Trexel spoke on merged district at Somerset clubs
Howard H. Trexel, superintendent of schools in the Somerset joint system, addressed two service clubs about the possibilities of a merged district. He spoke at the Somerset Rotary noon meeting at the Somerset Country Club and at the Somerset Lions evening session at the New ...
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Howard H. Trexel
Somerset Joint
Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Somerset Lions Club
Eisenhower Gets Two Tax Measures
Congress sent President Eisenhower two tax bills and advanced a large housing bill while a farm bill stalled in the Senate. The tax measures aim at savings for taxpayers with excise tax changes and 260 million dollars a year in small business tax cuts.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ruefle Died in Drowning Incident at Camp
County coroner ruled James Ruefle 27 of Glenshaw died of accidental drowning with cardiac failure and other complications after being rescued from a Wilkinsburg camp lake. He went underwater for over a minute and 20 seconds, was revived briefly, then died at Somerset Community Hospital. Camp director Joseph Kopinsky and 17 campers helped locate him. An autopsy confirmed the cause.
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Robert H. Halverson
James Ruefle
Glenshaw
Pittsburgh
Reefle
Wilkinsburg
Rockwood
R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
Reufle
Joseph Kopinsky
Kopiisky
Four young women killed in headon crash near Breezewood
A headon collision on Route 126 five miles south of Breezewood left four young women dead and a young man critically injured. The crash involved a car and a truck driven by Ronnie Marshall of Columbus Ohio. Victims identified include Joyce McCausland 20 of Washington DC. Bodies taken to a funeral home in Everett.
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Breezewood
Headon
Bedford County Memorial Hospital
Bedford
Philip E. Marquardt
Baltimore
FE. R. Edwards
Bedford Gazette
Russell C. McLucas
Fulton County
Bedford County Hospital
Joyce McCausland
Washington, D. C
Apollo
Everett
Ronnie Marshall
Columbus
Ohio
Marshall
Japan Marks End of World War II Anniversary
Japan observed the war end with memorial services for three million war dead in Tokyo and other cities. Editorials noted the date of Japan's capitulation to the Allies and reflected on the wartime surrender.
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TOKIO
Japan
Don’t Harm My Skunk Says Mrs Dietrick
Mrs R E Deitrick appeals to Cherry Point residents not to harm her missing skunk Petunia. She says Petunia is unarmed and smells nice and that she sprays her with cologne.
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Mrs. Dietrick
Cherry Point
N. C
UPI
R. E. Deitrick
Petunia
Berlin-B-V Schools Set August 25 Start Date
Berlin-Brothers Valley joint schools will open August 25 with a faculty meeting at 8 30 a m and classes for students at 10 30. The high school will feature a renovated auditorium and a modernized homemaking department. The board approved driver education certification proposals and reviewed reports on the elementary site from Cambria Drilling Co with twenty additional wells drilled on architect recommendations. The term calendar was approved and the next meeting set for September 11.
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Berlin - Brothers Valley Joint Schools
Cambria Drilling Co
C. C
E. E. Compton
Department of Public Instruction
Donald T. Heffley
Karl Hay
J. M. Cassel
Berlin-Brothers Valley Joint Board
Explosion of Airliner Investigated After Atlantic Disaster
Investigators in Galway opened a case into what caused a Dutch KLM jet to crash into the Atlantic killing 99 aboard including 52 Americans. Rescue vessels brought to shore 35 bodies as officials inspect debris and bodies for clues while considering sabotage though no foul play is proven.
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Eddy Gilmore Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
Galway
KLM
Jan Zeldenrust
Dutch Criminal Laboratory
Hauge
London
P. J. Flynn
Shannon
Orban Jr. Son Seeks Russian Pen Pal After Europe Trip
Frank A. Orban III, a 14 year old district attorney’s son, met the director of the Russian pavilion at Brussels World Fair and asked to correspond with Russian students. He and Michael Pane plan to study Russian at Hill School in Potts Town next fall. The director noted interest in a schoolwide Russian American pen pal club and discussed language trends tied to the space age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Orban, III
Frank A. Orban
Young Orban
Europe
Brussels
Hill School
Pottstown
Orban
Penn State Junior Crowned Queen of the Furrow in Hershey
Daunna Doebler, a 19 year old Penn State junior from Jersey Shore, was named Queen of the Furrow at Hershey Theater before about 1500 spectators. Samuel Parks of U S Steel crowned her. William Henning presented roses. She will reign at the National Plowing Contest next week and receive a wardrobe plus a New York weekend trip with her parents to appear on radio and TV.
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Hershey
Daunna Doebler
Jersey Shore
Penn State University
Daunna
David A. Doebler
Hershey Theater
Samuel Parks
Pittsburgh
American Steel and Wire Division
U. S. Steel
Dauina
William Henning
State Secretary of Agriculture
New York
Senate passes two tax bills and sends to Eisenhower
Senate concludes action on two tax bills, one raising excise rates and the other easing the tax load on small businesses by 260 million dollars annually. Airline crash at Nantucket, 33 aboard. 23 survived, others unaccounted. one woman trapped.
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Washington
CAP
Senate
Eisenhower
Nantucket
Mass
Northeast Airlines
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Brewer to Attend Pennsylvania Health Conference in State College
Mrs. Dorothy Brewer executive director of the Somerset County TB and Health Society will attend the seventh annual Pennsylvania Health conference in State College from August 17 to 21. She will join tuberculosis and health association personnel from across the state to hear lectures on Public Health in Changing Pennsylvania and will stay with Mrs. Jane Petach at her State College summer home for the weekend.
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Dorothy Brewer
Somerset County
TB and Health Society
Pennsylvania
State College
Keystone State
Brewer
Jane Petach
Tuberculosis and Health Society
Dauphin
Perry Counties
Bomarc Missile Test Marks First Crewed Flight Success
A Bomarc air defense missile fired remotely from 1,500 miles away over the Atlantic on Friday completed a fully successful test. The drone target, a World War II B17 variant, was damaged, its aileron and stabilizer torn off, as the missile demonstrated its onboard terminal guidance while remaining controlled from Cape Canaveral until launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Air Force
U. S
Cape
Eastern Air Defense Control Center
Kingston
N. Y
SAGE
Texas
Bloodmobile in Somerset Sees Strong Donations and Helping Hands
The Somerset bloodmobile visit on Wednesday August 18 collected 181 pints of blood aided by doctors surgeons and registered and practical nurses. Volunteers organized by the American Legion provided canteen staff hostess and custodial support with recruitment led by Lewis Mapes.
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Somerset
Harold E. Musser
Edward Avayzian
Leroy W. Coffroth
Gladys Hartzell
Thelma Wilson
Hileen Budy
Mabel Miller
Mary. Ream
Sylvia Yancey
Alice Wilmoth
Louise Mason
Lydia Zipfel
Joan Kyes
Scott Boucher
Rockwood
Paul Petrea
Anna Rinick
Thelma Kline
William Heining
Allison Uhl Kelley
Edward Specht
Jack Dice
Martha Christner
Mary Hauger
Ruth Gnagey
Mildred Schrock
Margaret Shaffer
Mary Fridy
Mary Brant
Martha Coleman
Pauline Lint
Mary Saylor
Dorothy Moroney
Portia McClintock
Blanche Floyd
Lewis Mapes
Vernon S. Coleman
George Gardner
Robert
Lightning Kills Fourteen Dairy Cattle on Cramer Farm
At Fort Hill near Lis tonburg, fourteen dairy cows were killed when a lightning bolt glanced off a tree during a storm between midnight and 3 30 a m. Twenty seven cows were in the pasture the night before, and many survivors had singed patches. Cattle valued at about 450 dollars each.
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Luther J. Cramer
Fort Hill
Listonburg
Mr. Cramer
Cramer
UN backs Norwegian plan for Middle East stabilization
At the United Nations, support grew for a Norwegian proposal approving President Eisenhower's plan to stabilize the Middle East with a major role for Secretary General Hammarskjold. The push aims to secure broad support from 81 nations to reach a two thirds majority for an emergency assembly formula, with a formal resolution expected early next week. Saudi Arabia's Ahmad Shukairy criticized Western policies while Crown Prince Faisal met Nasser in Cairo, and the US and Britain were not expected sponsors.
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United Nations
U. N
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Shukairy
Middle East
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Shukairy
Faisal
Cairo
United States
Britain
Hammarskjold
Zapas Denies Discussing Kidnap Cash
In a Senate inquiry Gus Zapas an ex convict now running a Teamsters cab company in Indianapolis denied discussing disposing of kidnap money from 1954 and said he did not threaten Indianapolis attorney Dave Probstein who vanished in 1955. The hearings probe missing ransom funds tied to the 1953 Robert Greenlease kidnapping case and the Teamsters involvement in a taxi firm.
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Washington
Gus Zapas
Teamsters Union
Indianapolis
Senate
Zapas
Robert Greenlease, Jr
Kennedy
Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Kansas City
Hall
St. Louis
Probstein
Dave Probstein
Teamsters
Sleepless Caller Prompts Police Call Over Garage Radio
An irate Detroit caller told police at 4:40 a.m. Friday he cannot sleep due to neighbors playing loud radio. A scout car responded and the radio was shut off. A patrolman then knocked on Karlo Haleczky’s door and said the radio was in his own garage and likely left running.
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Detroit
Karlo Haleczky
Armies and Police Raid Refugee Camps in Amman
Soldiers and police raided two large Palestine refugee camps in Amman on Friday seeking hidden arms amid coup and riot rumors. About 140 detainees were taken in for questioning, with five found carrying Communist leaflets and ammunition uncovered in one camp.
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Amman
Jordan
Palestine
Hussein
Jordan Army
Israel
Nasser
Eisenhower denounces surrender talk as nonsense
President Eisenhower rejected calls about surrender in a nuclear war after a Senate uproar over a Rand Corp study tied to Air Force research. He pledged no public funds would be spent on such work and noted Senate passage of legislation to prohibit funding for surrender studies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Air Force
United States
Hagerty
James Hagerty
Rand Corp
Corporation
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Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Albert Rains
Dala
Banking Committee
Centerville
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Trexet
Jefferson Township
Lincoln Township
Somerset Borough
Somerset Township
Ruefle
Laurel Ridge
Glade United Church OF Christ
E&r
Church
Berlin
Hancock, Md
F. Orban III
By Frank Weiser
Penn State
Bulletins
Mrs. Brewer
Keith Miller
Freeport
Ill
Standard
Phyllis
North Atlantic
Miller
Jack King
Bomarc
Milton Besser
Arab Republic
Nablus
Jordan-held
Beams
Beams Church Grove
S.H.S
Reunion
Stoughton’s Park
Jennerstown
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