Pan Am and TWA Propose Creating Single Airline System
Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines propose a 1.2 billion merger forming a joint system with 80 000 miles of routes to become the largest U S carrier surpassing United and the American Eastern combination. The plan includes a new holding company and CAB filing.
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Roger Lane
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
American
Eastern Air Lines
Juan T. Trippe
Pan Am
Charles C. Tillinghast
TWA
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Public Transportation
CAB
American-Eastern Union
Eastern
United
Trippe
Tillinghast
Pan American World Airlines
Pan A
North Atlantic
Scheele Accompanies Donovan to Havana
Former U S Surgeon General Leonard Scheele joined negotiator James B Donovan in Havana to speed freeing 1113 Cuba invasion prisoners. He will consult on ransom talks with Fidel Castro and clarify medical supplies offered in exchange.
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Havana
U.S
Leonard Scheele
James B. Donovan
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Scheele
Fidel Castro
Soviet Offer to Stop Nuclear Tests If Allies Agree
In Geneva the Soviet Union offered to halt all nuclear testing by January 1 1963 if the United States and Britain formally pledge to do the same. Western powers rejected an unpoliced moratorium while stressing demands for effective test ban controls and on site inspection.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
London
Moscow
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Michael Wright
United Nations General Assembly
57 Democrats Switch To Republican Party
The Somerset County Courthouse registrar reported that 57 Democrats changed to Republican since December 6 registration began. In the period, 27 new registrations joined the Republicans. No Democratic registrations were recorded.
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Somerset County
Long Christmas weekend closes several Somerset offices
Government offices in Somerset including the Courthouse, Selective Service, State Employment Service, library and Social Security Office will be closed Monday and Tuesday for Christmas. Post office windows shut Christmas day with parcel deliveries. regular hours resume Saturday. Stores plan extended Saturday hours but close Tuesday. The Daily American suspended Tuesday edition.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Selective Service Board
Pennsylvania State Employment Service Office
Mary S. Biesecker Public Library
Social Security Office
George Cassett
Retail Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Daily American
John Flynn Named Jenner Township Civil Defense Director
John Flynn of Jenners was appointed civil defense director for Jenner Township on Thursday by Governor David Lawrence. The vacancy was caused by a resignation and Flynn has about seven years of civil defense experience.
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John Flynn
Jenners
Jenner Township
David Lawrence
Flynn T
Scranton Forms Three member Panel for State Police Chief
Gov. William W. Scranton appoints Dr. Eugene Farley Adolph Schmidt and Elias Wolf to screen applicants for state police commissioner. Prospective leaders submit 300 word statements and undergo committee interviews with ratings on leadership public command and presence. About 90 applicants reportedly seek the top post.
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Harrisburg
Elecr
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Eugene S. Farley
Wilkes College
Adolph W. Schmidt
H. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust
Pennsylvania State Planning Board
Elias Wolf
Metal Edge Industries
Expeditions Confirm Air Liner Wreckage in Amazon
Two ground expeditions reached the wreckage of the Constellation plane seven miles from Manaus. All 50 aboard were dead and bodies reportedly mutilated. The airline said search teams clear an area near the wreckage for helicopter landings. the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Manaus disappeared December 14 on the last leg of a 2500 mile, 35 hour trip.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Amazon Jungle
Paniar Do Brasil
Manaus
Hoffa Trial Moves Into Secret Session
In Nashville the Hoffa conspiracy trial entered a secret session after closing arguments, delaying final prosecution remarks. The nine week case involves James R. Hoffa, Teamsters president, accused of conspiring to use union influence for a trucking business.
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Hoffa
Nashville
Teamsters Union
Z. T. Osborn Jr
Osborn
James E. Haggerty
Hoffman Committee
McClellan
Hoffa and Commercial Carriers, Inc
Detroit
Test Fleet Corp
Teamsters
Katanga students attack U s consulate amid Congo crisis
Katanga University students shout down Kennedy and stone the U S consulate in Elisabethville protesting U S military aid to UN forces. Tshombe denounces U S policy while consulate staff take cover as protests spread to French and British missions.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Kennedy
Katanga University
U.S
United States
United Nations
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Jonathan Dean
Derek Dodson
Britain
Trinity Church Hosts Live Nativity Scene This Week
Trinity Lutheran Church presents a live Nativity tonight and again Wednesday at 7:30. Ann Gourley portrays Mary Joseph Schrock Drake Fink Ronald Shaffer and John Cascio play the shepherds with choirs directed by Mrs Martha Coleman. The event debuted two years ago and aims to become an annual church tradition.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Ann Gourley
Mary
Joseph Schrock
Joseph
Drake Fink
Ronald Shaffer
John Cascio
Three Shepherds
Martha Coleman
Macmillan Pleased Over Polaris Skybolt Deal Outline
Diplomatic informants say Kennedy tentatively agrees to supply Polaris missiles to Britain if an independent British strike force joins NATO deterrent. The accord would replace Skybolt amid tense U S British relations with Macmillan urging Cabinet review as Nassau talks loom Friday.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Macmillan
London
U.S
Royal Air Force
Christmas Spirit Spreads Across Pennsylvania This Year
In Philadelphia the holiday mood arrives early despite mild and then cold weather. The piece notes how kindness eases hardship and that Temple University law students have continued a five year tradition of sending gifts to children of prisoners, via wives collecting Christmas lists.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Temple University
Law School
State Correctional Institution
Charles Long Elected President of Fire Company
Charles Long was elected president of the Somerset Volunteer Fire Department at Thursdays meeting in the fire hall. The department had been called out 12 times since December 6. New 1963 officers include Charles Morocco vice president Dan Hartzell recording secretary William Barnhart financial secretary FE Pyle treasurer Robert Lloyd foreman J R Lehman first assistant foreman Donald Zeigler second assistant foreman Claude Queer third assistant foreman and directors Albert Cage Donald Younkin Guy Silvis. Installment at the annual banquet on January 3.
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Charles Long
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Newton Picking
Charles Morocco
Dan Hartzell
William Barnhart
FE. H. Pyle
Robert Lloyd
J. R. Lehman
Donald Zeigler
Claude Queer
Albert Cage
Donald Younkin
Guy Silvis
U S Military Mission Heads for Congo
A high level U S military mission led by Lt Gen Louis Truman heads to the Congo after talks with U N officials on supplying new military equipment for the U N Congo force. The eight man mission will survey the Congo situation for five to six days and discuss requests from the U N.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
Congo
U.N
U Thant
Central Africa
Cyrille Adoula
Truman
United Nations
United States
Surplus Food Distribution Set for Saturday
Distribution of surplus food and recertification for Somerset and Rockwood areas will be carried out from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Inclement weather caused the postponement of previously scheduled distributions in these areas.
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Somerset
Rockwood
UMW Official Arrested as He Boards Plane
FBI agents arrest August J. Lippi United Mine Workers District 1 president as he boards a plane to Chile. His income tax evasion conviction appeal was rejected earlier. Lippi was taken to an FBI office at Idlewild Airport while his wife and two others flew on. Justice Department had denied new trials for Lippi and Josephine Sciandra of Exeter, Pa.
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New York
FBI
August J. Lippi
District 1
United Mine Workers
Chile
Lippi
Idlewild
Manhattan
New York Port
Somerset County to Receive 69647.98 Fuel Tax Refund
Somerset County gets 65 647 98 from a $9 million state liquid fuels refund covering the six months ending Dec 1. Funds must be used within county for roads and bridges. distribution to boroughs and townships is at the commissioners' discretion.
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Somerset
Somerset County
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