Eisenhower to Head High Defense Parleys in Augusta
President Eisenhower will preside at Washington conferences on defense spending and the army space program during a 13 day Augusta vacation. He will return to the capital by plane for a busy period, facing Congress with larger Democratic majorities. The first meeting will address civilian space agency plans to absorb army space scientists, a change that sparked army protests.
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Eisenhower
Augusta
Washington
Army
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
National Security Council
Hisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Congress
House
Senate
Space Council
Three Hunters Die on First Day of Deer Season
In western Pennsylvania three hunters died of apparent heart attacks on the first day of deer season. Clyde Harvey 45 of Grindstone died after shooting a buck near Salisbury. Joseph L Hayes 35 of Windber died near Shawnee State Park after helping a friend drag a deer. Edgar Young 40 of Bunola was stricken near Ridgway after leaving his camp with companions.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Clyde Harvey
Grindstone
Fayette County
Negro Mountain
Somerset County
Salisbury
Bedford County
Joseph L. Haynes
Windber
RD 1
Shawnee State Park
Virgil Smith
Edgar Young
Bunola
Allegheny County
Ridgway
Elk County
Hunter dies hunting near Listonburg in Somerset County
John Dridy, 75, of Listonburg, died of a heart attack while hunting in Addison township near Listonburg Monday. He was found face down in snow by his son Harold around midnight. Coroner Robert H. Halverson cited natural causes and noted possible blood near by deer blood. investigators were assisted by state police and game protectors.
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John Dridy
Listonburg
Addison Township
Dridy
Harold
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Dundy
Halverson
Somerset
Buckwheat Cake Sausage Supper at New Centerville Hall
Community event at New Centerville Fire Hall on Thursday December 4 from 4 30 to 8 00 pm adults 1 25 children 75 cents featured buckwheat cake and sausage supper.
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Centerville Fire Hall
Welfare League Holiday Tea at Somerset Country Club
A welfare league event schedules a holiday tea on Saturday December 6 1958 at 1 45 PM at the Somerset Country Club. Tickets are priced at 1.00.
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Somerset Country Club
West Plans New Battle of Berlin in Paris Meet
Western officials expect a December Paris meeting of Dulles Lloyd Couve de Murville and von Brentano to coordinate policy on Berlin and Moscow's six month deadline. They may discuss treating East German border guards as Russian agents and a possible later summit for a broader German question.
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Berlin
Paris
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
West Berlin
Dulles
Moscow
Free City
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Russia
Lloyd
House of Commons
London
Rabies Case From Bat Bite Reported in California
Berkley Calif the nations first clearly established case of rabies from a bat bite was reported by the state health department. Mrs Flora Menzelaar of Magalia died Nov 4 at Paradise after being bitten August 30 when she picked the bat from the ground in her yard.
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Berkley
Calif
California State Health Department
Flora Menzelaar
Magalia
Butte County
Paradise
Malcolm H. Merrill
Moratorium and talks brighten airline labor outlook
Nationwide progress on airline labor talks eases the Thanksgiving travel crisis. In Kansas City, IAM and TWA resume talks under NMB Chairman Leverett Edwards while Eastern remains grounded in a separate strike. Groundings had snarled peak travel before traffic returned to normal.
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Kansas City
National Mediation Board
Leverett Edwards
Trans World Airlines
International Assn
TWA
Eastern
Red Stocking Appeal Supports Children's Aid Society
The Children's Aid Society launches its annual Red Stocking appeal to aid 145 dependent county children. Over 20 live at the East Main Street home, with others in foster care supervised by the society. Since 1889 the organization, led by President Mrs. A. D. Graham, raises funds from churches harvest offerings and individual gifts to cover operating costs.
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Friends of the Home
East Main Street
Children’s Aid Society
George Scull Cook
W. H. Beachy, Sr
Albert Kelley
Walker Mong
Graham
Walter Johnson
Berlin
Lester Chapman
Windber
Mary Wilmoth
Meyersdale
Guy Schrock
Gray
W. J. Stiteler
Rockwood
Alvin Shoemaker
Alexander Ogle
Somerset
Marion E. Williams
Traffic toll tops 454 deaths in Thanksgiving weekend
Across 102 hours from Wednesday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight 454 Americans were killed in traffic, 54 in fires, with total holiday deaths at 626 from all accidents. Higher weather hazards and winter storms contributed to the rise, near last year’s rate.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
PUC Suspends Gas Increase for Six Months
Harrisburg reports the Public Utility Commission halts a proposed $6.38 million gas rate rise by Manufacturers Light and Heat Co. for six months to July 14, launching an investigation. Hearing dates are set soon as Pittsburgh files a complaint. 250000 customers in 25 western counties would face roughly $1.91 extra monthly for gas heat and $0.81 for home use.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Little Girl Resumes School After Illness Amid Fire Loss
Margaret Chambers, nine, stayed home with a cold at Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago. Her mother, Rose Chambers, quoted her wishing not to miss more class. Margaret later attended in the afternoon and was among the pupils who perished in the fire and explosion at the school.
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Chicago
UPI
Margaret Chambers
Our Lady of the Angels
Rose Chambers
County School Boards Elect New Officers
Several county school boards reorganized Monday evening with new leadership. Rockwood joint board elected Cc. S. Bullions as president and Charles Wilcox as vice president. BruceMarker of Rockwood submitted the coal bid accepted for the new high school building in 1959. Jack Critchfield resigned as social studies teacher to become assistant director of admissions at the University of Pittsburgh. Ronald Enfield was named to replace him and will graduate January 20. Christmas vacation shortened by one week. Turkeyfoot board re elected Dwaine Ringer president and Ralph Van Sickel vice president. Board approved participation in county district and state music events, Van Sickel to the South Somerset county school authority, with vocational agriculture students at the Harrisburg farm show and Maple Festival participation. A cafeteria supervision committee was chosen.
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Cc. S. Bullions
Rockwood
Charles Wilcox
Bruce Marker
Jack Critchfield
Critchfield
University of Pittsburgh
Ronald Enfield
Frank Enfield
West Fairview St
Somerset
Enfield
Lock Haven State Teacher's College
Turkeyfoot
Dwaine Ringer
Turkeyfoot Joint School Board
Ralph van Sickel
van Sickel
South Somerset County
Harrisburg
Commit
Major historical U S school fires deadly in past century
Historical record lists two major school fires with highest deaths in New London Texas 1937 with 294 and Collinwood Ohio 1908 with 176. It notes 26 such fires in a century, eight in last 20 years, and references other large losses including Cocoanut Grove 1942 and multiple 1940s-1950s tragedies.
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Chicago
New London
Tex
Collinwood
Cleveland
Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Katie Jane Nursing Home
Warrenton
St. Anne Hospital
Effington
Til
New London, Tex
Rarick's USW Trial Begins In Pittsburgh
Donald C. Rarick, a heat treater and USW Local 2997 president, faces charges of dual unionism and violations of the union constitution. Eleven members filed the case seeking expulsion amid a dues protest. Trial closed to the public. verdict due at next membership meeting or possibly a special session.
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Pittsburgh
Donald C. Rarick
United Steelworkers
USW
Rarick
Irvin Works
U. S. Steel Corp
Internatonal Union
David J. McDonald
James Reed
Weather forecast signals colder than normal north of divide
The weather bureau predicts a cooler than normal 30 day period for the northern half of the nation east of the continental divide with little chance of warmth in the near term.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Three Sisters of Charity and Fireman Die in Chicago School Fire
A Chicago parochial school fire killed 90 of about 1,300 occupants and injured many others just before dismissal. Most victims were children. three Sisters of Charity and one fireman died. The two story building trapped students in upper rooms as flames spread through stairwells, with many jumping from windows. Investigators considered an oil type fire in a stairwell and possible boiler room explosion as causes.
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Chicago
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of the Angels
Robert J. Quinn
Crowded Cook County Morgue Faces Fire Toll
At Chicago's Cook County morgue crowds of anxious relatives gather in a courtyard as ambulances deliver bodies of fire victims. Father Joseph Ogniebene identifies several charred remains while families search hospitals and schools for missing loved ones, including Patricia Drzmala, 12.
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Chicago
Cook County
Joseph Ogniebene
Our Lady of the Angels
Stanley Drzmala
Patricia
Rockwood Firemen Battle Blaze at Farkosh Summer Home
Firefighters rushed to the Markleton hilltop home of Mr. and Mrs. Farkosh near Rockwood around 7 15 p m Monday. About 18 volunteers contained the fire to a single bedroom with a total loss to contents estimated at 1000 dollars and 2000 dollars to the structure. Mrs. Farkosh reported flames erupted as she opened the door. no appliances or lights were found on and the cause remains undetermined.
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John Farkosh
Markleton
Robert Morgan
Rockwood
Markleton Road
Providence Bound Woman Reunited With Bus After Help From Police
Mrs. Lucy Davis of 45 Summer Ave Washington Pa missed a Greyhound to Providence. Connecticut State Police deployed two troopers to locate the bus and bring her to the Brandford Toll exit. A wallet was later recovered by a toll taker and police followed the bus to Westbrook before it continued to Providence.
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Milford
Conn
Lucy Davis
Summer Ave
Washinon Pa
Greyhound
Providence
R. I
Davis
Brandford
TB Seal Drive collects $5788.75 in county returns
The Christmas seal campaign for tuberculosis has raised $5788.75 to date. Mrs. Dorothy Brewer, executive secretary of the local TB and Health Society, notes the total is about $400 less than last year but expects more replies as the holidays approach.
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Dorothy Brewer
TB and Health Society
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Altoona-Johnstown
Paul Thomas
Joseph Gentis
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