Katangan Police Attack U.N. Forces Ignore Tshombe Order
Katangan police fire on U.N. forces in Elisabethville with machine guns and mortars, disregarding cease fire orders. Seven U.N. soldiers and eight civilians wounded as clashes intensify around the Katanga capital. U.N. says it cleared roadblocks and captured police headquarters but fighting continued.
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U.N
Tshombe
Leopoldville, the Congo
Elisabethville
Red Cross
Katanga
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
John Latz
Karavia
US Arms to Arrive in India Early Next Month
The United States will ship two naval arms consignments to India, arriving January 4 and January 8. Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith announced the plan at a Calcutta press briefing. Indian papers meanwhile report a major buildup by Red China in Tibet, with Tibet described as rapidly militarizing and turning into an arsenal near the Himalayas.
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India
New Delhi
U.S
John Kenneth Galbraith
Tibet
Galbraith
Calcutta
United States
Offices Open Monday Close Tuesday for New Year
The Somerset County Court house and all banks will be open Monday and close Tuesday for New Year observances. The Social Security Service in the Eagle's building follows the same schedule. The Daily American office also closes Tuesday. Advertising for Wednesday’s paper must reach the office by 5 p.m. Monday. The Pennsylvania State Employment office and the Department of Public Assistance close both Monday and Tuesday.
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Somerset County
Social Security Service
Eagle's
Daily American
Pennsylvania State Employment Office
Department of Public Assitance
Shanksville Auto Co. Fire Destroys Garage and Cars
A blaze at Shanksville Auto Co. destroyed five new cars a valuable antique a new pickup truck a truck tractor and other vehicles plus tools tires and parts. Fire departments from multiple towns helped contain the fire which started in the boiler room and threatened nearby homes and buildings.
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Shanksville Auto Co
Somerset
Friedens
Berlin
Stoystown
Central City
Stony Creek
Ernest Stull
Shanksville
D. L. Stull
Dates Announced For Distribution of Surplus Food
The county distribution schedule for surplus food in January is issued by food administrator Donald Ringer. Listings cover many towns with dates and times from Jan 3 to Jan 24, ending with Meyersdale's center move to the former H. J. Beamer building.
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Donald Ringer
Holsopple
Jerome
the Hill
Ideal
Kennells Mills- Wellersburg
Fairhope
Cairnbrook
Central City
Gray
Acosta
Quecreek
Confluence
Listonburg
Boswell
Jenners
Listie
Salisbury
Meyersdale
Berlin
Garrett
Windber
Hooversville
Stoystown
H. J. Beamer
Schoolmen Propose Tax Increase in Pennsylvania
A joint action committee of three major Pennsylvania education groups recommends a broader sales tax to raise 90 to 100 million dollars annually for school subsidies and teacher salaries. Gov Lawrence warns reform efforts could be emasculated and stresses district reorganization as key to improving public education.
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Harrisburge
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association of Chief
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers
State School Boards Association
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Lawrence
Pennsylvaniania
County Planning Program Receives $39,960 Grant
The Urban Renewal Administration awarded $39,960 to Somerset County for a two year comprehensive planning program. Neilan Engineers, Somerset, will serve as consultant engineers. The grant is matched by $13,320 in state and local funds with local government contributing staff work.
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The
Urban Renewal Administration
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce
Somerset County
Neilan Engineers
Somerset
Castro Dedicated to Aiding His Populace
Fidel Castro Ruz led an automobile tour of Havana for four American visitors. He described revolutionary gains, noted unresolved problems, and teased Soviet presence as he moved from slum areas to modern East Havana during a two hour visit.
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Castro
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro Ruz
el Pueblo
Havana
Cuba
Moody
113 New Republicans Registered in County
A total of 113 new Republicans are listed in the Somerset County registrar since the registration period opened December 6. Of the total 73 were Democrats who switched party affiliation and 40 were new registrations.
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Somerset County
Thalidomide Heroine to Direct Drug Policing
Dr Frances Kelsey, famed for blocking thalidomide in the United States, is appointed head of the FDA new drug investigating branch. She will oversee reports on proposed human tests and expect a salary raise to 16485 dollars. The agency created the division after her stand led to expanded drug powers.
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Washington
Frances O. Kelsey
Kennedy
Anthony J. Celebreeze
Food and Drug Administration
New Drug Division
Kelsey
Peter Cook Reports Impressions of Europe
Peter Cook describes a student led trip through Iceland Luxembourg West Germany France Italy and Central Europe. He notes 9000 students applied for passports in 1960 and reports travel costs around 17 dollars a day with careful budgeting. He recalls experiences from Paris Geneva and the youth hostel scene.
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Iceland
Luxemburg
West Germany
France
Italy
Europe
Berlin
Peter
Germany
Belgium
Paris
Geneva
Maize Elected President of Holmes Safety Council
C H Maize was elected president of the Holmes Safety Association Rich ard Maize Council at a Friday meeting at the Somerset Sportsmen s Club New officers include Ray Dinning first vice president Homer Nibert second vice president and Robert Baker secretary treasurer The club held an accident clinic reviewing accidents in member mines over the past three months Maize reported on the Carmichaels mine disaster and said he spent six days there aiding rescue operations.
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Robina
Richard Maize
Holmes Safety Association
Somerset Sportsmen's Club
C. H. Maize
Ray Dinning
Homer Nibert
Robert Baker
Maize
Carmichaels
Kennedy Health and Education Bill To Be Partly Modified
Secretary Celebrezze said the Kennedy administration will soften the 1963 aid to education and health care bills while keeping the same core philosophy. The plan aims to win support in a new Congress, with changes in the health program still linked to Social Security. The White House meanwhile prepares for an Orange Bowl ceremony in Miami honoring Cuban Bay of Pigs veterans.
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Palm Brach
Fla
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Kennedy
Congress
Welfare Department
Honey Fitz
Kermit Gordon
Council of Economic Advisers
Gordon
Claude Reese
Palm Beach
David E. Bell
Foreign Aid
Washington
Celebrezze
Former Carnegie Coal executive C C McGregor dies
Pittsburgh AP report says C C McGregor aged 72, longtime independent coal operator in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, former Carnegie Coal Co. executive, served on the Federal Coal Commission and the Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators' Association wage scale committee. He leaves two sons, two daughters, and four brothers. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Pittsburgh
C. C. McGregor
Carnegie Coal Co
Western Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Crafton
McGregor
Federal Coal Commission
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators’ Association
West Berlin wall blasts called futile and dangerous
Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II, retiring after 20 months, condemned the blasts by West Berliners as futile and dangerous. The biggest explosion ripped a three foot by three foot hole in the wall, wrecking 600 windows but never allowing escape, prompting Western concern over property damage and safety. The incident occurred at Jerusalemer Strasse and Linden Strasse amid earlier blasts this month.
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Berlin
Jerusalemer Strasse
Linden Strasse
West Berlin
Watson
Cleveland Guild Leaders Refuse Pitted Publisher Challenge
Cleveland Newspaper Guild leaders rejected a bid by city publishers to put the latest management proposal to a rank and file vote. They said the offer lacked union security, was not retroactive to Oct 31, and contained exemptions and other flaws.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Louis B. Seitzer
Cleveland Press and News
Thomas Vail
the Plain Dealer
Schools Get Over 86.2 Million in Aid
State and federal allocations totaling $6,288,069 to Somerset County public schools come from four percent sales tax revenues for the 13 month period ending June 30. John C. Downey notes the law requires sales tax funds to support public schools and state aided or state owned higher learning institutions.
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Somerset County
John C. Downey
Johnstown
Gay
Bay of Pigs Brigade to Be Reviewed by Kennedy
More than 1,100 members of Brigade 2506, survivors of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, will parade for President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The event, televised by ABC with NBC and CBS coverage planned, follows release of Cuban prisoners and discussions on freeing 21 Americans held in Cuban jails.
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Miami
Fla
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Havana
Palm Beach
Orange Bowl
Kennedys
Douglas L. Aguilera
Enrique Ruiz-Williams
ABC
NBC
CBS
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Tex
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James Robinson
Robinson
Longshoremen’s Union
Himalayan
Tezpur
Inda Army Corps
Chumbi
Ernest Stali
Shanicsville
Somerset Daily American
Io Roning
Alfred Boeran
Barrett Prettyman
James Donovan
Joe McGowan JR
By Gardner L. Bridge
Peter Cook
Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Frank Orban LI
Safety Council
Frances Lewine
Carnegie Coal Company
Cleveland Guild
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