Indonesia warns NATO intervention would widen Western Eastern split
Indonesia warned at NATO summit in Paris that Western intervention in its dispute with the Netherlands would widen the split between Western and Eastern nations. Secretary General Suwito Kusu mowidagdo urged caution and noted Afro Asian nations might act if the Dutch seek NATO action against Indonesia’s claim to Dutch West New Guinea. The Indonesian government has ordered nonworking Dutch out and begun taking over Dutch firms.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
NATO
Netherlands
Suwito Kusumowidagdo
Dutch West New Guinea
Paris
Willem Drees
NATO Permanent Council
Soli
Darity
Drees
Gordon Mein
U. S. State Department
Ister Subandrio
U. S
Commission Orders Study of Blue Laws
The Pennsylvania joint state government commission ordered a preliminary study of Blue Laws and invited briefs from interested groups. The panel also accepted Rep. Albert Readinger’s resignation as treasurer and named Rep. H G Andrews as replacement. A task force was approved to continue court procedure studies and data on tax exempt property.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Albert S. Readinger
Lehigh Valley
Joseph Ykosko
Northampton
Atty
McBride
Lehigh County
Windber VFW Plans Move to New Post Home This Week
Windber VFW met to discuss moving into its newly purchased post home on Graham Avenue with an expected move Tuesday or Wednesday. Members planned a 20 man drill team to serve veterans at county funerals and sponsoring a basketball team. The group marked its 12th annual banquet at Skowran's with speaker Joseph N. Cascio and honors for Judge Lansberry, DA Orban Jr, Ward Christ, Butler Freeman, and Dr. Klena.
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Windber Vfw
Graham Avenue
Windber
Windber Vets
Skowran
Somerset
Joseph N. Cascio
Thomas F. Lansberry
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Ward Christ
Butler Freeman
Klena
Three Men Released From Somerset County Jail On Court Orders
Edward Hostetler 32 of Garrett, Clifton Sanner 28 of Meyersdale, and Robert Dayton 81 of Windber were released Monday from Somerset county jail on court orders.
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Somerset County
Edward Hostetler
Garrett
Clifton Sanner
Meyersdale
Robert Dayton
Windber
Hamadan Governor Reports 2000 Die in West Iran Quake
The governor of Hamadan said about 2,000 people were killed in the earthquake that devastated parts of West Iran last week. Hamadan is among the disaster areas.
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Tehran
Hamadan
Iran
Eisenhower Skips Dinner After Exhausting NATO Day
Paris dispatch reports President Eisenhower canceled a NATO ceremonial dinner after a long Atlantic Alliance conference day. Despite a mild stroke three weeks earlier, doctors said he is in fine shape as he rests for the night after two major speeches and four and a half hours of NATO sessions.
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Paris
Eisenhower
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Howard M. Snyder
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Worst Subway Strike Ends In New York
The eight day subway strike in New York ended with a back to work vote by the Motormen's Benevolent Assn. The action disrupted transit city wide, halted 40 million tokens daily, and involved 1500 to 3400 striking workers with leaders promising no mass reprisals.
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New York
Arthur W. Everett
Independent Motormen's Benevolent Assn
MBA
Includin
Theodore Loos
Earthquake death toll in western Iran climbs past a thousand
Reports from Tehran say the western Iran earthquakes have raised the confirmed death toll to 1 062 with as many as 2 000 feared dead as search efforts continue and bodies are hurriedly buried. In Pittsburgh a fire on the third floor of a Hill District apartment house killed a one year old and left two older brothers and two firemen injured. In Clearfield a stray bullet critically wounded Charles W Steele Jr during a doe hunt.
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Tehran
Iran
Hamadan
Pittsburgh
Irene Williams
Hill
Clearfield
Charles W. Steele Jr
New Kensington
Doe Season Ends Wednesday State Predicts Big Kill
The state Game Commission predicts about 655000 does will be taken this season ending Wednesday. Hunters expect favorable weather but the drab landscapes hinder visibility, making deer harder to spot. Some hunters may struggle to drag or remove hunted deer from the woods, risking injury.
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Doe
State
State Game Commission
35 Allegheny County Orphans to Get Homes and Parents
Pittsburgh December 16 Thirty five Allegheny county orphans may find new homes and foster parents for Christmas Adoption orders will be signed Friday by Orphans Court Judges Hugo C Boyle and A L Wolk Judge Bovel said the process fits the Christmas spirit noting the love and charity behind it Allegheny county has 650 adoption orders signed to date the highest total in the state this year
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Orphans Court
Hugo C. Boyle
A. L. Wolk
Bovel
Phoenix Closes Harrisburg Mill Amid Slow Orders
Phoenix Iron and Steel Co announced it has closed the Harrisburg mill until about mid January and said it plans similar closings for two more divisions this week due to a slowdown in orders.
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Phonixville
Phoenix Iron and Steel Co
Harrisburg
Nixon asserts U.S. military edge stays intact
Vice President Nixon told reporters at a missiles and satellites seminar that the United States retains an overall military advantage, citing on hand weapons and future missiles. Experts estimated ICBMs at about two million dollars each, IRBMs at 0.5 to 0.75 million, with recent Thor tests largely successful.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Air Force Assn
J. R. Dempsey
Astronautics Division
Convair
Several Heads Push Talks With Russia At NATO Meet
President Eisenhower offers medium-range missiles and atomic warheads to NATO. Western leaders debate how to proceed with Bulganin notes and two-power talks proposed by Norway. Dulles outlines NATO stockpile plan and a NATO science board to coordinate weapons production.
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Paris
Eisenhower
America
NATO
Britain
MacMillan
West
Bulgaria
Einar Gerhardsen
United States
Russia
Dulles
Atlantic Alliance
Lauris Norstad
NATO Council
Europe
NATO Europe
U. S
Uniontown Hunter Killed by Stray Bullet While Doe Hunting
Uniontown man George Curtis Moyer, 33, was found shot in the back of the head while stalking doe on the first day of deer season in Black township. Coroner says crossfire likely. sheriff and state police investigate. He worked as a bookkeeper for Sproul Lumber and leaves a wife and child.
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Uniontown
Black Township
George Curtis Moyer
Doe
Moyer
Donald L Thomas
Confluence
Somerset
Robert H. Halverson
Norman F. Walker
Sproul Lumber Company
Blair County Man Shot For Deer Dies Later
At Tyrone on his father’s farm John L. Henshey, 14, died in Altoona hospital after being shot by a hunter who mistook him for a deer. The shooter, Charles Haggerty, 21, of Bellwood, was not with Henshey. Coroner D Harold Troxell continued the investigation.
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Altoona
John L. Henshey
Tyrone
R. D
D. Harold Troxell
Blair County
Henshey
Charles Haggerty
Bellwood
Troxell
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Wetzel Executed
The Mississippi Supreme Court ordered William A. Wetzel, 38, executed January 17 for the 1953 slaying of a McComb tax driver. Wetzel, on death row four years, sought appeals citing perjured testimony and method of execution. His brother Frank Wetzel escaped a mental hospital but is to be tried for killing two state patrolmen.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
William A. Wetzel
McComb
Wetzel
U. S. Supreme Court
Mississippi Attorney General
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Edgar Sonny McGraw
McGraw
Execu
Frank Eward Wetzel
Willard N Y
Batavia
N.Y
Frank Wetzel
Mississippi
Parchman
J. P. Coleman
William Wetzel
Rockingham
N.C
US Commands Seas Burke Tells Senate
Admiral Arleigh Burke testified the U S navy now has command of the seas but cautioned the task remains hard and may require a costly long war of attrition. He said Russia could have about 500 submarines and is building 100 annually, while U S forces have 110 subs. The hearing also covered missile and satellite concerns and the push to deploy a warhead landing missile.
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Washington
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
U. S. Navy
U. S
Burke
Senate Preparedness
Navy
Senate
Adm
C. E. Weakley
Russia
Weakley
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Sen. Johnson
D-Tex
Subcommittee
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Pyle Elected to Head Friedens Firemen
Donald Pyle was elected president of Friedens fire department at a reorganizational meeting. Ira Barron as vice president, John Mosteller recording secretary, George Sheeler financial secretary, and Robert Gastiger treasurer. Dwight Coleman installed as fire chief with assistant chiefs Cloyd Welker Roy Benson. Richard Shaffer named truck foreman, with assistants Dean Shultz Herb Harm Vernon Blough. William Gastiger elected trustee. officials take office January 6.
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Donald Pyle
Friedens Fire Department
Ira Barron
John Mosteller
George Sheeler
Robert Gastiger
Dwight Coleman
Cloyd Welker
Roy Benson
Richard Shaffer
Dean Shultz
Herb Harm
Vernon Blough
William Gastiger
Fire Department
Personal Christmas Greeting Ads in Somerset County
Somerset American invites residents to submit personalized greetings for the annual Christmas edition. Local messages cost 1.50 with a county wide flavor, out of county messages 1.75, servicemen greetings 0.75 for name listing, plus airmail holiday wrapper option.
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Somerset
Somerset American
Somerset County
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Phoenix
Morton Price
General Motors A. C. Electronics Division
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Miami
Arthur Lawton
Fla
International Soundphoto
U.S. Russia
Stanley Johnson
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Konrad Adenauer
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Supreme Court
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