Lawrence picks 3 more members for his cabinet
Gov elect David L. Lawrence named three new cabinet members including Pittsburgh Republican Mark H. Martin as secretary of highways and two women return to cabinet roles Ruth Grigg Horting becomes secretary of public welfare and Genevieve Blatt is reelected secretary of internal affairs. Charles M. Dougherty was named secretary of revenue.
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Harrisburg
David L. Lawrence
Mark H. Martin
Pittsburgh
Lawrence
Martin
Ruth Grigg Horting
Lancaster
Horting
Public Assistance
Welfare
Public Welfare Department
Anne Alpern
Genevieve Blatt
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Dougherty Revenue Sec
Charles M. Dougherty
Revenue
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Revenue Department
Dougherty
Revenue Post
U. S
William J. Green
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Democrat
Labor and Industry
William L. Batt Jr
Col
FE. J. Henry
John H. Ferguson
Walter Giesey
Ferguson
Pennsylvania State University
Three Children Die as Brad dock Fire Rages
In Braddock, Pennsylvania, a predawn blaze on the first floor of the Fletcher home killed Eddie 7 Cary 4 Grace 2 months and injured five other family members. Robert Fletcher 42 and son Willie 11 were critically hurt. Florence 30 and two other children were less seriously injured. Firemen reported the fire widespread and undetermined cause.
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Pittsburgh
Braddock
Robert
Florence Fletcher
Eddie Fletcher
Cary
Grace
Robert Fletcher
Willie
Florence
Sammy
Braddock General Hospital
Donation Window Evening to Early Morning
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Delve Into Jobless Pay Tax Revenue Study Plans
Harrisburg legislators weigh broad tax review led by Lawrence's 12 member advisory group. The panel may expand to include unemployment compensation taxes amid fund strain from 142 million down to 30 million by next April. A federal loan option could stabilize the fund.
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Leonard A. Unger
Harrisburg
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Employment Security
Mayor Lawrence Agrees to Tax Hike Plan in Budget
Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence said he will support City Council in doubling real estate taxes as proposed for 1959. Council set final action for next Monday to boost land taxes to 37 mills and buildings to 18 mills, with no pay raises for city employees. Lawrence plans to sign the budget ordinance next Wednesday before his January governorship inauguration.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Injuries Prove Fatal in Fayette City Collision
Lewis Captain aged 69 of Fayette City RD 1 died after being struck by an auto on Route 711 near Fayette City Thursday night. The fatal injuries occurred Friday following the Thursday crash involving the vehicle.
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Lewis
Fayette City
Moving To 363 W Main St Across From S A Garage
Establishment moves to 363 West Main Street across from S A Garage effective Monday December 29. Phone number 4340 provided.
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W. Main ST
S&a Garage
Western Allies Prepare Notes to Russia on German Talks
The Western Big Three plan notes to Russia offering to discuss the entire German issue at a new four power conference. The draft emphasizes Berlin remain in joint occupation and rejects limiting talks to Berlin while presenting a face saving exit for Moscow. Communication aims to remind Russia of the Sept. 30 proposal and timing before New Year’s Day.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
East Germany
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Presbyterians Plan To Merge Pittsburgh Theological Schools
Boards of Pittsburgh Xenian Seminary and Western Theological Seminary approve merger. Action awaits General Assembly approval next May in Indianapolis. Moderator Theophilus M. Taylor says two seminaries in one metro area cannot be justified.
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Presbyterians
Pittsburgh Theological Schools
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-Xenian Seminary
Western Theological Seminary
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church In the USA
Indianapolis
USA Church
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
Theophilous M. Taylor
Fifty Die in Charagua Flood in Bolivia
Government reports from Charagua in eastern Bolivia say fifty persons lost their lives in a flood after heavy rains. The town near the Paraguayan border is about 120 miles southeast of Santa Cruz, with damage described as heavy and no official extent yet.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Charagua
Santa Cruz
St Peters Wins Outdoor Lighting Contest in Somerset
St. Peter's Roman Catholic church earned first honors in the Somerset Garden club outdoor lighting contest for nativity displays. Eighth-place and honorable mentions were awarded to several residents, with cash prizes funded by local businesses. Independent judges toured the town Friday night and compared opinions at the Stein residence.
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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Somerset Garden Club
E. C. Vierling
Felgar Road
Harry Wolfersberger
West Union Street
Clarence Gorman
Fast Lanner Street
Karl Staub
Sunset Drive
George F. Kimmel
Robert Lowry
East Main Street
Leland W. Walker
West Church Street
Vernon Lease
Oak Ridge
Kenneth Saylor
Richard Gallatin
West Catherine Street
Albert H. Zerfoss
Carl Friedhofer, Jr
Albert Cage
Harrison Avenue
Theodore Schrock
North Edgewood Avenue
Garden Club
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Somerset Trust Co
The
County Trust Co
Peoples National Bank
John H. Beerus
John H. Stein
George J. Krebs
Edward Horner
Weather Delays Inspection Of Mt Iliamna C54 Wreck
Blustery winter weather and mechanical troubles halted an Air Force inspection of the C54 cargo plane wrecked Monday on Mt Iliamna. The four engine craft with 15 men aboard remains unrecovered. wreck location is a box canyon at 7,600 feet on the 10,116-foot peak. No survivors sighted. helicopters unable to reach crash site due to turbulence.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Mt. Iliamna
Alaska Peninsula
Here
France Considers Fate of ailing Franc amid Devaluation Talk
Paris reports say the government held close scrutiny over the franc with no final decision yet on its fate. Premier de Gaulle met financial experts as a cabinet meeting looms and sources expect decisive monetary steps possibly a devaluation to boost French exports in the European market.
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Charles de Gaulle
Rene Coty
Elyssee Palace
Paris
Coty
de Gaulle
David M. Mason
France
Paris Financial Exchange
iJonor System Works For Tree Salesmen
Worcester, Mass. three men selling Christmas trees quit early on Christmas Eve leaving a sign offering wreaths and trees for sale with a mail slot payment. They found $104.60 in the mailbox and ten trees left, noting customers adjusted prices as tree quality declined and accepting the discrepancy.
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Worcester
Mass
Serious Outbreak Of Delinquency In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh five teenagers were fined 25 dollars each and 94 others sent to Juvenile Court after a Christmas night trolley party from a Lincoln Avenue tavern. Magistrate Johnson offered 30 days in the workhouse as an alternative. Police report most youths were intoxicated and some liquor was confiscated.
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Pittsburgh
FE. N. Johnson
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Lincoln Ave
East Liberty
Small World Safe in Orinoco Delta After Two Week Balloon Flight
The transatlantic balloon Small World was reported safely down in eastern Venezuela after a two week drift from the Canary Islands. Four aboard, including a woman, were said to be safe but unconfirmed as searches near Pedernales proceeded at dawn.
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Orinoco Delta
Caracas
Venezuela
Canary Islands
Venezuelan Communications Ministry
Communications Ministry
Pedernales
Oscar Machado Zuloaga
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Serpent's Mouth Strait
British West Indies
Trinidad
Barbados Island
Russia outlines IGY program for 1959 collaboration
V. V. Beloussov, vice president of Russia's International Geophysical Year Committee, outlined a 1959 program titled International Geophysical Collaboration. He told Tass the government funds keep activity at last year's level with about 500 stations observing meteorology to cosmic rays.
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Moscow
V. V. Beloussov
Russia
International Geophysical Year Committee
IGY
Beloussov
International Geophysical Collaboration
Tass
Death Toll Ahead of 1956 Christmas Holiday Peak
The death toll stood at 310 at 9 p.m. EST Friday, 38 fewer than the 1956 holiday peak of 348 at the same hour. NSC urged driver caution as the four day period ends Sunday midnight local time. Holiday fires also added fatalities, with nine of 12 residents dead in a farmhouse fire near Auburn Washington and other fatal blazes in Richmond Virginia and Braddock Pennsylvania.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Frank and Seder to liquidate Pittsburgh store
Frank and Seder, a downtown Pittsburgh department store, told its 400 employees Friday it will go out of business next Wednesday. Some staff will stay past Jan 2 to help liquidate operations. The move follows a previous lease termination notice and blame from president William Onasch over an unlivable rent. The store has been up for sale.
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Pittsburgh
Frank & Seder
William Onasch
Week of Prayer to Feature Dr J W Krecker Speaker
The Rev Dr Joseph Willard Krecker editor of Telescope Messenger Harrisburg will headline the Community Week of Prayer January 4 to 11 with nightly services at 7 30 p m starting Sunday January 4. Services move through six churches and end February 11. The offering will aid the Children s Aid Society of Somerset.
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Joseph Willard Krecker
Telescope Messenger
Harrisburg
Somerset Ministerial Association
Church of the Brethren
Grace E.U.B
Trinity Lutheran
United Church of Christ
First
E.U.B
Calvary Methodist Church
Lth
First Christian Church
Krecker
Pennsylvania
East Pennsylvania
Tor
Children’s Aid Society of
Somerset
Ansell Family Fund Surges Past Goal in Ten Day Drive
Donations for the Ansell Christmas Fund continued after Christmas as Friday totals reached 1628 in the local American office and 2950 in Meyersdale. Community support spread from Johnstown Bethlehem Steel employees to merchants, housing offers, clothing, food and bedding for the Ansell family of five evacuated by a pre- Christmas fire.
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Ansell
Meyersdale
James Ansell
Bethelehem Steel Company
Johnstown
Ansells
Meyersdale, RD 2
Two Auto Crashes Reported on Somerset County Roads
There were two automobile accidents on Somerset county roads Friday with no fatalities. A 4:15 p.m. collision on Route 601 near Jerome involved Annabelle Holtzman of Baltimore and Mary Negast of Jerome. injuries were minor and one person received treatment at Mercy Hospital. A second crash at 8:30 a.m. on Route 53 near Stoystown involved John H. Rhoades and Rudolph Harodetsky. both vehicles sustained damage and no injuries were reported.
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Somerset County
Mercy Hospital
Johnstown
Jerome
Annabelle Holtzman
Baltimore
Anna Janidlo
Holsopple RD 1
Mary Negast
Box 32
Negast
Terrace Chevrolet Co
Stoystown
John H. Rhoades
Stoystown RD
Rhoades
Rudolph Harodetsky
Hooversvillle
Harodetsky
Bankrupted by dancing lessons in Milwaukee
Bar tender Bruno Mueller filed for bankruptcy in federal court listing assets of 111 dollars and debts of 8 615 dollars all for dancing lessons in Milwaukee Wisconsin Friday.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bruno Mueller
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Bank of Portugal
iJonor System
West Indies
Columbus
Orinoco
Atlantic
New World
Associated Press
Jackson
N. C
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Coats
Auburn
Wash
Richmond
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Northampton Mass
J. W. Krecker
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