Bulganin urges Big Three to cut forces in Germany
Russian Premier Bulganin in a public letter to President Eisenhower urged the United States Britain and France to reduce their armed forces in Germany as a starting step toward broader disarmament. He cited Russia's May 14 plan to cut 1,200,000 troops and proposed a joint move by the Big Four, with a longer aim to pull all foreign forces from German soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Washington
Balganin
United States
Bulganin
White House
United Nation
East Germany
England
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
New York City
Transit Authority ends year with ten million surplus
New York transit authority closes its fiscal year June 30 with a surplus of 10 million dollars. Chairman Charles Patterson argues a fare cut of 15 cents is needed to support planned service improvements and attract riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Transit
New York
New York Transit Authority
Charles Patterson
Big Swedish Welcome For Elizabeth II
Swedes greeted Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Stockholm with crowd scenes and a royal parade. The Britannia docked amid fog and a storm threat, while 50,000 onshore and 250,000 along the streets watched a state visit kickoff, with heavy security and no incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Britannnia
Edward VIII
Gustaf Adolf
Scotland Yard
Grantsville Man Arrested Hauling Illegal Booze
A Maryland man Neil C. Yommer 35 of Grantsville was arrested near Addison and charged with illegally transporting and possessing untaxed liquor. He posted 1000 bond and waived a hearing before Justice H S Whipperman. Eight fifth gallons were seized from his refrigerated truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Addison
Neil C. Yommer
Grantsville
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Somerset
Yommer
Pennsylvania
Altoona
State Liquor Control Board
State Highway Department
Harry F. Sweitzer
Sweitzer
C. J. Harrison
Carl J. Chapman
Central City
Chapman
Petroleum Stocks Down in Week, Bureau Reports
The Bureau of Mines reports domestic and foreign crude petroleum stocks totaled 275,693,000 barrels on June 2, down 2,448,000 from the prior week. Domestic crude fell 583,000 barrels and foreign crude dropped 1,860,000. Daily production averaged 7,037,000 barrels, down 34,000, while runs to stills averaged 8,072,000, up 275,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Big Buying Tour In Somerset Goes Astray For Ohio Man
An Ohio man identified as Walter M. Crosley visited Somerset to buy vast items using a possibly worthless check. He bought $68.40 worth of goods at Sun Drug Store, handed a $74.74 check, planned to buy Buicks and an airplane, and left without leaving an address after a bank found no funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Ohio
Walter M. Crosley
Sun Drug Store
Crosley
Akron
Roberts Buick, Inc
Lions Club Meeting Debates Camp for Delinquents Plan
Somerset Lions club dinner at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church spotlights opposing a proposed state camp for delinquent boys in Laurel Hill state park. Laurel Hill residents and Lions club push petitions to welfare and legislators, warning of local harms and seeking broader opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Lions Club
St. Paul's
Walter Oehhling
West Union Street
Florida
Lloyd Barnett
Paul Harold
Laurel Hill
State Department of Welfare
General Assembly
Lions Club of
Department of Welfare
Somerset County
Laurel Hill State Park
Miss Kilgallen's Son Missing Becomes Found
Dorothy Kilgallen and her husband Richard Kollmar report their 14 year old son Dick Kollmar Jr returned home after a missing person alert covered 14 states. He had been missing since 8:30 a m yesterday and police were informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dick Kollmar, Jr
Dorothy Kilgallen
Miss Kilgallen
Richard Kollmar
Somerset Dance at Country Club Saturday Evening
Somerset Graduate Nurses Association sponsors a June dance at the Somerset Country Club on Saturday June 16 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The event features the Johnny Douglas Orchestra with a donation of 1.50 per person. Ensure entry with proper attire and invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset, Country Club
Johnny Douglas Orchestra
House Votes To Cut More Than Billion From Foreign Aid
The House tentatively voted for a 3.8 billion dollar foreign aid bill, cutting over a billion from Eisenhower's request. Yugoslavia remained in the program after amendments, with continued debate expected in the Senate. The administration hoped to restore some of the cut funds.
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House
Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Tito
Kelly
United
Harrison Williams
Congress
Rep
Feighan
Ohio
Frantise E. Dorn
R-Ny
Rep. Richards
DSC
Foreign Affairs Comittee
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Peck Keeps Busy Arrests by Somerset Constable
Constable E D Peck, filling in for vacationing officers, rounded up three juvenile suspects for larceny, arrested a woman from Acosta for violating game laws by abandoning two cats, and helped jail a Maryland liquor violator with state police. He and a state officer also nabbed two brothers and their cousin for larceny near a drive in restaurant, with the youths held for juvenile authorities. The trio fled into brush but were flushed out and placed in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Peck
Somerset
Peck
Acosta
Maryland
Justice of the Peace H. 8S
Whipperman
Wayne W. Pile
Old Farm
East Main Street
Norman F. Walker
Jeanette Luzbish
Pennsylvania
Squire Whipperman
Kimberly Avenue
Airmen Nabbed After Double Automobile Theft
Air force Sgt. Donald Lee Seaman and Airman Robert D. Wold were arrested after stealing two cars during a joy ride from Ft. Dix New Jersey. The pair swapped jeeps in Palmyra and returned to McGuire Air Force Base in custody. Seaman had previously threatened to jump from a Philadelphia Ninth Street Station window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Air Force
Donald Lee Seaman
Philadelphia
Ft. Dix
N. J
Seaman
Robert D. Wold
Palmyra
McGuire Air Force Base
Benton Harbor
Mich
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad
30Th St
Firemen's Festival Opens in Shanksville June Ninth
Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company hosts a community festival at Shanksville Community Grove on Saturday June 9 with a game refreshments and free entertainment.
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Shanksville
Memorial Dedication At Pine Springs Camp
A 3:00 p.m. Sunday dedication service at Pine Springs Camp in Jenners Town honors Dr. Joseph C. Stuart first executive of Blairsville presbytery and Pine Springs manager. Rev. Dr. William Doncaster Jr will preside with prayers by Rev. Edward Thomas and remarks on The Camp of Tomorrow by Elder Rex Schaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Springs
Jennerstown
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of
Somerset
Joseph ©. Stuart
Blairsville
R. Rex Schaeffer
Acosta
Boswell
Presbyterian Choir of
John §. Stanton
Johnstown
Doncaster
William Nicholson
Telford Saylor
Joseph C. Stuart
Saylor
Lloyd D. Homer
Specht Joins Somerset Rotary Club During Meeting
Edward A. Specht proprietor of a new Somerset plastic company was inducted as a member of the Somerset Rotary Club Friday. The meeting at Somerset Country Club covered classifications and procedures for securing new members.
Fire hall dinner aids church group in Somerset
Sipesville Fire Hall hosts a 5:00 P.M. dinner on Wednesday June 13 featuring hot beef and chicken sandwiches. The event is sponsored by the Gleaners Class of the First Christian Church in Somerset.
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Sipesville
Gleaners
First Christian Church In
Somerset
Nuclear hydro plant disaster at Schoellkopf station in Niagara Falls
Niagara Mohawk valued the loss at 100 million dollars after rock falls toppled two thirds of the Schoellkopf hydro plant. One worker died, about 40 escaped as the 360 000 kilowatt facility collapsed into the river. Governor Harriman coordinated geological aid as public power debates surged in New York and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Schoellkopf
Niagara River
Charles A. Wick
Harriman
Niagara Power
Canada
Washington
Sen
Lehman
Senate
House Public Works Committee
New York City
Robert Moses
State Power Authority
House Committee
New Authority
Lewiston
Niagara Mohawk Company
Niagara Mohawk
Draper
Woman Dies from Gasoline Can Explosion Burns
Mrs. Margaret Perzel, 35, of McKeesport died in a local hospital from second and third degree burns after a gasoline can exploded in the basement of her father Daniel Herreran’s home. The blast, caused by a can placed near a hot water heater, also lightly burned her father and 2 year old son Thomas who were treated and released.
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M'Keesport
Margaret Perzel
McKeesport
Thomas
Eisenhower Ill. doctors say no immediate surgery yet
President Eisenhower, hospitalized at Walter Reed after ileitis, is reported progressing satisfactorily with no heart involvement. Attending physicians say there is no indication for immediate surgery, though a midnighthotly sought consensus could决定 whether a major operation is needed.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed
Paul Dudley White
Hagerty
John H. Lyons
Brian Blades
George Washington University Medical School
Isador Ravdin
The
Wagner elected president of Somerset REA
Sewart Wagner of Shade township was chosen president at the annual Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative meeting. Ralph E. Poorbaugh presided 17 years before stepping down. E. K. Ankeney was named vice president and Ray Shockey secretary treasurer. Harold Brant and Earl Sechler were named new board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewart Wagner
Shade Township
Sem- Rural Electric Cooperative
REA
Ralph E. Poorbaugh
E. K. Ankeney
Jefferson Township
Ray Shockey
Greenville
Harold Brant
Earl Sechler
Henderson Receives Two Life Terms In Double Murder
William J. Henderson 31 draws two life sentences plus 35 to 7 years for two slayings and a felonious cutting. Convicted by jury of first degree murder for the stabbing of Carol Smith 21 and pleaded guilty to stabbing Rose Marie Smith 40. Also pleaded guilty to cutting Ben Fleming in a turkey fight. Sentences set by Visiting Judge Herman A. Rodgers run concurrently after felonious cutting term.
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Pittsburgh
William J. Henderson
Henderson
Carol Smith
Rose Marie Smith
Hill
Hederson
Ben Fleming
Herman A. Rodgers
Mercer County
Mollet Receives Two Confidence Votes On Pension Plan
In Paris the National Assembly backed Premier Guy Mollet with two confidence votes today for a plan to raise old age pensions. The measures passed 277 to 123 and 344 to 39, boosting pensions by up to 85.50 dollars annually. The bill had cleared the Assembly last month but was blocked by the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National Assembly
Guy Mollett
Assembly
Eisenhower resigns Penn State presidency
Dr Milton S Eisenhower resigns as president of Pennsylvania State University effective by December 31. He cites personal reasons and says illness of his brother is not a factor. Board of trustees will seek to retain his services. successor decision not yet made.
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Thomas H. Richardson
Williamsport
Williamsport Hospital
Penn State
Poorbaugh
Milton Eisenhower
Penn State University
University Park
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Eisenhower
Washington
George H. Deike
Board of Trustees
Kansas State College
Helen
All Faiths
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Big Three
Lions Club
Radio and TV Society
Somerset Graduate Nurses Association
Pine Spring
Nat'l Bank
Jimmy Cannin and His Orchestra
Legion Home
Somerset, Pa
Nixon
Howard M. Snyder
Walter Reed Hospital
Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Wagner
Somerset Rea
Mollet
Deike
Talid
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