Wagner Takes Hand In Strike Gets Nowhere
New York December coverage shows Mayor Wagner failing to move the five day subway strike toward settlement. He met with Louis Waldman as talks stalled while 64 percent of service returned and bus lines faced looming private sector walkouts threatening three million daily riders.
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Wagner
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Afl-Cio
Louis Waldman
Independent Motormen's Benevolent Assa
Waldman
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Somerset To Get $68,500 For Airport
The civil aeronautics administration allocates 2,383,759 for Pennsylvania airport upgrades for July 1957 to Oct 1957. Pittsburgh receives 637,500 for the east deck terminal building. Somerset is allotted 68,500 for runway taxiways and apron.
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Somerset
Washington
Pittsburgh
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Pennsylvania
CAA
County Council Farmer Co op Elects Officers
The Somerset County Council of Farmer Cooperatives met in the Rural Electric building Friday. Irvin Dietle was elected president with Harmer Binlby treasurer and Clark Mosteller secretary. Youth program awards include a prize calf, a four day trip to the American Institute Cooperative convention at State College August 24 to 28 1958, an all expense trip for up to nine to State College, and a next 25 members' one day trip to a distant point of interest.
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Somerset County Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Rural Electric
Irvin Dietle
Harmer Bowlby
Wade White
Clark Mosteller
George Marteeny
Elwood Gastiber
William W. Roy
Harmer Binlby
American Institutional Cooperative Convention
State College
Rockwood Post Office to Stay Open 3 P.M. on Two Saturdays
The Rockwood Post Office will extend hours to 3 p.m. on Saturday December 14 and Saturday December 21 to assist holiday mailing. Local residents are advised to plan ahead for parcel pickups and mailing deadlines.
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Rockwood
Two Fatalities on Somerset County Highways in November
Palmers reports from Greensburg division of state police note two fatalities in Somerset County during November, raising 1957 total victims to 13. In 15 accidents, five were injuries and property loss estimated at 5304 dollars. Main causes cited were speeding for conditions, failure to yield half of highway, and failure to yield right of way.
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Somerset
Greensburg
State Police
Lions Club Approves Scout Building Plan in Somerset
The Lions Club met at the Somerset fire hall with President A. W. Francis in charge. Plans for a 40 by 80 feet two story fireproof building for Boy and Girl Scouts were presented by the building committee, to be built of concrete blocks on the northeast corner of the playground lot on West Union Street, with future expansion possible.
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Lions Club
Somerset Fire Hall
A. W. Francis
Philip Holsinger
Jack Dice
Clyde Holmberg
Lion Harvey Beates
John Runner
Luther Shanks
Francis
Santa Claus
Albert Zarefoss
Walter Oehling
West Union Street
Dulles Holds Talks With French Leaders Ahead of Summit
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Paris for NATO summit talks with French Premier Gaillard and Foreign Minister Pineau. They discussed arms to Tunisia, alliance cohesion, disarmament, and a broader policy beyond strict geographic NATO limits.
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Paris
NATO
Western Alliance
France
North Africa
Eisenhower
Felix Gaillard
Christian Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
Paul-Henri Spaak
Gaillard
North
Africa
Pineau
United States
Britain
Tunisia
Algeria
London
Washington
Morocco
NATO Council
U. S
Woman says party liners blocked telephoning firemen
A woman recanted earlier claims, saying party line chatter prevented her call when her home burned but later signed a statement admitting the heat forced her to hang up. A separate Niagara Falls homicide certificate names an unknown suspect in the death of Julia Adams found Sept 1 under a railroad viaduct. The Army announced no further involuntary retirement notices will be sent to officers on active duty.
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Remus Point
N. Y
Chautauqua
Richard Graham
Niagara Falls
Julia Adams
Washington
Army
Florida Folk Greet Warm Trend Friday
The Associated Press reports a warm trend continues into Friday across Florida with mild temperatures and light winds. Residents anticipate pleasant conditions and coastal areas may see cooler evenings.
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Florida
Moscow says words must match action in peace push
United States envoy Henry Lodge urged Moscow to back its words with concrete steps in a U N political committee session. He noted Russia’s speech as mild and urged real disarmament and nonaggression measures while supporting broader scientific and economic cooperation.
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Henry Cabo
Lodge
United States
Russia
Moscow
Ly. N
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Missouri
NATO
Soviet Union
U. N
India
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Disarmament Commission
Fifteen Year Old Girl Found Half Frozen in Kentucky
In Prestonburg Kentucky a 15 year old girl Rosella Auxier was found unconscious and in shock with both legs frozen solid after several days missing. Doctors fear loss of both legs though she remains lucid and eating again. She walked three miles Sunday after visiting her grandmother and was discovered by billboard workers near an abandoned store.
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Prestonburg
Rosella Auxier
George Archer
Sarah Auxier
Rosella
Prestonsburg
Beit Auxier
B. J. Music
Richard Auxier
Auxier
Dr. Archer
One man jailed one released Friday in Somerset county
Melvin Dunmeyer, 45, Acosta, was remanded to Somerset county jail Friday on a court order. Alexander Szeney, 45, Windber, was released Friday after being committed Thursday by the court.
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Somerset County
Melvin Dunmeyer
Acosta
Alexander Szeney
Windber
Japanese firm to assemble cars in Formosa
Nissan Motor Co signed a contract with a Taipei firm to assemble 500 trucks and 200 passenger cars annually in Formosa. The arrangement, announced in Tokio on December 13, states Japanese cars and trucks will be assembled soon in Formosa.
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TOKIO
Formosa
First Lady Watches Eisenhower's Paris Flight Off for NATO Summit
President Eisenhower left from National airport aboard the Columbine III for Paris to attend the NATO summit amid heavy anti NATO propaganda from the Russians and concerns over storms. Mrs. Eisenhower waved farewell as Nixon Benson Johnson offered good wishes.
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NATO
Paris
Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western Alliance
Russia
National
Gangsters In Glare Squirm at Apalachin Inquiry
Albany reporters describe mob figures pleading the Fifth Amendment as New York state legislators probe a clandestine Apalachin gathering. Witnesses including Barbara Jr and Bartola Guccia dodge questions about Anastasia slaying and mafia ties while others refuse to speak.
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Apalachin
Albert Anastasia
Anastasia
New York
Big John Ormento
Lido Beach
Joe Profaci
Brooklyn
U. S S. Senate
Joseph Falcone
Anthony Guy Guarnieri
Edenwell
Guarnieri
Murder Inc
New York City
Barbara
Weekend thaw expected with 45 degree high
Temperatures rise into the forties this weekend as a Friday warmth gives way to another thaw. Drivers face slushy streets and large puddles, with conditions fair on the turnpike and a 45 degree high today followed by cooler lows tonight.
Flue Fire At Lohr Home Quenched Quickly
Somerset volunteer firemen answered a Friday call to a flue fire at the Lohr residence on Park Avenue. Fire Chief Newton Picking said the blaze was extinguished in minutes with no damage or injuries.
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Somerset
Lohr
Park Avenue
Newton Picking
Indonesia halts seizure of Dutch assets in unrest
Jakarta reports Maj. Gen Abdul Haris Nasution orders an immediate halt to seizing Dutch businesses. President Sukarno appears tense while denying ouster rumors. Premier Djuanda seeks to name Sartono acting president as confusion grows over who will govern.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Abdul Haris Nasution
Sukarno
Djuanda
Sartono
Nasutin
Violent Iran Quake Levels Towns Killing Many
An earthquake in western Iran before dawn leveled towns and villages near Sehneh, 240 air miles southwest of Tehran, killing about 600 and injuring thousands. Snow and cold worsened conditions as government shipments of food and medicine began reaching the stricken area.
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Theran
Iran
Sehneh
Tehran
Shah Pass
Hamadan
Kermanshah
Farsinak
Daulatabad
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Accident on Pa Turnpike Causes 11000 Damage
A tractor trailer operated by W G Barnett 29 of Dayton Ohio ran off the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Donegal and New Stanton Friday and overturned causing 11000 in damage. No injuries reported according to state police.
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Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennesse
California
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Donegal
New Stanton
W. G. Barnett
Dayton
Personal Christmas Greetings in Somerset County Edition
Somerset County residents can buy personal greetings in the annual Christmas edition sponsored by the Somerset American classifieds. Local spaces cost 1.50, out of county 1.75, servicemen 0.75 for name and address, with a World Mail option for the gift greeting.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Yesteryear
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