Pittsburgh Press strike drags on in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Press Co. reports a 16 day strike by Teamsters Local 211 has idled the city’s two dailies. Press alleges subterfuge to reopen a three year contract and cites 10 extra demands including revising a cost of living formula. A federal judge refused a back to work order and an appeal was filed with no hearing date set.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pittsburgh Press Co
Teamsters
Press
Teamsters Local 211
U.S. Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Morning Post-Gazette
U.S. District Court
Barron McCune
Sought Black Bear Puts Towns On Alert In PA
State and local police hunted a six foot two hundred pound black bear seen by residents in Upper Dublin and Lower Gwynedd Townships. The animal appeared in backyards highways and the Old York Road Country Club golf course. Wildlife officials noted bears are rarely dangerous and may have wandered from Schuylkill County rather than a zoo or circus. A motorist described the bear stepping from the woods onto McKean Road before continuing away.
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Lower Gwynedd
UPI
Montgomery County
Bernard Schmader
Upper Dublin
Old York Road Country Club
Schmader
Schuylkill County
McKean Road
Police seek check artist in Meyersdale scam
In Meyersdale Somerset County state police hunt a bad check artist who defrauded antique shop owner Jim Meyers of 1000 dollars. The suspect identified as Brian Edwards of Rag Shop in Vero Beach Florida ordered 4000 dollars worth of antiques and gave 1500 in certified checks from Sun Bank of St Petersburg before vanishing. Police found no Rag Shop in Vero Beach nor Sun Bank in St Petersburg.
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Sun Bank
St. Petersburg
Fla
Myers
Vero Beach
Services set for educator Dr Raymond W Swift at Penn State
State College Pa. (UPI) Services will be held Tuesday for Dr Raymond W Swift 80 retired head of Penn State animal nutrition. Swift published extensively and was a noted authority in his field He died Friday at Centre Community Hospital in Bellefonte He held a PhD from the University of Rochester and chaired the department from 1946 to 1960 A World War I veteran he was active in Veterans of Foreign Wars affairs He is survived by his widow a son a daughter and two grandchildren
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State College
UPI
Raymond W. Swift
Department of Animal Nutrition
Penn State
Swift
Centre Community Hospital
Bellefonte
University of Rochester
Veterans of Foreign Wars Affairs
Probe asked in youth death near Somerset overpass
Daniel Berkey, 17, of Somerset, died May 20 after leaping or falling from a turnpike overpass bridge while escorted by a county probation officer. Kenneth Sible, chair of Group Action for Justice in Greensburg, urged a full federal investigation in a letter to U.S. Attorney Blair Griffith in Pittsburgh.
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Greensburg, Pa
UPI
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Daniel Berkey
Kenneth Sible
Group
Action For Justice
U.S
Blair Griffith
Pennsylvania strike talks stall over wage offer in Hershey
In Hershey Pennsylvania negotiators for the 10000 member Pennsylvania Social Services Union and the state failed to move on a wage proposal during nearly two hours of talks. The offer remains 57 cents per hour raise over two years. The unions plan appeals if injunctions are granted.
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Hershey, Pa
UPI
Edward Purcell
Pennsylvania Social Services Union
Purcell
Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania Employment Security Employer Association
PSSA
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
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