Senate Votes 52 34 on Satellite Bill and Delays
The Senate backed the administration satellite bill 52 to 34 after opponents used quorum calls as delaying tactics. Senator Mansfield forced a vote amid protests over debate limits and a lengthy reading of Wayne Morse's substitute for government ownership with private operation.
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Senate
GARDNER L. BRIDGE _ WASHINGTON
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Dmont
Russell B
Metcalf
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
PMA Seeks Change to Prevailing Wage Locality Rule
The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association calls for amending the wage law to stop the secretary of labor and industry from extending locality beyond a defined area. President James F. Malone says current rules raise costs for rural and suburban districts and burden taxpayers.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Republican State Platform Committee
Association
James F. Malone
Malone
Bucks County
Humphrey Accused of $8 Million Nickel Stock Gain
Former Secretary George M. Humphrey earned about eight million dollars over eight years from M. A. Hanna Co nickel contracts with the government. Auditors testified the arrangement raised conflict of interest questions as Hanna profits rose from 1953 to 1961.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Howard W. Cannon
Nevada
M. A. Hanna Co
Truman
Humphrey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cannon
Cleveland
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Kennedy
Gilbert W. Humphrey
Walter H. Henson
General Accounting Office
Hanna
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wilson
General Motors Corp
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Henson
Gilbert Humphrey
Treasury
Senate Stockpile Investigations Subcommittee
Shade C C Dist Sets 1962 63 Opening Date August 27
Shade Central City Union School District releases term schedule for 1962 63. Classes resume Monday August 27 with 8 45 a m in their buildings. first day cafeteria service ends 1 45 p m. Bus loading changes posted at local locations. Holiday dates listed include Labor Day September 3 and spring Easter vacations. Students new to district urged to report before August 24 for course scheduling.
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Shade-Central City Union
Charles M. Johnson
Johnson
Cairnbrook
Reitz No. 4
Highway Market
Knapp’s
Leppert’s
Bittner’s
Rockingham
Nassrallah’s
Wilbur
Teachers Institute
Shade-Central City High School
Scranton Set to Speak August 24 at Somerset Courthouse
William Scranton the Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate will address crowds at 9 a.m. from the Somerset County Courthouse steps. The daylong Somerset tour includes stops in Jennerstown Boswell Windber Meyersdale and Berlin with Kaffee Klatch events and a GOP picnic.
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William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
S. Cober Brancher
Scranton
J. Irving Whalley
Jennerstown
Boswell
Alyce Barron
Clara Sass
Dorothy Zimmerman
Jerome
Davidsville
Holsopple
GOP
Windser
American Legion Post
Andrew Verna
Florence Garick
Gloria Carville
Ethel Brumberg
Anita G. Thomas
Yolanda White
Custer
Windber Council
Central City
Hooversville
Stoystown
Friedens
Rockwood
Confluence
Salisbury
Meyersdale
Kaffee- Klatch
Virginia Miller
Dorothy Clark
Mildred Griffith
Ruth N. Miller
Berlin
Ward H. Houpt
Somerset Council
Elaine Maggs
Melda Stull
Kaffee-Klatches
No Fire Just Dust At Independence Hall
Fire crews arrived at Independence Hall for a alarm but found plaster dust billowing from second floor windows. Workers demolishing plaster in a rehabilitation project caused the dust and prompted a woman to call the alarm.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Churchill to Leave Hospital Next Week
Lady Churchill said Sir Winston Churchill 87, recovering from a fractured hip, should leave Middlesex Hospital perhaps next week. He was admitted June 29 after a fall in a Monte Carlo hotel and was described as very well as he walked with assistance.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
Monte Carlo
Britain
Somerset County appoints nine to Child Welfare Advisory Committee
The Somerset County Commissioners filled vacancies by appointing nine new members to the Child Welfare Advisory Committee. Five resignations from May 22 included Evelyn Solosko, Marian Staub, George Cook, Rev. Hillis Berkey, and Alyce Barron, ending a period of friction as the panel seeks to improve the county child care program.
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Somerset County Commissioners
Somerset County Child Welfare Advisory Committee
Evelyn Solosko
Marian Staub
George Cook
Hillis Berkey
Alyce Barron
Somerset County
County Firemen Sponsor Fireworks For Labor Day
The Somerset County Firemen's Association sponsors Labor Day Fireworks at Somerset Area High School. Show starts at 9 p.m. after an hour of bands from Berlin Meyersdale Rockwood Tom O'Shanters and the Twirl ettes. Tickets sold on the diamond in Somerset and at local stores.
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Somerset County Firemen’s Association
Somerset Area
Berlin
Meyersdale
Rockwood
Tom O’shanters
Twirlettes
American Fireworks Co
Hudson
Ohio
Somerset
Tony Cherrillas
Trent’s
Shank
Jennerstown
Ferrelton
Central City
Mail truck robbery in Randolph nets at least 1.5 million
A band of armed gunmen halted a U S mail truck on Route 3 near Plymouth and dumped about 16 sealed bags of cash totaling at least 1.5 million dollars. Patrick R. Schena and William F. Barrett, drivers, were restrained as eight cars operated by the gang fled with the loot. Investigations spanned state police FBI postal inspectors.
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Randolph
Mass
U.S
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve
Cape Cod
Postal Department
Cape
FBI
Brockton Post Office
Michael J. Cullinane
Revere
Cullinane
Plymouth
Patrick R. Schena
Schena
William F. Barrett
Barrett
Western Maryland Opposes Pennsy Central Merger
Western Maryland Railway requests ICC conditions to prevent traffic losses from a proposed merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central lines. It notes its Connellsville connections form part of a high speed freight route with Pittsburgh Lake Erie. Hearings on the merger are set to begin Monday.
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Associated Press Special Service
Washington
Western Maryland Railway Co
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Western Maryland
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Connellsville
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
NYC
Pittsburgh Lake Erie
Pennsylvania and Central
Maryland
Commission
Pennsylvania Central
Pyle resigns as Somerset Borough police chief
Fred Pyle, Somerset Borough Police Chief, filed his resignation with the borough council, effective September 4. Appointed to the force November 17, 1962, he had been chief since June 1957 and will join J. J. Newberry Co. in Parole, Md. A special council meeting will plan for a successor.
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Fred Pyle
Somerset
Somerset Borough Council
Pyle
J. J. Newberry Co
Parole
A. D. Graham
Robert French
Registration Meeting Led by Ray Sembower in Benson Borough
Republican Registration Chairman Ray Sembower held a registration meeting Wednesday night in Benson Borough. The gathering covered Conemaugh Two No 3 and 5 Paint Two No 3 areas and Benson Borough voting oversight.
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Ray Sembower
Benson Borough
Conemaugh
Paint Two
Auditor General Approves Four Area Payments
The State Auditor General’s Department authorized four area payments including Keystone Lime, Bovcnue Springs two payments totaling 15374.94 for stone in Somerset, John J. and Alice C. Bailey Somerset 3500 for property damage along Legislative Route 186, Thomas Drug Store Meyersdale 1100.53 for prescriptions, and 15800 to Frank M. Corace Pittsburgh for property damage along Legislative Route 55052 in Somerset County. Also a notary commission was approved for Kenneth E. Runner of Runner Oldsmobile in Somerset.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
State Auditor General’s Department
Keystone
Springs
Stone
John J
Alice C. Bailey
Somerset County
Department of Highways Motor License Fund
Thomas Drug Store
Meyersdale
Department of Public Welfare
Frank M. Corace
Pittsburgh
Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Kenneth E. Runner
Oldsmobile, Inc
North Center Avenue
Dilworth Confused Over Hats in Philadelphia Store
Richardson Dilworth, the Democratic candidate for governor, shook hands in a Philadelphia department store when a woman asked about fall hats. He replied he wouldn’t know, noting he was campaigning, while she claimed to be from New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Dilworth
New Jersey
Russians land two cosmonauts in Kazakhstan to great fanfare
Moscow celebrated Wednesday as Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich landed in Kazakhstan after nearly three million miles of orbital travel. Russians hailed the achievement as a space milestone with a Kremlin message praising communism and a nationwide display of banners and portraits.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Moon
Mars
Venus
Red Square
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Kazakhstan
Kremlin
Space
Nikolayev
Popovich
Karaganda
Tass
Yuri A. Gagarin
Gherman S. Titov
United States
U. S
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cadets Planned Encampment Under Civil Air Patrol
The Somerset Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol held a meeting at East Main Street headquarters where 35 cadets received encampment instructions for a 24 hour project set for Saturday and Sunday. Pittsburgh squadron plans to arrive at Somerset County Airport, using up to three planes for cadet work with a fourth possible within ten days. Major John R. Betters led the session with 14 officers present.
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Somerset Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
East Main Street
Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Ewald Moss
Winston Street
Richard O'Malley
CAP
Harold Huckestein
North Side
Nancy Smith
Chicago
Ill
Annette Shanks
Smith
James McBride
Adj
Dave Lamberson
William Arrich
Norman Shankis
Robert Peterson
John R. Betters
Field Registration Announced by County Commissioners
Somerset County Commissioners announce registration sessions for unregistered voters at multiple borough and township locations from 1 to 4 PM and 6 to 9 PM on various September days. Additional daily hours at the county courthouse, with special hours on September 14 and 17. Foreign-born voters must bring naturalization certificates.
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Somerset County
Rockwood
Central City
Elk Lick
West Salisbury
Meyersdale
United States
Pittsburgh Youth Jailed for Park Rule Violation
Andrew Adam Soles, 18, of Pittsburgh, was jailed 10 days on default of fine after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct at Laurel Hill State Park on August 5. State police report Soles and eight other Pittsburgh youths drank three to four cases of beer at the park.
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Andrew Adam Soles
Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Squire P.G. Marenna
Tpr. Delano
Soles
Laurel Hill State Park
Delano
State Park
Somerset
Ex Auto Salesman Sells Horses On Installment Plan
Hamilton Ontario AP report on Jack Price a former auto salesman selling horses on installment terms. Prices start at four dollars down and four dollars a week as a credits based purchase. Price notes many buyers lack cash and prefer credit.
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Hamilton
Ont
Jack Price
Price
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Shade C.C. Dist
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Sandy Fordyce
Norma Jean Daehuke
Nancy Brailey
Carol Kreider
Cathy Smith
Leah Wemer
Yolanda Contini
R.R
Somerset Baro
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