Two Ex Officials Of Phenix City Indicted For Murder
Phenix City Alabama December report indicts Arch Ferrell 39 and Albert Fuller 35 for first degree murder in the killing of A L Patterson the anti racketeering lawyer and former state senator. Patterson shot June night outside his law office as city clamps down on vice. John Patterson now attorney general calls for due process and fair trial.
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Phenix City
Ala
A. L. Patterson
Arch Ferrell
Albert Fuller
Homes
Ferrell
American Legion
Russell County
Court House
Fuller
Lamar Murphy
Alabama
Sherriff Stalph Mathews
Patterson
Formmer
Phenix City Law
John Patterson
Five Lincoln Township School Buildings Sold
Five Lincoln Township school buildings were sold at public auction on Wednesday for 4980 dollars. Purchasers include Sipesville Volunteer Fire Department for the two room Sipesville building and land, Rev. Donald P. McGarvey for the Harrison one room building, John Kimmel for the Harrison two room, George Crow for the Bell five room, and William Shaffer for the North Fork one room. The sale coincided with the opening of the new Lincoln Township elementary building in Sipesville.
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Lincoln Township
Sipesville Volunteer Fre Department
Sipesville
Omy
Harrison
Donald P. McGarvey
Gray
John Kimmel
Quecreek
Bell
Creorge Crow
North Fork
William Shaffer
Somerset
Two Men Committed to County Jail
John Wilson Newcomer aged 29 of Berlin R D 1 was charged Thursday before a justice of the peace for driving while under suspension. In default of bond Newcomer was committed to the county jail. Stanley Prokopehaare alias Stanley Prokop aged 44 of Boswell was committed Wednesday night on morality charges jailed by Justice of the Peace John Kircher.
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John Wilson Newcomer
Berlin
R. D
Justice of the Peace
Wayne Hay
Newcomer
Stanley Prokopehaare
Stanley Prokop
Boswell
John Kircher
Dublin Floodist Overwhelms Capital Amid Severe European Weather
Dublin faced the worst flood in memory as thousands were trapped in low-lying areas while the Irish army, police, and fire services conducted rescue operations. Across Europe, freezing winds, rain, and snow caused rail and road disruption, with 64 French fishermen feared lost and rivers like the Shannon rising hourly.
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Dublin
Ireland
Europe
Dublin Bay
Irish Sea
Alfred Byrne
Shannon
Tolda
Amiens St. Teamine
Belfast
Rosslare
England
Gale Warnn
Baltic
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Swiss
Italian Alps
Austria
Westmoreland County Free Surplus Food Discontinued
Westmoreland County Commissioners announced the federal surplus food program will end January 31 after starting in August. The county spent about $10,000 and served 37,000 people, with more added since the program began. Allegheny County also said it would halt the program on February 1.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Allegheny County
London Star backs living Churchill statue in Parliament Square
The London Star suggested erecting a statue of Prime Minister Winston Churchill while he is alive and placing it beside Abraham Lincoln in Parliament Square.
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London
London Star
Sir Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
Parliament Square
Hatoyama Named Premier Amid Socialist Demands
Ichiro Hatoyama, a pro U S conservative, became prime minister as Socialists and Democrats formed a coalition forcing elections by March 10. The pact ends with a 257 to 191 vote over Taketora Ogata. Yoshida’s Liberal party loses influence. Hatoyama plans a cabinet likely including Mamoru Shigemitsu and Kichisaburo Nomura, while Socialists stay out.
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Tokio
Ichiro Hatoyama
U. S
Japan
Hatoyama
Democrats
Taketora Ogata
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
United States
China
Russia
Democratic Party
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Kichsaburo Nonmia
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan Defense Board
Asahi
Yahita
Glessner Accepts Promotion Manager Post in Greensburg
Alvin Glessner of West Main Street Somerset has taken the promotion manager job at Westland Farmers Co op in Greensburg. He joined the Somerset Community Hospital board and will commute between Somerset and Greensburg to attend meetings. His hospital board term expires July 1, 1955.
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Alvin Glessner
West Main Street
Somerset
Westland Farmers Co-op
Greensburg
Glessner
Somerset Community Hospital Board
Miller elected president of Rockwood Fire Company
Election of officers held in the Rockwood fire hall named President J. C. Miller, Vice President William Murry, Secretary Lloyd Pritts, Treasurer Robert Clayman, Fire Chief Robert Morgan, Assistant Chief John Marker, Truck Operator Bud Jones and a standing committee including John Barnett and others. Netiring fire chief is Jack Marker and past president is John Marker.
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Rockwood Fire Company
J. C. Miller
William Murry
Lloyd Pritts
Rob Rt Clayman
Robert Morgan
John Marker
Opeman
Bud Jones
John Barnett
Bud Schrock
Jess Newcomer
Earl Pritts
Lawrence Metz
Jack Marker
Chief Attorney Warns CIO Against Anti-Trust Drive
Arthur J. Goldberg CIO general counsel warned at a law conference that a group of employers seeks to apply anti-trust laws to labor unions to cripple them and break up national unions and industry bargaining. He noted an advisory committee studying revisions to remove labor union exemptions and said the effort aims to weaken unions.
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Los Angeles
CIO
Arthur J. Goldberg
Law School
Goldberg
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Pennsylvania man testifies to dual role with Communists
R. J. Hardin of Large, Pennsylvania, admits posing as a faithful Communist while secretly aiding federal authorities. He testifies at a subversive activities board proceeding against the Civil Rights Congress, detailing reentry into the party and instructions to go underground in 1950. He also describes contacts with Steve Gavura and Steve Nelson through intermediaries.
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Washington
R. J. Hardin
Large
Subversive Activities Control Board
Civil Rights Congress
Herbert Brownell
Nardin
Communist Party
High Point
N. C
Hardin
Ebensburg
FBI
Steve Gavura
Johnstown
Steve Nelson
Pennsylvania
Nelson
Margaret
Iilsburgh
Fayette County Men Jailed On Larceny Charge
Two Fayette county men Sherman Kazee 24 Uniontown Star Route and Fred Teets 23 Uniontown R D 4 were jailed in Somerset county on larceny charges. Investigators say about 12 miles of copper wire worth 2000 were stolen from Acosta Gray coal company property over three to four months. State police from the Somerset sub station arrested them as they were in the act in Jenner township.
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Fayette County
Somerset County
Jenner Township
Acosta-Gray Coal Company
Sherman Kazee
Uniontown
Star Route
Fred Teets
R. D
Somerset
Denmark Cuts Period of Military Service
Copenhagen Denmark December 9 Denmark a NATO member announced a reduction of compulsory military service from 14 to 16 months. The move, described as part of an economy drive, comes after Belgium and the Netherlands trimmed service from 20 to 18 months earlier this year. The United States requires two years for most draftees.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
NATO
Belgium
Netherlands
United States
Lightning Strikes UK Airliner. No Injuries Reported
A British European Airways Viscount turboprop with 17 aboard was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from London airport but returned safely. No injuries or damage reported and flight continued later.
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London
British European Airways
Doctor Sheppard Defense Claims No Divorce Talk
Dr. Samuel Sheppard testified in his murder trial that he and Marilyn had no serious disagreements and disputed no divorce. He described an alleged bushy haired intruder as Marilyn’s killer while recounting an affair with Susan Hayes and a watch bought for her.
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Arthur Everett Cliveland
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Sheppard
Miss Hayes
Marilyn
Susan
Dr. Sheppard
Chip
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Los Angeles
Monterey
Cal
California
Miss Susan Hayes
Senator Martin Seeks tosave 800 Jobs in New Castle Plant
Senator Edward Martin urged the GSA to avoid selling the World War II era plant in New Castle. The facility, leased to United Engineering & Foundry, employs about 800 workers and faces closure when the lease ends December 31. A petition drive seeks to keep the plant open and preserve local jobs.
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Washington
Edward Martin
R-Pa
New Castle
United Engineering & Foundry Corp
General Services Administration
C3a
GSA
Eisenhower
Lawrence County
Sen. Martin
James H. Duff
R-Fa
Murryn Stephens
Greater New
Scalp Level Hosts Somerset Co Firemen Meeting
The Somerset county volunteer firemen met in Scalp Level led by vice president Fred Jacobs as president Maust was ill. A 25 fire calls total reported with borough and rural losses. property saved totaled 25 000. Next meeting set for Boswell January 13 1955.
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Somerset County
Scalp Level
Fred Jacobs
C. A. Maust
Eedward Lauer
Department of Labor and Industry
Edward Barefoot
Windber
Lewis Moranduzzo
Holsapple
Ernest Walker
Berlin
Norman Fike
Meyersdale
Richard Miller
Somerset
Pete Kutehman Boswell
George Sura
Central City
Richard M. Simpson
James H. Duff
Edward Martin
Boswell
Scalp Level Company
Floods in Malaya and Singapore Hit Ava Gardner Journey
Thirteen inches of rain in 24 hours caused floods across south Malaya and Singapore. Movie star Ava Gardner and 26 others, traveling to Singapore in a Cathay Pacific Skymaster, were swept toward a British base in northwest Malaya when the storm compelled an emergency landing at Rotterworth.
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Singapore
Ava Gardner
Malaya
Ava
Rotterworth
Adenauer's Grip On Bonn's Upper House Is Shaken
In Munich Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer faces a major setback as his Bavarian allies form an anti Adenauer coalition with the Socialists and right wing groups. The move threatens his two thirds Bundesrat majority and risks stalling Paris era rearmament treaties.
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Munich
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Adenauer
Bavaria
Bundesrat
West Germany
Socialists
Christian Social Union
CSU
Free Democrats
FDP
Refugee Party
BHF
BHE
National Coal Directors Mull Their Problems
Directors of the National Coal Assn. meet to address what may be the worst production year since 1938 and to improve output, employment, and earnings. They urge restricting residual fuel imports from Venezuela and face competition from expanding natural gas. A federal task force will study these issues for the cabinet committee on energy policy. The White House decision on the task force awaits Eisenhower's State of the Union after Congress convenes Jan 5.
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Wallington
National Coal Assn
Venezuela
Intersgency
Cabinet Committee On
Energy
Lee
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Frigid Friday Snow Flurries
Eastern Pennsylvania forecast calls for mostly cloudy and windy conditions with snow flurries in the mountains and a high near 32 to 38 Friday. Cold Friday night leads into a partly cloudy Saturday with little temperature change. Western Pennsylvania expects snow flurries and wind with a high around 30 to 36 Friday, a colder night, then mainly sunny and warmer Saturday afternoon.
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Pennsylvania
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Francis W. Carpenter
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U. N. Assembly
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