Britain and France Withdraw Forces From Suez Canal
British and French governments announce withdrawal of troops from the Suez canal area under U.N. pressure with Home by Christmas a watchword in barracks. Dag Hammarskjold hopes Port Said under UN control within two weeks as Israel pulls back from the Gaza Strip and Sinai.
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London
Britain
France
U.N
Dag Jiammarskjold
New York
Port Said
Israel
Gaza Strip
Sinai Peninsula
Selwyn Lloyd
Palestine
United Nations
Egypt
U.N. Polce
E. L. M Burns
Balah
Paris
Britaan
United States
Supreme Court upholds Mansfield desegregation ruling
The Supreme Court refused the Mansfield Texas school board's request for more time to desegregate the high school, letting the New Orleans circuit ruling stand. The decision reinforces federal desegregation mandates and guides lower courts amid local opposition and public opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mansfield
Tex
Texas Rangers
U. S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Warren
High Court
Mansfield Board
Court of Appeals
Texas
Mansfield School Board
Taxes Re enacted as Borough Faces Budget and Library Change
Somerset borough council re enacted mercantile and business privilege taxes and a $5 per capita levy citing state law. Dorothy Barnett was named to Mary S. Biesecker Library board. A parking ban on South Park avenue was approved for Calvary Methodist church. The budget was revised, an alley vacation in Duppstadt addition was approved, and hospital aid was reviewed as charity patients rose to 1571 patient days in 1955 with limited state support.
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Somerset Borough Council
Dorothy Barnett
Mary S. Biesecker Library
Hester Beachy
South Park Avenue
West Church
West Race Street
Calvary Methodist Church
Duppstadt
Fuller Street
Somerset Community Hospital
Emil L. Anderson
Luther J. Shankis
George Cassett
Earl M. Younkin
Somerset
Somerset Borough
Antenna Theft: Motel Guest Takes TV on Weekend Departure
A weekend motel guest at Moore's motel in Somerset took the TV set valued at $130 when he left. Police reported the incident Monday and seek both the absconding man and the set.
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Moore's
Somerset
Boy 16 to face mental exam in mother’s murder
Jefferson County D A Bill McKnight said he will seek a court order for a mental examination of 16 year old Samuel Lavella of Crenshaw charged with murdering his 38 year old mother Mrs Frank Lavella. Lavella confessed to the shooting after police say he acted in a fit of anger Saturday night. Lavella is jailed in Jefferson County.
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Brookville
Bill McKnight
Jefferson County
Samuel Lavella
Crenshaw
McKnight
Lavella
Frank Lavella
Novel Santa Climbs Tokio Post Office Chimney
An advertising man in a St. Nick costume scaled the 100 foot chimney of Tokyo Central Post Office and unfurled a banner for a nightclub Christmas party. Guards pulled him down after about 15 minutes. He told police he wanted something extra novel.
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Tokio
Santa Claus
St. Nick
Tokio Central Post Office
Two Hurt in Head-On Crash Near Bakersville
State police report two injured in a head-on collision on Legislative Route 55066 near Bakersville. Clyde Butler 28 and James Llewellyn 46 identified as drivers. Norman Lankey 24 and Edward Davis 42 as passengers with Llewellyn, both bruised but not hospitalized. Property damage listed at 1000 dollars.
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Bakersville
Clyde Butler
R. D
Somerset
James Llewellyn
Irwin
Norman Lankey
Acme
Edward Davis
Llewellyn
County Wide Development Plan Discussed In Somerset
A Monday meeting at the Somerset Chamber of Commerce offices considered forming a Somerset county area development commission. State Representative Harry A. Naugle outlined uniting 82 000 residents to attract diverse industries and recreational advantages, with a January rally planned for service groups, veterans, women’s clubs, businesses, and chambers.
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Somerset County Area Development Commission
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Harry A. Naugle
Davidsville
Confluence
Rockwood
Berlin
Somerset
Naugle
Service Organization
Veterans’ Group
Women's Club
Business, Association
Chamber of Commerce
William Davlin
State Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Pocono Mountain
United States
Somerset County
Naugle Advocates
Pennsylvania
Fire Blast Hits Brooklyn Pier Killing and Wounding Dozens
A major fire and explosion hit Pier 37 in Brooklyn, New York, causing widespread destruction across the waterfront. Officials said seven to nine people were killed and at least 200 injured as flames gutted shipping cargo and stored drums of paint and fuel. The blast followed a fire that started at 3:15 p.m., shattering windows and injuring many nearby.
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New Albany
Pennsylvania
Rynveldt Wreath Co
Rochester
N. Y
American Airlines
New York City
New York
Brooklyn
Vincent O’connor
Marine Aviation
Henry Strong Elected President of Rockwood Joint School Board
Henry Strong was elected president of the Rockwood joint school board at a Monday meeting, succeeding Clarence Trout. J Irving Gindesperger was named vice president, with James Philippi to act as treasurer in May. The board backed Dr L Dale Mickey for medical examiner, resisting ignoring the unanimous request that Dr Leroy Coffroth receive the appointment. Andrew Slifko was named mathematics teacher replacing William Landis, who will join the armed forces. Resignations were accepted from Fauline Hart sock and Robert Cramer.
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G. Henry Strong
Rockwood Joint School Board
Clarence Trout
J. Irving Gindiesperger
James Philippi
Martha Illar
Godl
Jointure Board
L. Dale Mickey
Rockwood
Leroy W. Coffroth
Somerset
Jerry James
Hooversville
John W. Jerman
State Department of Health
Andrew Slifko
Beaverdale
William Landis
Berlin
Slifko
Indiana
State Teacher's College
Fauline Hartsock
Meyersdale
Robert Cramer
Middle Creek Township
Hooversville School Board Re-elects All Officers
Hooversville borough school board re elected its officers on Monday evening. Officers include Jack B. Shaffer president Miss Dasie R Lehman secretary Allen C Ober treasurer and Robert Gindlesperger vice president.
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Hooversville Borough
Jack B. Shaffer
Dasie R. Lehman
Allen C. Ober
Robert Gindlesperger
U S Suspends Culture Exchange Amid Hungary Tension
The United States suspends most of a 17 point cultural exchange program with Russia in protest of Soviet actions in Hungary. President Eisenhower approved the move and will not resume visits until the Soviet Union endorses neighboring nations’ right to self government.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Sirussia
State Department
Eisenhower
Amer
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S
Vsit
Friedhofer Re elected President Of Somerset Joint Board
The Somerset joint school board reelected Carl Friedhofer as president and elected Robert Pile as vice president. The board awarded a test borings contract to Equipment & Supplies, Inc. of Pittsburgh and approved a food mixer purchase for McClouds Windber. Lola Weimer resigned as secretary. Edna Montgomery named full-time substitute. Nancy Stouffer named office secretary. Deaner named to five year term on the authority board. Penn State university to place student teachers in the district second semester. Transportation contracts approved. tuition rates set at Elementary 2132 per month and Secondary 28.99.
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Somerset Joint School Board
Carl Friedhofer
Robert Pile
Equipment & Supplies, Inc
Pittsburgh
Etcc
McClouds
Windber
Lola Weimer
Edna Montgomery
Kister
Nancy Stouffer
Deaner
Authority Board
Somerset Township Board
Penn State University
Somerset
Somerset Area School Boards Elect New Officers
Somerset area boards reorganized at Monday meetings. Lincoln township elected Eugene Shaffer as president and Preston Ogline as vice president. Other boards re-elected old officers including Somerset borough president the Rev. F Woodrow and Jefferson township president George Doolittle. Treasurer and secretary terms expire at different periods and the township board will meet tonight.
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Somerset Jointure
Somerset Township
Lincoln Township
Eugene Shaffer
Harry Barnett
Preston Ogline
Shaffer
Somerset Borough
F. Woodrow
W. Rherns
Jefferson Township
George Doolittle
Blanche Kimmel
Law Question Looms Over 1956 Somerset JP Elections
In Somerset County the November 6 general election for two justices of the peace may be invalid as unconstitutional. Harold W. Donges of Davidsville and Comfrey S. Ickes Jr. of Boswell were elected, though the ballot may violate the state constitution which requires JPs be chosen on municipal election day. Authorities seek clarity from county officials as to how the names appeared on the ballot and the potential impact on certification and commissions.
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Esquire
Harold T. Sipe
Donges
Ickes
Roswell
Pennsylvania
Mabel V. Combecker
Board of County Commissioners
Mr. Ickes
Board of Elections
D. Guy Floto
Meyersdale
Harrisburg
Burr
Conemaugh
Mr. Donges
John Anderson
Jerome
Davidsville
Boswell Squire
Hungary Refuses U N Observers but Doors Open for Dag H
United Nations dispatch reports Hungary again rejects admitting U.N. observers while inviting Dag Hammarskjold for a later meeting. U.S. Delegate Lodge Jr. and 13 others back a new resolution urging observer access by a December 7 deadline. Lodge condemns Budapest for contempt of the charter and human decency.
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United Nations
N. Y
Red Hungaran
U.N
Dag Hammerskjold
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.N. Assembly
Budapest
Hungary
Hammerskj0ld
Lodge
Hammerskjold
Salisbury Girl Killed In Mason-Dixon Line Crash
A 10 year old Somerset County girl Miss Mary Ryman died after a car skidded out of control near the Maryland Pennsylvania line on Route 219. Driver Jack Kemp 21 survived with injuries. Ryman was a Salisbury High School senior, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Ryman. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Salisbury
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Mary Ryman
Salisbury High School
Herman Ryman
Maryland
Pfe. B. J
Russell
Massillon
Ohio
James
Marvin
Youngstown
Marshall
Floyd
Virginia Durst
Ruth Newman
Baltimore
Wenda
Arsenic Poisoner Of Three Kidwells Hanged Himself
Charles Town WV December 3 A 72 year old man William F Knighton retired railroad worker, accused of poisoning the Kidwell family water supply after his love for Mollie Kidwell, 13, was spurned, hanged himself in his Charles Town jail cell before trial. Knighton faced charges in the deaths of William S Kidwell Jr 43 and his two infant sons Charles 2 and Thomas 1.
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Charles Town
W. Va
William F. Knighton
William S. Kidwell, Jr
Kidwell
Charles
Thomas
West Virginia
J. E. Durst
Knighton
Durst
Mollie
It Works If It Works The Profit's Big Scheme
A 16 year old Somerset youth sold a vintage Ford to Ralph S. Miller of East Main Street service station. The teen then locked the car, stole tires radio and battery, and tried to re sell the accessories. Police arrested him Monday and he is held for juvenile authorities.
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Somerset, R. D
Somerset
Ralph S. Miller
East Main Street
Norman F. Walker
Old Baer House Xmas Closure And Banquets Schedule
The Old Baer House will close Monday December 24 for staff Christmas break. Banquets will be open daily from 12:00 to 2:00 and 5:00 to 9:00.
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Baer
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Cairo
Stoystown
Peggy Rody
Holsapple
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Lenore Snyder
A. D. J. Boswell
Henry Snyder
Somerset Hospital
Pike
Caroline Dolfe
Somerville
N. J
Ralph Dolfe
Barbara Belliore
Clairton
Guiseppe
Meet
N.Y
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Rockwood Joint
David Ben Gurion
Jerusalem
John Scali
Friedhofer
Somerset Area School Boards
Jp’s
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Francis W. Carpenter
Stanley Thomas
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