 Americans each year, mostly children under five. The report identifies risks in three areas: bathrooms with medicines, kitchens with cleaners and disinfectants, and basements with insecticides and kerosene.
In Tel Aviv on June 28 soldiers of the Israel army will swear allegiance to the Jewish State as the government moves to weed out Irgun Zvai Leumi dissidents. Irgunists have been ordered not to recognize the army and oath at every post tests those still in service.
Farmland safety improves as agricultural accident fatalities fall for five straight years, according to a Kansas board of health survey.
Alexander Louis Stevas, son of Mr and Mrs Angelo Stevas of 819 Vogan Avenue New Castle Pa, was awarded an associate in arts degree from The George Washington University in Washington D C on June 28.
Commencement exercises were held Saturday in Constitution Hall for about 1,500 graduates from ton University Washington DC.
Portales New Mexico Mrs Gibbs McAfee seized a pot of beans boiling on the stove to kill a rattlesnake found in her kitchen. She reached for the nearest weapon and felled the reptile.
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