American Airlines Pilots Strike Halts North American Traffic
The Air Line Pilots Assn began a midnight Friday strike against American Airlines in New York with negotiations ongoing in Chicago. No picketing seen at airports as the carrier, serving 26 states, Canada and Mexico, faces disrupted schedules and effort to rebook 85 passengers from an Idlewild LA flight.
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Air Lines Pilots Assn
American Airlines
Chicago
Eastern
New York City
Pilots Association
Canada
Mexico
American
Idlewild
Los Angeles
Union Ends 18 Day Strike At Chrysler
Chrysler Corp and United Auto Workers end an 18 day strike that idled 44 000 workers and halted Plymouth Dodge DeSoto and Chrysler production. The union will restart main Detroit stamping plant with overtime, while 7 100 active strikers return. Relief time for 400 Dodge Main metal shop workers is set with short breaks and no productivity loss.
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Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Plymouth Dodge
DeSoto
U. S
Dodge
Dodge Main
Dodge Assembly
Russian Reds Out to Beat U.S. Farmers
Premier Khrushchev wins party backing to out-produce the United States in meat milk and butter. The central committee denounces Molotov Malenkov Bulganin Shepilov and Kaganovich, praising farm policy and ordering broader agricultural expansion.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Bulganin
Dmitri Shepilov
Lazar Kaganovich
Communist Party of Russia
Central Committee
U.S
Toby the Collie Recovering After Gunshot Wound
Kenneth Long, a cerebral palsy patient, and his four year old collie Toby are bonded as Toby recovers from a gunshot near the J Alvin Long farm on Water Level road. The dog, now limping on three legs, is a bright spot in Ken's life and farm work.
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Kenneth Long
Ken
J. Alvin Long
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Coliie
Seek School of Veterinary Medicine at Penn State Uni
Harrisburg The state Council of Farm Organization Friday urged establishing a school of veterinary medicine at Pennsylvania State University. They argued Penn State would justify heavy state funding for an expanded campus to produce more agricultural graduates. Joseph W. Hallowell Ivyland was re elected president with Emerson Work Uniontown and O W Rittenhouse Vanderbilt named as officers.
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Pennsylvania State University
University of Pennsylvania
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General Assembly
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Ivyland
Bucks County
Emerson Work
Uniontown
Fayette County
O.W. Rittenhouse
Vanderbilt
Pope Reaches Berlin With Sympathy For Free Life
Pope John XXIII told Berlin families and citizens he sympathizes with their plight under Soviet control. He urged Berlin to shape its life in freedom and justice as Cardinal Doepfner, new Berlin bishop, was elevated to cardinal. The pope also addressed American cardinals and pilgrims, urging use of earthly riches to serve God and neighbor.
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John XXIII
Russia
Berlin
Vatican
Julius Cardinal
Doepfner
East Germany
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Poland
Rome
Pope John
U. S
America
Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Philadelphia
John Cardinal O'Hara
Cardinal O'Hara
St. Gregory the Great
Cardinal Cushing
St. Susanna
Fire Claims Father and Two Year Old in Clean Apartment Blaze
A first floor fire in a two family frame house in Clean, New York, killed Lee Winters, 29, and his 2 year old son Dale. Barbara Winters, 29, and Mark Winters survived in fair condition. The fire was found by occupants on the second floor.
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N. Y
Lee Winters
Dale Winters
Winters
Barbara
Mark
President Eisenhower's Peace Message From Space Satellite
President Eisenhower broadcasts a Christmas message from the United States satellite launched from Cape Canaveral. The voice speaks of peace on earth and goodwill to men, signaling a new era in space communication and U.S. space prestige. The garbled first transmission followed a successful relay to the Pentagon.
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Atlas Launch Seen as Step Toward Manned Spaceflight
European scientists and newspapers hailed the Atlas satellite as a major advance, saying the United States leads Russia in space. Experts from West Germany Britain and France praised the 44-ton craft and its potential for future refueling in orbit and global communications.
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London
America
United States
Russia
U.S
West Germany
Eugen Saenger
Fund Grows to Aid Ansells After Tragic Fire
A Christmas fund for Mr and Mrs James Ansell of Meyersdale Pennsylvania rose from a single dollar to 28550 by Friday evening. Donations poured in from shoppers merchants and county residents following a fire that killed their three children. The largest single gift exceeded 50 dollars from the Somerset American employer. Gifts may be mailed to Box 190 Somerset Pa or delivered to the Somerset American office.
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Meyersdale, RD
Somerset American
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Somerset
Somerset Daily American
Ansell Christmas Fund
Sixth Grade Chorus Sings For Rotarians and Lions
Sixth grade chorus performed Christmas music for the Rotary club at Somerset Country club and for the Lions at the Somerset Church of the Brethren. Under Miss Mildred Southern the group wore white blouses and dark skirts with red ribbons and bow ties. Accompanist Carol Ann Swearman led familiar carols while narrators and a girls trio contributed, with final number The Night Before Christmas.
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Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Somerset Church of the Brethren
Lions Club
Mildred Southern
Carol Ann Swearman
Jon Critchfield
Dennis Weiss
Fred Waring
Ann Gorley
Roberta Roberts
Margie Bowersox
Clorinda Corbett
Grace Dimenzo
Jolene Martin
Barbara Francis
Farmer Uses Rock and Roll to Guard Pecans
Winona Mississippi farmer Charles H. Aldridge III uses rock and roll records broadcast by a public address system to scare crows from his pecan orchard. He says the music and some radio commercials are terrific for frightening the birds.
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Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Charles H. Aldridge
What Breaks Our Tree Ornaments
Corning New York reports a survey by Corning Glass Works on causes of ornament breakage. Children decorating and pets top the list along with awkward adults small boys with bows and arrows and girls practicing baton twirling. Average ornament life exceeds five years with about 20 percent annual breakage.
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Corning
N.Y
Corning Glass Works
Carols At Hospital For Somerset Community Event
Members of the Somerset Music club are asked to be present at Somerset Community Hospital on Monday December 22 to sing Christmas carols. The group, following an annual custom, should be ready to sing at 5 45 p m.
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Somerset Music Club
Somerset Community Hospital
Lawrence names Giesey as administration chief in new government
Gov elect Lawrence designates Walter W. Giesey his secretary of administration and executive secretary, effective Jan 20, 1947. Dr John H Ferguson resigns as secretary of administration to return to Penn State University, after serving since 1938 with the Leader administration.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence Friday
Walter W. Giesey
Pittsburgh
Lawrence
Gov. Leader
Giesey
John H. Ferguson
Penn State
Ferguson
Pennsylvania State University
Leader
Office of
James C. Charlesworth
University of Pennsylvania
Somerset County Soil Conservation District Plans for 1959
The Somerset County Soil Conservation district directors met to set a 1959 budget and outline activities for the year. They will fund FFA SCD contests, recognize outstanding coop farmers, sponsor plowing contests, and expand tours and demonstrations across the county. Sixty seven farmers have joined as cooperators with a goal of eighty more, aided by farm plans provided through the Soil Conservation Service.
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Soil Conservation Office
East Union Street
Pennsylvania Association of Soil Conservation District
Somerset County
Soil Conservation Service
Christmas Seal Sales Reach $10 555, Dye Reports
G Floyd Dye, chairman of Somerset TB and Health Society, reports Christmas Seal receipts total $10 555 as of December 15, down from over $11 000 last year. Six thousand one hundred sixty eight letters accompany contributions, 281 replies were for health bonds, and 4708 replies have money from 1249 new contacts with 228 contributing. Dorothy Brewer, executive secretary, praises regular and new members and notes a final tubercular testing and X ray survey for 1958 will be issued.
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G. Floyd Dye
Somerset TB and Health Society
Dorothy Brewer
Brewer
Ansell Children Laid to Rest in Meyersdale Snow
In Meyersdale at Union Cemetery three Ansell children Robert Ronald and baby Linda were laid to rest after a fire that destroyed the family home Tuesday evening. The Rev Charles Staub offered prayers as the grieving parents faced an abrupt loss. Community aid drives in Somerset seek to raise 1000 dollars by Christmas with a Friday night total of 258.50 in cash and more donations to come.
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Union Cemetery
Meyersdale
James Ansell
Charles E. Staub
Ansell
Robert
Ronald
Linda
America's New Satellite Evokes Various Reactions
The AP survey shows mixed public reaction across the United States to the Atlas satellite. Respondents praised scientific progress and national prestige while criticizing cost and political competition with Russia, with varied views on whether the U.S. leads.
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Associated Press
Curbstone
Earth
Atlas
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