Britain to join European recovery program with U S aid
The United States and Britain publish a formal agreement for Britain to share in the European recovery program. The deal includes most favored nation treatment for goods from U S zones and currency provisions to cover U S relief costs in Britain. Parliament must approve by midnight Saturday to maintain Marshall Plan flows.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Great Britain
London
Britain
United States
Italy
Eire
United Kingdom
Germany
Korea
England
Martin Names Five to FCC Investigation Panel
Speaker Martin of Massachusetts selected five members for a special House committee to probe the Federal Communications Commission. The panel, chaired by Ragness of Indiana, includes Since Kohe Prefa of Tennessee and Harris of Arkansas, created after a June 18 House resolution to determine if the FCC acted legally and properly.
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Washington
INS
Martin
Mass
Ial
House
Federal Communications Commission
Ragness
Ind
Kohe Prefa
Tennend Harris
Arkwine
FCC
Betty Cray crowned Sesqui queen amid pageant fanfare
Miss Betty Cray was named queen of the sesquicentennial celebration with eleven princesses in her court. Rose Marie Di Genaro narrowly missed second or third place as crowds packed the sesquicentennial headquarters. Queen Betty thanked friends for support while plans include a luncheon, robes distribution, and a Cathedral ball before the final crown at Taggart Stadium.
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Miss Lawrence County
Queen Betty's
Cray
Rose Marie di Gennaro
Wilson Avenue
Ray Booth
Sesqui
Tee
Queen Betty
Miss Hamilton
New Castle
New York
Betty
Lawrence County
Castleton
Marine Corps League
Taggart Stadium
Electric shock kills workman at dairy pumps site
A workman died after contacting a live wire at the New Castle Enon Valley road dairy pumps site. J H Paine of Poland RD1 attempted a rescue and narrowly escaped electrocution. The victim was taken to Davidson funeral home in Struthers.
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J. H. Paine
Poland
Persing
New Castle-Enon Valley
Valley
Enon Valey
Davidson
Struthers, O
Sidney Adams
West Home Street
Qed
New Castle Hospital
Crankleton Funeral Home
Fukui quake tolls blaze through Fukui prefecture
Disaster reports from Fukui prefecture list 2,860 dead and 7,113 wounded by Kyodo police figures with 38,100 houses lost across the region. Fukui city bears the brunt as American relief teams rush aid including air-dropped supplies.
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Fukui
Mardoka
Kyodo
Jiji
Kyoto
Japanese Welfare Ministry
U. S
Tokyo
Asahi
George Greenlees
Osaka
U S Jet Planes to Make Flight Across Atlantic
United States air force plans a July 7 departure for a jet ferry flight across the Atlantic to test feasibility of crossing the ocean with jet propelled combat aircraft. The mission will study logistics and operational problems and include limited overseas training. It will include two C-54 transports, one C-47, a B-17 rescue plane, and a B-29 weather and navigation plane. RAF Mosquito bombers will accompany the westbound fighters.
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Air Force
RAF
New Bishop Wicke to Speak at Sesquicentennial
New Castle hosts the new Methodist bishop Wicke for Sunday services marking the city’s Sesquicentennial. The bishop, elected at the Albany jurisdictional conference, arrives from a Mt. Lebanon pastorate, with Mrs Wicke and daughters Shirley and Elaine joining. The event highlights the church’s historic role in the area.
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New Castle
Bishop Wicke
Baldwin-Wallace College
New Wilmington
Baldwin-Wallace
Albany
N. Y
Mt. Lebanon
Wicke
Shirley
Elaine
UN Gives Approval to Peace Plans
UN mediator Bernadotte says Arab and Jewish leaders should meet to discuss the peace blueprint. He is willing to arrange a conference at Rhodes or any agreed location and will wait several days for reactions from both sides before deciding next moves.
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Palestine
Bernadotte
Arab League
Israel
U.N
Isle of
Rhodes
British dock workers vote to end strike
King George VI signed an emergency proclamation at Attlee's urging to end a 50,000 worker dock strike that crippled shipments. The measure lets the government regulate food, water, fuel, and other essentials and deploy troops to unload crippled ships. Attlee blamed Communist influence for the walkout across London Liverpool and Birkenhead ports.
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George VI
Clement Attlee
Attlee
London
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Soviet Partial Lift of Travel Ban in Berlin Talks
Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Marshal Wassily Sokolovsky met privately after the partial easing of the Berlin travel ban. US officials expect a strong protest to Moscow within a week to ten days as the Berlin deadlock persists. A Truman Stalin meeting is discussed, with a foreign ministers session seen as more likely.
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Lucius D. Clay
Wassily Sokolovsky
U. S
Berlin
Washington
Moscow
Truman
Stalin
City works to improve lighting on the Square
Owen Fox city forester assisted by reporting that tree trimming will allow more daylight to reach the grass. The traffic light at Mill and Washington remains marked No Turns, yet motorists turn about two to three times daily.
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Owen Fox
Mill
Washington Streets
In memory of Mrs Dan Richards
In memory of Mrs Dan Richards who died two years ago today June 29. Sadly missed by those who loved her best. Husband and Ate t
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Dan Richards
Deaths Of The Day From Ellwood City Obituaries
Obituary items announce multiple deaths including Mrs. Charles Mayberry Mrs. Rose Sweeney Sidney Adams and Mrs. Moccia. Services set at R L Boyd Offutt Crankleton and St Vitus St Lucy churches with interments at Castle View Oak Park and Nes_hashannonk cemeteries.
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Paul and
Louis Beatrice
Anthony Morello
Anthony Marino
Mother of Sorrow Society
Mary E. Conti
Sons of Italy
Ellwood City
Annetta Biordi
Tito Repudiation May Show Weakness in Soviet Empire
The Yugoslav central committee meets July 21 in Belgrade amid a Cominform communique blaming Tito for Trotskyism and collusion with imperialists. Observers see possible Soviet overreach and fear of deviation from Moscow's line as signs of strain within its satellites. Striking Beaver Valley drivers vote on wage offer. 112 workers seek 13 cent raise and pension. Navy scientists unveil an all electric camera 25 000 times faster than commercial models.
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Tito
Cominform
Prague
Warsaw
Leo Trotsky Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kremlin
Pittsburgh
INS
Beaver Valley Motor Coach Company
AFL Motor Coach Workers
Navy
Draft registration expected in August
The draft law enacted by Congress during the 80th session delays start until September 22. Gross notes each county will have at least one board and mergers will occur where multiple boards existed in wartime. He adds teachers and rooms will help speed registration. U.S. farm income from dairying in 1947 topped 5 billion dollars.
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Congress
Gross
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George M Sweeney
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John Newell
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L. S. Thompson
R. C. Miller
J. H. Wigton
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Rick Motor
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Meamer
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Cunningham and Weingartner
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M. J. Donnelly
The
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Registered Jeweler
N. Mill St
Wyatt R. Campbell
New Castle, Pa
Funeral Home & Residence
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Delaware
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