B58 Breaks Records Windows in 4 Hours Round Trip
A 1,300 mph B58 jet left Los Angeles for New York and back in 4 hours 42 minutes 32 seconds setting three speed records. The flight caused a 40 mile wide sonic boom and damage to windows and walls. Capt. Robert Sowers Capt. Robert Mac Donald and Capt. John Walton won Bendix Trophy and Distinguished Flying Crosses.
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Los Angeles
New York
Robert M. Sweet
Navy
Richard F. Gordon
Sweet
International Airport
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Robert Sowers
Lexington
N.C
Robert MacDonald
Cresskill
N.J
John Walton
Greenville
Sowers
Crash of B58 at Carswell Air Force Base Kills Three
A B58 bomber crashed on takeoff from Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth Texas killing all three crew members. The plane had no weapons on board and the fire was under control after about 45 minutes. Witnesses described loud engine sounds and successive explosions as flames lit the night sky.
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Texas Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Air Force Base
A.H. Parker
Real Carswell
Snow Plows Clean Somerset County Roads After Heavy Snowfall
Up to nine inches of snow fell across Somerset county with averages around six inches and local depths to eight or nine inches. Roads were passable though drifting and slick conditions persisted as crews plowed. One weather related accident occurred on the turnpike when Norman Rich struck Elizabeth Burns’s stalled vehicle. damage about $500.
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Somerset County
Somerset
Department of Highways
Turkeyfoot
Pennsylvania Turnpike
State Police
Banner House
Turnpike State Police Division
Norman Rich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Elizabeth Burns
Koenigsberg
Fairfax
Burns
Supreme Court rules airports liable for noise damages
The Supreme Court held seven to two that an airport may be sued for damages when aircraft noise drives a resident from his home. The decision narrows immunity for federal operators and flight crews, raising concern about potential costs to airports and future building.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Airport Operators Council
Black
Council
Tom Bernard
Hugo L. Black
Felix Frankfurter
Allegheny County
Seattle
Russian OK For Geneva Conference
Khrushchev agrees to start Geneva disarmament talks at the foreign ministers level and to a Big Three FM meeting beforehand. The 18 nation plan shrank to 17 after France withdrew. Rusk may travel to Geneva March 12 for talks with Gromyko and Home on a test ban treaty.
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Washington
Khrushchev
U.S
Geneva
France
Paris
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lord Home
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
Kennedy-Macmillan
Macmillan
Rockwood School Board Approves Lease for New Elementary
The Rockwood Area School board authorized signing final lease resolutions for a new elementary building and set May 1 for bid openings. Land title search will cover the tract owned by C A Miller added to the site. New hires include Virginia Nedrow Nicholson and Rev Gene Abel to teach. The board also approved sale of household items and thanked the kindergarten association for space and utility support.
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Rockwood Area
Shaver
Barbera
C. A. Miller
Virginia Nedrow
Nicholson
Gene Abel
New Centerville
Kindergarten Association
Earle Sechler
Turkeyfoot to Join Fayette County School Systems
The Turkeyfoot Valley School board voted unanimously to pursue a jointure with two Fayette county districts, pending approval from Clay Union and Ohiopyle Stewart Jointure. Topography drives the move as Turkeyfoot hosts tuition students from Fayette, with three committee meetings already held.
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Turkeyfoot Valley
Fayette County
Marclay Union School District
Ohiopyle-Stewart Jointure
Turkey
Penn Traffic to Build Two Stores in Indiana and DuBois
Penn Traffic Co announced plans to build a retail outlet in Indiana and a food distribution center in DuBois. Construction on the outlet will begin this fall, while the center starts next month.
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Penn Traffic Co
Johnstown
Indiana
DuBois
Penn Traffic
GOP seeks candidates from metropolitan areas for statewide tickets
Harrisburg AP Republicans look to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia for ticket balance with Scranton for governor and Van Zandt for Senate. Invitations issued for a Wednesday meeting as county leaders weigh endorsements. internal affairs hopefuls include Burke Alessandroni and Knauer.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
GOP
U.S
William W. Scranton
Dalton
James E. van Zandt
Altoona
U.S. Senate
Scranton
J. Vincent Burke
U.S. Defense Department
Eisenhower
Walter E. Alessandroni
Virginia Knauer
Audrey Kelley
Montrose
Katherine Martindale
Kelley
Ash Wednesday Services Planned at Saint Francis Church
Ash Wednesday observances planned in the rectory of Saint Francis Episcopal Church at 214 Harrison Avenue Somerset on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The Rev John Thomas will lead the service of evening prayer penitential office and meditation
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Saint Francis In the Field Episcopal Church
Harrison Avenue
Somerset
John Thomas
Russia Needs Food says Khrushchev on Moscow radio
Premier Khrushchev told Moscow radio that the Soviet Union faces meat and butter shortages for its 200 million people and outlined measures to boost meat production. He proposed major agricultural overhauls, doubling farm machinery output, sending urban youths to farms, expanding fertilizer supply, and creating a new agency to direct farm development.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
Russia
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
Rev Ling Accepts Call To Friedens Church
The Rev James R Ling of Mt Clemens Mich accepts a pastorate at Friedens Lutheran Evangelical Church. The Feb 25 congregational vote chose Ling who will also supply Listie church. Ling has served in Detroit and Louisville and has three children. He and his wife plan to arrive March 19.
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Ling
Friedens Church
James R. Ling
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Friedens Lutheran Evangelical Church
Robert E. Carl
Ocala
Fla
Gettysburg Seminary
Mr. Ling
Ohio
Capital University
Columbus
Ulca Hamma Divinity School
Erere University
Springfield
First Lutheran Church
Louisville
Detroit
Pastor Ling
Detroit Council of Churches
Cabinet of Christian Education
Michigan Council of Churches
Michigan Synod
Lutheran
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Tion
Wayne State School of Medicine
Mrs. Ling
Lings
Kimberly
Karen
James Howard
Listie
Marlin Bottiger
Central Pennsylvania Synod
Harrisburg
Friedens
Johnstown Infant Dies From Burns
Dorothy Beskid an 18 month old girl died from burns suffered in a kitchen accident at her New Florence home. She was admitted to Lee Hospital after hot grease and water spilled from a skillet burned much of her body.
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Johnstown, Pa
Dorothy Beskid
New Florence
R.D
Lee Hospital
Powers to testify publicly on 1960 spy flight
U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers will give his first public account before the Senate Armed Services Committee in an open session at 2 p.m. in Washington. The session follows a briefing by CIA Director John McCone and comes after Powers was released in a prisoner exchange for Rudolf Abel.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Powers
Rudolf I. Abel
Abel
Central Intelligence
John A. McCone
Senate
McCone
Russia
United States
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Somerset Area School Board Faces Budget and Staffing Talks
The Somerset Area school board received favorable recommendations from Supervising Principal Howard Trexel including reviewing reimbursement fractions and a March special meeting plan to tackle budget decisions. The board also renews the Peterson Writing System contract, approves bids to committee, accepts Mrs. Margaret Brown’s resignation, and authorizes a $75,000 borrowing plus $100 for the Somerset County Free Library. Trexel outlined improvements for the slow learners in special education to boost social maturity.
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Somerset Area School Board
Howard Trexel
Trexel
Boart
Peterson
Margaret Brown
Somerset County Free Library
Flareup in Katanga threatens Congo truce
In northwest Katanga shooting erupted between U.N. troops and Tshombe forces near Kaminaville 12 miles south of Kamina base. Both sides blamed each other with reports of casualties. Tshombe said 1,200 U.N. troops attacked. U.N. spokesmen cited a limited skirmish with a Ghanaian patrol, claiming no casualties. Politically, the clash dimmed prospects for Katanga reunification as Tshombe vowed to travel to Leopoldville March 10 if talks fail.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
Kaminaville
Tshombe
Radio Brussels
Lubudi
Elisabethville Kamina
Kamina
Cyrille Adoula
Somerset Firemen to Meet in Sipesville Hall
The Somerset County Firemen's Association will meet at the Sipesville fire hall on March 8 at 8 p.m. All members are urged to attend.
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Somerset County Firemen’s Association
Sipesville
Berlin Council Votes Grant For Development
Berlin Borough council voted to join the Somerset County Development Council and approved an $80 annual contribution based on five cents per capita. They directed re-evaluation of commercial light rates and considered taking over the McDonaldton Water Distribution system pending title clearances. Streets will be paved in 1962 and amusement device licenses were tweaked.
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Berlin Borough
Somerset County Development Council
Robert Zorn
Bert Walker
Joseph Ferner
McDonaldton
Edward Scurfield
Scurfield
Berlin
Frank Orban
Council
Fourth Avenue
Main
Brubaker Street
Hay
Elkin Street
Ordnance 146
Rockwood Council Delays Action On Daylight Time Plan
Rockwood Borough council delayed action on setting daylight time observance until councilmen gauge community reaction to proposals. Final action is expected at the next meeting. The body discussed sewage disposal plans by Capital Engineering Corp and health department submissions.
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American Rockwood
Capital Engineering Corporation of
Dillsburg
State Department of Health
Health Department
Main Street
Robert Hayman
John Stoner Abe Oy
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