Red China and East Germany urge UN membership and Formosa return
East German news agency ADN reports Chou En Lai and Otto Grotewohl signed a treaty to consult on international issues and expand trade. The joint statement calls for universal UN membership, annexes Formosa to China, and criticizes Western policy while seeking normal relations with West Germany.
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Berlin
Red China
East Germany
U.N
Peiping
Formosa
Korea
ADN
Chou En-lai
Otto Grotewohl
United States
United Nations
All Asia
U. N
West Germany
Grotewohl
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Babe Born After Mother's Murder In Fair Condition
Infant girl born on Christmas Eve after her mother Mrs. Jo Ann Burlage was murdered on Toledo street. Doctors delivered via Caesarean at Mercy hospital. the baby is in fair condition. Police seek the killer as detectives trace blood to the attack scene and recover a butcher knife and glasses.
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Toledo
Mercy Hospital
Jo Ann Burlage
Robert
Burrage
State Savings Bond Sales Behind For 11 Months
Pennsylvania purchases of U S savings bonds totaled 418 million dollars for January through November 1955, eight percent ahead of last year yet under the state's annual quota of 463 million. Somerset County reports 1.745271 million dollars in 11 months, short of its 1.901 million goal.
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U. S
Pennsylvania
U S. Treasury Department
Adm
C. D. Reynolds Saving Bonds
Russia Trims Defense Budget by Ten Percent in 1956
Moscow reports 1956 budget cuts defense spending to 102% billion rubles, about 9 percent less than 1955, to boost public economy and culture. Total expenditures projected at 568% billion rubles with 591 billion ruble revenue, a 21 billion surplus. Atomic power stations planned, diplomacy praised as peaceful.
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Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Arseny Zverev
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Zverev
Russia
U.S
Zverevy
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Two Westmoreland Sisters Shot by Uncle in Lash
State police report two married sisters were shot by their uncle in Lash Westmoreland county. Sue Anne Smith 21 Daisytown is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Peggy Jean Smith 20 Suterville is in satisfactory condition with gunshot wounds to both legs. Claude Gilbert 42 Lash the uncle wounded the sisters then fled the Bowland home and is held for questioning.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Lash
Westmoreland Hospital
Sue Anne Smith
Daisytown
Peggy Jean Smith
Suterville
Claude Gilbert
Leland A. Bowland
Gilbert
Bowland
Young Stevenson Undergoes Knee Surgery After Crash
John Fell Stevenson, 19, youngest son of Adlai Stevenson, had his shattered right kneecap removed and damaged tendons repaired at Passavant hospital in Chicago. The incident occurred near Goshen Indiana when his car collided with a truck, killing two fellow Harvard students and injuring the third. Surgeon Dr. James K. Sack said Stevenson's recovery should allow normal activities in time.
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John Fell Stevenson
Passavant Hospital
Stevenson
Adlai E. Sevenson
Young Stevenson
Goshen Ind
Harvard
James K. Sack
Hearing Set For Forger In Somerset Forgery Case
A Stoystown coal miner Harold Wade McCartney 34 alias Robert Meyers of Reading Mines Stoystown faces forgery charges after attempting to pass a 64 check drawn on a mythical Finiki Coal company. He was jailed on a warrant from Justice H S Whipperman after being identified in a grocery store incident. Police noted a prior January 1952 burglary sentence and parole near expiry last fall.
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Stoys
Somerset
Harold Wade McCartney
Robert Meyers
Reading Mines
Stoystown
R. D
Frank Specht
Harold Koontz
MccCarthey
Finiki Coal Company
New Enterprise Lane and Lime Company
McCarthey
Meyersdale
Matawan Church Fire Suspect Confesses Arson
Matawan New Jersey December 26 A 30 year old church member Russell Henry Apgar confessed to arson in the Christmas night blaze that destroyed the First Presbyterian Church and the Sunday school building causing an estimated 175000 dollars in damage. He said he threw matches into a paper pile setting the fires.
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John Flood
Russell Henry Apgar
Apgar
Flood
National Board of Fire Underwriters
New Haven Train Hits Car Killing Four in Wallingford
A New Haven railroad train struck a car at 70 mph in Wallingford today killing four people. Victims identified as Alfred Adair 27 Lillian Adair 35 Alfred Adair Jr 4 and Robert Ford 83 a family friend all residents of Wallingford.
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Wallingford
No Surplus Food This Week In Somerset
Government surplus food will not be distributed this week in Somerset. Directors announced Monday night that distribution at Edgewood Grove will resume during the week of January 2 with the specific distribution day to be scheduled later.
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Edgewood Grove
Floods Sweep Rivers Toward Ocean With 41 Dead
Flood waters driven by rains surged to the Pacific, leaving a death toll likely 41. Yuba City faced levee breaks, widespread evacuation, and contaminated water as engineers warned of further rises. Oregon totals reached nine deaths while Sacramento-San Joaquin delta farms faced extensive inundation.
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Faure Urges France to Federalize in Election Rally
Premier Edgar Faure urged a federal system to stabilize France as it faces Jan. 2 elections for a new National Assembly. He warned of a race against the clock to preserve greater France and called Algeria a urgent task, saying Algeria must not be separated but not assimilated. He accused Mendes-France followers of trying to steal seats with troop movement claims.
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Edgar Faure
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Wagram Hall
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Tugboat Explodes on Monongahela River near Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on December 26 the towboat Jane Arden exploded midstream five miles upstream of the business district. Captain John Pushak 26 and deckhand Conrad Cook escaped by paddling in a lifeboat that lacked oars. The 70 foot wooden craft carried 1100 gallons of diesel fuel and was valued at about 30000 with fire shooting eighty feet into the air after a coal stove ignited near the tanks.
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Monongahela River
Jane Arden
John Pushak
Conrad Cook
Monongahela City
Pushak
Defek's Fleet Drove Thru Ice Pack Christmas Day
Rear Adm. George Dufek announced that his expedition fleet reached Antarctica after a smooth passage through the ice pack on Christmas Day. The ice breaker Glacier led the ships, with Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd aboard alongside Dufek.
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Washington
George Dufek
Antarctica
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Dufek
Glacier
ROK calls on Sino Reds to give up four seamen
South Korea warned of the strongest action unless four coast guardsmen seized Christmas day are returned. Peiping radio claimed South Korean warships seized a Chinese fishing vessel and shelled others. The incident began when at least 14 Chinese vessels fished in Korean waters and escalated into a four hour gun battle.
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Rockwood Group Plans Bond Issue for New Factory
The Rockwood Industrial association sponsors a 25000 bond issue to partly finance a larger Rockwood Undergarment Co factory. About 17000 in bonds already sold. Building size may be 10000 or 20000 square feet with total cost near 80000. Current staff is about 40 with plans for 100 women and 15 men. Construction set to begin in spring in Highland Addition.
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New York
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Somerset County Board Reorganization Meeting Held Today
The Somerset County board of education will meet at 1 30 p m today Tuesday in the county superintendent's office at the courthouse. Dr W R Korns Somerset is president.
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Court House
W R. Korns
Somerset
Eisenhower and Dulles Talk Over Key Matters at White House
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles spent over an hour in consultation and another hour on staff matters. They discussed four or five issues, with no major decisions reported. The president works on the State of the Union as Congress reconvenes next week. Grandchildren David Barbara Anne and Susan Ike visited the White House this week while Mary Jean was born last Wednesday at Walter Reed.
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Teachers To Appeal For Boost In Pay
Pennsylvania teachers prepare to renew demands for higher pay at the 103rd annual State Education Assn. convention in Harrisburg. The plan seeks a new minimum salary of 3000 and immediate 400 raise plus 200 next year for long‑serving teachers, with bills in the House education committee. Gov. Leader is set to speak midweek.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
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House Education Committee
General Assembly
French Resolve to Find Missing Patrol in Algerian Mountains
French forces prepared to search the Algerian Moroccan frontier for a missing patrol of native soldiers led by a French NCO. About 20 to 25 men were last seen near Nedroma, 115 miles southwest of Oran, amid reported nationalist activity. Authorities gave no statement.
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Aircraft industry expects eight billion in sales next year
Washington reports optimism in the aircraft sector with forecasts that sales will again exceed eight billion dollars in the coming year. Industry leaders cite strong demand and expanded production as key drivers.
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Washington
Christmas weekend accidents claim wide toll in Somerset area
Violent highway crashes over the Christmas weekend in Somerset County left at least 22 injured Friday and 11 more on Christmas Eve and Day as ice melted. Names of victims include Ronald Gene Hanks 24 Friedens and John Lody 24 Central City, with multiple others cited and property damage listed.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Allegheny
Laurel Hill
Pike
Ronald Gene Hanks
Friedens
Hanks
Somerset Community Hospital
Route 53
Somerset
Central City
John Lody
R. D
Lody
Stoystown
27 Deaths In Pennsylvania Christmas Weekend
The Christmas holiday weekend in Pennsylvania produced 27 deaths with 19 on state highways. Additional fatalities included four in fires, two drownings, one fall death, and one railroad train collision. A 13-year-old girl died in Pottsville hospital after being struck on a rural road as parents observed.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Pottsville Hospital
Don’t neglect your car with 31 days for inspection
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