Macmillan Faces Storm Over Skybolt Shift to Polaris
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan returned from the Nassau conference to defend Britain’s move from the Skybolt missile to the Polaris system. He warned a potential deterrent gap until Polaris is ready, and credited President Kennedy with frankness and shared interests in the decision.
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Stanley Johnson
London
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Kennedy
Macmillan
U.S
Britain
Skybolt
United States
Longshoremen Strike Halts Ports From Maine to Texas
Longshoremen rejected President Kennedy's plea and walked off at the 80 day cooling off deadline. About 81 000 workers reportedly involved picketed piers from New York to Houston as ships were stranded. Coast guard noted 55 ships sailed and two liners were canceled for next week.
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Charles L. West
New York
Kennedy
Maine
Texas
Internationmen’s Association
Afl-Cio
William V. Bradley
Atlantic
Gulf
Hudson River
Coast Guard
United States Lines
America
United States
Sove
Houston
Tex
Bradley
W. Willard Wirtz
Manhattan
Rupert F. Wagner
Mistrial Declared In Hoffa Conspiracy Trial
A nine week jury deadlock led to a mistrial in the James R. Hoffa conspiracy case in Nashville. Jurors reported 7-5 for acquittal. Judge orders probe into possible attempts by Hoffa associates to influence the jury. Hoffa expressed gratitude as prosecutors consider a potential retrial.
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Nashville
Alfred R. Dalton
Hatsville
Hoffa
Michigan
Fatalities Rise as Holiday Traffic Slows Across Nation
Traffic deaths rose through the Christmas weekend while safety experts voiced cautious optimism. National Safety Council President Howard Pyle predicted a record safe Christmas if the trend continues, with final toll possibly around 550 to 750 depending on the period. The worst accident killed a seven-member family near Clarks Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Midwest
Drainage Permit For Meyersdale Mine Is Revoked
State Sanitary Water Board revokes a drainage permit for Owen Arnold of Meyersdale for failing to stop acid mine water discharge to Elk Lick Creek tributary. Harold Goden and Kenneth Reed ordered to discontinue violations on other mines. Ralphton Coal Mining Co. permitted for a strip mine in Brothersvalley. Daniel Evans gets a Somerset Township strip mine permit.
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Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Owen F. Arnold
Meyersdale
R.D
Summit Township
Elk Lick Creek
Arnold
Harold E. Goden
Boswell
Kenneth E. Reed
Somerset
Goden
Shade Township
Reed
Brothersvalley Township
Ralphton Coal Mining Co
Berlin
Buffalo Creek
Daniel Evans
Stoystown
Somerset Township
Stony Creek
Centenarian Ella Countryman Dies in Berlin at 100
Ella Countryman of Berlin R D 2 Somerset County died Sunday at her son's home Elwood Countryman aged 100. She leaves 58 descendants including 2 children 11 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren. She belonged to Farm Women Second Society and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. She had received birthday greetings from Gov. Lawrence former President Eisenhower Mrs Kennedy and Sen Whalley. She was the oldest member of several associations.
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Somerset County
Ella Countryman
Berlin
R.D
Elwood Countryman
Elwood
Francis Maust
A.D
Society of Farm Women
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
David Lawrence
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
J. Irving Whalley
National International
American Will Not Be Published on Tuesday
The Somerset Daily American will not publish Tuesday in observance of Christmas. The business office remains open today while the editorial office is closed. The editorial office will reopen at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Somerset Daily American
Cuban Family Finds First Christmas in Somerset
Cuban refugees Dr. and Mrs. Pedro Segarra and their four children celebrated their first Christmas in Somerset after two years of leaving Cuba. They value religious freedom education and property ownership in the United States and plan to pursue licenses and English fluency as they settle.
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Pedro Segarra
Somerset
Cuba
Segara
Somerset State Hospital
Segarras
Pittsburgh
Segarra
Egerman
State Hospital
University of Havana
Havana
Sacred Heart Hospital
Santiago
New Baltimore Woman Killed in Virginia
Gladys Mae Hoffman 41 of New Baltimore died after a three vehicle crash near Quantico Virginia on U S Route 1. She was a passenger in a small foreign car that collided with another automobile and a truck. Her husband was driving the car at the time.
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Gladys Mae Hoffman
New Baltimore
Quantico
Quantico Naval Hospital
Train Derailments Probe After Meyersdale Crash
A Baltimore and Ohio freight derailed at Meyersdale in a third consecutive Southwestern Pennsylvania incident. Damage runs high, an official investigation begins as the wreck blocks the Philadelphia to Chicago main line. no crew injuries, one resident shocked. Names include Harold Nixon and W M Combs among others.
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Baltimore & Ohio Co
Meyersdale
Pennsylvania
Grace Harding
Harold Nixon
Cumberland
W. M. Combs
Connellsville
Palmer Conrad
Walter Elliott
Hyndman
George Thomas
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pope John XXIII urges space cooperation and peace
Pope John XXIII urged peaceful space exploration and cooperation among nations at a Christmas audience with diplomats from 50 countries. He praised international institutions and predicted many more peaceful conquests by human genius, urging unity and the pursuit of brotherhood and peace.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
United Nations
John
Man Accused of Dual Killing Re-enacts Crime
Raymond Timmons, 41, an auto mechanic, was arraigned in Berks County on murder charges for the slayings of Harry Yeager and John Batdorf near Birdsboro. He re enacted the crime for state police, waived extradition from Baltimore, and remains jailed without bail as a Lancaster County morals case involving his stepdaughter weighs in.
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Reading
Raymond Timmons
Birdsboro
Timmons
Berks County
Baltimore
McCarr
Harry Yeager
Yeager
John Batdorf
Route 122
Lancaster County
Patricia
Winds Cause Snow Drifting in Somerset Area
Rising winds caused drifting of snow in the Somerset area late Sunday and early today. Department of Highways crews worked overnight and all roads were reported open at an early hour. At 2 a.m. the temperature was nine degrees with intermittent snowfall reported over the weekend.
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Somerset
Department of Highways
Exiles Reach Florida In Four Planes Of Bay of Pigs Rescue
Four planes brought 426 liberated Bay of Pigs prisoners to Miami as the mercy airlift halted briefly awaiting daylight. The arrivals sparked joyous family reunions after long separations, while Cuban exile crowds waited for resumption of flights to Cuba.
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American Air Lines
New York
Florida
Cuba
Miami
Fla
United States
Pan American World Airways
Air
Pan American
Havana
Dcgs
Fidel Castro
Quadruplets Bring Double Joy to Malvern Family
In Philadelphia area, Mr and Mrs William Cutaiar of Malvern celebrate Christmas with their quadruplets Annette Bernadette Celeste and Denise turning two and new baby siblings Sheree 4 and William 4th. The family notes fewer curiosities from strangers this year.
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Philadelphia
William Cutaiar
Malvern
Cutaiars
Sheree
William
Nis
Taiar
Cutaiar
Annette
Denise
Celeste
Bernadette
Mrs. Cutaiar
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Cee
Pope John XXIII
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Rome
St. Peter’s Square
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