Police Chief Wagner Ends Duty Line After 50 Years
Somerset honors Lester G. Wagner as borough police chief after a 50 year career beginning in 1904 as county deputy sheriff. At 75, he is noted as the oldest Pennsylvania chief and plans retirement with outdoors hobbies and a retirement fund set by the Borough Council. Likely successor is Fred S. Pyle.
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Wagner
Somerset
Borough
Lester G. Wagner
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Fred S. Pyle
Burgess Homer W. Hay
Zellem
Britain Escalates Trade With China Stirring Cold War Tensions
Washington sources report Britain will relax China trade barriers to Russia level. Senate leaders, Knowland and Johnson, weigh politically on potential shifts including Hong Kong’s fate. Japan offers mediation while U S officials seek cautious response ahead of talks with Eisenhower and Dulles.
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Washington
Britain
China
Knowland
California
Senate
Hong Kong
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Bermuda
State Department
Congress
U. S
Russia
Japan
White House
James C. Hagerty
Nobusuke Kishi
Eisenhower
Dulles
Friedens Woman Victim of Hit and Run
State police investigate a hit and run in Friedens involving a R D 1 woman driving on a legislative route near Jenner Crossroads. Alice M. Fritz reported her car was struck from the rear by an Ohio car that fled the scene. Damage estimated at 150 dollars.
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Friedens
R. D
Alice M. Fritz
Ohio
Jenner Crossroads
Fritz
Three Garrett Men Jailed After Road Brawl
Three Garrett men Marvin Donaldson Harold Donaldson and Donald Hostetler were jailed briefly after a Thursday night brawl on Route 219 with two Rockwood men. They faced aggravated assault and battery charges and were released on bond for a Meyersdale Justice of the Peace hearing.
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Garrett
Route 219
Marvin Donaldson
Harold Donaldson
Donald Burkeholder
Norman F. Walker
Rockwood
Garrett and Meyersdale. the Sheriff's Office
James Ansell
John Henry
Donald Hostetler
Meyersdale
Justice of the Peace
Mark Swanhart
Escapees From Lycoming County Prison Sentenced
Three men from Williamsport and Lock Haven were sentenced in Somerset County Court for car theft and attempted burglary tied to the Lycoming County prison escape. John Kissel James Dunn and Robert Lynch received three years probation restitution and costs after pleading guilty to the Ferretton service station burglary and Hurst car theft. The trio had escaped Lycoming County Prison the previous Saturday by scaling the wall and were recaptured by state police early Tuesday. They will be returned to Lycoming County authorities Saturday.
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Somerset County
Lycoming County
John C. Kissel
Lock Haven
James H. Dunn
Robert Lynch
Williamsport
Thomas F. Lansberry
Gohn
Ferrelton
Joseph Hurst
Jenner
Lycoming
Norman F. Walker
Dunn
Friedens Pair Plead Guilty in Local Burglary Case
Junior Eisner aged 24 and Richard Ramp 17 pleaded guilty to burglary larceny and receiving stolen property at a preliminary hearing before Squire H S Whipperman. They were remanded to Somerset county jail to await sentence after being linked to a Friedens grocery burglary that yielded canned goods and soft drinks.
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Friedens
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Junior Eisner
Richard Ramp
Somerset County
Eisner
Ramp
Lorber and Barchey
Hong Kong Sees 25-Year-Old Prodigy Painter
Red China reports a 25-year-old prodigy with a mature touch. Peiping radio praises Tan Shiao-yen of Dairen for producing 800 pictures in a year, mostly bamboo in traditional Chinese style, predicting a great future.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping Radio
Tan Shiao-yen
Dairen
Senate group seeks tougher laws to curb lobbying
A bipartisan Senate panel proposes new acts to curb lobbying and require full publicity for political activity. The Legislative Activities Disclosure Act and Political Activities Disclosure Act would make certain forged communications to Congress a felony and push for greater exposure of influencing efforts. The plan also tweaks campaign finance rules, but faces uncertain action this session.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen. McClellan
Cairnbrook Man Jailed on Burglary Charge
James Mains aged 19 of Cairnbrook was lodged in Somerset county jail Friday on burglary charges. Police say he entered a mine owned by Walter W. Wilusz in Cairnbrook. the charge was filed by Cairnbrook Justice Sam Huston.
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James Mains
Cairnbrook
Somerset County
Walter W. Wilusz
Justice of the Peace
Sam Huston
Pittsburgh industrialist Walter Ecker dies at 61
Walter H. Ecker 61 a Pittsburgh industrialist and civic leader died at his home He founded Terminal Coal and Coke Co and led war bond drives in World War II He also served as regional payroll savings director for a 19 county western Pennsylvania area.
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Pittsburgh
Walter H. Ecker
Terminal Coal & Coke Co
Ecker
Dauphin Jury Indicts 25 in Turnpike Case
A Dauphin county grand jury indicted 25 people in a six month probe into the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The charges include conspiracy, bribery, perjury, and improper work on private property. Evans Torrance and McSorley face earlier conspiracy charges. next steps target September trials and fall court dates.
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Dauphin
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Commission
Thomas J. Evans
Coaldale
James F. Torrance
Export
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Evans
Torrance
Dowling
Communist Warship Engaged By Nationalist Patrol
A 1500 ton Communist warship was heavily engaged by a Nationalist patrol vessel southwest of Quemoy at Daks. This marks the first naval clash since March 27 when Nationalist warships sank two Communist gunboats and damaged another off Matsu.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Daks
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Matsu
Survived 19 Days On Mountain Heads Home
Mrs Dorothy Lemasurier 46 left Rawlins Wyoming by ambulance and air to Duluth after a 19 day siege on Ferris mountain. Her husband Dalton 47 died from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage after a May 11 light plane crash.
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Casper
Wyo
Dorothy Lemasurier
Wyoming
Minnesota National Guard
Duluth, Minn
Lemasurier
Dalton
Duluth
Minn
Massacre in Algeria Stirs French Alarm and Unclear Motive
Barefooted Moslem women described a village slaughter 80 miles southeast of Algiers in which rebels killed hundreds of men and older boys. French officials put the toll at 302 with 35 mutilations, while unofficial counts rose to 500. France mounted a large counteroperation as tensions with Tunisia flared after a clash near Souk-el-Arba.
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Algiers
Algeria
MNA
National Liberation Front Fln
Tunisia
Tunisian
Souk-el- Arba
Bechir Ben Yahmed
Tunis
New York Crusade Passes 10000 Decisions for Christ
Billy Graham's New York crusade reached 10 739 decisions for Christ in 17 nights as 749 people moved at the close of tonight's service at Madison Square Garden. A near capacity 18300 attended and 300000 have joined the effort. Live ABC-TV coverage is planned for tomorrow night with further Saturdays planned.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
Abc-Tv
ABC
Los Angeles
Toronto
Miami
Kingdom of God
Tomorry
Christ
Miller Convicted of Contempt in Un-American Inquiry
Playwright Arthur Miller was found guilty of contempt of Congress by U.S. District Judge Charles McLaughlin after a six day trial. Miller refused to name Communist writers before the House Committee on Un-American Activities while noting his conscience. He faces up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine and remains free on bond.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
U.S
Charles McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
New York
New York City
Congress
Waler
D-Pa
Miler
Four Building Permits Issued In May In Somerset Borough
The Somerset borough office issued four building permits in May. Mary Ellen Johnson received a permit for a one car garage at 619 North Center Avenue in district R-2. The Manufacturers Light and Heat Co. was approved for an office and display building on West Union Street in district B. William R. Lloyd got a permit for a dwelling and a two car garage on Cannell Drive in district M. Dr E O Haupt Jr. was granted a permit for a doctor's office on South Center Avenue in district 32.
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Somerset
Mary Ellen Johnson
North Center Avenue
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
West Union Street
William R. Lloyd
M. Cannell Drive
Drs E. O. Haupt, Jr
South Center Avenue
Somerset youngsters may win prize tag day event
Somerset county unit of the American Cancer Society sponsors a tag day Saturday to support its fund drive. Boys and girls from second grade and older compete for a portable radio and other cash prizes announced by organizers.
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Somerset County
American Cancer Society
Fiiad
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Conneauville
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