Eisenhower Outlines Wait And See Policy On Formosa
President Eisenhower outlined a wait and see approach to Communist China regarding a possible Formosa cease fire. He said the U S has no plan to station permanent forces there and expects Chinese Communists to signal their intentions if they strike at Matsu and Quemoy. He also commented on West Germany joining the Western alliance and domestic labor strikes, while deferring on vetoing the postal pay raise and praising the flexible price support bill only after the 1955 crops come in.
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Matsu and
Quemoy Islands
Washington
Eisenhower
China
Formosa Strait
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsu
Quemoy
Pacific
West Germany
France
Germany
Europe
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Bell
Senate House
Congress
Confluence Council OKs Painting Bid and Tree Trim Task
The Confluence borough council accepted Bruce Tressler’s low bid of 155.00 for painting the exterior of the borough building and the band stand. A white with green trim was approved. Ward Newman named arboreal trimming chairman to remove hazardous limb from maples. Ruth Seymore exonerated from head tax collection.
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Confluence Borough
Wendell Yeagley
William Groff
James Bowers
Howard Ringer, Jr
Dane Clouse
Ward Newman
Bruce Tressler
Newman
Ruth Seymore
Bake Sale Saturday at Morris Day Cleaners
The Altar Society of St. Peter's Church sponsors a bake sale on Saturday May 7. Orders are taken for decorated Mothers Day cakes pies bread and rolls. Call 4881 or 4533 to place an order.
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Morris Day
Altar Society
St. Peter's Church
Hundreds of Viet Nam Officials Meet to Decide Bao Dai Fate
Seven hundred municipal and provincial leaders gather in Saigon to consider ousting Bao Dai or curbing his powers. Proposals push for transfer of authority to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and a later national assembly. debate notes constitutional monarchy or republic outcomes and U S stance.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bao Dai
States General” Assembly
Popular National Congress
Viet Nam
France
National Revolutionary Committee
Ngo Dinh Diem
National Assembly
Italy
United States
State Department
Washington
U. S
Diem
Binh Xuyen
States General
Fear of Communist Coup in South Vietnam Looms
Paris may 4 fear is expressed by a senior French official that Ngo Dinh Diem could unknowingly pave the way for a Prague style coup in South Vietnam. A revolutionary committee in Saigon last week calls for Bao Dai’s ouster and a national congress to seize power. Ho Chi Minh’s North Viet Nam is said to have a large fifth column in the south.
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Robert Horiguchi
Paris
UINS
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Bao Dai
National Congress
National Assembly
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Fatal crash leads to grand jury for Somerset teens
A coroner's jury in Somerset County sent the April 23 Route 219 crash case to a grand jury after about 40 minutes of testimony from Earl Watkins and Thomas Walker. Weyand and Fenna died, Watkins was injured, and a speed limit change was proposed along a one mile stretch north of the borough line.
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Somerset County
Earl Watkins
Thomas M. Walker
Pfc
Norman Harvey
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Fred Alvin Weyand
Berlin
R.D
Richard Gale Fenna
Listie
Somerset Community Hospital
Inuries
Kriedens
R.D. 2
Watkins
Weyand
Shanksville
Bittner
Route 219
Walker
Darrigo's
Young Halverson
Robert H. Halverson
William Stouffer
Charles J. Starnes
Robert Weitzel
John Sleasman
Donald Beggs
William Brown
Harvey
Warren G. Carr
Vivian Dye
James Halverson
Charles McLaughlin
Andrew Ellish
Ellish
Sun Drug
Halverson
Somerset Township Board of Supervisors
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Somerset County Court House
Red Jets Fight Nationalists Near Formosa For First Time
Reports say four MIG15s engaged four Nationalist propeller planes 50 miles north of the Matsu islands. No damage claimed. Separately Nationalist gunboats in Amoy harbor were set afire or damaged. The clash signals a new red air buildup near Formosa as Lukiao air base reportedly expands. Foreign Minister Yeh denied any U S ground force request or offer.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu
Matsu Islands
Amoy Harbor
Formosa Strait
Lukiao
Red China
Matsus
Reds
Interior Ministry
Tatao
Red Land
Quemoy
Foochow
George Yeh
United States
Taiwan
Bus Company Talks Stall in AFL Union Contract Talks
Washington Pennsylvania May 4 no progress was made today in new contract negotiations between Blue Ridge Bus Co and Division 1068 of the AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees.
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Washington, Pa
Blue Ridge Bus Co
Division 1068
AFL
Amalgamated Assn
Street Electric Railway
Five Escape As Fire Destroys Gray Home
Five people including four children escaped a late night blaze that gutted the two story home of Bruner B. Goss near Gray on Route 219. Firefighters battled for 45 minutes using pond water to prevent spread to the Goss residence. Barclay family belongings were destroyed.
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Gray
Bruner B. Goss
Peter Kutchman
Boswell
Helen
Lana Kay
Deborah Sue
Gary Deane
Bradley
Bruner Goss
Route 219
Barclay
Goss
Clarence Barclay
Auker Proposes FiveYear Halt on GSA Construction
Harrisburg May 4 Rep Charles A Auker proposes a five year moratorium on all construction by the General State Authority as an economy move. He notes three new offices are under way but no child care projects. The bill faces committee fate as in 1953.
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Harrisburg
Charles A. Auker
Blair
General State Authority
GSA
Auker
Eisenhower pledges to buy all polio vaccine if needed
President Eisenhower proposed to buy all commercial output of the Salk polio vaccine if necessary to guarantee protection for every child. He promised equitable distribution to every state and no child would be denied due to inability to pay.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Hisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress of the United States
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Two Hurt in Turnpike Crash Near Donegal
Dr Ellis Winters 66 and his wife Isabella 59 of St. Petersburg were hospitalized at Frick Memorial Mt. Pleasant after their 1955 Ford rammed a dark stopped 1952 Chevrolet truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike six miles west of the Donegal interchange.
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Florida
Frick Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Pennsylvania
Donegal
Somerset Barracks
Ellis €. Winters
Isabella
St. Petersburg
Winters
Kenneth C. Zapler
Pittsburgh
Democrats Not Seeking Economies in Pennsylvania Budget
In Harrisburg on May 4 Rep. Albert W. Johnson criticized the Democratic controlled House appropriations committee for seeking to justify the proposed budget rather than cut costs. He opposed merging state hospital and home funding with the overall budget and urged finding economies. The House passed a plan to raise lawmaker expense allowances from 1800 to 3000 dollars annually, with potential doubling if sessions become annual. A separate measure would allow police to arrest on sight motorists and jaywalkers. The debate included attacks between Gov. Leader and Sen. Duff over the 411 million dollar income tax program while education funding for Pennsylvania's 14 state teachers colleges was discussed, totaling about 23.5 million dollars with a 15.5 million allocation for colleges.
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Harrisburg
Albert W. Johnson
R-Mckean
House
Commonwealth
George M. Leader
J. Dean Polen
Washington
Johnson
Public Instruction Department
Polen
Senate
Jay Walkers
James H. Duff
Duff
Pennsylvania
Charles C. Smith
GOP
Smith
Joseph Noonan
East Stroudsburg
Ralph Swan
Dy. Noonan
East Stroudsburg State Teachers’ College
Chesterman Committee
Meyersdale Driver School Opens June 18
Adult driver training sessions start Monday June 18 under Meyersdale joint school district. Behind the wheel instruction runs daily except Thursday and Saturday, with classroom instruction on Monday evenings led by instructor Anthony Damico.
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DY Meyersdale
Anthony Damico
Hyndman Couple Welcomes Triplet Girls in Maryland
A Hyndman couple’s three newborn daughters arrived at Memorial hospital in Cumberland. One infant died soon after birth while the two others, each about two pounds, remained in incubators and appeared stable. The births occurred at 3:27 am, 3:36 am, and 3:45 am, first triplets in the area in 18 years.
Rotary Conference Opens in Bedford With Delegates
Bedford May 4 The 40th annual Rotary district 260 three day conference opens tomorrow. Delegates from 47 Rotary clubs in western Pennsylvania will attend.
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Rotary
Bedford Bedford
Rotary District 260
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania House approves 140 23 per cent raise for lawmakers
Harrisburg May 4 The House approved a 140 23 4 67 per cent increase in expense allowances for lawmakers effective immediately sending the bill to the Senate. The plan raises to 3000 dollars per year for service replacing the 3600 two year session limit plus 500 payable January 15 and 250 on the first of each month thereafter.
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Harrisburg
Athe House
Senate
House
George M. Leader
Postal Receipts for Somerset Down in Early 1955
Postal receipts at the Somerset post office fell in the first quarter of 1955 compared with 1954. The four month total reached 39 597 50, about 6 192 96 less than the 1954 comparable period. monthly figures show declines across January through April.
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Somerset
Blankenship Buried in Blue Poconos After Bronx Shooting
William Blankenship Jr. 15, a high school honor student and gang feud victim, was buried in Sky View Memorial Park after funeral at St. John’s Lutheran. Police cite jacket dispute as motive. Frank Tarzan Santana, 17, faces murder charges in New York.
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Tamaqua
William Blankenship Jr
New York City
Sky View Memorial Park
Pocono Mountains
St. John's Lutheran Church
Charles A. Mathias
Frank Tarzan Santana
New York
West Germany gains sovereignty as NATO troops adapt
Bonn marks sovereign status for West Germany while Allied forces face reduced roles. British and French high commissioners deposit ratifying papers at Schaumburg Palace signaling ovens of law changes. Soldiers will be subject to German courts for civil matters, retain some privileges, and NATO funding shifts to defense needs.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
U. S
United States
Rhine
NATO
West Gershare
Schaumburg Palace
Konra Adenauer
Gray man jailed on disorderly conduct charges
Charles Dunmeyer, 44, of Gray, was committed to Somerset County jail on disorderly conduct charges. Arrested by Jennerstown Chief James Griffith and jailed by Justice C. J. Harrison Jr. Released were Stanley Smith and Joseph Malette, both jailed on vagrancy charges from April 16 and sentenced to 30 days.
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Charles Dunmeyer
Gray
Somerset County
Dunmeyer
Jennerstown
James Griffith
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison, Jr
Somerset
Stanley Smith
Johnstown
Joseph Malette
Harrisburg
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Andrews
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Albert S. Readinger
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Albert E. Strausser
Columbia
William B. Curwood
Luzerne
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Fayette
Joseph W. Isaacs
Delaware
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Driver School
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Freedom
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Listie Fire Hall
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