Senate Holds up GSA Power to Borrow Money
Harrisburg AP Senate Republicans delayed action on a 145 million boost in the General State Authority borrowing capacity. Leader James S. Berger said action would be deferred to the next session pending a legality ruling from Attorney General Anne X. Alpern, with decisions due by Monday.
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Senate
Harrisburg
James S. Berger
GOP
Sion
Atty
Anne X. Alpern
Berger
GSA
Senate Highways Committee
House
State Tax Equalization Board
U S Citizen Escapes 30 Year Prison Term in Cuba
Frank Austin Young of Miami, sentenced to 30 years, escaped from Pinar del Rio military prison with Cuban prisoner Sergio Hernandez Reyes. Military and civilian search teams scoured the area as authorities urged restraint. Young, 38, born in Indianapolis, had been jailed for counter-revolutionary activity and had returned to Cuba after detention in Havana.
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Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Frank Austin Young
Miami
Pinar del Rio Army
Jose Argiba
6Th Military District
Sai Young
Sergio Hernandez Reyes
Fidel Castro
Reyes
Argiba
Young
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Ond
Havana
la Cabana
Business up Industry in October Down
University Park October data show Pennsylvania general business index at 175 highest since July while industrial activity sinks to 1954 lows. Erie leads gains at 15 percent, Pittsburgh suffers 25 percent drop amid steel strike. southeastern counties like Lancaster Philadelphia Reading York show gains.
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University Park
Erie
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Reading
York
Allentown
Harrisburg
Wilkes- Barre
Bethlehem
Easton
Scranton
House Okays Committee To Lay Rules
Harrisburg AP. The House approved creating a special committee to set ground rules for the first annual legislative session to begin January 5. Senate approval is still needed. The committee will decide what legislation to consider and any limits.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Nixon in Front Say Midwestern GOP Leaders
Two Midwest Republican chairmen say Nixon is the far ahead favorite for the 1960 nomination. Claude Jasper of Wisconsin and Ray Bliss of Ohio cited overwhelming party support and noted Rockefeller’s activity as he considers challenging Nixon. They urged early word on Nixon or Rockefeller plans for the Ohio May 3 primary.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
Nixon
Claude J. Jasper
GOP
Wisconsin
Jasper
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Bliss
Bliss and
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming
Hunter Found After Being Lost in Cherry Grove Woods
Searchers located Donald Murphy, 38, of Warren, Pa., about ten hours after he disappeared while hunting near Cherry Grove, ending a lengthy woods search.
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Warren, Pa
Donald Murphy
Warren
Cherry Grove
Paratrooper and Fiance to Leap Into Matrimony
Capt. Cheng Ching-lien and his fiance Miss Feng Hsiv-ying plan a wedding followed by a parachute jump. Both have completed basic training and will leap together on Saturday in Taipei.
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Taipei
UPI
Cheng Ching-lien
Cheng
Feng Hsiv-ying
West Europe Death Toll Reaches 109
A great tempest overwhelmed two ships as Europe endures its worst storm in 23 years. The Norwegian freighter Elfrida capsized near Lista Lighthouse with 20 missing, while the Merkur and a German vessel reported more losses. Coast guards rescued crews as 109 dead across West Europe, with 23 British sea deaths reported in days. Captain Vuoria refused to abandon the Anna off Aberdeenshire before rescue despite sinking seas.
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London
Europe
Norway
Elfrida
Lista
Buffalo
Oslo
Benella
Britain
John Vuoria
Anna
Aberdeenshire
Coast Guards
Vuoria
Vitoria
Observation Station Planned 400 Miles Out
The United States plans an orbiting weather observation station 400 miles above Earth with two experimental satellites. The first 250 pound satellite is slated for a mid January launch by a Thor A-BLE rocket and the second will follow next year. Cameras will scan cloud patterns to reconstruct storms over oceans and identify cloud types.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Tiros
Federal Cutbacks Slow Interstate Road Program
Harrisburg AP reports the State Highways Department will stick to its priority timetable for interstate construction despite federal cutbacks. Federal funding drops from 112 million to 71 million dollars yearly may delay completion but not alter job order. plans will proceed to be ready if Congress restarts funds. The issue follows traffic problems at tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and raised questions about east west facilities affecting the Keystone Shortway priority.
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Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Park H. Martin
Suspensia
Congress
Special Meeting of Conemaugh Township Board
A special meeting of the Conemaugh Township Board of Supervisors is called for Saturday December 12 at 10 a.m. at the secretary Stephen Gironda’s home in Jerome. Several matters are to be discussed and defined.
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Board of Supervissors
Conemaugh Township
Stephen Gironda
Jerome
Philadelphia C of C Fights Turnpike Tunnels Plan
The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce warns that a $100 million proposal for seven new tunnels to relieve traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike would worsen jams. Officials urge simultaneous widening funded largely by federal money and warn debt would block future federal aid. A Senate committee will meet turnpike commissioners in Harrisburg next Monday to explore solutions.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Philadelphia
Roy E. Furman
John M. Dempster
Furman
Pike Toll Road
Dempster
Turnpike Commissioners
Chamber
Pennsylvania
State Senate
Harrisburg
Bloom and Bride On Honeymoon
Philadelphia AP reports Republican State Chairman George I. Bloom and his bride Luella M. Boeschen married Tuesday night. Bloom, 61, and Mrs. Boeschen, 55, will honeymoon in Chicago before returning to Harrisburg. She is secretary to former Sen. Edward Martin and Bloom served on his staff in Harrisburg.
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Philadelphia
George I. Bloom
Luella M. Boeschen
Washington
D. C
Chicago
Harrisburg
Bloom
Boeschen
U.S
Edward Martin
Washington, Pa
Oe Hawkins
Mead
Indians Acclaim Eisenhower as Vishnu Avatar in Delhi
In rural Indian villages near Delhi, residents hail President Eisenhower as a reincarnation of Vishnu the protector. They claim his power and generosity mirror the deity, and compare Nehru to a yogi, noting his daily headstands.
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Rangaswamy Satakopan
New Delhi
India
Eisenhower
Vishnu
Nehru
Vishnu Reborn
Vishnu Ka Avatar
Kanthi
Mehrauli
Delhi
Ramzila
Ram Swarup
Gurgaon
Brahma
Shiva
Three Sanders Children Die in Orrville Fire Tragedy
In Wooster Ohio police report three Sanders children Da vid Neil Sanders four Dorothy three and Ruby twenty months died in a frame home fire one mile east of Orrville Parents Albert Sanders thirty and Bertha Sanders twenty six were treated for burns and cuts at Dunlap hospital The cause is under investigation with one account suggesting a stove explosion.
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Wooster
Ohio
Orrville
David Neil Sanders
Dorothy
Ruby
Albert Sanders
Dunlap Hospital
Sanders
Orrville Castings
Bertha
Eisenhower Pays Tribute at Gandhi Shrine in New Delhi
President Eisenhower arrives in India hailed as Messenger of peace and visits Rajghat cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi. Talks with Nehru and Prasad loom over Red China tensions as crowds swell, guards rush amid press of supporters.
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New Delhi
Eisenhower
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ghat
India
Nehru
China
Peiping
Rajghat
Gandhi
Jumna
Britain
Birla House
Secret Service
Commissioners Award Bids for New Co. Home
Somerset county commissioners awarded contracts to low bidders for a new county home at 1 284 074 68 bringing total costs to 1 542 531 99. After deducting a 60 000 building fund the bond issue planned is 1 480 000 with court approval pending.
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Somerset County
Welfare
Department of Welfare
Somerset
General Contract
Uniontown Construction Company
Uniontown
W. Yoder & Son
Cumberland
Asso
Altoona
American Laundry & Machinery Co
Pittsburgh
Penn Installations
Butler and Sherrard
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Pakistan
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Ike
Rome
Ankara
Turkey
Conemaugh Two Board
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Pike
Bloom and Bride
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Soni
M. K. Gandhi
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