Communist Summit backs Khrushchev peaceful coexistence idea
Wladyslaw Gomulka said the three week secret conference backed Khrushchev's peaceful coexistence principle. Radio Moscow credited Liu Shao-chi praising peaceful coexistence and disarmament efforts. The 81 party groups endorsed resolving East West tension through peaceful competition rather than war.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Tass
Katowice
Radio
London
Liu Shao-chi
China
Liu
Leningrad
Russia
Gomulka
Half Million Hunters May Be in Woods Today
Harrisburg AP The State Game Commission projected nearly a half million hunters will take to Pennsylvania woods for a 12 day deer season opening Monday. Weather outlook cloudy and mild with high 50s to low 60s and lingering snow aiding tracking. A spokesman cited reasonably good kill prospects while noting herd control since 1950s. Antlered deer hunt runs Monday to December 16 with a one day antlerless season December 17 designed to maintain herd levels. Wear bright clothing to avoid misidentification and accidents. See HALF MILLION on Page 5.
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Harrisburg
State Game Commission
Pennsylvania Woods
U. S. Weather Bureau
Commission
Pennsylvania
Trinity welcomes Rev. James Lamadue as pastor
Crowd packs Trinity Lutheran as Rev. James Lamadue delivers first sermon broadcast on WVSC. He stresses church openness and service, praising Dr. Wagner and urging members to use talents for God's work. Nearly 600 attend as choir, organist, and director join in Advent anthem. Installation planned in two weeks.
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James Lamadue
Trinity Lutheran Church
WVSC
Dr. Wagner
George Bowersox
Christ
Marion Klingensmith
Vance Coleman
Lois Critchfield
Lumadue
Russia veto blocks Mauritania UN membership
Russia used its 91st veto to prevent Mauritania from joining the United Nations as the 100th member. The council rejected a French Tunisian resolution to recommend Mauritania’s General Assembly entry after Mongolia’s delayed bid. Poland also opposed. Ceylon abstained. the United States and allies accused of bias against Communist states.
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United Nations, N.Y
Russia
U.N
Mauritania
Outer Mongolia
Valerian A. Zorin
Security Council
General Assembly
United Nations
Zorin
United States
Poland
Ceylon
Hunters Pour Into Somerset For Deer Season
Several thousand hunters descend on Somerset county to begin deer season with estimates of at least 10 000 people seeking buck. Visitors come from multiple counties and states in parties of five or six, with many planning multi day stays. Hotels report crowded conditions and early wake ups as hunters hit the woods.
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Somerset County
Harry Dimenzo
Ferner
Custer’s
Somerset New
Minister Defies Cursing Women Over Desegregation
In New Orleans Rev Lloyd Foreman faced jeers as he led services at St. Mark's and Church of the Redeemer to defend his daughter Pamela Lynn's enrollment in the newly desegregated William Frantz Elementary. A white boycott unfolded with taunting remarks amid mounting pressure from federal court orders.
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New Orleans
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Lloyd A. Foreman
Foreman
Church of the Redeemer
St. Mark’s
Selective Service Issues January Draft Call for 407 Men
The Draft Bureau announced a January 1961 call for 407 men. This follows December’s 527 and January 1960’s 591 selections as part of ongoing manpower mobilization.
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Harrisburg
State Selective Service Bureau
Adenauer Holds As Strongest German Leader
Saarland voters backed the Christian Democrats in the Saar land election while the Socialists gained ground but failed to unseat Chancellor Adenauer's party. CDU 36.6 percent, SPD 30 percent, Saar Democrats 13.8 percent, Saar People 11.4 percent, German Democratic Union 5 percent. CDU seat count fell to 19 from 22, SPD rose to 16, SD 7, PP 6, SDU 2. Opposition Socialists tested new West-aligned stance.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Saarland
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Saar Democrats
Saar People’s Party
German Democratic Union
Communist Party
Sociallists
The
People’s Party
Kennedy Assures Chiang Hope for Free Asia
President-elect John F Kennedy told Chiang Kai shek the new U S government will bolster hopes and opportunities for freedom in Asia. The Formosa government had criticized Kennedy on Quemoy and Matsu offshore island policy during the campaign.
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Taipei
Formosa
John F. Kennedy
China
Asia
Kennedy
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Quemoy
Matsu
Foreign Office
Chiang
Pennsylvania Eyes 172 New School Districts
A sub committee of Gov Lawrences education panel proposes consolidating Pennsylvania 2 277 districts into 172 new districts by 1956 to promote equal educational opportunity and reduce costs. Key supporters call it drastic but essential as the state funds half of the 750 million education bill.
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Philadelphia
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bulletin
Fred Stackpole
Southampton
Bucks County School Board
Reorganization Task Force
Committee On
National Goals
Lumumba Arrest Averts Korea Like Congo Split
Diplomats say Lumumba's arrest prevents a Korea like Congo split that could spark war across Africa. Stanleyville isolated as Gizenga's regime ill treats Europeans while Mobutu's forces celebrate. Westerners fear a staged recognition of Lumumba in Stanleyville if escape had succeeded.
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Lumumba
Korea
Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Africa
Stanleyville
Joseph Mobutu
Antoine Gizenga
Lumum
Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Port Francqui
Kennedy forms study group for federal aid program
President designate John F Kennedy creates an 11 member committee to plan a federal aid program for chronic unemployment areas. Led by Sen Paul Douglas the group will meet this week and draft a plan to spur growth and investment in regions such as West Virginia southern Illinois and the Minnesota iron range ahead of his January 20 inauguration.
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David E. Bell
John Kennedy
Washington
Maurice H. Stans
Bell
Harvard University
Truman
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Committee of Business, Labor, Government
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Kennedy
Congress
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Minnesota Iron Range
Eisenhower
Douglas
William L. Batt Jr
Somerset Woman Injured In Auto Wreck Sunday
A Somerset woman Marion Baldwin was injured Sunday in an automobile collision on legislative route 55076 about eight miles north of Somerset. She, a passenger in Herbert Geary's car, was taken to Somerset Community hospital for a possible fractured shoulder after Clarence Miller's eastbound vehicle struck Geary's car. Both cars sustained about 600 dollars in left front damage.
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Somerset
Lincoln
Marion Baldwin
Center Avenue
Somerset Community Hospital
Herbert Geary
House
Quecreek
Clarence Miller
Acosta
Geary
Miller
Contenders Eye House Republican Leader Post
Rep. Albert W. Johnson of McKean faces Rep. Willard F. Agnew of Allegheny for the 1961 House GOP floor leader position as party leaders to be chosen this week in Harrisburg. Agnew argues for a stronger minority, while Johnson says he will seek re election. The House and Senate party leaderships remain unsettled as sessions approach with Kennedy inaugurated January 20. The first business will be deficiency appropriations for public welfare and other programs.
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Harrisburg
Albert W. Johnson
McKean
Willard F. Agnew
Allegheny
House
Senate
Stephen McCann
Chamber
McCann
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Union of Four Churches Proposed by Dr. Blake
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake released a plan at Grace Cathedral San Francisco to unite Catholic and reformed Protestant traditions into one church. He urged a reunited church that is both reformed and Catholic aiming for complete Christian unity, amid praise from Bishop James A. Pike of California.
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San Francisco
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
Christ’s Church
Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Ecumenical — Christian Unity Movement
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
James A. Pike
Biscopal
California
Boy 12 Dies Sledding On Shade County Farm
Daniel John Lenio a seventh grade Shade Central City pupil from Stoystown RD 2 died Sunday afternoon after a sled crash on the Louis K Johnson farm in Shade two. Coroner Halverson cited external jugular hemorrhage and throat laceration as the causes. He was with two brothers and a neighbor boy when the incident occurred around 4 p.m.
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Stoystown, RD 2
Daniel John Lenio
Dorothy Louise Johnson Lenio
Daniel
Shade Central City
Robert H. Halverson
Louis K. Johnson
Shade Two
Halverson
Wreck Injuries Fatal to Arthur Koeppe Jr in Pennsylvania
Arthur Koeppe Jr., 22, of Elton, died about 10 p.m. Sunday from injuries in a car wreck Saturday near Meyersdale and Salisbury. He was thrown from the auto and landed on the road, then taken to Meyersdale Community Hospital and later to Johnstown Memorial Hospital.
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Arthur Koeppe Jr
Arthur Koeppe, Jr
Elton
Koeppe
Meyersdale
Salisbury
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Destruction from Gales and Rainstorms Across Europe
London reports hurricane force winds and heavy rain causing widespread damage in Britain and northern Europe. Flooding isolates South Wales while seas surge around Denmark’s Hundred Islands. Ships stranded, bridges washed out, and emergency crews assist evacuees with no casualties reported.
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London
Britan
Europe
English Channel
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
South Wales
Cherbourg
North Sea
Baltic
Britain
Holland
Wales
Poolice
Hamburg
St. Paul’s
Byrd Opposes Being Forced to Support Obnoxious Measures
Sen. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia resents being told to back measures he dislikes for his constituents. In a My Dear Joe letter Byrd criticizes threats to remove committee assignments if Southern Democrats oppose the liberal platform. His silence on the platform is viewed as aiding Vice President Nixon in Virginia.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Joe
Nixon
Virginia
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