Compromises at U.N. Session of Gen. Assembly
East-West compromises marked the 1959 U.N. General Assembly ending Sunday. Victor Andres Belaunde of Peru called it the Assembly of Peace as he closed the three month session. Khrushchev and Eisenhower talks in Camp David influenced a conciliatory mood and joint disarmament proposals were drafted. The session extended beyond its closing date and adopted a space committee with 24 nations while killing a Pakistani backed Algerian self determination resolution.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Victor Andres Belaunde
Peru
Assembly of Peace
Russia
United States
United Nations
Security Council
Poland
Turkey
Tibet
Hungary
Camp David
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Maryland
Khrushchev
Assembly
France
U.N
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Europe
Lodge
Senate Schedule Aims to Clear Business This Week
Harrisburg AP The Senate plans a five day work week to finish bills before a recess for the 1960 session. Bills on billboards and air pollution show good passage potential. House leaders expect changes from Senate committees on several measures.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Stephen McCann
House
Robert D. Fleming
Allegheny
Lawrence
House-Senate
Somerset American Greeting Edition Promises Service Greeting
Don't forget to send a personal greeting to a serviceman via the Somerset American annual greeting edition next week. A payment of 75c also covers an AIR MAIL copy of the issue for the recipient.
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Somerset American
McDonald rails at milky offer in steel talks
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald blasted the latest industry proposal as a miserly offer in a pretty package. He cited Kaiser Steel’s 20 month pact with a 22.1 cent wage rise as a model for workers earning about 3.11 dollars an hour. The union says the issues solved by Kaiser remain unresolved with other firms. A Taft Hartley injunction expires January 26, allowing a possible strike renewal.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser Pact
McDonald
Albert Lea strike ends as mediator reports progress
Gov Freeman says Rev Lloyd Peterson secured an agreement to resume talks between Wilson and Cooney and the UPWA. The move follows days of violent protests and martial law in Albert Lea with Ralph Helstein and James Cooney contacted, while a union letter is promised to end the stalemate.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Orville Freeman
Wilson & Co
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Minnesota
Chicago
Wilson
Ralph Helstein
UPWA
Lloyd Peterson
First Presbyterian Church of
Helstein
James Cooney
Pine Tree Aids Penn Alps Work In Somerset
A pine tree in the Somerset Daily American office will showcase gifts to Penn Alps Inc. donors use color coded glitter envelopes with green for dollars pink for five dollars and gold for ten dollars or more. The Mennonite group aids Allegheny highlands via craft work and self help funding to buy sewing machines looms and improve homes with dirt floors and poor insulation. Dr Alta Schrock heads Penn Alps Inc and spoke on radio about local needs.
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Somerset Daily American
Somerset
Penn Alps Inc
Allegheny Highlands
Somerset County
Mennonite Brotherhood of
Springs
Penn Alps, Inc
West Main Street
Alta Schrock
Med Maxwell
Congress weighs pulling troops from France amid NATO strain
Sen. Mansfield warned that France's refusal to share in NATO duties could trigger congressional pressure to pull Western European troops back home. He said the doctrine has shifted, with Europe potentially becoming the primary target, and questioned support for a 400 million dollar NATO modernization request.
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Washington
France
NATO
U. S
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Twining
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Senate
U.S
Europe
Intercon
United States
Congress
Eisenhower
County Officials to Be Inaugurated January 2
County officials will be sworn in Saturday January 2 after elections to take oaths for the new fiscal year. Judge Lansberry begins a second ten year term. salaries rise for several officers Lor Walter Williams clerk of courts to 7750. Paul O Connor registers of wills salary 6750. Sheriff Walker to 7000. District Attorney Keim 7000. three county commissioners 7000. treasurer to 6800. prothonotary 7000. recorder of deeds 7000.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Walter L. Williams
Paul L. O’connor
Register of Wills
Norman F. Walker
Robert M. Keim
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Warren K. Hay
Recorder of Deeds
Escaped Convicts Steal Car From Sipesville Man in Arlington
Escaped prisoners from Ivy Bluff prison stole a Sipesville man's car in Arlington Virginia after a late night escape. The Mercury car, a 1958 charcoal gray Mercury, was recovered in Kentucky and will be returned to Sipesville residents. Investigators linked the theft to other county and state chases with multiple fugitives captured across Virginia and Ohio.
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North Carolina
Ivy Bluff
Somerset County
Sipesville
Arlington
Ellsworth Holder
Bruce Lottig
Buchanan
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Holder
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Paraguayan Rebels Hold Out in East Frontier City
Reports from Posadas Argentina indicate rebels remain active in Encarnacion Paraguay after a weekend invasion. Government said invaders were crushed except for scattered pockets while rebel sources claim about 1000 exiles form a liberation army ready for guerrilla warfare against President Stroessner. A Cuban individual in Asuncion faces terrorism plans. an accompanying Cuban journalist is said to be with invading forces.
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Posadas
Argentina
Parana
Encarnacion
Paraguay
Liberation Army
Alfredo Stroessner
Asuncion
Stroessner
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Eisenhowers Involved In Rain Slicked Car Skid
Maj John Eisenhower and his wife Barbara escaped injury when their car skidded on a rain slick highway in New Delhi. An Indian chauffeur drove the vehicle which spun around in a semicircle before reaching the airport to join President for a Taj Mahal visit.
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New Delhi
India
Maj
John Eisenhower
Barbara
Eisenhowers
Taj Mahal
Eisenhower Visits Indian Village in Welcome Ceremony
In LAROMDA a crowd of about 5,000 greets President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Nehru as villagers apply vermilion and hail the visiting leaders with chants. An elderly woman mistakes Ike for a hero named Mahatma and declares hopeful blessings for rain, harvest, and future generations.
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Laromda
India
Mahatma
Bibiji
Eisenhower
Nehru
Trikam Singh
United States
Ike Raja
Rockefeller draws large St Louis reception amid Nixon pivot
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller drew about 4000 Democrats and Republicans in St Louis as Missouri GOP leaders warned the state may back Nixon. Rockefeller, on a two city swing, said he may announce his plans before January 6 while Wisconsin GOP chairmen reported strong Nixon support.
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ST. Louis
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Missouri
Rockefeller
Homer Cotton
Richard M. Nixon
South Bend
Ind
New York State
Wisconsin
Nixon
Claude Jasper
Madison
Chicago
Narty
Eisenhower Leaves India After Warm Welcomes and Messages
President Eisenhower departed New Delhi for Iran with a buoyant mood and a message that peace hinges on all mankind being free. Crowds numbered over a million for Sunday’s ceremonies while Nehru and officials saw him off at Palam Airport as India praised his visit and his call for freedom and peace.
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New Delhi
Eisenhower
Iran
Taj Mahal
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
Diplomatic Corps
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Tehran
Nehru
US Pledges Full Support To NATO Herter Says
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter pledged full U S support to NATO during a Paris visit. He warned against lowering defense, urged European allies to share more of Western defense costs, and noted continued UK Canada US commitments amid budget hurdles in Denmark Belgium and Holland.
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Nato-Herter
Asys H. Yates
Paris
Christian A. Herter
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Herter
NATO
United States
Canada
U. S
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
Eisenhower Views Taj Mahal In Agra On India Visit
President Eisenhower, with Prime Minister Nehru, viewed the Taj Mahal and called it a temple of love. He recalled childhood dreams of seeing it, while crowds cheered as petals showered on his car and he reflected by the reflecting pool.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Agra
India
Eisenhower
Taj Mahal
Nehru
Kansas
Shah Jahan
Needy families benefit as funds presented to nonprofit
Money will be presented to a non profit organization for the benefit of needy families in the Allegheny region. The event aims to support local aid programs and provide relief to residents facing hardship.
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Penn Alps, Inc
Allegheny Highlands
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