Indian troops await Chinese withdrawal along Himalayan border
Indian forces dig in awaiting Red China to begin withdrawal as promised along the frontier. Beijing says troops will pull back 12 1/2 miles from the November 7 line, while New Delhi objects to a demilitarized zone that would cede 2,000 square miles in Ladakh. High risk of incident looms as clarity lags.
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Red China
Red Chinese
Peking
India
Assam
Defense Ministry
Chou Enlai
Nehru
Chou
New Delhi
Ladakh
Somerset Hospital Receives State Aid Subsidy
Harrisburg reports Somerset Community Hospital was forwarded 7648.73 dollars in state aid to cover part of free patient care for indigent patients from April through June. The payment is the initial 75 percent subsidy for the quarter.
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Harrisburg—Somerset Community Hospital
State Auditor General’s Department
Big Four foreign ministers to meet in Paris dinner
The four Western powers will hold a dinner at the French Foreign Ministry on December 12 to discuss major issues led by Berlin as the top topic.
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Paris
Berlin
India proposes on site inspections to ban nuclear tests
In Geneva India calls for a voluntary on site inspection system to police a test ban. Ambassador Lall presents a plan for an international commission of scientists to monitor earth tremors and require invitation for inspections. Britain welcomes the idea as helpful. the Soviet Union may oppose the single country responsibility concept.
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Geneva
India
Arthur H. Lall
United States
Britain
Lall
Pittsburgh Railways Proposes One Year Contract Extension
Pittsburgh Railways Co. offered to extend its current bus and trolley drivers contract by one year to avert a possible strike. The proposal keeps a cost of living clause and would raise pay by one cent an hour starting December 9 as the current $2.83 rate stays in place. union officials had sought 17 cents more plus fringe benefits.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Division 85
Street, Electric Railways & Motor Coach Employes Union
Pittsburgh Railways
Gilbert Teitel
Nina II Reaches Atlantic After Prolonged Drift
Nina II replica of Columbus third caravel was spotted 750 miles east northeast of Puerto Rico, 300 miles off course, after more than two months at sea. The nine man crew reported good conditions as Coast Guard officials noted possible landfall near Barbuda while weather likely pushed the voyage south.
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Horst Buchholz
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Nina II
Atlantic
Spain
Columbus
Bahamas
Nina
U.S. Navy
San Salvador
Coast Guard
Barbuda
British West Indies
Robert Marx
Flight 512 Crashes at Idlewild in Dense Fog
An Eastern Air Lines four engine propeller plane from Charlotte crashes during a late landing at Idlewild New York in dense fog. At least one half of the 50 aboard survive with several injured and witnesses calling it a near miracle. The flight was due to land at 9 09 p m after a 7 05 p m departure.
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NEW York
Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
Flight 512
Eastern
Charlotte
N.C
Irving Strom
New Rochelle
N.Y
TWU Cancels Threat to Stop Fare Collection
The Transport Workers Union Local 234 canceled plans to halt fare collection on Philadelphia Transportation Co. buses trolleys and subways E tickets will not be collected while negotiations resume next Wednesday for a new labor pact to replace the January expiry The action was set to begin at midnight and followed talks with city officials aimed at averting a transit disruption during the holiday season
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Philadelphia
Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia Transportation Co
TWU
PTC
James H. J. Tate
Tate
Kennedy
Robert H. Stier
Chafee Declared Rhode Island Governor After Recount
John H. Chafee was declared winner of the Rhode Island governorship by a narrow margin after absentee ballots were counted. The outcome leaves Rhode Island with a Republican ruler amid Democratic majorities, with no immediate court challenges expected. The piece notes recounts ongoing in Maine Massachusetts and Minnesota counties and broader electoral contests nationwide.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Maine
U.S. Senate
South Dakota
George McGovern
Joe Bottum
Chafee
John A. Notte Jr
Statehouse
Senate
Maynard C. Dolloff
John H. Reed
Reed
Endicott Peabody
John A. Volpe
Peabody
Karl Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
News Events Controlled By JFK
Rep. John E. Moss accuses President Kennedy of taking firm control of government news management, calling for broad public discussion to ensure the public learns the facts. He criticizes restrictions on Nevada underground tests and secrecy on military space and Soviet satellite efforts.
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San Francisco
Kennedy
John E. Moss
California
House
Moss
California Press Association
Nevada
Gov
Seventeen Plead Guilty and Are Sentenced Here
Seventeen defendants faced charges in Somerset County Court with a mix of guilty pleas and sentences handed down in the Glen Bowser court Friday. Names include Ralph ton resident Ralph Bowser, and Somerset offenders Lavan Pugh and George Miller Jr. Other defendants faced fines, costs, and jail time for burglary and related offenses. Three juveniles were noted in the proceedings.
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Somerset County
Glen F. Bowser
Ralphton
Lavan E. Pugh
Somerset
R. D
Miller’s Orchard
George W. Miller Jr
Connellsville
Miller
Shanksville
James Miller
Hooversville
Ray L. Ash
Ing
Robert E. Fisher
Douglas Shanks
Berlin
Glenn Zerfoss
Clarence Zerfoss
Vernon Glass
Car Overturns on Turnpike Injures Driver Seriously
A New York woman, Cathrine J. Pappas, 29, fell asleep at the wheel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of the Somerset Interchange. Her car swerved rolled over several times and hit an embankment. She is in serious condition at Somerset Community Hospital with lacerations possible broken leg and possible back injuries.
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New York
Somerset Community Hospital
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset Interchange
Catherine J. Pappas
Re-Crated Soviet Medium Range Jets Return to USSR
U.S. authorities reported Soviet Ilyushin 28 bombers in Cuba are being re-crated for shipment back to Russia. About 35 of the jets remain in Cuba, and Moscow officials promised to remove them within a month, while talks between Mikoyan and Rusk yielded no clear progress toward a final Cuban settlement.
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Washington
Cuba
Anastas I. Mikoyan
U.S
Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Mikoyan
Dean Rusk
Berlin
United Nations
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Soviet Union
Moscow
Thant Elected To Complete 4 Year Term
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously re elected U Thant for an additional four years as secretary general. The Burmese diplomat will earn about 70 500 dollars annually with increased pay and allowances. Delegates from 110 nations sealed the vote ratifying the Security Council recommendation to extend his term until November 3 1966 and dropping the word acting from his title.
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Milton Besser
United Nations
N.y.ap
U.N. General Assembly
U Thant
Security Council
Thant
Assembly
New Ski Resort At Indian Head Highlights Rotary Talk
Somerset Rotary Club learned of a new ski resort at Indian Head by Benjamin W. Hesetine Jr a Pittsburgh attorney involved in the White Mountain project. He cited a 25 year old skiing club in his area now with 600 members and 11 similar clubs. The Indian Head plan includes a poma lift two rope tows a mountain lodge and three trails with no overnight stays this year. Dan Walker the High School Rotarian closed his term with a talk defending the electoral college.
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Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Benjamin W. Hesetine, Jr
Pittsburgh
White Mountain
Indian Head
Dan Walker
Electoral College
1 700 Marines To Be Home For Christmas
A battalion of 1 700 Marines began withdrawing from Guantanamo Bay as Camp Pendleton troops leave tents and move to replace them. The planned voyage to California via Panama Canal should finish by Monday morning, enabling home leave for Christmas.
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Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
U.S. Naval Base
Leathernecks
1St Marines
Guantanamo
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Camp Lejeune
N.C
U.S. Navy
William R. Collins
William Geftman
Chicago
Bexan
Okgamangon
California
Panama Canal
Pendleton
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Supreme Court
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