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1 Lehigh Valley Coal Co. May Reopen Dorrance Colliery I A Paper For ^ ^ The Home !#____ 48TH YEAR — NO. 43 — 96 PAGES SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Fair, Mild High 78-«2 Today. Little Change Monday. Member Andlt Bureau of CirculatioB* WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1954 UNITKD PREM WlT« News fterrlr* PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS American Planes Set New Altitude, Speed Records Over 82,235 Feet, Attain 1,650 mph OMAHA, Neh. <IP>—Air Force Secret.ary Harold TaJbott said Sat¬ urday nighl aa Air Force test plane "has just broken thp world's altitude recoi'd," and that another broke the world's Speed record at 1,650 miles per hour. Ta'.botL said the ship brok« the oM unoWlclal record of »3,23fi feet, but he did not disclose the new mark. He made the announcement ill a speech j>repared for delivery before the Air Force Association convention. Talbott also said that refueled B-47 jet bomibers have spent 35 hours in the air on a IT.OOO-miie non-stop flight. "I am ab'f to announce to you tonight that an Air Force test plane has just broken the world's altitude record," he said. "It will go higher." Old Recordft Other Air Force spokesmen here said the previous flight into the stratosphere was measured unofficially at 83.235 feet on Aug. 31, 1953. U. OI. Marion E. Carl, a Marine flyer, flew a rocket- powered Douglas Skyrocket more than 3,700 feet above the oM rec¬ ord at chat time. Talbott iitentioned the aocom- piishment oniy briefly in review¬ ing other records which the Air Force has set. ^^^ ' ^^ '-tfefe^^"*** ^ #¦ V .(A. -.^^I'^^lS**.^' rf' ,. ^:: !%^i^'-,, ^^^^^p?%^5^^. £- \ '^'""'^^^r^'^^^^r^y^; I&i^* "we « , , .iui ) ¦ ^^I^V ' ^ ^/f:\-^,., ¦¦¦,fS^>*^ ¦^ "iiit J Officials said the official alti¬ tude record was set in 1&63 at 63,668 by a British twin-jet Can¬ berra bomber. Talbott also said that a test plane had broken the world's speed record at 1.6.'>0 miles per hour, and refuelled B-47 jet bomb¬ ers have spent 35 hours in the air on a 17,000-mile non-stop flight. Pivviously 1,827 mph The World Almanac lists the old speed record for jet planes at 1,327 miles per hour, set Nov. 20, 1953, by Scott Crossflcld over Ed-; \var<lh Air Force Base In a Doug-: las Skyrocket dropped from ai B-29 at 32,000 feet. ! In his specKih, however, Talbott! BrOOKI Vll ( OUpIC DlCS stressed the altitude record, which •— broke the old mark of 82,236 feet. But he did not say wihat the ne^' record was. With 109ih FA Bin. at Indiantown Gap The I.V) officere and enli&ted men of the 109th Field Artillery iiAttalion, in the first of two \Wn?k« of field training at Indian- taWn Ci«,p. set a fine record and drew from Lit. Col. Frank Town- end, commanding officer, an e«- preasion of "real pride" for their efficient field oper»itlon, pertl«u- larly in establishment of com¬ munications, fire direction cen- tprti, messins factUties and run positions. 2 Killed Near Bear Creek SEN. MR m Fll SAyS STAIE At Site of IVI any Crashes '¦ TAX tl TO RISE Top photo Khowa a crew of Battery A going into action with a 105-inm howitzer. Wearing helmets, left to right, Pvt. Sam¬ uel B. Herring, 67 Boe<rh street, eity: IM. Mark C. Giovlne, 31 Hazle street, city; Pvt. Raymond Krouse, 8 High street, Edwiirds- ville, and Pfc. Henry Wicher", 276'*j Carey avenue, city, .ill kn««!ing; P\-t. Robert J. Smith, 134 Vine gtreet, Plj-mouth, gun¬ ner, and Pvt. George J. Bol- carovic, 3 Bradford street, city, assistant gunner. Wearmg caps, left and right of gun, are an unidentified Second Army in¬ structor ond M/Sgt, Edward S. Ijeo, 54 Brazil .street. Miners Mills, battery first sergeant. Ptan Aerial Siirrey Left lower photo shows three members of the lOOth's Air Sec¬ tion .standing beside their L.-19 observation plane and piamiin;? (Continued on Page 4. Sec. 1) ISURVEYOFSIAIE!BY150iLLION Says Facts Do Not Bear Out President's Optimistic Report Heport On McCarthy Delayed WASHINGTON iU« The Senate siibcommlttec which investigated Itie Army-McCarthy dispute voted Saturday to iswue its report a few days after another special com 400 Jobs LM Ready fo Resume If Permitted fo Mine River Common Coal I HARRISBURG. Pa. (tP>—State iSfcii. George M. I^»ader today j asked President Eisenhower to send a personal representative in to Pennsylvania to make an "on- the-sipot" economic survey of the state. Leader, the Democratic oandi- dattr for governor, said in a letter to the President that "what I have found in nvy travels over Pennsylvania In recent weeks! Sure Extra Costs To Be Met No Matter Who Wins Election PrrreiBURGH (IR—Gov. John! S. Fine said on Saturday thnt Pennsylvanians will have to pay in taxes over the next two yearsj an additional 150 million dollars: regrardless of the outcome of thej November elections. j The Republican Governor toldj a meeting here of the American Hellenic EJducatlonal and Prog-1 ress Association that neither the! GOP nor the Democrats could! A Brooklyn, N. Y., couple wasi killed and their in-law.s seriously injured when their automobile .•skidded on Edward'» Hill, crashed! through a guard rail and plunged! down a ITj-foot Bear Creek em-i bankment at 8 yesterday mom-| ing. The four were traveling fromj New York to Pl.vmouth, reported-l ly to spend the weekend al a lakej cottage here. 1 DEAD: Salvadore Frtxla. 59, the driv- I er. who resided at numb<>r 134 ! on 22.'>th street, Long I.sland. ' , Gt-lsonina Freda, 38, his wife, same address. INJIHED: Joseph Farino, 41, of 7804 Fourteenth avenue, Brooklyn, brother of Mrs. Freda, in seri- ovi.i condition at the VA Hos¬ pital. He underwent emergency surgery upon arrival. Theresa Farino. 40, his wife, ¦ame address, rpport«?d in "poor condition" at General Hospital with injuries to the right shoul¬ der and chest. According to police, the two couples were riding in the second car of a two-car family group en route from Brooklyn to Plym¬ outh. The auto knocked down 10 posts of the guard rail and all four occupants were thrown Irom it when the car went out of con- trol descending the Route 115 hill. The Fredas 12-ycar-old son, Chick, and Farino's 17-year-old daughter, Angelina, witnessed the accident. They watched help- (Continued on Page 4. Sec. 1) ,. . .. ,hi:lp but boost taxes in tlie face! does not confirm the optimistic ^j mounting governmental costs.| report you recently .asiied on the, pj^^ predicted the additional, state of the national economy, j ,5,j million dollars would be need-j _.,..,,„,.,,„, , J. ' Leader said that more thanjed even if the .state sales tax is! The L.^h!gh Valley Coal Co la.*t week wa, reported ready to reopen eooooo persons in 55 Pennsylvania!retained. He added if the tax isi Colliery if it couid mine part of the coai under North j counties have qualified for sur-1 dropped, whoever is in office! ,,, ^ .,^ 1 .. . , plus food; that more than 927,000iwould have to raise present taxes; It will mean creation of 400 jobs withun^mpioyn^.n^ c „ m p r n s a t i o nj"in excess of 300 million dollars."! Dorran;;e River Common , If the company can do so an annual payroll of $1,800,000, ^„^^„„ „.^ At the same time, the city of Wilkea-Barre, which owns the coal,|^n^^"^[j^[^ *i^ Watch Rhee So He Won't Reopen War Ex'Marine Flies Ocean In Single-Engine Plane LIMERICK, Ireland HP)—An ex- Marine flier from Texas who made an urauthorizcd flight across the Atlantic in ft light sin¬ gle-engine plane -said Saturd.iy he turned uranium hunter, admitted he got off on the unusual 2,700- mile flight with the aid of a bit of subterfuge. He .said he told the airport con- will be assured while the work mittee begins consideration ojyea^s to get out the coal. an income of at least $125,000 in royalty paymentsKvorld Report stated recently that lasts and It i, estimated u will uke at least threelp^„„^i^^';;;^ ,,.3^, ^^^ „.tio„ ;„ mitted. ..TAo.^^T . ' Thomas H. Danaher. 30, of , , WASHINGTON ilP)-The l'nited Wichita F.^lls Tex dronoed into checks are going oui every monthi The Governor said higher tax|State3 is taking a firm stand .Jhannon Air'oort' " Ireland late U. S. New, andirevenue was needed despite the against buildup of Syngman Rhee'slpHdaT night ^fter a^^l^^^^^^^ .-entlv thutlfttft he h«a in.staled bv exivcut ve a^.,,i, lt . ^-_ . _ •. I'riuay nignt alter a Jo i no'"- did it because he wanted to bei trol tower in Newfoundland he a second Lindberg." was just taking off on a 70-minute It was a "boyish idea," he ad- spin, then switched directions and zoomed out across the Atlantic unaided. His feat recalled the wrong-way year for material and supplies, j'*laibor surplus" areas. censure charges against Sen. Jos- ^^ ^'^'«^ Valley company al-,,^^^ 75,,^ „, ^f,,^.^ ^^^^ bepxir- «ph R McCarthy, R-Wis. • ¦'^a'^y 'ij*" "i'"^'!^"^'''-', «<^J°'"'"«ichased here in the valley. The subcommltte also voted to '^°*' ""^f ^'^y, ,0'««^^'J. '^'.u*'L.mi. «j»n.i.««n» aaow member. f„ .nKmi. ,„Ai. "o trouble resuhing, under theiPuWic Sentiment members to submit indi¬ vidual statements on the Army same plan and with royalties paid! In the past, of course, there ha.s considerable .Say* Lloyd Wood Ran Out I On League of Women Voters '¦ HARRISBURG, Pa. 'fP> Dem- disDuii. until x„c tn. ,hTA„Z'l'h' to the city, which also owned the been considerable public feeling;ocratic State Chairrnan Joseph M, censure hearingTwni be^in ^^^'«^^^^ j against allowing this coal to be | Barr today charged Lt Gov. ~ de«l.,ion ended an attempt Actually, It is reiH.rted, a Dian :'"'"^'l' '" '«"-. 'hat the River: Uo.vd Wood vvith "running out"! report on th - Army- Th to flip a McCarl.'iw 'irddy nlSTit, To .4ld "Censure" Oroiip Chairman Karl E. Mundi At pn pared fact he has installed by executive!South order many of the economy rec¬ ommendations made by the Ches- Iterman Committee. Fine said the 1 economy measures would not pro- Iduce savings that would be felt for several years. Fine said other Chesterman Committee recommendations could not be put into force without amending the state constitution row by midnight Sat-i nilning hns. received fhe approval I of mine inspoctdrs and Richard J. by the company for the^ Common would be destroyed :on a meeting originally scheduled! He said he still favored calling •Clements* secretar.v of P Department of Mines Whether the a.-surance of the by the League of Women Voters' constitutional convention no I for Sept. 22 here, l^he job. despite the states Secretary of .Mines that harm should result, plus the fact to do fact voters! Korean army for fear it would encourage him to try to "liberate" Red-controlled North Korea, it was learned Saturday. The position of U. S, officials became known after it was an¬ nounced that four U. S'. divisions Would be withdrawn from thej Korean republic, leaving Rhee with 20 divisions of his own. Tiicy; feel that Rhue's 700,00u-man army! is adequate to mctt South Korea's! defense needs. flight of Douglas Corrigan of Loa Angeles, who flew from Brooklyn flight from Argentia, Newfoun'-I to Dublin, Ireland, on July 17, land, in a onc-seater Beechcraft 1938 without permission or pass- plane, jport. Said He Wouldn't | Danaher said he munched b«- Danaher, a Marine reservist (Continued on Page 4, Sec, 1) ' th- State '»"" V""" " ''^V'"' i^ "'^ "'^ "J'] Barr aaid thit Sen. George M. defeated a re.ferendum last yean Can't Support Big Army is reported 'h«t he Lehigh val eyalrea^^^ ^^^^ Democratic gu.berna-;to hold a convention for the com-l Furthermore >I,pv .rn COP, Democrats Dispute 83rd Congress' Record WASHINGTON (IP)-It's up S. D,, uttid the group set its dcad-''° i - 1. » j- j .l. line for Aug 30 ^oj,, Report"*' »'=°'"'"'*"°" '*'*"'"' *'"'*'*'^ ^^'^ Would be available to the "cen-:'''''" '" determine if il could be Ihas mined the cDal directly under haveconcurred with the report ;-1'-;"-; --^^^^^^^^^^ had planned to plete revision of the constitution, |,hat South Korea does not Lave I attend the forum but that the Furthermore, they are convinced! the American voter now to, batted ,840 -and he also suffered 'some big setbacks. He left town with the departing: I sun-" \ public Mun< carried ouf without lo fhe surface ments thereon. and the Improve- commtttc before close of "¦'"""¦" ""' ""'"""' disturbance hearings, indt aaid ilie report would be imade public a.s goon after Aug. Skip Top Veins a* w it can be printed, proof-, Under the plan, it is said, the I'sad, and corrected. He estimated! cmpany would not touch the two Cflis would uke two or three days.! top veins and would do no work Meamvhile. Sen. Arthur V. Wat-j nearer the surface than in the Ab- «ins. R-Utah, chairman of the| bott Vein, which is .500 feet helow special committee which wiir the surface and under 3r>0 feet of "^-'ph censure charges against rook, McCarthy, announced that hear-l The coal under River Common ings will begin on schedule Au-jv.-ould be reached from fhe com- *",i' ^''- ! panys workings under the river, rhere were 48 charges submit-'which adjoin ilie di.v-owned coil, tpd but the committee is Paring T,-r v' ' ¦ •.'¦•• uT ^° '"' **"' duplications. surface, only 50% of the eoal woulfl W'atkins also announced ap- be taken from the Abbott Vein and pointment of Guy de Furia, 49,;stiii nime would ne left in the of Chester. Pa., as assistant coun-, lower veins, since heavier pillar»|Pa.'d total royalties near the «w of the committee, de Furia, ai ate required the deeper mining j"»»j™"-uo"«'" mark fonner a.ssistant district .ittorney,! go»s. *'il aid his friend, chief counsel! As a result, only 35% of the <-oal J^ Wallace Chadwick, also of! in the lowest vein would be rf- ^*''''' I moved, according to plan. aeven senators were on the' Those who have watched the Army..McCarthy hearing .vubcom-i situation point out also that the ?Jittpp, They have until 5 p. m.jjobs and direct payrolls tell only . ' Aug. 30 to submit their in-iparl of the story oividtual statements. Mundt said!to be derived. ™«re is nothin.o- .« nro^.o... .,.,-i Td maintain the mining opera- Valley would ! Wood, the River Common, would influence public thinking remains to be seen Several years ago the Glen A1-, .. <• j . den Coal Co, offered to do similar'^^.^f";""^' '¦;^ "f^ to appear mining under South itfv^r Com- ^^'^ "¦°"''<* ^*^'« ^''^" "^ ^°"- mon, since its operations face this derful opportunit.v for Wood to give voice to the tax matters which Republican Slate Chairman Miles Horst has been discussing with reckless disregard for the Barr said, wouid have been a mar- section just as those of the Lehigh Valley face that under North River Common. It was shown at that time that If the coal here could be mined, j^*'^'"'' the city would get royalties of! "^^ more than $.'«)0,000. ivelous opening for Wood to sound If the Lehigh Vallev thi.s fime!off on ihis political beliefs, such gets permission to mine the up-!''s they are, and it would have per end- from West Mar ket! been entirely satisfactory to us if street to North street -its seems;he had brought Mr. Hori?t along, certain the Glen Alden would seek-sat on Mr. Horsfs knee and done lo do likewise below West Market ! their well-known take-off on Paul street. In that case, the city would he total royalties near the half dollar mark Main problem now facing the Lehigh Valley Coal Co, is that (Continued on Page 4. Sec. 1> Winchell and Jerry Mahoney." He will decide in November! the manpower or economic re-jwhetlier the Republican 83rd Con-j congressmen. He is expected to .sources to support more than agrcss set a record of accomplish-[i;!,,^ the accomplishments of the 20-d)vision army, even with sub-!ments deeervinj of a Republican g3rd Congress in a nationwide stantial U. S, aid. They have; election victory. radio - television .•»})eech Mond.-xy doubts, in fact, that the fiery lit- The White Hou.se hailed thej night from the summer White tie Rhee will be able to maintain; lejrisiative record as "good," Prcsi-jHouse at Denver. V, H..„»,f«.- h .- s».„.^o., n-oi'^" divisions over a long hau,'. idp^t Ei.senhower had said earlier! The House is through with :t« headquarters here Saturday, tired | Meanwhile, officials 'G<^p"rndidaTe fori EISENHOWER OPENS SUMMER WHITE HOUSE DENVim, Colo. (IPj- President Eisenhower established summeri and ^.-..- »h»» ,...4. f„ .u»i,„i - - disclosed; that Republiuans would merit vic- «ff thT^n.^ nf oJfinfJi w«,hw i^^^'' *''"^'' ''""^ ^""^ ^'¦'"•'' "'"'tory or deserve defeat at the bal- off the dust of official Washing- Marine ground forces, some U. S.jjo^ box on its record, 'on. I Air Force units are being with-j The President and Mrs. EUen-| (Continued on Page 4, Sec, H j See Box Score on Page 14. Section 1. hower flew here after an early i morning schedule of enga.5ement3j ,m,n,r\ i-nin.i at the White House, landing nt{ILLINOIS LEGION Lowry Air Force Base, where the Summer White House offices were manned and operating whtnj CHICAGO Ul'i-The (/irl Scouts he arrived. iof America found themselves back i UPHOLDS GIRL SCOUTS For about the next seven weeks, I in the good graces of the Illinois the chief executive will use Den-! American Legion today. U A-R/lftil ADCI/ini n CAYQ IIM'^'"'^ ** * base of operations, mak-! State Coihmander Irving Break- HAIVIIVlAnoNJULU OrtIO UIMIing fairly frequent side trip.s froin'jstone said he felt that a resolution \A/C:AI^PR WITUnilT PHINA here in the interests of the ad- adopted hy the Legion at its re- WC:H^Cn VVimuui ^n'""" ministration program and GOPcent convention here, which de- Even ae the Congress wound up its slow-moving but hard-working; .scesion Friday night and mem¬ bers began hurrying home Satur¬ day, the. political in-fighting had begun. Re,publi«ins pointed with pride; Democrats derided. The Repub¬ licans said they woiuld get a flood of votea insuring Mr. Eisenhower j a bigger working majority in the| CHICAGO i!Pi Dag ''Ia"J'na''- congressional candidates up foricided to withhold support of the.^p^t C>>ngre.s6. Democrats thought 18 nothing to prevent two, - viJ"'"'* '''°™ consolidating their; tons. Views. the Lehigh have to spend nearly $400,000 a ^oufig Mother Has Six-Pound Son } Weeks After Having Twin Girls Jf*^|^OIT (IP)--A young mother 5^ve birth to a healthy six pound TY i-nday night just three weeks «M* having twin girls. • l."'?"^'"ns proclaimed the case * "'^'^"^al wonder. They said the Jl """"h boy was probably con- "ved about two weeks after the '*in girls. '^f mother, Mrs. Boy Braxton a double uterus. She has six chil¬ dren besides the three born dur¬ ing the last three weeks. Dr. Thomas Y. Hum, Mrs. Brax¬ ton's physician, said the three children would be considered triplets despite the time lapse between births. The twin girls were delivered skjold, secretarj-general of Uie ^,^^^1^^ ^^^^ ,^y United Nation*, said yesterdiy the exclusion of Red CJiine weak¬ ens the UN but conceded that the time raay not be ripe for consider¬ ing China's admittance. Hammarsk jold a d d r e ssed a HORST SAYS PROMISES of the business OF DEMOCRATS NEED HUGE NEW TAX INCOME HARRISBURG HPi—Republicaninj^Unp'sponsored by the Chica?o State Chainman Miles Horst s«id;(-^ynpi) ^f Foreign Relations and yesterday that the Demjcrats!^),^ United Nations Association of would have to raise a quarter of'Greater Chicago, a billion dollars in new taxes "ifj they are going to carry out''hal'f| i.^r.j:z'it'nZi^."' ''-'i INSIDE the independent "The $64 question still is whoi „ „ . « will be asked to foot the bill." Section Page' Section Page Girl Scouts, was "unfortunate," otherwise. He said the Legion would rein- jsUte its support to the group be- Won Major Share Mr. Ei.senhower won a major .share of the program he sub- mitted-the White House said he work for the year, but the Senate is still fiUbject to re<.-all by ita leaders fot- another session this aummer or fall, to act on the re- (Continued on Page 4, Sec, 1) Valley Scene "Ofini fnr Bwsine.'i.s" itign nfii'inn a dual /mrpose on Enst Bennett street, Kingston, heinff situati'/l between new chureh and new gasoline station. Chief of Police Ray Swingle of Went Wnominrj jumping right to the task vhen he re¬ ceived a call from .^-near-old bed-ridden hoit a.iking that latest edition of a comic book he pick¬ ed up at store across the street from the Town Hall and de- liitred b!i cruiser. SHA.MOKIN MINER DIES IN INDEPENDENT MINE I cause they had "corrected" oer- SHAMOKIN, Pa. ttPt-George!tain features of their handbook to Andrusko. 42-year-old anthracite;which the Legion objected, miner, was klHed by fallint: rook|, , , , .. —— ¦¦ ^ndeT'mfni"!fe7r his ^hom'e"'^^'^ Meiflbers of Nort/i Eflc/ Family, 3 NunSr Priest, Marion Heights, about four miles' ' east of here. Have Completed f 00 Years of Religious Service Mrs. Anna Baloga of 131 West! mass was read at the side altar by a member of the SiUers of Saints Baloga. OSB. of t m i, "'¦"^»- Jt»irf^. DKfy oraxiun, iiie twin »»•<" «- To •> • Negro, has a twin womb and at Kiefer Hospital on July 3L Horst said. "The farmer? The Amusement Four workingman? Professional peo- Around the Town Two pie? The businessiman?" jCity Hall One Horst said that Sen. George M.i Classified „-.Flve Leader, the Democratic candi-^unty One date, "can't tell the people of Crossword Puzzle „.Four Pennsylvania how he is going to raise a quarter of a hiilion dollars in new taxes because he doesn't know." Drew Pearson Two Editorial _..... . Two Prank Tripp Two Obituary ..One 10-11 George M. Adams Two 9 Home Builders Five 201 Politics - Two l-SlRadio Four 21! Robert C, Ruark Two 15 i State Capitol — One 8 State News ..........—~..One 8! Sporta Two 9i TV Four 18-171 Women's Section Three Chestnut street, whose two daugh- Rev. Damicn ters, a son and a sister have a Cleveland, O. total of 100 .vears service in reli- Besides her daughter, Sister M. * glon, .saw her daughter. Sister M. Amelia, Mrs. Baloga has a daugh- 2[Amelia, receive f he Apostolic ter. Sister M. Rosari. who will ot)- 8 Blessing from Pope Pius last' serve her silver jubilee next year; 9 week at a Mass of TTianksgiving'a son Rev. Herbert C. Baloga, who 9; in Sacred Heart Church, North I has been a priest for 16 years, and 181 Main street, on the occasion of her | a sister. Sister M. Charles, who has 191 silver jubilee as a nun. j been a nun for 3.5 years. 1-6| The mass was offered by a! Mrs. Baloga ts the wiidow of the 8j brother, Rev. Herbert C. Baloga, i late Stephen Baloga, : 1-12 OFMC. of Endicott, N. Y. A low The jubilarian, Sister M. An^elia,' both at home, Cyril and Methodius at Danville, has heen teaching in Toronto, Ohio, for a y^ar and will return there soon. She previously taught school in Hazleton. Other members of her family, not in religious orders, are four sisters and a brother: .Mrs. Thomas Polacheck of Wilkes- Barre. Mrs. William Benkoski of Philadelphia, Cecelia Baloga of Kingston, and Amelia and David I % ^
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1954-08-22 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1954 |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 43 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1954-08-22 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1954 |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 43 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
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Lehigh Valley Coal Co. May Reopen Dorrance Colliery
I A Paper For ^ ^ The Home
!#____
48TH YEAR — NO. 43 — 96 PAGES
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Fair, Mild
High 78-«2 Today. Little Change Monday.
Member Andlt Bureau of CirculatioB*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1954
UNITKD PREM
WlT« News fterrlr*
PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
American Planes Set New Altitude, Speed Records
Over 82,235 Feet, Attain 1,650 mph
OMAHA, Neh. |
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