Democrats Begin To Build Platform Civil Rights Big Issue
In Chicago on August 6 Democrats moved to draft a platform for their national convention amid civil rights tensions. The farm policy battle with the GOP over the soil bank program drew sharp quotes. Harris Harriman aides deny plans for a blocking bloc while urging unity on civil rights but hints of debate may surface at the convention. Leaders stress avoiding a minority report on any civil rights plank.
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Chicago
Party Advisory Committee On Agriculture
Democratic High Command
Averell Harriman
New York
M Gght
Loyd Benefield
Harriman
Ray Madden
Indiana
Supreme Court
Parking Meter Collections Jump in Somerset Borough
Parking meter revenues rose 219 percent in July 1956 from July 1955, with July 1956 at $1,854.79 and July 1955 at $1,521.94. Through July 31, 1956, collections reached $10,771.26 versus $10,327.15 through July 29, 1955, reflecting a 4.3 percent year gain for the seven months.
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Somerset
Democrats Maintaining A Tradition At Democratic Convention
Chicago August 6 The platform committee under Paul Butler met late and with few members present to begin drafting civil rights planks. The scene showed a cautious pace with little preconvention fanfare and slow organization in headquarters as Adlai Stevenson’s suite prepared on the 23rd floor of the Conrad Hilton.
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Artiur Edson
Chicago
Paul Butler
Democratic Nation
Platform Committee
Butie
Butler
F. D. Roosevelt
H. S. Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Conrad Hilton
Series Of Thefts In County Target Small Potatoes Case
State police investigate multiple thefts in Somerset county during early August. A 30 horsepower Johnson boat motor valued at 570 dollars was stolen from a 14 foot boat tied at Yough dam near Somerfield bridge after thieves cut the boat’s controls during storms. An eight foot pram rowboat worth over 85 dollars was taken from Cranberry Glade lake around August 1 or 2 owned by Roy Gardner. Potatoes about golf ball size, valued at 25 dollars, were dug and carried away from Ray Glessner’s Berlin farm late August 3 or early August 4.
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Somerset County
Yough Dam
Somerfield Bridge
John M. Cornish
Addison
Cranberry Glade Lake
Roy Gardner
West Fairview — Street
Somerset
Ray Giessner
Berlin, R.D
Glessner
Somerset Council Defers Action On Street Light Estimates
Somerset Borough council heard estimates for a new street lighting system from Pennsylvania Electric Co. raising the annual light bill to about 14,518. Plans include steel poles and higher candlepower bulbs with a revised layout. Action on the proposals was deferred.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania Electric) Company
Indiana
Diamond
Penelee
North Center
South Denter
West Main
East Main
Coxes Creek
Laurel Hill Creek
Columbia Avenue
West
Garrett Street
Burgess H. W. Hay
Connellsville
Fayette County
Somerset Township
Old South Side School
Berkebile Defends Home Invasion Claim At Hearing
George Berkebile, 42, testified he entered his estranged wife’s Rockingham home with a pistol to confront a man he claimed was there with her. He denied aiming to kill, saying his intent was to mutilate the man. Berkebile faces assault with intent to kill and surety of the peace charges. a grand jury is planned.
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Rockingham
George Berkebile
Thomas F. Lansberry
Somerset County Court
Phyllis
2Erkebile
Lansberry
Ralph W. Parks
Govier Lane
Johnstown
Allegheny
Parks
Somerset County
Opal Parks
Hazel M. Speicher
R. D
Berkebile
Archibald M. Matthews
Huspana
U S Steel Pushes Prices Up Eight Fifty A Ton
Pittsburgh August 6 U S Steel Corp the nations largest producer boosted steel prices by 8 50 per ton amid a nationwide strike settle recent day. Other producers expected to follow as production resumes and capacity operates at 34 percent.
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U.S. Steel Corp
Charles Welsh
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
Water Crisis Hits Confluence After Big Floods
After Sunday rains flooded Confluence and burst a six inch main near Fair Oaks Creek water supply failed. A Menzie Dairy tank truck from Somerset supplied drinking water to residents in borough park. Officials urged caution as repairs and locating the break continued amid continued showers and road washouts.
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Menzie
Somerset
Fair Oaks
Confluence Borough Park
Confluence
Water Company
A. D. Graham
Civil Defense
Newton B. Picking
Borough
Southern County
Laurel Hill Creek
Turkeyfoot Township
Confluence Borough
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Somerset Bus Company
Rockwood
Judge reserves decision on Hazel Atlas merger halt
Federal Judge George Harris heard arguments and reserved decision on the government motion to halt the imminent 20 million merger between Hazel Atlas Glass of Wheeling West Virginia and Continental Can of New York.
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Reserve
San Francisco
George Harris
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co
Wheeling
W. Va
Continental Can Co
New York
Four Vehicles Involved In Somerset Wreck On North Center
A four vehicle crash on North Center avenue near Houston street in Somerset borough caused about 1500 dollars in damage. Drivers Neil Brant Karl Catterall Alfred Werner Willard Hall were involved as a chain reaction began when Werne rrear ended Hall causing a three car pileup. Occupants sustained minor bruises, no medical aid required.
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Somerset Borough
North Center Avenue
Houston Street
Neil E. Brant
East Main Street
Karl P. Catterall
North Kimberly Avenue
Alfred A. Werner
East Church Street
Somerset
Willard L. Hall
Allen
Werner
Hall
Catterall
Brant
Somerset Volunteer Fire Company
Patton Street
Joseph H. Hause
Harry D. Adams
Park Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
Hause
Steelworkers Resume Talks With ALCOA Amid Strike
The United Steelworkers resume negotiations with Aluminum Company of America in New York with top federal mediators present. The strike, now six days old, involves 18,000 ALCOA employees across nine plants. Mediation led by Joseph Finnegan followed a brief first session. a second meeting was planned. Reynolds Metals watches for a possible pattern.
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New York
Steelworkers Union
Aluminum Co. of America
ALCOA
M. M. Anderson
United Steelworkers
David McDonald
Joseph Finnegan
Washington
Reynolds Metals Co
Steel
Reynolds
Boy Drowns in Chartiers Creek Near Carnegie
Thomas Herman aged 12 of Crafton drowned in rain swollen Chartiers Creek near Carnegie despite rescue attempts by a companion and a construction foreman.
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Bay
Pittsburgh
Thomas Herman
Crafton
Chartiers Creek
Carnegie
Somerset Joint School Board Sets Budget And Staff For 1956 57
The Somerset joint school board met in the high school library to set time, bids, and staffing for the 1956 57 term. DST rules extend until September 30 with coal bids rebid. A seating bid from American Seating was approved, ice cream and bakery supplies arranged, and temporary janitorial help authorized. New teachers added. several staff resignations accepted. potential Bakersville kindergarten noted.
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Somerset Joint School Board
Somerset High School
Jonn Board
Carl Friedhofer
Somerset Joint
American Seating Company
H. W. Walker Company
Somerset
Musser’s
Howard Trexel
Bakersville
Somerset Joint School
Nationwide Insurance
Grant B. Miller
Dorothy Marteeny
Monroeville
David Yule
Pittsburgh
Jenne Good
Mary M. Maneval
West Chester State Teachers College
Nancy Stouffer
Gettysburg College
Ida Mae Barnett
Lincoln Township
Martha J. Flick
Explosion at Olin Mathieson plant kills two in Niagara Falls
An explosion at the Olin Mathieson Chemical plant in Niagara Falls killed Herman Strablow and John Maule and injured 18 others. Plant officials said all workers were accounted for, with one initially reported death among the injured. The blast damaged buildings, caused a fire, and prompted an investigation while officials noted no classified operations were affected.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Aus
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
John Holland
Herman C. Strablow
Bergholtz
John Maule
Niagara River
Navy
New York City
Olin Mathison
Three Somerset Residents Naturalized In County Ceremony
Three Somerset county residents were naturalized as United States citizens Monday morning in the county courthouse. Names listed include Mrs. Anna Holovka Windber Mrs. Mary Ramus Cairnbrook R D 1 and Mrs. Vincent Mucciola Windber. Carl Starliper naturalization examiner from the U S department of justice immigration and naturalization service Pittsburgh office and Judge Thomas F Lansberry led the brief ceremony.
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Somerset County
United States of America
County Court House
Anna Holovka
Windber
Mary Ramus
Cairnbrook
R. D
Vincent Mucciola
Carl Starliper
United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pittsburgh
Thomas F. Lansberry
385th Annual Dwire Reunion Held August in Kingwood Grove
The 385th Annual Dwire reunion will be held Sunday August 12 1956 in the Kingwood JOOF Grove. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Dwire
Kingwood Joof Grove
Reinforcements To Mediterranean From British Ports Amid Suez Tension
Britain sent 22 000 ton carrier Bulwark from Portsmouth with naval and military reinforcements to the Mediterranean. Ocean and other units prepared for the Suez crisis while Eden plans a radio address. Dulles to attend 24 nation Suez conference to discuss an international canal authority.
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Edwin Shanke
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Bulwark
Portsmouth
Royal Artillery
Devonport
Ocean
English Channel
Nelson
Eden
Chequers
Selwyn Lloyd
Egypt
Suez
Gamal Abdel Nasser
English
France
Red Devils
Thaeseus
Dulles
U. S. State Department
Eisenhower
Washington
Lune United States
Bloodmobile visits Somerset for blood donations
The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the Christian church in Somerset Wednesday from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Only fifty people have registered. donors aged 18 to 59 are eligible, with parental consent for 18 to 21. Call 6236 to register. donors may receive Mountain playhouse tickets.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Somerset
Christian Church
Somerset County
American Fed Cross
R. B. Barner
Mountain Playhouse
Red China lifts ban on U S newsmen after seven years
Hong Kong dispatch reports Peiping authorized visas for 15 U S correspondents from agencies papers and broadcast outfits with one month stays. Five more were invited via Moscow or Sumchon embassy. State Department policy unchanged no passports to travel to Communist China or other non diplomatic states.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China
Peiping
U. S
Moscow
Sumchon
John Roderick
Associated Press
Gordon Walker
The
Christian Science Monitor
Robert Martin
News and World Report
James Robinson
National Broadcasting Co
Robert Cushman
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Washington
Lincoln White
State Department
Department
White
United States
Albania
Bulgaria
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Justice Department
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Law
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Zimmerman
Thomas H. Sterner
Addison Township
Clevenger
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Adam R. Humbert
State Liquor Control Board
Neil C. Yommer
Grantsville
Liquor Board
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Yommer
Leland W. Walker
Yommett
Ray Custer
Hyndman
Custer
Somerset Joint High School
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Florence
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