Consol To Cut Its Research Due To Unsettled Labor
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal company announces sharp cut in research and halts a coal gasification pilot plant at Library, citing unstable labor conditions and high costs. President George H. Love blames the United Mine Workers for wage pressures and a three day work week, noting risks to a planned large synthesis gas plant and possible shift to natural gas based processes.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
George H. Love
Library
Love
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Cisco
Imperial
Pittsburgh Consol
US To Strengthen Asia Fleet With Boxer And Destroyers
The United States dispatches the Boxer and two destroyers to bolster forces in Asia. A warning to American shipping follows reports that mining around the Yangtze and Shanghai blocks entry to the port area, with no open channels remaining.
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Boxer
Asia
Washington
United States
Yangtze River
Shanghai
China
State Department
ICC Defers Cut In RR Service Until Tuesday
The Interstate Commerce Commission decided there would be no immediate reduction in passenger service on coal burning railroads as a fuel conservation step. A resurvey of coal supply will be done next Tuesday, with Johnson noting some railroads have less coal than a week ago while others have improved their stocks. Senator Morse urged that the three day mine week ordered by Lewis cannot be halted by the President.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. Monrose Johnson
ICC
Johnson
National Coal Association
Association of American Railroads
John L. Lewis
Morse
R-Ore
Lewis
Truman
Luzon Shakes for Hours In Major Philippine Quake
Three strong earthquakes rumbled Luzon Island, Manila and towns north and east suffered heavy damage while landslides cut off transport and communications. One death and 20 injuries were reported. authorities warned against panic over geyser like fissures and a claimed volcano.
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Frank L. White
Manila
Philippines
Luzon
Philippines Red Cross
Physician Accused of Mercy Slaying Air Injection Case
In Goffstown New Hampshire Dr Hermann N Sander 40 a Manchester physician faces first degree murder charges for injecting 10 cubic centimeters of air into Mrs Abbie Borreto dying of cancer at Hillsboro County General Hospital She allegedly admitted the act calling it a mercy killing saying the patient suffered and family asked to end it The victim wife of Reginald and mother of two died December 4 with the doctor held without bail awaiting grand jury action.
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Goffstown
N. H
Manchester
Hillsboro
William H. Craig
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Sander
Craig
Borroto
Hillsboro County General Hospital
Borreto
Three Decrees in Equity Case Involving Luteri Hoffman
Judge Norman T. Boose issued three decrees closing the equity case between L. J. Luteri and Stanley Hoffman and Somerset Door and Column Co. and associates. The preliminary injunction was dissolved, the bill dismissed, and plaintiffs ordered to pay costs. The matter centered on the sale and value of 52 treasury shares and preemptive rights under the corporate charter.
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Norman T. Boose
L. J. Luteri
Stanley Hoffman
Somerset Door and Column Company
Harvey J. Beabes
George Brant
W. G. Carter
Orrie M Beabes
Galen Davis
Harvey H. Ling
Orie M. Beabes
Boose
Luteri
Hoffman
Treasury
Corporation
The
Myr. Luteri
Mr. Hoffman
Capital
Enlisted at 13 and found army not tough
Richard Riggleman enlisted at 13 in Cumberland Maryland on November 21, 1945 and served three years in Germany with the Second Cavalry. He rose to corporal at 16 then returned to Fort Benning, Georgia. He weighs 162 pounds and is five feet nine inches now. The youth says army training was not as hard as critics claim.
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Cumberland
Richard Riggleman
Richard
Germany
Riggleman
Fort Meade
Second Cavalry Regiment
Army
Fort Benning
Benning
John Riggleman
Fort Hill
Truman to address two houses on Jan 4
President Truman plans three messages to Congress over five days in early January 1950. He will deliver the State of the Union January 4 followed by an economic message January 6 and a budget message January 9. White House officials said dates on the latter two are tentative.
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Roger D. Greene
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Ross
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
House
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Boston
Missouri
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Congres
Capitol Hill
Agile Deputy Fails Convict's Freedom Break
A Rochester man sentenced to 10 to 20 years for attempted safe robbery broke from Beaver county courthouse but was slowed by Deputy Lloyd H. Pinkerton who leaped a staircase railing and landed on Mickucki’s group. Pinkerton suffered a sprained wrist and bruises.
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Beaver
Rochester
Beaver County
Lloyd H. Pinkerton
Brighton Township
Joseph Mickucki
Mickucki
Morgan H. Sohn
Western Penitentiary
Geisler Improves After Heart Attack at Somerset
The condition of Harry J. Geisler borough tax collector who suffered a heart attack early Wednesday is satisfactory. Family members report he is expected to leave Somerset Community hospital soon.
Gas Tank Blast Injures 10 At Brock Mine
Ten workers were injured, one seriously, when a 300 gallon gasoline tank exploded at the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Brook mine near Cassville. Victims include John Brewer and Angelo Fanti, both hospitalized with cuts and shock. Damage estimated at 25 000 dollars.
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Brock
Morgantown
W. Va
John Brewer
Fairview
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Angelo Fanti
Pittsburgh Consol
B. B. Bunn
Bane
Brook
Cassville
Charles Nailler
The
Coal Company
Appalachian Construction Corporation
Appalachian Company
Nailler
Victor Zene
Appalachian Construction Company
Pennsylvanians See Crops Drop in Value Across The Year
Pennsylvania farmers faced lower prices for most crops in 1949, with hay a notable exception. The agriculture department reported a total crop value decline of about 9.5 million dollars despite a one percent rise in tonnage, while fruit production surged.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Agriculture Department
Department
Reds Accuse U S Of Germ War Plants
Pravda reports at Khabarovsk trial that the United States runs a bacteriological warfare station near Washington and has protected Japanese war criminals. The piece accuses Washington of remilitarizing Japan, placing Japanese officers in high U S posts, and transforming Japan into a Far East base led by Gen Douglas MacArthur.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
United States
Pravda
Communist Party
Siberian
Khabarovsk
Washington
Camp Detrick
Forrestal
Shiro Ishii
Ishii
Japan
U. S
U.S
Far East
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
State AFL aims to add 100000 members next year
Harrisburg December 29 The state AFL set a goal of 100000 more members in 1956 James L McDevitt president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor says a meeting will be held January 31 to map the membership campaign The state AFL now claims 700000 members The same meeting will also set plans for the 1950 election campaign through the AFLs League for Political Education
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Harrisburg
AFL
James L. McDevitt
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
League For Political Education
State aids Hyndman in rehabilitation plan efforts
State representatives from multiple Pennsylvania departments met Hyndman town officials and a local rehabilitation committee to assess needs and propose tentative recovery steps. A road access link, low interest disaster loans, and a new school funded by relief were discussed as tentative measures.
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Pennsylvania
Hyndman
James H. Duff
Lloyd Christner
John M. McNeill
Shawnee Dam
Bernard J. Kelly
Disaster Loan Corporation of Philadelphia
State Rehabilitation Committee
Lloyd G. Keller
Hyndman Schools
Hyndman Fire Footage To Be Shown In Theaters
NBC Movietone cameraman George Gore announced that Christmas night and Monday fire pictures from Hyndman would be shown in first run theaters soon. Prints were sent Thursday for volume 3 number 1 of the national Movietone release. Gore noted NBC Camel Caravan aired the disaster film Monday night and a rehabilitation story aired Thursday.
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Hyndman
NBC Television
George Gore
Shady Nook
Jennertown
Gore
Fox Movietone
NBC
United States Dispatches Carrier Boxer To Seventh Fleet
The Navy to send the 27,000 ton aircraft carrier Boxer and two destroyers to bolster the Seventh task fleet in Asiatic waters after a White House security meeting involving President Truman and top advisers. The move, decided December 6, aims to reinforce forces near Communist China amid word the Nationalists mined Shanghai approaches, prompting warnings to American shipmasters.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Boxer
Asiatic
Navy
White House
National Security Council
Truman
Far East
China
Matthews
State Acheson
State Department
Shanghai
Department
Seventh Task Fleet
Weather forecast for Western and Mid-Atlantic states
Western Pennsylvania sees mostly sunny skies with highs 30 to 35 in the east and 35 to 40 in the southwest on Friday. Saturday stays mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania forecasts sunny and colder with highs 30 to 35 in the north and 35 to 40 in the south, then a partly cloudy, steady day Saturday. Maryland remains sunny and cooler with highs 40 to 45 Friday, then some cloudiness and little change Saturday. West Virginia experiences mostly sunny weather with highs 40 to 50 Friday and Saturday around the mid to upper 40s to 50s with increasing clouds but little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Somerset Daily Weather Report
Temperature range for the 24 hour period ending 5 30 Thursday shows a maximum of 41 and a minimum of 30 degrees. Year ago highs were 48 and lows 32. Report by David Grove U S Weather Observer in Somerset.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Specials at Cascio's Cucumbers and More
Specials at Cascio's feature large thin cucumbers 2 for 15 cents and sound chestnuts 2 pounds for 29 cents. Tangerines priced at 2 dozen for 49 cents and juicy lemons plus solid ripe tomatoes highlighted as daily deals.
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Cascio
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