Aptograff Mfg Seeks Workers Amid Swamped C of C Office
Somerset residents pressed for jobs as interviews started early Tuesday at the Somerset Chamber of Commerce for applicants seeking positions with Aptograff Manufacturing. Despite heavy rain, both men and women lined up for opportunities and interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptograff Company
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Robert Kline
Sec
Retary
Chamber of Commerce
Lippincott
Aptograff Mfg. Co
Jennie May
Somerset County
Uptegraff Company
Somerset unit redesignated as armor battalion and new tank crew
As of June 1, Somerset's Company C of the 110th Infantry was redesignated as Company C of the Second Medium Tank Battalion, 103d Armor. Lt. Dale R. Cramer will command the unit, with plans to receive tanks soon. The Somerset armory meeting reorganized personnel into a tank company with headquarters, three tank platoons, and new training schedules. A new enlistee, Richard Marvin Cunningham, 21, Meyersdale RD 4, joined the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
110Th Infantry
103D Armor
Dale R. Cramer
New Centerville
Union
Claude L. Brant
Cramer
Somerset Armory
Charles K. Criste
Bob D. Onstead
James W. Kimmel
Tank Company
Tank
Kimmel
Richard Marvin
Cunning Hore
Meyersdale
RD 4
Uptegraff to Erect Large Plant on Moore Lot in Somerset
Uptegraff Manufacturing prepares a 43000 square foot concrete block steel frame plant on 8 acre Moore tract on Cherry Lane Somerset with 4000 office space. Groundbreaking occurred March 6 led by Luther Shanks and Anthony Anodide. Operations begin late July with 40 staff rising to 75 by year end. Company owns Scotsdale facility employing 200. Bartram Dilkes Jr named Somerset plant manager. Parking for 100 cars and skylight lighting planned. plant makes electrical transformers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptegraff Manufacturing Company
Moore
Cherry Lane
Scottdale
Somerset
Robert Kline
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Luther Shanks
Somerset Area Development Association
Anthony Anodide
Roy Uptegraff, Jr
West Virginia
Bartram Dilkes, Jr
Terre Alta
W. Va
Labor Groups Seek Delay in Blue Cross Rate Hearing
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and State CIO Council asked for a postponement of hearings on Blue Cross rate hikes, then withdrew amid Blue Cross opposition. Four Pennsylvania plans seek average increases over 30 percent. officials warn delay could jeopardize the central plan. Commissioner Smith sought a June 15 ruling, warning delay could harm Blue Cross. Michael Johnson withdrew the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lynch
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Blue Cross
Eset
Michael Johnson
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and
State Cio Council
Francis R. Smith
Capital Hospital Service
Central Pennsylvania
Smith
Boy 16 gets life term for double murder in Omaha
William Leslie Arnold, 16, received a life prison sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of second degree murder for killing his parents, William and Opal Arnold, following an argument over the family car. He led police to the lilac bush spot where they were buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
William Leslie Arnold
John J. Hanley
Arnold
William and
Opal Arnold
Gromyko pressing new West Berlin demand at Geneva
In Geneva Andrei Gromyko urged turning West Berlin into a free city with two options: Western troops stay with Russian troops, or neutral forces replace them. He framed the plan as a compromise but insisted on ending Western occupation rights in the city.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Foreign Ministers
Kremlin
Reich
Boy of 12 Shot To Death by Brother in Edgewood Home
Pittsburgh report says 12-year-old Danny Koenig died from a forehead wound in a second floor room before a 14-year-old brother Stephen, who was handling a .38 Colt revolver, and police call the death an accident. A maid heard nothing. the father Dr. Arthur Koenig was notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Edgewood
Danny Koenig
Danny
Stephen
Lucy Baumgardner
Arthur R. Koenig
Florida
Canada to supply 25 Beechcraft Expeditor planes to France Portugal
Royal Canadian Air Force officials said Canada would turn over 25 Beechcraft Expeditor transport planes to France and Portugal soon under a mutual aid program. The aircraft, to be delivered to Marville Air Station, will see France receive 19 and Portugal 6 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brench
Violence Dots Latin America Map Again
Violence spreads across Latin America as unrest hits Nicaragua Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras and Argentina Brazil. Government forces clash with rebels in Nicaragua exiles report fighting while Cuba blamed plots threaten Guatemala and strike actions disrupt Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro port crews and government lines.
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Latin America
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Luis Somoza
Enrique Lacayo Farfan
Somoza
Guatemala
Central America
Cuba
Honduras
South America
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
OAS Council Sets Emergency Session on Nicaragua Attack
The Organization of American States plans an emergency meeting at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time Wednesday after an airborne attack on Nicaragua. The session was called by Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa. U.S. officials say Washington has not received a aid request. Diplomatic sources say the council awaits Sevilla-Sacasa’s signal before discussing the flare up in Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sevilla-Sacasa
GOP and Rebel Democrats Defeat Three Tax Bills in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on Tuesday Republicans and a group of Democratic rebels blocked three tax bills aimed at raising 115 million dollars for 1959-61. Bank shares and personal property levies failed 104-101 with two Democrats joining Republicans. beer and liquor tax failed 111-94 with 13 Democrats voting no. House leaders warned no further attempts to push the measures, while a budgeting study was awaited before any of 210 million dollars in taxes could be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Frank M. O'Neil
Clearfield
John F. Stank
Northumberland
House
Albert E. Strausser
Columbia
Stephen McCann
GOP
Albert W. Johnson
McCann
Johnson
Siamese Twins Separated in Munich Operation
Doctors in Munich successfully separated month old Siamese twin sisters Pia and Bettina Hief who were joined at the breast. The procedure announced Tuesday marks a rare coordinated surgery for such young patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaufbeuren
Germany
Pia
Bettina Hief
Munich
U S Clubwomen Urge Action Against Filth Merchants
Los Angeles report says unscrupulous racketeers mail obscene literature and films to youths in a half billion dollar business. Chloe Gifford, president, warns the campaign to stamp out the illicit trade as teen targets rise. She cites mailings to children via mailing lists and fake fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U. S
Chloe Gifford
General Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation of Women's Clubs, Miss Gifford, of Lexington, Ky
Washington, D.C
Federation
United States
Post Office Department
Banks Boost Backups as Brinks Strike Looms
Pittsburgh police will escort money carrying vehicles only if public safety requires it while Brinks guards and drivers threaten a Wednesday strike. Local 249 Teamsters want crew-size reductions under a stalled contract. the union contract expired May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Brinks, Inc
James W. Slusser
Teamsters Union
Brinks
Rountree Named U S Envoy to Pakistan
President Eisenhower nominated William M. Rountree, then assistant secretary of state, to be ambassador to Pakistan. G. Lewis Jones was chosen to succeed Rountree as ambassador to Tunisia and move into the state department post.
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Eisenhower
William M. Rountree
Pakistan
G. Lewis Jones
Tunisia
Rountree
State Department
Parimutuel Bill Back to Committee in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania House returned a plan for a horse racing referendum to the Rules Committee by a 113 to 76 vote. Rep. Albert W. Johnson said the move signals the referendum unlikely to pass in the 1959 Legislature.
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Harrisburg
House
Pennsylvania
House Rules Committee
Albert W. Johnson
Gov Lawrence Signs Bills In Numbers
Harrisburg reports Gov Lawrence signed two laws to clean up existing rules for state and public school employees retirement systems and to reduce conflicting interpretations. He also signed bills extending the Insurance Unfair Practices Act to television, amending unlawful advertising of insurance, and allowing school districts to invest funds in insured U S treasury bills or insured savings and share accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Lawrence
U. S. Treasury
Tragic propane truck blast kills 11 on Route 122
Flames from a exploding propane gas truck on Route 122 near Schuylkill Haven killed 11 and injured at least 15 as about 30 spectators watched from 300 feet away. One victim was a fireman. Troopers Klinger and Clouser described the scene and explosion.
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Schuylhill Haven
Klinger and
Clouser
Schuylkill Haven
Schuylkill County
Redchurch
Klinger
Melvin Clouser
Robert Kosolsky
Port Carbo
Blue Mountain
Kosolsky
Koslosky
Anthony Tranquillo
Pottsville
Walter Schwenk
Auburn
Earl Klinger
See GOV. LAWRENCE on Page Two
See EXPLODING GAS on Page 2
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Gov. Lawrence
Explosion-Torn Bodies Shock Pottsville Teacher Survivor Speaks
Pottsville area teacher Robert Kosolsky, 26, hospitalized after a propane truck explosion killed 11 and wounded at least 15. He described seeing bodies strewn along the highway and recalled a milkman killed nearby as others aided by state police.
One Year Contract Freeze Aims to Protect Steel Jobs
UPI reports R Conrad Cooper of U S Steel defends a one year contract freeze as the only logical way to protect about 170000 steel workers jobs. He cites spiraling wages and loss of favorable trade position while McDonald challenges pricing policies and urges market competitiveness. Negotiations remain deadlocked with the three year pact due to expire June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McDonald
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel Corp
Cooper
Governor Earl Long Held in Protective Custody in Texas
A Texas judge ordered Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long held in protective custody at John Sealy Hospital for 90 days for observation and treatment due to mental and physical illness. Dr. Titus Harris, a psychiatrist, labels him mentally ill and likely to injure himself or others. Long, 63, was flown to Galveston for care. hearing to determine commitment must occur within 14 days.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Arthur Long
Baton Rouge
Titus Harris
Hugh Gibson
Long
John Sealy Hospital
Texas
Harris
Ships to Watch Queen Elizabets Canada Air Route
Ottawa reports ships of the Canadian and British navies will maintain a constant watch along the air route for Queen Elizabeth’s June 18 flight to Canada. The move signals high security for the royal visit.
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Queen Ottawa
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Canadian Defense Department
Two Friedens Men Injured in Ridge Road Crash
Two Friedens men were injured in a two car crash Tuesday at 4 45 p m on Legislative Route 55031 Ridge Road five miles south of Somerset Willis Eisner 30 was taken to Somerset Community hospital with a possible head injury Junior Eisner 26 suffered a lacerated left arm and abrasions treated and released Henry L Fieg 16 Friedens R D 2 operated the striking car and Lloyd P Long 52 Berlin R D 2 drove the other damaged vehicles totaling 375 dollars in damage
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Friedens
Ridge Road
Somerset
Willis Eisner
Somerset Community Hospital
Junior Eisner
Henry L. Fieg
R. D
Fieg
Lloyd P. Long
Berlin
Long
Shaffer Jailed for Disorderly Conduct
James Shaffer of Somerset was jailed for disorderly conduct on Tuesday and released after paying a fine. Fred Karla of Boswell RD 2 was jailed the same day for assault and battery and released by Justice H S Whipperman. Andrew Fotta of Quecreek was jailed late Monday and released on bond facing disorderly conduct charges.
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James Shaffer
Somerset
Somerset County
Fred Karla
Boswell
RD 2
Karla
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Andrew Fotta
Quecreek
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Armor
Gromyko
W. Berlin
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Associated Press
OAS
GOP & Rebel
Democrats
Bills
U.S
Philadelphia
Walter Williams
Hospital
By Jim Bowman
Shaffer
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