Judith Coplon Found Guilty As Russian Spy
Judith Coplon, 28, was convicted on both counts of stealing U S secrets for Russia. The jury deliberated 13 hours eight minutes before delivering guilty verdicts on count one and count two. She faces up to 13 years in prison and a 12000 dollar fine. The case drew intense media attention as jurors weighed intent and the government charges.
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Judith Coplon
Washington
U.S
Russia
Norford
U. S
Miss Coplon
America
Corn Tassels Near as Home Roasting Cars Loom
Reports note fields of growing corn in tassel across the county and hint at near completion of home-grown roasting cars. A truckload of red warning flags was seen on the highway not tied to any parade. The Poland road in Ohio toward Bessemer remains blocked due to ongoing road work. Spring and summer weather has aided building projects with little delay. Mr and Mrs Vincent Arcuri report ripening tomatoes from their Electric Street garden.
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Vincent Arcuri
Electric Street
Weather Forecast With Cloudy Showers Inland
Continued cloudy with a few scattered showers tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature. United States weather statistics show a maximum of 87 and a minimum of 63 with no precipitation. river stage 4.8 feet. Year ago, high 95, low 65, precipitation .26 inches.
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United States
New York Faces 35th Straight Rainless Day
New York city endures a drought as no measurable precipitation has fallen for 35 days. Weather forecasters predict clear skies and a high temperature with no rain in sight, threatening to break long standing rainfall records.
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New York
New York City
Taft Labor Bill Senate Approval Predicted Today
Administration leaders predicted the Taft substitute labor bill would pass the senate by nightfall amid the Taft Hartley repeal fight. Senate action followed decisions to avoid sending the bill back to committee as Truman eyes a veto option.
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Senate
Washington
Lucas
D) II
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Wool Pool Of Week Higher In Butler And Beaver Counties
Members of the Lawrence County Wool Growers Association ended their annual pool with about 60 000 pounds of wool gathered. Robert L. Peebles reports the wool will be graded weighed tied into bales loaded for shipment to Boston where the purchaser the Commodity Credit Corporation will fix the price and send checks later in summer. This year’s total slightly exceeds last year by almost 3000 pounds mainly from Lawrence County growers and the wool is in prime condition expected to fetch top price.
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Lawrence County
Three Die In Rural Fire In Clearfield County
Three persons died in a rural Clearfield County fire at Pottersdale including Will Lanagar 68 and Mrs Blanche Gaines 56 and her four year old grandson. The frame house near the Clinton Clearfield line burned to the ground after a kerosene refrigerator exploded in the kitchen.
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Pottersdale
Clearfield County
Will Lanagar
Blanche Gaines
Clinton
Clearfield
Renovo
Ex King Leopold Leaves Switzerland for France
Geneva June 30 Ex King Leopold of Belgium reportedly left Switzerland late last night for an unknown destination and is said to have entered France.
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Geneva
INS
Leopold
Belgium
Switzerland
France
Expect Lehman To Be Candidate For Senate Seat
New York Democrats believe former Governor Herbert Lehman will be the party’s candidate for the U S Senate seat vacated by Robert Wagner. Lehman would not name plans, while Franklin D Roosevelt Jr urged his nomination. Roosevelt Jr then said he would not run, and Dewey announced no 1949 bid though 1950 plans remain open. John Foster Dulles is named as a possible interim appointee for the Republicans.
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New York
INS
Herbert Lehman
U. S. Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Lehman
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Roosevelt-Dewey
Deweys
Albany
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Foreign Minister Hails Paris Conference Triumph
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky praised the Paris Big Four results as a triumph for Soviet policy and said the United States Britain and France were compelled to shift their political line. He noted both sides made concessions and foresaw future mutual concessions within Potsdam principles.
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Moscow
INS
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
Britain
France
Vishinsky
City Girl Wins State Scholarship in Lawrence County
Dolores Jeanne Weidner of 825 Lathrop street, graduating with the 1949 class, won the Pennsylvania state scholarship for Lawrence County after competitive exams by the Department of Public Instruction under County Superintendent John C. Sying. The May 6 test at George Washington junior high drew about 60 county high school students and eighty statewide scholarships provide $100 yearly for four years. Lucille Mae Reese of Forty Fort had the top score. Alice Jean Stover of Sharon was third. Garland Anderson of Beaver Falls and David Roy Hindman of Butler won other county awards.
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Dolores Jeanne Weidner
Lathrop Street
Lawrence County
Department of Public Instruction
John C. Syling
George Washington Junior High School
Pennsylvania
Lucille Mae Reese
Forty Fort
Alice Jean Stover
Sharon
Mercer County
Garland Anderson
R. D
Beaver Falls
Beaver County
David Roy Hindman
Butler
Butler County
Girl Who Shot Ball Player Is Found Insane
A 19 year old Ruth Steinhagen was found insane by a 12 member jury in Chicago. Judge James J. McDermott ordered her committed to the Kankakee state hospital for shooting baseball star Eddie Waitkus.
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Chicago
INS
Ruth Steinhagen
James J. McDermott
Kankakee State Hospital
Eddie Waitkus
Housing Bill Heads To Swift Final Approval In Congress
The multi billion housing bill moves to the Senate after a 228 to 185 House vote. It calls for 810000 low rent dwellings over six years with federal subsidies up to 308 million yearly for 40 years. President Truman expected to receive the measure next week. A 60 day extension for FHA aid to private builders is included in the House version and revived in the Senate plan.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Spence
Truman
Assistant Superintendent Of Mails Retiring Today
William B. McIver, longtime assistant superintendent of mails at the New Castle Post Office, retires at age 70 after forty four years and eleven months in service. He began as a substitute city letter carrier in 1904, became a regular carrier in 1906, served as clerk from 1920 to 1942, promoted to foreman in 1942, and helped launch the assistant superintendent of mails role in 1945.
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William B. McIver
New Castle
Ground Is Broken For Power Plant Addition
Ground is broken for an 11.5 million dollar addition at the New Castle Power Plant in West Pittsburg. A. J. Reamer and James Van Eman, oldest and youngest employees, led the ceremony joined by President W. H. Sammis and other officials. The project will double 88,000 kilowatt output and finish in late 1951 with Townsend-Bottom as general contractor and Roy Averill as superintendent. Robert Galbreath serves as resident engineer for the Pennsylvania Power company.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania Power Company
West Pittsburg
A. J. Reamer
James van Eman
W. H. Sammis
L. B. Round
S. A. Gillespie
Ora Flora
Townsend-Bottom Company
Roy Averill
Robert Galbreath
Arthur J. Reamer
Mr. Reamer
James C. Vaneman
Credit Buying Regulations To End Today
Washington June 30 The emergency federal controls on consumer credit and bank reserves expire at midnight unless Congress acts The ending frees terms for autos and home appliances while about 800 million dollars of bank reserves become available for investment by Federal Reserve Banks across the nation
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Washington
INS
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Chicago Police Debunk Slaying Tale Of 17 Year Old
Chicago police dismissed a sensational tale by 28 year old salesman Anthony Marino regarding the murder of 17 year old Jean Coward. They cited holes in his account of two strangers forcing poison and said he refused a lie detector test. The girl from Blue Island died from a skull fracture and suffocation without evidence of sexual assault.
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Chicago
INS
Anthony Marino
Jean Coward
Marino
Deaths in City Honor Roll Include Five Names
Death notices list Susanna Flynn 71 of R D 3 Joseph Jarosz 65 of 707 Arlington avenue Mrs Andrew Print 52 of 1006 North Beaver street Mrs Sebastian Ippolite 80 of 1925 Pennsylvania avenue with June 29 1949 date.
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Susanna Flynn
R. D
Joseph Jarosz
Arlington Avenue
Andrew Print
North
Beaver Street
Sebastian Ippolite
Pennsylvania Avenue
Government files new anti trust suits against major firms
The Justice Department sues DuPont GM and United States Rubber to break up what Attorney General Clark calls the largest concentration of industrial power in the United States. The action targets alleged violations of antitrust laws and aims to restructure the market power held by these corporations.
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Washington
INS
Justice Department
DuPont Company
General Motors Corporation
United States Rubber Compear
Clark
United States
Fiscal Year Ends With Red Budget Outlook
The government closes its books on fiscal 1940 amid about 1.5 billion dollars in the red and warnings of a 10 billion dollar deficit for fiscal 1590. Senator Byrd urges immediate cuts, saying the next year's deficit could be far higher. House and Senate work on six of ten appropriations remains stalled as sessions open. The House passes an emergency resolution allowing agencies to spend despite unmitted appropriations.
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INS
Sen
Byrd
House
Senate
Humidity Forecast For Western Pennsylvania With Moderate Humidity
Typical summer weather is forecast for Western Pennsylvania today and tomorrow. High temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and lows near 65 are expected with humidity only moderate. Widely scattered thunderstorms are also forecast.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Three Day Week Prevails Until New Agreement
John L. Lewis ordered a three day work week for 400000 soft coal miners ending a looming summer strike. Miners east of the Mississippi will work Tuesday Wednesday Thursday next week and then Monday Tuesday Wednesday weekly on current wage terms until a new contract is reached. West of the Mississippi miners are told to skip Saturdays and Sundays.
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Phillips J. Peck
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Mississippi
Northern
Caffery Named To Go To Egypt As Ambassador
President Truman nominates Jefferson Caffery former ambassador to France to be ambassador to Egypt. Stanton Griffis resigns as ambassador to Egypt citing continued ill health in the White House announcement.
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Caffery
Egypt
Washington
INS
Truman
Jefferson Caffery
U. S
France
White House
Stanton Griffis
Grass growth notes and lawn conditions described
The passage observes uneven lawn growth with grass thriving in garden edges near pansies lilies and cosmos while the central lawn shows patchy growth despite watering. It mentions warm weather with a temperature of eighty seven degrees.
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F. D. Roosevelt Jr
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