Attlee Resigns as Labor Leader and Receives Earldom
London dispatch reports Clement Attlee resigns as Labour Party leader at a caucus. Queen Elizabeth II creates him Earl Attlee, signaling a power struggle with Aneurin Bevan for the party mantle. Bevan canvasses support while Hugh Gaitskell and Herbert Morrison contend for leadership ahead of 1959 elections.
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Jack Smith
London
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Labor
Elizabethrii
Attlee
House of Lords
Aneurin Bevan
Sir Winston Churchill
Bevan
Hugh Gaitskell
Herbert Morrison
Gaitskell
United States
Fden
Ike Sets Special Cabinet Meetings Ahead of Budget Talks
President Eisenhower scheduled two cabinet level conferences tomorrow at Camp David to discuss the new budget and foreign affairs. White House secretary Hagerty said the meetings start at 9 am with Wilson Humphrey and Hughes on the budget, then a Dulles foreign affairs session, followed by a morning session of the national security council.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Catoctin Mountain
Camp David
Defense Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Bridget Director
Hughes
Hagerty
Dulles
National Security Council
Wilson
Congress
Gabriel Hauge
Arthur F. Burns
Council of Economic Advisers
Harriman
Fire destroys eight room Berlin home leaving twelve homeless
A family of twelve lost their home near Berlin when an eight room dwelling burned around 5 a.m. on Route 31. Fire Chief Ernest Walker said the $6,000 loss included $4,000 for the structure and $2,000 for furniture. The blaze, possibly from an exploding electric refrigerator, forced the Buratty family to flee in night clothes. They are staying with Norman Gary as Berlin volunteers appeal for clothing and furniture donations.
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Berlin
Lawrence Buratty
R. D
Ernest Walker
Walker
Buratty
Norman Gary
Somerset
Gary
Wills Church
Doctor Arrested In Cross-Country Kidnapping Case
Texas physician Dr. Frank Samburg 36 was seized in Yuma Arizona with his son Phillip and Mary Jean Nance. He is charged with kidnapping Phillip from Ithaca New York where custody was awarded to the mother Doris Blanchard. Bond set at 50000 dollars and the children placed with a jail matron.
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Yuma
Ariz
Texas
Frank Samburg
Big Spring
Tex
Flamingo
Arizona
Phillip
Mary Jean Nance
Sainburg
Ithaca
N. Y
Veterans Hospital
Longview
Doris Blanchard
State Police Probe $500 Garrett Larceny
State police investigate a $500 copper theft from Enter prise Coal at Penleigh No 1 mine on Route 219 between Garrett and Berlin. The missing loot includes 500 feet of copper trolley wire and 350 feet of insulated copper cable taken in recent weeks.
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Somerset Barracks
Enterprise Coal Company
Garrett
Penleigh No. 1
Route 219
Berlin
Somerset Rotary to host Somerset High football team lunch
The Somerset High School football squad and officials will attend the weekly Rotary Club luncheon on Friday at noon. Guest speaker will be Ray Scott, sports commentator for KDKA TV Pittsburgh.
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Somerset High School
Somerset Rotary Club
Ray Scott
Kdka-Tv
Pittsburgh
Billings At Last Makes Guilty Plea
Canadian tough guy Robert John Billings 26 pleaded guilty to larceny and receiving stolen goods and no defense to firearms acts in a jewelry theft case centered in Somerset. Accomplice Leonard E. Lloyd 25 Syracuse was already sentenced. Billings faces sentencing Friday.
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Billings
Robert John Billings
Somerset
Frank A. Orban
Toronto
Orban
Western Penitentiary
Leonard E. Lloyd
Syracuse
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pinkerton Agency
McConnellsburg
Lloyd
Somerset Door
Conrad Eisler To Be Cited For Railroad Service
The nation s oldest railroad union will present a merit citation for 50 years of railroading service to 78 year old Conrad Eisler of 624 South Center Street Somerset He is a member of the senior brotherhood s 50th division with headquarters in Connellsville Eisler retired in June 1942 after 40 years as a Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineer He began his career in 1898 as a trackman and soon became a fireman He is also a 52 year member of the engineer brotherhood and belongs to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Order of United American Mechanics Notification of the citation came from Eugene Hersh Cleveland director of public relations for the brotherhood.
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Conrad Eisler
South Center Street
Somerset
Engineer Brotherhood
Eisler
Order of Eagles
Order of United American Mechanics
Eugene Hersh
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Brotherhood
No Kiss Baker Kills Wife With Hatchet
Pittsburgh reports an elderly retired baker, Eugene Cromer, 75, killed his wife Anna Cromer, 64, with a hatchet after she refused to kiss him. Officers say Cromer said they had fought for years and that she slapped him before he struck from behind in the Carrick home. He then rang police.
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Pittsburgh
Anna Cramer
Carrick
Eugene
Cromer
First Negro Alderman Elected in City History
Tom Miller, a steelworker, becomes the city's first Negro alderman after defeating a fellow steel worker for the post on December 7.
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Sydney. N
Tom Miller
Fatal Frankfurt blast claims 25 in five story building
A dawn explosion leveled a new five story apartment building in central Frankfurt killing 25 of 32 occupants including seven children. Police explored political assassination, WWII bomb, gas leak, and tenant gas tap theories as rescue crews dug through debris.
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Tom Stone
Frankfurt
Germany
Mathias Stenczel
Istvan Szeles
Eve Szeles
West Germany
Gunman Takes Cash From Wisconsin Bank in Lake Geneva
A masked gunman held eight First National Bank employees at Lake Geneva and escaped with 74 293 dollars in cash. He claimed keys to 11 more banks, a note hinted at a joke about a squeaky squad car, and a spare car was found five blocks away.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
First National Bank
Weber Smith
Smith
George Allen
Nce
Hallowe'tn
Allen
Warren Huber
Wisconsin
Somerset Trucker Admitted After Abdominal Attack
Somerset driver Robert B. Spangler was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital in fair condition after a sudden abdominal attack at about 3 p.m. on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He was en route from Wheeling, West Virginia to New York City and pulled off at the Carlisle interchange. Another Somerset trucker drove the rig to Philadelphia.
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Robert B. Spangler
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Spangler
New York City
Wheeling
W. Va
Carlisle
Philadelphia
Deer Hunter Burns To Death At Bonfire
John P. Shope aged 65 of Hesston Hunt ingdon county was fatally burned as his clothing caught fire near a bonfire while deer hunting. Edward Schnau fer 42 of Mt Union sustained burns while trying to put out the flames.
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Huntingdon
John P. Shope
Hesston
Huntingdon County
Edward Schnaufer
Mt. Union
Shope
Youth Confesses to Murder of NAACP Leader in Schulenberg
Gonzales Texas officers report 15 year old L C Henry confessed to killing Herbert Johnson 58 leader of the NAACP in Schulenberg Texas. Motive unclear possibly linked to the $17 Johnson carried or a two year family quarrel. Henry is grandson of Willie Tennon and uncle of Johnson.
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Gonzales
Tex
Herbert Johnson
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
Schulenburg
Johnson
L. C. Henry
Willie Tennon
NAM Denies Meany Statement on Labor Pact
AFL CIO President George Meany said NAM agreed to explore a live and let live labor industry pact while NAM denied any such contact. NAM board chairman Sligh said no NAM rep spoke with Meany except to invite him to speak at the Dec. 9 Congress of American Industry. Meany noted staff level talks could discuss an agreement with no specifics.
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James Devlin
New York
Aflcio
George Meany
National Assn. of Manufacturers
NAM
Meany
New York Times
NAM Board
Charles R Sligh Jr
National Assay of Manufacturers
Association
Sligh
Congress of American Industry
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Newsmen
Marion B. Folsom
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Eisenhower
Congress
GM Replies To Complaints Made To Senate Probe
General Motors vice president William F. Hufstader defended dealers amid Senate monopoly hearings. He said complaints came from unprepared dealers while most GM dealers are successful small businessmen who planned ahead and shared in rising sales. The exchange followed tense remarks by GM president Harlow Curtice and subcommittee chief counsel Joseph Burns as senators study GM's growth and dealer pressures.
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Washington
General Motors
William F. Hufstader
Senate
Hufstader
Harlow H. Curtice
Joseph W. Burns
Exploratory Tax Plan Talks Start in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on December 7 bipartisan tax conferences began from scratch to shape Pennsylvania’s budget and a future tax program. Senate leaders Dent Berger Mahany and others discussed goals while a House 3% manufacturers excise levy remains pending. Gov Leader denounced a GOP plan to issue 110 million in tax anticipation notes as a delay tactic.
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Harrisburg
John H. Dent
Senate
House
James 8. Berger
R-Potter
GOP
Rowland B. Mahany
Dent
Berger
Mahany
Henry B. Leader
Edward J. Kessler
Lancaster
G. Graybill Diehm
M. Harvey Taylor
Dauphin
Taylor
Kessler
Senate Finance Committee
Bloodmobile to Visit New Centerville Friday
Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the New Centerville fire hall Friday December 9 from 1230 to 630 pm. Only 27 donors signed to date highlighting a county wide blood shortage and urgent need for volunteers. Residents urged to register by calling Rockwood 2268 or Somerset 6236. a pint of blood may be the greatest Christmas gift.
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Red Cross
Centerville Fire Hall
Somerset County
R. B. Barner
Somerset Community Hospital
Johnstown
Mr. Barner
New Centerville
Rockwood
Somerset
Harriman Faces White House Fire Over Tammany Nominations
New York Governor Averell Harriman drew sharp White House criticism after Hagerty said the governor is the first candidate in history nominated by Tammany Hall. Harriman disputed being an active candidate while DeSapio’s remarks suggested a strong bid for the Democratic nomination.
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Associated Press
New York
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Harriman
Tammany Hall
Gettysburg
Washington
Tammany
Carmine DeSapio
Hagerty
Douglas B. Cornell
New York City
Tammany Organization
Administration
Afl-Cio
DeSapio
Mutual
New York County
Alfred E. Smith
Woman Admitted After Turnpike Crash Near Somerset
A Massachusetts expectant mother, Anne Recciardella, 24, of Needham, was admitted for observation at Somerset Community Hospital after a rear end collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of the Somerset interchange. Ronald Recciardella, 24, was driving. Daniel F. Vancho, 47, of Pittsburgh, was the other driver. Damage to both cars totaled about $500.
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Massachusetts
Somerset Community Hospital
Turnpike
Somerset
Anne Recciardella
Needham
Ronald
Daniel F. Vancho
Pittsburgh
Berlin
James E. Howarth
R. D
Route 219
Howarth
Alvin Carther
County Jail Holds Drunk Driver in Suspended License Case
A Baltimore man, Jack W. Hulings, 35, was committed to Somerset county jail on a driving while intoxicated charge after police stopped him on the Pennsylvania turnpike. Charles Mull Jr., 28, also faced a separate suspended license charge and posted bond to appear in court. The incidents date to late November.
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Baltimore
Somerset County
Jack W. Hulings
Justice of the Peace
Wayne Hay
Somerset Township
Charles Mull, Jr
Somerset
Mull
Justice of the Peace H. 8S
Whipperman
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