Tito Praises Khrushchev as Peaceful Leader at Soviet Assembly
Tito denounced Red China and Albania for criticizing Khrushchev and praised him as a peace loving statesman. Gromyko stressed willingness to negotiate with the West on major East West issues and Berlin settlement while Tito urged constructive cooperation to resolve remaining differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Syvertsen
Moscow
Tito
Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Berlin
Kennedy
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Gromyko
West Berlin
New Kaiser labor pact could change industry norms
Kaiser Steel Co and the United Steelworkers Union near a Palm Springs deal that would share production cost savings among workers management and the public. Edgar Kaiser discussed the plan with President Kennedy at the White House as negotiators race toward a final agreement.
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Washington
Kaiser Steel Co
United Steelworkers Union
West Coast
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kennedy
White House
Kaiser
Palm Springs
Calif
Relay satellite Relay blasts off toward global communications test
A Thor Delta rocket launched Relay into orbit from Cape Canaveral to test a three continents communications link. NASA officials described the orbit as nominal as Relay completes its first Earth lap and prepares for a Christmas network TV event tying 11 nations.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Relay
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Europe
North America
Robert Grey
NASA
Exposure Relay
Telstar
Nehru Expresses Disappointment Over Colombo Outcome
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru signaled disappointment at the Colombo conference of nonaligned nations for not condemning China's invasion of India. He said he could not comment on decisions due to lack of precise information and noted that what seems obvious to India is not always obvious to others.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Coombo
Colombo
Congress Party
Ceylon
Mariner 2 Near Venus for Close Flyby
Mariner 2, a 447 pound spacecraft, will skim about 20 000 miles from Venus at 3 01 p m EST Friday. NASA officials expect four weeks or more to analyze the data on Venus temperature atmosphere and possible life clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Hauglawn
Washington
Mariner 2
Venus
U.S
Mariner
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Calif
William H. Pickering
Pasadena
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Homer E. Newell
NASA
Office of Space Sciences
Newell
E. M. Cortright
Venusian
Dec
Sation’ 2
Earth
Space
Pa Forms Group to Fight Crime
A new Pennsylvania citizens group formed to broaden and strengthen the fight against crime and delinquency, guided by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. A 31 member panel of prominent citizens will work with public and private agencies to improve rehabilitative services and prevent crime statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
Elizabeth Glenn Rawdin
National Council
Pennsylvania Council
Ravdin
I. S. Ravdin
Community United Funds
Eight Somerset FHA Members to Receive State Homemaker Degrees
Eight members of the Future Homemakers of America from Somerset County will receive the State Homemaker Degree at the Annual Farm Show in Harrisburg on January 9. The awards, announced by Mrs. Clio Reinwald, reflect local county and state activity, with recipients from Forbes Joint High School Shanksville Stonycreek Joint High School and Meyersdale Joint High School and their teachers named.
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Homemakers of America
Somerset County
Harrisburg
Clio S. Reinwald
Department of Public Instruction
FHA
Executive Council
Mildred Keyser
Gloria Keyser
Janice Ashbrook
Betty Jo O’roark
Forbes Joint High School
Nancy Zebrun
Jane Yonai
Shanksville
Stonycreek Joint High School
Vesta Glessner
Kathy Lohr
Mary Werner
Linda Fritz
Meyersdale Joint High School
Ruth Reich
Scranton Names Top Fiscal Aides for Cabinet
Gov elect William W. Scranton announced John Ingram as secretary of administration and Martin H. Brackbill as budget secretary. The picks, reported at a Capitol news briefing, align with prior Lawrence administration choices and signal the administration’s early staffing.
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Harrisburg
William W. Scranton
John Ingram
Martin H. Brackbill
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Scranton
Walter Alessandroni
Lawrence
Alessandroni
Ingram
Western allies seek diplomatic move as Cuba setback grows
The United States told NATO ministers that the Cuba setback and broader Communist bloc strains give the West an opening to act. European leaders discuss diplomacy, with France considering its own nuclear deterrent and debate over sharing atomic secrets under a multinational NATO framework.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
United States
Macow
NATO
U.S
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cuba
Howard Green
Canada
Green
Soviet Union
Kremlin
West
Couve de Murville
France
Kennedy
America
Britain
CEO Urges Enactment of 6 Billion Tax Cut
The Committee for Economic Development urged a 6 billion income tax cut aimed at higher income individuals and corporations. The plan would cut individual rates to 18.4 percent in the bottom bracket and 70 percent top rate, reduce corporate tax to 47 percent, and distribute 2 billion to each of the lower bracket and higher brackets while claiming long term budget gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cormier
Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Congress
Kennedy
Carl H. Flamm Named Outstanding Young Farmer
Carl H. Flamm of Berlin R. C. has been chosen as Somerset County's Outstanding Young Farmer in a program by Somerset Junior Chamber of Commerce. Winners are judged on agricultural progress, soil and natural resource conservation, and community contributions. Eligible contestants must be under 35. county winner advances to state competition.
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Carl H. Flamm
Berlin R. C
Somerset County
Somerset Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
U.S
Somerset County Faces Long Term Economic Plan
Hugh LeBlanc of Area Inc reported survey findings on Somerset County economic conditions at a Frie dens Fire Hall dinner. He outlined two needs: immediate short term jobs and a stable long term economic base. He urged public works, industrial and recreational expansion, coordinated planning, clear objectives, and rural zoning to protect future developments. The talk stressed a long term, systematized approach with an active organization to implement the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh LeBlanc
Area, Inc
Somerset County
Friedens Fire Hall
LeBlanc
County Planning Commission
Two Men Balloon to Near Space for Star Study
At Holloman AFB New Mexico Air Force Captain Joe W. Kittinger Jr. and civilian astronomer William B. White rode a blister balloon to 81 500 feet to observe starlight and record sounds. They drifted 15 miles west of Truth or Consequences and expected sunrise landing between Las Cruces and Deming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Outer Space
Air Force
Joe W. Kittinger, Jr
William B. White
Las Cruces
Deming
Fire department records show November calls and losses
Somerset County Firemen's Association noted 36 fire calls in November with borough losses totaling 30 000 dollars and rural losses at 265 000 dollars while property saved reached 1 118 000 dollars. Andrew Schanko of Central City proposed a new tripping device for short wave radios and urged installer adoption.
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Somerset County Firemen’s Association
Andrew Schanko
Central City
Rockwood Post Office Extends Saturday Hours
Rockwood Post Office will open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays instead of the usual noon closing, providing extended service hours for customers.
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Rockwood
Fireman Hurt Fighting Farm Blaze in Route 53 Fire
Firemen battled a severe house fire at Kenneth Lambert’s Route 53 farm delaying water access. Clark McClintock, president of New Centerville Fire Company, fell from a porch roof and was hospitalized with a back injury in satisfactory condition. Limited water from three pumpers hampered efforts. Faulty wiring believed to start the blaze. much of the farmhouse was destroyed though furnishings were saved.
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Kenneth Lambert
Clark McClintock
New Centerville Fire Company
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset
New Centerville
Rockwood
Middle Creek
Snow Drifts Spread on Somerset Roads Overnight
Renewed storm activity brings more snow and high winds to Somerset. By 2 am more than an inch fell and drifts began to pile up on county roads. Temperatures stood at seven degrees as Department of Highways crews worked through the night to keep roads open.
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Somerset
Department of Highways
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