Rioting in Morocco prompts mass screening and tensions
Casablanca reports after two days of bloodshed in which 13 Europeans and Arabs died and 48 were injured. French and North African troops screened thousands, confined about 1 000, as Arab stores closed under Istiqlal pressure ahead of Abd El Kebir festival.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Abd el Kebir
Istiqlal Independence Party
France
Spain
Istiqlal
Protectorate
Port Lyautey
Fez
U. S
Abraham
Isaac
Sormer Sukie
Cheremed Ben Youssef
Rabat
Tunisia
Pierre Mendes-France
Windber Group Plans Industrial Plant Initiative
About 35 fraternal and veterans group members heard Windber Community Development Association outline plans to build an industrial plant in Windber R D 1. Speakers included John Ripper Jr president A B Martin and S R Evans from the development association with Frank Pristow leading the bond drive and J I Whalley directing.
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Community Development Association of
Windber
A. B. Martin
Somerset County Unit
Allied and Fraternal Protective Association
John Ripper, Jr
Development Association Board of
Mr. Martin
S. R. Evans
Development Association
Frank Pristow
J. I. Whalley
Father’s car crushes life of 21 month old in driveway tragedy
In Middlebury near Sunbury, 21 month old Clinton Walker died when his father Glenn C. Walker backed a car from the driveway. Police say the child suffered a broken neck after the wheel passed over him. The incident occurred Sunday, the family noted.
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Sunbury
Middlebury
Glenn C. Walker
Clinton
Plane Crashes Into Azores Peak Killing 30 Onboard
An Avianca Constellation crashed into Mt Ilha Terceira on Terceira Island Azores killing 30 aboard including three Americans. The flight from Hamburg to Bogota with a rest stop near Lagens air field went down after taking off for Bermuda amid fog. Rescue and airline investigators moved to the scene as victims were ferried to a chapel for funeral rites.
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Terceira Island
Azores
Avianca Air Line
Atlantic
Herbert W. Hopkins
Franklin Prager
Henry Hudson
New York
Bermuda
Prager
Paris
McIntyre
Donald McIntyre
Lisbon
Log House Moved To Haupts To Be Museum
Dr. Earl O Haupt, Somerset physician, reports a sesqui log house moved to his property along Route 219. He plans a period furnished museum next summer dedicated to the committee behind the boroughs 150th observance.
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Earl O. Haupt
Somerset
R.D. 2
Route 219
Haupt
Auto-Trailer Crash Kills Man on Pennsylvania Turnpike
A Pottstown man, Donald Rickett aged 21, died after a tractor trailer collision on the Pennsylvania turnpike near the Blue Mountain tunnel. Three others were injured: Thelma Lindsay, 22, of West Chester. Robert Towson, 27, of Pottstown. and the truck driver Joseph Barnett, 29, of Philadelphia, all hospitalized.
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Carlisle
Pottstown
Blue Mountain Tunnel
Donald Rickett
Carlisle Hospital
Thelma Lindsay
West Chester
Robert Towson
Joseph Barnett
Philadelphia
New Trial Denied in Solosko Paxton Slander Case
Judge Lansberry denied a new trial for George R. Paxton in the Solosko Paxton slander suit. The jury initially awarded Dr. Alexander Solosko $10,000 in general and punitive damages, later reduced to $3,500 with a remittitur option. The ruling notes the evidence supported the verdict but the amount was excessive.
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Solosko-Paxton
Thomas F. Lansberry
D. Guy Floto
George R. Paxton
Meyersdale
Alexander Solosko
Solosko
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Paul E. C. Fike
Joseph N. Cascio
Leland W. Walker
Paxton
Lansberry
Somerset County
Communist Party
John B. Meyers
Perry Ci
Lizzie A. Miller
Steve
George Drabish
Maple Valley Cab Company
B & O Railroad Company
Maple Valley
Potter Lumber Company
Grace Vought Timber
Blood drive seeks 35 more donors at Stoys Town Lutheran
A Tuesday blood drive at Stoys Town Lutheran Church seeks 35 additional donors to meet a 150-person capacity. Donors aged 18 to 59 in good health may participate, with parental consent for 18 to 21 nonmarried entrants. armed forces members 18 to 21 are exempt from consent. Appointments are not needed and walk-ins are welcome from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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Stoystown
Lawrence predicts wage tax cut in Pittsburgh
Mayor David L. Lawrence said the city wage tax of one percent will be reduced by half next year unless unforeseen circumstances arise. The statement was made in Pittsburgh on August 9.
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Lawrence
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Public Invited to Open AA Meeting at Library
Public invited to attendance at an Alcoholics Anonymous open meeting on Wednesday August 11 at 8:30 p m at the Public Library in Somerset.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Public Library
Somerset
Emilie Dionne Laid To Rest In Corbeil Cemetery
A funeral under rainy skies in Corbeil Ont marks the burial of Emilie Dionne. Her quintuplet sisters Yvonne Annette Cecile and Marie sob beside the gray casket lowered into a simple grave. Parish priest Rev W H LaFrance leads the committal as mourners respond and rain showers down on the grave.
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Corbeil
Emilie Dionne
Emilie
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Marie
W. H. LaFrance
Oliva Dionne
Pakistan Red Movement Rises in East and West
In Karachi and East Pakistan the Communist surge tests strength after the United Front victory and central rule, with arrests exceeding 500 and claims of subversive activity. Analysts note grievances over West-dominated politics, language, unemployment, and rising living costs fueling red activity.
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Eugene Levin
Karachi
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Communist Party
United Front
the Front
Red
West Pakistan
Viet Minh
Burma
Thailand
South Asia
Haluska Leaves Miners Hospital By Resignation
State Sen. John J. Haluska resigned as administrator of Miners hospital at Spangler after a board ousted him and the medical staff. The 16 doctors were to stay on under a consent order while Haluska moves toward opening a Hoxsey cancer clinic in Cambria county.
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Johnstown
John J. Haluska
Cambria
Miners’ Hospital
Spangler
Haluska
John Pentz
Board of Trustees
Arnold Smorto
Hoxsey
Cambria County
American Medical Assn
Willis D. Hall
Richard Todhunter Jr
Board of
Harry M. Hoxsey
Dallas
Tex
Patton
Pennsylvania
Hall
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Anstead Named Tax Collector by Conemaugh Supervisors
Conemaugh township board of supervisors named Arlo Anstead of Benscreek as collector of delinquent 1953 taxes at the home of Stephen Gironda. They also set a 35 mph speed limit on Route 219 at Thomas Mills with signs to be erected within a week and area police coverage. The board approved hard surfacing three Je rome streets with two thirds of costs billed to property owners and the town paying the rest. They voted to resurface Campus avenue in Davidsville.
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Conemaugh Township
Campus Avenue
Davidsville
Iowans Prepare Hoover Birthday Celebration in West Branch
Former President Herbert Hoover will be feted in his West Branch hometown on his 80th birthday. Vice President Nixon could not attend. Wilbur Bruckner will speak for the defense secretary. Up to 50,000 people and 25,000 cars expected for a rural, all Iowan event with school dedications across four cities.
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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hor
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Wilbur M. Bruckner
Defense
Charles &. Wilson
Hoover
Shelter House
Weather Bureau
Congress
William Beardsley
Iowa City
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Council Hears Engineers For Sewage Disposal Bids
Somerset borough council spent nearly five hours hearing four engineering firms present bids on sewage disposal. Capitol Engineering of Dillsbury attended and was joined by Gannett Fleming Corddry and Carpenter of Harrisburg Neilan Engineers of Somerset and Mast Engineering Company Inc of Reading.
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Somerset Borough
Capitol Engineering
Dillsbury
Gannett, Fleming, Corddry and Carpenter
Harrisburg
Neilan Engineers
Somerset
Two Men Jailed Monday and Released
Constable E D Peck jailed John Manear 28 of Shanksville for process and Justice of the Peace C J Harrison jailed Howard Charlton 35 of Friedens on an assault charge. Russell Younkin of Harnedsville was released. Younkin was jailed Sunday on assault and battery. Donald Tomski 18 of Brookville was released after a motor code charge.
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E. D. Peck
John Manear
Shanksville
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison
Howard Charlton
Friedens
Russell Younkin
Harnedsville
Younkin
Thomas A. Courtney
Confluence
Donald Tomski
Siamese Twins Born to Salt Lake City Mother
Siamese twin girls weighing 11 pounds 12 ounces were born at the Latter-Day Saints hospital in Salt Lake City. The infants were joined from chest to navel and delivered by Caesarian section. Doctors reported they are under close observation. the mother's name was not released.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints Hospital
Festival Ridge Reformed 8
Walter Shaffer hosts a village festival at Garrett Road featuring hot chicken sandwiches for 35 cents and entertainment scheduled for Wednesday August 11 at 5 30 p m
Yugoslavia Allies With Greece and Turkey In Defense Pact
Yugoslavia signed a 20 year military alliance with Greece and Turkey linking indirectly to NATO. The pact commits collective defense and peacetime collaboration, with aims to discuss actions under UN principles if a NATO member is attacked. The move tightens Western defense planning in the Balkans.
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Alex Singleton Bled
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Russia
Balkan
Koca Popovic
Stephan Stephanopoulous
Fuad Korpulu
Tito
Free World
NATO
United Nations
Europe
Romanian Transylvania
Italy
Trieste
Martin and Duff Vote for Farm Bill Amendment
Pennsylvania's Senators Edward Martin and James H. Duff backed a Schoeppel amendment in the Senate setting price supports at 82 to 90 percent of parity for five basic crops. The vote was 49 to 44 in favor. They then opposed a McCarthy proposal to raise supports to 90 to 100 percent on cotton, wheat, corn, peanuts and rice, which failed 81 to 12.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
McCarthy
R-Wis
Russell
D-Ga
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Dworshak
Idaho
Schoeppel
R-Kan
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
James H. Duff
Sen. Schoeppel
Wis
Espey G Thomas Named New Boswell Postmaster
Espey G Thomas is appointed to succeed acting postmaster Roy Burkett as Boswell postmaster. Burkett has served since the death of Stuart Heffley two years ago. Thomas, a Jennerstown area graduate and former substitute carrier, is now a life insurance agent.
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Espy G. Thomas
Roy Burkett
Boswell
Thomas
Burket
Stuart Heffley
Jenner- Boswell-Jennerstown High School
Touhy Gang Leader freed from prison
Roger The Terrible Touhy, a prohibition era gang leader, was released today by order of Federal Judge John P. Barnes. Barnes ruled Touhy’s 1933 kidnapping conviction for John Factor was obtained through lies, prompting the dramatic immediate release from the penitentiary he escaped in 1942.
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Chicago
Roger (the Terrible
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Showing Warmer Tuesday
Eastern Pennsylvania predicts partly cloudy skies and a high of 78 to 84 with scattered showers at night while Wednesday brings more clouds and cooler conditions. Western Pennsylvania expects warm start with clouds and scattered thundershowers then cooler Tuesday afternoon, followed by Wednesday partly cloudy and moderate temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
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