Milkyway 4-H Club Tour Dec 28 In Berlin
Milkyway 4-H Club hosts a day tour on December 28 starting 9 45 a m at Snyder Potato Chip Plant Berlin visiting Gilmour Manufacturing Radio Station WVSC Somerset County Jail General Telephone and Bender Shoe Company. Return by 5 p m lunch bring own. Parents invited. Also judging practice for Potato Chip 4 H Club December 27 and January 3 at the Extension office.
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Snyder
Berlin
Gilmour Manufacturing Company
WVSC
Somerset
General Telephone Company
Bender Shoe Company
Robert Antram
James Bochy
U.N. Session Closes With Peace Appeal From Pazhwak
At the end of the 21st General Assembly session Abdul Rahman Pazhwak of Afghanistan urged warring sides in Vietnam to declare unconditional willingness to negotiate during the holiday truce. The appeal followed U Thant’s private diplomacy efforts and stressed no prejudice to existing positions.
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Milton Besser
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Vietnam
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
U Thant
Pazhwak
U.N
Thant
United States
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Tewfik Bouattouro
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Viet Nam
Algiers
PSEA Halts Conemaugh Schools Inquiry Amid Improved Relations
The Pennsylvania State Education Association suspended further investigative activity in Conemaugh Township Schools after an 11 point plan for improvement, with CT ΕA support. CTΕA president Grace Kaufman says relations have improved and urges ongoing cooperation with administrators and teachers.
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Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Conemaugh Township
Psea Professional Rights and Responsibilities Commission
PRR
Conemaugh Township Education Association
PSFA
Richard C. Keller
Millersville State College
Commission of Professional Rights and Responsibilities
Grace C. Kaufman
CTEA
Kaufman
John Chabany
Donald Drenner
Sukarno attacks critics as Indonesia tilts toward clash
President Sukarno in a fiery palace address to 1500 supporters denounces critics and pledges to press his guided democracy plan as Gen. Suharto seeks to keep peace after last year’s failed coup. The volatile struggle intensifies as youths rally behind Sukarno amid calls for broad political action.
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T. Jeff Williams
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Sukarni
Presidential
Suharto
Uharto
Baby on Rum Cay Triggers Unusual Name Dilemma
A newborn in Nassau after a shipwreck on Rum Cay raises a naming issue for his parents Capt. Stephen Smith and Dan ish-born Ytta Smith. Born during a flashlight glow as their brigantine Laila ran aground, the boy could be christened a place name if born elsewhere. The couple and two companions survived and salvaged food before the ship broke up.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Smith
Abaco
Eleuthera
Stephen Smith
Virgin Islands
U.S. Navy
Ytta
Rum Cay
Smiths
Second Communist SAM Fired On Vietnam Coast
A second Soviet style surface to air missile exploded near a North Vietnamese fishing fleet off Vinh three miles at sea, as U S Navy pilots reported the SAM in the air. The incident occurred during intensified air activity ahead of a Christmas cease fire.
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Bob Gassaway
Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
U.S. Navy
Vinh
Vinh City
Death Of President Dispute Nears Court Action
Negotiations over The Death of a President neared crisis with both sides unyielding and a court hearing set in Manhattan. Mrs. Kennedy seeks injunctions to delete personal material from William Manchester's book and a Love Letter excerpt, while Manchester and publishers face potential losses and contracts.
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NEW York
Don Congdon
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Congdon
Kennedy
Manchester
Mrs. Kennedy
Manhattan
New York Supreme Court
Dallas
Tex
Look Magazine
Harper & Row
Maple Producers Plan 1967 State Show and Events
Maple Producers Association of Somerset County met to plan the 1967 State Faecs Show and county exhibit. Members arranged the annual membership drive and syrup can distribution with cans arriving mid January. A tree tapping ceremony is scheduled for Saturday February 18 with events at the courthouse and Meyersdale.
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Somerset County Maple Producers Association
Meyersdale
Case Returned to Local JP for Preliminary Hearing
A motion in Somerset County Court seeks the return of papers in the larceny of a township truck and assault with a knife case. Defendants Leroy Stouffer Miller and Floyd Eugene Miller waived a preliminary hearing. Myron W. Warman represents them. Justice of the Peace P. G. Marenna will proceed with the hearing after papers are restored. Judge Thomas F. Lansberry presides.
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Somerset County Court
Myron W. Warman
Justice of the Peace
P. G. Marenna
Leroy Stouffer Miller
Champion
Floyd Eugene Miller
Pittsburgh
Merle Lyons
Rockwood
R.D
Marenna
Thomas F. Lansberry
Soviet Lawyer Seeks Five Year Sentence For American
In Leningrad a Soviet prosecutor asked for a five year labor camp term for Buel Ray Wortham of North Little Rock Arkansas after he pleaded guilty to stealing an antique bear statue from a hotel and about 75 in black market rubles. Carddock M Gilmour Jr of Salt Lake City Utah admitted aiding the change and faced a 1000 ruble fine. Wortham urged mercy saying he has spent 80 days jailed here including 70 in solitary confinement and pleaded for freedom. The court is expected to rule Wednesday after Gilmour's closing statement.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Wortham
Carddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Alexander Borodankov
Gilmour
Fyodr S. Rozhedestvensky
Post Office Reports Busy Holiday Rush in Somerset
Postmaster George Cassett praises Somerset residents for cooperation during the Christmas mail rush. He notes 350000 pieces of mail processed, 15500 visitors, and 360000 stamps sold as the 8 p.m. Friday cutoff should finish deliveries before Christmas Eve. ZIP Codes and early mailing aided efficiency.
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George Cassett
Somerset
Marriages And Politics Tie A Big Kennedy Circle
In New York AP reports a web of marriages and political ties links the principals in the Death of a President affair. Cass Canfield and Gardiner Cowles heads connect through spouses, editors, and publishers at Harper & Row, Harper's Magazine, Look, and Cowles Communications.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Lee Radziwill
Michael T. Canfield
Cass Canfield
Harper & Row
Harper’s Magazine
Jane Sage Fuller Flores
John Cowles Jr
Cowles
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Canfield
Gardner Cowles
Cowles Communications
Look Magazine
William Manchester
William Attwood
Guinea
Kenya
Teamsters Protest Hoffa Fate Faced in Regional Walkout
A three state Teamsters council staged a brief sympathy strike for President Hoffa. Western Pennsylvania Northern West Virginia and Western Maryland members walked out while Detroit drivers had struck earlier but returned after Hoffa’s appeal. National HQ ordered workers back within hours.
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Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union Council
James R. Hoffa
National
U.S. Supreme Court
Hoffa
Detroit
Joint Council 40
Teamsters
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvana
Wheeling
W.va
Teamsters National
Washington
Weather for Western Pennsylvania Wednesday and Thursday
Cloudy with light snow flurries Wednesday and Wednesday night. Temperatures near seasonal, highs around 25 to 33. Thursday stays mostly cloudy with seasonable temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
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Evans
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters Union
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Nashville Tennessean
Seigenthaler
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