Lincoln White Warns Americans Against Red China Trip
Washington Aug 12 The State Department warned 48 Americans in Russia planning to travel to Red China that such a trip would violate passport rules and subvert U S foreign policy The press chief Lincoln White said the ban applies to travelers bound for the mainland and that action would be considered if they set foot on Chinese soil Officials noted travelers visiting the U S embassy in Moscow received guidance on potential passport misuse and penalties
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Meany Defends AFL-CIO Cooperation With Congress
Chicago news conference ends first session of AFL CIO executive council Meany pledges cooperation with committees probing labor corruption and opposes Fifth Amendment shields He notes Hutcheson case to be reviewed and cites Hoffa stance as conflict grows The federation moves its December convention from Miami Beach to Atlantic City over hotel concerns.
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Bike Accident Puts Youth In Hospital
A second serious bicycle crash in two days sent two youths to hospital. Roger Roberts seven of Boswell RD 2 is at Somerset Community hospital with a possible fractured knee forehead lacerations and facial abrasions. condition fair. He rode into a farm tractor on Route 30 near West Jennerstown and was thrown under the rear wheel of Walter Williams Boswell RD 2. Terry Bruner eleven of Somerset RD 6 is at Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh after a Sunday crash into a stone foundation. admitted to Somerset Community hospital earlier. condition Monday listed as satisfactory.
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Polish subs surprise Britain sparks lighthearted jab
A Warsaw paper mocked the British reaction to two Polish submarines that appeared in the North Sea. Warsaw radio said the subs were on a legitimate cruise and advised the Polish navy not to frighten Britain as authorities watched from ships and aircraft near Britain.
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Connecticut Youth Heads Home From Hitchhiking Trip
A 16 year old Bethel youth hoped to reach California but was picked up on the Pennsylvania turnpike and returned to Somerset county jail. He rode with strangers across more than forty cars before authorities arranged a bus home and his parents sent funds for a ticket. Two others were jailed on Monday for various charges in the same county.
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Quecreek Man Escapes Injury In Rollover Crash
Donald W. Stumpf aged 26 of Quecreek escaped serious injury when his 1951 model car rolled over after leaving Route 219 north of Somerset. The vehicle ran off the road for 200 feet climbed a steep embankment rolled on its roof then slid up another embankment. Stumpf faces three traffic counts from Somerset Borough police and charges by state police for reckless driving.
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Fuselage Of Plane Becomes Coffin For 79 Victims
A chartered DC4 crash in a Quebec bog killed 79 aboard en route from London to Toronto. No survivors. The fuselage sank into a water filled crater as investigators and army pump teams battled mud to recover bodies and wreckage.
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Two Mine Workers Die as One Survives at Coal Tipple
Charleston reports two mine workers crushed to death when a five ton coal pile collapsed at a tipple. Surviving survivor George Jones, 54, Marmet, described the moment as a nightmare and death looming over him.
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Jennerstown Kiwanis Marks First Anniversary Dinner Dance
Representatives from seven Kiwanis clubs gathered at the White Star hotel Jennerstown to celebrate the Jennerstown club’s first anniversary with a dinner dance. About 120 guests attended as Kiwanis District 10 Governor William Sutter praised the club for sponsoring Boy Scout troops and a baseball team and suggested forming a Key Club.
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Comet Mrkos Reported Visible Northwest Sky
Somerset area residents reported a comet visible in the northwest Monday evening. The Associated Press noted an airline pilot sighting July 31, with visibility through early August and Allegheny Observatory giving the comet the name Mrkos named for the Czechoslovak astronomer.
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Actress files $3 million libel suit against Confidential and Whisper
Actress Tita Purdom, former wife of Edmund Purdom, sues Confidential and Whisper magazines and publisher Robert Harrison for $3,000,000 alleging libel in What Edmund Purdom Didn't Tell and The Purgatory of Mrs Edmund Purdom. She is among film-set figures subpoenaed in the magazines' ongoing criminal libel trial.
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Car rolls away in Butler as toddler escapes injury
In Butler on August 12, Christopher Nicholas, 2 to 4 years old, released the family car brake causing a vehicle to roll down a hill, plunge into a creek and overturn after about 100 feet. He was found in the wreckage uninjured.
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Baby suffocates in Erie home death
Five month old Karen Kraut daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Kraut of Erie was found dead in her crib last night. Coroner Warren W Wood said the child apparently died of suffocation.
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Press strike stalls six Boston dailies amid wage clash
Less than 300 mailers idle and 5 000 newsroom workers idle as the Mailers Union and six Boston newspapers fail to bridge a pay dispute. Talks with labor conciliators yielded no agreement on raises though health and welfare plans were settled. Officials plan joint talks Wednesday.
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Morres Says He Served As Counterspy
Boris Morres a 62 year old movie producer claimed he served the United States as a counterspy for 12 years while in Moscow he was believed to be a Soviet asset. He spoke at a news conference in New York detailing encounters with Russian secret police and his FBI reporting role.
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Senate Approves End of Industry Tax Writeoff Plan
The Senate approved legislation to curb and eventually end the government tax writeoff program for industry. The move aims to terminate the last tax incentive available to industry.
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Fels Planetarium Director Questions Comet Mikos
Philadelphia August reports quote Dr. I M Levitt director of Fels planetarium doubting the Mikos comet spectacle. He scanned skies with binoculars found no trace and notes Harvard Observatory warned of northern hemisphere visibility amid wide but vague sightings.
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Bloodmobile to Visit Somerset Church for Blood Drive
The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the Christian church in Somerset Wednesday from 12 30 p m to 6 p m soliciting vital blood pints Donors are urged to give as Somerset Community hospital required 214 pints in the past six months The Somerset County Medical Society urges every eligible person to donate.
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Week's Steel Production Capacity Set at 81.9 Percent
The American Iron & Steel Institute said New York August 12 that the nation's steel industry will operate at 81.9 percent of capacity this week, targeting about 2,097,000 tons of steel.
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Stutzman Family Reunion Set for August 18 1957
The Stutzman reunion will be held Sunday August 18 at the Walter Stutzman home. In case of rain the gathering moves to the Shanksville Fire Hall.
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