Charge UAW Broke Law In 54 Political Broadcasts
The government argued before the Supreme Court that the United Auto Workers violated the Federal Corrupt Practices Act by financing 1954 political broadcasts from union funds. Union counsel contended the broadcasts stated the union position and did not electioneer for any candidate. The case stems from a Detroit broadcast on WJBK-TV and could lead to a 1957 ruling.
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UAW
Washington
United Automobile Workers
Supreme Court
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr
Wjbk-Tv
Detroit
U.S. Dist
Frank A. Picard
Picard
J. Lee Rankin
U. S
Rankin
Justice Black
Rauh
Congress
Car Fire On Aero Train Speeds Four Miles
A car on the Pennsylvania Aero-Train caught fire near Johnstown. The 10 car diesel passenger train from Pittsburgh to New York sped four miles to a station before firemen extinguished the blaze. Passengers moved to other cars. no injuries reported.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
New York
Wilmore
Portage
Refugee crisis prompts Western Europe strain as US intake looms
Vienna reports a looming refugee move from Hungary with about 1,000 daily to the United States in a week, while INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN MIGRATION notes 40,000 refugees moved from Austria but only 3,000 left Europe.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
United States
Europe
Pierre Jacobsen
Intergovernmental Committee On European Migration
State Plans Revamping of Highways Department
Governor outlines a statewide highways department reorganization by year end with deputy secretaries for eastern and western Pennsylvania and possible elevation of construction and maintenance posts. He defers gasoline tax decisions beyond May 31, cites budget needs, and notes executive board review with Secretary Lawler.
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Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Pennsylvania
Highways Department
Joseph J. Lawler
Lawler
Vacat
Jersey Trucker Swerves to Save Dog Involved in Wreck
A New Jersey truck driver Wilfred Griffin, 31, Garfield, NJ, swerved to avoid a dog five miles west of the Somerset interchange causing a tractor trailer to jackknife and overturn. He suffered minor injuries and memory of $5,500 damage. admitted to Somerset hospital at 4 am and released later Monday.
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New Jersey
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset
Wilfred Griffin
Garfield
N. J
Somerset Hospital
Hungarian Woman Shot At Budapest Demonstration
In Budapest a Hungarian woman was wounded by Russian gunfire during a spontaneous demonstration by about 15 000 women honoring rebel dead. Demonstrators faced Russian armored cars and sub machine guns as they laid flowers on the unknown soldier tomb in Heroes Square. The three hour protest followed Moscow backed actions that crushed the Hungarian movement for freedom.
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Budapest
Hungary
Heroes Square
Movement For Freedom
RCA And NBC Accused Of Anti Trust Violations
The U S Attorney General filed a civil suit in Philadelphia alleging RCA and NBC conspired to acquire TV outlets on channels 2 through 13 using NBC network power to coerce stations. It cites the Philadelphia swap with Westinghouse as unlawful and seeks divestiture. NBC owns several major markets and aims for more while RCA faces separate patent licensing actions. The Seneca Nation council meanwhile rejected a Corps of Engineers topographical survey request.
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Atty Gen
Brownell
Radio Corp. of America
National Broadcasting Corp
U.S
Philadelphia
RCA
NBC
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
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Kyw-Am
Wptz-Tv
WRCV
Cleveland
Wtam-Am-Am
Wnbk - TV
Justice Department
Boston
Pittsburgh
New York City
New York
Chicago
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Buffalo
N.Y
New Britain
Conn
Federal Communications Commission
Salamanca
N. Y
Seneca Indian Nation Council Today
U. S Corps of Engineers
Courthouse Employees Plan Christmas Banquet in Somerset
A Christmas banquet for Somerset courthouse and county attorney staff is set for Thursday evening December 13 at the Somerset fire hall. The Somerset Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will prepare and serve the meal. Speakers include Judge Thomas F. Lansberry and District Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr. plus county officials.
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Somerset Court House
Somerset Fire Hall
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Thomas F. Lansberry
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Berlin Man Hurt in Farm Mishap at corn binder
Berlin area resident Leroy Landis age 40 from Berlin was admitted to Somerset Community hospital Tuesday evening after a corn binder accident. He required finger amputation and underwent surgery. his condition was reported satisfactory.
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Leroy Landis
A. D
Berlin
Somerset Community Hospital
Landis
15 Defendants to Face Crime Jury Next Week in Somerset
Fifteen defendants are scheduled for trial in Somerset county criminal court beginning Monday December 10, per District Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr. One defendant, Jack Carlton Kemp, 21, Salisbury, severely injured in a Monday night crash that killed 17 year old Mary Ryman, also faces a drunken driving count. Kemp was in fair condition at Meyersdale Community Hospital. Charles A. Dull, Somerset, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery and will be sentenced during the term. Other defendants include Arles Hawkins Boswell, Chief Stanley Kowalczyk, Trooper Harold Albright, and several charged with arson, manslaughter, larceny, liquor law violations, and driving under the influence. a mix of cases and prosecutors are listed among the trial roster.
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Somerset County
Mary Ryman
Salisbury
R. D
Kemp
Meyersdale Community Hospital
George W. Winters, Jr
Charles A. Dull
Somerset
George Gardner
Dull
Arles Hawkins
Boswell
Norman L. Harvey
Arthur Lasure
Stoystown
Joseph Erner
Berlin
Samuel Donitzen
India AG
Thomas H
Britain seeks to shield pound as austerity looms
Eden government asks US to forgive 81.8 million interest due December 31 and share costs of the Egyptian invasion. Chancellor Harold Macmillan warns Britons of tax hikes and possible sale of dollar securities as the gold reserve slumps. Gasoline prices rise to record levels while Britain taps IMF funds and raises petroleum import duties to plug revenue gaps.
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London
Eden
United States
Harold Macmillan
Jamaica
Macmillian
Britain
House of Commons
Suez Canal
Mideast
Europe
International Monetary Fund
Uncertainty In Capitol Over British Loan Payment Request
Washington officials weighed Britain's plea to defer 82 million dollars in interest due December 31. The matter rests with Congress after reconvening January 3, with actions likely postponed and recorded on the books. Secretary Humpherey and State Department leaders discussed the request at the White House and State Department as Britain faces 71 million in 1946 loan interest plus 11 million in lend lease interest.
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United States
Canada
Britain
Washington
State
Treasury Department
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Dulles and
Hoover
State Department
Canadian robber seeks prison escape in Louisville post office heist
Jules Lionel Bernier, 44, from Sudbury Ontario, was sentenced by Federal Judge Henry L. Brooks to five years in prison for robbing the Louisville post office of 720 dollars last month. He pleaded guilty claiming he wished to leave his troubling ties and simply ran out of money and gas. His wife Rhea Cyr Bernier and brother Roland arrived Nov. 22 to offer support but he would not speak to them.
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Louisville
Henry L. Brooks
Jules Lionel Bernier
Bernier
Sudbury
Ontario
Brooks
Rhea Cyr Bernier
Roland
MacArthur II named ambassador to Japan in Eisenhower plan
President Eisenhower designated Douglas MacArthur II as ambassador to Japan. He also summoned congressional leaders to Washington for year end and New Year talks on the 1957 program and foreign policy. Budget talks at Augusta focused on a balanced budget and next year’s outlays for Agriculture and Interior.
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Augusta
Douglas MacArthur II
Far Eastern
Eisenhower
Japan
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
Percival Brundage
Congress
Bulgaria Purges Army To Foil Revolt On Hungarian Pattern
Belgrade dispatch says Bulgaria is purging its army to stop a revolt like Hungary. Generals Yanko Panov and Boris Kopchev drop to colonel posts. about 200 officers dismissed for nationalist or Titoist ties. Barbed wire reappears on the 200 mile frontier as troops are moved to border duties amid mass arrests and new detention camps alleged.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Yanko Panov
Boris Kopchev
Sofia
Hungary
Moscow-Belgrade
Nikola Maraviev
Fire chiefs meet tonight and county firemen next week
Berlin hosts the Somerset County Firemen's Association December 13 meeting, the last of 1956. A Fire Chief's association session is set for tonight at 8 p.m. in the Somerset fire hall, with the same start time for both gatherings.
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Berlin
Somerset County Firemen’s Association
Association For the Seasion
Somerset
Clinton High School Shutdown Follows Racial Strife in Clinton
Voters in Clinton Tenn elected against White Citizens Council backed candidates by 4 to 1 as federal officials moved to halt racial unrest that led to the closure of Clinton High School. The day included a minister assaulted by white men escorting Black students, the school board ordering closure, and federal action sought to enforce desegregation.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Clinton High School
White Citizens Council
U. S. Dist
John C. Crawford
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
Brownell
U. S. Atty
Herbert Brownell
Anderson County
Justice Department
Taylor
Clinton High
T. L. Seeber
James C. Meredith
Meredith
Council
Board
Het Brownell
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