NATO Ministers Warn Reds Threaten Middle East Security
Paris reports the 15 NATO allies declared Russian penetration of the Middle East a threat to Atlantic security. The ministers approved a military directive focusing on tactical atomic firepower while U S defense secretary Wilson pledged modern weapons capable of firing atomic warheads but not the warheads themselves.
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Paris
Middle East
NATO
U. S
Charles F. Wilson
United States
U. N
Suez Canal
Council
Russia
U.N
Two Meyersdale jointures close as rain threat nears
Heavy rains raise Hazel fears as Meyersdale and Turkeyfoot Valley jointures close and send pupils home. Roads become impassable, power lines iced, but buses reach most students. officials cite Hazel type trap avoidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Meyersdale
Turkeyfoot Valley
Clifford W. Saylor
Civil Defense
Confluence
Pennsylvania Highways Department
Somerset
White Horse Mountain
Glencoe
General Telephone Company
Ernest H. Stuempfle
Meyersdale Fair Ground
Negro Mountain
Colliers And Woman's Home Companion Fold
The Crowell Collier board voted to discontinue Collier's and Woman's Home Companion ending the long publishing careers of two leading magazines. Both titles were unprofitable with a combined circulation near 2.5 million. The move is described as a blow to the magazine and advertising industries and to American readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co
Collier’s
Woman’s Home Companion
America
Theodore White
Collier's
United States
White
Somerset Bus Strike Threat Raises Local Debate
Somerset bus drivers vote unanimously for a labor stoppage set to start at 12:01 a.m. Monday amid wage disputes with management. The piece questions the union’s local impact and whether residents will suffer more than workers, noting wages of $1.20 per hour and 60 cents for layover and urging scrutiny of leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Somerset Bus Company
W. IF. Lester
Grand Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Cambria County
Somerset American
Somerset Borough Council
Somerset County
Rain and Snow Sweep Across Large Parts of the United States
Heavy cloud cover brings rain and snow to much of the nation. Flooding threatens roads in West Virginia with Front Street in Spencer seeing seven feet of water from Spring Creek. Snow moves east from Nevada into Colorado and Wyoming while the Mississippi Valley experiences rain and snow extending to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Illinois
New England
Nevada
Colorado
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Minnesota
Great Lakes
New York State
Southwest
Appalachians
Gulf States
Maryland
West Fork
Front St
Spencer
W. Va
Spring Creek
Dispute Over Suez Canal Salvage Crews Divides Allies
In Port Said Egypt on December 14 Viscount Hailsham opposed Lt Gen Wheeler of the UN backed plan to use British French salvage ships. Wheeler argued for a UN neutral commercial salvage force. Hailsham warned the world advisers call the idea nonsense and insisted on local control. In Paris Belgians Spaak named NATO secretary general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Viscount Hailsham
Royal Navy Establishment
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.s.army
United Nations
U.N
Lord Hailsham
Wheeler
U. N
Tars Unhurt In Somerset Area Crash
Two sailors narrowly escaped death when their car struck a telephone pole two miles east of Somerset early Friday. Robert Davis and John L. Burns crawled free without injuries as the 1953 Oldsmobile was wrecked. A separate crash near Lavansville involved Robert Miller and Blanche King with minor injuries and about $1,500 damage to car and house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Robert Davis
Curtis J. Davis
West Fairview Street
Davis
John L. Burns
Trilla
Ilinois
General Telephone Company
Burns
Quonset Point
R. I. Naval Air Station
Lavansville
Lavans- Ville
Henry Barren
Apollo
Robert Miller
Miller
Blanche King
R.D. 6
Somerset Community Hospital
Student Unrest Hits East Germany After Hungary Uprising
Anti- Communist protests and sympathy demonstrations spread through Russian-occupied East Germany amid Hungary's revolt. Berlin reports unrest across major cities with tensions rising between demonstrators and authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
Hungary
East Germany
Young Latrobe Man Fined in Auto Eraser Death
Greensburg report Richard Stein 17 of Latrobe R D 4 received a 100 dollar fine and a three year suspended sentence after conviction for involuntary manslaughter in connection with an auto eraser death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Richard Stein
Latrobe R. D
Somerset Man Is Shot To Death In Southern Home
A Somerset man was shot to death in a southern residence. The report notes a violent fatality occurring in the area, with authorities investigating the incident and seeking details from potential witnesses. Police have not released the victim's name in the provided text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Southern
Mississippi death of Pierson Brown shocks Somerset
Pierson Colonel Brown aged 60, a Somerset accountant, was found shot to death in his Mississippi hotel quarters. A Harrison County coroner's jury ruled death by unknown hands. Investigators, including Dist Atty Holleman and County Prosecutor Hewes, continue inquiries with no arrests reported. Brown, a WWII veteran known as Colonel Brown, had moved south for health reasons and left no immediate survivors locally.
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Somerset
Mississippi
Pass Christian
New Orleans
Pierson
Colonel) Brown
S. Brown
Schenck Building
North Center Avenue
East Patriot Street
Harrison County
Brown
Gulf of Mexico
Dist. Atty
Boyce Holleman
Gaston Hewes
The
Asso
Ray Rose
Tayman Avenue
Thousands Defy Russian Might Sit-Down Strike
Budapest workers stage new sit-down strikes as Russian and Hungarian troops occupy plants. They demand the release of two imprisoned labor leaders as the regime vows salary cuts and tighter controls. Rumors of reform surface, with Szoltan Tildy named as potential Kad ar successor. Coal shortages worsen with coal miners halved from 100000 to around 45000.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Szoltan Tildy
Smallholders Party
Kadat
Nagy
Tildy
Imre Nagy
Matyas Rakosi
Hungary
Democratic congressman and six contractors indicted in Tobyhanna case
A Democratic congressman and six contractors including a former U.S. representative were indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton on conspiracy charges over alleged frauds during the 83 million dollar Tobyhanna Signal Corps depot project. Indicted: Rep. William J. Green Jr., Herbert J. McGlinchey, John P. Gilboy Jr., Joseph Rochez, Frederick J. Raff, Robert W. Brown, and John B. Kemmerl.
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Scranton
Dec
U.S
Army Department
Corps and Engineers
Tobyhanna Signal Corps
U.S. Dist
John W Murphy
William J. Green Jr
Philadelphia
Democratic Committee
Herbert J. McGlinchey
Congress
John P. Gilboy Jr
Joseph Rochez
Rochez Brothers Inc
Pittsburgh
Frederick J. Raff
Hartford, Conn
Robert W. Brown
Consolidated Construction Co
Merchantville
N. J
John B Kemmerl
Sparks Fly Expected When Nixon Meets Nehru at National
Vice President Nixon will welcome Indian Prime Minister Nehru at National airport for four days of talks with President Eisenhower and top officials. The last exchange occurred across continents with neutralism sparking global debate.
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Washington
Nixon
Nehru
National
India
Eisenhower
Flecker Pleads Guilty in Somerset County Jail Arson Case
Earl S Flecker 30 of Johnstown pleaded guilty in Somerset county Criminal court to arson connected with a jail fire last month. His accomplice Jack M McCormick of Somerset contested charges and faced trial for arson jail breach while also facing separate counts of cheating by false pretenses and defrauding a hotel keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Somerset County Criminal Court
Earl
S. Flecker
Johnstown
Jack M. McCormick
Somerset
McCormick
Taylor B. Coffroth
Thomas F. Lansberry
Arthur J. Way
R. D
McKinley H. Will
Lansberry
Thearson
McCormick and
Flecker
Norman F. Walker
Walker
Inquest Recessed Over Mrs Margarith Klapp Death
CHICAGO reports an inquest was recessed while investigators probe the death of 39 year old Mrs Margarith Klapp found in a locked bathroom. Her estranged husband J Mileham Klapp 41 testified about a pistol struggle prior to her body being discovered by two ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Yoder
Baltimore
Yodev
Salisbury Area
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Lansberry
Elizabeth Kaylor
Meyersdale
R. D
Yoder
Nathaniel A Barbera
Clarence A. Maust
Salisbury
Justice of the Peace
Chicago
Margarith Klapp
Flood Waters Swamp Spencer West Virginia Streets
Rain swollen streams spill over banks across central West Virginia flooding streets and basements in several towns. Spencer, with 2500 residents, endures its worst flood in 40 years as water rose rapidly flooding first floors and warehouses. firemen and National Guard evacuated families while water receded by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
W. Va
West Virginia
Spencer
Here
Personal Christmas Greetings in The American
The American offers a color printed Personal Greetings section this Christmas reaching about 25 000 readers at $1 50 per message. Include your greeting with those of friends and neighbors by calling 5755 to ensure publication before the holiday.
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Stanley Johnson
Europe
Atlantic Community
John Foster Dulles
France
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
Suez
Security Council
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Paul-Henri Spaak
Bord Ismay
Imay
Cambria Savings Porch
Salem Church of the Brethren
Talley - Wood's
Dee
BUY
Enrietmas Seale
Colliers and Woman’s Home Companion Fold
Associated Press
Belgain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
E. Germany
Somerset County Red Cross
First Christian Church
East Main Street
Jane Friedline
Red Cross
Ciated
Walter S. Hoffman
Howard Boose
By Endre Marton
Dem Solon
By John M. Hightower
Richard L. Lease
A. D
Orban
Bulletins
Vienna
Austria
Warsaw
Lublin
Poland
Czestochowa
Kutno
Kalisz
San Diego
Calif
Irene Jaroncyk
Mys. Eisenhower
Augusta
White House
Spencer, W.va
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