East German arrests target CIA Gehlen agents after John's defection
In Berlin on August 3 East German authorities announced a wave of arrests of alleged American and West German agents in the Soviet zone. The crackdown followed Otto John's July defection to East Berlin and included units of the Gehlen organization and the American secret service. Police seized radio transmitters and related equipment as many detainees reportedly confessed.
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Berlin
West Germany
Otto John
East Berlin
John
Willi Staph
Gehlen Organization
U.S
Staph
Red
East Zone
Staph Announcemnt
Office For Protection of the
Gehlen
Alt
Reinhold Gehlen
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Rom
Fire razes three story East Cumberland building. 55 displaced
A 200000 dollar blaze fueled by gasoline, paint, and thinner explosions swept a three story East Cumberland building early today. Fire chief Virgil Parker said a 1000 gallon gasoline tank inside Hort Cumberland Motors Inc. could have destroyed the block. The garage and a painting contractor's site on Frederick Street were ruined, as well as a rear one story structure and pigeons kept by Elmer Wagner. Firefighters fought for 90 minutes to control the fire.
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Cumberland
East Cumberland
Virgil A. Parker
Hort Cumberland Motors Inc
J. E. Dennison
Frederick Street
Elmer Wagner
Pittsburgh
Salisbury High Band Concert at Community Park
The Salisbury high school band performs a public concert this Wednesday at 7 45 PM in Salisbury community park.
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Salisbury High School
Salisbury Community Park
Hungarian refugee family welcomed by Eisenhower in U S
President Eisenhower greeted Attorney Geza Kapus his wife Gisella and daughter Eva after they escaped a mine field to reach the United States He offered support for a new life in Midland Texas where Kapus will be assistant manager of a hotel The president noted Americas duty to aid escapees and Mrs Kapus said she would rather have one leg in America than two in Hungary
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Robert E. Clark
Washington
United States
Eisenhower
White House
Freedom
Geza Kapus
Eva
Gisella
America
Midland
Texas
Kapus
Dorothy C Houghton
Foreign Operations Administration
Communist
Hungary
McCarthy
Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Senate
Congress
Knowland
House
John Scali
Dulles
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Supervisory Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Korea
Rhee
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Asia
China
United ‘States
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Suez
Britain
Egypt
Oil and Gas Leases Filed Cover 2978 Acres in County
Two thousand nine hundred seventy eight acres of oil and gas leases including 26 properties in five townships were filed. Original leases were taken up by Charles EF, Franch, Bradford and assigned to Case Pomeroy Oil Corp of New York City. Acres listed include 154 Jenner 642 Lincoln 155 Quemahoning 394 Shade and 1788 Somerset.
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Charles EF
Franch, Bradford
Case- Pomeroy Oil Corp
New York City
Jenner Township
Lincoln
Quemahoning
Shade
Somerset
Four Men Jailed and Three Released in County Postings
Four men were committed to the county jail Tuesday and three were released. John Furgeson, 50, Holsopple, was jailed on assault and battery but later released. Charles Setlock, 44, Boswell, jailed on robbery charges. Herbert E. Shumaker, 20, Kantner, jailed for driving without a license. Jack Fidler, 29, Meyersdale, jailed for drunken driving. Delwyn Querry, 28, released on bond. John Reed, 45, Holsopple, jailed previously on desertion and non-support charges.
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Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
John Furgeson
Holsopple
Charles Setlock
Boswell
John Kircher
Herbert E. Shumaker
Kantner
Eugene Pugh
Shumaker
Justice of
Senate halves foreign aid bill amid cuts to Indo China aid
The Senate cut half a billion from the foreign aid bill, reducing the authorization to 3.11 billion and returning it to the House. Amendment by Senator Long sought a larger cut but failed. debate centered on unspent funds and feared losses of U S equipment to Hanoi.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Long
Indo-China
U. S
Hanoi
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Long
Sen. Frear
Ddel
Crouse Cadets elect James Eicher president
The Crouse Cadets elected James Bicher president of the drum and bugle corps. Other officers for one year include Vice president Robert Lohr secretary treasurer Nancy Kennell quartermaster Herman Cooper historian and publicity Shirley Nicholson and business manager Karl I Hare. An executive committee was named with Leonard Forrest Robert Kennell Glenn Walker and Philip Perretti.
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Crouse
James Bicher
Drum and Bugle Corps
Robert Lohr
Nancy Kennell
Herman Cooper
Shirley Nicholson
Karl I. Hare
Leonard Forrest
Robert Kennell
Glenn Walker
Philip Perretti
Berlin Water Rates To Be Discussed Wednesday
Berlin borough council and the Berlin Water Co. will present their case to the PUC in Harrisburg on Wednesday regarding a proposed 34 percent rate increase and a $282 annual fire protection hike from May 1 to Sept. 1. The plan would raise costs for 624 customers by about $5,000 yearly. Capital Engineering Corp. of Dillsburg joins as an observer. council previously protested.
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Berlin
Berlin Water Co
PUC
Harrisburg
Incrase
Capital Engineering Corp
Dillsburg
Council
Ralph Groff
Edward G. Suyier
Charles H. Coffroth
Betters Construction Company of
Somerset
Senate Leaders Seek Men For McCarthy Probe
Senate leaders begin selecting a three plus three member panel to investigate Senator McCarthy. Democratic Leader Johnston predicts three Democrats will serve, while Republican Knowland expects selections within 48 hours. The 75 to 12 vote referred McCarthy charges to the panel for a definitive report before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Sen
Ferguson
R—Mich
Lyndon Johnston
Tex
Knowland
Calif
GOP
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Snow Ball Protests Continue Over Inspectors in Korea
South Korea staged three more demonstrations to remove Communist truce inspectors. In Seoul Kim Chang Yong said he would probe reports of espionage by Polish and Czech inspectors, while Lt. Gen. Won Yong Duk earlier accused them of spying. The U N command defended neutrals and warned against sabotage.
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Seoul
South Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Washington
Dulles
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Kim Chang Yong
Adm
T. B. Brittain
U. N
Reiping
United States
Treasurers Sale Nets $2423.27 for Mineral Rights
John W. Schrock served as auctioneer in courtroom No. 2 as County Treasurer Joseph R. Edwards oversaw the sale of 198 properties. Fifty one parcels were sold, mineral rights brought in $2,423.27, and 247 parcels went to the county commissioners due to no bids. The held parcels will wait two years before potential sale by the commissioners.
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John W. Schrock
Court Room
Joseph R. Edwards
Windber Teen Recovering From Playground Injury
Thomas Marron Jr. 18 son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Marron of Windber is reported recovering satisfactorily from an injury suffered at a Windber playground on July 26 He remains a patient at Windber hospital.
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Thomas Marron, Jr
Thomas Marron
Windber
Windber Hospital
VFW Parade Dazzles Philadelphia In 75 000 Strong March
In Philadelphia 75 000 Veterans of Foreign Wars marched in a six hour parade for the 55th national encampment. Some 300 000 spectators lined the four mile route as 61 bands and drum corps provided music. The event featured a push to outlaw the Communist Party with jail for membership led by Justice Musmanno. Pennsylvania led with large representation from Uniontown drums and bugle corps and invited cities Kingston and Oil City.
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Philadelphia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Congress
Communist Party
Red
Michael Musmanno
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Union Town
Kingston
O11
Windber businessmen plan bond subscription drive
The Community Development Association of Windber, at a Palace hotel meeting, advanced plans to solicit $75,000 in subscriptions to bonds to finance a building for an industry. Campaign begins with door-to-door solicitation in about a week. Frank Pristow, Windber auto dealer, is campaign chairman.
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Community Development Association of Windber
Palace Hotel
Frank Pristow
Windber Auto
Hooversville council approves buying electric fan
The Borough council in Hooversville voted Monday night to purchase an electric fan for the council room in the community building.
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Hooversville
Plane crash near Preston CT injures 12 with two babies
An Air France Constellation from Paris to Mexico City crashed on a farm near Preston Connecticut amid rain and a low ceiling. The crash left 12 injured including pilot Capt. Caboche and a Guatemala City physician with severe injuries. Civil Aeronautics investigators arrived to inspect the wreckage as fire raged for hours.
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Preston
Genn
Air France
Mexico City
Paris
New York
Jean Cabocha
Caboche
Idlewild
Connecticut
Norwich
New London
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Joseph Fluett
The
Safety Bureau
Valentine Sebastian
Sebastian
Guatemala City
Horatio Polanco
Shannon
Ireland
Preston Fire Department
William Backus
Shipe Sues Ohio Man Over November Crash
Marlin R. Shipe of Somerset filed a damage suit in Prothonotary D. Guy Floto's office seeking 857.62 from John Rubinski of Cleveland after Rubinski's car allegedly collided with Shipe's on Route 53 near Somerset on a wet slippery highway last November 30. Attorney Frank S. Lucente represents Shipe.
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Marlin R. Shipe
Somerset
R.D
Nunan Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Fine
Joseph D. Nunan Jr., former U S commissioner of internal revenue, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $15,000 for evading $91,086 in personal income taxes. A pending perjury charge remains against him as the judge called the fraud uncondonable and a warning to others in high places. The case covered activity during his late 1940s tenure as tax chief.
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New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Walter Bruchhausen
Nunan
U. S
County Trust Trustees For School Funds
The Somerset joint school district selects The County Trust Company of Somerset as trustee for bond funds totaling 1,060,000 to finance a new Maple Ridge elementary school. Moore Leonard and Lynch of Pittsburgh won the bid at 3.28 percent. Project grading began Tuesday morning with Gamble and Gamble of Altoona as general contractors.
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the County Trust Company of
Somerset
Somerset Joint School District Municipal Authority
Somerset Joint School District
Maple Ridge
Moore, Leonard and Lynch
Pittsburgh
Guy F. Eberhart
Somerset Joint School
Gamble and Gamble
Altoona
General Contractors
Two Children Injured In Separate Falls At Play
Jerry Zeigler eight son of Mr and Mrs Mervin Zeigler Stoystown RD 3 broke his wrist falling from a tree while at play Monday Dwaine Arthur Younker three son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Younker Rockwood was hurt falling from a sliding board Both received dispensary treatment at Somerset Community hospital
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Jerry Zeigler
Mervin Zeigler
Stoystown
R. D
Dwaine Arthur Younker
Glenn Younker
Rockwood
Somerset Community Hospital
Kring Named Republican Committee Woman for Fairhope
County Chairman Karl I. Hare announced Mrs. Hannah Kring as the Republican committee woman for Fairhope township. He added that one more appointment in Lower Turkeyfoot will complete the county’s party setup.
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Karl I. Hare
Hannah Kring
Republican Committee
Fairhope Township
Hare
Lower
Turkeyfoot
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Including Pa Eastern Western
Eastern Pennsylvania sees mostly sunny skies with highs 80 to 86 on Wednesday and warmer Thursday with scattered thundershowers. Western Pennsylvania stays partly cloudy Wednesday with highs 82 to 88 and a few showers later Wednesday. Thursday brings more scattered showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Summary for Period
Daily weather report by David Grove records 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Monday to 5 30 p m Tuesday in Somerset. The entry notes maximum temperature 58 but other values are garbled. A year ago notable figures are also mentioned but unreadable.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
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Geiger Church of the Brethren
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Youth Fellowship of the Husband E.A.B. Church
Shanksville
Attention Crouse Cadets
Trafford City
Legion
James Eicher
Crouse Cadets
Casebeer
Casebeer Grove
Scott’s Radio & TV
W. Main St
Hittie
Sunset Grove
Berlin, Pa
M’carthy
Aet
Housig
Somerset American Office
Listle Fire Co
Wolford's Lawn
Mizpah Lutheran Church
Stern
Earl Stern’s
Edith V. Reed
Water St
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mt. Pleasant
Marlin Shipe
Ohio
Shaffer
IFW
Morin
Morrellville Cleaners
Secretary of
State Dulles
County Trust Trustees For
Mrs. Kring
W. Main Street
Johnstown
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