State Dept Official Arrested Over Secret Papers
Foy D Kohler 44 former Voice of America head and planning board member was arrested in Arlington Virginia after a party incident. He carried two secret papers about French Morocco and Tunisia and was cited for public intoxication. His wife Phyllis 40 faced drunken driving charges.
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Roger PD. Greene
Washington
Dec
State Department
Foy D. Kohler
Voice of America
Virginia
Documenta
French
Morocco
Tunisia
Middle East
Kohler
Acheson
Police Planning Board
Arlington
Phyllis
Moscow
Michael McDermott
McDermott
State Department Planning Board
Bucharest
Athens
Cairo
London
Greece
Seaman Admits Assault on 82-Year-Old Neighbor
State police said a 17 year-old naval trainee Harley J. Roush, a seaman on leave, admitted to criminally assaulting an 82-year-old woman in Girard near Coldwater Michigan. Police noted he had been drinking.
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Coldwater
Mich
Girard
Harley JL. Roush
Churchmen Must Awake Or Lose Out
Denver dispatch reports an appeal to American Protestants to awaken to new conditions on campuses and abroad or risk losing ground for Christianity. Leaders warn of a crisis and urge churches to align with modern ideas, literacy work, and closer church college ties to combat secular trends and Communist agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
General Assembly
National Council of Churches of Christ
USA
Ira W. Moomaw
Christ
Frank Laubach
Council
John O. Grosa
Nashville
First Day of December Court Ends Without Jury
On the December term opening day no cases went to the jury. Judge Lansberry postponed many trials after the death of Attorney A. M Matthews. George A. Rosa pled guilty to operating under the influence and faces fines, jail, and possible parole after restitution. A civil settlement ended another case, while arson charges against Jacob Stark were set for trial with details involving a Greensburg Fire Marshal’s accusation.
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Criminal Court
A. M Matthews. Beause
Lanaberry
George A. Rosa
Berlin
Lansberry
Helen Starr
R. D. Somerset
Connellsville Electric
Jacob Stark
Glencoe
Greensburg
Arthur C. Wood
Stark
Friendsville, Md
Memorial Service for Four Somerset Students
A 20 minute memorial service was held Monday at Somerset High School for four students Millie Matthews Bernice Hoover Richard Hoburn and John D Moore Jr who died in a Saturday automobile accident. Rev I F Woodrow led the service with the high school choir performing two songs and English teacher Mrs Phyllis C Cindric delivering the Lord's Prayer.
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Somerset Joint High School
Millie Matthews
Bernice Hoover
Richard Hoburn
John D. Moore
I. F. Woodrow
Somerset Church of Christ
Phillip Holsinger
Phyllis C. Cindric
Somerset pupils serve as pallbearers for crash victims
Somerset residents learn that several high school students from Somerset will serve as pallbearers for private services held for three crash victims from Saturday morning. The same group will pallbear for Richard G Hoburn at 1 30 p m today. Funeral services continue at Hauger Funeral Home with Rev William T Doncaster Jr officiating for Miss Millie EB Matthews and burial at Husband Cemetery. John D Moore Jr and Bernice E Hoover receive services led by Revs J F Messenger and G O Bishop with burials in Somerset County Memorial Park. Richard Hoburn is to be buried in Donegal Cemetery with Rev Galen R Blough officiating.
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Somerset High School
Richard G. Hoburn
Jerry
James Halverson
Robert Burdeau
Charles Thomas
Donald Rininger
Jack Luteri
Eddie Bowman
Raymond Jack
Lynn Spiegle
Robert Hershey
Earl Lucius
Philip Rice
Gerald Rnoides
Alvin Supemaker, Jr
Hauger Funeral Home
William T. Doncaster, Jr
Millie EB. Matthews
Husband Cemetery
J. F. Messenger
John D. Moore, Jr
Somerset County Memorial Park
Bernice E. Hoover
G. O. Bishop
Richard Hoburn
Galen R. Blough
Donegal Cemetery
Czech Purge Brings Six Top Communists Under Moscow Order
Belgrade radio citing Tanjug reports six leading Czech Communists among those purged by Moscow. Named figures include former premier Zdenek Fierlinger and defense minister Ludwig Svoboda, with others like Antonin Gregor and Vladimir Kopriva. The report notes arrests amid a backdrop of treason trials and rising union criticism.
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Alex Singleton
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Belgrade Radio
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Tanjug
Prague
Czech
Zdenek Fierlinger
Ludwig Svoboda
Antonin Gregor
Eugene Erban
Augustin Kliment
Vladimir Kopriva
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Vienna
Dr Westfall Writes About Korea Needs In Somerset
In a Somerset American letter Dr W W Westfall a Marine surgeon in Korea shares Father Louis Deslanders account of the Holy Mother's Works of Social Charity orphanage begun in 1935. The report details harsh wartime ordeals and current needs including soaps toothbrushes towels vermifuges vitamins and ophthalmic ointment. He is seeking aid via the Somerset County Medical Society Auxiliary.
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W. W. Westfal
Korea
Louis Deslanders
Holy Mother
Father Deslandes
Deslandes
Westfall
Somerset County Medical Society Auxiliary
Sing Sing Waterfront Hiring Hall Revealed in Testimony
A crime commission hearing exposes Sing Sing as a recruiting hub for waterfront jobs. Ex convict Anthony Tischon testifies that ex offenders with bad records faced easier access to dock work and that he was recruited in prison by an ILA shop steward. The probe documents a vast racketeering influence hurting New York Harbor with a $376 million four year loss.
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New York
Grim Sing Sing
Harden
State Crime Commission
Anthony Tischon
Tischon
Crime Commission
Theodore Kiendl
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Meyersdale Schools Face Overcrowding and Expansion
Meyersdale joint school district enrollments have risen beyond facility capacity prompting talks of a new junior senior high or additions to existing buildings. A committee will study options while a Jan 9 meeting will fill a vacant vice president post. A hot lunch program proposal and a request for duplicating machine quotes were on the board agenda.
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Meyersdale
E. H. Staempfle
Guy Cook
Garrett
Mary Niemiller
Spine Succeeds Brandit in Pittsburgh Immigration Office
George P. Spine is named assistant officer in charge of the Pittsburgh office of the 18 Immigration and Naturalization Service. He succeeds Henry W. Brandit, who transfers to Philadelphia.
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Spine
Brandit
Pittsburgh
George P. Spine
1. 8 S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Henry W. Brandit
Philadelphia
Putnam Says WSB Stays Seeks Aid to Rebuild Board
Washington officials said there are excellent prospects for new industry members joining the wage stabilization board as government wage controls continue. Roger L. Putnam and Mobilization Director Jenroy H. Fowler pledged to keep the program operating, while industry representatives resignations ripple through regional boards and a potential wage increase for anthracite workers is being prepared.
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Washington
Roger L. Putnam
Jenroy H. Fowler
Truman
Putnam-Fowler
Trujin
John Lewis
Lewis
WSB
Fowler
Putnam
Rmlkelvyeste
Eprops
Hey
Isbor
Virgil Day
General Electric Company Electronics Partsulant
Syracuse
N. Y
Dey
Review and Appeals Committee
Wage Analyses Branch
Charles C. Killingsworth
Archibald Cox
Botton
Killingsworth
Bos'on Regional
Kansas City
Atlantic
State College Engineer to Visit Somerset County Farms
An agricultural engineer from State College, Burton Horne, will visit farms in Somerset County on Wednesday December 10 to address dairy barn ventilation, farm machinery, ponds, tile and drainage layouts. The REA building on East Fairview Street will host an informal discussion at 7:20 p.m. with farm agents present to answer questions.
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State College
Somerset County
Burton Horne
REA
East Fairview Street
Firemen Wash Streets Monday Evening
Somerset's dusty main streets were washed Monday night by Chief Newton Picking and his firemen to remove dust that created a traffic hazard. Police directed detours while hoses were dragged around the tree-lighted square and adjacent streets.
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Somerset
Newton Picking
Eisenhower Cabinet Talks Aboard Helena En Route Hawaii
President elect Eisenhower and four future top cabinet members met in secrecy on the USS Helena as it cruised toward Pearl Harbor for key foreign and domestic policy talks. Secretary nominees Mulles Humphrey Clay and others joined in discussions with Adm. Radford and Gen Bradley while the ship neared Hawaii.
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Don Whitehead
Uss Helena
Hawaii
Dac
Eisenhower
Helena
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
Interior
New York City
Germainv
Joseph W Nodge
Detroit
C D. Jackson
Fortune Magazine
Emmett Hughes
White House
Charles E Wileon
Arthur Radford
Pacific Fleet
Wake
Omar N. Bradley
Wilson
Radford
Navy
Honolulu
Deliberately Slow Wife Who Held Him As Captive
Cecil R. Rhodd 41 of Hickory Township near Sharon pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of his wife Arene 40 on Sept 18. He told Mercer County Judge George H. Rowley I killed my wife deliberately because I felt I was a prisoner in my own home and couldn't do anything I wanted. Judge Rowley delayed sentence.
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Greenville
Cecil R. Rhodd
Hickory Township
Sharon
Arene
Rhodd
Mercer County
George H. Rowley
Rowley
Firemen nominate new officers at Somerset meeting
Somerset firemen nominated Floyd Heiple as president and William Jacobs with Frederick Jacobs as vice presidents. Dan Hartzell is recording secretary, Melvin Christner financial secretary, E J Pyle treasurer, Arthur Hartzell foreman. Assisting foreman candidates are Earl Bowlin and L B Barron, with L B Barron and William Stauffer as second assistants, Carl Trapp and Richard Pile as third assistants, and Harry Harrington among the directors. Elections set for Friday December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Firemen
Floyd Heiple
William and
Frederick Jacobs
Dan Hartzell
Melvin Christner
E J. Pyle
Arthur Hartzell
Earl Bowlin
L. B. Barron
William Stauffer
Carl Trapp
Richard Pile
Harry Harrington
Bill of Rights Day Proclaimed in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg officials announce December 15 as Bill of Rights Day in Pennsylvania with Governor John 8. Fine today as part of the proclamation observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John
Riots in Casablanca Kill Dozens as Moroccans Demand Home Rule
About 50 people were killed and seven wounded as 6000 Moroccans stormed French army lines in Casablanca. Arabs linked to the Istiqlal party killed at least six Europeans, with decapitations reported, as troops, Goumier warriors, and tanks dispersed rioters after an hour of fighting. Curfew and martial measures followed.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Istiqlal
Communist Party
Casablancs
Augustin Guillaume
Rabat
Tre Atrikers
Tunisia
Weather outlook for Pennsylvania from Tuesday to Wednesday
Eastern Pennsylvania faces mainly cloudy skies and milder temperatures with a chance of light rain in the mountains on Tuesday. Wednesday turns mostly cloudy and slightly cooler. Western Pennsylvania sees mostly cloudy weather with highs 54 to 60 and scattered light showers Tuesday, followed by partly cloudy and cooler conditions Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather data for Somerset reported by David Grove covers 24 hours from 5:30 pm Sunday to 6:30 pm Monday. Values for temperature maximum and minimum are partially unreadable in the OCR but indicate a standard daily summary by the U S Weather Observer.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Erste Seta
Aps Conak
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