Congress urged to raise disaster loan ceiling in 1956
Sterling F. Green reports that federal aid officials say a higher disaster loan limit is needed early in 1956 as wind and flood damage across New England and West Coast states exhausts SBA funds. Conventional 6 percent loans will be issued to West Coast victims with promises to convert to 3 percent once Congress raises the cap.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Congress
New England
Small Business Administration
California
Oregon
Nevada
SBA
White House
Walker Names Two Turnkeys For Jail Duty
Two Somerset men, Russell Younkin of West Catherine Street and C J Fuetter of East Main Street, were named county jail turnkeys by Walker. Appointment confirmed by Attorney Robert W. Critchfield. They assume office January 2, replacing Meager Friedens and Shultz. Don ald Hay and Robert Peterson were also named deputies. Fuetter is a retired Consoliation Coal maintenance supervisor and father of two. Younkin is a retired Baltimore and Ohio railroad employee with three children.
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Somerset
Norman A. Walker
Russell Younkin
West Catherine Street
C. J Fuetter
East Main Street
Robert W. Critchfield
Mr. Walker
Charles W. Meager
R. D. J. Friedens
Noah Shultz
Walker
Donald W. Hay
Berlin
Jacob C. Pile
Robert A. Peterson
Windber
Paul Miller
Fuetter
Consoliiation Coal Company
Younk
Cancellations Of Mail Highest In Somerset History
Postmaster Clyde Bowman reports Somerset post office set a Christmas season record with 413 482 machine cancellations from December 1 to 25 1955 up from 403 511 during the same period in 1954. Parcel volume also exceeded 7 000 during Yuletide.
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Somerset Post Office
Clyde Bowman
Bowman
Carol Ann Shapiro Wins Ford Thunderbird Jr
Carol Ann Shapiro daughter of Mr and Mrs Irwin O Shapiro North Center Avenue was awarded a Ford Thunderbird Jr miniature car by the Meyersdale Elks Club Her father owns the Lois Ann shoppe in Somerset
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Carol Ann Shapiro
Ford Thunderbird Jr
Irwin O. Shapiro
North Center Avenue
Elks Clu
Meyersdale
Shapiro
Somerset
Air Force unveils wartime production plan for instant action
The Air Force released a wartime production plan to sustain instant action and victory amid a possible atomic onslaught. It emphasizes a quick action priority system, category A weapons, and unilateral decision making by the Air Staff, with Army not consulted in advance.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Air Force
United States
Air Staff
Air Council
Army
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Meyersdale Woman Dies in Two Car Collision
A 68 year old Meyersdale woman Anna P Gnagey died seven hours after a two car crash at a rural Somerset county intersection. Norman Gnagey and Herman Martz were the other drivers. The crash occurred near Meyersdale at the junction of Legislative Routes 55013 and 55020.
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Meyersdale
Somerset County
Anna P. (Fogle) Gnagey
Meyersdile Community Hospital
Somerset
Norman C. Gnagey
Herman G. Martz
Sandpatch
R. D
Gnagey
Frostburg
Martz
Girl Slain in Second Butcher Knife Killing in San Francisco
San Francisco reports a 13 year old Eliz a beth Simpson slain in the second butcher knife killing in two days. James Reese 23 admitted the murder and was held after being captured at a bus depot. Coroner Turkel noted the girl had been raped.
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San Francisco
al Nelder
James Reese
Elizabeth Simpson
Henry Turkel
Georgia Ann Barrett
Betty Luke
Mary Ellen
Nelder
Reese
Simpson
Youths Admit Theft Of Christmas Trees In Somerset
Two rural Somerset youths 19 year old Albert Shanks and a 15 year old youth admitted stealing Christmas trees from Mrs Roxie Barclay of Somerset R D 3. They were arraigned before Justice O Wayne Hay and ordered to make restitution and pay costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Christmas
Roxie Barclay
R.D
Albert Shanks
Justice of the Peace
O. Wayne Hay
Somerset Township
Flue Fire Damages Home in Somerset
A flue fire at 1004 Park Avenue in Somerset caused no injuries or serious damage. Firemen from the Somerset department responded to a 6 20 pm alarm at the residence of Mrs Minnie M Shanks. Fire Chief Newton B Picking stated the blaze likely started from an overheated coal furnace in the cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie M. Shanks
Park Avenue
Somerset
Newton B. Picking
Newsprint Makers Ignore Premier’s Threat Of Control
In Quebec on December 28 Premier Maurice Duplessis said newsprint firms have not yielded to demands to exempt Quebec publishers from recent price hikes. He outlined a draft bill creating a newsprint control board to oversee production distribution and fix prices for Quebec clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Maurice Duplessis
Duplessis
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Student Pilot Escapes When Plane Crashes
Medina Ohio December 28 A student pilot escaped injury when his single engine plane crashed during an attempted emergency landing in a field north of Spencer The pilot Robert Faulk 18 was flying solo from Butler Pennsylvania headed to Wooster before losing his way and setting the plane down The craft nosed over on rough ground and was nearly demolished per state highway patrol
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Medina
Ohio
Spencer
State Highway Patrol
Robert Faulk
Butler
Wooster
Policemen Fire On Prisoner For Newsreel Footage
Four French police officers shot an Algerian prisoner to death this fall to supply a film reel for news photographers. The widely circulated strip shows a uniformed man aiming a rifle at a bound prisoner who staggers and falls as the rifle is fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
L’express
Comet III Completes Atlantic Nonstop to London
Britain's Comet III flies 3350 miles from Montreal to London in 6 hours 18 minutes, the first nonstop passenger jet across the Atlantic. Captain John Cunningham leads an 11 member crew as BOAC promotes the proving model ahead of the larger Comet IV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Topping
London
Britain
Montreal
Miles Thomas
British Overseas Airways Corp
John Cunningham
de Havilland Aircraft Co
BOAC
America
United States
Mediterranean
Appraisers Secured by County Board for Old County Home
Somerset County commissioners hired Workmaster's Real Estate Appraisals of Pittsburgh to assess the Route 31 county home property beside Somerset State Hospital. The firm visited the building and offered an estimate by Friday. The appraisal aims to support selling the old home to the state amid calls for major repairs and offset by welfare department negotiations on equity and location.
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Somerset County Commissioners
Pittsburgh
Route 31
Somerset State Hospital
Workmaster’s
Harry E. Barkman
Couny
Barkman
Welfare Department
New Ruling Will Cost Employers 50 Million More
Harrisburg reports a state justice department ruling that enables the labor and industry department to accept advance payments into the unemployment compensation fund. The move will trigger higher payroll taxes, with 8500 employers sending about 5 million dollars in advance payments for January to avoid the 2.1 percent rate, as the fund balance sits around 347 million and expected to fall to 345 million by month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Justice Department
Pennsylvania
Labor and Industry Department
John R. Torquato
Justice Department
Torquato
Cigaret Tax May Be Held From Income Tax
Harrisburg reporters say the Pennsylvania Senate approved a proposal to exempt from federal income tax the money paid in state cigaret taxes. The measure would designate the 5 cent per pack cigaret tax as a consumers levy and allow its deduction on income tax filings.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
House
Trucker Dies of Monoxide In Ohio Cab
An Ohio trucker, John FE. Ross of Defiance, employed by Glen Reed Trucking Co., died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in the cab of his tractor-trailer in Charleroi.
Westinghouse Won't Submit To Third Party Arbitration
AFL CIO IUE again urged Westinghouse to submit disputed issues to binding arbitration ending a 73 day strike. Westinghouse rejected, saying management rights prevent third party review. Union says two issues are a wage reopening and ground rules for time study. Company wants a five year contract to remain competitive. No progress reported. further talks set with IUEB and IUE. Picket lines are quiet aside from yesterday’s clashes in Sharon, Bridgeport, and Union City. The company reports nearly three million dollars paid in Christmas loans to about 30,000 workers. In Pittsburgh two women IUE Local 601 members sue to remove union officers over strikes and vote procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
James B. Care
IUE
Carey
IUEB
United Electrical Workers
Sharon
Bridgeport
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Amelia Bopp
Dora Deicht
TB Seals Need 9 288 More To Meet Appeal Goal
Mrs. Dorothy Brewer, executive secretary of the Somerset County Tuberculosis and Health Society, appeals for volunteers to return Christmas seal donations. Only about half of 17 288 letters sent have been answered, with 8 000 plus seals sold and 15 patients in Cres son sanitorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Brewer
Somerset County Tuberculosis and Health Society
Somerset County
Cresson
Legislature Reopens Tax Talks on Sales or Income Levy
Senate Republicans revive the defeated manufacturers tax aiming to convert it to a sales tax or distributor level excise. Senate leaders Dent and Mahany discuss compromise with reports of a personal income tax plan, while two broad based taxes are eyed to balance the budget as sessions resume in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
John H. Dent
GOP
Dent
Rowland B. Mahany
Mahony
M. Harvey Taylor
Pennsylvania
Edward J. Kessler
R Lancaster
Senate Finance Committee
Kessler
Senate Defers Action on Social Security
Harrisburg reports the state Senate postponed final action on eight bills to allow state and local government employees to participate in the federal social security program. The measures were introduced several weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
Harrisburg Senate Panel Considers Antique Car Registry Bill
A conference committee was appointed in Harrisburg to meet with a House group on a compromise bill to permanently register antique automobiles. Senators G Graybill Diehm Frank W Ruth and George N Wade were named to the Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
House
G. Graybill Diehmer
Lancaster
Frank W. Ruth
D—Berks
George N. Wade
R—Cumberland
Man’s body found in abandoned strip mine after Thanksgiving
Beaver Falls report states Louis F. Kessler, 56, of West Bridgewater, found dead in an abandoned strip mine with a bullet wound. Deputy Coroner Margaret Sanders of Beaver County rules death a self-inflicted act.
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Beaver Falls
Margaret Sanders
Beaver County
Louis F. Kessler
West Bridgewater
Pittsburgh Woman Killed in Auto Crash
Mrs. Catherine Morgan, 55, of Pittsburgh, was killed in a head on collision on Fifth Ave near the high school tonight.
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Pittsburgh
Catherine Morgan
Fifth Ave
Eisenhower Flies to Key West for Rest and Return Plans
President Eisenhower flew to Key West Florida for about 12 days of rest with plans to resume full duties next month. He arrived after a four hour flight in an open car greeting by crowds, accompanied by his physician and staff, with return expected January 8 and a mid February medical checkup planned.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Columbine III
Boca Chica
Washington
Howard M. Snyder
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
White House
Florida
Key West Naval Base
James C. Hagerty
Esenhower
Chessman seeks funds to fight sentence in habeas bid
Caryl Chessman asks to sell more manuscripts to support his habeas corpus hearing on January 10. His attorney filed with Justice James W. Carter for an order to return manuscripts seized at San Quentin. Convicted in Los Angeles as the "Red Light Bandit" for kidnap and rape, he argues the 1948 death sentence rests on a transcript assembled after the court reporter died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Caryl Chessman
George T. Davis
James W. Carter
State Supreme Court
San Quentin
Chessman
Los Angeles
Bailey Admits Slaying Two Men Over Debt
In Tallulah Louisiana a 21 year old black man named D C Bailey admitted killing two white planters Jessee Nelson and Eddie Montgomery aged 66 in a plan to raise 35 dollars to pay a debt. Sheriff C E Hester said Bailey netted 4610 from the double shotgun slaying and overlooked more than 500. Bailey faced two counts of murder.
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Tallulah
C. E. Hester
D. C. Bailey
Bailey
Hester
H. C. Massey
Dist
Atty. Thompson Clarke
Jessee Nelson
Eddie Montgomery
Pittsburgh Auto Fatality Claims Man Walking in Baldwin
Pittsburgh reporter notes Patrick McCullough about 70 of the Knoxville district was killed by an automobile tonight as he walked along Becks Run road in Baldwin Tow n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Patrick McCullough
Knoxville
Beck's Run Road
Baldwin Two
Four Children Die in Newberry Fire Canada Tragedy
In Newberry Michigan, a woodcutter family lost four children Bernadine Sevain five Arthur four Karen three and Robbin Elizabeth one in a rapid blaze that engulfed their one story frame house. Joyce the mother said she left to use a neighbor's phone and saw flames from a window as rescuers could not reach the children. Authorities suspect the fire started from a wood stove or faulty wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Newberry
Soa
Bernadine Sevain
Arthur
Karen
Robbin Elizabeth
Joyce
Record Production At Lackawanna Plant
Bethlehem Steel Co announced the Lackawanna plant produced a record 5 255 080 ingot tons of steel this year. The previous high was 4 734 672 tons in 1953. Plant manager Edmund F. Martin said summer employment peaked at 19 000, later dipping to 18 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel Co
Lackawanna
Edmund F. Martin
Martin
Don’t neglect your car inspection deadline
Thirty one days remain to have your car inspected. Classified Page listings show stations offering expert service by experienced mechanics. Use Want Ads as your directory for auto needs and vehicle care.
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