Navy Tanker Smash Kills Six In Norfolk Landing
A Navy tanker plane attempting an emergency landing smashed two houses on Granby Street near Norfolk Naval Air Station. Four crew members and two babies died. A driver in a potato trailer was also burned, along with a woman and two others injured. The plane veered from Chesapeake Bay due to engine trouble, clipped trees, and crashed into homes after losing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Norfolk
Joseph E. *Tondora
Naval
Pacrah Sallidey
Anariles Sneppara Jr
Granby Street
Norfolk Naval Air Station
William H. Poore
Chesapeake Bay
Tondora
Poore
75 Cent Hour Minimum for Laundry Workers
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania laundry owners accept a 75 cent per hour minimum for women and minor workers though warn it may be hard on shops. Some operators claim profits at higher wages, while the Labor and Industry Department pushes the plan with an 80 cent rate within six months and an effective date of February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Chantry Davis
Labor and Industry Department
William L. Batt, Jr
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Lift Orban to Presidency of County Bar
Frank A. Orban Jr of Somerset was elected president of the Somerset County Bar Association at a Tuesday afternoon meeting in the county courthouse. He has served as district attorney for nine years and previously represented Somerset County in the state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Somerset
Somerset County
Somerset County Bar Association
Somerset County Court House
Attorney Orban
Bar Association
Frank S. Lucente
Meyersdale
Robert W. Critchfield
Association
Somerset Country Club
Two Men Committed To Somerset Jail
Two men were committed to Somerset county jail Tuesday. A Somerset man, Earl C. Lenhart, 724 North Edgewood Ave., jailed on a court order. Teddy Morriss, of Kansas City, jailed after a hearing before Justice H. S. Whipperman on a motor code violation. He was later released after paying costs and a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Somerset
Earl C. Lenhart
North Edgewood Ave
Teddy Morriss
Kansas City
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Andrews Wins Unanimous Support for 1959 House Speaker
In Harrisburg Democrats unanimously endorse Rep. H. G. Andrews of Cambria for speaker of the 1959 House with only one nomination per post. Other officers named include Rep. Stephen McCann as floor leader and Jules Filo as caucus secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
H. G. Andrews
Cambria
Genevieve Blatt
House
Stephen McCann
Greene
Mary A. Varallo
Phila
Phillips Lopresti
Jules Filo
Allegheny
Andrews
Ominsky
Moomaw
Bureau of Social Security
State Labor and Industry Department
Anthony J. Patrosky
Westmoreland
Nine Pennsylvania Bus Lines Win Fare Increase
Public Utility Commission approves fare boosts of 5 to 9 percent for nine bus lines across the state effective December 15 after routes agreed to drop higher requests. Increases range from 5 cents on 55 cent to $1 fares and about 6 percent on higher fares, covering Greyhound Harmony Short Line Allentown Reading Transit Ed wards Motor Transit Reading Transportation Frank Martz Lehigh Valley Royal Blue Potomac Motor Lines with service areas spanning Pittsburgh Philadelphia Williamsport Harrisburg and other corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Greyhound
Harmony Short Line
Pittsburgh
Allentown
Reading Transit Co
Reading
Edwards Motor Transit Co
Williamsport
Northeast
Reading Transportation Co
Philadelphia
Frank Martz Coach Co
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton- Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh Valley Transit Co
Allentown-Bethlehem
Royal Blue Coaches, Inc
Clinton, N. J
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Potomac Motor Lines Inc
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Greencastle
Farm Bureau backs tighter controls to cut wheat surplus
At the Boston convention the American Farm Bureau Federation proposes stricter federal controls on wheat with price supports tied to the three prior years' average, phased out after surplus disposal. Plan aims to curb overproduction while maintaining transitional quotas for some crops. Madame Chiang Kai-shek urges Western unity against Communism in Asia in a convention speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Organization
Eisenhower
Congress
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Asia
Taiwan
Formosa
Fire Hazards Close 3 More New York City Schools
Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanaugh Jr. ordered three additional NYC schools closed Tuesday due to fire hazards, raising the total to 17 since the safety campaign began after the Chicago Our Lady of the Angels tragedy. Inspectors report hazardous conditions at several buildings and fires of suspected origin occurred at two schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Edward F. Cavanaugh Jr
Cavanagh
Chicago
Robert J. Quinn
Our Lady of the Angels
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Do Not Use P O Alley To Turn Around
Borough police urge motorists to avoid using the North Center Avenue post office alley to turn around. Traffic jams delay mail service during the holiday period and hinder USPS deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center Avenue
Borough Police Department
More Firms Lease Equipment Instead of Buying
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a shift toward leasing plants and machinery. A survey of 221 manufacturers shows 71 renting more equipment than five years ago and 127 producing items suitable for leasing. Car and truck rentals show the largest gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
NICB
Blizzard Strikes Oswego Area With Deep Snow Drift Threats
Fresh snow and 25 mph winds leave Oswego and western New York in deep drifts as 4 to 6 more inches are forecast. A civil defense snowplow force aided by state crews fights blocked streets amid widespread closures and 24 hour duty by police and firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
N. Y
State Civil Defense Organization
Weather Bureau
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Mayville
Buffalo
Vincent A. Corsall
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Northwest
Eric
Kane
Erie
Erie County
Hastings
Cambria County
Somerset Class of 1958 seeks funds for future teacher
A Somerset joint high school graduate now at California State Teachers College in California Pa needs financial help to continue her studies. Her father has been ill and unable to work since June, though donors already funded the first semester. Additional gifts are being solicited by mail to Dr Homer Hayburgess of Somerset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Joint High School
California State Teachers College
California
Somerset
CSTC
Homer Hay
Burgess
Somerset Borough
Beckwith Plans One Million Dollar Headquarters
Beckwith Machinery Co announces a one million dollar headquarters building to be erected near Murrysville on a 17 acre tract along Route 22 east of Pittsburgh. Construction starts next April. The company operates branches in Bradford Clearfield Erie and Somerset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Beckwith Machinery Co
Murrysville
Route 22
Bradford
Clearfield
Erie
Somerset
B and O Passenger Train Kills Woman at Dawson Crossing
In Connellsville Pennsylvania 83 year old Mrs Frances Stouffer was struck and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at the Dawson crossing after she left a nearby store and walked onto the tracks a witness said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Frances Stouffer
Dawson Crossing
Khrushchev Claims Russian ICBM Could Beat Atlas Range
Senator Hubert Humphrey relayed to President Eisenhower a Khrushchev claim that Russia possesses an ICBM capable of 8,694 miles, surpassing the Atlas test at 6,325 miles. The White House and Pentagon declined comment amid ongoing evaluation by the State Department. Humphrey said the exchange occurred during a private talk in St Paul and noted Russian nuclear explosions were among the topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Hubert Humphrey
D—Minn
Russia
U. S
Air Force
United States
Senate
Khrushchev
Humphrey
Minnesota
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Pentagon
St. Paul
State Department
Minneapolis
Khrush
Visitor From Afar Smashes Into Big Of Rockwood Man
State police report a Tuesday morning crash three miles west of Laurel Hill tunnel when Enkki Alhanko of Bogota Colombia rear collided with James H. Reese of Rockwood while passing a tractor trailer. Alhanko, attached to Finland’s Bogota legation, drove a rented car damaged $1,200. Reese’s tractor $90 and trailer $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Turnpike
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Enkki Alhanko
Bogota
Columbia
James H. Reese
West Broadway
Rockwood
Alhanko
Reese
Legation of
Finland
New Yorker Paid Record Price for 10th Century Latin Gospels
A 168 page illuminated Latin gospel volume from 997 A.D. sold for 109200 dollars at Sotheby’s London to H. P. Kraus, part of a 263200 dollar six-volume purchase. The sale marked the highest one man book deal in Sotheby’s history, surpassing a 89000 dollar earlier record. The artifact, from Helmarshausen Germany, measures nine by six and three eighths inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
H. P. Kraus
Sotheby's
Southeby’s
Kraus
Helmarshausen
Germany
Serov Faces Decline Amid Kremlin Reshuffle Projections
Pravda blasted disgraced former leaders as the antiparty group in a fresh tirade after Gen. Ivan Serov's removal as Russia's top policeman. Diplomats sense Serov may be relegated to a lesser post or possibly another senior assignment, with mixed views on his future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Ivan A. Serov
Russia
Pravda
Nikita Khrushchev
Serov
Vatican Names 23 New Cardinals for Next Week Consistory
The Vatican announced that Pope John XXIII will elevate 23 prelates to the rank of cardinal at a week long consistory starting next Monday. American archbishops Richard Cushing of Boston and John O’Hara of Philadelphia, along with Italy’s Amleto Cicognani, will attend after flying to Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
John XXIII
Richard Cushing
Boston
John O'Hara
Philadelphia
Rome
Amleto Cicognani
Italy
Washington
Msgr
Enrico Dante
Apostolic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy Tanker
Orban
County Bar
Hi Andrews
Joseph Ominsky
Paul C. Moomaw
David L. Lawrence
William Green
Lawrence
F.B.F
By Ovid A. Martin
B.C
Vancouver
D. C
N.Y
Police Dept
Beckwith
Atlas A. F
New Yorker
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!