Man Held After Shotgun Slaying Of Mother In Somerset
William Clifford Hileman 28, a former Somerset State hospital inmate, is jailed on murder charges in the shotgun death of his mother 50 year old Ethel Mae Hileman at 417 Weiler Street Rockwood. Coroner says death from 20 gauge blast. police say he admitted firing. He was picked up on Route 219 and is held for a sanity hearing.
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Somerset State Hospital
Somerset County Jail
William Clifford Hileman
Norman Walker
Houle Zly
Meyersaale
Ethel Mae Hileman
Weiler Street
Rockwood
Jrs
Hileman
Somerset County
Rupert H. Halverson
Julverson
William
Paul Rittleman
Associated Press
State Hospital
Halverson
Fiileman
Rookwood High School
Disc
Cge
Ohio
Somerset County Receives Tax Refund Increase
The State Department of Revenue approved an 59 331.55 six month liquid fuels tax refund for Somerset County to be spent on county roads and bridges within county borders. Local distributions to towns remain at commissioners discretion, with statewide allocations up 1.2 million from the prior period but down from the year before due to bus registration fee changes for mass transit.
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Somerset County
State Department of Revenue
Daily American
Harrisburg
Department of Revenue
General Assembly
Ranger sailors skip Christmas party fund scholarships aid
In Sasebo Japan the 000 officers and men of the U S carrier Ranger gave the $3 000 welfare fund Christmas party money to establish scholarships for 11 Japanese students.
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Sasebo
Japan
U.S
Carrier’s Welfare and Recreation Fund
Pope John XXIII convokes worldwide Catholic council for 1962
Pope John XXIII announced on Christmas Day the convocation of an ecumenical Vatican II council for 1962 to seek Christian unity while opposing atheistic communism. About 3,000 church leaders will attend, with observers from other Christian bodies invited.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
John
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pericle Felici
Rome
St. Paul's
St. Mary Major
St. John Lateran
Vatican
Italy
Pope John
Terisios Teili
Socia
John XIII
Council of the Man Catholic Church
Crmunism
Urbi Et Orbi
Pennsylvania Braces for Cold Christmas With Snow
A Christmas snowstorm blankets Pennsylvania with winds and frigid temperatures in the 20s to 30s. Harrisburg is hardest hit with 13.9 inches, while Philadelphia Bradford and Altoona see several inches. Roads ice over Christmas Eve and multiple highway fatalities are reported statewide.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Bradford
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Erie
Scranton
Allentown
Philipsburg
Brookville
Tire Hill Boy Fatally Injured By Automobile
A nine year old Tire Hill boy, Clarence D. Horner, was fatally injured when he darted in front of a car on Route 53 near his home. He died on arrival at Memorial hospital Johnstown. The driver Marie Wasnick, 37, Holsopple RD 2, remains at the scene. An inquest will be held by Somerset county Coroner Robert Halverson.
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Somerset County
Clarence D. Horner
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Marie Wasnick
Holsopple
RD 2
Clarence Horner
Hill
Robert Halverson
Snow Storm at Rest Over the Christmas Day
The snowstorm that buried the Great Plains and Midwest moved off the coast after a quiet Christmas. Rescue teams freed 12 people isolated at a Maryville Missouri pipeline station, and a cold snap threatened Florida with frost as Palm Beach reported a record low. Much of Southern California had a white Christmas with fog slowing travel and at least one freeway fatality.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Midwest
Atlantic
New England
Maryville
Florida
Canada
Plains
Rockies
Palm Beach
Fla
California
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Khrushchev Attacks Farm Leadership in Ukraine and White Russia
Premier Khrushchev condemned agricultural leadership in Ukraine and White Russia, accusing officials of toadyism and blaming scientists for the grass arable system. He warned Mazurov to heed the criticism and announced a January visit to White Russia for talks.
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Moscow
Premi Khrushchev
Ukrain
White Russia
Russia
Kiev
Pravda
P. A. Vlasyup
Ukraine
Academy of Agriculture
Communist Party
White
Vlasyup
Greast
Khrushchev
Mazurov
Communist Party of White Russia
U.S
Christmas Eve Fire Destroys Ohler Home Near Shanksville
A Christmas Eve blaze near Shanksville destroyed the William Ohler family home and all possessions, leaving four people homeless. Firefighters battled the out of control fire for hours with limited water, saving a neighboring garage. A furniture and clothing drive was organized, and a new house has been found. The Ohler family includes William and Blanche with daughters Kay and Ruth.
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Shanksville
William Ohler
Berlin
Brotherton
Ohler
Ray Spangler
Stanksville Fire Department
Kay
Ruth
Blanche Ohler
William Ohler, Jr
Stoystown
Traffic Death Toll Near NSC Christmas Estimate
The National Safety Council said traffic fatalities near 500 as the 1955 Christmas holiday period ends. The toll could exceed the estimate by up to 50, with 484 traffic deaths by Monday night, plus 79 fire deaths and other accidents for a total around 644. Major crashes included a Warren Pennsylvania head on collision killing two couples and injuring eight, and a Marietta Ohio carolers crash killing two boys and a father. Fires in Detroit area, Groton New York, and Rockland Massachusetts added to the fatalities.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Council
Associated Press
Warren
Marietta
Ohio
Nankin Township
Detroit
Groton
N.Y
Rockland
Mass
Traffic Toll Tops 25 Dead in Pennsylvania Holiday Weekend
A Christmas weekend toll across Pennsylvania totals 25 traffic deaths plus two home fires and five other fatalities bringing the weekend total to 32. The crash near Warren claims five children orphaned in the Camman family tragedy. A pre Christmas snowstorm worsened conditions as authorities warn motorists to drive cautiously.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset County Enjoys White Christmas Snow Report
A five inch average snow gave Somerset County residents a white Christmas. The highway department reported difficulty keeping roads clear Saturday afternoon but roads remained passable. By Monday most roads were in pretty fair shape with some flurries and a few crews out cindering slick spots.
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Somerset
Highway Department
Guard Fires Two Shots At Berlin Swimmer
An attempted West Berliner swam across the Spree River into East Berlin after which Communist border guards fired two shots. The man, described as mentally distressed because his family lived in East Berlin, was dragged ashore and hospitalized after the incident.
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Berlin
West
Boro Policeman Aids Hitchhiking Travelers on Christmas 1961
Two California hitchhikers with 700 miles left to New Hampshire found respite in Somerset after Borough Policeman George Jock escorted them to the Somerset borough lockup. They were fed and stored fruit for the road as they planned to resume travel that day, possibly reaching Chambersburg.
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California
Somerset
New Hampshire
George Jock
Somerset Borough
Jock
Chambersburg
Christmas peace appeals amid Berlin crisis and world tensions
Unresolved quarrels background Christmas services address East West divides and possible nuclear conflict. Kennedy reassures West Berliners of US support while Pope John XIII calls for an ecumenical council in 1962. Leaders urge aid to the poor and peace as nations face militant atheism and Goa crisis.
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Prince of Peace
Holy Land
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West Germany
Kennedy
Canter
Arthur M. Ramsay
Church of England
India
Goa
Nehru
Konrad Adenauer
RB Commonwealth
Qvic
Baudevin
Sukarno
Christmas Worshippers In Holy Land Churches
Palestinians pilgrims and visitors packed Holy Land churches on Christmas Day as 10 000 joined midnight services and carols in Bethlehem and Jerusalem area. The crowd faced minor incidents including one bottle throwing and two illnesses amid a long running church rites dispute. Jordanian police kept order during processions and Arab entries from Israel across Mandelbaum Gate to visit relatives in Jordan under Palestine Armistice Commission supervision.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
The
Holy Land
Judean Hills
Bethlehem
Shepherd’s Field
Mount of Olives
Jesus Christ
Church of Nativity
Christ’s Birthplace
Alberto Gori
Nativity Square
Jerusaem
Mandelbaum Gate
No Man’s Land
Israel
Palestine Armistice Commission
January Declared New March of Dimes Month in 1962
Governor David L. Lawrence proclaims January 1962 as New March of Dimes Month to aid the National Foundation against polio birth defects and arthritis. Somerset county chapter joins the campaign with a 16 mm film Billy and Beethoven narrated by Barbara Stanwyck available for loan through Somerset contact Velma Barkley.
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David L. Lawrence
National Foundation
Somerset County
The
Billy and
Beethoven
Barbara Stanwyck
Somerset
Velma Barkley
March of Dimes
Kennedy Family Faces Christmas Amid Illness
President Kennedy and his wife spent Christmas with their children near Palm Beach as 73-year-old Joseph Kennedy's pneumonia and stroke complications showed slight progress. Caroline enjoyed opening gifts while John Jr. watched. Father Kennedy received Mass with family at St Mary’s Hospital, as Ted Kennedy served as altar boy.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedys
Caroline
Joseph P. Kennedy
Walter Newber
Great Britain
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Salinger
St. Mary’s Hospital
West Palm Beach
John Jr
Col
Eugene Seraphin
Ted
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
William T. Foley
New York
Luella Hennessey
Bender Shoe Sales Incorporation Articles Approved
Somerset American Harrisburg Corres reports Bender Shoe Sales of 664 South Edgewood Avenue Somerset has its articles of incorporation approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Authorized capitalization is 500 dollars to buy sell import export shoes and related goods. Incorporators are Richard S. Bender James B. Bender and Ray F. Bender all of Somerset.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
Corres Bender Shoe Sales Company
South Edgewood Avenue
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Richard S. Bender
West Main Street
James B. Bender
Cannell Drive
Ray F. Bender
Davis Avenue
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Zelienople
Wendy Woodward
Butler County
George McArthur
Christ
Rael
Palestine
Karl R. Bauman
Bender Shoe Sales
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