Truman Names Judge Minton To High Court
President Truman nominated Federal Judge Sherman Minton as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the Wiley Rutledge vacancy. Minton, 58, previously served in the Senate with Truman. The announcement also moved Walter Lindley to Minton’s seat on the Circuit Court of Appeals and Caspar Platt to succeed Lindley.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
Minton
Wiley Rutledge
Walter Lindley
United States
Illinois
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Caspar Platt
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Lindley
United States Senate
Senate
Highway Work Quietly Advances In County Roads
Extensive highway improvements progress between Ellwood City and Wur temburg with widening and resurfacing. School bus stop signs appear in Lawrence county under a new state law requiring autos to stop for school buses. A boy observed flying a kite on Pearson street despite light wind. Route 422 detour removed. traffic returns to old route as new paving from Dixie Inn east remains closed. New North Jefferson street sidewalk boosts building’s appeal. shrubs to follow. Rain delays Butler road blacktopping as detour signs go away. Three projects near finish: Game Farm road near Harlansburg, Wampum Chewton road, and Ellwood City at Park Gate. Election board member Belle Kennedy reports a missing lower partial dental plate from a polling booth.
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Dixie Inn
Butler Road
Highway Department
Game Farm
Harlansburg
Wampum - Chewton
Ellwood City
Park Gate
Daily Weather Report Forecast and Statistics
Rather cloudy with some rain and a high near 60 to 65 today. Friday will be partly cloudy with little change in temperature. Record shows 24 hour period ending 9 am with maximum 72 and minimum 48 inches rainfall 0.04 and river stage 5.2 feet. Year ago maximum 89 and no precipitation.
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United States
Western powers map bold program against Soviet threats
Secretary Acheson and Britain's Bevin discuss a bold new plan to counter Soviet aggression in Europe and the Far East as NATO foreign ministers prepare to form a mutual defense council. Acheson also talks with Italy's Count Sforza on shared UN questions before the upcoming General Assembly.
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Washington
Europe
Far East
State Acheson
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Acheson
Carlo Sforza
Italy
United Nations General Assembly
Senators push drastic laws to curb alien entry
Senator O Conor cites Howard Rushmore testimony as justification for tightening alien entry and residence laws. He leads a judiciary subcommittee studying easier expulsions and plans to list new names from FBI veteran Larry Kerley.
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Washington
INS
O’conor
Howard Rushmore
United States
Rushmore
New York Journal-American
Larry Kerley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Journal-American
Kerley
FBI
Capitol Hill
Daily Worker
Subcommittee
Communist Party
O'Conor
Walter Winchell Marks 25 Years as Broadway Chronicler
Walter Winchell celebrated 25 years as the Broadway and national gossip columnist, staying at work early and recalling his greatest thrills and biggest disappointments in a reminiscence of his career.
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New York
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Possible Coal Strike Threat Looming in UMW Talks
White Sulphur Springs waits as John L. Lewis faces Northern operators over welfare fund payments. With Southern mines withholding 20 cents per ton, a two-sided walkout looms, threatening a national coal strike. The welfare fund funds a $100 monthly pension and faces severe financial strain.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Southern
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
UMW Welfare Fund
Ernie Bonham Dead Star Pirate Hurler
Ernie Bonham, 36, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher from Sacramento California, died at Presbyterian hospital after complications from an appendectomy performed a week earlier. He was placed on the critical list earlier today and had seemed to be recovering before a sudden decline.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Ernie Bonham
Pittsburgh Pirate
Bonham
Sacramento
Cal
Norman Ochsenhirt
Pirates
Ochsenhirt
Presbyterian Hospital
Local men leave Newcastle for Alaska hunting and fishing trip
A group of Newcastle residents departed last night for Alaska in a specially rebuilt bus owned by Charles Robinson and Henry Hamilton. The party includes Charles W. Robinson Henry Hamilton Herman Steinbrink Jack Robinson W J Sokovitz Mike Fazzone Earl Jordan and Gene Brickley. The bus features a seven thousand dollar Mack Diesel engine and was originally an eight thousand five hundred dollar 100 passenger vehicle.
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New Castle
Alaska
Charles
W. Robinson
Butler Avenue
Henry Hamilton
Willard Avenue
Herman Steinbrink
Highland Avenue
Jack Robinson
Euclid Avenue
W. J. Sokovitz
Beckford Street
Mike Fazzone
Huron Avenue
Earl Jordan
Butz Street
Gene Brickley
Sharon
Charles Robinson
New Castle News
William Lokovitz
Analysts Inspect Pennsylvania Power Company Properties
A group of 21 investment analysts from New York to Pittsburgh conducted an inspection tour of Pennsylvania Power Company facilities. They visited Ohio Edison plants in Toronto and Akron and Youngstown, then New Castle and the Sharon Greenville district in Pennsylvania. The visit aims to evaluate public service facilities and future opportunities amid the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation dissolution into separate entities, effective October 1, 1949.
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Pennsylvania Power Company
New York
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Steubenville
Toronto, O
Ohio- Edison
Akron
Youngstown
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Sharon-Greenville
Pennsylvania Power
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Nevoto L. B. Round
Penn Power
West Pittsburg
Case Against Unruh for Grand Jury Presentment
Camden mass slayer Howard B. Unruh faces grand jury next Thursday as county prosecutors finish the case. Eyewitnesses and a recorded confession are ready for panel review to set the stage for a possible first degree murder trial if state psychiatrists in Trenton deem him sane.
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Camden
N. J
INS
Howard B. Unruh
Mitchell H. Cohen
Cohen
Unruh
State Mental Hospital
Trenton
Explosion at Rushville gas plant kills several workers
An explosion at the Southeastern Electric Company gas plant in Rushville Indiana today reportedly killed several people. At least one body was recovered from the wreckage as emergency crews urged workers to dig through debris for any others trapped. The plant sits in eastern Rushville near Route 44.
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Rushville
Ind
Southeastern Electric Company
Atlantic Pact Soviet Attack Indicated By Soviet Delegation
Lake Success New York Sept. 15 A bitter Soviet attack on the Atlantic Pact and the U S program to arm anti Communist nations appears likely as Moscow names Foreign Minister Vishinsky to head its U N Assembly delegation. Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko signs the message naming the delegation. Malik listed second in the line up, ending rumors of his absence.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
U. N
Vishinsky
Moscow
Britain
France
U.N
Andrei Gromyko
Yako A. Malik
Yugoslav Officials Denounce Stalin Over Tito Split
Belgrade leaders including the Army Chief of Staff and the Moscow ambassador condemn Moscow for promoting a crisis in the world communist movement and slandering Marshal Tito. The piece ties the Rajk trial in Budapest to broader Tito–Stalin tensions and warns of further actions and reactions across communist states.
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Belgrade
Hungary
Russia
Army
Moscow
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
Kremlin
Tito
Cominform
Rajak
Rajk
Frank First and Mrs Williams Memorial Notices
Frank First, 72, of Daytona Beach Florida, and Mrs. Harry Williams, 80, of Pulaski, are named in local notices.
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Frank First
Daytona Beach
Fla
Harry Williams
Pulaski
Stalemate Deepens as Steel-Industry Negotiations Fold
President Truman defers resolution to labor and management as a looming strike nears, signaling no immediate government intervention. United Steelworkers and U.S. Steel clash over pension and welfare costs while other majors back Fairless’s stance amid stalled negotiations and renewed exchanges.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Truman
CIO Leader Accuses Big Firms of Forcing Steel Strike
Philip Murray president of the CIO and United Steelworkers charged U S Steel and other large firms with deliberately pressing for a strike. He telegrammed Benjamin Fairless urging acceptance of the presidential fact finding board recommendations to avert a walkout and start negotiations.
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Truman
SN. S
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
CIO
USW
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Fairless
Stand
Big Steel
Pitts
U. S. Steel Corp
Murray
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Shop Early for Fall Accessories 1958
In a light verse Arthur Memeter urges readers to shop early for the coming season. He notes trees green and meadows not yet brown while promoting fresh stock of ties socks Hankies and related goods as the annual hurry burly approaches.
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