Tito Urges All Nations Summit for Disarmament
Yugoslavia's President Tito urged a high level disarmament conference of small and large nations as the New Year message called for peaceful coexistence. He criticized NATO's Paris decisions and urged a broad summit beyond foreign ministers to avert bloc warfare.
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Boris Boskovic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
NATO
Paris
Bloes
Communist Party
Nikita Khrush
Chev
Russia
Khrushchev
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
Andrei Gromykov
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Middle East
Africa
Indonesia
Aegard
Japan
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Klementi Voroshilov
Kremlin
Strike Threat In New York Is Broken Up
New York end to a potential subway and bus strike with a two year wage pact. TWU and Transit Authority announce a 32 cent hourly package for 32,700 subway and bus workers plus 25 cent raise over two years. Private lines covered with 18 to 24 cent increases for 8,200 workers. Ratification pending. MBA challenging adequacy of subway pay.
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New York
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Transit Authority
Westchester County
Theodore Loos
Motormen’s Benevolent Assa
MBA
Loos
Subway
TWU
Week of Prayer Opens Sunday Evening in Somerset
The Week of Prayer begins Sunday evening at First Christian Church with Rev. J F Messenger pastor. Rev. John B Ellis of Johns town will speak during the week on the theme Lord Teach Us to Pray. Services move to a different church nightly, closing at the Church of the Brethren, sponsored by the Somerset Ministerial Association.
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Somerset
First Christian
J. F. Messenger
John B. Ellis
Johnstown
Church of the Brethren
Rain And Snow Predicted For Today And Thursday
The weatherman forecasts rain mixed with snow today and Thursday with temperatures in the low thirties dropping to the mid teens by evening. Intermittent precipitation expected and county roads rated fair. Cinder trucks have salted highways. motorists should reduce speeds to match conditions.
Iraq Plans $700000 Aid for Algerian Rebels
Finance Minister Nadim Alpachachi says Iraq will appropriate 700000 dollars for Algerian rebels in their war against France. The aid will be included in the budget to Parliament this week.
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Baghdad
Nadim Alpachachi
Iraq
New Years Quietly Welcomed In Roof Garden
Residents in the Roof Garden mark New Year with quiet celebrations and resolutions. The governor theater hosts a matinee for 425 children and 35 adults while shops and banks close for stocktaking and reflection. The community notes safety from floods and embraces a peaceful start to the year.
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Governor Theatre
Garrett youth jailed for stealing beer
A Garrett youth was jailed in Somerset County jail late Tuesday charged with theft of beer from the Garrett fire hall. He reportedly took the goods to Garrett Hunting Camp where it was believed he consumed them. The juvenile was apprehended by Sheriff Norman F. Walker and state police.
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Garrett
Somerset County
Norman F. Walker
Hooversville Man Jailed and Somerset Man Released
Richard Rolen of Hooversville was remanded to Somerset County Jail Tuesday on a charge of pointing a deadly weapon. Jack Christner of Somerset was released on bond after Monday arrest on a false pretense charge.
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Hooversville
Christner
Somerset County
Richard Rolen
Jack Christner
Somerset
Wilson says U.S. equal of Russia would win war
Former Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told a Detroit audience that the United States could prevail in war if matched against Russia today. He blamed budget cuts and Congress for reduced defense funding while noting Soviet space advances reflect progress, not peril.
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Wilson
U.S
Russia
Detroit
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Defense Department
United States
Birmingham
Eisenhower
Wison
Hill District Husband Wounds Wife Then Is Shot
Pittsburgh police report Theopolis Wilson 84 shot his wife Louise 31 six times tonight in the Hill District. He was fired at by a policeman and wounded himself. Louise is in serious condition at Passavant hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Hill District
Theopolis Wilson
Mercy Hospital
Louise
Passavant Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Sylvania Electric Co
Kennewick
Wash
O. C. Lincoln
Irene Cora Kilbourne
Bruce
Larry
Washington
National Society of Professional Engineers
Snowstorm and Cold Wave Hit Midwest on New Year's Eve
A widespread snowstorm and cold wave swept the Midwest on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow from Kansas and Missouri northeast to Illinois and southern Michigan. Treacherous highways disrupted New Year’s Eve revelers as freezing rain left an icy undercoat. Snow depth reached five inches in parts of northern Illinois and Wisconsin and seven inches further south.
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Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
March of Dimes Opens Drive in Somerset County
Twenty thousand letter appeals mail today launching the polio drive led by Robert E. Romesburg. Somerset chapter chairpersons include Charles Coffroth and Mrs Betty Houser with Mothers March head Mrs Clarence Tennent. The chapter reports 23 polio cases last year and $23,000 spent, aided by $7,000 from the national foundation. Activities include Peanuts for Polio Coffee Day and Blue Crutch Day during January 1 to 31.
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Robert E. Romesburg
West Main Street
Somerset
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Charles Coffroth
Betty Houser
Plank Road
Clarence Tennent
Two Days Offer Sharp Contract At New Year's
The article contrasts New Year's Eve merriment with New Year's Day sobriety noting how party excess leads to a sober turn of mind. It discusses aging, resolutions, and the solitary tone of New Year's Day as a time for serious reflection.
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Traie
Russian Press Sets Tone for 1958 Amid Global New Year Toasts
Soviet and Western leaders greeted 1958 with public messages and banter as governments urged peace and restraint. crowds in Times Square saw 696 police on duty while celebrations and high prices marked New Year in many nations.
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New York City
Times Square
New Premier For Israel Being Sought
In Jerusalem President Izhak Ben-Zvi seeks a new government after David Ben-Gurion resigns amid leftist row over national security. Ben-Gurion remains caretaker as he cites leaks by two Labor ministers harming security and standing.
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Israel
Jerusalem
Izhak Ben-Zvi
David Ben-Gurion
Knesset
Ben-Gurion
Mapai Socialist
Ben-Zvi
Abduth Avodah
West Germany
Eisenhower Sees Record Peacetime Budget On Horizon
President Eisenhower nears a record peacetime budget likely around 74 billion dollars for fiscal 1959 with no tax changes. Defense spending remains a focus to meet Soviet space age challenge, balance expected with a possible small surplus by June 1959, while State of the Union will stress national security and foreign policy. The budget message goes to Congress January 13 and Cabinet discussions plus a dinner at Gettysburg wrap the day.
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United States
Eisenhower
Gettysburg Pa
Gettysburg
Congress
Russia
White House
James C. Hagerty
Percival Brundage
James R. Kiklian Jr
Science and Technology
Defense McElroy
Washington
Hagerty
Peron
Two Car Collisions Hit Routes 30 53 Injuries None
State police reported two wrecks near Somerset. At Routes 30 and 219, Paul M. Farris and Paul E. Birt collided after a stop sign violation, with $1300 damage and Farris fined. On Route 53 south of Somerset, Kay M. Dugan and Margaret E. Zeigler caused $500 damage with no injuries.
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Paul M. Farris
R. D. Keyser
W. Va
Paul E. Birt
Farris
Costa
Somerset
Kay M. Dugan
R. D
Margaret E. Zeigler
Zeigler
Dugan
Court House Closed for New Year Holiday
Somerset county court house personnel will enjoy a holiday today Wednesday in observance of New Year's Day. The court house will reopen Thursday at 8 30 a.m.
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Somerset County
Somerset County Court House
Court House
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