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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1952
Page
1
On November 1 Allied and Communist forces battled atop Triangle Hill and Jane Russell in heavy close quarters fighting. Allied Sabrejet pilots shot down two MiG jets and damaged four in four dogfights over northwest Korea as ground troops pressed to crest lines amid mounting air raids.
Local readers report children collected bags of candy while some motorists faced prank issues a driver found his starter silent after tramping the car and a distributor wire was unplugged window soapings occurred along the city streets traffic improvements on State street altered travel near Greenwood Avenue and Route 422 blinker light visibility at Harbor intersection is reduced by busy commercial lights October baby girl births at Jameson Memorial Hospital surpassed male infants for the month
Fair and mild today with low humidity and west or southwest winds at 15 to 25 mph. Today's high 65 to 70 with a fair night and low 40 to 48. Some clouds and mild tomorrow with higher humidity. 24 hour period ending 9 am shows max 63 min 38, no precipitation. River stage 5 feet. A year ago max 60 min 32, precipitation .09 inches.
A grand Eucharistic rally at St. Vitus church school ground on Sunday evening is expected to draw well over 5,000 Holy Name men from sixteen Catholic parishes. The event, sponsored by Lawrence County Holy Name Deanery No. 10, features a 55 foot red cloth altar backdrop and candlelit procession through Maitland and South Mercer streets to Home Street and the rally ground.
North Braddock police identified four occupants of the car after it struck a utility pole near North Braddock. William Mansfield 35 from Wilkinsburg Frank Barazda 26 of Rankin Edward Schultz 18 of North Braddock were killed Albert Harbadine 25 of North Braddock was in critical condition at Braddock General Hospital.
NAHA Okinawa November 1. Americans on Okinawa will receive full election returns from America next Wednesday via a 24 hour bulletin board in the Army headquarters building continuous radio broadcasts from Los Angeles and Tokyo and special editions of the soldier newspaper Ryukyuan Review.
Gen Eisenhower returns to New York after closing bid in Illinois speaking to 18 000 in Chicago Stadium. He labeled Adlai Stevenson and President Truman as Siamese-twin opponents and charged them with flimflam accusations while urging focus on Korea communism corruption and prosperity through peace. A large crowd filled and many seats stayed empty.
USA CIO local 3125 calls special meeting for Sunday at 2 30 p m in Ben Franklin auditorium. President Jack McCombs urges member turnout as contract negotiations with Shenango Pottery continue after six meetings since October 14 and extensions since June 19. Paul Nunes and Daniel W Skelly head the union negotiating committee.
A three story Cedar Grove Nursing Home in Hillsboro Missouri burned last night killing 18 aged patients who were too feeble to move. About two dozen others aged 66 to 95 were injured. Firefighters faced extreme heat as flames spread rapidly, windows were broken with shotgun blasts to spray water inside, and 37 residents survived the blaze with one third of those survivors being invalids carried from the ruins.
President Truman derides Senator Nixon as a "good investment" for millionaires detailing his $18 000 fund and key voting record in Congress He urges voters to compare Nixon contributors with his legislative choices and accuses him of casting the deciding vote against Korea aid.
The weather bureau forecasts fair mild conditions over most of the nation for election day. Scattered showers are possible in the Pacific Northwest, the lake region, and the Ohio valley with chillier readings in the northern plains. Further forecasts will be issued Sunday evening and Monday morning.
Six obituary notices list Frank Cross Drozdzal aged 61 of 1317 Moravia Street and five others including Mrs. Frank Cichon Sr, Mrs. Mary Ann West, Mrs. Louis Lombardo, Mrs. Lillian Braden, and Mrs. Bertha Blake with their ages and street addresses in Michigan and Kansas, dated in a local death record.
Mrs James A Van Fleet accuses the State Department of failing to back her husband in Greece during the 1948 communist uprising. She explains why she gave Gen Eisenhower permission to use the letter in urging expansion of the South Korean Army. Her account notes General Omar Bradley helped obtain planes after delays.
John L. Lewis and anthracite coal operators reached a $1.90 per day wage increase for 68,000 hard coal miners. The 12 month pact takes effect November 16 and ends November 15 next year. Thomas Kennedy and Edward G. Fox announced the settlement amid reports of an ultimatum threatening a strike if no deal was reached.
Gov Adlai Stevenson closes his whistle stop campaign heading for Chicago aboard his special train. He spoke from rear platforms at Alliance Canton Mansfield Crestline Bucyrus Lima Fort Wayne and Gary as the final day of the tour ends in Brooklyn and heads west.
A Butler man born in 1863 cast his first presidential ballot for Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 and plans to vote for Dwight D. Eisenhower in the coming election. His brother and sister, ages 97 and 95, declined to say whom they would vote for.
The News asks city and county election precinct boards to provide the earliest voting totals for any contested offices next Tuesday. Reports should be made as soon as tallies are compiled to indicate local voting trends. Readers may call The News at No 4000 with updates.
A Halloween uprising at Ohio's 118 year old state penitentiary left eight buildings set ablaze, four gutted, with over a million dollars in damage. About 2,000 inmates participated, a core of 1,200 arsonists, while 600 National Guardsmen and local officers restored order within six hours. One highway patrolman was accidentally shot.
In a tense late moment Arthur Mometer leads the team as the clock winds down with six seconds left and the stadium shines under bright weather, the weary fighters surge forward with resolve to grab victory and cement their comeback.
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