Arms Limitation Plan Nearing Completion
Five great powers moved toward final approval of a disarmament plan on arms limits and armament controls. The remaining issue is how often troop strength will be reported to the Security Council as a United Nations assembly draft advances to sub committees.
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Security Council
Francis W. Carpenter
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
General Assembly
Council
Russia
Continuen Ca
No Clues in Paula Welden Missing Person Case
In Bennington Vermont investigators admit no clues ten days after Paula Welden a 18 year old Bennington College student disappeared while hiking Glas tonbury Mountain. Scouring by ground air and helicopter failed to locate her maroon car was seen near the trail and authorities say they have not given up the case despite no evidence of a crime.
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Bennington
Paula Welden
Bennington College
Green Mountains
Stamford, Conn
Glastonbury Mountain
William Travers Jerome, Jr
W. Archibald Welden
Manchester
Jerome
Long Trail
Paula
Barron Is Acquitted By Judge Boose
Judge Norman T. Boose acquitted Henry Barron in the involuntary manslaughter case over the death of Mary Jane Meyer struck by a school bus on West Main Street October 7. Witnesses described the incident and Barron’s statement to police noted speeds under ten miles per hour.
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Robert F. Levits
The
Commonwealth
Henry Barron
Ury
Norman T. Boose
Barron
Jacob C. Pile
Mary Jane Meyer
Pile
A. M Uphouse
Somerset County
Meyer
Ed Carr
Darr Electric Appliance Co
West Main Street
Greta Barron
Mr. Carr
Somerset Community Hospital
Blackburn
Boose
Joyce Spencer
Piles Grocery
North Rosina Avenue
Lloyd Bittner
George Pomroy
Mike Stahuar
Pvt
Kenneth R. Glenn
Pennsylvania State Police
Miller Found Guilty of Resisting an Officer
After several hours of deliberation the jury convicted Warren Miller of resisting an officer. Corporal Carl A. Erickson of the Pennsylvania state police led the prosecution.
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Warren Miller
Carl A. Erickson
Pennsylvania
Professor touts coal mining as good job at industry meeting
D. C. Jones of Pennsylvania State College told the 60th annual Coal Mining Institute meeting at the Fort Pitt hotel in Pittsburgh that mining coal isn t nearly as bad as commonly portrayed. He urged high school mining courses to correct misimpressions and noted advantages like stable year round temperatures, higher pay, lower living costs, and transportation options for miners.
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D. C. Jones
Pennslyvania State College
Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh
The
Coal Mining Institute
Jones
State Police Emphasize Safe Driving Rules for Bad Weather
Police urge drivers to adjust speed to conditions, slow before intersections and curves, maintain safe following distances, brake lightly and intermittently, and signal turns or stops. A moment of carelessness can cause lasting harm.
Xmas Carol Sing Evening At Somerset High School Roof Garden
A community carol sing is planned for December 19 at 7 20 in front of the courthouse Roof Garden sponsored by the Somerset high school music department. Highlights include brass choir and mixed chorus numbers directed by Prof. Walter James and Ralph Diller. The Christmas story will be told by Rev Ralph W Huntsman with prayer by Rev George L Roth.
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Somerset High School
Court House
Walter James
S ‘Yn
Ralph Diller
High School
Vocal Music Department
Ralph W. Huntsman
George L. Roth
D. D
Somerset
James
Miner Killed in Acosta Mine Elevator Accident
Henry Suder of Meyersdale died at Somerset Community hospital after a mining elevator crash at the Acosta mine where he worked as a pumper. Ray Phillippi of Stoystown was hospitalized in critical condition with a possible femur and rib fractures. Suder leaves a wife Maud Bird Suder and six children. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Henry Suder
Meyersdale
Somerset Community Hospital
Acosta
Ray Phillippi
Stoystown
Suder
Pittsburgh
Price
Fune
Phillippi
More Payrollers Added to U S Lists in October
The joint congressional economy committee reports a rise in federal employment outside war and navy offices by 7,992 in October. Reductions in war and navy departments totaled 36,984 and 10,404 respectively, with the Veterans Administration and War Assets Administration among the biggest increases. Senator Byrd calls for new legislation to enforce mandatory payroll cuts.
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Washington
INS
Joint Congressional Economy Committee
War and Navy Departments
Byrd
D-Va
War Department
Navy Department
Veterans Administration
War Assets Administration
Ecommerce
Post Office
Arbitration Opens Between Duquesne Light and Union
Arbitration proceedings start between Duquesne Light Co and 12 affiliated firms and a 3200-strong union membership as the union seeks a master contract to replace nine group contracts. George L. Mueller leads the union. George E. Strong chairs the board. Maurice R. Scharff represents the company. Hearings run daily with a two week deadline for a final, binding decision.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
George L. Mueller
George E. Strong
Washington
Schwell
Niece of Hukbalahap Leader Captured in Rizal
The 22 year old Magdalena Taruc, niece of Hukbalahap chief Luis Taruc, is held by Philippine military police and has provided a possible trail to Taruc. The capture was announced as mortar shelling by rebels and military fire continued near San Mateo Rizal outside Manila with a blackout on operations.
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Manila
INS
Luis Taruc
Philippine Military Police
Magdalena Taruc
San Mateo Rizal
M. P
Taruc
San Mateo Riza
O'Connor Reappointed as National Chair
President Truman reappoints Basil O'Connor as national chairman. O'Connor continues leadership role guiding national fundraising and advocacy efforts for the organization.
Red Armies Take Initiative in Chinese Civil War
Gen Hsi ung Shih hui convened provincial governors and army leaders at Mukden as Communist forces claim the initiative in the civil war. Observers doubt a large winter push, noting limited Reds strength and equipment. Lin Piao reportedly tested crossings north of Changchun while Nationalists defend the west bank. 20,000 troops move toward Szepingkai.
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Tom Masterson
Peip NG
Hsiung Shih-hui
Manchuria
Mukden
China
Changchun
Harbin
Lin Piao
Sungari River
West Bank
Szepingkai
Five Story Parking Garages Planned for Pittsburgh Triangle
Pittsburgh outlines a municipal parking authority plan to end curb parking in the Golden Triangle. It would build 20 garages, some five stories, add seven existing garages and four lots, and spend about 46 million for outlays over years. All day parking would run from 15 cents per hour at the Triangle edge.
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Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Robbers steal state police cruiser in Coatesville
In Coatesville on December 10 two men stole a Pennsylvania state police cruiser and a private car after firing on a duty officer. Officer Edward Deren fired at the suspects, who abducted him briefly from a highway stop. Soldiers in the car, later identified as Valley Forge General Hospital patients, had hailed a ride. the suspects fled, eight states issued an all points warning, and the prisoners were later released.
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Coatesville
Pennsylvania
Edward Deren
Columbia
Lancaster
Deren
Eugene Sharp
Valley Forge General Hospital
Richard L. Bowles
Bainbridge, Pa
John Hummel
Ringler Heads Salisbury Post With New V F W
Earl S Ringler becomes commander of the Walker Harris Post V F W organized in Salisbury in memory of George W Walker the first WWII casualty and Harry Lambert Harris lost at sea aboard the USS Monaghan. Other officers named include Mort Harding Sh ow alter Fish er Galley Deal and Bittinger with Livengood and Trent as trustees.
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Salisbury
Earl
S. Ringler
Walker- Harris
George W. Walker
Harry L. Harris
Cpl. Walker
Harry Lambert Harris
Monaghan
Ringler
John Victor Mort
James C. Harding
John Richard Showalter
John W. Fisher
Paul L. Galley
James R. Deal
Raymond J. Bittinger
Millard D. Livengood
Kenneth W. Trent
Married 18 Years United in Death in AsiQuippa
A couple who would have observed their 48th wedding anniversary tomorrow died within 24 hours. Robert J. Kennedy, 73, a retired plastering contractor, died yesterday from hemorrhage, and his wife Carrie, 69, died today from a heart attack in AsiQuippa.
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Asiquippa
Robert J. Kennedy
Carrie
Helen Tupper Files Divorce Suit Against Billy Halep
Actress Helen Tupper sues actor Billy Halep for divorce in Los Angeles citing extreme cruelty they separated August 25, three months after their marriage.
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Helen Tupper
Los Angeles
Helen Tupper Monday
Billy Halep
Lewis Upsets Hope For Speedy End To U S Coal Mines
The back-to-work movement gains steam as 95 percent of normal coal output is projected and 10,000 idle miners remain. John L Lewis’s return-to-work order shifts government hopes, while operators await Supreme Court rulings and possible wage talks with unions. Capitol Hill watch pins prospects on a reform labor bill.
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U.S
Pittsburgh
Solid Fuels Administration
Appalachian
Illinois
John L. Lewis
Phillips J. Peck
Washington
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Republican Congress
Sen
Taft
Rohio
Senate Labor Committee
CIO Girds For Pay Hike From Majors
News article outlines CIO plans for a second postwar pay raise and a guaranteed annual wage for about 6.6 million members. It notes discussions among CIO leaders, media-ready studies by Robert R Nathan and Murray Latimer, and a Pittsburgh meeting of 2 million workers from CIO steelworkers UAW and UE unions to set wage policies.
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Norman Walker
Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
Robert R. Nathan
Office of War Mobilization
Murray Latimer
National Railroad Retirement Board
Latimer
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Hese
Murray
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
United Electrical Workers
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Automobile Workers’ Union
Abandon Hunt for U S Bodies Until Spring
The American Graves Registration Service halted searches for U S servicemen killed in Manchuria until spring due to extreme cold and rough terrain. Forty seven bodies recovered. about 252 remain in the former Mukden POW cemetery. Bodies shipped to Shanghai for repatriation or burial per next of kin. Chinese villagers cooperated and refused rewards despite letters of thanks from army officials.
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Shanghai
INS
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Manchuria
Mukden
Hunter Charles Kechur dies in accidental gun incident
Coroner B L Williams ruled inquest that Charles Andy Kechur Ernest hunter was accidentally killed by his own rifle. A bullet wound in the chest and a high powered gun found near Laurel Run road in Clearfield county.
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Mahaffey
Clearfield County
B. L. Williams
Charles Andy Kechur
Ernest
Hunter
Kachur
Laurel Run
West Allis Mayor Pleads for Guard at Allis-Chalmers
West Allis Mayor Arnold H. Klentz asks Governor Goodland to deploy troops to secure the Allis-Chalmers plant amid ongoing strike activity. Sheriff Hanley disputes need for troops, noting 700 police officers and 7,418 workers inside the plant with 56 arrests and 22 injuries yesterday.
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Milwaukee
Walter S. Goodland
West Allis
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Arnold H. Klentz
Wisconsin
Madison
Goodland
Adjt
John F. Mullen
Wisconsin State Guard
Klentz
Milwaukee County
George Hanley
State Guard
Hanley
Allis-Chalmers
Challenge to O Conor Seat in Maryland Senate
Attorneys for D Markey announce plans to file with the Senate campaign expenditures committee a petition challenging Herbert O Conor s Maryland U S Senate win. The petition cites irregularities in vote counting after a close race decided by under 2300 votes. If accepted, investigators may be sent to Maryland to examine the election count ahead of the January 3 congressional session.
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Baltimore
INS
D. Jon Markey
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Herbert R. O’conor
Markey
Maryland
U. S
George Doub
O’conor
Doub
Markey Headquarters
Congress
Skid on ice kills couple near Aaronsburg
Clarence Eisenhauer, 57, and his wife Halle, 47, of Bellefonte were fatally injured when their car skidded on an ice glazed curve on the highway near Aaronsburg.
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Bellefonte
INS
Clarence Eisenhauer
Halle
Bellfonte
Aaronsburg
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby regions
Occasional rain in Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania early to midweek with clearing and cooler spells. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia turn colder midweek with rain possible and warmup by Sunday. Temperatures near normal to above normal on Wednesday through Saturday, with higher rainfall likely in places.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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