Senate McCarthy Censure Hearings May Be Delayed
The McCarthy censure hearings could be postponed to allow more prep time. Senate counsel Chadwick, chosen after delay, pledged impartial work while Williams declined any fee from the committee. The hearings, unlike the army dispute, will not be televised.
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Chadwick Committee Council
B. L. Livingston
Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Sen
Watkins
Utah
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Chester
Chadwick
Williams
Edward Bennett Williams
McCarthy
House
George Marshall
Marshall
Congressional Record
Gen. Marshall
Radio-Tv
Assn
Compensation Case Referred To State Board
Judge Thomas F. Lansberry referred the workmen's compensation case of John Lowe of Friedens against Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal company to the state board. The order stays opening or striking the judgement until further order with 20 days for the defendant to petition the board. Lowe, injured as a company employee, had prior compensation agreements and a 1952 Somerset judgment for 6,857 dollars.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Workmen's Compensation
John Lowe
Friedens
R. D
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Workmen's Compensation Board
D. Guy Foto
Lansberry
Consolidation Coal Company
Lowe
Somerset Court of Common Pleas
De Castries To Be Set Free By Viet Minh
Brigadier General Christian de Castries, captured at Dien Bien Phu, to be among 280 French officers freed in a prisoner exchange. Peiping radio said exchanges begin today at Viet Tri and Sam Son with about 4 910 prisoners handed to the French. De Castries was 52 at capture after 57 days of siege.
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Christian de Castries
Sam Son
Haiphong
Paris
de Castries
Oversov
Jacqueline
Peiping
Hanoi
Viet Tri
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Foreign Legionnaires
Arthur Gavson
Brussels
Belgium
France
United States
Britain
Pierre Mendes - France
Mendes-France
Spaak
Mendes - France
West Germany
Holland
Luxembourg
Italy
EDC
Washington
West
Four Men Committed To County Jail In Local Court
Four men were committed to the county jail Wednesday with one transferred to the state hospital Tuesday. Dalton Vought 30 of Friedens was jailed for assault and battery. Raymond Schroyer 27 of Somerset was jailed for violating the mortgage act. Wayne D. Hillegas 20 of Macedon New York faced two charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Philip S. Ambler 30 of Pass Christian Mississippi was charged with driving without a license and released on bond. Fay Romesberg 30 of Meyersdale was committed for cheating by fraudulent pretense.
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State Hospital
Justice of the Peace
H. 5
Whipperman
Dalton Vought
A.D. 1
Friedens
Harold Donges
Raymond Schroyer
A.D
Somerset
Squire Donges
Macedon
N. Y
Orban Appeals Ideal Park Case In Somerset Court
District Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr appealed to the Superior Court on a petition to allow Somerset County to dispose of confiscated goods from a raid on an illegal bingo game at Ideal Park last August. Judge Lansberry had ordered the seized property not to be forfeited. Defendants include Frederick H. Blythe owner and Joseph Runo operator with several assistants.
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Frank A. Orban, Jr
Superior Court
Labor Riot in Munich Causes 21 Injuries at Siemens Plant
Bavarian riot erupts as 400 police clash with 1 000 striking metal workers at the Siemens plant in Munich. Two women among the 21 injured as pickets attack nonstrikers and police restore order after an hour of fighting. The walkout affects 220 009 workers across 600 Bavarian plants after failed wage talks.
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Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Siemens Electrical
Negro Sits In On Meeting Of Ike's Cabinet
INS reports J Ernest Wilkins became the first Black department head to attend a full cabinet meeting serving in for Labor Secretary James Mitchell. The 60 year old former Chicago attorney called the experience challenging and praised Eisenhower. Vice President Nixon and other officials posed with Wilkins after the session.
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Washington
INS
Labor
J. Ernest Wilkins
Wilkins
Chicago
Labour
James Mitchell
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Agentte
Richard M. Nixon
Steppen Voutside
Methodist Church
Radio and TV urged to curb beer wine ads by committee
The House commerce committee urged the radio and television industry to curb beer and wine advertising before federal action. It noted past complaints during consideration of a bill to ban interstate alcohol ads and pressed for a progress report by year’s start. The panel said TV ads are in poor taste if they show drinking or appeal to children.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Dutch Ship Dora Fired Upon by Russian Cruiser
Dutch owners report their 392 ton coastal steamer Dora was fired on by a Russian cruiser in the Gulf of Finland near Groningen The incident occurred Monday with no immediate details available and no injuries reported.
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Groningen
Netherlands
INS
Dora
Gulf of Finland
Admiral Stump On Formosa For Warning To Reds
Admiral Felix B. Stump, commander in chief of the Pacific, visits Taipei Formosa after inspecting Ta chen island defenses 200 miles from Formosa. Officials say the trip is a warning to the Chinese Communists to halt any invasion of Formosa, part of a broader display of U S determination with the 7th fleet. Also accompanying Stump are Vice Admiral Alfred Pride and William K. Phillips, fleet commanders, aligning with planned show of force in the western Pacific.
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Formosa
America
Pacific
Defense Department
United States
U. S
Taipei
Felix B. Stump
Tachen Island
Red
U. S. Joint Chiefs
Stump
Eisenhower
7Th Fleet
Alfred M. Pride
William K. Phillips
Navy
Phillips
Pride
Western Pacific
Democratic Plan To Ream Taxpayers
Pennsylvania Democrats consider a production tax as an alternative if the sales tax is dropped. ADA representatives push production levy while urging school funding, surgeon public housing, and constitutional reform. Pittsburgh proposals seek expanded school grants and public health aid, bridge maintenance, and removal of utility tax exemptions.
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Schwartz
Charles J. Hepburn
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Milk Control Commission
Public Education and
Platform
Democratic State Committee
U. S
Francis J. Myers
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Juvenile Sentenced to Industrial Home in Meyersdale Case
A juvenile was sent to the Boy's Industrial Home of Western Pennsylvania by Judge Thomas F. Lansberry at a Somerset County hearing for burglary charges. The youth allegedly burglarized money and merchandise from several Meyersdale stores.
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Fort Hill, R. D
Pennsylvania
Oakland
Pittsburgh
Thomas F. Lansberry
Somerset County Court House
Meyersale
Stolen 1941 DeSoto Recovered Near Wills Mine
Somerset police report a 1941 DeSoto stolen August 6 near Kimmel Park was recovered Wednesday near the Wills mine on Plank Road. The owner is Theodore Hanning of Friedens. Investigation into the theft continues as the car was found abandoned.
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Kimmel Park
Wills
Plank Road
Theodore Hanning
Friedens
Fire Bombs Hit Pittsburgh Stores as AFL Strikes Persist
In Pittsburgh eight men with cars force a delivery driver to surrender. a flaming gasoline bomb damages a delivery truck. A mob damages Kaufman station wagons and windows at a Continental warehouse. Pickets swell to 40 as two more unions sign a court agreement allowing Rosenbaum's to move one railroad car every other day.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
John R. Walker
Walker Kalkamp
Monroeville
Kalkamp
Walker
Kaufman's
Continental Transportation Lines
Horne’s
Lawrence J. Maloney
Ohio State Line
Rosenbaum’s
AFL General Teamsters Local
AFL General Warehousemen
Capone Gangster Gioe Fatally Shot In Chicago Auto
Charles Gioe known as Cherry Nose, a Capone gangster and 1943 convict in a million dollar extortion plot against motion pictures, was found shot dead in an auto on Chicago's near North Side. Detectives reported two bullet wounds, suggesting an ambush as he drove. Gioe had been questioned in several 1930s gangland murders.
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Chicago
Charles
Cherry Nose) Gioe
Capone
Near North Side
Gioe
Hoover Jr. Moves Into High US Role as Undersecretary
Senate confirms Herbert Hoover Jr. as undersecretary of state to succeed Walter Bedell Smith who retires Oct 1. Four Pentagon officials win quick Senate approval and promotions. Smith agrees to private life after years in government.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Walter Bedell Smith
Eisenhower
State Department
The
American Machine Foundry Co
Smith
Hoover
Herbert Hoover Jr
Beedle
Secretary of
State Dulles
Dulles
Reibers Sue RP Trunick For $75 000
Charles and Ruth Reiber of Meyersdale filed a $75,000 damage suit in Prothonotary D. Guy Floto’s office against Robert P. Trunick of Pittsburgh. They allege his MG sports racer struck their stopped car on Route 219 in Summit township on May 16, 1954, with speeds exceeding 50 mph and two burned tire marks over 60 feet. They claim intoxication and seek $25,000 actual and $50,000 punitive damages. Filed by Leland W. Walker and William L. Kimmel.
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Charles
Ruth Reiber
Meyersdale
Robert P. Trunick
Pittsburgh
D. Guy Floto
Trunick
Summit Township
Reiber
Leland W. Walker
William L. Kimmel
Meyersdale Chamber Forms Panel on Local Industry
The industrial committee of Meyersdale Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday night to gather data on advantages the southern Somerset County town can offer to attract new industry and investment.
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Meyersdale Chamber of Commerce
Somerset County
Four Brooklyn teens charged after deadly park rampage
In Brooklyn, four teenaged boys from middle class homes are charged or held without bail for a string of brutal attacks including a fatal beating and a suspected homicide in the East River. District Attorney Silver calls the motives unclear while parents lament the shocking turn.
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East River
Brooklyn
Melvin Mittman
Jerome Lieberman
Robert Trachtenberg
Jack Koslow
Silver
Koslow
Red Skelton Injured Before TV Show Telecast
Hollywood Aug 18 Comic Red Skelton suffered a brain concussion and a severe neck sprain during a rehearsal for his CBS show half an hour before air. A spokesman said a breakaway door failed and Skelton was knocked unconscious, taken by ambulance to a Beverly Hills physician and later sent home with Johnny Carson replacing him.
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Hollywood
Red Skelton
Skelton
Beverly Hills
Johnny Carson
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Regions
Eastern Pennsylvania expects partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with scattered thundershowers on Thursday and highs in the 80s. Friday brings considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions. Western Pennsylvania foresees similar timing with 80s highs and thundershowers Thursday followed by cooler, cloudy Friday.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Report Missing Data
Daily weather log for Somerset reports the 24 hour period from Tuesday 5 30 pm to Wednesday 5 36 pm. Entries show a maximum 138 and a minimum 43 with unclear year ago comparison and garbled figures for prior measurements.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Zussian Incentei Vetia
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