Appeals Court Orders Hoffa and Teamsters Monitors Rule
A federal appeals court ruled that Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa and the union must follow reforms recommended by court appointed monitors. The ruling compounds Hoffas obligation to aid a broad union cleanup with potential removal from office for contempt if he resists. The decision was hailed as a landmark for union reform and enables court action to enforce the monitors oversight.
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Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
U.S. Supreme Court
Martin F. O'Donoghue
Teamsters Monitor Board
U.S. Court of Appeals
Rank and File
New York City
Dave Beck
U.S
Judge Letts
Iowa
Appeals
Episcopal Service at Grange Hall Sunday Morning
The Somerset County Episcopal Mission holds its regular morning prayer and sermon in Grange hall New Centerville Sunday morning daylight saving time. A Lay Readers' league member from the diocese of Pittsburgh will conduct the service. All Episcopal members are urged to attend with children. A Friendly Hour follows the service.
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Somerset County
Go Slow on Taxes and Fees Says Johnson
Rep. Albert W. Johnson urged Pennsylvania lawmakers to hold back on highway tax and fee increases. He said only 162 million of 117 million in proposed highway spending is needed to match federal funds, citing misappropriations concerns. Johnson tied the stance to efficiency demands and noted related education, wage, and healthcare funding proposals in the same session.
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Harrisburg
Albert W. Johnson
House
Highways Department
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Park H. Martin
Labor and Industry Department
Appropriations Committee
J. Dean Polen
Madrid Paper Claims Russia Spends 5 Million on Propaganda
Arriba reports Russia allocates five million dollars annually to propaganda and subversion efforts in Spain as of Tuesday. The claim cites Russian influence campaigns aimed at shaping public opinion and political outcomes.
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Madrid
UPI
Arriba
Russia
Spain
Ended life thought gone. girl paralyzed bears son
Patricia Russell who was paralyzed from the neck down after an ice slide crash five years earlier gave birth to a son Joseph Burke. The 5-pound 15-ounce baby arrived while Patricia remained paralyzed, after a long hopeful turnaround and public letters from supporters. The birth follows her marriage to Airman Joseph Burke in 1958 with her father Lt Col Roderick Russell in attendance.
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Long Island
Newsday
Patricia
Levittown
Air Force
Roderick Russell
Joseph W. Burke
Patricia Russell Burke
Joseph
Million More Americans In Jobs in May
May job data show a million more Americans employed bringing total to 66,016,000. Unemployment fell to 4.9 percent with 238,000 fewer idle workers and average factory earnings up to 90.32 dollars. Durable and soft goods sectors gained, hours rose to 40.5 per week, and long term unemployment fell by 280,000 to 1,100,000.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Lewis L. Strauss
James P. Mitchell
Seymour Wolfbein
Committee OKs Coal Research For Roadbuilding
Harrisburg report says the House appropriations Committee approved a 150000 dollar request for coal research and development for roadbuilding and related uses. Gov Lawrence expressed doubt about state financed research but favored recapturing coal’s value. A companion bill for coal based highway material passed and went to the Senate.
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Harrisburg
House Appropriations Committee
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Highways Department
House
Senate
Russia faults Italian pact over U S rocket bases
London reports Russia warned that Italy allowing American rocket bases on its territory raises the risk of nuclear war, accusing Rome of escalating a global security crisis.
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London
Russia
Italy
Hatpin Divorce Case in London
William Mc Inally obtained a divorce on Wednesday citing cruelty by his wife Annie who stabbed him repeatedly with a hatpin. The case hinges on alleged repeated stabbing and domestic conflict in London.
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London
William McInally
Annie
Four White Lads on Trial In Coed's Reported Incident
Four white youths go on trial in the reported incident involving a Black college girl. The state seeks the death penalty, asks jurors to set aside bias, and notes no white Florida defendant has been executed for rape of a Black person. Defendants are Collinsworth Beagles Stoutamire Scarborough.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Hopkins
William T. Collinsworth
David E. Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Patrick G. Scarborough
Air Force
Leon County Circuit Court Room
Collinsworth
Grand Jury Presents Quiz Show Probe Findings Sealed
New York grand jury presentment on television quiz show investigations was handed up. Judge Mitchell D. Schweitzer sealed the report, citing a challenge to his authority. The foreman Louis M. Hacker said the public would benefit from disclosure and that the case touches the industry. The probe began September 17 covering alleged advance answers on Ditto 21 and other shows.
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New York
Mitchell D. Schweitzer
Schweitzer
District Attorney’s Office
Louis M. Hacker
School of General Studies
Columbia University
Grand Jury
Detto
Steel Industry Offers To Drop Freeze Proposals
New York AP report notes steel industry offers to drop wage and benefit freezes in exchange for concessions to boost efficiency and cut waste. David J. McDonald of the United Steelworkers rejects the plan, warning it could resemble a company union. Top steel firms push for separate bargaining while continuing industry wide talks. Deadline looms as a strike risk grows if no contract by June 30. current average wage is $3.03 an hour.
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David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
McDonald
Dairy Workers to Vote on New Pittsburgh Contract
Pittsburgh dairy employees from Local 205 will vote Thursday night on a proposed contract offer from the Greater Pittsburgh Milk Dealers Association. The deal covers about 3 000 workers across 11 counties and follows a mid May rejection and strike vote. Union and management negotiators finalized the latest proposal over the past three weeks.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh
Starkweather Wins 4th Stay of Execution
Charles Starkweather won a fourth stay of execution in Lincoln Nebraska as Supreme Court action delayed his date. The 20 year old killer awaiting execution for one of 11 admitted slayings showed no emotion when told the reprieve date June 17.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
John Greenholtz
Greenholtz
Nebraska
Charles Evans Whittaker
U.S. Supreme Court
Starkweather
Pitt Commencement Grants Degrees to 2507 on lawn
A total of 2507 graduates received degrees at the University of Pittsburgh commencement on the Cathedral of Learning lawn. Honorary doctorates went to Edward Weeks Alfred Sloan Jose Mora and Mark Martin as exercises featured first use of talkie talkies for marshal coordination and Gwilym Price installed as board chair.
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Pittsburgh
P— T
University of Pittsburgh
Edward Weeks
The
Atlantic Monthly
Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr
General Motors
Jose Antonio Mora
Uruguay
Organization of American States
Mark H. Martin
Cathedral of Learning
Gwilym A. Price
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Bleacher Fund Update Shows Five Dollar Total
A local plea notes the Bleacher Fund remains at 5.00 while urging Somerset citizens to contribute ten cents each to build bleachers. The piece imagines a child asking his mother to attend games and laments limited turnout and support for funding.
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Treasury
Paper
Somerset
Church Parking Lots Tax Exemption Upheld by Court
Pennsylvania's Superior Court ruled 5 2 that church owned parking lots used to spur attendance are exempt from real estate and school taxes. The decision, written by Judge Robert E. Woodside, reversed Philadelphia Common Pleas Court rulings for two Christian Scientist churches.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Superior Court
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
Christian Scientist
Gromyko unveils one year Berlin plan as Herter protests
At Geneva the Soviet offer would suspend Western efforts in West Berlin for a year with 10 000 troops reduced to about 150 stop propaganda in West Berlin and liquidate East Berlin espionage while Western powers vow not to station atomic or missile facilities in West Berlin Herter says no deadlines or duress and seeks a private talk with Gromyko as the conference teeters toward a breakup.
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Tom Ochiltree
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
U.S
Christian A. Herter
United States
Herter
Big
Gromko
Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Palace of Nations
East Germany
Russia
West Berlin
Britain
France
Lewisburg FFA Chapter Wins Top Honors at State
UNIVERSITY PARK AP Future Farmers of America from Lewisburg High School won top honors in the FFA chapter procedure contest as 1 600 boys from across the state participated in activities. Top individual winners include Vern Over Clarion County for Tractor Driving and Jack Bradish South Huntingdon Township Westmoreland for Tractor Driving. Awards were given in Agronomy Poultry Forestry Dairy Judging Land Judging Livestock and other categories with named winners from multiple counties and schools.
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University Park
Future Farmers of America
Lewisburg High School
Ndeen Rence Lawn
Vern Over
Clarion County
Jack Bradish
South Huntingdon Tnp
Westmoreland
Robert Anthony
Punxsutawney
Larry Switzer
Clarion Limestone
Paul Piper
Ligonier
Ted Longstreath
West Greene
Greene
Leland Brooks
Cranberry Area
Mercer
Gerald Clawson
Derry
Dalton Paul
Berlin Brothers
Somerset
Thomas J. Harris
Central Cambria
William Hutchinson
McGurrey Joint
Washington
Richard Martman
Purchase Line
Robert Minor
Lakeview
Lee Carter
Mt. Cherry Joint
Dick Rowe
Keystone Joint
Clarion
Wayne Craig
Shippensburg
Charles Shriner
Waynesburg
Ken Chappel
Trinity
David Miller
Patton
Dale Servey
Limestone
House approves compromise tax bill on insurers
The House passed a bipartisan compromise bill on Wednesday raising federal income taxes for insurance companies by about 200 million dollars. Senate and House conferees settled differences after both chambers approved their versions.
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Washington —i
House
Senate House
Debate clears path for House to vote on foreign aid bill
Rules committee cleared the way Wednesday for the House to debate the 3.64 billion dollar foreign aid authorization bill next week.
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House Rules Committee
House
Somerset County Jail Busy With Boat Theft Case
A 22 year old James Dale Williams of Friendship Maryland was jailed on theft charges for taking a boat a trailer and motor from in front of Shaffer's Radio and Television shop in Somerset. Williams was returned from Maryland by State Police. The boat owner was Donald Berky of Boswell valued at 1850. Williams also faces charges for stealing a boat trailer from Yough Dam last summer valued at 300. Ronald Eugene Coleman 21 Berlin youth was sentenced to nine months at Allegheny County Workhouse for parole violation. Dean Keinsinger 28 Somerset was released on 5000 bond and charged with forgery awaiting court appearance.
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James Dale Williams
Shaffer
Somerset
Allegheny County
Ronald Eugene Coleman
Williams
Maryland
Donald Berky
Boswell
Berky
Yough Dam
Jacob Joseph Spanko
Uniontown
Coleman
Berlin
Thomas F. Lansberry
Keimnsinger
Cowt
Erhard Bows To Adenauer Change In Chancellor Bid
In Bonn Ludwig Erhard reluctantly accepted Konrad Adenauer's decision to stay as chancellor after private talks. Erhard agreed to remain economics minister as the party forged a compromise. The dispute showed lingering tensions but the leadership lineup remained intact.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Erhard
Christian Democratic Party
Neff Blames Democratic Cabinet Men for Dismissal
Beavers county leader Samuel G. Neff accuses a Democratic cabinet member and a Republican official of pressuring his firing as head of the state workers fund. He contrasts his removal with Gov. Lawrence remaining in office during a prior highway case.
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Harrisburg —i
Samuel G. Neff
Neff
Beaver County
Lawrence
State Insurance Workmen’s Fund
William Batt Jr
Labor and Industry
Aud
Charles Smith
Smith
Keystone Club Meeting Shifts to Friday Evening
The Keystone Club at Somerset County will hold its meeting on Friday evening, June 12, instead of Saturday, June 13, as previously announced.
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Keystone Club
Somerset County
Taste Supper and Bake Sale at Listie Fire Hall
Listie Fire Hall hosts a Taste Supper and Bake Sale on Thursday June 18 with serving from 5:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Listie Firemen's Auxiliary.
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Listie Fire Hall
Listie Firemen‘s Auxiliary
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William D. Hopkins
W. Berlin
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Pitt
Robert E. Woodside
Chester H. Rhodes
Colvin Wright
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