GOP seeks probe of alleged political pressure on Pennsylvania colleges
Harrisburg AP Republicans propose a legislative investigation into political pressures on administrators and faculties at Pennsylvania state colleges. The move follows Dr. T Noel Sterns dismissal as West Chester State College president and his white paper alleging partisan trustees and politicized governance. He charged five of nine trustees are active politicians and that he was removed for resisting athlete favoritism. See PROBE on Page Two.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Albert W. Johnson
R-Mckean
GOP
General Assembly
T. Noel Stern
West Chester State College
Stern
Johnson
Dilworth Affirms Elevated Train Structure Sound After Crash
Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth declared the elevated structure sound after a four car train derailed killing one and injuring 36. Motorman Bernard McBride reported a sudden lurch with no obstruction seen. Earl Giberson, 46, security guard, was killed. Mrs. Ethel Tierman described flames and melting cars as passengers escaped.
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Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Bernard McBride
Bellmawr
N. J
McBride
Earl Giberson
State Could End Year with 10 Million Surplus
Harrisburg AP The state may close the current fiscal year with a surplus as large as 10 million due to reduced spending. Secretary of Administration Kurtzman said the funds would help balance the 1962 63 budget and come from lapses in appropriations rather than new revenue. House GOP Leader Johnson urged an 8 million increase in school subsidies in 1962.
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Harrisburg
David
Kurtzman
Lawrence
Gov. Lawrence
Johnson
House
Albert W. Johnson
R-Mckean
General Assembly
Former Central City Man to Teach in L A
Joseph D. Kovach, a 1950 Shade High School graduate and Salem College alum, will teach social studies at a private American junior high in Maracaibo Venezuela. A Navy Korea veteran, he taught in Clarksburg and coaches in Greenville Ohio, now processing in Miami before leaving by plane December 31 for his post.
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Joseph D. Kovach
South America
Kovach
Shade High School
Salem College
Salem
W. Va
Maracaibo
Venezuela
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Greenville
Ohio
Mary Kovach
Central City
Miami
Poker
Stinging Cold Keeps Mercury Below Zero
The Midwest endured a sharp cold spell with readings below zero at midday in Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota while parts of Michigan Ohio New York and Pennsylvania saw light snow and rain and snow mixed in Kentucky and Tennessee. A new cold front was forecast to push into Florida bringing near freezing temperatures to the Everglades by Thursday.
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Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Bemidji
Superior
Wis
Eau Claire
Mason City
Iowa
Bismarck
N.D
Chicago
Moline
Ill
Minnesota
North Dakota
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Dakotas
Peninsula
Florida
Weather Bureau
Miami
Everglades
Quemahoning Supervisors To Meet Saturday
The Quemahoning tno supervisors in Somerset county will hold their regular meeting Saturday at 7 p.m. due to a holiday the reorganization meeting will be Tuesday Jan 2 1962 at 7 p.m. The auditors will meet for reorganization Wednesday Jan 3 at 7 p.m. All meetings are in Kantner Elementary School on EST.
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Quemahoning Tno
Somerset County
Kantner
Britain Moves Naval Force to Deter Kuwait Seizure
Britain sent a naval strike group toward the Persian Gulf and kept 7,000 service members on alert to deter Iraq’s Premier Kassem from attempting to seize Kuwait. The buildup served as a warning amid renewed rumors of annexation, with a British task force replaced by an Arab League contingent.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Britain
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Kuwait
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
Arab League
British
Foreign Office and
Defense Ministry
Defense
Harold Watkinson
Mombasa
Katanga lawmakers arrive in Leopoldville amid tension
Six Katanga legislators reach Leopoldville as Katanga presses to modify the Congo basic law while Tshombe insists on a federation or confederation. UN tension rises with detentions of Swedish UN troops, diplomats call the move a significant step toward unity, nine more deputies expected.
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Katanga
Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Kitona
Tshombe
Elisabethville
The
United Nations
Katangan
U.N
Cyrille Adoula
Empire State Building Sold To Prudential
The Empire State Building, the world’s tallest structure, was sold in a 65 million dollar deal to Prudential Insurance Co of America. Control then passed to Empire State Building Associates led by Lawrence A. Wien on a 114 year lease. The sale, at Prudential headquarters in Newark, involved complex transfers among Henry Crown and others.
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Newark
N.J
Empire State Building
New York City
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Prudential
New York
Empire State Building Associates
Lawrence A. Wien
Wien
Crown
Henry Crown
Chicago
Empire State Building Corp
Wren
Insurance Company
Louis R. Menagh
Kennedy Reports Strong Back and Dad’s Recovery
President Kennedy shows improved back strength after 22 months of exercises and remains capable of duties though not yet back to vigorous activity. His father Joseph P. Kennedy’s pneumonia and stroke after-effects have also improved as advisers finalize a fiscal budget near 92 billion dollars.
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Salinger
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Secret Service
Laos Princes Summit Collapse Cites Neutral Government Failure
In Vientiane, three princes fail to form a coalition government after Premier Boun Oum refuses to meet Neutralist Souvanna Phouma and Pathet Lao ally Souphanouvong. The brief encounter ends with no progress toward a neutral Laos.
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Laos
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Boun Oum
U S Seeks Lao Unity Government After Princes Meeting
Washington reports say Premier-designate Souvanna Phouma is to form a national unity government in Laos despite a brief meeting among princes Boun Oum Souphanouvong and Souvanna with no clear progress. Officials warn the talks could affect regional peace while noting Souvanna remains in Vientiane with a mandate to form a government.
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Washington
United States
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
State Department
Vientiane
Boun Oum
Souphanouvong
Southeast Asia
Propaganda chiefs urge broad ideological push in USSR
Leonid Ilyichev told a Moscow conference that stronger ideological work would yield more grain and steel from workers. He faulted propaganda for weak education of the young and linked ideological effort to industrial and agricultural output amid food shortages and Khrushchev’s drive for higher production.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Leonid Ilyichev
Pravda
Communist Party
Nyichev
Khrushchev
Ilyichev
Russia
Hilyichev
Two youths arrested on four burglary charges
Robert Dale Palmer and James C. Chappell Jr., both teens from Pennsylvania, were arrested by Greensburg state police and handed to Somerset authorities. They pleaded guilty to four burglaries including a laundry, service station, vending machine, and a telephone booth theft, with estimated $400 damage and coins taken.
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Robert Dale Palmer
Ligonier
James C. Chappell, Jr
Latrobe
Greensburg
Somerset
Norman Walker
Paul Lutz
Fred Pyle
Palmer
Chappel
Somerset County
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Horrell
Beatty
Cpl
Lutz
CAP Hears Report on Staff School at Scranton
Laurel Mountain CAP squadron 1504 heard Major John Betters report on a staff school held at Scranton. Six members attended the three day session with plans for a two day school at Slippery Rock State College in March for senior and cadet members.
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Laurel Mountain Squadron 1504
Civil Air Patrol
John Betters
Scranton
Slippery Rock State College
Robert Coleman
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Moore
Shippensburg
Somerset Headquarters
Galen Flick
Eugene Koniecnzky
United States
U. S. Air Force
Mrs Wilsons Condition Unchanged Amid Illness
Washington AP The condition of Mrs Woodrow Wilson 89 remains gravely ill with a respiratory ailment and complications doctors said on Wednesday She has been ill for three weeks and showed slight improvement Tuesday The illness will keep her from a plaque unveiling on the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge at the Potomac between Maryland and Alexandria Va on Wilsons 105th birth anniversary.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
White House
Potomac River
Maryland
Alexandria
Berwind-White Announces Indefinite Layoffs Near Windber
About 150 miners at Wilmore and nearby areas will be laid off indefinitely Friday due to a drop in coal orders. Workers are employed by Berwind-White Coal Co.
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Berwind-White
Windber
Wilmore
Berwind-White Coal Co
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Philadelphia Transportation Co
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Giberson
York and Dauphin Street
Ethel Tierman
L.A
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Quemahoning
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Jimmy
Marge Durante
Hollywood
Cecelia Alicia
Karl R. Bauman
St. Mary’s Hospital
West Palm Beach
St. Mary’s
Honey Fitz
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Rene-Georges Magari
U.S
Goverment
By Lewis Gulick
Lincoln White
CAP
Mrs. Wilson
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