Communist World Declares War Not Inevitable Peace Drive Primary Task
The Communist world declared war is not inevitable and that communism can win in peaceful coexistence. The manifesto from Moscow, approved by Red leaders from 81 countries, says war arises only if the West starts one. Red China and Peiping Radio supported the declaration and distributed the texts in multiple languages.
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London
Moscow
Red
China
Russia
Paris
Rome
Moscow Radio
Britain
Pravda
Red China
Peiping Radio
UN chief urges Kasavubu permit Red Cross to visit Lumumba
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged Congo President Joseph Kasavubu on Monday to allow the Red Cross to examine imprisoned Patrice Lumumba and confirm his safety. The appeal followed criticism of Kasavubu over Lumumba’s arrest and concerns about possible mistreatment, with calls for a fair trial and for U.N. observers to verify conditions in Leopoldville.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
International Red Cross
Patrice Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Kasavubu
Lumumba
U.N
Joseph Mobutu
Hammar
President Eisenhower Views Inaugural Parade Stands
President Eisenhower stepped onto the White House porch to pose with the National Goals Commission and observe the setup of inaugural parade stands on Pennsylvania Avenue. He quipped that it reminded him of a jailed man watching his scaffold being built.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
National Goals Commission
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kennedy's Edward Kennedy Mixed Over Katanga Recognition
Edward Kennedy and two Democratic senators arrived to assess Katanga. They stated the Kennedy administration does not plan to recognize Katanga independence soon, backing the central Congo government in Leopoldville while noting the region's fractured factions.
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Elisabethville ,the Congo
John F. Kennedy
Edward
Katanga
Frank Church
Idaho
Frank Moss
Utah
U.S
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Salisbury
Church
Mass
Central Congo
Leopoldville
Episcopal Church Purchases Tract For New Building
The St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal church executive committee completed the purchase of an eight acre tract along Husband and Felgar Roads with attorney Simon K. Uhl and chairman Harry Harrington handling the deal. Neilan Engineers will lay out elevations for architect Francis Swein of Pittsburgh. sketches are due December 11 after worship. A resident minister is expected in spring 1961, making it the county’s first Episcopal church aside from sites in Johnstown Ligonier Greensburg Cumberland and Frostburg Maryland.
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Joseph Cascio
William Baltzer
Husband and
Felgar Roads
St. Francis In the Fields Episcopal Church
Simon K. Uhl
Harry N. Harrington
Neilan Engineers
Francis Swein
Pittsburgh
Neilan Company
William S. Thomas
Diocese of Pittsburgh
Grange Hall
New Centerville
Johnstown
Ligonier
Greensburg
Cumberland
Frostburg
Maryland
Kennedy Prepares for Meeting with President Eisenhower
Kennedy returns to Washington from Florida for a ceremonial greeting with President Eisenhower and a private transition discussion. He will later host Clark Clifford in Washington and travel to New York to meet Dag Hammarskjold and announce a cabinet choice.
Somerset Borough Debates Public Garbage Service
Somerset borough considers entering the garbage collection business to lower costs. A $70 000 outlay for a building, truck cleaning and equipment is discussed. Some favor public service to save residents money. others worry about profitability for existing collectors. Further studies urged before action. Also approved four battery operated blinker signals for a Christmas tree at the diamond and awarded fuel oil bids to Farm Bureau Co op. See BORO on Page Two.
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Somerset
Harry Maust
Donald Cassler
Farm Bureau Co-op
Somerset Taxi Service
Kaufman Elected By Turkeyfoot Valley Board
Donald B. Kaufman was elected president of the Turkeyfoot Valley school board. Charles Rodanaver was named vice president and Paul Swaak was re elected to a five year term on the Southern Somerset County School Authority. The board opened bids on the Listonburg building and accepted a $1 001 bid from Addison two. The township bid was not the high bid but accepted for use as a community center. The board approved participation in annual music events and attendance at the Annual Farm Show in Pittsburgh for vocational agriculture and home economics students.
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Donald B. Kaufman
Confluence
Turkeyfoot Valley
Luther Miller
Addison
Charles Rodanaver
Addison Two
Paul Swaak
Southern
Somerset County School Authority
Listonburg
Harrisburgh
Supreme Court bars discrimination in interstate bus restaurants
The court ruled 7 2 that discrimination against black passengers in restaurants serving interstate travelers violates the Interstate Commerce Act. The decision upholds the boynton conviction overturned on statutory grounds, avoiding broader constitutional questions.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Supreme Court
Bruce Boynton
Washington, D. C
Selma
Ala
Trailways
Richmond
Boynton
Virginia
Black
South
Judge Critiques Harrisburg Aging Report For White House Conference
Judge Thomas F. Lansberry called the Harrisburg aging report unrealistic and opposed its tax cut provision. The Third Pennsylvania White House Conference on Aging report, based on county studies and a Penn State survey, urged aid to needy elderly in care facilities and grants to keep seniors out of institutions, plus expanded employment and medical programs.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Harrisburg
White House
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Penn State
Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Deer season tragedy in Somerset County claims hunter life
One man, Charles F. Yingling, 27, was killed and three others wounded during opening day of deer season in the Wilmour tract Shade Township. The shooter, Pete Yelovich Sr., 46, said to have fired at a deer, struck Yingling. The coroner and state police investigated, with Yingling dying en route to Windber hospital.
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Somerset County
Charles F. Yingling
Plasterer
20Th Street
Windber
Wilmour
Pete Yelovich
Yelovich
Yingling
Windber Hospital
Harold Miller
Benton
Edward F. Moschgat
Yohrstown
Miller
Six Deer Hunters Die in State Opening
At least four hunters died of bullet wounds and three had fatal heart attacks as thousands hunted Pennsylvania's opening deer season. Names include Charles Yingling of Windber, Joseph Connelly of Warminster, Larry Baker of Butler, and Morris Funk of Coraopolis.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset
Charles Yingling
Windber
Windber Hospital
Schuylkill
Joseph Connelly
Warminster
Montgomery County
Shenandoah
Larry MicLane
Hatboro
Connelly
Butler
Larry Baker
Buller
Jay Swigert
Baker
Gary Sbachman
Kachman
Swigert
Clarion
Morris S. Funk
Coraopolis R.D
Vowinckel
George W. Ladlees Sr
Bushkii
Lehman ,Inc
Pike County
Homer B. Williams
Pittsburgh
Medix Run
Elk County
Reorganization Aims for 8 Billion Defense Savings
President-designate Kennedy would see a tightly unified defense plan proposed by Sen. Stuart Symington. The reform would trim interservice rivalry and save as much as eight billion dollars by redefining the services as separate organic units within a single defense department while keeping their chiefs.
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Washington
Army
Navy
John F. Kenedy
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Air Force
Congress
Symington Committee
United States
Russia
Palm Beach
Fla
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Military Advisory Council
Joint Chiefs
Joint Staff
Secretary of Defense
Mobutu says forces surround Stanleyville in Congo clash
Mobutu announces Congo army has encircled Stanleyville, Lumumba loyalists’ stronghold, and warns against arms from the United Arab Republic or Sudan. He orders Arab mission out of the Congo and threatens action if arms flow resume, with Nile headwaters at stake. A pro Lumumba faction led by Gizenga and Louis Lumumba vows autonomy in Oriental Province.
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Leopolville
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Stanleyville
Patrice Lumumba
Mobutu
United Nations
Oriental
United Arab Republic
Sudan
U.A.R
Lumumba
Antoine Gizenga
Louis
Bernard Salumu
Jules Stanleyville
U.N
Baltzer Elected President of Shanksville Stonycreek Board
William D. Baltzer was elected president of the Shanksville Stonycreek joint school board. Harry Wilson is vice president. Separate boards also elected leaders: Shanksville borough board president Robert Lowry and vice president Harry Wilson. Stony Creek board president Robert Glessner and vice president Robert Zerby.
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William D. Baltzer
Shanksville
Stonycreek
Harry Wilson
Stonycreek Township
Robert Lowry
Robert Glessner
Robert Zerby
Ernest L. Emerick
Everett Landis
Emerick
Landis
Blaine Hillegass
Perry Walcker
Join Board
Dooley’s Future Hangs On “Iron Maiden” Brace
Hong Kong based doctor Thom as A. Dooley, founder of Medico, is hospitalized with a cancer related back ailment and relies on a custom iron brace to walk. He plans to visit seven hospitals in Northern Laos if able, and aims to spend Christmas at Muong Sing before deciding on further treatment.
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Hong Kong
Thomas A. Dooley
New York
Dooley
Medico
Laos
Iron Maiden
Muong Sing
Holsopple Man Killed by Auto on Route 601
A 76 year old Holsopple man, Harry Eash, was struck and killed while walking on Route 601 near the Jerome American Legion home. Gene Dipre, 39, Holsopple, was driving the car. another vehicle blinded him. Coroner Halversen cited a fractured skull and shock as the cause of death. inquest planned next week with state police and Conemaugh Township assisting.
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Holsopple
Vas kKiW*i Vondey
Somerset County
Robert L. Halverson
Hari Henry Bush
Gene Dipre
Eash
John Eash
Jerome American Legion
Halverston
Holsapple
Dipre
Harry D. Weaver
Davidsville
Halverson
Bash
Holsopple Fire Company
Halversen
Conemaugh Township
Kennedy Baby May Leave Hospital Friday With Mother
The doctor said John F. Kennedy Jr. could leave Georgetown University Hospital on Friday to join his mother in Palm Beach Florida. He noted the date isn’t definite yet and both mother and child are doing well after the premature birth. President-elect Kennedy has kept Caroline at Beach with Mrs Kennedy as the family plans to pass the Christmas holidays there.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Florida
White House
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Executive Mansion
Palm Beach
Georgetown University Hospital
John Jr
Georgetown
Clark Clifford
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Kennedys
Caroline
John F. Kennedy, Jr
Fla
Edward B. Broocks
Beach
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Dag
Red Cross
Sees
Kennedy’s, Jr
Episcopal Church
Pres. Eisenhower
Boro Council
Kaufman
Turkeyfoot Valley Board
Defense Dept
Alton Miller
RD 5
Plank Road
Newton Picking
Peck
John E. Reiley
Mazie Greif
THE
Associated Press
Edmond LE Breton
Mobutu Claims
Michael Goldsmith
Baltzer
Dr. Dooley
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