New York Subway Struck Again by Rebel Motormen
New York’s subway system was shut down for the second time in 18 months as 3,000 tower men and conductors joined the strike led by the Motormen's Benevolent Association. The walkout halted all lines, stranded tens of thousands, and prompted mass congestion at Grand Central and Pennsylvania Station.
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New York
MBA
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central Terminal
The
Transport Authority
Help Deliver Christmas Cheer by Telephone
Readers can order a personal Christmas greeting in the Somerset American Christmas edition to be published December 25. The 10 cent issue offers advance orders at 5 cents and includes the sender and family names with stories and pictures of Christmas in Somerset County.
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Somerset
Somerset American
Somerset County
Gala Gift Guide Brings Easy Christmas Shopping
Classified page features a daily Gala Gifting section to help readers plan and enjoy Christmas shopping with ideas and guidance for festive gifts. It positions the feature as a handy guide to simplify selections and spark ideas for holiday shoppers.
Pike Accident Falls Rockile Near Bedford
A Somerset man, Ross L. Enfield, 40, was hospitalized at Somerset Community Hospital after a 1,000 pound rock fell on the road on the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of Bedford. Enfield veered onto the median and hit an embankment breaking his 1956 Oldsmobile.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania
Bedford
Somerset Community Hospital
Ross L. Enfield
Enfield
Boden Found Guilty Upon Two Counts
Melvin Boden was found guilty of drunken driving and resisting arrest by a criminal court jury in Somerset. He is jailed pending grand jury action on murder and arson charges, fined 250 dollars and sentenced to seven months in jail plus costs.
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Melvin Boden
Somerset County Court House
Boden
Somerset County
Marshall Ellsworth Rugg
Ernest McKinley Mostoller
Mostoller
Mostoilers
Norman A. Shaukis
Ronald
Two Cumberland youths held after Maryland escape and car theft
State police captured two juveniles hitchhiking near Hagerstown after an escape from a Maryland institution and auto theft. They allegedly drove at 80 mph in a 60 mph zone, the car crashed and overturned but both emerged uninjured aside from bruised knees. They were detained in Somerset County jail awaiting transfer to Maryland authorities.
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Cumberland
Somerset County
Maryland
Hagerstown
Witnesss testimony on Nashville assault case linked to Mayor West
A Senate rackets committee heard Kenneth Whitley say City Atty. Robert Jennings urged dropping assault charges against Perry Cannady to aid Mayor Ben West of Nashville. Whitley claimed Cannady faced fines, Whitley lost his planning post, and officials cited union pressure.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Ben West
Nashville
Tenn
Kenneth Whitley
Senate Rackets Committee
Robert Jennings
Perry Cannady
Teamsters Local 327
Whitley
Jennings
West
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Cannady
Teamsters
Gene San Soucie
Indianapolis
Robert McDowell
Bodies Pulled From Water Filled Ditch After Crash
Deputies recovered six bodies from a water filled ditch beside a highway in Indianola Mississippi after a car plunged in last night. The crash left the vehicle submerged with only the wheels visible this morning.
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Indianola
Miss
Garrett Miner Dies At Mine From Heart Attack
Garrett County man Fred E Werner died at 39 after collapsing at Roof Garden Mining in Somerset R D 5. He was found by coworker Roy Pritts and died en route to Somerset Community Hospital. Coroner's and State Mine Inspector reports cite coronary occlusion. Survived by wife Wilma, two sons, three brothers, three sisters. Funeral services set in Garrett with Grace Reformed Church and UMWA membership.
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Garrett
Roof Garden Mining Company
Somerset R.D
Somerset Community Hospital
Fred E Werner
Roy Pritts
Werner
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Wilma Burkholder Werner
Frederick Elwood, Jr
Bradley Eugene
Joseph R
George C
Earl
Ray Miller
Rockwood
Mary Sweeney
Jay Miller
Grace Reformed Church
UMWA
Johnson and Son Funeral
Berlin
Glen B. Weidel
Highland Cemetery
Commuters Reopen After 56 Day Pittsburgh Strike
Pittsburgh commuters and shoppers welcomed normal transit as a 56 day strike by 2,200 operators ended. Pittsburgh Railways Co and Division 85 agreed to a two year contract raising wages from $2.14 to $2.40 per hour by March 1 1959.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Division 85
Street, Electric Railway
Brand Name Gift Ideas Featured and Elizabeth Letcher Dies
Brand name items are highlighted for Christmas gifts with a continuing series on page two and prior appearances to help shoppers find reliable, well known products. Elizabeth M. Letcher, 66, of Somerset, died early Tuesday at Somerset Community Hospital after being treated as a medical patient. funeral arrangements are pending with the family handling details.
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Somerset
Elizabeth Letcher
Elizabeth M. Letcher
Somerset Community Hospital
Lint Remanded to Jail After Drunken Driving Hearing
Roy D. Lint, 43, of R. D. 3 Somerset, was remanded to Somerset county jail after a drunken driving hearing before Justice of the Peace Whipperman. He is held on a $1,000 bond. Lint was jailed by state police Saturday following an auto accident.
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Roy D. Lint
R. D
Somerset
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
Lint
Eisenhower Returns to White House for NATO Summit Decision
President Eisenhower, after a restful Gettysburg weekend, travels to Washington for a medical checkup on his stroke recovery. Doctors will decide if he can attend the NATO summit in Paris, with Hagerty stating a decision is expected tomorrow. If vetoed, Vice President Nixon would attend in his place.
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NATO
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Howard M. Snyder
Paris
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Esenhower
Hagery
Nixon
Collision at Reels Corner Damages $130
Two cars collided on Route 160 near Reels Corner Monday night causing an estimated $130 in damage. Emma Jean Lowry 50 of R. D. Friedens was stopping at an intersection when George W. Harding 46 of Cumberland reportedly rammed from behind. troopers say Harding skidded on ashes while trying to stop.
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Reels Corner
Nolice
Emma Jean Lowry
R. D. Friedens
George W. Harding
Cumberland
Harding
Somerset Family In Djakarta Amid Indonesian Unrest
Former Somerset residents Dr. Jack Kantner and his wife live outside Djakarta with their three children while he teaches sociology at the University of Indonesia under the Ford Fellowship program. They describe Indonesian youth demonstrations against Dutch presence and anticipate a U N decision on West Irian. The family plans a return trip via Europe in August.
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Somerset
Jack Kantner
Djakarta
Indonesia
Dr. Kantner
University of Indonesia
Ford
Kantners
Norman T. Boose
Kantner
U. N
West Irian
New Guiana
Andrew
Josie
Chris
Hong Kong
Mrs. Kantner
Alexandria
San Francisco
President Hoover
Yokohama
Bankok
Ford Foundation
Europe
Naples
England
Cross Must Quit or Out Go Bakers
The AFL-CIO conditionally expelled the Bakery and Confectionery Workers union, with Cross facing removal as president. Meany labeled Cross corrupt and warned expulsion could take effect March 15 or sooner if Cross resigns, while Cross refused to quit. Teamsters were expelled earlier. UTW and Laundry Workers face possible action.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Afl-Cio
James G. Cross
George Meany
Cross
Bakery Union Executive Board
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Meany
Bakers Union
Bakers
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
United Textile Workers Union
UTW
Senate
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MBA Board of
Moss K. Schenck
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Nashville, Tenn
Katz
Los Angeles
Rosemary Clooney
Batavia
N. Y
Henry Cole
East Bethany
Archie James
Eugene Marshall
Red Payton
Garrett Miner
Clyde Maize
Nellie Miller Werner
Robert Werner of
U. S
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
Moscow
Llewelyn Thompson
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Eisenhower House
Reel's Corner
Margaret R. Stump
Centerville
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