Steel talks collapse as industry rejects USW bid
New York reports that crucial steel negotiations broke down Friday night. Union President David J. McDonald and top industry executives rejected a meeting with a broader coalition while warning a July 1 strike could disrupt the economy. Cooper’s group claimed full bargaining authority and readiness to meet.
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USW
New York
David J. McDonald
Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Tives
McDonald
Cooper
McDonald’s
Make Believe Nuclear Attack Death Toll Rises
Washington reports a revised imaginary U S death toll from last October’s hypothetical nuclear strike. The updated count reaches 94.9 million with a related 48.9 million in New York Baltimore Chicago figures. Civil defense costs could reach 20 billion dollars.
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Washington
United States
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Senate House Atomic Energy
Chet
D-Calif
New York City
Baltimore
Chicago
No Higher Gas Taxes To Finance Highways
House Speaker Sam Rayburn said Congress will not enact the higher gasoline taxes urged by President Eisenhower for the interstate highway program. He stated, We’re not going to put on the 11% tax. Period.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Eisenhower
Strikers Bid To Return to Erie Resistor
Erie Resistor Corp announces eligible workers will be recalled after a strike by Local 13 IUE began April 1 over a new contract and wage increase. About 859 workers idled. production continued during much of the stoppage. one remaining issue involves five dismissed employees.
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Erse — i
Erie Resistor Corp
International Union — of Electrical Workers
NLRB
G. Richard Fryling
75 Years With Fourth Estate Anniversary Tribute
The paper honors editor and publisher Henry Baker Reiley as he marks 75 years in journalism. The edition will be distributed nationwide with over 1800 copies in honor of his career achievements and contributions to the press.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Henry Baker Reiley
Hawaii Votes On Statehood 50th State
Hawaii plans a dual election with a statewide statehood referendum and a primary for party nominees next month. Voters will decide on statehood while choosing two U S senators one representative and electing Hawaii's first governor and a 76 member legislature.
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Hawaii
Robert Tuckman
Honolulu
Congress
U. S
Kennedy and Hoffa clash over Teamsters reform effort
Senate hearing as Sen John Kennedy accuses James Hoffa of failing to purge corrupt Teamsters officials. Hoffa defends power to suspend officials but resists while the committee investigates. A Bender commission found no hoodlums and costs cited. Detroit Times donation to stave off labor tensions noted.
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Hoffa
Senate Labor - Management Committee
Massachusetts
Teamsters
Joseph
George R. Bender
Ohio
F. Kennedy
Bender Commission
Bender
Detroit Times
Somerset County Forms Child Welfare Department
The County Commissioners approved a Somerset County Child Welfare Department with Ruth Ann Smoot as director starting July 1. Federal aid covers about 65 percent of salary. state aid eligibility follows. Advisory committee members include Charles E. Staub, Rev Hillis Berkey, Dr Donald Cossatt, Mrs A D Graham and Judge Thomas F Lansberry.
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Somerset County
Ruth Ann Smoot
Child Welfare Department
Fayette County
Welfare Department
Charles E. Staub
Meyersdale
Citizens Child Welfare Advisory Committee
Hillis Berkey
Donald Cossatt
East Germany Grants Citizenship to Klaus Fuchs
East Germany announced on Friday that it has granted citizenship to Klaus Fuchs, 47, the nuclear scientist who served nine years in a British prison for betraying atomic secrets to Russia.
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Berlin
East Germany
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
68 Die When Airliner Drops From Hi Alps
A Trans World Airlines four engine plane with Americans and Italians aboard crashed in a thunderstorm near Milan. All 68 on board died as wreckage burned and disaster crews worked through the night. Eyewitnesses blamed lightning though officials noted no record of lightning exploding airliners. Cardinal Montini joined the scene in Milan.
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Milan
Italy
Trans World Airlines
Chicago
Alps
TWA
U. S
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Baltimore
Maria Sacchetti Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Rome
Fermi
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Trinity Lutheran to Host Guest Speaker Sunday
Dr. H. Rhoads of the Allegheny Lutheran Home will preach at the 11 a.m. service. Dr. I. Hess Wagner, longtime pastor at Old Trinity, remains in Community Hospital after influenza with oxygen support and no visitors.
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Duke H. Rhoads
Allegheny Lutheran
Hollidaysburg
Trinity Lutheran Church
I. Hess Wagner
Old Trinity
Community Hospital
John Moroney
Katherine Snyder
Charles Shaffer
Wagner
Dwight Putman
Central Penna
Long Released From Louisiana Mental Hospital
Gov. Earl K. Long, 63, was freed from a state mental hospital after 27 days and immediately moved to fire Police Chief John Nick Brown and name E. P. Roy as his successor. He held a press conference at a Covington motel, declaring he would continue his campaign for governor and might call a special legislative session.
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Covington
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
John Nick Brown
Long
Brown
E. P. Roy
Southeast Louisiana Mental Hospital
Mandeville
Baton
Texas
Gov. Long
Louisiana Hospital Board
Gover
Shade Citizens Plan Joint Meeting With Sportsmen
Shade Citizens Committee decided to invite Central City and Shade two Sportsmen clubs for a joint meeting next month. The group will write Clyde Maize of the Mine Safety Council about dangerous coal-stripping holes filling with water. They also will commend Postmaster Sum merfield and urge District Attorney Frank Orban to aid in the fight. New members include Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Blough and Mrs. John Shaffer.
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Shade Two
Citizens Committee
Cairnbrook
Central City
Clyde Maize
Mine Safety Council
Arthur Summerfield
Frank Orban
Vernon Blough
John Shaffer
Two Injured in East Main Street Accident
At about 1 am Saturday two people were injured on East Main Street near Kimberly Avenue. William E. Strate and Helen T. Ellis suffered facial lacerations after Strate's Dodge rammed a parked car owned by Ver Coughenour. Strate faces reckless driving charges.
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East Main St
FE. Main
Kimberly Ave
William E. Strate
Trentum RD
Helen T. Ellis
Strate
Dodge
Ver Coughenour
E. Main
Coughenour
Magnificent Symbol and Monument Open St Lawrence Seaway
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II sailed the royal yacht Britannia up the St. Lawrence Seaway to symbolically open the deepened channel linking the Atlantic to North America. The event featured 21-gun salutes, fireworks, and a crowd of about 20,000 as the Britannia passed the St. Lambert Lock.
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Montreal
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Britannia
Atlantic Ocean
North America
United States
Canada
St. Lambert
Seaway
Great Lakes
Queen
Mrs. Eisenhower
Prince Philip
St. Lawrence
Egg Slump Faces Longer Slump Despite Price Rise in PA
Agriculture Secretary William L. Henning warned the poultry slump may not be over despite a 10 cent per dozen uptick in Pennsylvania wholesale egg prices over two weeks. He cited boom and bust cycles and the state's 120 million dollar poultry industry as being hard hit.
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Harrisburg
William L. Henning
Henning
John L. Rainey
Bureau of Markets
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Rainey
Central City Parade Led by Sheriff Walker in Somerset County
Sheriff Norman Walker led Central City’s Firemen Merchants parade watched by about 5000 spectators despite a light drizzle. Notables included Judge Thomas Lansberry, Attorney Charles Coffroth, and DA Frank Orban. Shonettes Amvets Post 90 captivated the crowd with ten majorettes aged 5 to 12 while high school bands and a Navy Reserve drill team provided the musical backdrop.
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Norman Walker
Tennessee Walker
Central City
Somerset County
Central City Council
Thomas Lansberry
Charles Coffroth
Frank Orban
Shonettes Amvets Post 90
Johnstown
Somerset
Windber
Shade Iwp
Shanksville-Stonycreek
Navy
U.S. Navy Reserve
Central City Fire Department
James Bochy Installed as Rotary Club President
James Bochy was installed as the Rotary Club president at a Somerset Country Club luncheon on Friday. Outgoing president James Bender and installer C D Reynolds joined in lighthearted ceremony as Bochy thanked members and urged fun to boost civic work.
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James Bochy
Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
James Bender
Bochy
C. D. Reynolds
Bender
Reynolds
Rotary
Work Out Final Draft of Corp. Excise Tax Bill
A conference committee finished a final draft of the corporation excise tax bill with modest top-rate cuts on telephone and transportation taxes to take effect next year. It rejected eliminating the 4 percent tax credit on dividends above 50 dollars annually, a provision the Senate had approved. The compromise moves to both chambers on Monday for action. It narrows the Senate’s preferred tax cuts while keeping some reductions in place for consumer bills.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Senate
House
Dr Luke H. Rhoads to Lead 11:00 Service at Trinity Lutheran
Dr Luke H. Rhoads will conduct the 11:00 o clock service in Trinity Lutheran Church. Sunday June 28 he is Pastor Superintendent of Allegheny Lutheran Homes. A Strawberry Festival with hot chicken sandwiches is noted. Tonight at 5:00 on the Presbyterian lawn in Somerset.
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Luke H. Rhoads
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dr. Rhoads
Allegheny Lutheran Homes
Presbyterian Lawn
Somerset
Strawberry Festival and Taste Supper at Milford Church
Milford U B Church hosts a Strawberry Festival and Taste Supper on Saturday June 27 at 5 30 PM. Proceeds support church programs. Community members invited for an evening of seasonal fruit dishes and savory samples.
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Milford &U.B. Church
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Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Meditation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel
Erie Resistor
Kennedy
By Fred Hoffman
Jp- Sen
John K. Kennedy
Mass
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Dept. of Child Welfare
Germany
Fuchs
Rhoads
Trinity
Wagner Better
New Seaway Channel
Queen Elizabeth
St. Justine Childrens’ Hospital
Mental Hospital
Shade
Miss Ellis
Somerset Hospital
Francis Lewine
Beauharnois
Christian A. Herter
Wilber M. Brucker
Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce
U.S
Egg Slump
Sheriff Walker
Cumberland
Harold Showman
WVSC
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