U S and Britain Back Cease Fire Proposal for Korea
The United States and Britain endorsed a United Nations cease fire proposal drafted by 15 Asian and Middle East nations. The measure calls for studying a Korea cease fire, with a U N assembly vote possible after reaching full truce terms. Nasrollah Entezam of Iran would report back with recommendations.
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Lake Success
United States
Britain
Middle East
United Nations
Korea
U. S
Far East
U. N. Assembly
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Rau
China
Red China
Hero
Wu Hsiu-chuan
Peiping
Monroe
Europe
General Assembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
Ecuador
Turkey
Thailand
Philippines
Warren R. Austin
France
Russia
Egypt
Austin
Maslanka Injured in Mine Rock Fall at Saxman Mine
Edward Maslanka aged 29 of Jerome was injured Tuesday in a rock fall at the Saxman Coal and Coke company mine at Quecreek. He sustained injuries to the left knee hip and back and was listed in satisfactory condition at Somerset Community hospital.
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Edward Maslanka
Jerome
Saxman Coal and Coke Company
Quecreek
Somerset Community Hospital
MISHAPS KILL 2 CAMBRIA COAL MINERS
John Galiczynski aged 41 of Barnesboro was buried by a rock fall at Emleigh pits Cherry Tree Coal company. Edward Shaull a 28 year old Portage maintenance man at Marport Coal company was struck by a hopper car.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
John Galiczynski
Barnesboro
Emleigh
Cherry Tree Coal Company
Edward Quay Shaull
Portage
Marport Coal Company
Vishinsky Accuses Truman of Atomic Threats
In New York on December 12 Russia’s Foreign Minister V Khrushchev? Vishinsky accuses President Truman of threatening the world with the atomic bomb and seeks control of atomic energy by American monopolies. He cites Truman’s Korea atom bomb remark while U S delegates defend disarmament avenues at the U N.
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New York
Russia
Andrew Vishinsky
Truman
Korea
Vishinsky
U. N. Assembly
U. S
John Sherman Cooper
U. N
Atomic Commission
United States
Resia
Common Pleas Court hears division of Mrs Frank estate
In Pittsburgh the Allegheny county Common Pleas Court jury was asked to decide how the 600000 dollar steel fortune of the late Mrs Anna A Frank should be distributed. Grandchildren Stephanie and Ann Frank claim undue influence and were excluded from the 1946 will drawn by son in law Frank L May. The Orphans Court asked for jury guidance on disposition as Mrs Florence F May receives the bulk, with Marion M Linton and Herbert L May as other beneficiaries.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Anna A. Frank
Stephanie
Ann Frank
Frank L. May
Frank
Florence F. May
Steubenville
Marion M. Linton
Herbert L. May
May
One Killed and One Injured on Pa Turnpike
One man, Harry R. Dwyer, 25, Huntington, West Virginia, was killed when his out of control car crossed the median strip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Somerset interchange and crashed into an eastbound tractor trailer. Gerald Hamilton, 24, Pontiac, Michigan, the driver of a parked car carrier, was injured and admitted to Somerset Community Hospital with a leg injury. his condition listed as fair. The collision caused the tractor trailer to skid and strike the road shoulder and a bank, with total damage estimated at $12,000.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset
Harry R. Dwyer
Huntington
W. Va
Somerset Community Hospital
Gerald Hamilton
Pontiac
Mich
Bedford
Dwyer
Lonnie Robert Perry
Baltimore
Perry
Three Injured When Truck Hits Freight Train
A truck collided with a local freight train at a Western Maryland crossing between Ursina and Harnedsville injuring three people. Driver Norman Hay and passengers Eugene Cameron and Roy Dwire were taken to Price hospital in Confluence with serious injuries. The truck, owned by Emerson S. Barron, was demolished in the crash with a reported loss of 2000.
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Western Maryland
Ursina
Harnedsville
Norman Hay
Rockwood
Eugene Cameron
Markleton R. D
Roy Dwire
Markleton
Price Hospital
Confluence
Emerson S. Barron
Markleton R. D. 1
Barron
Car crashes into tractor trailer on Penna Turnpike
Harry W. Barner 23 of Lock Haven collided with a parked tractor-trailer near the Somerset service station on the turnpike. George D. Ramsey of Detroit operated the truck. No injuries. car damages pegged at 1,000 dollars. no truck damage reported.
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Harry W. Barner
Lock Haven
Somerset
George D. Ramsey
Detroit
Mich
Cars Collide at Route 30 and 55060 Intersection
Two cars collided at the Route 30 and 55060 intersection in Allegheny township on Tuesday afternoon, causing smashed fenders and headlights with no injuries reported. Edward Christner, 54, of South Edgewood Avenue and Theodore Dailey, 41, of Syracuse, N Y, were involved. Damages were set at 150 dollars to Dailey's car and 75 dollars to Christner's.
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Allegheny Township
Edward Christner
South Edgewood Avenue
Theodore Dailey
Syracuse
N. Y
McNeil
Dailey
Christner
Auto Kills Child On Snowy Pittsburgh Street
A car struck six year old Walter Helton of East Liberty on a snow covered street today. He died from head injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Helton
East Liberty
Jury Unable To Reach Verdict In Morals Case
A fatigued jury spent eight and a half hours in deliberations before failing to reach a verdict in the case of Commonwealth versus Elwood Friedline 20 of Friedens charged with statutory rape and bastardy involving a 13 year old girl. Judge Lansberry commended their effort and ordered a fresh start in the morning. The court noted this as an exceptional case and the trial of Paul Richard Sarver from Somerset began yesterday, the third morals case involving minors that week.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Commonwealth
Elwood Friedline
Friedline
Lansberry
Roof Garden
Karl I. Hare
Lunsberry
A. M. Matthews
Paul Richard Sarver
Somerset
Uranium Deposit Found By Indian Claimed Big Yield
Paddy Martinez, a Navajo, discovered a yellow streak on Haystack Mountain near Grants New Mexico. Engineers estimate about 10 million tons of carnotite rock worth 5 to 15 dollars per ton, a potential key to atomic energy and war effort. The Santa Fe railroad owns mineral rights. Martinez sought compensation after the find.
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Grants
N. M
Haystack Mountain
United States
Haystack
Paddy Martinez
Santa Fe Railroad
Martinez
Colorado
Santa Fe
Social Security for Somerset Hospital Workers
Somerset Community Hospital employees will join the national social security program in 1951, the board of directors announced at Monday night’s meeting. It marks the first time non profit hospital workers are eligible for benefits. board members present were Alvin Glessner George Dickey Ralph Dickey Charles Coffroth and Albert Graham.
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Somerset Community Hospital
National Social Security
Alvin Glessner
George Dickey
Ralph Dickey
Charles Coffroth
Albert Graham
Koontz Couple Buy Two Lots In Somerset YMCA Addition
Two lots in the YMCA addition of Somerset sold for 6500 dollars. Deed filed with Recorder Philip C. Dosch shows Donald E. and Fern L. Shaffer sold the west side lots on South Kimberly Avenue to Lloyd E. Koontz Jr. and Ardythe Elaine Koontz of Somerset.
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YMCA
Somerset
Recorder of Deeds
Philip C. Dosch
Kimberly Avenue
Donald E
Fern L. Shaffer
Lloyd Emerson Koontz, Jr
Ardythe Elaine Koontz
Leidy field taps second largest Renovo gas well
An open flow of 36 million cubic feet a day was estimated today for the second largest natural gas well tapped in the Leidy field near Renovo.
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Renovo
Leidy
Rioting in Singapore Eases After 14 Dead
Rioting over the Bertha Hertogh custody case eased with a dusk to dawn curfew. Two days of violence left 14 dead and 188 injured as troops and police defended the court and streets. Bertha, a 13 year old Dutch girl, had been returned to her Catholic mother for another appeal in March.
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A. L. McIntyre
Singapore
Bertha Hertogh
Bertha
Adeline P. Hertogh
Supreme Court
Netherlands
Call 160000 Men To Arms During Next Two Months
The United States government boosts January draft to 80,000 and February to 80,000, totaling 370,000 draftees since the Korean War began. President Truman aims for faster military buildup. Current draft targets are ages 19 to 26 for the army, with navy and air force relying on volunteers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pennsylvania Draft Quotas Doubled for January and February
Harrisburg announces Pennsylvania draft quotas for January and February will be doubled to align with the national call. Col. Henry M. Gross, state draft director, says January 2,718 men and February 3,361 men will rise to about 5,200 each, with possible small adjustments.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Henry M. Gross
Gross
Marines Rearguard Forces Hold In Korean Retreat
In northeast Korea a Marine rearguard unit under Maj. Walter Gall covered a retreat from a Chinese trap. The reconnaissance company aided the First Marine Regiment at Koto near the Changjin reservoir, firing warning shots as thousands of refugees crowded the town.
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U.S
Korea
North Korea
Walter Gall
Jersey City
N. J
Changjin
Koto
First Marine Regiment
Giments
David Gaskin
Lykesland
8, C
Gall
Evacuation Underway at Hungnam China Sea Operation
The Hungnam evacuation of UN forces in northeast Korea appears underway with ships loading at the port. Max Desfor's photos show civilian freighters and LSTs loading on December 12 signaling an orderly withdrawal rather than a hasty retreat. Approximately 60,000 American Marines and soldiers plus British commandos and Puerto Rican troops are involved.
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Tokio
United Nations
Korea
Associated Press
Max Desfor
Desfor
Inc
Desfors
Hungnam
U. N
Dunkerdue
Truck Collision Kills 6 Year Old on Turnpike
Bedford reported a Pennsylvanina turnpike crash killed six year old Helen Boop as a truck driven by Joseph Engel of Walkersville, Maryland struck a 10 passenger coupe. Driver Warren H. Boop faces aggravated assault charges and a $2000 bond.
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Bedford
Warren H. Boop
Mifflinburg
Joseph Engel
Walkersville
Boop
Helen
Retreat Of 8 Army Well Planned and Ordered
Don Whitehead reports on Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker guiding a carefully planned withdrawal of the U S Eighth Army during the Chinese offensive starting Nov 5. Despite being outnumbered, losses to the enemy remained light as commanders executed organized moves with First and Ninth Corps refining plans, drawing comparisons to Rommel's North Africa retreat.
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Don Whitehead
Rio
Walton H. Walker
U. S
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
United Nations
U. N
ROK
Republic of Korea
Tokchon
J Edward Gump Represents New York Life Insurance Co
Attorney J Edward Gump is listed as counsel for New York Life Insurance Company in a legal document, asserting representation in an insurance matter. The notice identifies Gump as the agent or attorney handling the case for the company.
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J. Edward Gump
NEW York Life Insurance CO
U N Forces Pull Back From Northeast Korea Coastal Flatlands
AP dispatch reports all U S 10th corps units in northeast Korea have retreated to the snow covered coastal flats to avoid Chinese traps. UN ships cover the area as Chinese forces seize cities like Chongjin Songjin Kapsan Hyesanjin and Wonsan. The 17th Regimental Combat Team remains missing in action near the border while RO K and Third divisions press rearward.
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Tokio
Korea
North
Stan Swinton
United Nations
Swinton
6Th Corps
Chongjin
Songjin
Kapsan
Hoesanjin
Kilchu
Wonsan
U. S. Army
U. N
Republic of Korea Rok
Konsan
Hyesanj'n
Yalu
Manchuria
Hyesanjin
ROK
Vision
Iwi
Siberian
Weather outlook for Mid Atlantic on Wednesday and Thursday
Maryland shows partly cloudy skies and continued cold with highs around 35 to 40. West Virginia expects considerable cloudiness with snow flurries in the mountains and a high near 30. Western Pennsylvania remains mostly cloudy and cold with a high near 30. Eastern Pennsylvania reports mixed clouds with a few snow flurries and highs from 30 to 34 in the north and 34 to 38 in the south.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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