Kierdorf agrees to lie test in Teamsters nephew fire case
Ex convict Herman Kierdorf agreed to a limited lie detector test on three questions about the dry cleaning fire and his nephew Frank's death. Michigan Atty. Gen. Paul Adams noted Kierdorf talked easily about Aug. 4 but refused to answer on the fire. He surrendered after a two week search and faces a gun silencer charge.
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Pontiac
Mich
Herman Kierdorf
Teamsters
Michigan State Police
Frank Barkman
Kierdorf
Teamsters Union
Michigan
Paul Adams
Frank
Adams
Herman
Two Pittsburgh Women Die in Bedford Pike Crash
Two Pittsburgh secretaries, Joan Kasofsky and Martha Patriarca, died in a turnpike crash near Bedford County as a third Pittsburgh woman, Evelyn Rosato, remained in critical condition at Bedford County Memorial Hospital. The trio, en route to Wildwood, N J, were all from Pittsburgh's Oakland district, with Kasofsky killed instantly and Patriarca pronounced dead on arrival.
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Pittsburgh
Bedford County
Bedford County Memorial Hospital
Joan E. Kasofsky
Boulevard Drive
Oakland
Martha M. Patriarca
Atwood Street
Miss Kasofsky
Miss Patriarca
Everett Barracks
Allegheny Tunnel
Allegheny Township
Evelyn H. Rosato
Bouquet Street
Miss Rosato
Somerset County
Patriarca
Wildwood
N. J
Jet Trainer Crashes Into Parked Cars at Myrtle Beach
An Air Force T-38 trainer with engine trouble veered into a concession building at the State Park fishing pier, then into parked cars. Three occupants of one car were killed. two others were hospitalized. Names and ages point to a New Albany Indiana family and a crew from California and Illinois. witnesses say experienced pilots steered away from people before impact.
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Myrtle Beach
N. C
Air Force
State Park Fishing Pier
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Hospital
Indiana
Louis H. Snider
New Albany
Ind
Snider
David
Freddie
Mary
Marilyn
Hope
New Public Service Co
Wallace M. McCafferty
San Bernardino
Calif
William J. Stizman Jr
Waukegan
Ill
Charleston
S. C
Air Force Base Hospital
McCafferty
L. J. Mackey
Lancaster
J. R. Martin
Conway
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
U. S. 17
Park
Francis S. Gabreski
854Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Senate backs Korean War veterans fast naturalization bill
The Senate approved a measure to grant Korean War veterans the same swift naturalization privileges as World War I and World War II veterans, sending the bill to the House for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Somerset Board assigns teachers for 1958 59 term
Somerset Joint school board met in special session Monday to finalize start of the 1958 59 term on August 27. They approved teacher assignments and child placements, naming Mrs Alberta Riggs as elementary teacher and Wallace Crawford as custodian of the southside high school.
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Somerset Joint School Board
Alberta Riggs
Riggs
Indian State Teachers College
Unity Township
Westmoreland County
Wallace Crawford
Southside
Mary Weigle
Geraldine Shaffer
Virginia Covert
Friedens
Lincoln Township
Gertrude Gardner
Grace Friedline
Grace Carey
Mary Silvis
Emma Reiman
Alice Maurer
Clarissa Weimer
Grace Covert
Maple Ridge
Mary Davis
Ruth Tall
Grace Holland
Dorothy Blubaugh
Winifred Baer
Juanita King
Sadie Sechler
Gard Outlines Merged District Benefits At Rockwood Rotary
E S Gard Rockwood supervising principal spoke at St Luke s Lutheran church on advantages of a merged school district. He cited higher state aid and reduced admin costs. Rotary plans a Aug 25 corn roast at Dr C T Saylor s grove with dinner at 6 15 p m and games and boating. District governor Andrew Horchner is expected to attend.
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E. S. Gard
Rockwood
C. T. Saylor
New Centerville
Andrew Horchner
Clifford Weimer
P. J. Miller
C. A. Strong
Two autos stolen in Somerset last week recovered
Somerset borough police report two autos stolen in the borough last week have been recovered. Four persons were arrested in Virginia for one theft of a 1956 Ford station wagon owned by Clifford Royer. A 1953 Ford sedan stolen from Community Hospital parking lot was found abandoned near Lake Somerset dam. Both cars were in good condition and unharmed.
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Somerset Borough
Virginia
Fairfax
Clifford Royer
South
Ankeny Avenue
Somerset
Lake Somerset Dam
Community Hospital
Merlin L. Gragg
RD 3
Republicans study planks for November campaign platform
GOP regional meeting participants debated a labor bill of rights and stricter traffic laws as part of platform drafting. Rep Willard F. Agnew Jr urged union transparency and free speech protections while Rep Joseph P. Rigby pressed for tougher highway safeguards. John Hart of Americans for Democratic Action floated a 1 percent income tax option if a graded tax were struck down.
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Pittsburgh
Republican State Platform Committee
GOP
Willard F. Agnew Jr
Allegheny
Agnew
Joseph P. Rigby
John Hart
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Senate backs contempt citations for Hutcheson and 12 witnesses
The Senate voted 87 to 0 to cite Maurice A. Hutcheson and twelve others including Tony Accardo and Pete Licavoli for contempt of Congress. The cases were sent to the Justice Department for prosecution, with possible penalties of up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Kane
Washington
Senate
Carpenters’ Union
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Justice Department
Chicago
Tony Accardo
Pete Licavoli
Detroit
Tucson
Ariz
John L. McClellan
D—Ark
Hutcheson
AFL-CIO Bans Doing Business With Hoffa Unions
The AFL-CIO executive council voted 22 to 1 to order all affiliated unions to halt dealings with Teamsters President James R. Hoffa. President George Meany announced the quarantine targets the 1.5 million member federation amid prior corruption disclosures linking Hoffa and former Teamsters leader Dave Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity House
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Labor
George Meany
AFL - Cio
Senate
Washington
Dave Beck
Senate approves peacetime veterans training bill extension
The Senate passed a bill extending the vocational training program for disabled service personnel. The Veterans Administration estimates first year cost at 4.6 million dollars, rising to over 16 million in year five and 25 million after ten years. Huge boulders fell from a careening truck in Syracuse killing a mother and two of her sons. the truck driver also died. The woman's husband and small daughter were hospitalized in fair condition. In Pittsburgh a call to a girlfriend led to the capture of fugitive James F. McGee, 46, of Charleston West Virginia, at a downtown street corner.
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Washington
Senate
Veterans Administration
Syracuse
N. Y
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Moundsville
James F. McGee
Charleston
W. Va
Fresh Look Urged for County Health Units Plan in Pa
University of Pittsburgh public health dean Dr James Crabtree urged reexamining Pennsylvania county health units as only four of the 1951 act’s units exist. He spoke at the 7th Pennsylvania Health Conference before 1000 public health workers and state officials.
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University Park
Pennsylvania
James A. Crabtree
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Wilbur
Wilbur
Crabtree
Jail Windber Man For Non Support
A Windber man was jailed Monday for non support of his wife and two children. Albert Martin, 25, was committed to Somerset county jail after information filed on the non support charge. James McKay of Hooversville faces a Tuesday hearing on assault and battery and surety of the peace. A Hooversville man was arrested Monday night for fighting and disturbing the peace.
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Windber
Hooversville
James McKay
Albert Martin
Somerset County
Concentrated Drive Finds 540 Sales Tax Evaders
Harrisburg AP reported a concentrated drive uncovered 540 firms not paying the 3 percent sales tax. Deputy revenue secretary Charles Seligman said thousands in potential revenue await. the Pittsburgh furniture firm cited collected 5600 in tax but remitted nothing, facing interest, 25 percent penalty, and possible criminal action. Offenders ranged across auto parts, barber shops, beauty shops, vending operators, restaurants, taverns, barrel and carton sellers, and service stations.
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Harrisburg
Charles S. Seligman
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Norse Plan Pressed in U.N. Assembly Amid Backing Split
Seven small nations led by Norway presented a Western backed Middle East peace proposal to the U.N. emergency General Assembly. It mirrors Eisenhower aims but grants Hammarskjold power to draft armament steps. Arab Asian states oppose it. Dulles met Gromyko and Fawzi. Lodge and others forecast a two thirds vote, with Latin America behind. Sponsors include Canada Colombia Liberia Paraguay Panama and Denmark. USA and Britain did not sponsor.
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United Nations.n. Y
Norway
Middle East
U. N
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Canada
Colombia
Liberia
Paraguay
Panama
Denmark
Britain
United States
Dulles
Lloyd
Bombs Found in Parsonage Basement near Wichita Rally
Two home made bombs found in a Wichita pastor’s parsonage basement were described as more dangerous than hand grenades. The devices, packed with blasting powder, were discovered with soiled clothes after Los Angeles church youths headed to a Philadelphia rally. Police contacted authorities in Los Angeles and St. Louis for questioning. none of the group planned to detonate the bombs.
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Wichita
Kan
UPI
Los Angeles
Church of God
Philadelphia
E. E. Kardatski
First Church of God
George Muhlhouser
Dennis Griffin
Harold Orum
Joe Klepper
St. Louis
Kardatski
Mulhouser
UCLA
Clyde Bevis
Triton Dips Today to Launch Nuclear Submarine
The 5,900 ton Triton, largest submarine and first with dual atomic engines, will be launched at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton. It features two reactors, 447 feet long, radar pickup mission, and GE built power plants capable of lighting a city of over 10,000.
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General Dynamics Corporation
Groton
Conn
Groton, Conn
U. S
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
America
General Electric Co
Triton
Shanksville School Announces September Opening
Geary Critchfield, supervising principal, says Shanksville-Stonycreek joint school opens Tuesday Sept 2 at 8 40 A M with bus routes unchanged. New faculty include Helen Engle Pauline Hartsock George Hay A Thomas Rutter and John Wilhelm. Vacancy remains for a foreign language social studies or English teacher and for a custodian. applications due by August 22.
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Geary Critchfield
Shanksville
Stonycreek
Critchfield
Helen Engle
Berlin
Pauline Hartsock
Meyersdale
George E. Hay
Somerset
A. Thomas Rutter
Greensburg
John L. Wilhelm
Howard Weyant
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Aia
Cee Ooll
Pike
Bedford Co
Mon
Norman Walker
Bulletins
Co. Health Dept
County Health Department
State Health Department
U.S. Assembly
Milton Besser
Eisenhower
Dag Hammarskjold
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Mahmoud Fawzi
United Arab Republic
Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
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