Steel wage talks stall in procedural wrangle at New York hotel
In New York a four-man steel industry and union panel failed to resolve bargaining procedure after a two hour stalemate. Twelve other union groups sat with companies but no company reps appeared. Senator Symington urged a White House nudge to move negotiations off dead center.
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New York
MAL VV
Stee Union
Dis
Steel Union
Symington
Philadelphia
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
David McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
Roger Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
White House
Truck Laden with Corn Goes Down Hill at 90 MPH
In Waynesburg Route 19 a heavily loaded truck rolled downhill at speeds up to 90 mph before stopping against a building. Driver Richard Axt of Fort Wayne Indiana escaped with minor injuries after brakes failed. The 33000 pounds of shelled corn were bound for a local grain dealer. The truck rammed a car driven by George Shriver of Waynesburg, who leaped out seconds before impact, tearing off a drug store corner and smashing two plate glass windows.
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Waynesburg
Richard Axt
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Sun Drug Store Co
George Shriver
Inmates Riot at Havana Jail Overroll Call and Walls
Rioting inmates at Principe prison in Havana attacked guards during a roll call for transfers to the Isle of Pines. About 600 prisoners topped walls, rocks and gunfire filled the scene as police and guards contained the disturbance for over four hours. Interior Minister Jose Navarro granted several inmate demands, including moving prisoners from dungeons and reviewing amnesty requests.
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Havana
Principe
Isle of Pines
Jose Navarro
Arsenio Pompeyo Hurtado
Fidel Castro
Canada Ads Too Few Resources
Ottawa reports that Resources Minister Alvin Hamilton told a House committee Canada should raise yearly spending on tourist advertising in the United States beyond 1 million 468 thousand dollars. He noted the Bahamas and Bermuda spend nearly as much as Canada on U S advertising.
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Canada
Ottawa
Alvin Hamilton
House of Commons
United States
Bahamas
Bermuda
Somerset SAR to honor Gen Stackpole at testimonial dinner
The Somerset Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will honor Gen Edward J Stackpole at a testimonial dinner in Somerset Country Club Friday at 6 30. Forty three of M Company from Westmoreland County will attend to honor their former commander. Stackpole commanded in WWI and earned the DSC Legion of Merit and Purple Heart with two clusters. He authored They Met at Gettysburg Chancellorsville and the Fredericksburg Campaign.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
Edward J. Stackpole
Somerset Country Club
Stackpole
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
110Th Infantry
Westmoreland County
M Company
Oise- Aisne
National Guard
50 Cent Meal Tax Break Signed by Gov
Gov Lawrence signed a 50 cent exemption from Pennsylvania's 32 percent sales tax on restaurant meals effective immediately. Senate passed 49 to 1 with Sen Edward Kessler dissenting. The measure aims to ease costs for diners, though officials warn of a $14 million revenue gap to be offset elsewhere.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence
Indiantown Gap
General Assembly
Senate
Edward J. Kessler
Lancaster
James S. Berger
Berger
House Appropriations Committee
Albert W. Johnson
House
Gunman Holds Woman Hostage In 16 Hour Siege
Kenneth Eugene Adkins 22 held his half sister Nyra Jean Kennedy 34 hostage in Charleston Illinois for 16 hours demanding a duel with Police Captain Logan Cox. He surrendered with no shots fired as tear gas threat loomed. Adkins complained of discipline by authorities and regret over the disruption in the 9,000 person community. Kennedy unharmed. she returned home with five children nearby in Paris.
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Charleston
Kenneth Eugene Adkins
Adkins
Nyra Jean Kennedy
Logan Cox
Cox
White Frame
Smokey Pauley
Rocket sled hits 2075 mph at Edwards AFB
An air force flight test center report says a rocket sled at Edwards Air Force Base California reached 2075 miles per hour during a test. The speed was announced by the air research and development command on Tuesday.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force Flight Test Center
Air Research and Development Command
Western ministers propose Berlin compromise for summit plan
Western foreign ministers offered an interim Berlin compromise to sidestep key questions and pave the way for a summit. The plan preserves Allied rights and access to West Berlin while proposing improvements and a Big Four commission to oversee East and West Berlin, lasting until German reunification.
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Russia
Geneva
Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
West
Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
County Trust Donates to Bleacher Fund for Little League
The County Trust Co. contributes 50 dollars to the Little League Bleacher Fund as part of a drive to build park bleachers. The plea urges more donations from the community, emphasizing that small gifts add up and naming the fund at Somerset American.
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County Trust
County Trust Co
The
Trust Co
Somerset American
Dr. Wagner Patient in Hospital in Somerset
The Rev I H Wagner pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church in Somerset is a patient at Somerset Community hospital with influenza. He was taken by ambulance Monday and placed in an oxygen tent Sunday evening. He is reported to be improving slightly. He has served Trinity Church for 50 years and arrived in Somerset in 1900, regarded as the oldest pastor in the Central Pennsylvania synod. Only his immediate family may visit.
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I. H. Wagner
Somerset
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Somerset Community Hospital
One Dead Two Injured After Pole Smash
Carl Petrus, 17, of Ford City, died in Armstrong County Memorial Hospital from injuries from a Monday night one car crash on Route 66 ten miles south of Kittanning. Passenger driver Joseph Serafine, 20, of Schenley, was admitted with shock. James Michaux, 13, of Ford City, listed in fair condition with cuts and bruises.
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Kittanning
Carl Petrus
Ford City
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Here
Joseph Serafine
Schenley
James Michaux
Fire at Gilmour Manufacturing Co causes machine explosion
Somerset fire department responded Tuesday morning to an overheated metal melting machine at Gilmour Manufacturing Co. The device exploded, casting molten metal on the floor. All four fire trucks attended. Damage was confined to the machine, occurring around 5:30.
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Somerset Fire Department
Gilmour Manufacturing Co
Bela Kovacs Ill in Hospital in Pecs Hungary
Hungary's elderly Smallholders leader Bela Kovacs is reported seriously ill in a hospital at Pecs in southwestern Hungary by the Nepszabadsag newspaper on Tuesday.
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Bela Kovacs
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Smallholders Party
Pecs
Budapest Communist Party
Nepszabadsag
Tail Gunner Wounded as MIGs Attack U S Patrol
A U S Navy P4M patrol plane 85 miles east of Wonsan North Korea was attacked by two Russian built MIG fighters. The tail gunner Donald Eugene Corder was wounded but the aircraft returned to Honshu. Lt Cmdr Donald Mayer led the crew to safety and was praised by Adm Burke.
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Washington
Sea of Japan
North Korea
Pentagon
Japan
Far East
U. S
Wonsan
Red China
State Department
White House
Capitol Hill
Yokosuka
Cmdr
Donald R. Mayer
Litchfield
Donald Mayer
Honshu
Mayer
Conn
Naval Academy
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Corder
Star Department
Desperadoes Brothers Still At Large After Mass Manhunt
Desperadoes John Coyle 23 and William 21, two orphaned brothers from Philadelphia, remained at large as Massachusetts police and federal agents widened a manhunt. A 300-strong force cordoned a five mile zone around Middleboro amid dense swampy terrain. The brothers, armed, fled after a liquor store robbery and are also sought in the shooting of Philadelphia officer James Kane. Sedgwick, abducted prisoner, was held for nearly 10 days and later released.
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Middleboro
Mass
Philadelphia
FBI
John Coyle
William
Massachusetts
William Sedgwick
Doyles
James F. Kane
Sedgwick
University of Pittsburgh death of visiting professor
Roy H. Murray, acting head of the Cincinnati aeronautics department, was found dead in a Salk Hall dormitory room on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The coroner ruled a heart attack likely. Murray, 44, had been in Pittsburgh for a convention.
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Pittsburgh
Roy H. Murray
University of Cincinnati
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Salk Hall
Gov Earl K Long Returns Home After Battle at Texas Clinic
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long, held at a Texas psychiatric facility, won his fight for release and prepared to return to Louisiana. He appeared at his hospital window at 8 30 a m on Tuesday while doctors arranged for his transfer to New Orleans. No legal action was planned by his attorney or wife, and probate court had ordered protective commitment rescinded.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Texas
New Orleans
Long
Guy Caldwell
Ochsner Foundation
Theo Stubbs
Associated Press
John Sealy Hospital
Hugh Gibson
Boy Scout Fund Continues Tonight And Thursday
Somerset borough extends the Boy Scout door to door fund drive tonight and Thursday night. The borough has donated $500 so far toward area scouting advancement. The drive began last Friday with about 100 volunteers offering service to the cause. Adults in the community must carry out fund raising as Scouts cannot solicit money for any organization. Estimated cost is about $10 per bay to fund a year of scouting activities.
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Somerset
Strawberry Festival at Sipesville Church of the Brethren
A strawberry festival is set at the Sipesville Church of the Brethren on June 24. Proceeds support church programs and community activities.
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Sipesville
Church of the Brethren
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Richard Mergart
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