U N Congo Command Cleans Katanga Army Of White Officers
In Elisabethville Katanga the U N Congo Command arrested dozens of Belgian French and British white officers commanding Katanga troops as part of a move to restore Leopoldville rule. Tshombe capitulated and promised to release all foreign officers. A Swedish Indian task force seized the city’s key facilities and cleaned out anchors of the armed forces amid minor clashes and curbed communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Latz
Elisabethville
Katanga, the Congo
U. N. Congo
Katanga
Leopoldville
Manding
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Singappa Raja
Army
O'Brien
Conor Cruise O’brien
U.N
Godefroid Munongo
Civil defense urges readiness with new fallout shelter materials
Harrisburg AP reports civil defense officials stress preparedness for atomic attack. Dr. Richard Gerstell says public interest in home shelters is high while misconceptions persist. 15,000 copies of a seven chapter guide detailing shelter design, evacuation, and emergency procedures will be distributed to county and local agencies by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Civil Defense Headquarters
Richard Gerstell
Pennsylvania
Civil Defense
Gerstell
Ellis Van Horne to Speak at GOP Picnic Thursday
Ellis Van Horne Jr district attorney of Bedford county is the principal speaker at the Berlin Grove GOP public picnic Thursday August 31 at 6 pm Free meals will be provided Sponsors include county Republican groups Dr Geary Critchfield will MC Miller Quartette with Wilbur D Miller directing entertainment all in Stoystown area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin Grove
Ellis van Horne, Jr
Bedford County
Geary Critchfield
Stoystown Road
Miller
Ross, Orlin
Russell
Wilbur D. Miller
Wilbur
Farmers Learn About Planning and Zoning in Somerset County
About twenty members of the Somerset County Farmers Association met at the Friedens Voluntary Firemen's building for an educational briefing on planning and rural zoning for second class townships. Speakers Mr Ray L. Morrison and Mr Hollis Hatfield outlined the advisory role of the county planning committee and the function of township planning groups and zoning boards to guide orderly development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Farmers’ Association
Friedens Voluntary Firemen
Somerset County Planning Board
Ray L. Morrison
Somerset
County Planning Board
Hollis Hatfield
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association
James A. Bochy
Morrison
Farmers’ Association
Somerset County Planning Commission
Hatfield
Secretary Rusk Eyes Talks With Russia On Berlin
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said talks with the Soviet Union on Berlin are possible but unlikely before the U N General Assembly opens on Sept 19. A State Department official privately dismissed Khrushchev’s latest unofficial offer and said the terms imply surrender of Western rights in West Berlin and recognition of East German rule. The developments suggest movement toward dialogue to avert a possible armed clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Rusk
Russia
Berlin
State Department
Khrushchev
Rusk
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Drew Pearson
West Berlin
U.S. Alld
Argentine Foreign Minister Mugica Resigns After Controversy
Buenos Aires reports that Foreign Minister Adolfo Mugica resigned after a public uproar over his claim that a meeting between Cuban official Ernesto Guevara and Richard Goodwin showed Castro seeks better U S relations. He asserted Washington knew of Goodwin Guevara talks briefly before a Punta del Este meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Adolfo Mugica
Ernesto Guevara
Richard Goodwin
Kennedy
Mugica
Washington
White House
Goodwin
Guevara
Guvara
Montevideo
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Alliance For Progress
Americas
Pierre Salinger
West Germany pushes three powers for Berlin talks
West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano announced in Bonn that the Western powers would demand talks with Moscow in the next days to clarify positions before a possible East German Berlin crisis. Chancellor Adenauer pressed for Western initiative while U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk said talks with Russia are possible, potentially around the UN General Assembly opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Reedy
Berlin
West Germany
Russia
Washington
Heinrich von Brentano
Bonn
Moscow
Brentano
Konrad Adenauer
Wilhelm Grewe
United States
U.S
Dean Rusk
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Rusk
Khrushchev
West
France
House Completes Action On Strip Mine Bills
The Pennsylvania House finished action on bills to regulate surface mining of coal in the anthracite and bituminous regions and sent them to Gov. Lawrence. The anthracite bill passed 158 to 33. the bituminous measure passed 147 to 53 after debate amid concerns over compromise and improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Harrisburg
Lawrence
Stephen McCann
Lee A. Donaldson
Allegheny
Austin Murphy
D-Washington
Sen
Ikeda Defends Japan U S Pact Against Soviet Attacks
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda declares Japan will not be pried away from the U S alliance. He responds to Khrushchev’s attacks, defends the U S Japan security pact as defensive, cites Kurile Island dispute, and urges restraint on nuclear weapon stockpiles while urging a nuclear test ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Japan
United States
Free World
Hayato Ikeda
Khrushchev
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Ikeda
Mikoyan
Kurile Islands
China
North Korea
Russia
Judge Lansberry to Speak at Garrett Homecoming Events
Judge Thomas F. Lansberry will be guest speaker at the Old Timers Luncheon during Garrett Homecoming Labor Day weekend. Charles A. Merrill will be toastmaster. First National Bank hosts 75 plus attendees and awards for distance and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Lansberry
Garrett
Charles A. Merrill
First National Bank of
Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church
Lansberry
First National Bank
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Garrett Fire Company
Garrett Chamber of Commerce
Will Judy
Chicago
Verda Herbolsheimer
Gar
Armory Training Site Gets 10000 Aid in Somerset County
The House Appropriations Committee on Monday night approved a $10,000 appropriation for a training area and armory site in Somerset County. The measure proceeds to a full House vote scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
House Appropriations Committee
Somerset County
Slapped Lion Sparks Public Disturbance Arrest
Arthur Koeppl aged 35 watched a lion tamer in Graz Austria then entered a circus cage and slapped a roaring lion. He was arrested for public disturbance and charged accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graz
Austria
Arthur Koeppl
Military Won’t Let Goulart Be President
Brazil faced a constitutional crisis as three top military leaders blocked Vice President Joao Goulart from returning to assume the presidency. Interim President Mazzilli warned of new elections while protesters clashed with police in Rio. Goulart, in Paris, asserted his constitutional right and vowed to act in Brazil’s best interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Goulart
Ranieri Mazzili
Janiro Quadros
Joao Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
China
Odilie Denys
Edward T. Butler
Janio Quadros
Rainieri Mazzilli
Congress
Brasilia
Labor
Eloi Dutra
Mazzilli
Quadros
East
War
Navy
Air Force
Paris
Peiping
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Barcelona
Spain
Getulio Bargas
Vargas’ Labor Party
Algerian Rebels reshuffle leadership to harder line
In Tunis the Algerian provisional government announced a cabinet shake up at Tripoli declaring a tougher stance toward France and a neutralist Cold War policy. It ousted Ferhat Abbas and installed Youssef ben Khedda while replacing moderates with younger rebels to bolster the National Liberation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Tunisia
Algeria
France
Ferhat Abbas
Youssef Ben Khedda
Ahmed Francis
Abdelhamid Mehri
Abbas
Tripoli
National Liberation Army
Sahara
J B J Board Hires Hay For Guidance In Schools
The Jenner Boswell Jenners Joint school board accepted the resignation of William J Leventry guidance counselor who will join Montgomery County Maryland schools George E Hay was hired to replace Leventry Margaret Rice assistant to the medical examiner resigned and will be replaced by Mrs Joseph Hoffman Stanley Krupnik assistant football coach resigned Marshall Policicchio was promoted to coach Griffith Brockunier hired as junior high coach The contract date for the new elementary building was extended from Oct 2 1961 to Jan 2 1962 by the Department of Public Instruction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenner - Boswell - Jennerstown
William J. Leventry
Montgomery County
Maryland
Mr. Leventry
George E. Hay
RD 2
Somerset
Margaret Rice
Joseph Hoffman
Stanley Krupnik
Marshall Policicchio
Griffith Brockunier
Policicchio
Department of Public Instruction
Three-law-enforcement arrest pair on larceny charges
Three separate law enforcement agencies cooperated to arrest Donald Eugene Jordan and Howard William Gardner for larceny of five winter tread tires from Elmer Le Roy Seckler's Willys Jeep Garage in Meyersdale. The tires valued at about 300 dollars, were recovered after an alert patrolman noted a car with a winter tread and red valve caps. Gardner pleaded not guilty, Jordan pled guilty, both held for the fall term, with bonds set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Eugene Jordan
Connellsville
RD 1
Howard William Gardner
Antioch
West Va
Meyersdale
County Sheriff's Office
Gardner
Jordan
Willys Jeep
Elmer Leroy Seckler
RD 2
George Mosholder
Mosholder
Walker
Thomas R. Berryhill
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Whipperman
Listonburg Men Jailed in Burglary Case
Two Listonburg men, Edgar E. Mitchell aged 30 and Joseph E. Uphold aged 21, were committed to Somerset county jail Saturday on burglary charges. They allegedly stole copper wire from General Refractories Corporation in Addison, valued at $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listonburg
Somerset County
Edgar E. Mitchell
Joseph E. Uphold
General Refractories Corporation
Addison
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U.N. Congo Command
Ellis van Horne
Farmer’s Asso
By Lewis Gulick
Musgica
By Sam Summerlin
Guerrara
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
W. Germany
Future of
Gov't
By Rene-Georges Inagaki
Garrett Homecoming
Rett
Somerset Armory
Libya
J.B.J. Board
George Hay
WEE
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