U N Troops Press Toward Elisabethville in Major Push
U N troops advanced toward Elisabethville from the north as exchanges of fire raged in the Katanga capital. Casualties included civilians and Katanga soldiers, with scores dead and more wounded as the UN sought control amid international diplomacy. A separate clash was reported at Kongolo as UN and Congo forces advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville
Kantanga
U.N
New York
White House
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Kongolo
Congo National
G. C. Senne
International Red Cross
U Thant Weighs Cease-Fire Plea in Katanga Crisis
Acting UN Secretary General U Thant said he is carefully considering pleas for a cease-fire in Katanga but will halt military action only if guaranteed to carry out all Congo resolutions. He stressed freedom of movement and protection from attack across Katanga and replied to African leaders allied with France. The United States seeks a Tshombe Adoula meeting while supporting a decisive UN victory. Youlou and Tisiranana urged an immediate Security Council session for a cease-fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Besser
United Nations
N.Y
U Thant
Katanga
Congo
Thant
Security Council
General Assembly
U.N
France
United States
Moise Tshombe
U.S
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Philibert Tisiranana
Malagasy
Abbe Fulbert Youlou
Congo Republic
Brazzaville
U.N. Security Council
Kennedy
Adoula
Reward Offered Concerning Phone Robberies
A 50 dollar reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of suspects in pay phone robberies. William J. Schilling of General Telephone's Somerset division said the reward excludes employees. Police report seven or eight Somerset incidents and similar thefts in Johnstown and Conemaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Schilling
Somerset
General Telephone Company
Somerset County
Johnstown
Schilling
S‘oystown
Route 219
Conemaugh Two
Veterans Affairs to review National Guard call up policy
The House Veterans Affairs Committee will sweep a review of Cold War era Guard and reserve call ups. Chairman Olin Teague says hearings next year will involve President Kennedy and Defense officials to learn future plans. Gilpatric admits doubts about mobilization ability but cites last call up as necessary. The panel may visit bases to hear from those called up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Gould Washington
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Teague
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Veterans Administration
United States
Student Victor Scott 19 Dies in Pike Car Crash
Victor Scott of Pittsburgh aged 19 died Friday morning from injuries after a one car collision on Pike near the Irwin interchange. Kenneth Segal, 19, of South Orange N J, was seriously injured. Both were Michigan State University students returning home for Christmas. Somerset State Police reported the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Scott
Pittsburgh
Mass
Irwin
Kenneth Segal
South Orange
N. J
Michigan State University
Somerset
Bus Driver Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter
In Colorado a school bus driver Duane R Harms 23 faces involuntary manslaughter charges after a Union Pacific train collided with a bus carrying 20 students seven miles southeast of Greeley. Thirteen of the seventeen survivors remain hospitalized as authorities say negligence and failure to stop at crossings triggered the incident leading to potential one year jail term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colo
Duane R. Harms
Asst
Dist
Karl Ahlborn
Donald A. Carpenter
Harms
Ahlborn
Union Pacifi
Harris
Jerry Hembry
Colorado
Red Cross
Auburn
Here
Delta
U N Assembly Refuses To Seat Red China
The United Nations General Assembly rejects seating the Chinese Communist regime and maintains Nationalist China’s UN status. The 36 to 48 vote with 20 abstentions marks a clear setback for Red China and sets the issue for renewed action next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
China
United States
Red China
Peiping
U Ss
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cambodia
Ceylon
Indonesia
Fire on Water Level Road Guts Somerset Home
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department answered a call to a house fire on Water Level Road two miles from Somerset on Friday at 8 p.m. Firemen estimate damage at about 2000 dollars. The interior was almost completely gutted. Neighbors phoned in the alarm since no one was home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Somerset
President Kennedy Tour Across Latin America Prompts Venezuelan Alert
Venezuelan army and police held a 24 hour alert for possible last ditch extremist attempts to disrupt President Kennedy s visit. Intelligence sources linked attacks on American stores and a radio seizure to a small organized group possibly linked to Castro and communist agents. Officials say full security under a unified command should prevent major trouble though isolated incidents remain possible during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L .Ryan
Caracas
Venezuela
Kennedy
United States
Radio Caracas
Pisto
Fidel Castro
Heart Disease Tops Somerset County Death Causes
Heart disease remained the leading killer in Somerset County with 152 deaths in the first six months, down from 166. Overall deaths Jan June fell to 379, rate 9.8 per 1000, with cancer 76, cerebral hemorrhage 42, and other causes listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
State Department of Health
Eichmann Sentenced to Death in Israel Trial
Adolf Eichmann receives the death sentence from an Israeli special tribunal for his role in the Holocaust. He plans an appeal within 15 days, with possible clemency from President Ben-Zvi after government review.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Hitler
Robert Servatius
Supreme Court
Servatius
Germany
Dieter Wechtenbruch
Eichmann
Izhak Ben-Zvi
David Ben-Gurion
Fire at Residence Brought Under Control in Berlin
Berlin volunteer firemen answered a 6:45 a.m. December 15 call to the residence of Clarence Landis and Mac Donaldson. Landis already controlled the flue fire with a garden hose when firefighters arrived, causing no damage or injuries.
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Berlin
Clarence Landis
MacDonaldson
Landis
Cassett Heads Newly Organized MOWW in Somerset
Col. George Gassett was installed as commander of the Military Order of the World Wars at a Somerset VFW meeting. Officers include Vice commander Gen. George L. Foy and adjutant David M. Bell. The local unit offers citizenship, patriotism, and civic work in schools and county groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gassett
Somerset
Military Order of the World Wars
Somerset Vfw Tome
John G. Brosky
Vincent P. Lupinacci
Pittsburgh
George L. Foy
Meyersdale
David M. Bell
Berlin
C. H. Maize
Robert W. Critchfield
Ross T. Mickle
W. John Stiteler, Jr
Rockwood
Bell
Order
Army
Navy
Air Force
MOWW
Pennsylvania Negro Hijacks Boat Aims at Castro
A 19 year old man from Mercersburg Pennsylvania hijacked a 40 foot charter boat near Miami with intent to go to Cuba and assassinate Fidel Castro. He was shot by a police officer from close range and later treated for a chest wound. He identified himself as William Stoner and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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Miami
Fla
West Indies
Cuba
Fidel Castro
William Leary
Coast Guard
San Dona
Richard Gledhill
Jack Harrington
Mercersburg
William Stoner
Stoner
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Gledhill
Castro
Pennsylvania
Harrington
Bob Lowenthal
Reward III
Lowenthal
Kennedy gets rousing welcome on Puerto Rico tour stop
President Kennedy, with First Lady Jacqueline, drew crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands in San Juan as he launched his Latin American tour promoting the Alliance for Progress. He praised Gov. Luis Munoz Marin and described Puerto Rico as a bridge between Latin America and North America while outlining the ten year, 20 billion dollar program.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kennedy
Hemisphereic Alliance For Progress
Americas
Ana
Luis Munoz Marin
Venezuela
Caracas
Colombia
U.S
Old City
John
Jackie
Uncle Kennedy
Munoz Marin
Munoz
Latin America
North America
Move Toward Renovation Of Court House
Commissioner Lewis K Baumgardner and architects Hunter Campbell and Ray of Altoona met in Harrisburg with Department of Labor and Industry representatives to set the groundwork for Somerset county court house renovations slated to begin in March 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis K. Baumgardner
Hunter, Campbell and Ray
Altoona
Harrisburg
Somerset County Court House
Department of Labor and Industry
Berlin-Brothersvalley Joint School Board Reorganization
Gilbert McQuade heads the BBJ Joint School Board with Robert Keidel as vice president and John Hartman as secretary. New oath takers include William R. Cober and James L. Killius. David D. Taylor, Slippery Rock graduate, to teach math biology and history joins Berlin-Brothersvalley Joint Schools, effective late January 1962.
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Berlin-Brothersvalley
Berlin - Brothersvalley
Gilbert McQuade
Robert Keidel
John Hartman
Richard Webreck
Karl Hay
Dominic Imegrund
Berlin—Area School Board
Elton Carver
Theodore Carver
Brothersvalley Township School Board
Paul Cober
James L. Killlius
Richard Webrick
William R. Cober
James L. Killius
Richard Deaver
William C. Deist
Paul E. Hay
Donald T.heffley
Mark Restly
Jubal E. Werner
David D. Taylor
Slippery Rock State College
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Youlou
Adoula’s
Republic
State Department
Pentagon
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Pike
By Jim Harpster
U.N. Assembly
Australia
Italy
Japan
United
U.S. Assembly
President
Robert French
Gold Bond Redemption Center
Western Auto
John E. Reiley
Heart Disease
Somerset Co
Somerset American Harrisburg
Blaze
Cassett
Penna. Negro
Whitney Shoemaker
Ted Ediger
JFK
Court House
BBJ School Board
Joint Board
Taylor
Donald Poorbaugh
ROTC
Oakmont
Spiringdale
Gilbert
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