Charter Members Honored by Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Rotary Club honored two living charter members Dr. I Hess Wagner and Charles J Harrison Jr at a Friday noon gathering at Somerset Country Club. The event featured a playful infernal machine mat and a tape recording of past speakers plus recognition certificates and paid dues for life. Newsboys delivered an extr a edition of Somerset Daily American with headlines and pictures while “Pressman's” hats added a festive touch.
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Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Country Club
I. Hess Wagner
Charles J. (Cappy) Harrison, Jr
James Bochy
John Beerus
Somerset Daily American
Rotary
J. Hess Wagner
Charles J
Cappy) Harrison, Jr
Ralph E. Barnett
John E. Reiley
Pensions Cut for Retired Miners to 75 Demands United Mine Workers
The United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund trustees announce pension payments for retired soft coal miners drop from 100 to 75 dollars monthly, effective with February checks. Over 65,600 retirees are affected. reductions stem from weak national economic conditions and lowered coal production royalties.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Fae Roduction
Discoverer XVII Satellite Burns Up In Earth Atmosphere
The Air Force's Discoverer XVII satellite burned up in earth's atmosphere Thursday, likely between its 720th and 725th revolutions. It was last seen at revolution 719 by a radar in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and could have been visible near Millstone Hill Radar Observatory in Westford, Massachusetts. The destruction leaves 34 objects in orbit, including 17 satellites. Discoverer XVII, launched November 12 from Vandenberg AFB, California.
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Hanscom Field
Mass
National Space Surveilance Control Center
Air Force
Prince Albert
Sask
Millstone Hill
Westford
United States
Rus Si
Seven-year-old girl killed by delivery truck wheels
In Johnstown Pa a seven-year-old girl Sherry Lynn Levergood daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Levergood was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital after being crushed by the left rear wheels of a delivery truck. Police say she died instantly of a broken neck after coasting from Plummer Alley onto Robb Avenue. The truck driver Carl Gillin 50 of Mundys Corner reported hearing a thud and discovering the girl.
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Johnstown
Sherry Lynn Levergood
Warren Levergood
Memorial Hospital
Plummer Alley
Robb Avenue
Carl Gillin
Mundys Corner
Haile Selassie Faces Cabinet Crisis Amid Disagreements
In Addis Ababa Emperor Haile Selassie struggles to rebuild a cabinet after a failed coup. Debates split between promoting younger, capable administrators and sticking to a traditional circle of elder landowners and officials. The young rebels had demanded more inclusion, a point the emperor may be contending with as he weighs changes.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Old Guard
Practical Nurses to Meeting Tuesday Eve
Due to New Year observance the Somerset Licenses Practical Nurses will not meet at the VFW hall. They will report to the hall Tuesday evening at 7 30 for important business matters.
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Somerset Licenses
VFW
Elizabeth II honors 2200 Britons including space spy Lovell
Queen Elizabeth II Knighted 2200 Britons in the Royal New Year's Honors List. Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell, 47, director of the Jodrell Bank station, was named knight bachelor for his work in radio astronomy and tracking satellites. He leads the giant telescope that has traced satellite flights and bounced signals from the moon.
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London
England
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell
Jodrel Bank
Lovell
Youth Hospitalized After Skiing Accident
Allison Park resident Lee D. Behorst, 19, was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital about 6 p m Friday with a possible fractured right leg. He is listed in fair condition after a skiing accident. X rays to determine exact injuries were to be taken Saturday morning.
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Allison Park
Somerset Community Hospitel
Lee D. Behorst
Bloody East West Showdown in Laos Predicted
AP dispatch from Hong Kong reports Laos facing a potential clash between East and West as Laotians fight among themselves while big powers determine the outcome. Premier Boun Oum cites big power restraint and anti Communist stance as US and Russia vie for influence amid renewed fighting in Vientiane.
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Roy Elsoyan
Hong Kong
Laos
Vientiane
Boun Oum
Russia
United States
Prince Souvanna Phou
Mobutu Rules Out Invasion of Kivu Province
Col Joseph Mobutu's pro Western regime ruled out immediate invasion of rebel Kivu Province. Defense commissioner Frederic Kasadi said psychological methods would precede military action. Emissaries were sent to Bukavu to contact rebel commanders as U.N. bans on direct aid loom. Mobutu planned to entrust the situation to paratroopers only if conciliation fails.
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Michael Goldsmith Leopoldvile
the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Kivu
Frederic Kasadi
Mobutu
Bukavu
Kasadi
Ruanda- Urundi
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Wouluabourg
Kasavubu
Leopoldville
Save That Tree Christmas Bonfire Promises Spectacle
The Somerset Music Club sponsors a Twelfth Night ceremony at Lake Somerset on Friday January 6 featuring a large bonfire of Christmas trees and a musical program. The Somerset Kiwanis Club will collect trees and form them into a stack to be lit with a torch to start the event.
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Lake Somerset
Somerset Music Club
Somerset Kiwanis Club
Seven Vietnamese battalions invade northeast Laos border region
Premier Boun Oum's government in Vientiane reports seven North Vietnamese battalions attacked the Xiengkhouang border town Nonget in northeast Laos aided by artillery. The premier's office warns Laos will defend its territory but seeks to avoid international conflict. Reinforcements have been rushed to Xiengkhouang Province as Hanoi denies the invasion.
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Rene Georges-Magari
Vientiane
Laos
Prince Boun Oum
Nonget
Radio
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Xiengkhouang
Luang Prabang
Vinh
Xieng Khouang
New Mexico Crash Kills Seven On Rain Slick Highway
A two car crash 10 miles west of Alamogordo New Mexico killed seven and injured three as New Years weekend began. Victims were unidentified. Safety officials urged caution and placed police on alert during the holiday period.
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New Mexico
Alamogordo
National
National Safety Council
Mounted Police Clash With 3000 in Brussels Strike
In Brussels on the 11th day of a general strike, mounted police and about 3,000 demonstrators clashed, marking the deadliest day yet and prompting Premier Eyskens to blame Communists for the upheaval. King Baudouin intervened, summoning Socialist leader Leo Collard to help resolve the crisis.
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Eddy Gilmore
Brussels
Belgium
Gaston Eyskens
Congo
Baudouin
Leo Collard
Socialist Party
Spain
Bel
Gium
Sabena Airlines
Sabena
Brussels Grand Place
Landowners barred from using voting to oust sharecroppers
Federal courts in Cincinnati and Memphis ruled that west Tennessee landowners cannot use voting rights as a pretext to discharge negro sharecroppers. The rulings demand proof that voting rights are unrelated to evictions, with hearings set for January and a see also note on property and contract rights.
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Memphis
Harriman Named Ambassador at Large by Kennedy
President elect John F Kennedy named Averell Harriman as ambassador at large for important special missions abroad. The appointment follows Kennedy’s push to form a domestic farm crisis conference in New York City on Jan. 5 with Gov. Orville Freeman and farm leaders. Harriman will be flexible and not a routine envoy, serving with the president and secretary of state.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Averell Harriman
Kennedy
New York City
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Palm Beach Country Club
Harriman
United States
Polio Film Aired On Local TV Telecast
Robert Romesburg leader of the Somerset county NF chapter urges watching What About Linda a polio tale. The hour long film airs Sunday at 1 pm on WTAE Channel 4 and January 8 at 1 30 pm on WIIC Channel 11.
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Robert Romesburg
Somerset County
The
National Foundation
National Unit
Linda
WTAE
Channel 4
WIIC
Channel 11
Romesburg
Eviction orders blocked as black sharecroppers cheer ruling
In Somerville Tennessee displaced negroes in a tent village hailed a federal court injunction that blocks evictions in Haywood county and may affect 400 negro sharecroppers in Fayette county. The six circuit court ruling bars actions tied to alleged voting rights interference under the Civil Rights Act.
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Somerville
Tenn
Here
Haywood County
Justice Department
Cincinnati
6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ohio
U.S. Dist
Marion S. Boyd
Memphis
Chicago
South
James Forman
Fire Destroys Central City Apartment House
A four family rental in Central City burned in the early hours Friday, rendering the Jerome Thomas Hardware building former site a total loss. Ten residents, all elderly, were evacuated by volunteer firefighters with no injuries reported. Cause undetermined as firemen worked to contain the blaze to the single structure.
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Central City
Andy Schanko
Schanko
Jerome Thomas Hardware Store
Ritten Carr
Polio Drive Set to Open in Somerset County
Somerset County announces the 1961 National Foundation polio fund drive led by general chair Walter Oehling. Communities will form work areas with appointed chairmen as the chapter seeks donations to sustain therapy, massage, and iron lung care for afflicted children and adults.
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Somerset County
National Foundation
Walter Oehling
Somerset
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth
Roy Essoyan
China
Japan
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U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Fayette County
Fayette
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