Egyptian Guerrillas Attack British Patrol at Port Said Ambush
In Port Said Egyptian guerrillas ambushed a Royal Scots patrol wounding one British soldier slightly. Cairo pledged to U N police that such attacks would stop, and Maj Gen Burns reported assurances from Egypt while British and French forces investigated. Seven Egyptians were arrested as tensions rise near the Suez canal gateway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Egypt
Cairo
U. N
Royal Scots
St. Andrew
E. L. M. Burns
Burns
Hugh Stockwell
Abdel Hakim Amer
Ali Sabry
Suez Canal
Amer
Sabry
Nasser
U S Officials Hope China Will Free 10 American Gr al
U S officials expressed guarded hope that China may free the 10 Americans still held, aligning a possible release with Nehru's Washington visit. They noted Chou En lai's remarks and the ongoing Geneva talks, while cautioning that China has not fulfilled the 1955 pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Red China
Nehru
Eisenhower
India
Chou Enlai
Calcutta
United States
U. S
China
Chou
Geneva
Yoder seeks quash of indictments in Somerset case
Attorneys for Edward F. Yoder of Meyersdale petitioned Somerset county court to quash two indictments alleging contributing to the delinquency of a minor and another morals offense involving a 16 year old girl. They argue due process was violated by lack of a preliminary hearing and failure to schedule one, with Yoder facing an additional related charge from this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore, Md
Somerset County
Edward F. Yoder
Elizabeth Kaylor
Meyersdale
R. D. Yoder
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Maust
Salisbury
Nathaniel A. Barbera
Yoder
Squire
Barbera
Blanset Reappointed Chief of Stoystown Fire Department
William Blanset was re elected chief of the Stoystown volunteer fire department at a meeting Monday evening. New officers include Carl Koontz as first assistant chief Ralph Blanset as second assistant chief Charles Deaner as president Charles Boyer as vice president James Whisker as treasurer Earl Griffith as recording secretary Dwight Koontz as foreman Harold Stutzman as first assistant foreman Ira Shaffer as second assistant foreman and Gay Laughlin as second assistant foreman. successors named to fill prior posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blanset
Stoystown Volunteer Fire Department
Carl Koontz
Ralph Blanset
Harold Koontz
Charles Deaner
Charles Boyer
Dwight Koontz
Samuel Zimmerman
Virgil Berkebile
James Whisker
Harold Stutzman
Earl Griffith
Ernest Shank
Thomas Gardner
Ira Shaffer
Gay Laughlin
Michigan computer translates Russian papers into English
University of Michigan researchers Koutsoudas and Korfhage unveil MIDAC the Michigan digital automatic computer that translates Russian scientific papers into English in a limited scope for theoretical and experimental physics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
MIDAC
Michigan
Andreas Koutsoudas
Robert R. Korfhage
Smihal Found Not Guilty in 14 Year Case
Somerset county Criminal court acquits Steve Smihal on two morals charges after a lengthy trial stemming from a 1942 pregnancy claim against Miss Mary Unger of Gray. The case history includes prior conviction reversed by Pennsylvania Superior Court and a re trial granted in November. Prosecutor turned defense. high costs assessed to the county. A second baby case against Ray Walker of Somerset involving Miss Verna Mack of Gray is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Criminal Court
Steve Smihal
Mary Unger
Gray
Smihal
Pennsylvania
Miss Unger
Boswell
Smithal
Armed Services
John Kircher
Archibald M. Matthews
Verna Mack
Ray Walker
Somerset
New fighting outbreak grips Hungary reports Belgrade
Reports reaching Belgrade say Budapest is calm while strong partisan units operate across Hungary. Fighting is reported around Pecs near the uranium mines, Duapentele, Szombathely, and Komaron as partisans clash with Communist police and Soviet units.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hungary
Pecs
Duapentele
Stalinvaros
Szombathely
Komaron
Stickless stamps derail Louisville bride’s wedding plans
A Louisville bride to be faces chaos as postage stamps on wedding announcements fail. Mrs. Harry Schornberg, tearful, says stamps with the Statue of Liberty and In God We Trust fell off, causing notices to return marked postage due. Her daughter Sherlyn Ann, 18, is to wed December 29, and fear grows no one may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Schornberg
Sherlyn Ann
Maryland Woman Dies From Auto Injuries
A Baltimore County woman died in a Charles Town hospital from injuries suffered in a crash on U S 34 nine miles west of here last night. Mrs Loraine Shiflett 34 of South Essex was a passenger in a car driven by her uncle William E McDou sin Sr 54 of Baltimore. McDou sin was hospitalized.
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Charles Town
W. VA
Baltimore County
Maryland
U.S. 34
Loraine Shiflett
South Essex
William E. McDousin Sr
Baltimore
McDonald
Charles Town General Hospital
India pushes UN to censure Russia over Hungary actions
At the United Nations India urged Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to go to Moscow if needed to negotiate Russia's withdrawal from Hungary. V K Krishna Menon rejected a full condemnation but backed calls for Russian troop withdrawal and an end to Moscow's intervention. Lodge compared Russia to Nazi Germany and urged an assembly vote condemning Russia. Kuznetsov criticized the move as US incitement and called the 17 nation resolution shameful.
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United Nations
N. Y
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Moscow
U. N. Assembly
Russia
Hungary
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Hitler
Adolph Hitler
Menon
Hammarskjold
U. N
Budapest
Dec
Vassily V. Kuznetsov
United States
Kuznetsov
Adolf Hitler
Police Officer Denies Danger In Car Chase
A Somerset borough officer denied any peril during a chase after a red light violator. He said a rumor of a small girl being endangered is unfounded, noting a brief walk-light crossing occurred as he pursued the vehicle and that he warned the girl with his horn before continuing. The fleeing driver was later arrested on North Center Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Borough
Alfred Brecht
Somerset Diamond
North Center Avenue
Mrs Holiness Seeks Divorce in Wayne County Circuit Court
Detroit December 10 report the divorce action of Lucy Holiness versus Delos Holiness is set for Wayne county Circuit court this month. Lucy accuses cruelty amid a four child family. The article notes the couple is Black.
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Detroit
Holiness
Wayne County
Lucy Holiness
Delos
Killing Of Civilians Heightens Tensions in Budapest
In Budapest a 48 hour general strike called by the Budapest Central Workers Council looms as Moscow backed forces threaten bloodshed. Police backed by Russian tanks patrol streets while martial law threatens execution for arms possession and certain crimes. News from Salgotarjan reports 80 unarmed civilians slain amid miners protests.
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Buadpest
Hungary
Budapest
Salgotarjan
Georgi Malenkov
Kadar
Ernest Walker Reappointed Berlin Fire Chief for Tenth Year
Ernest S. Walker was elected to begin his tenth year as Berlin fire chief at a Monday evening volunteer fire department meeting. New officers include Vice President Warren Pugh, Secretary Clyde Miller, Treasurer Robert Fogle, First Assistant Chief J. Orlo Walker, Second Assistant Chief Eugene Pugh. Executive and finance committees announced along with membership delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest S. Walker
Berlin
Fire Department
Warren Pugh
Vernon Lyons
Clyde Miller
Wilmer Kreinbrook
Robert Fogle
J. Orlo Walker
Guy McQuade
Eugene Pugh
Orlo Walker
Fred Adams
William Lepley
Wayne Carr
Nevin Croner
William Crowe
Victor Harris
Anthony Tattarelli
Ross Pritts
Frank Pritts
Ralph Groff, Jr
Elmer Miller
Frank Popovich
County Association
Perry Sivits
Hutzell Pleads Guilty and Receives Workhouse Sentence
A Meyersdale man, William C. Hutzell 23, pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Somerset County Court and was sentenced to three months in Allegheny workhouse plus a $200 fine and costs. He was remanded to county jail to await transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyersdale
Somerset County
Allegheny
Thomas F. Lansberry
William C. Hutzell
R. D
Hutzell
John Engle Hay
Berlin
Mr. Hay
Jack H. Lowery
Hutzell Auto
Charles A. Dull
Mann’s Choice
Somerset
Dull
George Gardner
South
Rosina Avenue
Arthur L. Lasure
Stoystown
Lasure
Joseph Ferner
Youth Admits Church Fire Million Dollar Loss
An 18 year old Somerville youth admitted starting a fire that destroyed St John’s Catholic church in Cambridge, causing a million dollar loss. Army private Robert Whelan said the arson was to steal a poor box, and he was held for arraignment. A Boston sexton helped tip police to his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cambridge
John Morton
Somerville
St. John’s Catholic Church
Morton
Robert Whelan
Ft. Devens
Whelan
Sexton
James Fahey
John F. Allen Jr
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Allen
St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church
West End
Western Big Three unite to press Suez and Middle East talks
In Paris the Western Big Three plus indirect Russian influence on Hungary align on reopening the Suez Canal and following the six UN approved points. Dulles Lloyd and Pineau say there are no major disagreements on a Middle East settlement while stressing unity before the NATO talks.
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Paris
Russia
Hungary
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Suez Canal
United Nations
Egypt
Suez
Pineau
Dulles
Middle East
Syria
Lebanon
United States
Israel
Britain
France
Lloyd
Plane Lost In Canada With 62 Aboard
A Trans-Canada air liner with 62 aboard including Americans disappeared in a storm over British Columbia near Chilliwack. The North Star, a four engine plane, vanished after takeoff from Vancouver bound for Calgary and eastern Canada. Captain Allan Clarke reported an left engine failure and feathered the propeller as search planes battled low clouds and high winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Calgary
Canada
Allan Clarke
Montreal
Hope
Clarke
Theft of Foot Locker From Chamion Farm Barn
State police investigate theft of a foot locker containing clothing and personal papers valued at 70 dollars. The locker was stored by Reu ben Klink at the Co. W. Magnet farm barn in Middlecreek township and stolen between December 2 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Klink
R. D
Chamion
Klink
Co. W. Magnet Farm
Middlecreek Township
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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