Somerset School Board Awards Two Contracts and Appoints Faculty
The Somerset Area School Board awarded two contracts and named three new faculty members at a meeting in the Somerset Junior High School. Laxman Coal and Coke Co. won stoker coal bids for Sipesville Friedens Maple Ridge at 6.80, 6.25, and 6.20 per ton respectively, while Jack T. Cullen won run-of-mine coal at 6.25 per ton for each site. Black Top Construction Co. was awarded paving for Maple Ridge at 64 cents per square yard. Bids for a new truck and snow plow and for extracurricular transportation were referred to committees. New hires include Dorothy Lynch, Audrey Critchfield, and Sally Ann Brubaker. Borough officials discussed turning the South Side School site into a playground.
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Somerset Area School Board
Somerset Junior High
Laxman Coal and Coke Co
Stoker
Sipesville
Friedens
Maple Ridge
Jack T. Cullen
Black Top Construction Co
Berlin
Maple Ridge School
Vern Sherwin
New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co
Dorothy Lynch
Somerset
Shippensburg State College
Audrey Critchfield
University of Pittsburgh
Sally Ann Brubaker
Albert D. Graham
Somerset Borough Council
Democrats Seek Investigation in Montgomery Co
Montgomery County Democrats ask District Attorney Harold Spencer to convene a special grand jury into county offices controlled by Republicans. The request cites payroll padding and court house funding issues, while Sheriff Reilly calls it political maneuvering and notes prior audits.
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Norristown
Montgomery County
J. Phil Doud
Dist
Atty
Harold W. Spencer
Peter J. Reilly
Doud
County Institution
Johnson Home
Spencer
Fred Fairliegh
Reilly
Samuel Glass
Pittsburgh
State Chiefs of Police
Glass
Philadelphia
Philadelphi
King Sees Hopeful Outlook From Albany Desegregation
In Albany Georgia Martin Luther King Jr says he is hopeful about a four pronged desegregation plan including economic improvement legal action voter registration and direct action. He awaits trial with Rev Ralph Abernathy for prayer vigil disorderly conduct and says he will serve time if sentenced while stressing negotiations may shape the outcome.
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Albany, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Albany
King
Aji
South
Ralph D. Abernathy
The
New York Times
Recorder's Court
City Hall
Britain's Market Bid Postponed Amid Brussels Talks
Britain delays bid to join the Common Market for two months as talks with six member states continue. London seeks tariff free farm exports while France pushes for farmer price protections amid domestic unrest. German officials express cautious optimism about progress.
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Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
France
Bonn
GOP Leaders Name Sitting Judge for State Supreme Court
Republican leaders agreed to name a sitting judge for the state Supreme Court vacancy and narrowed candidates to four. A Friday meeting will choose a final nominee to present to the 113 member Republican Committee ahead of the November election to replace Justice Curtis Bok.
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Jack Lynch
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Republican Committee
Curtis Bok
Philadelphia
Republican Selection Committee
George S. Bloom
U.S
Hugh Scott
Edward J. Griffith
Samuel J. Roberts
Erie County
Herman M. Rodgers
Mercer County
Alfred T. Taxis
Montgomery County
Sonic Boom From Springfield To Johnstown
An Air Force SAC B-58 hustler bomber on a training mission could cause a sonic boom Tuesday along a 40 mile corridor from Springfield Illinois to Johnstown Pennsylvania. The boom is expected between 1 15 and 2 15 p m EST and will pass over Indianapolis Dayton Wheeling and Pittsburgh before ending near Johnstown.
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Springfield
Ill
Pittsburgh
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Indianapolis
Ind
Dayton
Ohio
Wheeling
W.va
Johnstown
Israeli Air Line Stands Firm on Soblen Return
London reports the Israeli airline refused to fly Dr. Robert Soblen to the United States as Britain weighs options. Israel says Soblen was never legally admitted and would be kept until legal processes are exhausted. Britain cites airline removal limits and awaits El Al action.
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London
Robert Soblen
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Soblen
New York
David Ben-Gurion
el al
Israel
Shade-Central City School Enrollment and Hiring Notice
Elementary supervisor Angelo Muro urges new students to report to Cairnbrook Elementary on August 13 with birth certificates and vaccination records. Charles M. Johnson invites applications for Grade 1 and Grade 2 teaching posts as the board seeks to fill three positions.
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Angelo Muro
Shade-Central City Union
Cairnbrook
Charles M. Johnson
Railroads Say Rules Will Be More Drastic
Chicago dispatch reports the nation’s railroads will impose harsher economy work rules on 200,000 employees starting August 16, a move unions seek to block in court. The plan replaces February proposals with a Nov 2 1959 on train crew rules, aiming to curb job scope and increase mileage.
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Railroads
Chicago
Presidential Commission
J. E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Marilyn Monroe to Have Small Private Funeral
Marilyn Monroe will be buried Wednesday in a private service at Westwood Village Mortuary. Fifteen attendees include friends and relatives only such as Joe DiMaggio Paula Strasberg and Lee Strasberg Bernice Miracle and Pat Newcomb with no film stars present.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Westwood Village
Paula
Lee Strasberg
Joe DiMaggio
Fire Destroys Front Seat of 1960 Cadillac in Parked Car
Somerset firemen extinguished a car fire Monday night about 10 00 resulting in about 150 in damage. The blaze destroyed the front seat of Alfred Shaffer s 1960 Cadillac from Florida. Fire chief Newton B Picking said a cigarette started the fire and it is unclear whether it was tossed through an open window or left inside by accident.
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Somerset
Newton B. Picking
Alfred Shaffer
Florida
Shaffer
Picking
Western powers face bleak odds over nuclear test ban
Geneva dispatch reports Russia remains unreceptive to Western concessions as the 17 nation disarmament conference stalls. U S Ambassador Dean and Russian delegate Zorin clash over on site inspections and limits, while neutrals urge renewed three power talks to avert universal disaster.
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Geneva
Russia
United States
Washington
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Valerian A. Zorin
Britain
Kennedy
Moscow
Zorin
Araujo Castro
Brazil
M.T. Mbu
Nigeria
Arthur Lall
India
Soviet Union
Rusk Endorses Private Satellite Bill as Adequate
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the administration bill for a privately owned communications satellite system is fully adequate to protect U S foreign policy interests. He aligned with Kennedy and other officials in support amid opposition from Sen Wayne Morse and others. Edward Murrow backed the bill but warned budget limits could block funding. See Dean on Page Three.
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Dean Rusk
United States
State Department
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Murrow
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Rusk
Quecreek Woman Killed in Wreck Near Grantsville
A funeral procession crash on U S 40 near the Maryland Pennsylvania line killed Dorothy H Tressler 50 of Quecreek Pa and injured five others including her husband John Arthur 54 in critical condition and Margaret Beeman 52 of Vindex Md in serious condition Marion Self 55 of Dayton Ohio a teacher was also seriously injured William Campanella 58 of Hooversville Pa and Mrs Charles Sanders of Hooversville Pa were treated and released police said the driver of the second car crossed the centerline during the collision
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Grantsville
Pennsylvania
Dorothy H. Tressler
Quecreek
Tressler
John Arthur
Margaret E. Beeman
Vindex
Community Hospital
Meyersdale
U.S. 40
Maryland-Pennsylvania Line
Maryland
Marion Self
Dayton
Ohio
William Campanella
Hooversville
Charles Sanders
Campanella
Tresslers
Beeman
TVAS Board OKs 2 resignations 1 application
Turkeyfoot Valley School Board accepted two resignations and one new application at Monday night’s meeting. Donald Zimmerman and Dennis Myers resigned while Earl Marker was hired to teach biology physics and chemistry. Bids were let for coal milk and bread and part time janitors appointed. The board approved borrowing for September bills and payroll. An athletic committee was named to plan coaching for the coming year. Permission was given to Mrs. Phyllis McClintock head cook at
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Turkeyfoot Valley
Donald Zimmerman
Dennis Myers
Earl Marker
Farmington
Marker
California State College
H. S. Thomas
Confluence
Hagens Milk and Ice Cream Co
Uniontown
Ortz Bakery
Cumberland
Telford Burkett
William Frazee
Dumas School
Lawrence Jarvis
Daniel Black
Elvin Gindlesperger
Jasper Augustine
Phyllis McClintock
George DeNocy Named To Hooversville Council
George DeNocy was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Don Baltzer who resigned on the Hooversville Borough Council during the regular meeting Monday night Bids for street work were postponed until the next meeting September 6.
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George DeNocy
Don Baltzer
Hooversville
U.N. Planes Now Land Only at Elisabethville Airport
The U.N. ordered Elisabethville airport closed to non U.N. flights, bar Sabena from landing in Katanga, sparking Katanga's claim the move aims to pressure secession end. Tshombe warns central government pressure could end unity talks as Adoula pushes a new constitution for greater provincial self rule.
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John Latz
Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Sabena
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Adoula
U Thant
Thant
Berlin Borough Hires First Policewoman to Help School Crossing
Berlin Borough Council voted to hire its first policewoman Mary Eugene Pugh. Applications accepted until August 17 to aid school children crossing East Main Street at 10th Avenue. Council also extended sewer and water lines on Vine Street and planned a meeting with the consulting engineer and the Berlin Water Authority on system expansion.
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Berlin
Mary Eugene Pugh
East Main Street
10Th Avenue
Vine Street
South Street
Orchard Street
Berlin Water Authority
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