Lewis Blames Management For Blast
United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis blamed mine management for the Orient Mine No. 2 disaster near West Frankfort that killed 119. He cited advance knowledge of dangerous conditions and urged federal safety authority as inspectors warned of high methane levels and squeezing in tunnels.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Orient
West Frankfort
Lewis
Chicago
Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Washington
UMW
Congress
Centraha
Walter Eadie
State Mine Department
Eadie
Leg Council report favors pay and police measures for next Assembly
Baltimore date line reports the first volume of the Legislative Council's General Assembly preview with 29 favorable measures. Highlights include funding the State Police budget from general funds and an accelerated teacher pay scale. A supplemental volume will follow.
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Baltimore
Legislative Council
General Assembly
McKeldin
Doughton Sees Little Chance of 1952 Tax Increase
Washington dispatch reports Rep. Doughton of North Carolina, House Ways and Means chair, doubts any new federal tax boost will occur in 1952. He expects Truman's budget plan next month and cites electoral politics, public sentiment on taxes, and possible military-spending cuts as factors shaping future revenue debates.
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House of Representatives
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means
White House
Treasury
Truman
Congress
T Ax
Coughton
House
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Weass
Treasur
Kansas City
Assessment On Miners Called For Monthly Tax
Scranton Pa December 28 effective next Tuesday a two dollar per month special assessment for at least three months and possibly longer will be levied on more than 475000 members of the United Mine Workers of America. The circular dated Wednesday in Washington signed by President John J Lewis Vice President Thomas Kennedy and Secretary Treasurer John Owes outlines the six twenty dollar February March special assessment and notes the total estimated monthly take of 959000. The February March levy aimed to build financial bulwarks against adversaries with 450000 estimated from Pennsylvania anthracite miners and 2400000 from the 400000 bituminous miners over a three month span.
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Scranton
United Mine Workers
United States
Scranton Times
Washington
John J. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
John Owes
Miners’ International Board
Pennsylvania
Youth Accidentally Shoots Self In Foot
A 19 year old campground caretaker at Camp Kanawah shot himself in the foot while target shooting along the Potomac River Friday afternoon. He was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital after being taken there by Miss Margaret Perry in her car. Surgery was planned.
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Potomac River
Frederick Memorial Hospital
David Phillips
Katlinga Phillips
Point of Rocks
Frederick High School
Phillip
Fredrick County Fish and Game Protective Association
David
Margaret Perry
Phillips
Fluoride in Hagerstown Water Sparks Admission
Hagerstown residents have unknowingly ingested fluoride since December 6 after Richard Wilson, city water superintendent, admitted the move amid council delays. The fluoride program, linked to health studies, began with the mountain reservoir supply and extended to the Potomac River system. The State Health Department confirmed the fluoride rollout as part of a wider Washington suburbs initiative, noting Hagerstown as the first area in the state to receive it.
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Hagerstown
Heperstown
Richard Wilson
City Water Department
State Health Department
Wilson
Potomac River
Hagerstown Herald and Mail
Montgomery
Prince Georges County
Washington
Happy U S Airmen Return From Hungary After $120000 Ransom
Four American airmen freed after 40 days in Communist Hungary arrived at Erding Base Germany aboard a C-47 piloted by Lt Col Wilbert B. St. John. The group, captured during a routine flight from Erding to Belgrade, were exchanged for $120,000 labeled as fines by a Hungarian court. Relatives cheered as reporters and camera crews surrounded the men, who spoke of happiness amid bewilderment.
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Germany
Hungary
United States
Wilbert B. St. John
Bellaire
Ohio
Tulln
Vienna
Washington
Budapest
U. S
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New York
Cleveland
Robert A. Vogeler
America
Belgade
Yuposlavia
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
N. Y
David N. Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
Jess A. Dull
Spokane
Wash
James A. Mann
Kingsinnac
Ark
Air Force
Henderson
Cush
Fliers Freed by Austria After Detention in Hungary
Four American airmen, who described themselves as well treated during confinement, were welcomed by U S ambassador Walter J Donnelly at the Austrian border after a Hungarian case that involved forints and a seized plane. The United States paid 1 446 000 forints to Hungary to avert jail terms of three months each, while the aircraft valued at 97 500 dollars was kept by Hungary.
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Freedom
U. S
Walter J. Donnelly
Austria
Donnelly
Nickelsdorf
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Ameri
Soviet Airmen Recalled After Storm Strikes Course
An embassy crew in Belgrade misjumps course during a storm veering toward the Hungarian and Romanian frontiers. They were fired on by anti aircraft batteries and forced to land at Papa, a major Russian base in Hungary.
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Can
Belgrade
Papa
Hungary
U. S. Purchases Three Washington Co. Farms
The United States Government filed deeds today for the purchase of three farms in Washington County near Tilghmantown totaling about 212 acres at $35,670. Negotiations were under way for seven farms in the area, but these deeds mark the first completed purchases. Federal officials have not...
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Hagerstown
United States
Washington County
Tilghmantown
Here
Keedysville buyers purchase goo south farm land near town
A land deal near Keedysville involves buyers buying goo farm land from George W. Lines and Jacob H. Poffenberger with Mertie W. Poffenberger. The purchasers are reportedly shipping 90 foot poles and quantities of wire and may install power relay stations. The land is described as goo farm land with no notable features.
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Jacob H. Poffenberger
Mertie W. Poffenberger
Keedysville
Here
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