Soviet 1962 Budget Sees Record Military Spend Rise
Moscow reports an 81.9 billion ruble 1962 budget with 13.4 billion allocated to defense up nearly 50 percent from 1961 planned levels. Finance Chief Garbuzov told 1 378 delegates that crisis conditions require rearmament while loans for aid to socialist and underdeveloped nations expand. Khrushchev presided at the opening session amid East-West tension.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Wassily Gorbuzov
Supreme Parliament
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Bloc
United States
U.S
Pearl Harbor 20th Anniversary Observed at Memorial
Twenty years after Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 1941 a memorial ceremony will mark the date aboard the USS Arizona memorial platform at 7 55 a m Many dignitaries veterans and survivors join as guests view from boats The service honors the 1102 who perished aboard the Arizona and nearly 900 who died on Ford Island amid a national moment of remembrance.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
U.S. Naval Base
U.S
Arizona
America
Ford Island
New England
Boston
U S Drops Plan To Orbit Man This Month
NASA shifted the first American orbital flight to early next month with John H. Glenn Jr. as the lead astronaut and Scott Carpenter as backup. No firm January date is set, though December targets had been mentioned.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
United States
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Glenn, Jr
Navy
Cmdr
Scott Carpenter
Democrats Fail To Agree on Reapportionment
Harrisburg AP report says Pennsylvania Democrats failed to reach a concrete plan for redrawing congressional districts after a four hour session. State Chairman Otis Morse cited absence of six of the 14 Democratic congressmen and declined to reveal proposals while noting no final decisions until absentees review. If not completed by February 20, 1962, the state would have to run at large in the next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Linnen
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Otis B. Morse
Morse
State Party
Philadelphia
Congress
34 CAP Cadets Take Final Examinations
Laurel Mountain Squadron 1504 Civil Air Patrol held final aerospace tests for 34 cadets during Wednesday night’s meeting. Captain Reta Frankosky supervised the exam on Aviation and You, with results expected at Allentown within 7 to 10 days. Maj. Cecil Baer announced CAP staff school at Scranton University on Dec 16-17, nine staffers planning to attend.
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Laurel Mountain
Civil Air Patrol
Reta Frankosky
Cambria County
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Cecil Baer
Baer
CAP
Scranton University
Sentinels
Nevada Atomic Test Area
Reds Step Up Troop Movements
East German patrols and Russian troop movements were reported along the autobahn to Berlin as a U S battle group prepared to move out from Helmstedt toward the city. The move follows the earlier deployment of another unit after the Berlin wall crisis.
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John Fiehn
Berlin
West Germany
Helmstedt
East Germany
U.S
Kennedy
NATO
West Berlin
Otto Winzer
ADN
Winzer
Winter
Kennedy urges abolition of trade barriers in NAM speech
President Kennedy told a Waldorf luncheon that barriers in industrial nations must be lowered to boost world commerce. He urged leadership by the United States and Europe to create a bold new trade policy and to widen exports, arguing the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act should be replaced rather than renewed.
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New York
Kennedy
Free World
Atlantic
United States
Europe
National Association of Manufacturers’ Congress of American Industry
Florida
Afl-Cio
NAM
Waldorf- Astoria
1990 Names Purged From Voter Lists
Somerset county voter registrar John Chicarelli said 1,990 persons were removed from registration after a check found they had not voted since 1959. The purge included 817 Republicans 1,160 Democrats and 13 with other affiliations. New registrations resume today.
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John Chicarell
Somerset County
Chicarelli
Planning Tools For Zoning And Subdivision Regulation
Warren T. Zitzmann outlines six planning tools at the Somerset County planning school session in Harrisburg. He emphasizes zoning as the strongest case for planning and warns that a plan is essential to justify zoning for future growth. He also covers subdivision regulation and the need to plan for traffic and public services within five to six years of capital improvements.
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Somerset County Planning School
Warren T. Zitzmann
Department of Commerce
Harrisburg
Zitzmann
Thg
Dominican Crisis Nears Resolution and Balaguer Role Questioned
In Santo Domingo the crisis nears a solution with optimism at the National Civic Union. Informants expect a government Civil Union agreement to be announced by Thursday, but details remain confidential. The main dispute is whether Balaguer keeps a top position in a five to seven member governing council.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
National Civic Union
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
Trujillos
Civic Union
Nancy Jo Plant Owner Speaks to Laurel Hill Lions
Special to the American Harry Cochran, owner of the Nancy Jo Sportswear plant at New Centerville, spoke to the Laurel Hill Lions club at Milford Grange hall. He described the sewing operation and noted 39 employees. Perryopolis mayor Russell Blair attended as the sole other guest.
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Nancy Jo
Laurel Hill Lions
Harry Cochran
New Centerville
Lions Hill
Lions Club
Milford Grange Hall
Cochran
Russell Blair
Perryopolis
U N Claims to Control Traffic at Underpass
In Elisabethville Katanga the United Nations announced control of an underpass used to reach the suburbs amid intensified fighting. U.N. gunships attacked Katanga air bases while clashes raged at roads and near the main airport as Moise Tshombe flew home from Paris to oversee a broader battle.
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Elisabethville
Katanga the Congo
Katanga
U.N
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
Paris
Manono
Here
U N Receives Increased Aid As Congo Crisis Deepens
The United States offers 21 transport planes to support U N operations in the Congo. The deployment includes 15 C124 Globemasters and six C130 Hercules with crews from the United States. Officials say planes will fly U N troops from origins to Congo sites under U S command. The move follows U Thant’s order to restore order in Elisabethville and reflects ongoing U S U N alignment amid British commentary on Katanga.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Congo
U.S
U.N
U Thant
Elisabethville
Katanga
Thant
State Department
France
Libya
Department
Heath
Secretary-Generally
Keystone Club to Elect Officers at Friday Meeting
The Keystone Club Inc of Somerset county will hold its monthly meeting at the American Legion Home on Friday December 8 at 8 p.m. Officers for the coming year will be elected and a free buffet lunch will follow. Members are urged to attend as plans will push for gains for the Republican party and a Republican governor and U S senator in 1962.
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Keystone Club, Inc
Somerset County
American Legion
U. S
Bedford Forest Fires Extinguished
Two small Bedford County fires have been extinguished after burning since Tuesday. Wardens Arthur Miller and Albert Imler said the blazes on Wills Mountain near the Maryland line and Dutch Corner about five miles northeast of Bedford destroyed an estimated 60 to 65 acres.
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Bedford, Pa
Bedford County
Arthur Miller
Albert Imler
Wills Mountain
Maryland State Line
Dutch Corner
Here
Britain and U N clash over Congo policy in Commons
Deputy Foreign Minister Edward Heath told the House of Commons Britain opposes U N military action in Katanga and favors conciliation between Katanga and Leopoldville. Harold Wilson pressed if the U S supports the U N operation, as Heath affirmed Britain seeks a political solution rather than force. Dr Conor Cruise O Brien denounced the crowd as playing a dirty game in the Congo.
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London
U.N
Katanga
United States
Congo
Edward Heath
House of Commons
Labor
Harold Wilson
Heath
U.S
Britain
United Nations
Leopoldville
Conor Cruise O’brien
Irish Foreign Service
Bloodmobile Collects 40 Pints in Rockwood Visit
Red Cross bloodmobile gathered 40 pints during the Rockwood stop, short of the 85 pint quota. Forty four donors registered at the Church of Christ, four deferred, eight first time donors, and local volunteers from Century Club and Church of Christ aided the effort. Rockwood physicians supervised in two hour shifts to ensure medical safety.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Rockwood
Red Cross
Church of Christ
William Wiltrout
Philip Schaff
Century Women's Club
Century Club
Daughters of Ruth
L. Dale Mickey
Paul E. Berkebile
Edward J. Stachowiak
Walter Reappointed To Housing Authority
Eugene Walter of Jennerstown is reappointed to a five year term as a director of the Housing Authority of Somerset County. His term expires August 1966. The Somerset county board of commissioners made the appointment. E. T. Swearman of Boswell is the executive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Walter
Jennerstown
Housing Authority
Somerset County
Walter
Somerset County Board of Commissioners
E. T. Swearman
Boswell
Directory of Notices Sealed Bids Rockwood Area School Board
New official notices published this week include sealed bids accepted by the Rockwood Area School Board as listed on the Classified Page.
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Rockwood Area School Board
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Stanley Johnson
By Robert Myers
Paul J. Fannin
William F. Quinn
Pacific
Harry D. Felt
Pacific Fleet
John H. Sides
Alan Shapley
Pacific Marine
Shapley
Russia
Stewart Udall
Carl Bellinger
Westmoreland
Kan
Bellinger
Udall
By Robert Berrellez
James Swartz
Grange Hall
Tshombe
Evariste Kimba
Lewis Hoffacker
Queen Elisabeth Hospital
Kimba
Kolwezi
Lufira
Jadotville
Keystone Club
Bedford
JETS
British Congo
Bloodmobile
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