Truckers Told to Reject Hot Cargo Labor Clauses
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled unanimous that common carriers must not bargain away their duty to serve the public by honoring hot cargo labor contracts. It cited Desmond A. Barry of Galveston Truck Line as an example and warned that carriers with ICC certificates must accept all freight offered under published tariffs. The decision follows recent legal shifts including an NLRB ruling against hot cargo contracts.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Desmond A. Barry
Barry
Galveston Truck Line Corp
Houston
Oklahoma City
Okla
ICC
Hhe Commission
NLRB
Supreme Court
U. S
Hich Court
Khrushchev Warns Against U S Bases in Europe
Nikita Khrushchev warned in a New Statesman reply that West European acceptance of American atomic bases would invite slaughter and retaliatory attacks in a future war. He urged U S Soviet talks on coexistence and aligned with Bertrand Russell’s peace proposal.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Russia
Khrushchev
The
New Statesman
NATO
Russell Khrushchev
Bertrand Russell
Russell
Eisenhower
U.S
Bulganin
Rex Plummer Wins First in Westinghouse Display Contest
Rex Plummer of Somerset Acme Super market on West Somer street won first prize in the Westinghouse Display contest. Acme zone 9 includes 40 stores. prize is 100 dollars. Second and third prizes went to Wally Brezovec and Art Wheeler in Pittsburgh area shops.
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Rex Plummer
West Somer Street
Westinghouse
Mr. Plummer
Somerset Acme
Acme
Wally Brezovec
Park Hill
Johnstown
Art Wheeler
McKight Road
Pittsburgh
Fatal turnpike crash injures Cleveland driver
A factory trailer rig driven by Wesley Robert Armour, 47, of Cleveland, ran off the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Somerset and Donegal, plummeting down an embankment after overturning. Armour was hospitalized at Frick Memorial with back injuries and abrasions to a leg.
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Somerset
Donegal
Staite
Wesley Robert Armour
Cleveland
Armour
Frick Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Prince Charles Shows Average Grade Amid Athletic Drive
London dispatch reports Prince Charles, heir to the throne, near average in studies while displaying strong enthusiasm for sports. The update notes Queen Elizabeth II will likely learn this week of his academic standing and athletic involvement.
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Prince Charles
London
Eliabeth II
Jupiter IRBM Launch At Cape Canaveral Ends Early
The Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile fired at Cape Canaveral produced a spectacular sky display but did not complete its full flight due to technical difficulties. Observers including Gov. LeRoy Collins and military leaders watched as the 60 foot rocket streaked upward for over four minutes before dimming.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Defense Department
Midway
Florida
United States
Washington
Army
Cape Canaveral Range
Department
LeRoy Collins
John Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone
Ala
Werhander von Braun
Donald N. Yates
Air Force Missile Test Center
Rep
Scrivner
R-Kan
Premier declares Indonesia takes over Dutch industries
Indonesian Premier Djuanda announced the government has nationalized major Dutch industries in Indonesia under siege rules and will compensate only if West New Guinea is yielded. He warned the Dutch they cannot regain their prior economic position as mass evacuations proceed and Dutch firms are seized or shifted to Singapore.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Djuvanda
West New Guinea
Netherlands
Gunea
Waterman
Singapore
Djuanda
Nazir
KPM
Holland
Stratojet crashes near Palomar telescope. three airmen killed
A six engine Air Force Stratojet bomber crashed near Palomar Mountain California about a quarter mile from the world’s largest telescope killing at least three airmen. Debris damaged a smaller observatory dome and observers said.
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Palomar Mountain
Calif
Air Force
Eisenhower Presses NATO Boost During Paris Summit
President Eisenhower pushed to strengthen the Atlantic Alliance in the closing NATO summit sessions in Paris. He attended a night meeting, planned to depart for Washington tomorrow, and met with French President Rene Coty at a lunch that featured informal moments.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Washington
Palais de Chillot
Felix Gaillard
U. S
Amory Houghton
Buttons Matthews Wins First Doe in Timber Chase
Archibald and Annie Matthews of North Rosina Avenue recount a hunting day in Jenner Township. Archelle Buttons Matthews, 12, harvested her first 100 pound doe at 4:30 PM after a daylong trek. Her father bagged a 125 pound buck on the same outing, as night fell.
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Army
Archibald M. Matthews
North Rosina Avenue
Annie
Jenner Township
Watery Weekend Forecast for Campen Area
Weather outlook shows a wet weekend with intermittent rain today and Friday. Temperatures in the 50s with lows around 7 to 10 above, and an expected inch of rain from scattered showers complicating travel.
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Campen
Pennsylvania
Sipesville Water Company Gains Rate Increase
Harrisburg December 18 The Sipesville Water Co Inc of Sipesville won public utility commission approval to raise annual rates by 4900 dollars for about 385 customers effective January first.
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Sipesville
Harrisburg
Sipesville Water Co., Inc
Public Utility Commission
Hamsters Smoke Tar Trial Says Dr Moore
University of Louisville researchers report hamsters have carried tobacco tar in their mouths for two years without cancer. Dr Candict Moore says the results suggest tobacco tar is safe for hamsters, a finding met with skepticism by other researchers.
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Louisville, Ky
University of Louisville
Candict Moore
NATO leaders approve cautious push for European defense
At a NATO summit in Paris leaders endorsed a plan for medium range missiles in Britain and on the continent while signaling openness to new talks with the Soviet Union. The agreement stresses a phased approach with ministerial work and potential separate disarmament talks, barring renewed UN negotiations.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Eisenhower
Britain
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Bern
Switzerland
Geneva
NATO
State Dulles
Washington
Christiian Pineau
United Nations
Three hurt in turnpike crash near Allegheny tunnel
Paul G. Andrews, 34, Wesleyville, was hospitalized with possible skull concussion and neck fracture after his auto slammed into a bridge base on the Pennsylvania turnpike west of the Allegheny tunnel. Oscar A. Davis, 62, Greenview, and Gladys Davis, 61, also injured, admitted with arm, hip and wrist fractures.
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Allegheny Tunnel
Paul G. Andrews
Wesleyville
Somerset Community Hospital
Andrews
Oscar A. Davis
Greenview
Gladys Davis
Westmoreland Co. hunter shot during doe hunt near Glen Savage
William H Van Dyke, 38, of Yukon Westmoreland county, was accidentally shot about 7 45 am while chasing a herd of three does near Glen Savage in Allegheny township. He was taken to Somerset Community hospital with a chest wound listed as fair. The shooter was Charles I Burnworth, 41, of Connellsville RD 3. Burnworth said his son Howard had gathered the three does and that the elder Burnworth did not see Van Dyke in his sights before the shot.
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United States
Europe
U.S
Rene Coty
France
Maj
Eisenhower
Dulles
Palace
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Coty
William Harrison van Dyke
Yukon
Westmoreland County
Doe
Glen Savage
Allegheny Township
van Dyke
Somerset Community Hospital
Charles Irwin Burnworth
Connellsville
Burnworth
Howard
George E Custer in Critical Condition after Illness
George E Custer senior partner of George E Custer and Sons is in Somerset Community hospital in critical condition after a severe coronary illness diagnosed Wednesday morning.
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George E. Custer
Court Puts Confidential Out Of Gossip Business
A Los Angeles judge found Confidential and Whisper magazines guilty of obscenity and fined each 5000 dollars. The case stemmed from sensational stories about movie stars sex lives, with co defendants dropped and publication ceased. The Meades and Hollywood Research Inc. were alleged sources. Brown touted ending the gossip business.
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Los Angeles
Whisper
Scandal
Robert Harrison
New York
Fred
Majorice Meade
Hollywood
Meades
Hollywood Research Inc
Confidential
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Nuclear Power Goes On Line At Shippingport Plant
The Shippingport Pennsylvania plant of Duquesne Light Co began feeding atomic electricity into regional lines serving homes and businesses. Initial output was about 5000 kilowatts on a test basis, rising toward a 60000 kilowatt capacity as engineers monitor performance under AEC supervision and with Westinghouse and Duquesne collaborating.
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Pittsburgh
Atomic Energy
Pennsylvania
Shippingport
Duquesne Light Co
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Duquesne Light
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Paris
Philip A. Fleger
Duquesne
Seize Gambling Equipment Nab 19 In Club Raid
West BrownsVille reports state police raided the Ozarks club at the old Atwood hotel early today. Two truckloads of gambling gear were seized. Nineteen people were arrested including Jack Tennina of Monessen who ran the club. Bond and forfeit bonds were posted for various charges of establishing a gambling place.
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West
Brownsville
Ozarks Club
Atwood Hotel
William G. McKee
Jack Tennina
Monessen
Tennina
McKees
Belle Vernon
Uniontown
Washington
John Rock
Waynesburg Barracks
Taylor Jokingly Threatens To Quit Authority
Sen. M. Harvey Taylor 81, Dauphin Republican leader and Senate president pro tempore, joked about resigning as vice president of the state highway and bridge authority after learning he would sign bonds for a 20 million dollar issue. He quipped it almost breaks his wrist to sign all those bonds.
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Harrisburg
M. Harvey Taylor
State Highway and Bridge Authority
Dauphin County
Senate
Taylor
Court House Closure Over Christmas Holidays
Somerset county court house will close for the Christmas holidays on Monday December 23 at 4 p.m. It will reopen December 26 at 8 30 a.m.
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Somerset County Court House
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