Second Special Session to Consider State-Aided Funds
The second straight special session opens Monday at 5 p.m. in Harrisburg to consider 72 million dollars for state-aided hospitals colleges universities and special schools. Gov Scranton issued the starting proclamation amid ongoing reapportionment battles and a possible January follow up on unemployment compensation changes and Project 70 enabling legislation.
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Somerset
Daily American
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Auto Accidents Hospitalize Two Over Weekend
Two people were hospitalized with injuries from separate weekend crashes in Somerset County. Melvin Warnick, 41, suffered facial lacerations and Carol Ann Schrock, 22, of Somerset, a possible fractured leg, both listed in fair condition at Somerset Community Hospital.
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Melvin Warnick
Carol Ann Schrock
Somerset
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Warnick
Walter E. Donahue
Baltimore
Alfred A. Johnston
Jenner
Push For Adjournment Under Way In Congress
Congress races to adjourn amid a packed schedule. Senate plans eight annual money bills totaling billions, with key actions on foreign aid and independent offices. House pressure centers on a $3.599 billion foreign-aid ceiling and a discharge petition on the omnibus civil rights measure.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
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D-Ore
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
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AP Book On JFK Assassination To Be Published
The Associated Press plans a 100 page hardcover book titled The Torch Is Passed offering a complete record of Kennedy's assassination and its aftermath. Deliveries begin about Dec 30 at $2 per copy, order via coupon on page two.
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Associated Press
Lee Oswwald
Arlington
Johnson
Snow Closes In As Somerset County Sees Up To Eight Inches
A Sunday snowstorm dumped 4 to 6 inches over Somerset County with mountain areas accumulating up to 8 inches. Highways crews plowed all roads while telecommunication lines suffered scattered outages, chiefly in Sipesville, as repair crews were dispatched to restore service.
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Department of Highways
William J. Schilling
Somerset
The
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Sipesville
Sipesville Area,’’ Schilling
Schilling
Blizzard Hits North Central States With Heavy Snow
Blizzard and storms drop up to nine inches of snow across the north central states with four more inches forecast for Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. The Weather Bureau says the first intense storm weakens while four deaths are attributed to the weather.
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Sherwood
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New London
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N.D
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Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Pennell Expected to Join State Tax Board in Harrisburg
Mrs Ruth Glenn Pennell vice chair of the Pennsylvania GOP is slated for appointment to the state tax equalization board. The post offers 14000 annual salary for the chairman and 13000 for the two other members. Pennell would resign her GOP vice chairmanship after the appointment. Two Democrats already serve on the board John Bevee and James Lee.
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Ruth Glenn Pennell
Republican State Committee
State
Juniata County
Pennsylvania Gop
John Bevee
James
Blue Knob Officially Opened By Goddard
Blue Knob Resort in Bedford County officially opened with Dr. Maur ice Goddard christening the site. The 11-slope Alpine center near Bedford hosts 250 attendees and features Alpine lodge names. Dedication notes leasing state land to private industry and plans for Pocono Mountains expansion.
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Penny Pitou
Don Hoak
Jill Corey
Bedford
Allegheny Mountains
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Eng
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Judge Sentences 3 County Men in Somerset Court
Judge Thomas Lansberry sentenced three Somerset County men Saturday. Ralph E. Grimm of R D 5 Somerset faced a $100 fine and prosecution costs for pointing and discharging a deadly weapon. Richard Marple of R D 2 was fined $100 and costs and placed on two years probation after two counts including impersonating an officer. Kenneth C. Shavalis of Holsapple R D was fined costs for public indecency.
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Thomas Lansberry
Somerset County
Ralph E. Grimm
Somerset
R.D
Richard Marple
Kenneth C. Shavalis
Holsapple
Niece travels 2000 miles to visit 84 year old convict
Mrs. Clara Naegliw Orth journeys from Oakland to Chester Illinois to meet Richard Honeck, jailed since 1899 for murder, his first visitor in nearly six decades. Honeck last received mail in 1904 as hundreds of letters followed AP coverage.
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Bob Pool Chester
Ill
Clara Naegliw
Orth
Richard Honeck
Honeck
St. Louis Associated Press
Menard Time
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
Richard
Pitt Tuition Rises to 700 Per Trimester for 1964
University of Pittsburgh announces a fall 1964 tuition increase from 1200 yearly to 1400 yearly. A flat 700 per trimester is set for 15 credit students, with 47 per credit for fewer credits and an extra 100 per trimester for out-of-state students.
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Pitt
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Edward Litchfield
Plane Hit by Lightning Kills 82 in Elkton Crash
Witnesses report a Boeing 707 on Pan American Flight 214 struck by lightning during a severe storm near Elkton Maryland. The jet shattered and crashed into a cornfield killing 82 people and injuring none confirmed. authorities say no survivors.
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Elkton
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
The forecast calls for cloudy windy and colder conditions with snow flurries on Monday and Monday night. Highs approach the upper twenties to mid thirties with lows near 18 to 24. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cold with additional snow flurries mainly in the northern areas.
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Pennsylvania
Khrushchev Seeks New Farm Relief Plan
In Moscow Premier Khrushchev again pushes for agricultural relief through large fertilizer inputs and irrigation projects. The 1964-65 investment blueprint, approved by the government, will be presented at the Supreme Soviet session starting December 16, with party central committee likely to sign off.
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George Syverstsen
Moscow
Khrushchev
Party
Supreme Soviet
FBI Sifts Oswald Letters Tied to Cuba Group
The FBI obtained a sequence of letters from Lee Harvey Oswald to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Reports say Oswald acted as a New Orleans representative without national approval and sought formal committee membership and office space.
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FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
the Times
Vincent Theodore Lee
Fidel Castro
Oswald
Lee
New Orleans
The
Times
Journal-American
Dallas
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