Habeas Corpus Hearing Sought For Earl K. Long
Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long seeks a habeas corpus hearing in Galveston claiming forcible transport to a psychiatric clinic and illegal restraint. Dist. Judge L D Godard set the hearing for Monday at 10 a.m. as a sanity review follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Dist
L. D. Godard
Long
Baton Rouge
John Sealy Hospital
Hugh Gibson
Godard
Daniel Bobbitt
John Sealy Medical Center
Rhee Replaces Seoul Mayor After U.S. Tour
President Syngman Rhee dismissed Seoul Mayor Huh Chung who returned from a U S trip and appointed In Heung Soon as his successor. Sources say Huh was compelled to resign after making statements viewed as contradicting Rhee policies.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
Syngman Rhee
Huh Chung
United States
Heung Soon
Huh
Rhee
Reds Press Summit Despite Berlin Deadlock
In Geneva Andrei Gromyko urged Western powers to accept a heads of government meeting even if the Big Four talks stall over Berlin. He warned the United States United Kingdom and France they would bear consequences if they block a summit. Western ministers refused to modify Moscow’s plan but agreed to a secret session with Gromyko to seek a path forward.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Gromyko
Eisenhower
Moscow
West Berin
Palace of Nations
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Russia
Kremlin
West Berlin
Herter
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
Local Man to Appear Before Senate Committee
Peter T. Dumbauld of Somerset will testify before the U S Senate small business committee on rubber tire distribution. He says large manufacturers bypass small dealers by selling directly to trucking firms and big buyers, harming independent tire sellers. He faces a subpoena and will address executives in Washington on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter T. Dumbauld
Somerset
U.S. Senate
Small Business Committee
Dumbauld
Senate
Frank Moss
Utah
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Wayne Morse
Oregon
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington
Hugh Scott
Penn Tire Co
Midwest
National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association
Wickham Barn Fires After Lightning Strike in Somerset
A Doyle Wickham barn in Somerset RD 3 was struck by lightning Friday and caught fire. Mrs Wickham freed cattle but three calves died as fire consumed the upper structure. Damages are around 1300 dollars, with grain and machinery worth 300 dollars partly insured. Firefighters faced poor stream water supply and built a dam to fight the blaze before Bakersville units arrived.
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Doyle Wickham
Somerset
RD 3
Bakersville
Saudi Royal Governor Visits U S Hospital in Germany
Amir Saud Bin Jelawi governor of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia arrived in Weisbaden for a routine medical checkup at a U S Air Force hospital in Germany.
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Weisbaden
Germany
UPI
Amir Saud bin Jelawi
Saudi Arabia
U. S. Air Force Hospital
Pipeline Planned In Northeast India With British Aid
London report says India accepted credits totaling 64.4 million dollars from the British government and the Burmah Oil Company to aid construction of an oil pipeline in northeast India.
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London
UPI
Burmah Oil Company
India
New Jersey Man Killed in Penna Turnpike Crash
William P. Shick, 33, of Franklin Lakes New Jersey, died in a Pennsylvania Turnpike collision with a tractor-trailer driven by Frank A. Gnara of Monaco. The crash occurred about 3:30 a.m. ten miles east of Somerset. Shick apparently dozed at the wheel and died of internal injuries and a crushed chest. Gnara was unharmed.
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New Jersey
Penna
William P. Shick
Franklin Lakes
N. J
Frank A. Gnara
Monaco
Pennsylvania
Pike
Somerset
Gnara
Shick
Robert H. Halverson
William Shick
Franklin Lake
N.J
Justice Dept Sues Two Coal Firms Over Mine Disaster Files
Harrisburg AP The state Department of Justice filed a civil action in Dauphin County against Pennsylvania Coal Co and Knox Coal Co to obtain access to their files. Deputy Atty. Gen. Leon Ehrlich said the suit seeks information to assess damages and establish the firms' civil responsibility for the January disaster that killed 12 miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Justice Department
Pennsylvania Coal Co
Knox Coal Co
Atty
Leon Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Department of Justice
Department of Mines and Mineral Industries
Dauphin County
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Farm Service Building Fire Destroys Bowler Facility
A two story Bowler Farm Service building in Greenville caught fire Friday. Origin undetermined with 300 chickens killed and losses estimated at 33 000 dollars. The blaze occurred two blocks from midtown with no occupants inside at the time. Feed and other farm supplies were also lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Bowler Farm Service
Midtown
Eisenhowers Visit Gettysburg Weekend Stay
President and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived Friday at their nearby Gettysburg farm to spend the weekend and plan to return to Washington Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Castro Replaces Five Of Eighteen Cabinet Ministers
In Havana Prime Minister Fidel Castro shuffled his cabinet replacing five of the 18 ministers as he described the move as natural for a revolutionary government. He denied cabinet crisis claims and said changes aim to produce results while critics link the reshuffle to agrarian reform criticism and wartime allies. It is the first such shuffle since he took the premiership four months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castro
Abvoard
Castro
Sierra Maestra
House Passes Wheat Bill To Cut Crops
The House approved a wheat bill 188 to 177 to cut acreage in 1960 and 1961 while boosting price supports. It goes to conference with the Senate, which passed a different version May 22 and opposes by Secretary Benson. President Eisenhower urged action as wheat supplies remain high and the program faces a $3 billion investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
House
Kaoteng Island Under Intense Bombardment
Kaoteng Island in the Matsus was struck by an intense red artillery bombardment on Friday. Chinese Communist shells fired 430 rounds in 45 minutes, marking the island’s heaviest bombardment to date. The island lies four miles off Huangchi peninsula.
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Taipei
Formosa
Kaoteng
Matsus
Huangchi
Bloodmobile schedule for Rockwood visit on Friday
The county bloodmobile returns Friday June 19 at the United Church of Christ in Rockwood from 12 30 to 6 15 PM for Rockwood Rockwood R C New Centerville Markleton and Kingwood residents. Donor recruitment is led by the Century Club American Legion post 279 and the Rotarians under Walter Gardner. A total of 49 pints have been given to 31 area residents since last November with a pint for pint replacement urged to reach a quota of 85 pints.
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Rockwood
United Church of Christ
Diamond
Rockwood R.C
New Centerville
Markleton
Kingwood
Century Club
Kenneth Younkin
American Legion Post 279
Rotarians
Walter Gardner
Berlin
Wilfred Miller
Grover Miller
Stadium Street
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Benjamin Musser
Harrisburg
Musser
Bleacher Ball Rollers Lead Somerville Little League Fund
A parade of six children sparked fundraising for the Little League Bleacher Fund in Somerset. Donations began with a $5 gift from L Harrington Gibbs and grew to over $60 by Friday evening, including $35 from the Fraternal Order of Eagles and $10 from an anonymous businessman. Phil and Bill Martin led efforts with four sisters and eight month old Kim contributing $1 each from their savings to build bleachers for the Little League Stadium in the south end of Somerset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League
L. Harrington Gibbs
Order of Eagles
Phil
Bill
E. N. Martin, Jr
Hedy
Linda
Lisa
Kim
Somerset
Unusual Guest in Rochon Home
A hitchhiking bear cub becomes a guest at Gerard Rochon’s home in St Romuald Quebec after he found the cub in the road and invited it inside the car. The bear sat in the front seat and joined him on the return to his grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochon
ST. Romuald
Que
Gerard Rochon
Organizing Search for Bomb Plante
Investigators from several agencies met Friday in Boston to coordinate the search for the person who planted a bomb that shattered an elevated train waiting room, injuring 38. Top officials from state, city police and fire departments reviewed clues including six dry cell batteries and metal fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Fire Departments
Massachusetts General Hospital
Opposing Views Stall Steel Industry Negotiations
In New York AP report both sides in the steel dispute hold firm positions as talks stall for a second day. The United Steelworkers demand individual company talks while 12 major steel firms refuse. If a strike occurs it could shut plants producing 90 percent of US steel.
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NEW York
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Washington
Joseph F. Flannegan
Dream Becomes Reality at Local Church of Christ
Since December 1920 the Church of Christ on Church street and South Kimberly avenue completed a basement with four Sunday school rooms a mothers lounge rest rooms and an oak stairway The completion enables a vacation bible school from July 6 to 10 with teachers from Nashville and evangelist Dorsey Traw conducting evening services July 7 to 10 all are invited to enroll by contacting I F Woodrow or Paul A Woodrow
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Church Street
Kimberly Avenue
Paul Woodrow
Leroy Manges
Ross L. Enfield
Rebie Manges
Nashville
Rotary Hears Of the Amish At Luncheon
The Somerset Rotary Club welcomed Amish Mennonite layman Ervin Hershberger at a luncheon at the Somerset Country Club. He spoke on Amish beliefs including the seven ordinances and the idea that Calvary is God’s approach to man. He noted education details and his beard remark while stressing personal salvation and noncompulsion in faith.
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Somerset Rotary Club
Somerset Country Club
Ervin Hershberger
Mr. Hershberger
Hershberger
Calvary
Car Inspector Shocks Walder With Wobbly Wheels
Police halted David Walder at Wimbledon for a roadside check. Officers found the car’s wheels wobbling and a front bumper wired to loose fenders. The driver’s door hung by string on rusty hinges and the body twisted when pressed.
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Wimbledon
England
UPI
David Walder
Government Moves to Spur Steel Parley
Washington plans to restart stalled steel contract talks as Finnegan will meet with steelworkers president David J. McDonald and U S Steel chairman Roger M. Blough. Democratic senators invite leaders to dinner sessions to outline positions to avert a July 1 strike as contracts expire June 30.
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Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
New York
Finnegan
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers Union
Roger M. Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
REA Meets to Elect Staff For New Year
Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative members gathered in the REA hall for a 10 to 11 a m meeting delayed by a cooking demonstration. Officers elected include President Hiram W Walker Vice President E K Ankeny secretary treasurer Roy Shockey and directors Fred Ross Earl Sechler Richard Kimmel Troy Glass Stewart Wagner Clyde Will. Slim Bryant and his Wildcats provided entertainment after lunch.
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Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative
Rea Hall
Betty Jane Nairn
Board of Directors
Hiram W. Walker
E. K. Ankeny
Roy Shockey
Fred Ross
Earl Sechler
Richard Kimmel
Troy Glass
Stewart Wagner
Clyde Will
Slim Bryant
Wildcats
Taste Supper and Bake Sale at Listie Fire Hall
Listie Fire Hall hosts a Taste Supper and Bake Sale on Thursday June 18. Serving starts at 5 P.M. and continues until finish. Sponsored by the Listie Firemen's Auxiliary.
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Listie Fire Hall
Listie Firemen’s Auxiliary
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Irvin F. Woodrow
Forrestville
Conn
Woodrow
Rotary
Clark
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
REA
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