Israeli Judges Convict Eichmann of Crimes Against Jews
In Jerusalem three Israeli judges convict Adolf Eichmann of crimes against humanity and the Jewish people. The verdict links him directly to persecution and the final solution from 1933 to 1945, with the death penalty possible under 1950 law. Sentence scheduled later this week.
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A. Eichmann
Garven
Gestapo
Eichmann
Argentina
Echmann
Germany
Moshe Landau
Milk Control Sets December 18 Hearing in Harrisburg
The State Milk Control Commission scheduled a December 18 hearing in Harrisburg to review prices paid to producers by dealers for milk used in manufactured products. The focus excludes western Pennsylvania and Pottsville and does not cover Class I drinking milk. Prices for manufacturing milk have lagged behind consumer milk as more output goes to ice cream butter cheese and dried milk. In October average producer receipts were 5.05 per hundredweight while manufacturing milk averaged 3.50 per hundredweight.
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Harrisburg
State Milk Control Commission
Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Homer Stuck Elected Head Of J-B-J Board
Homer Stuck of Boswell was elected president of the Jenner Boswell Jennerstown joint school board Monday night succeeding Arthur St. Clair of Boswell. The meeting reorganized the board with Alton Walter named vice president and Dorothy Shandor secretary and James Kaufman treasurer.
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Homer Stuck
Boswell
Jenner- Boswell Jennerstown Joint School Board
Arthur St. Clair
Alton Walter
Jennerstown
Dorothy Shandor
James Kaufman
Helen Mudry
Vivian Berkey
Elmer Landis
Boswell Board
C. W. Szewczyk
Don Shoff
Bertha Hanna
John Policicchio
Jenners
Robert Stewart
William Eckman
Margaret Gilbert
Jenner
Gertrude Fetchke
Robert Lohr
Korns to Be Honored by Future Farmers of America
Somerset county representative W R Korns will receive an Honorary Keystone Farmer degree at the 1962 State Farm Show in Harrisburg. Dr Korns provides veterinary service to FFA members in Somerset county and funds an annual livestock farming award. Rear Adm James Kepler Davis will also be honored. The degrees will be conferred January 10 in the Education Building forum, with six businessmen, five farmers and 16 educators also receiving honorary degrees.
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Somerset County
W. R. Korns
Somerset
FFA
AFL-CIO Bars Hoffa Era Teamsters From Reentry
The AFL-CIO adopted a resolution to not readmit the Teamsters while James R. Hoffa remains president unless the union meets the federation’s ethical standards. Meany pledged enforcement, signaling a continued barrier despite calls by Curran and Quill to reinstate the union as part of a stronger labor movement.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
George Meany
Meany
Hoffa
Joseph A. Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Transport Union
Maurice Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Hutcheson
Mexico's First Passenger Liner Acapulco Leaves Shipyard
Mexico's first passenger liner the Acapulco newly converted from a 15,000 ton Italian ship has departed the local yard for service as a cruise vessel. It will operate between Los Angeles and Mexican ports as its home.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Mexico
Acapulco
Los Angeles
Calif
Supreme Court Overrules Louisiana Sit-In Convictions
The Supreme Court reversed the 16 Southern University students’ breach of peace convictions in Baton Rouge, ruling only on due process grounds and not addressing broader issues of free expression and equal protection. The decision leaves other constitutional questions to future cases.
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Jerry T. Baulch Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Congress of Racial Equality
High Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Baton Rouge
Virginia
North Carolina
Southern University
Snowstorms Hit Plains and Snowy Cold Reported
A Western plains snowstorm slowed travel and closed schools from the Rockies to the Great Lakes as temperatures plunged to 34 below. Deaths rose to 88, most from traffic accidents on slick roads, with Nebraska reports of 11 inches of snow and Oklahoma City ice affecting air traffic.
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Rockies
Great Lakes
Midwest
Nebraska
Colorado
Pueblo County
San Juan
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Will Rogers
Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
Tulsa
Tshombe Charges U.N. Is Out to Cut Economy
Washington AP reports Secretary Ribicoff announced a welfare shakeup to curb abuses and help supplant relief rolls. The plan adds state units to locate parents who desert children and applies same standards to illegitimate children as to those whose fathers leave. Ribicoff denied Newburgh plan stimulated the revamp, calling it sensationalizing the issue.
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Washington
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Kennedy
Newburgh
N.Y
Moscow Opposes Export of Revolution Says Menshikov
Russian ambassador Mikhail Menshikov told a National Press Club audience in Washington that Moscow is against exporting revolution worldwide and would not negotiate the German crisis over West Berlin. He denied rifts with China and said no change in Soviet policy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Moscow
Menshikov
West Berlin
Red
U.S
Alexei Adzhubei
Khrushchev
Russians claim shelters useless in nuclear war
Washington AP reports Soviet spokesman Menshikov said Russians are not building atomic shelters because they would offer little protection. He stated everything would be destroyed over a wide area, shelter or no shelter, during a National Press Club speech.
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Washington
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Menshikov
National Press Club
Fire Department Sponsors Fallout Program Tonight
The Somerset Volunteer Fire department hosts a 90 minute Fallout education program at Somerset Area Senior High School Room 215 at 7 30 p m on Tuesday Dec 12. Fire department members and the public are invited. Charles Morocco a local science teacher prepared the program which includes a Q A period and a civil defense film. Attendees will learn how present facilities can save families from disaster.
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Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Somerset Area
Charles Morocco
Somerset
Thirteen men arrested in plot to kill Ikeda in Japan
In Tokyo police raided three cities seizing 300 helmets and 150 gas masks as they rounded up 13 suspects tied to an extremist nationalist group aiming to assassinate Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda. The group leaders include Toyosaku Kawanami and Tokutaro Sakurai. The investigation followed three months of work with raids in Tokyo Fukuoka and Nagasaki.
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TOKIO
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
U.S
Japan
The
Society For Japanese History
Toyosaku Kawanami
Nichinan and
Kawanami
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Mikami
Eiko Industrial Co
Katanga Leader Denounces U.N. Air Raid on Kolwezi
President Moise Tshombe condemned a U.N. air strike on Kolwezi describing it as an attack on Katanga's copper economy. He warned the day would be marked by a black stone for Africans and accused the U.N. of aims beyond restoring order.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N
Kolwezi
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Tshombe
Koiwezi
Dornier
Camp Tshombe
U.N. Congo
Union Miniere Copper and Cobalt Co
Union Miniere
Congo
Big 4 Ministers Open Berlin Crisis Talks In Paris
In Paris the United States Britain France and West Germany held an initial briefing on Berlin options and UN protection. They weighed moving UN agencies to Berlin and possible talks with Russia while aiming to keep West Berlin free and ensure Allied access. Katanga urgency looms for NATO discussions starting Wednesday.
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Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS
West Berlin
United Nations
West Germany
U.S
Congo
Katanga
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gerhard Schroeder
Russia
Berlin
France
Rusk
Home
Schroeder
U.N
Food and Agricultural Organization
Scientific and Cultural Organization
Tron Curtain
Belgium
NATO
American Stock Exchange Chief Quits Amid Pressure
Edward T. McCormick resigns as president of the American Stock Exchange along with general counsel Michael Mooney. The move follows recent publicity and SEC actions affecting members tied to the Re family. Joseph F. Reilly is named president pro tem of the exchange.
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NEW York
Edward T. McCormick
American Stock Exchange
Michael E. Mooney
Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jerry and
Gerard Re
SEC
McCormick
Wall Street
Ted
No. 2 Stock Exchange
Joseph F. Reilly
Reilly
Washington
Canadian Penny Shortage Boosts U S Mint Demand
Canada faces a penny shortage due to holiday shopping and Ontario tax, driving increased demand for U S pennies. A major supermarket chain has placed an order for about one million pennies.
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Canada
Toronto
U.S
Ontario
Council Discusses Election of New Councilman
Somerset borough council met Monday night to discuss electing a councilman to replace Charles C. Whipple who resigned December 4. Final action is expected at the January meeting. If unable to fill, the court of quarter sessions may appoint.
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Somerset
Charles C. Whipple
Whipple
Court of Quarter Sessions
Clyde Will Elected Head of Area School Board
Somerset Area School Board reorganizational meeting elected Clyde Will president to succeed Alexander Ogle with Ernest Maust as vice president. Russell R. Deaner reappointed to a five year term on Somerset Joint Municipal school authority. New member Robert Ankeny sworn in by Ogle. Board discussed time change notice from the Somerset Junior Chamber of Commerce and planned further briefing.
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Somerset Area School Board
Clyde Will
Alexander Ogle
Ernest Maust
Russell R. Deaner
Somerset Joint Municipal School Authority
Friedens
Maple Ridge
Ray Bender
Roy Friedline
Vernon Coleman
Roy Shanks
Robert Ankeny
Somerset Area Merged School
Ter
Somerset Junior Chamber of Commerce
Howard Trexel
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Connally Resigns Navy Post to Run for Governor
Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally resigned to run for Texas governor. President Kennedy accepted the resignation effective December 20. The White House announced a recess appointment of Fred Korth of Fort Worth to replace Connally as Navy secretary.
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Washington
John B. Connally
Texas
White House
Kennedy
Connally
Fred Korth
Fort Worth
Tex
Navy
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Eppie) Lederer
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