France May Send More Troops To Quiet Algeria
Premier Edgar Faure and aides discuss a request for 60,000 more troops to restore order in Algeria amid rising nationalist violence. Resident General Jacques Soustelle proposed reinforcements, while Jacques Duhamel was sent for on scene inspection, with elections near. Rebel activity concentrates in eastern Algeria near Constantine and the Tunisian frontier, with several attacks and multiple deaths reported.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Algeria
France
Jacques Soustelle
Faure
Duhamel
Jacques Duhamel
Soustelle
North
Africa
Constantine
Tunisian
Mt Pleasant Hunter Admits Killing Fellow Deer Hunter
A Mt Pleasant Westmoreland hunter confessed to police that he accidentally shot Nicola Pascuzzi a Jeannette tavern owner during a deer hunt on November 28. An involuntary manslaughter charge will be filed against James Hribal 56 after a tape recorded statement and corroborating physical evidence.
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Ridgway
Mt. Pleasant
Westmoreland County
Dist
Alvin Coppolo
Elk County
James Hribal
Nicola Pascuzzi
Gene
Route 20
Jeannette
Pascuzzi
Bennezzette Two
Hribal
Coppola
Casebeer Lutheran Christmas Pageant Set for Sunday
Casebeer Lutheran church will present a three part Christmas pageant titled A Promise Fulfilled this Sunday at 8 00 pm. Mrs Donald Critchfield will play organ solos and members of the pageant cast will perform. Grant B Miller superintendent of the Sunday school leads the program assisted by Mrs Zehner Ream Waener Ash Brougher and Beabes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casebeer Lutheran Church
Donald Critchfield
Grant B. Miller
Frank Zehner
Donald Ream
Dwight Waener
Glenn Ash
Edward Brougher
Guy Beabes
Floods Ravage Pacific Coast Leave Dozens Dead
Floodwaters sweep 1,000 miles along the Pacific coast from northern California to southern Oregon killing at least three, with 30 feared drowned. Eureka and nearby towns flood cut off roads and communications as residents evacuate. Civil defense declares emergency and rescue efforts race to reach marooned communities.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
California
Elmer Hodgkinson
Humbodt Times
Eureka
Calif
San Francisco
Eel River
Oregon
Pacific
Honolulu
Eureka Calif
Naval Reserve Radio
Civil Air Patrol
Ferndale
Humboldt
del Norte
Hamilton Air Force Base
Portland
Southern Pacific
Five FHA Girls To Get State Degrees At Farm Show
Five Somerset county Future Homemakers of America girls will receive state FHA degrees during the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg January 9 to 13. The Meyersdale seniors include twins Jean and Joan Haer Garrett twins Adeline and Caroline D renzo and state FHA president Mollie Walker from Meyersdale. The honors occur January 11 in the Farm Show Forum room with state FHA secretary Patricia Reffner and fourth vice president Barbara Rotz assisting. A total of 54 FHA members from across the state will be presented state degrees.
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Somerset County
Homemakers of America
Harrisburg
Meyersdale Joint High School
Jean
Joan Haer
Garrett
Adeline
Caroline D.renzo
Meyersdale
FHA
Mollie Rae Walker
R. D. Meyersdale
Farm Show
Patricia Reffner
Boiling Springs
Cumberland County
Barbara Rotz
Fort Lowden
Franklin County
Deputies Named for New Sheriff in Somerset County
Sheriff-elect Norman A. Walker announced two Somerset county men as deputy sheriffs Donald W. Hay of Ki. D. Berlin and Robert A. Peterson of Windber. Hay served in State College Police and Pennsylvania state police, while Peterson, a 1946 Windber graduate, served in the U. S. Navy and worked in sales and as a deputy game protector. They, along with solicitor Robert W. Critchfield, will take office the first Monday of January 1956.
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Norman A. Walker
Somerset County
Donald W. Hay
Ki. D
Berlin
Robert A. Peterson
Windber
Hay
Borough of State College
Pennsylvania State Police
Lock Haven State
Wayside Inn in Sudbury Destroyed by Fire
A 300 year old Wayside Inn in Sudbury Massachusetts burned early today. Firefighters drew water from Josephine Pond but could not save the historic site famed for Longfellow and George Washington. Ford family trustees will assess reconstruction or abandonment after Christmas.
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Sudbury
Mass
Wayside
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Ford
George Washington
Ford
William Mann
Detroit
Charles F. Moore, Jr
Ford Motor Co
Trustees of
Wayside Inn, Inc
Henry Ford II
William Clay Ford
Berlin Woman Wins 1956 Cadillac in Acme Stores Contest
A 72 year old Berlin woman Mrs John Holland who does not drive won a 1956 Cadillac sedan in an Acme Stores contest on Thursday. Her retired coal miner husband does not drive either. She learned of the award while watching a Johnstown television program and it was confirmed by telephone. The Hollands plan to decide what to do with the car which will be brought to Berlin today. They have four daughters and a son none of whom live at home.
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Berlin
Acme
John Holland
Johnstown Clears Debt After 66 Years of Burden
Johnstown reached debt-free status for the first time in 66 years after a sinking fund payment of 5000 raised the fund to 77575, sufficient to retire the remaining bonded indebtedness. The city previously carried a debt exceeding 2.5 million dollars.
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Johnstown
Feb Draft Quota Set for 458 Men in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania state selective service headquarters fixed a February draft quota of 458 men. All draftees must be 21 or older. Local boards will conduct the calls and classification processes.
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Harrisburg
State
Selective Service
Pensyvania
Nehru Objects To Dulles Goa Reference
India protests Dulles Goa remark as a Portuguese colony and a 1400 square mile island on India's west coast. The note, described as strongly expressed, stops short of a formal protest per Indian officials. Public reaction in India runs high with calls for action to annex Goa alongside two other Portuguese territories.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Nehru
Dulles
Goa
Portugal
India
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Foreign Ministry
New Delhi
Bulgarin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Paulo Cunha
Cunha
Far East
Russia
Dulles-Cunha
Indian Republic
Two Turnpike Crashes injure seven near Somerset
An air force sergeant his wife and their three year old daughter were among seven hurt in two Pennsylvanian turnpike accidents near the Somerset interchange. The first crash involved a 1953 Ford sedan that veered right, struck a guard rail, and wrecked after colliding with a tree. The second crash sent four more injured including Roy Kellogg and Robert Millington of Marion Ohio, with David Wall of Amargie West Virginia in serious condition.
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Air Force
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset
Willard Rule
Washington, D. C
Mary Katherine Rule
Debra
Rule
Ohio
Roy C. Kellogg
Marion
Robert Millington
James Millington
David L. Wall
Ameagie
W. Va
Pitt Buys Schenley Park Apartments for Dormitory
The University of Pittsburgh purchased the Schenley Park apartments to use as a dormitory and student activities center. It has assumed mortgages totaling about three million dollars and plans a conversion costing about one million, with two anonymous donors pledging four hundred fifty thousand toward adapting the 258 units.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Schenley Park
University
Alan M. Scaife
Pitt Board of Trustees
Somerset Sport Shop Special Gift Suggestions
Somerset Sport Shop highlights special gift suggestions on page six with sporty item ideas and seasonal picks. Read for practical presents and local shopping options.
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Somerset Sport Shop
IUE Calls On Price To Sit In Talks
The AFL CIO IUE urged Westinghouse president Gwilym Price to join negotiations to end the strike. Price refused to meet, saying company negotiators can settle when the union is willing. Blasier led talks and walked out citing profanity. No talks scheduled. Sharon plant partial restart and 387 carloads shipped since December 5.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Gwilym A. Price
Price
Unon
James B. Carey
Westinghouse
R. D. Biasier
IUE
Blasier
Sharon
Couldn't Pay For Coal Scranton Infant Dies
Eight month old John Meyers died of pneumonia in an unheated Scranton home after his mother Elaine Meyers was refused two tons of coal due to unpaid bills. A later dealer donated coal. Police noted the family was in debt for previous deliveries and the home lacked food. The father Paul Meyers worked at an automobile plant in Buffalo, expected home for Christmas.
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Scranton
John Meyers
Elaine Meyers
Meyers
John
Leader Puts Name On Big School Bill
Gov Leader signed a 561 million school appropriation to aid schools statewide. Initial 130 million in checks goes to hardest hit districts with first payments due by early January. Funding relies on existing taxes or highway-fund borrowing if needed. tax legislation is pending.
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Harrisburg
Leader
Public Instruction Department
Ralph C. Swan
Public Instruction
Commonwealth
Swan
Missing County Girl Rosalie Kaylor Reported
Miss Rosalie Kaylor 15 of Coal Run is missing from her home per state police at Somerset. She left Sunday and hasn’t been seen since. this is her third disappearance in under two months. She is described as 5'5" 150 pounds with light brown hair grey eyes and often wears dungarees. Contact police with any information.
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Rosalie Kaylor
Coal Run
Somerset
Kaylor
Mt. Davis
Sol. Newman
Salisbury
Ford Foundation Grants Somerset Hospital Details
A formal Ford Foundation grant worth 50300 dollars is described to Somerset Community Hospital by Hospital Administrator James J. Mayer. A special board meeting will review terms after Christmas. A 63000 construction program for remodeling an east wing, including X ray and urological department work, is underway and slated for completion in early April.
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Somerset Community Hospital
Ford Foundation
James J. Mayer
Mayer
Paraguay Rebels Quelled by Cavalry Division Crisis
President Stroessner announced a cavalry division command crisis but said the situation was under control. Reports from Asuncion claim a revolt involved cavalry units and police, yet the unrest collapsed without fighting.
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Asuncion
Stroessner
Nestor Verdina
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Campo Grande
National Republican Assn
Colorado Party
Eisenhowers Gift Painting to 700 White House Staff
The White House hosted a Christmas party for about 700 employees in the East Room. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower handed out paintings he completed while in the hospital along with greeting cards noting the birth of their grandchild Mary Jean Eisenhower.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
St Pauls Reformed Christmas Eve Service in Somerset
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Somerset to host a midnight Christmas Eve service marking Christmas Day 1955. The Harbaugh tradition revived with electric star on the steeple and cantique de Noel and other tunes led by Pastor Richard Shellenberger.
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St. Paul’s
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Somerset
Harbaugh
St. Paul's Church
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Henry Harbaugh
First Reformed Church
Lanenaster
Penna
First Reformed
Bethlehem
United States
Lancaster
Christ
Mary S. Meyer
St. Paul's
Stella G. Roth
Richard Shellenberger
Adolphe Adam
Robert L. French
Katherine Davis
Dasmond Ratcliffe
Congregation of St. Paul's
B&O To Reintroduce Steam Engines In Hyndman
Baltimore and Ohio officials announce steam engines return to Hyndman as diesel power moves to busier sections. Many shop workers will be recalled and overall business is reported as good.
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Hyndman
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Truck Driver Jailed in Pennsylvania Turnpike Stop
John J. Corcoran of Rochester Massachusetts, aged 31, was committed to Somerset County Jail on a motor code violation after being arrested on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for driving without proper rear lighting. Robert Lytle, 27, of Confluence, was released by Somerset County Court after serving a DUI sentence last week.
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John J. Corcoran
Rochester
Mass
Somerset County
Corcoran
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Robert Lytle
Confluence
Lytle
Irvin Pile Stricken In Somerset Heart Attack
Irvin Pile, 65, of Somerset remains a patient at Somerset Community Hospital after a heart attack suffered Sunday. A hospital spokesman said Thursday night his condition was not good.
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Irvin Pile
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
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Pitt
Sue
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