Puerto Rico's Development Displayed to Latin Governors
Washington AP reports six Venezuelan governors will visit Puerto Rico to study its growth under Operation Bootstrap. U S officials say Puerto Rico proves an underdeveloped area can prosper through democratic self-help without communism or dictatorship. The program, backed by the State Department and ICA, draws 700 to 1,000 Latin visitors yearly.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
Western Hemisphere
United States
State Department
San Juan
Latin America
Middle East
Asia
Africa
Uncle Sam
The
International Cooperation Administration
For
Eign Aid Agency
Luis Munoz Marin
Fidel Castro
U.S
Somerset Community Hospital Busy Stork Dept Sees 733 Births
Somerset Community hospital reports 733 births in the year ending May 31 1961 and July 1961 alone with a daily census around 11. Hospital admin James Mayer says current facilities suffice with a new wing planned including two nurseries and 24 maternity beds. Obstetrical supervisor is Mrs Marion Geary and the maternity staff includes four R N nurses.
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Somerset Community Hospital
James Mayer
Marion Geary
R.N
Norma J. Braseker
Helen Baucher
Bernice Gelsthorpe
Cult Leader Jailed for Aiding Marine Deserter
John R. Harrell, a Louisville cult leader jailed after refusing to surrender a Marine deserter to the FBI, predicted a mob harassment by townspeople. He planned to post bond for 15 followers amid a pre-dawn raid and said a local mob would be the problem, not the FBI. Harrell once led the town’s church and school board and had pursued a 1960 U S Senate bid.
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FBI
United States
Louisville
Ill
U. S
John Harrell
Dion Davis
John R. Harrell
Lloyd Cook
Harrell
East St. Louis
Louisville Society
Methodist Church
U.S
Methods Church
Urge Kennedy to Make Appearance at Meeting
President Kennedy faced calls to appear at the inter American conference in Punta del Este to boost the Alliance for Progress program. Eduard Haedo pressed Kennedy and Treasury Secretary Dillon amid questions of funding and pace as delegates weigh plans to lift Latin America and counter Soviet influence.
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Kennedy
Thomas J. Stone
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Latin America
Eduard Victor Haedo
Haedo
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
U. S
Khrushchev
U.S
Argentina
School Board and Borough Council Meet Tonight in Somerset
Somerset residents face two meetings this Monday night. The borough council meets at 7 30 p m at the Borough building to review the lighting system before bids. At 8 p m the Somerset Area school board discusses school matters in the high school library.
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Somerset and Somerset
Borough Council
Somerset Area School Board
Robert French
Garrett
Highway Department
$18.6 Million Bill for Schools Faces Opposition
A citizens committee in Harrisburg urged lawmakers to oppose an $18.6 million education bill approved by the select Senate House committee. The group warns the plan lacks guarantees for raising teacher salaries or expanding instructional programs and does not ensure new funds go to teachers or special education.
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Harrisburg
Citizens’ Committee
Senate
House Committee On Education
Pennsylvania
Citizens’ Committee For Better Education
Governor’s
House
Pennsylvanian Motor Federation opposes longer tractor trailers
The AAA Pennsylvania Motor Federation vows to oppose legislation allowing longer trailer lengths beyond 40 feet while preserving a 50-foot overall limit. GM C. E. Pugh says longer tractors and trailers are not safer and oppose any temporary compromise to win passage.
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Harrisburg
AAA
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Senate
PMF
C. E. Pugh
Pugh
Somerset Firemen Raise Over Six Thousand In Fund Drive
The Somerset Fire Department reports $6,243.22 raised in a recent fund drive. The committee discharged last week after presenting its final report. Funds will buy equipment to keep the department ready for emergencies. thanks go to contributors, WVSC, the Daily American, and all supporters. Donations may be mailed to the fire department. Guy W. Silvis chaired the campaign.
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Somerset Fire Department
WVSC
Daily American
Fire Department
Guy W. Silvis
Rockwood Rotary Plans Strong Special Evening
The Rockwood Rotary meets at 6 15 p m tonight at the Lutheran church for a strong special program chaired by Dr L Dale Mickey. Last week Walter Heist president of Somerset Fire Department spoke on fire prevention and fighting to the club.
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Rockwood Rotary Club
Lutheran Church
L. Dale Mickey
Walter Heist
Somerset Fire Department
County
Goldberg Defends Hoffa Amid Labor Movement Tensions
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg said Hoffa is not a threat to the American labor movement, despite Senate rackets committee reports and Kennedy denunciations. Goldberg noted monitoring of the Teamsters and pending legal actions, while expressing confidence in union members and internal corrections if Hoffa overreaches.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate
Hoffa
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Kennedys
Richard M. Nixon
Goldberg
Racket Committee
Kenneth B. Keating
Guard Starts Two Weeks Rugged Training at Indiantown Gap
Non divisional units of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard begin two weeks of rugged training at Indiantown Gap on Monday. Contingents hail from Harrisburg Lehighton Hazleton Lebanon Plymouth Pine Grove Williamsport Johnstown Ford City Indiana Ridgway Milton Berwick New Castle and more. Most units are transportation battalions with military police and public information elements.
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Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Harrisburg
Lehighton
Hazleton
Lebanon
Plymouth
Pine Grove
Williamstown
Johnstown
Ford City
Indiana
Ridgway Milton
Berwick
Williamsport
New Castle
Russia's space satellite brightens Pittsburgh sky
A Moscow era spacecraft was sighted by the Moon watch team at Allegheny Observatory as it whizzed over Pittsburgh twice Sunday night. It appeared as a very bright star at about 8 07 p.m. and reappeared near the western horizon at 9 35 p.m.. observers described the craft as a satellite in orbit.
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Pittsburgh
Russia
Allegheny Observatory
Atlas Will Determine U S Orbit Plan Success
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP plans for a U S manned orbit program hinge on Atlas booster success. A two ton Project Mercury capsule atop an Atlas will launch later this month with a crewman simulator inside. If successful a chimpanzee may fly three orbits then a man, likely by year end.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Alan B. Shepard, Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Atlas
Titov completes 12 orbits in space voyage
Russia's Maj. Gherman Titov, 26, reports healthy after 18 hours in Vostok II as he nears landing following 17 orbits around Earth. Tass notes perfect equipment function and stable cabin conditions while Titov exchanges greetings with Khrushchev and Gagarin and broadcasts to multiple continents.
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Moscow
Russia
Maj
Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Vostok II
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Titov
Moscow Radio
Earth
Tass
Yuri A. Gagarin
Seventeen Killed In Weekend Pennsylvania Crashes Drownings
Seventeen persons were killed in weekend accidents across Pennsylvania. Twelve died in traffic crashes including two-vehicle collisions, three drowned, and two other fatalities from a Maypole incident. Victims span multiple towns and ages, with detailed local notes from Philadelphia, Pottsville, Harrisburg, Dingmans Ferry, Pottstown, Morrisville, and more.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mildred Taylor
Conshohocken
Schuylkill River
Harrisburg
James Floyd
Reddeck
Fla
Dennis Shipe
Swatara Township
Dingmans Ferry
Walter L. Bjelland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Delaware Township
Drke County
Pottstown
Donald Seidel
St. Joseph's Hospital
Reading
Amityville
Beaven Promotes Friendship With Christ at Adventist Conference
Dr. Winton H. Beaven, academic dean at Columbia Union College, urged conference attendees that true peace comes from a transforming friendship with Jesus Christ. He cited sins such as gluttony lust and pride as detriments to happiness and said surrender rather than creed or knowledge secures contentment. He spoke as a main speaker at the 58th annual Western Pennsylvania Seventh-day Adventist Summer Conference.
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Jesus Christ
Western Pennsylvania
Winton H. Beaven
Christ
Columbia Union College
Takoma Park
Maryland
Beaven
Adventist College
Institute of
Five-Vehicle Crash on Pike Injures Six Persons
A five-vehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Laurel Hill tunnel injured six people Sunday at 3:28 p.m. EST. The Wood family of Berkley Missouri suffered various abrasions. Marshall Susler of Decatur Illinois was admitted with a fractured nose. cause involved brake failure and slow traffic. Damages were estimated at $111,510.
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West Portal
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Somerset Community Hospital
Michael S. Wood
Cheryl Wood
Carlene Wood
Carl D., Jr
Nancy Wood
Berkley
John Nymich
Boswell
Nymich
Peter Petroshino
New Cumberland
Petroshino
Susler
Wood
Owen W. Shannon
Camp Hill
Shannon
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Teamsters
Howard Benedict
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Edna Watcher
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Morrisville
Robin Robinson
Bensalem Township
Bucks County
Robinson
Charles Nicholson
Norman Ruoff
Lower Bucks County Hospital
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Dance
Michael Bachynski
Manoa Township
Donna DeVito
Drexel Hill
North Fayette Township
Kennedy Polley
Lake Ariel R.D
Wayne County
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Lansdale
Richard E. Fox
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