Big Headlines of 1958 in County Spelled Disaster
Somerset county faced a grim year with 65 accidental and tragic deaths, highlighted by five major events. A Meyersdale fire killed three Ansell children. Rockwood saw the murder of Dr Lawrence Schrock and wife Pearl Marie. Berlin lost two physicians in a house fire with an earlier explosion. the year was marked by multiple fatal incidents across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Daily American
Somerset County
James H. Ansell
Meyersdale
Ronalds
Robert
Linda
Rockwood
Lawrence E. Schrock
Pearl Marie
Berlin
Harold G
Anna Marie Haines
Haines
Columnist Prefers Jail Over Revealing Source
New York Herald Tribune television columnist Marie Torre chose jail over naming her confidential source in a Judy Garland libel dispute. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ordered a 10-day sentence, warning she could be jailed again if she persists in refusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald Tribune
Marie Torre
U. S
Miss Torre
U. S. Supreme Ct
The
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ryan
Miss Garland
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Longtime Somerset Insurance Agent J J Kimmel Retires
J J Kimmel of Nationwide Insurance Somerset retires after 28 years of service effective January 1 1959. He started in residence before eight years ago moving to Cambria Savings building West Main St. He will be followed by partners George Faulkner and Bruce Nichol. Kimmel who turns 68 January 3 plans a vacation and undefined next steps. He and wife Estella M live on Somerset RD 6 and have four children and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
J. J. Kimmel
Nationwide Insurance Company
Kimmel
Cambria Savings
West Main St
George Faulkner
Jennerstown
Bruce Nichol
Estella M. Kimmel
RD 6
Mr. Kimmel
George
Lucille Schmidt
Grace E. Blair
Albany
N. Y
Virginia Cyphert
Cleveland
Ohio
Uniontown Approves 1959 Budget of 1 182 344
Uniontown council on Tuesday adopted a 1959 budget totaling 1 182 344 dollars, up 300 000 from 1958. The plan includes 250 000 for redevelopment projects and follows a tax-rate increase from 17 to 18.4 mills instituted earlier this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Council
Thor Rocket Blows Apart During Cape Launch Incident
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A Thor ballistic missile exploded shortly after liftoff the second such failure at the Cape within 11 hours The 65 foot rocket crashed back to earth 50 seconds after liftoff triggering range safety destruction The Polaris test rocket was also destroyed after 12 minutes of flight following a suspected success The two launches underscored a troubled IRBM program aiming for submarine based missiles by 1960
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Thor
Cape
Florida
Navy
Air Force
Douglas
Atlantic Ocean
GOP Liberals Challenge Conservatives in Senate leadership race
A small GOP insurgent group in Washington backs Sen. John Sherman Cooper for party floor leader and Sen. Thomas Kuchel for whip. They claim additional support but face slim odds as they push to unseat Everett Dirksen amid a split in the Republican ranks. The battle hinges on a secret ballot when Congress convenes January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Gop
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Sen
Thomas Kuchel
California
Senate
GOP
Congress
Aiken
Eisenhower
Nixon
House
Cooper
Kuchel
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Bulldozer theft warning near Streator Illinois
Sheriff cautions after Evans Construction Co employees report a 27 ton bulldozer stolen from an Early Iowa site. The $25 000 machine is hard to move and requires special flatbed trucks. police expect it to be found with effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator
Ill
Ray Butsey
la Salle County
Evans Construction Co
Early
Iowa
White House to Welcome Alaska as 49th State
President Eisenhower will sign the proclamation and unveil a new 49 star flag at the White House on Saturday. A 49th state ceremony marks Alaska joining the Union after congressional approval and August voter backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Alaska
Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Hawaii
Congress
Somerset Music Club to Stage Twelfth Night Bonfire
The Somerset Music Club will host a Community Twelfth Night celebration next Tuesday at 8:30 PM at Lake Somerset. The event blends ancient and modern customs to recall the Magi visit, with Rev. George E. Bowersox, Rev. Milton M. Rhodes, and Rev. Father Albert A. Gartland on the program. The ceremony features music from local church youth choirs, community singing, and a bonfire of Christmas trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche C. Floyd
Somerset Music Club
Lake Somerset
Somerset
George E. Bowersox
Milton M. Rhodes
Albert A. Gartland
Music Club
Ben Shoemaker
Charles D. Floyd
John F. Buelman
Russel Eisler
Albert Cage
Edward A. Specht
Valeria Coder
Vance Coleman
Donald Critchfield
Harry Keufman
FFA Honors WVSC Radio At Farm Show
The Future Farmers of America will award 14 organizations at its Jan. 14 annual meeting during the Pennsylvania State Farm Show. Five newspapers two radio stations three farm cooperatives and four other groups will be cited for coverage cooperation aid and demonstrations. Included are WVSC Somerset and WISR Butler radio stations and newspapers Berwick Enterprise Bellefonte Daily Times Danville News Gettysburg Times Reading Eagle State College-Berwick area papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Future Farmers of America
Pennsylvania
FFA
Farm Youth Organization
Berwick Enterprise
Berwick
Centre Daily Times
Bellefonte
State College
Danville News
Danville
Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg
Reading Eagle
Reading
WVSC
Somerset
WISR
Butler
Bedford Farm Bureau Cooperative Assn
Lewisburg
Lehigh Valley Cooperative
Allentown
Mercer County Bankers Assn
Brandywine Valley Assn
Wes Chester
Flory Milling Co
Bangor
George S. Godshark
David Mead
Meadville
Storm Trapped Thousands as Midwest Storm Moves In
Thousands of motorists left New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle as a major storm shifted into the Midwest. Snow and ice snarled highways from New Mexico to Missouri with up to four inches of snow and freezing rain forecast. Six people died in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, while Albuquerque faced a 15 inch snow event and widespread power outages affected 30 000 homes.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Midwest
Texas
Colorado
Denver
Tucumcari
U. S. 66
Clines Corners
U. S. 64
Change of Turnkeys at County Jail Somerset
Starting with the new year a turnover of jail guards at the Somerset county jail will take effect Bert Kiddner of Meyersdale will be replaced by Charlie Feutter of Somerset for six months they will alternate every half year Russel Younkin of Somerset remains on duty year round The trio work 3 PM to 8 AM alternating days with one covering Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday and the other Tuesday Thursday Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Bert Kiddner
Main Street
Meyersdale
Charlie Feutter
Somerset
Russel Younkin
Dulles Extends Vacation in Jamaica
Secretary of State Dulles has extended his vacation at an exclusive Montego Bay resort for two more days and plans to return to Washington on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulles
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Caribbean
Washington
Teachers Look In Post XMas School Pack
A $1.2 billion education package was opened for Pennsylvania teachers to inspect. The Pennsylvania State Education Assn committee proposed longer school terms and targeted attention for students off the average. salary ranges would rise from $900 to $2,000. The convention endorsed studying the plans and approved taking delinquent districts under state control and setting age eligibility for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Education Assn
Association
Rebels claim near victory in Batista Cuba crisis
Rebel radio says Batista overthrow near as Santa Clara battles intensify with thousands killed or wounded. Government forces push to hold Havana frontline while rebels claim strikes behind lines and uprisings in Oriente and Las Villas with towns like Trinidad and Cumanayagua reportedly affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fomento
Las Villas
Victor Bordon
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Fidel Castro
Havana
Fuglencio Batista
Batista
Santa Clara
Cuba
Carlos Manuel
Roberto Francisco
New York
Cumanayagua
Cienfuegos
Sancti Spiritus
Oriente
Autentico
Autenticos
Carlos Prior Socarras
Castro
Remedios
Niquero
Tilon
Trinidad
McKenna Named Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge
Gov appoints J Frank McKenna Jr of Pittsburgh to Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to fill the vacancy caused by the late Judge A Marshall Thompson. McKenna will serve until January 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
J. Frank McKenna, Jr
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
McKenna
A Marshall Thompson
Five Items Could Have Helped Sheppard Defense
Attorneys for Dr. Samuel Sheppard argued irregularities at his murder trial saying evidence was withheld. They cited a forced exterior door, a blood spot on a windowsill, a brown spotted man near the home, a 1951 model car seen near the scene, and blood type discrepancies on the victim's wristwatch. Photographs from the scene not shown at trial allegedly could have aided the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppards’ Bay Village
Sheppard
Marilyn
Ohio
New Boss of State Police Has High Aim
Frank G. McCartney, named by Gov elect David L. Lawrence as commissioner of the Pennsylvania state police, pledges to do a good job to the utmost of his ability. The 50 year old veteran, 6 foot 1 and 201 pounds, will take over January 20 and has served 21 years on the force. He previously led security for Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co and now serves as chief special investigator for the state justice department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansford
Pennsylvania
Frank G. McCartney
David L. Lawrence
McCartney
Pittsburgh
George M. Leader
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
Justice Department
State of the World to Be Ike's Subject
The White House broadened the State of the Union to include the state of the world. President Eisenhower will address Congress January 9 on national and international issues and outline major proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
ED Creagh
Gettysburg
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Congress
Hagerty
Wilton B. Persons
Malcom Moos
Capitol Hill
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Joe Lippincott
Ansell
Jack King
Liberals
George Aiken
Vermont
State Department of Public Instruction
G. Baker Thompson
By Larry Allen
Island Republic
Allegheny County
Sheppard Attorneys
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