Katanga Resistance No Longer Led by Tshombe Says U N
U N commander in Leopoldville states Katanga resistance is now run by white mercenaries for mineral interests. Gen McKeown says Tshombe lost control, while mercenaries wage a dirty war. Casualties estimated at 50 to 60 with three U N dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katanga
Tshombe
Peter Grose
Leopoldville
The
Congo
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Sean McKeown
McKeown
Elisabethville
Camp Massart
Brussels
le Marines
Kolwezi
Bowser Appeals For Release From State Prison
Harold J. Bowser, 24, sentenced Feb 24 1956 in Somerset county court to an indefinite minimum six years on burglary and attempted robbery has appealed to the State Board of Pardons for release but asks to forego parole. The board will consider the appeal Dec 18 in the City County Building Pittsburgh. Bowser says he burglarized a summer cottage near Somerset and attempted robbery at a Somerset hotel and that he pleaded guilty. He is serving at the State Correctional Institution Rockview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Bowser
Somerset County
State Board of Pardons
Bowser
State Board of Parole
Board of Pardons
Pittsburgh
Board
Somerset
State Correctional Institution
Rockview
Santa Cited Under Blue Law
Philadelphia report says Santa Claus and four workers were cited at a suburban discount store for violating Pennsylvania Sunday Blue Law by engaging in "gainful employment" on Sunday after a line of children finished presenting Christmas wishes. The action followed a merchants' group complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania
Santa
Charlies Staeger
Cornwell Heights
Eichmann Trial Nears Verdict In Israel Judgment Reading
Adolf Eichmann waits in cells as three judges prepare to read a 300 page indictment verdict. Judge Moshe Landau leads a panel including Ishak Raveh and Benjamin Halevy in the final phase. The 15 count case could yield death or clemency appeals and features evidence of his role in the Holocaust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Moshe Landau
Eichmann
Landau
Ishak Raveh
Benjamin Halevy
Chapel Fund For Congo Victims Raises 423,552
A memorial fund in Rome for 13 Italian airmen killed in the Congo last month has collected 423,552. Most funds support building a chapel at Pisa, their home base, with any surplus to their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Congo
Pisa
West Diplomats Plan to Keep W. Berlin Free
Western diplomats in Paris unite to preserve West Berlin's freedom while debating how to implement a joint Allied policy. Key figures include US Secretary of State Dean Rusk British Foreign Secretary Lord Home West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville as NATO ministers gather.
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Paris
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Washington
Lord Home
London
Gerhard Schroeder
Maurice Couve de Murville
Berlin
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
United States
France
Britain
Foreign Ministry
Nobel Prizes Awarded For Largest Purses In Six Decades
Nobel prizes totaling over 193000 dollars were awarded in Stockholm and Oslo marking the Nobel Foundation's 60th anniversary. Physics went to Robert Hofstadter and Rudolf Moessbauer, chemistry to Melvin Calvin, and medicine and literature to other recipients. Dag Hammarskjold and Albert Luthuli shared peace prize, with awards presented by King Gustaf Adolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Soderling
Stockholm
Sweden
Nobel Foundation
Oslo
Albert John Luthuli
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Gustaf Adolf
Ivar Waller
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Robert Hofstadter
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Rudolf Moessbauer
Munich
Germany
California Institute of Technology
Waller
Hofstadter
Moessbauer
Karl Myrbeck
Melvin Calvin
University of California, Berkeley
Calvin
Defense Budget Nears Completion With Large Pentagon Rise
Washington AP reports officials are finalizing the Defense Department budget for fiscal 1963 expected near 50 billion dollars up from 46.8 billion. The increase reflects the mobilization plan and more weapon deliveries, with possible Army reorganization proposals to unify research and materiel under a single command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Spparate
Underground atomic peace blast releases radioactive steam
A small cloud of radioactive steam appeared after a Sunday underground test near Carlsbad New Mexico. The AEC reported no detectable radioactivity in nearby communities though roadblocks and washing of vehicles were done as precaution. Winds carried the plume away from towns and several meters were closed briefly while checks proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
N.M
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Gerald Johnson
German author Johnson sparks uproar over Berlin Wall remarks
West Germany defends novelist Uwe Johnson amid accusations from Heinrich von Brentano and Hermann Kesten that he called the Berlin Wall good and ethical. Johnson and publisher Feltrinelli defend his remarks as misinterpreted and say the tape from Milan shows no praise of the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Germany
Berlin Wall
Heinrich von Brentano
Uwe Johnson
Hermann Kesten
Johnson
Kesten
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Milan
Feltrinelli
Boris Pasternak
Dr. Zhivago
Italy
Borough Council and School Board Meet Tonight in Somerset
Somerset borough council schedules a special meeting to elect a successor to Charles C. Whipple who resigned at the December meeting. An executive session precedes the regular session. The Somerset Area school board meets at 8 p.m. at Somerset Area High School to reorganize for the coming year. At 1 30 p.m. today a child care advisory board meeting is set for Somerset County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Borough
Charles C. Whipple
Somerset Area School Board
Somerset Area High School
Somerset County Court House
Bar Association Proposes Reforms in Philadelphia Magistrate System
Philadelphia AP. Incoming Philadelphia Bar Association chancellor Ernest Scott outlined sweeping changes for magistrates. Proposals include all magistrates be lawyers, raise salaries from 12 500 annually, and expand their jurisdiction. Currently only one of 28 magistrates is an attorney. A constitutional amendment draft is planned for 1963 consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ernest Scott
Philadelphia Bar Association
Scott
M. Phillip Freed
Bar Association
Moon Dwellers Face Extreme Moon Temperatures
Moscow reports astronauts on the moon would encounter extreme temperatures from 240 degrees below zero at night to 225 degrees above during the day. Russian astronomers, citing radio readings, compare these figures to Earth’s record extremes of 124 below in Antarctica and 136 above in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Komsomol Pravda
Earth
Antarctica
North Africa
Lower Costs Not High Tariffs Are the Answer
Roger M. Blough of U.S. Steel argues that lower production costs, not higher tariffs, boost US steel competitiveness. He notes imports at 1.5 tons per export, down from 1 to 3, and cites European wages and “legislative costs” as factors harming US production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Blough
Pennsylvania Society
United States
Congress
Russia moves to sever ties with Albania in historic split
Russia withdraws diplomats from Albania and Albanian envoys exit Moscow as Khrushchev denounces Albanian leaders. The rupture signals the deepest East Bloc rift since 1948 with Albania aligning with China. ATA notes confirm the withdrawal and a January note exchange cited by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Albania
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Khrushchev
State Department
Washington
Communist Bible
Kremlin
China
ATA
Zeri F Populi
Enver Hoxha
Hoxha
Red China
Billy Graham Criticizes U.N. Over Congo Handling
The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham said the United Nations is eager to fight in Katanga but unwilling to unite Korea or Vietnam. He spoke during a performance by the Korean Orphans choir in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Billy Graham
United Nations Sunday
Congo
Korea
U.N
Vietnam
Katanga
Winter Storm Toll Rises Across Central States
A winter storm across the Midwest and plains leaves at least 35 dead, mostly from car crashes on ice. The system, building from the Rockies, dumps snow and freezing rain as arctic conditions push into Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
East
Midwest
West
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Central Plains
Butte
Mont
Denver
Colo
Plains States
Ilinois
Mount Vernon
John D. Warren
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Arkansas
Indiana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Kansas
Kentucky
Duluth
Minn
Northern Lakes
Four Inch Snow Falls in Somerset County Weekend
A four inch snowfall over the weekend hit Somerset County and caused hazardous driving as rain turned to ice. The Somerset PennDOT crew cleared most roads by Sunday morning with one county road accident and one in Somerset borough not weather related. toll road incidents were minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Somerset
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Turnpike
Accidents Take 16 Lives In Pennsylvania
A weekend toll of 16 accident deaths in Pennsylvania includes a Mount Union collision killing three men, fires claiming multiple victims, and several single fatalities across towns such as Philadelphia Dover Lancaster Beaver Falls Everett Uniontown Pittsburgh New Bethlehem Greensburg Altoona Chambersburg and New Bloomfield. Notable names include Charles Gallagher Luther Hileman William Lynch and Jody Andrew Shumaker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Union
Huntingdon County
Charles Gallagher
Denbo
Luther Hileman
Holidaysburg R.D
William Lynch
Huntingdon Blair Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia
Louise Brown
Dover
Evelyn Rauhaser
York County
Lancaster
Anna K. Leonard
Beaver Falls
David Porter
Everett
Michael C. Cogan
Everett R.D
Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Elva Porreca
New Bethlehem
William Wentzel
Greensburs
Robert Lundgren
Latrobe R.D
Unity Two
Altooona
James A. Corloff
Logan Two
Chambersburg
William E. Warner
Biglerville
R.D
Ear
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Ing
Tshompe
Somerset American Harrisburg
Fichmann
Robert Servatius
State Supreme Court
Izhak Ben-Zvi Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Auschwitz
Maidenek
Trebiinka
Sobibohr
W. Berlin
By Joseph E. Dynan
Nobel
Defense
By Alton Blakeslee
W. Germany
By Hanns Neuerbourg
East Germany
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Trygve Gundersen
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
By Colin Frost
New England
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