Burglary wave at Seven Springs farm cracked by police
A wave of burglaries at Seven Springs farm in Somerset County led to charges against Delmar J. Amos 25 Bedford R D 3 Harold Diehl 20 Bedford R D 4 a 15 year old Bedford juvenile and Albert Schmidt 18 Baltimore Md Ralph Sapia Jr 19 Baltimore formerly of Bedford. The loot valued about 700 dollars included liquor stock and seven firearms. Amos pleaded guilty and was remanded to Somerset county jail.
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Gene Austin
Seven Springs Farm
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delmar J. Amos
Bedford
R. D
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison, Jr
Somerset
Kenneth R. Glenn
Amos
Somerset County
Harold Eugene Diehl
R. H. Schuster
Albert Diebold
Pittsburgh
James Ashton
Glassport
Philip Dupre
James Cane
Sapia
Ashton
Middlecreek Township
Cane
Diebold
Glenn
Diehl
Junk Crusher Smashed 14 New Volkswagens
In Toronto a junk crusher damaged 14 new Volkswagens shipside after salt water exposure from a leaking vessel from Germany. Importer wrote off the cars as junk with an estimated loss of about 25000 dollars based on a dollar per pound.
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Junk Crusher
Toronto
Germany
East German prisoner releases amid Russian troop withdrawal
In Weimar on June 21 1944 East Germany announced the release of 19 064 prisoners as Russian forces completed a two day pullout of about 33 500 troops. The move aimed to win world support while West German observers questioned the nature of the released inmates and ongoing political detentions.
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Weimar
East Germany
Communist Party
Red Hilde" Benjamin
Red
West German Federal Republic
West Berlin
League of Free Jurists
East
West German Socialist Party
Bonn
National Army of Liberation
Mohammed Zaharra
Abdel Kader Ferradi
Algiers
Girl 10 Electrocuted Touching Phonograph at Trailer
In Doylestown a 10 year old girl Melody Hernandes died after touching a metal phonograph case and a heating register. Bucks County Coroner said autopsy showed heart muscles tightly contracted indicating electrocution. The girl was the daughter of Vict or J Hernandes a Navy reservist stationed at the Philadelphia naval base.
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Doylestown
Bensalem Township
Melody Hernandes
C.P.O
Victor J. Hernandes
Philadelphia Naval Base
Bucks County
Thomas Lamb
Icelandic minister calls for U S troops withdrawal from Iceland
Foreign Minister Kristinn Gudmundsson of the Progressive Party said Iceland seeks to dump U S forces while remaining a NATO ally. He argued Keflavik should be demilitarized but kept ready, with future talks on U S personnel at the base. He noted current Conservative party concerns and a potential reversion to pre 1949 status.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Kristinn Gudmundsson
U.S
Gudmundsson
North Atlantic
U. S
Progressives
Independence Conservative
Olafur Thors
United States
Keflavik
NATO
$100 Teacher Bonus Ruled Out By Cohen
Harrisburg reports Attorney General Herbert B. Cohen ruled the $100 cost of living teacher bonus unconstitutional under Article III Section II, saying no extra compensation can be added to a public employee during a contract year. The ruling follows Gov Leader’s veto of funds to support the pay boost despite a 1955-56 law authorizing increases.
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Harrisburg
Herbert B. Cohen
Pennsylvania
Leader
Cohen
State Supreme Court
Elmer Bolla
Charles H. Boehm
Steelworkers Union preps for nationwide strike June 30
United Steelworkers Union tells 650000 workers to prepare for a shutdown at midnight June 30 if negotiations fail. David J. McDonald accuses U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic of conspiring to force a shut down after a fruitless three hour negotiating session. He says industry ultimatum to accept a five year contract triggers the action and that instructions for locals will be issued for a strike or lockout.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union Today
David J. McDonald
McDonald
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Experts Seek Cause of Venezuelan Airliner Disaster
Vetted investigators from two nations joined U S and Venezuelan aviation officials to analyze the crash off Asbury Park New Jersey killing seventy four people including twenty Americans and twenty four Venezuelan schoolchildren. Coast guard crews resumed search as rain cloaked the Atlantic scene and pilots and inspectors debated whether jettisoned fuel ignited a catastrophic fire.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Caracas
Somerset Rotary to Hear Foster Custer Address Noon Meeting
Foster Custer executive director at the Somerset County DPA will be guest speaker at the Somerset Rotary Club noon meeting today at the Somerset Country Club.
Civil Rights Hearing Halted by Southern Members
Southern lawmakers used a parliamentary device to pause House Rules Committee action on the civil rights bill. A quorum question forced an adjournment as Chairman Howard W. Smith sought guidance from the House parliamentarian about the next step.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Rep. Willis
D-La
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Smith
Woman sets two small fires on Eastern Air Lines flight
A Cleveland to Miami Eastern Air Lines plane diverted to Charlotte after a woman passenger allegedly started two small fires. No damage occurred as the flight continued to Miami. Evelyn Mills, 36, of Cleveland, was identified, and a mental warrant was issued for observation. A civil aeronautics board inspector was en route to investigate.
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Charlotte
N. C
Eastern Air Lines
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Miami
Evelyn Mills
Cleveland
Littlejown
Civil Aeronautics Board
Winson-Salem
Glessner Admitted for Major Surgery at Somerset Hospital
Alvin S. Glessner president of the board of directors of Somerset Community Hospital is a patient awaiting major surgery at the hospital.
Highway Bill Conference Ends as $32.9 Billion Plan Near Law
Washington report says House and Senate conferees finished work on a $32.9 billion highway program slated to become law by July 1. Leaders hailed it as the greatest public works program, aimed at safer roads and vast economic benefits across America. The plan envisions broad multi lane highways, financed by $14.8 billion in new federal taxes over 16 years plus existing highway-user taxes. approval by Congress and a signature by President Eisenhower were expected next week.
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Washington
House - Senate
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Rep. Fallon
D-Md
Fallon
America
House
Senate
Eisenhower
President Walks Outside Hospital Room For First Time
President Eisenhower, 64, left his Walter Reed room for a corridor visit, walking about 80 feet without support as doctors reported steady progress after his June 9 operation. He conferred with Gen. Gruenther and staff, read two books, and accepted the resignation of Robert McLeaish while denying any shift in his reelection plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sickles
Dan Sickles
Bobby Jones
Albert A. Ostrow
Robert B. McLeaish
Farmers’ Home Administration
Senate
McLeaish
Reckless Driving Charged for Stoystown Youth
State police said Charles Fulton Jr. 18 of Stoystown RD 3 will face a reckless driving charge after a crash on Route 548 near Shanksville. He was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital in satisfactory condition with head cuts and about 700 dollars damage to his demolished car.
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Charles Fulton, Jr
Stoystown
R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
Justice of the Peace O
Wayne Hay
Fulton
Shanksville
State Draft Call For August Is 1 021
Harrisburg June 21. State selective headquarters set the August draft quota at 1 021 men for Pennsylvania. This amount forms part of a national call of 13 000 men all bound for the army. Draftees must be at least 22 years old.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Two Die After Auto Crash Near Johnstown
Two men were killed when their car left Route 53 eight miles north of Johnstown and crashed into a brick house. The victims were Lewis Bishop about 30 of Summerhill and James Wallace about 24 of New Germany.
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Johnstown
Route
Lewis Bishop
Summerhill
James Wallace
New Germany
Somerset C of C Expands Effort To Attract Industry
Somerset Chamber of Commerce approved $500 to finish a data survey for site seeking industrial firms. The GPU requested survey will show labor, buildings, land sites and other factors to about 400 U S industrial brokers. The effort aims to relieve unemployment and follows a Pennsylvania industrial development bill aiding up to 30 percent of project costs. The group also plans a community advertising envelope campaign and announced a fall convention for the Natural Foods association in October.
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
General Public Utilities Corporation
New York
Somerset
Chamber
GPU
Pennsylvania Electric Company
R. P. Martin
Indus
Pennsylvania
Sentinel Printing Company
State
of Natural Foods Association
Annual Fritz Reunion in Karl Sipe Grove
Karl Sipe Grove hosts the Fritz family reunion on June 24 1956 at New Centerville with planned gatherings and family activities.
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Grove
Fritz
Karl Sipe
New Centerville
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Rainbow Girls
Faidley
Kingwood
C.F
U. S. Coast Guard
Idlewild
Frederick Hancox
International
Steelworkers Union
Civil Aeronautics
Jesus Anibal Indriago
Miguel Grustein
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
High Seas
Frederick J. Hancox
Norfolk
Hancox
Luis F. Plata
Highway Bill
Algeria
Atlantic
Eddy Gilmore
London
Harry Truman
Russia
Free World
West
The
Pilgrims
Stalin
Adam
Truman
Britain
Sherman Adams
Nixon
James C. Hagert
Scripps-Howard
Somerset C of C
Radio and TV Society
Ooneee
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