Improvement Of Service Noted In N Y Subways
New York transit officials report improved subway service amid three day strike as replacements from TA ranks aid operations. Commissioner O Grady cites back to work movement and says worst is over with further gains expected. Ferries and buses carry extra passengers while unions call for talks.
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Arthur W. Everett
New York
Transit Authority
Joseph O'Grady
Pennsylvania Station
Long Island
Grand Central Terminal
Staten Island
O'Grady
Missile Needs Discussed In NATO Meet
PARIS December 11 NATO military committee discussed missile needs and member reluctance to accept a U S offer of intermediate range missiles Two Turkish and Belgian acceptances were announced while Denmark Norway and others hesitated over nuclear warheads The United States plans IRBMs with 1500 mile range to defend the U S in coming years and Britain and Washington near agreement on four launching bases France debates short or intermediate range missiles and tested three high altitude rockets last month.
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Paris
NATO
U. S
United States
Moscow
Turkey
Belgium
U. S&s
Italy
West Germany
Norway
Denmark
Ft. Sill
Okla
Washington
Dulles
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
London
Britain
France
Cribbs Dies Of Heart Attack While Hunting
R G Cribbs 36 of Johnstown died of a heart attack on a deer hunting trip near Ligonier Westmoreland County. Cribbs owner of Cribbs Mfg Co complained of chest pains after climbing Laurel Mountain. His companion T E Simpson of Holsapple rushed him to McGinnis hospital but he was dead on arrival.
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Ligonier
R. G. Cribbs
Johnstown
Westmoreland County
Cribbs
Cribbs Mfg. Co
Laurel Mountain
T. E. Simpson
Holsapple
McGinnis Hospital
Mass arrest after Luna Park rally of Peronist unions
Twenty eight men were arrested today after a chaotic free for all at a mass meeting of 61 Peronist labor unions at Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Luna Park Stadium
Mestoller Guilty On Two Counts In Manslaughter Case
A jury of 10 men and two women convicted Harold Ray Mestoller on two counts of involuntary manslaughter after about two hours deliberation. Defense plans a motion for a new trial as further court action follows in January.
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Harold Ray Mestoller
Norman Shaukis
Mosteller
Reels
Windber
Windber Hospital
No Cookouts This Year Across New South Wales
Drought sweeps New South Wales with the driest year in seven decades and a government ban on open fires until January 3 as holidays approach restricting camping and cooking outdoors.
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Sydney
New South Wales
New Bishop Named for Altoona Johnstown Diocese
Pope Pius XII appointed Msgr. Howard J. Carroll 55 of Pittsburgh as bishop of the Altoona Johnstown Catholic Diocese. Carroll, brother of Pittsburgh auxiliary bishop Coleman F. Carroll, will be consecrated January 2 in Washington. The diocese covers Cambria Somerset Bedford Fulton Blair Huntingdon Centre and Clinton counties.
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Howard J. Carroll
Pittsburgh
Altoona—Johnstown
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Msgr
Carroll
Coleman F. Carroll
Walter S. Carroll
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Pius
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Amleto G. Cicognani
United States
Msgr. Carroll
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Monies
William J
Margaret Hogan Carroll
Holy Rosary
Duquesne University
St. Vincent College
Latrobe
Albertinum University
Freigbourg
Switzerland
University of Pittsburgh
Sacred Heart Church
Mount Mercy College
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Athona
Johnstown
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Cambria
Somerset
Bedford
Fulton
Blair
Huntingdon
Centre
Clinton
Explosion hits Beckham Hotel in Greenville downtown
An explosion blasted the Beckham Hotel in Greenville causing many believed trapped in wreckage. Police said a cockroach powder poisoning killed a 2 year old boy and a 54 year old man in an unrelated Pittsburgh report. Anthropologist Don Dragoo reports four Paleo Indian camp sites in Butler Mercer and Lawrence counties in western Pennsylvania.
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Greenville
Tex
Beckham
Chicago
Roger van Horne
Finis Kittinger
Roger
Deborah
Susan
Pittsburgh
Don Dragoo
Pennsylvania
Butler
Mercer
Lawrence County
Dragoo
Carnegie Museum
AFL-CIO Sets Sights On Wages, Hours
Atlantic City N J December 11 The AFL-CIO delegates vote unanimously for 1958 bargaining goals including sizable wage boosts a shorter work week and fringe benefit gains. Walter P Reuther leads push citing purchasing power and inflation while Johnson Johnsons 40 hour week plan is rejected as only for ICBM program. Meany rejects wage moratorium and steel leaders warn economy remains weak with 3.2 million unemployed in November and calls to curb inflation through taxes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Afl-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Senate
Johnson
D-Tex
Texas
Dallas
George Meany
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Washington
America
Russell Sell Loses Forearm at Potter Lumber Mill
A Meyersdale man Russell Sell suffered a mangled left forearm while operating a machine at Potter Lumber Company Meyersdale. He was listed in good condition at Meyersdale Community Hospital after amputation and admission around 2:385 p.m. Tuesday.
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Russell Sell
Potter Mill
Meyersdale
Potter Lumber Company
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Two in Jail Charged with Forgery in York Check Ring
Jack McCormick 21 formerly of Boswell and Ernest Mole were jailed in Somerset County after being held in York on charges of passing bad checks. They were transferred to Sheriff No man F Walker and State Policeman Paul Lutz.
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Jack McCormick
Boswell
Ernest Mole Sy
Someset County
York
No Man F. Walker
Paul Lutz
Auto’s Wild Run on Pike Causes $650 Damage
State police report an auto driven by John C. Proper of Donegal ran off the roadway between the Donegal and New Stanton interchanges on Wednesday. The car hit an embankment and overturned, with damage totaling about 650 dollars. No injuries were reported and authorities cited possible driver drowsiness.
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Donegal
New Stanton
John C. Proper
Kindergarten Pupils Promise Baby Jesus a Warm Crib Scene
In Du Quoin Illinois on December 11 193? kindergarten pupils at John 3B Ward school learned Baby Jesus would be warm as the temperature dropped to 10 degrees. Five year olds complained that the crib figure in the post office lawn display looked cold. Teacher Mrs John F Scantland secured permission from the DuQuoin Business Association sponsor and wrapped the infant in swaddling clothes.
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DU Quoin
Ill
Kindergarden
John
Ward School
Jesus
John F Scantland
Scantland
Duquoin Business Assn
Eleven Americans and children evacuate to Singapore from Indonesia
Eleven American women and children from Sumatra begin a precautionary evacuation to Singapore amid Indonesia's pressure on Dutch holdings. A Stanvac official says more non-Dutch European dependents linked to oil firms may follow in the coming two months as tensions rise.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Holland
Sumatra
Singapore
British Chamber of Commerce
Standard Vacuum Oil Co
South Sumatra
Stanvac
Catex
Cold wave grips nation with snow and subzero readings
A historic Arctic outbreak blanketed two thirds of the United States with subzero and near zero temperatures from the Midwest to the Northeast. Frigid conditions caused record lows in Fraser Colorado and International Falls Minnesota while heavy snow fell along the Great Lakes and southern states. A warming trend began in the Northern Rockies as parts of the West enjoyed fair skies and Southern California reached near 80 degrees.
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Midwest
Atlantic
Gulf
Florida
U. S. Weather Bureau
Forida
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Fraser
Colo
International Falls
Minn
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Fargo
N. D
Elgin
Ill
Houghton
Upper
Miciigan
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Alabama
Georgia
Rockies
Washington
Pacific Northwest
California
Cold Front Grips Local Area With Snow Looming
Temperature plunged to the lower depths with no relief in sight. Today’s high expected 17 to 23 while the low again 0 to 10. Intermittent snow and flurries continue with hazardous road conditions and continued cold by nightfall.
Accused Filipino Murder Still Is Hysterical
In Franklin Pennsylvania an attorney for Lydia Dean says the 21 year old Filipino mother is hysterical after being charged with fatally shooting her Air Force husband, T Sgt Ronald Dean, during his 18 month England tour. The defense seeks funds and support from Pleasantville residents while Mrs Dean’s daughter Emgilis, three, is moved to friends.
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Franklin
Lydia Dean
Air Force
Gerald McGill
Pleasantvile
Braintree
England
Dean
William Flick
Pleasantville
James Daugherty
Oil City
US Dismisses Bulganin Atom Letter Ahead of NATO Summit
Washington reports that the United States rejected a 15 page letter from Premier Bulganin as propaganda aimed at the upcoming Atlantic Pact conference in Paris. Officials described the note as a mix of prior Russian proposals including a halt to hydrogen tests and new East West talks. The White House and State Department said they would study it while Eisenhower prepared for travel to join the 15 nation allied meeting.
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Washington
United States
Premer Bulganin
Bhisenhower
State Department
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Paris
Bulganin
Georgi Zarubin
Lincoln White
Russia
NATO
White House
Anne Wheaton
Dulles
Esenhower
Personal Christmas Greetings Offered in Somerset County
Somerset County residents may submit personal greetings for the annual Christmas edition of the Somerset American. Each local message costs 1.50 with a county wide theme of Christmas in Somerset county. Non residents pay 1.75 and servicemen greeting options include a listing for 0.75 with overseas mailing.
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Somerset County
Somerset
Yesteryear
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