United Nations condemns Russia over Hungary crisis
The U N Assembly voted 55 to 8 with 13 abstentions to condemn Moscow for crushing Hungarian independence and to call for Russia to withdraw its armed forces. Hungary was absent. India abstained, others supported the measure as the body urged Dag Hammarskjold to pursue relief efforts and potential talks with Moscow.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Assembly
Russia
Moscow
Assembly
U. N
Hungary
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Burma
Ceylon
Iran
Lebanon
Libya
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Thailand
Tunisia
United States
Local arrests and releases in Somerset area crimes
Kenemore a 34 Somerset man was freed after posting bond on assaulting a minor and fathering an illegitimate child. Dull of Manns Choice released after forfeiting 500 dollars on aggravated assault and battery. Dal sentenced in county court after guilty plea. Bowser held for license suspension and arrested by state police. Howard Walter of Cumberland freed after posting bond on malicious mischief. jailed earlier by Justice Whipperman.
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Guy Kenemore
Somerset
R. D
Harrison Area
Charles Dull
Manns Choice
George Gardner
Dal
Freeman Bowser
Friedens
Bowser
Howard Walter
Cumberland Md
Walter
Justice O the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Nehru urges US Russia deal on Middle East during visit
Indian Prime Minister Nehru said the United States should take the bull by the horns and engage Russia on a Middle East settlement. He hinted a settlement could curb arms to the region and spoke ahead of planned talks with President Eisenhower in Washington and a privacy meeting at Gettysburg Farm. He praised Eisenhower and anticipated a broad outline of India’s approach.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
United States
Russia
Middle East
Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Gettysburg
Chou En-lai
China
Probation for Boswell Woman in August Stabbing Case
Arles Hawkins of Boswell received three years probation and court costs after pleading no defense to assault with intent to kill and related charges. Judge Thomas F. Lansberry ordered her to leave the area, with prosecutors approving. The case linked to a stabbing that hospitalized Emil Berg for 17 days, amid allegations of molestation of Hawkins’ daughter.
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Arles Hawkins
Boswell
Thomas F. Lansberry
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Emil Berg
Motion for Lease trial continuance filed in involuntary manslaughter case
A motion for continuance of the involuntary manslaughter trial of Richard L. Lease, of Somerset, was filed by District Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr. The request cites new witnesses not yet fully investigated. Prosecutor is Trooper Harold L. Albright. If granted, three defendants remain for jury after the Wilfred Brougher case.
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Richard L. Lease
Somerset
R. D
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Norman H. Miller, Jr
Orban
Harold L. Albright
Wilfred Brougher
Edward F. Yoder
Baltimore
Elizabeth Kaylor
Meyersdale
Jack M. McCormick
Earl Flecker
Johnstown
Kircher in Hospital with Complications of Age
John Kircher 75 a veteran Bosner justice of the peace is listed as not good at Somerset Community hospital his physician cites age related complications. He was admitted Monday after becoming severely ill.
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John Kircher
Bosner
Somerset Community Hospital
Kircher
Nixon May Rule Against No Filibuster Attempts
Vice President Nixon prepares a ruling that would oppose a Senate bloc seeking to end filibusters. He has asked the Library of Congress and the Senate parliamentarian to study precedents on whether the Senate is a continuing body with rules that carry over between sessions. Ten senators pushing to curb filibusters aim to adopt a simple majority rule to end debate at the opening of Congress. Nixon reportedly prefers Senate precedent that the body is continuing, despite potential political repercussions.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Library of Congress
Congress
Meyersdale Man Wanted Not Escapee Says FBI
A two day FBI follow up debunks rumors that Charles North Jenkins escaped from a Maryland prison. He is indeed being sought for unlawful flight as a parole violator after a Maryland arrest and larceny allegations. Jenkins, once tied to Meyersdale schools in the 1940s, now resides with a Maryland relative.
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Meyersdale
Maryland
Charles North Jenkins
Jenkins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
First Hungarians Fly Operation Safe Haven Warm Welcome
Three five foot tall stockings will be placed at Somerset banks to receive gifts for local groups. Rev Dr Hess Wagner and Maude W Currie spearhead the project, benefiting the Childrens Aid Society at the Somerset Trust and patients at the County Home and Peoples National Bank.
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Hess Wagner
Maude W. Currie
Somerset Trust Company
Childrens Aid Society
County Trust Company
Peoples National Bank
Currie
New York
Japan gains U N Security Council seat amid Mongolia veto shift
The Security Council unanimously approved Japan as the 80th UN member and the move heads to the General Assembly for ratification. Russia abstained its veto after four rejections, while Outer Mongolia was disapproved. Mamoru Shigemitsu is set to address the assembly upon arrival.
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Security Council
Japan
U. N
Outer Mongolia
Russia
General Assembly
Mamoru Shigemitsu
New York
Shigemitsu
Nicolai Fedorenko
Tokio
Moscow
Australian hospitality too much for sailor
A young sailor abandoned by the gangplank fled into tall grass after a party aboard the 1.8. destroyer Blue in Melbourne. Four sailors chased him and brought him back aboard. He remarked that the hospitality had been too much.
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Melbourne
Blue
Magloire resigns Haiti presidency under army pressure
Gen Paul Magloire steps down as Haiti's president after six years. Jose Nemours Pierre Louis, president of the Supreme Court, will assume the post with Gen Antoine Levelt as chief of staff. The transfer was announced in a nationwide broadcast ending amid gunfire near the prison housing political prisoners.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Paul Magloire
Jose Nemours
Pierre-Louis
Supreme Court
Antoine Levelt
Rail Line Near Jordanian Border Hit by Mine
An Israeli army spokesman said a rail line near the Jordanian border in central Israel was blown up by a mine planted by Arab raiders. The Haifa to Lydda section midway between the two cities was damaged, while a passing train was not hurt.
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Mexico City
Tel Aviv
Israel
Haifa- Lydda
First Hungarians Arrive at McGuire Air Base in U S Welcome
President Eisenhower aide Tracy Voorhees greeted 199 Hungarian refugees arriving at McGuire Air Force Base as part of Operation Safe Haven. They join 9,500 flown in by military and others arriving by boat or air. Many face finding housing and work with Lutheran World Federation aid. Balint Rozsa, 14, hopes to be a navy doctor and called the trip one of the best things to happen to him.
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Camp Kilmer
N. J
Eisenhower
Tracy S. Voorhees
McGuire Air Force Base
Here
United States of America
Maria Komvari
Kovacs
Robert
Eva
Laszlo
Lutheran World Federation
Balint Rozsa
America
Indian's Dividend Losing Affair
Denver dispatch reports Delmer Robideaux, a 43 year old Sioux Indian and chairman of the White Buffalo council, received a three cent check from the government for interest on 585 shares in tribal land enterprises of the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota. He hopes to borrow seven cents to cash it.
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Denver
Sam
Delmer Robideaux
Rosebud
South Dakota
Robideaux
White Buffalo Council
Mahany vows GOP no wage or income tax in 1957 session
State Sen. Rowland B. Mahany of Crawford and Mercer counties said Republicans definitely won’t vote for a wage or income tax in the 1957 General Assembly.
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GOP
Meadville
Rowland B. Mahany
Si-Crawford-Mercer
General Assembly
Brougher Case Goes To Jury In Somerset Court
Wilfred J. Brougher of Somerset faces a Pennsylvania liquor code charge after his defense rested in the Somerset County Criminal Court. Judge Lansberry will instruct the jury at 9 30 a m as prosecutors contend a moonshine operation tied to a man named George Brown existed at a cabin in Allegheny township November 1954.
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Wilfred J. Brougher
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Thomas F. Lansberry
Lansberry
Norman A Shaulis
Brougher
Shaulis
Somerset American
Mr. Brougher
Criminal Court
H. B. Fedeli
Altoona
Pennsylvania Liquor Board
Shankis
William L. Kimmel
Braugher
George Brown
Brown
Detroit
Michigan
Urban
Wilfred Brougher
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Profane Gas Company
Otto Copp
US Urges Syria to Repair Iraq Oil Pipeline
The United States asks Syria for cooperation to repair the Iraq oil pipeline sabotaged in four pumping stations. Restoring 30 to 40 percent flow within two months could help Western Europe cope with oil shortages while emergency shipments to Egypt supplement supply.
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Washington
United States
Iraq
Syria
Mediterranean
Western Europe
Kirkuk
Banyas
Middle East
Egypt
State Department
Iraq Petroleum Co
Somerset County Votes 500 for Fire School
Somerset County Commissioners unanimously approved a $500 appropriation for the 1957 county fire school. The sum, added to next year’s budget, follows a new state law allowing allocations up to $500, and the firemen’s association reports the 1956 Berlin session drew over 100 firefighters earning state certificates.
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Somerset County Board of Commissioners
L. L. Sprowls
Warren K. Hay
W. F. Berkebile
Somerset County Firemen's Association
Berlin
Milford church plans December bake sale event
Ladies of the Milford E U B Church announce a bake sale scheduled for December 15 at 9 00 a m in the Old First National Bank Building. Proceeds benefit church programs and local missions.
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Old First National Bank
Ladies of the Milford E.U.B. Church
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