Student Riots Hit Alexandria and Cairo Over King Farouk
In Cairo and Alexandria protests against King Farouk and his pro Western cabinet chief Afifi Pasha erupted. Police used tear gas on a 5000 strong Alexandria crowd injuring seven officers and two students. Cairo universities closed indefinitely and emergency police were deployed as government and palace advisers faced public fury.
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Fred Zuly
Cairo
Egypt
Royal
Farouk
Alexandria
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Fuad University
Afifi Pasha
Fuad
Mohammed Ali Pasha
Ibrahim Farag Pasha
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Abdin Palace
Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha
Amr Pasha
London
Suez Canal
Sudan
Russia
Anthony Eden
Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Potato Judges Meet For Somerset County Farm Show Prep
The Somerset county potato judging team will meet at 1 30 p m today Thursday in the courthouse. Preparations are planned for the Harrisburg farm show in the week of January 14.
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Somerset County
Court House
Harrisburg
Auto and Bus Crash Kills One and Injures Eight Near Hagerstown
A fatal auto bus collision on U S Route 40 east of Hagerstown Md left one dead Edsel Gooe Nicholas 22 of Blue Ridge Summit Pa and eight others injured including Gene Boyer 15 in critical condition with multiple fractures and head injuries The bus driver William A Siedling 22 from Washington escaped with minor injuries The crash halted near the scene as state police investigated and passengers were moved to another vehicle
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Hagerstown
Here
Edsel Gooe Nicholas
Blue Ridge Summit
Greyhound
Washington
Pittsburgh
Gene Boyer
Waynesboro
Nicholas
Washington County Hospital
Carolyn Staubaugh
Mt. Alto
R. H. Werdebaugh
Pen-Mar
Thomas Brown
Highfield
William A Siedling
Ear K. Jewett
Flint
Mich
Wiley D. Hunt
Inkstin
James Calabrese, Jr
Glenfield
PVT Marenna Returns to State Police Barracks
Pvt Pete G Marenna of Rockwood returns to duties at the Somerset sub station after 2 1 2 years away in Greensburg Lewistown Hollidaysburg and other barracks He replaces John T Doherty who recently resigned for a new field in Johnstown
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Pete G. Marenna
Rockwood
Somerset
Greensburg
Lewistown
Hollidaysburg
John T. Doherty
Johnstown
Grandfather of Donnie Collier Killed in Mine
Lloyd Collier Sr. 68 of Rural Ridge died in the Russellton No. 3 mine operated by Republic Steel Corp. The accident links to the missing Donnie Collier, grandfather to the boy who vanished in Kooser State Park in 1948.
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Donnie Collier
Tarentum
Lloyd Collier
Rural Ridge
Russellton No
Republic Steel Corp
Kooser State Park
Somerset County
Christmas Business Up In Somerset in 1951
Somerset merchants report a strong 1951 Christmas season with higher bank resources by $200000, record jewelry and watch sales, and better toy stock. Local firms like Stahl’s jewelry, H C Beerus Sons, and Penn Furniture cite above average sales and extensive advertising.
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Somerset
Somerset American
J. F. Collins
Peoples National Bank
Collins
Harvey E. Stahl
Stahl
H. C. Beerus
Penn Furniture Company
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Darr and Hoburn in Critical Condition After Bus Crash
Richard K. Darr 47 of Somerset and Sara Hoburn of Greensburg remained in critical condition at Somerset Community Hospital after a westbound Somerset Bus Company bus hit a bridge abutment on Route 31 near Somerset. Driver Robert Flowers 33 and Leon Mayhugh 29 were in satisfactory condition.
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Richard K. Darr
Somerset
Sara Hoburn
Greensburg
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset Bus Company
Robert Flowers
Meyersdale
Leon Mayhugh
Rockwood
Carr
Miss Hoburn
Mayhugh
West Main Street
First Christian Church
Pittsburgh
Oakhurst Tea Room
Reds Admit 1058 More Americans Were Captured
In Munsan Korea on December 27 1950 the Communists disclosed they had captured 1058 additional Americans not previously listed reporting 571 of them dead. The U N command called the disclosure shocking. Negotiations continue over prisoner exchange as the 30 day cease fire trial period nears its midnight deadline with no final armistice agreement in sight.
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George A. McArthur Munsan
Korea
U. N. Command
Infantry Clashes Mark Light Action on Korean Front
Reporting from Seoul on December 27, infantry clashes occurred at two points along the Korean battlefront as weather blocked air missions. In the west near Korangpo, a combat patrol withdrew after reporting about 40 Chinese killed amid a two-enemy platoon counterattack. a new cease-fire line deadline looms at midnight. In the east central sector west of Heartbreak Ridge, a heavy U N counterattack against a dug-in enemy battalion yielded one of the heaviest actions in four years, with only seven reconnaissance flights by the Fifth Air Force in the 24 hours ending Wednesday.
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Seoul
Korea
Faith Air Force
Korangpo
Imjin
Heartbreak Ridge
Eighth Army
U. N
Fifth Air Force
New York Man Dies In Wreck On Turnpike
A New York man, Clarence H. Rolston, died Christmas night in a Somerset turnpike crash after his car spun on ice while attempting to pass and was hit by a truck driven by Vaughn Border of Saxton. Rolston died of a brain concussion. there was no inquest. The incident caused $7,800 in vehicle damage and left Border with non life threatening injuries.
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New York
Somerset
Clarence H. Rolston
New York City
Vaughn Border
Saxton
R. D
Rolston
A. M. Uphouse
Somerset County
Vaughn Borden
Bedford County Memorial Hospital
Steelworkers weigh path after wage dispute talks
In Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers leaders meet to decide whether to authorize continued production or a nationwide steel strike. The 170 member wage policy committee considers a stay on the job until a contract settlement or Jan. 3 convention guidance.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Defense
USW Executive Board
Philip Murray
USW
Atlantic City
U. S. Steel Corp
Office of Price Stabilization
Steel
Michael V. DiSalle
Washington
Truman
Murray
WSB
Wage Stabilization Board
Worker Injures Leg at Stoystown Lumber Yard
Browning Allen Browning, 25, of Stoystown R D 6 suffered leg injuries Monday at the R A Poorbaugh and Son Lumber Company Stoystown R D 3. He is at Somerset Community Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Browning
Allen Browning
Stoystown
R. D
R. A. Poorbaugh and Son Lumber Company
Somerset Community Hospital
Ream Remains Unconscious After Route 219 Crash
Tom Ream stayed unconscious in critical condition at Somerset Community Hospital on Wednesday night. The injury occurred on Route 219, marking 34 days since the accident.
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Ream
Tom Ream
Somerset Community Hospital
Route 219
Kennan Named Ambassador to Moscow by Truman
President Truman selects George F. Kennan, originator of the containment policy, to be ambassador to Moscow replacing retiring Alan Kirk. Kennan, a longtime State Department officer, has been with Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies and the Ford Foundation. Kirk remains in Paris with the U.N. delegation. nomination expected before late January.
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Kansas City
Truman
George F. Kennan
Moscow
Joseph H. Short
Alan Kirk
Short
Kremlin
Pravda
Kennan
U. S
Russia
State Department
Department
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton University
Ford Foundation
Kennane
Foreign Affairs Magazine
Congress
Kirk
United Nations
Paris
Milwaukee
Germany
St. John’s Military Academy
Princeton
Moscow Post
White House
Brooklyn Car Skids Into Embankment Injuring Three
Two Brooklyn couples were slightly hurt when their car skidded into an embankment on the Pennsylvania turnpike near the Somerset interchange Wednesday morning. Mrs Lily Rappaport and Mr and Mrs Samuel Zuckerman were admitted to Somerset Community hospital for possible back injuries. The driver Charles Rappaport 59 suffered slight head bruises but was not hospitalized. Vehicle damage was estimated at 250 dollars.
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Brooklyn
Somerset Interchange
Lily Rappaport
Samuel Zuckerman
Somerset Community Hospital
Charles Rappaport
Fliers' Freedom At Hand As U S Yields To Beds
Four American airmen imprisoned in Hungary would be released as the United States agrees to pay 120000 in fines. Congress split on the move with critics calling it blackmail while supporters urge release as priority before retaliation. State Department gave no immediate countermeasures. President Truman summarized the stance.
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Roger, D. Greene
Washington
Hungary
United States
Legation
U. S
Capitol Hill
Humphrey
Dminn
United Nations
United Staes
Win C. Johnson
Dcolo
Congress
State Department
Truman
Orient Mine Blast Probing Deepens in West Frankfort
West Frankfort Illinois federal and state investigators with company and union officials opened an on the spot probe into the Orient No 2 coal mine explosion that killed 119. John L Lewis declared he would stay until the inquiry is properly conducted. Bodies and funerals marked the grim aftermath as officials eyed possible new mine safety legislation.
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West Frankfort
Ill
John L. Lewis
Orient No. 2
James O. Cantrell
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Forbes
John J. Forbes
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Walter Eadie
H. A. Treadwell
Chicago
Chicago, Wilmington & FranWalin ‘Cokl. Co
Washington
Humphrey
D-Mine
Baca
Senate
Curtis Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Halted Funerals In Tijuana Fire Inquest Ordered
In Tijuana 46 people died in a pre Christmas fire at a three story dance hall. Funerals for most victims were halted for an inquest under orders from Mexican President Manuel. Eighteen victims were identified and 15 to 20 others remained unconfirmed. Eighty seven were injured and authorities recover charred fragments.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Francisco Gastanon, Jr
Miguel Aleman
Harold L. Ickes Hospitalized For Neuritis Pain
Former Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, 77, is in Georgetown University Hospital for a nerve root neuritis described by his wife as a mighty painful condition. He was admitted last Thursday.
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Harold L. Ickes
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Chicago
Georgetown University Hospital
Weather Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania and Regions
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures with snow flurries in mountains. Higher readings mid 20s to 40s. southeast may reach 80s? Temperature readings vary by area. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia face continued cold with lingering clouds and light precipitation toward week end. The period Wednesday to Saturday shows milder starts and end with snow north and rain south.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Marysand
Barometer at Somerset Rises and Falls Over 24 Hours
The barometer fell .30 inches from Tuesday 2:30 a.m. to Wednesday 4:30 a.m. It then rose the same .30 inches to Wednesday 7:34 p.m.
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Somerset
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