650000 Steelworkers Return After Month Long Strike
The vanguard of 650000 steelworkers headed back to mills as the nationwide strike ended with New York contract signings. Production losses top 10 million tons and wage losses exceed 255 million dollars. Some plants reopen quickly while price hikes for steel are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moody
Pittsburgh
New York
Will
Allegheny Ludlum
Inland
Armco
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
U. S. Steel
Republic
Hiroshima marks eleventh year of atomic bombing
In Hiroshima a silent minute and dove flight marked 8 15 am the hour of the 1945 bombing. Mayor Tadao Watanabe urged that tragedies not be repeated as residents honor victims. Police report 78 150 dead with city estimates 240 000 to 260 000 and 59 000 confirmed. 380 minute ceremony closed with Sons of Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Japan
Peace Memorial Park
Tadao Watanabe
Pike Crash Kills Woman and Injures Three in Turnpike Collision
A Wilkes-Barre woman, Dorothy Freeman Lee, 50, died from a fractured skull and crushed chest after a four car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Laurel Hill tunnel. Her husband Kenneth Lee and their 12 year old son Stanley were among the injured, with three other drivers identified as Guy Yanakos, Robert Blatt, and Audrey Woodside. Police reported a chain reaction began when Blatt's convertible blew a tire and the sequence led to a rear impact and a cross median collision. Total damage was $1,650. The body was moved to Snowden funeral home in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Dorothy Freeman Lee
Somerset Community Hospital
Robert H. Halverson
Kenneth C. Lee
Luzerne County
Somerset
Guy Yanakos
Pittsburgh
Robert L. Blatt
Wheeling
W. Va
Audrey M. Woodside
Blatt
Yanakos
Lee
Bowser Jailed After Hit Run In Somerset Area
A Stoystown youth Clyde Bowser Jr 21 pleaded guilty to a hit run and was jailed in default of 500 bond after two crashes in Somerset borough. His father about 50 was hospitalized with cuts and bruises. Bowser fled a parked Britz car then struck a Coleman Pontiac causing extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoystown
Somerset Borough
Clyde Bowser, Jr
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison, Jr
Somerset
Somerset County
Somerset Community Hospital
Coleman
Britz
Bowser
Auto overturns killing driver near Greensburg
An auto overturned on Route 22 near Greensburg killing the driver Gerald H Dort 25 of Akron Ohio. Dort was alone in the car and pronounced dead of a skull fracture at Westmoreland hospital. The crash occurred yesterday on Route 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Gerald H Dort
Akron
Ohio
Dort
Westmoreland Hospital
NAACP Warns Negro Vote Could Swing Election
NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins said the Negro vote is strong enough to influence this year's presidential race. He warned a party ignoring the Supreme Court school desegregation decision risks defection, and urged clear civil rights planks from both parties while opposing slow integration in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Wilkins
NBC
Meet the Press
Democratic Party
NAACP
South
Riesel Urges Unions to Oust Racketeers at Somerset Speech
Columnist Victor Riesel urged rank and file union members to demand federal probes into labor rackets during a Sunday talk at Fun City park in Johnstown Somerset County. He cited engineers unions and other groups as examples of racketeering and pro Communist influence while noting his own blindness from a 1950 acid attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Somerset County
Riesel
Fun City Park
Johnstown
Farment Workers
Riese
John F. James
Johnstown Tribune Democrat
Long Island
New York
James
Fun City
Johnstown Catholic Athletic Association
Joseph Cavanaugh
Inside Labor
Nathan Riesel
Churchmen Break Ground For First EUB Building
More than 100 people attended Somerset First EUB church groundbreaking on a drenching Sunday evening. An outdoor ceremony followed a 7 p.m. service led by Rev. Kenneth T. Barnette. Shovel-turning by four church leaders marked the laying of a cross on the vacant lot behind the two-story brick building set to house the church school and fellowship rooms. The project begins a larger plan including a third story and remodeling of the existing church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
E.U.B
Kenneth T. Barnette
Barnette
Park Avenue
Grace E.U.B. Church
B. F. Bungard
First Church
Melroy Wirick
Mr. Wiich
Clyde Horner
Church Board of Trustees
L. W. Brubaker
Louis Wilson
Archbishop Defers Integration of La Parochial Schools
Archbishop Joseph F. Rummel announced the New Orleans archdiocese will keep parochial schools segregated at least until September 1957. He cited unresolved difficulties and pledged gradual integration starting with elementary grades, while noting public schools remain under a federal desegregation order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Joseph Francis Rummel
Deep South
Churches of the Archdiocese
Rummel
Leter
White Citizens Council
Citizens Council
St. Louis Cathedral
Louisiana
McKeon Faces Uncertain fate After Ribbon Creek Incident
Marine PFC Matthew C. McKeon awaits reviewing authorities decision on his court martial sentence for the Ribbon Creek death march. He received a bad conduct discharge nine months in prison and reduction to private for on duty drinking and negligent homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris
Island
S. C
Matthew C. McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Marine Corps Platoon
McKeon
Port Royal
Emile Zola Bermen
Marine Corps
Betty
McKeons
Becky
John
MekKeen
China lifts Tibet news curtain amid unrest reports
Peiping radio said 170 Chinese generals and officers in Lhasa joined Tibetan troops to celebrate Army Day on August 1. Officials deny fighting and emphasize no autonomy move beyond earlier past steps. The Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama, long absent from coverage, figure in reports about Tibet’s status and insurrection rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Tibet
Peiping Radio
Red Army
Lhasa
New China News Agency
Red Organ
Dalai Lama
India
Tabot
Shigatse
Miner Drowns While Trying To Save Daughter At Lake
Point Marion reports Joseph L. Lechner a 42 year old coal miner from Smithfield drowned while attempting to rescue his 16 year old daughter Mary Anne in Lake Lynn at West Penn Beach. Eyewitnesses said the expert swimmer fought to reach her as she was tossed from an inner tube. Mary Anne reached shore safely and the body was recovered within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Marion
Joseph L. Lechner
Smithfield
Mary Anne
Lechner
Joseph Jr
Lake Lynn
West Penn Beach
San
Grand Jury to Review Bank Robbery Case
Warren county grand jury convenes tomorrow to consider the case of 22 year old Joseph B. Swartz of Bethel near Sharon charged with a bank robbery. He is accused of taking 11000 at the Tidioute branch of the Warren National Bank on August 13 1955. He is free on a 5000 bond.
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Warren
Warren County
Joseph 8. Swartz
Bethel
Sharon
Tidioute
Warren National
Five Cars Collide Near Ridgway Killing Woman and Boy
Route 219 crash ten miles north of Ridgway leaves Dorothy Bedford 39 of Johnsonburg and Stanley Childress Kane dead. Donald Bedford 16 in critical condition. another man and woman treated for minor injuries. State police say both adults were drivers in the wreck.
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Ridgway
Here
Dorothy Bedford
Johnsonburg
Kane
Stanley Cildress
R. D
Stevenson faces crossfire from many sides in 1952 race
Adlai Stevenson, leading Democratic contender, faces sharp attacks from within his party and from Republicans as he weighs a bid for the presidency. Harold Stassen campaigns to dump Nixon, while Chandler and other Democrats question Stevenson's electability and moderation.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Gov
Herter
Rmass
GOP
India Edwards
Harriman For President
Eisenhower
Chandler
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
San Francisco
Leonard Hall
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Truman
Chicago
Libertyville
Ill
Sen
Martin
R-Pa
Rep
Judd
Rminn
Stassen
Robert Bradford
Masschusetts
Carl Stifel
St. Louis
Stassenbacker
Howard Clay
Citizens For Eisenhower
Elliott A. Carter
New Hampshire
Richard M. Hansen
Minnesota
Edison Mathis Jr
Atlantic Catt
Kefauver
Midwest
Minneapolis
14 Killed In Pa. Traffic Mishaps Over The Weekend
A weekend toll in Pennsylvania includes fourteen deaths from traffic crashes and related incidents. A tug boat engineer, Albert L P Kline of Gwynedd Valley, was found drowned in the Delaware River. Other fatalities include A K Christiansen of Denver and Dorothy Bedford with Stanley Cildress in a five car crash on Route 219 near Ridgway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Albert LP Kline
Gwynedd Valley
Montgomery County
A. K. Christensen
Denver
Lancaster
Brickerville
Dorothy Bedford
Johnsonburg
Stanley Cildress
Kane
Route 219
Ridgway
Thunderstorms Hit Somerset County Heavy Damage Reported
A violent storm swept Somerset County causing power and telephone outages and widespread high water. Confluence area was hardest hit with three to four foot flood waters in the B and O underpass and rail lines blocked toward Connellsville. Authorities fear barn stock losses as crews restore lines and reroute traffic.
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Connellsville
Somerset County
Sipesville
Ursina
Livengood
Draketown Road
Confluence
R. D
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Jersey Road
Arthur Tressler
Laurel Hill Creek
Casselman
Youghiogheny
Hummert
Kingwood
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Garrett
Meyersdale Penelec
Destructive Weekend Storms Hit Western Pennsylvania
A major thunderstorm weekend battered western Pennsylvania causing near million dollars in damage, two indirect deaths, and injuries. Canonsburg was isolated by flooded Charters Creek while Uniontown saw business district flooding. In Pittsburgh area 15,000 homes lost power, with roof loss on Liberty Avenue and widespread damage.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Canonsburg
Chartiers Creek
Uniontown
Redstone Creek
Ellwood City
Greensburg
Conemaugh Borough
Johnstown
Venango County
Weather Bureau
Duquesne Light Co
Liberty Ave
Allegheny County
Typhoon Wanda Displaces Million, Deaths Rise in Red China
Peiping radio reports Typhoon Wanda left over a million homeless in China with more than 100 killed and nearly 600 injured. It struck Anhwei cities Fuyang Wa Liuan Pengpu destroying over 320,000 houses and uprooting 160,000 trees in four cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Peiping Radio
Wanda
Red China
Fuyang
Liuan
Pengpu
Anhwelovince
Collapse at French Auction Floor Sends 60 Into Cellar
In Melle France on August 5 an auction caused a floor collapse trapping the auctioneer and 60 bidders in the cellar with furniture. Two people suffered skull fractures as rescuers freed the victims and continued the sale after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melle
France
Egyptian Army Calls Reservists to Meet British Threats
Egypt has called up a limited number of reservists to join the regular army, excluding officers. Maj. Hamed E Dib said the move targets specified enlisted men amid British threats over the Suez Canal seizure. Youth Legion also mobilized several thousand reserve officers as Cairo remains calm and canal operations continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hamed E Dib
Britain
Suez Canal
Red Devil
Mediterranean
Youth Legion
Saerael
Israel
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Lloyd
the Fatman” Smith
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Smite Somerset Co
Chure
W. Pa
Steel City
Shadyside
Point Breeze
Greene County
Gertrude Staley
Bakerstown
Bell Telephone Co
Mary Ainsley Helmick
Arbutus
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