Tornado devastates Vicksburg leaves 28 dead
In Vicksburg Mississippi the tornado killed 28 and injured 230 as searchers comb wreckage. Officials estimate $25 million in damage with 937 buildings destroyed or damaged and about 1,200 homeless. The Saenger theater collapse trapped children for hours. Governor Hugh White and civil defense seek emergency aid as patrols guard debris.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Red Cross
Hugh White
Mississippi
Remember Pearl Harbor remembered by few in Tokyo
In Tokyo on the eve of the 12th anniversary, few passersby recall Pearl Harbor. A commemorative ceremony marks the sunken Arizona while many Japanese worry about daily life and economy. Japan sits without carriers, remains economically linked to America, and most prefer to forget the attack.
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Fred Saito Tokio
Pearl Harbor
Arzona
Japan
Indonesia
America
Tokio
Didnt Have to Subpoena Hoover Says Ex President
Former President Hoover testified before a special House committee and quipped that he had been before a hundred committees and did not need a subpoena. The remark came as headlines swirled around the Truman subpoena incident tied to the Harry Dexter White spy case.
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Hoover
New York
INS
House
Harry S. Truman
House UN- American Activities Committee
Harry Dexter White
Truman
County Realty Sales Down in November
Somerset county realty sales slumped in November with 165 properties sold for 314596, compared to 201 transactions for 398139 in October. Mortgages recorded rose to 68 valued at 469501, up from 433635 in October.
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Somerset County Realty
Recorder of Deeds
P. C. Dosch
Firemen Twice Called For Lost Hunters In Mountains
Somerset fire company searched Saturday evening for James Lawson of Mt. Pleasant who wandered from his party near Route 31 Laurel Hill tunnel and Bakersville. Lawson returned home as crews reached the top of the mountain, then another call found two Kramer brothers lost in Furnace Run near Ligonier. Firemen and helpers located the brothers with four gunshots signaling success. crew returned about 1 a.m. Sunday.
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Laurel Hill Tunnel
Bakersville
James Lawson
Mt. Pleasant
Newton Picking
Lawson
Brady
Car
At & P.m
Ligonier Mountains
Furnace Run
Kramer Brothers
Gray
Somerset Company
Harry Kennell
Leroy Shultz
Karl I. Hare
Boswell and
Jenner
Somerset
Oil Fire at Somerset Home Causes Smoke No Damage
Somerset fire company responded to a 10 40 p m Sunday call at Ray Hetzer s Ankeny Avenue home where oil from an oil burner smoked. Four fire trucks arrived but none were used. Fire Chief Newton Picking reported no damage.
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Somerset Fire Company
Ray Hetzer
Ankeny Avenue
Newton Picking
Nations Economy Is Riding High Danger Signals
Washington dispatch reports economist Leon H. Keyserling and CIO President Walter Reuther warning that the economy remains strong but shows danger signals. They urged a national conference with all major economic groups to plan the future and addressed rising unemployment. Reuther said he had urged President Eisenhower in April and received a courteous reply but no action.
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Leon H. Keyserling
CIO
Walter Reuther
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Council of Economic Advisers
Reuther
CIO Council On Employment
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Dulles
McCarthy
White House
Tucker
Bermuda
World Forum
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New York
U. N
U. S
Churchill
Anthony Eden
James C. Hagerty
Lord Cherwell
Promie
Lewis W. Straus
Hagerty
Georges Bidault
John Foster Dulles
Eden
Heiple Re-nominated Firemen President at Somerset Hall
Floyd Heiple was re-nominated president of the Somerset volunteer fire department at a Friday meeting in the Somerset fire hall. Other nominees include Frederick Jacobs as vice president and Arthur Hartzell as foreman. Induction and election for the coming year will be at the next meeting on December 18.
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Floyd Heiple
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Somerset Fire Hall
Frederick Jacobs
Dan E. Hartzell
Theodore Nicholson
E. H. Pyle
Arthur Hartzell
Walter Heist
J. Earl Bowlin
L. B. Barron
Wheeler Released After Two Day Jail Sentence
Lloyd Wheeler, 38, of Boswell, released from Somerset county jail after a two day sentence. He had been committed Saturday by Justice of the Peace L. B. Daugall of Jenners for violation of the motor vehicle code.
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Wheeler
Lloyd Wheeler
Boswell
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Daugall
Jennerstown
Youth Fatally Injured While Hunting Deer
Roy Allen Woolley, 12, of Somerset R D 1, died from a chest wound suffered while deer hunting with his 14 year old brother on Mrs Mabel Gross farm. The elder brother's rifle discharged as he turned to shoot, striking Roy. Gene Woolley was taken into custody. funeral plans set for Tuesday at Church of God with burial at St Johns cemetery.
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Somerset, R. D
Mabel Gross
Somerset Township
Roy Woolley
Raymond Woolley
Somerset
R. D
Westmoreland County
Gene
C. T. Saylor
Hanger
Gene Woolley
Somerset Joint High School
Paul Kunkel
P. G. Mareena
Roy Allen Wooley
Raymond
Alta Durst Woolley
Jean
Guy
Carl
Terry
Irene
Mahion Woolley
Walter Durst
Newton Falls
Church of God
J. E. Bell
St. John’s Cemetery
Hauger Funeral Home
Major Felton to Be Buried in Somerset Today
Major Kenneth O. Felton a Somerset high school graduate and WWII veteran dies in a plane crash near Alexandria Louisiana. He served in Hawaii Normandy and the Ardennes and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Burial today at 2 p.m. with services at 2 30 p.m. at the Church of the Brethren and interment at Somerset Memorial Park.
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Kenneth O. Felton
Somerset
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Alexandria
Pensacola
Fla
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
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Aachen
Germany
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Fort Sill
Okla
Yvonne Swarmer
Rockwood
Marsha
Linda Sue
Kay Lynn
Masonic Blue Lodge
Louisville
Church of the Brethren
Allen Felton
Mara Hostetler Hoover
Dorothy Meyers
Somerset, R. D
Thelma Nicholson
Cumberland, Md
Evelyn Glessner
June Younkin
R. D
Somerset Church of the Brethren
Galen R. Blough
Somerset County Memorial Park
Walter S. Hoffman
George Cassett
Hunt for Jesse James treasure under way near Corning
Corning Ark the hunt for Jesse James treasure is underway backed by Hertha Lipps of Enid Oklahoma who wired funds to a six man group claiming loot from one of James robberies is buried along the Black River bank near Corning Arkansas.
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Jesse James
Corning
Ark
Oklahoma
Hertha Lipps
Enid
Okla
James
Black River
Tougher tax laws urged by House investigators in Washington
House Ways and Means subcommittee urged tougher administration to curb fraud. Call for stricter penalties for evaders, more jail terms, and better taxpayer record keeping. Recommends ending leniency in courts and raising standards for deductible expenses with substantiation.
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B. OL
Livingstone Washington
House
Ways and Means
Blackburn Receives Bronze Star for Korea Service
Mr and Mrs Joseph Blackburn of Charleston West Virginia announce their son Commander John R Blackburn of Long Beach California has earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service against the enemy off the coast of North Korea He earned the award commanding the destroyer Moore and providing gunfire support to minesweepers at Wonsan harbor The commander is grandson of Brinker R Jones of Somerset and son of the late Elizabeth Jones and a former Consolidation Coal Co engineer in Somerset.
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Joseph KR. Blackburn
Charleston
W. Va
John R. Blackburn
Long Beach
Cal
North Korea
Wonsan Harbor
Blackburn
U.S.5
Moore
Brinker R. Jones
Somerset
Stormer
Elizabeth Jones
Consolidation Coal Co
Nixon Visit Sparks Talk of Pak Army Aid Pact
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Karachi amid speculation that the United States would soon offer Pakistan substantial military assistance under a mutual security program. Officials say a decision is pending after Bermuda, with no base demands, while Pakistan seeks defensive aid and to avoid Indian neutralist pressures.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Richard Nixon
United States
Nixon
Mohammed Ali
Eisenhower
U. S. National Security Council
Bermuda
India
Nehru
Asia
U. S
Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan
Afghanistan
Kabul
Nixons
Khyber Pass
Huge Meyersdale Balloon Parade Draws 9000 Crowd
About 9000 spectators witnessed Meyersdale s first large scale Christmas balloon parade featuring 25 giant balloons including an 85 foot Santa and reindeer. Meyersdale Chamber of Commerce sponsored with Meyersdale high school band providing participants and help. Grantsville s Northern High School band performed. other invited bands did not attend.
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Meyersdale
Santa Claus
Northern
Grantsville
Meyersdale High School
Meyersdale Chamber of Commerce
Somerset County
Young Republican Leader Cited as State Chairman
Enoch H. Thomas Jr. of Wilkes Barre cited as Young Republican state chairman for 1953. Thomas, chairman of the Pennsylvania Federation of Young Republican clubs, was honored by the executive committee of the Middle Atlantic States council in a resolution passed here yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Enoch H. Thomas, Jr
Wilkes- Barre
Thomas
Pennsylvania Federation of Young Republican Clubs
Middle Atlantic States Council
President To Fly To N.Y To Deliver Speech
McCarthy says no basic conflict with Eisenhower over Communists in government and urges letters to the President. Eisenhower campaigns to keep Communists out, while Dulles and Churchill back the unity against a menace.
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N.Y
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Stevenson
Truman
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Atty
Brownell
Secretary of
State Dulles
Meyersdale Board to Submit Plans to Authority
Meyersdale joint school committee adopted a resolution to submit plans for a proposed new junior high school building to the state public school building authority. The project will be funded by the authority. The board rejected a $5 monthly janitorial allowance request from one room school teachers. Jay Neff’s request for two rooms for courses in educational advantages for teachers was granted. Routine business was transacted at Meyersdale borough board meeting.
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Meyersdale
State Public School Building Authority
Arthur McCarter
Jay Neff
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania region turns cooler
Eastern Pennsylvania expects partly cloudy and windy conditions with a cooler southeast portion on Monday reaching 47 to 53 degrees. Lows Tuesday night fall, while western Pennsylvania faces considerable cloudiness, wind, and cooler highs in the 40s with possible light showers and little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
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