Mass Evacuation Runs Smoothly in N Y Practice
In Deposit New York 1448 residents from Binghamton joined a civil defense drill to test rural evacuation plans. The 28 mile route used autos trains and buses with 374 cars and 110 train riders moving without incident. The exercise named evac 12 cost under 2000 dollars and aimed to show rural readiness if cities are hit by an H bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deposit
N. Y
Binghamton
Raoul Archambault
Federal Civil Defense Administrator
America
Walter Grascavage
Grascavage
George Frailey
Frailey
Modern Deposit High School
Civil Defense
New York Civil Defense Commission
C. R. Huebner
USA
Huebner
Sunshine Over Texas Brings Relief After 18 Flooded Days
May 5 report from Dallas notes sunshine replacing rain as floodwaters recede across Texas. Wichita Falls reports падаed streets and displaced families as Holliday Creek and Wichita Lake decline. Officials say the Braes River bridge threat passes while floods inflict millions in damage. Red Cross cites 9000 displaced and 2000 homes damaged. Deweyville nears flood stage as Sabine river abates slightly.
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Dallas
Texas
Wichita Falls
Holliday Creek
Wichita Lake
A. M. Davenport
Davenport
Braes River
J. W. Barton
Cleburne
Barton
Eisenhower
Red Cross
Deweyville
Sabine River
Hare Macing Trial Set For Today
Frederick P. Hare Jr. of Somerset and three other former state officials face trial in Pittsburgh on charges of demanding political contributions from state employees. Indicted with Hare are Arte mas C. Leslie, Fred M. Campbell, and George A. Nally, among 15 former officials tied to the 1954 Republican primary fund. Assistant District Attorney Sidney A. Lanes prosecutes. remaining 11 defendants await trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Hare
Somerset
Johny S. Fine
Pittsburgh
Hare
Artemas C. Leslie
Fred M. Campbell
George A. Nally
State Department of Revenue
Republican Fine
Sidney A. Lanes
Macing
James F. Malone
Allegheny County
Associated Press
Sanes
C. H. Buckius
L. J. Curran
Oscar Hohing
Michael Hertz
Alex Campbell
Thomas McElheny
Harold Ganzel
Ross Hill
Russell Keiser
Michael J. Wargowich
George L. Speed
Somerset Stores Plan July Bargain Days
The Somerset Chamber of Commerce news release lists Anthony Anodide as chairman with Lloyd Rittenhour Penney's Irvin Shapiro and other local merchants. July 25 26 27 slated as town wide bargain days with August 1 designated as Somerset Day and a Halloween parade planned by the Chamber's retail division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Anthony Anodide
Lloyd Rittenhour
Penney’s
Irvin Shapiro
Lois Ann
Wallace Friedline
Friedline’s
Eleanor Sweeny
Sears Roebuck
Mrs. Irons
Samilson’s
Adolph Weyand, Jr
Newberry’s
Wm. Berkley
Somerset Paint Co
A. H. Hollander
Budd's
Somerset
Chamber of Commerce
Wallace Friedlize
Mrs Mulhollen Hospitalized For Medical Checkup
Somerset county jail cook Mrs Dana Mollie Mulhollen entered Windber hospital Sunday for a physical checkup and expects to be hospitalized for at least a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana (Mollie
Dr Alvin Sellers Wins Guggenheim Fellowship for Cambridge Study
Dr Alvin F. Sellers of Minneapolis has been named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow to study at Cambridge University for one year starting September. A veteran researcher in physiology, he will study nervous control of stomach functions and intestinal absorption while on sabbatical from the University of Minnesota veterinary school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Ferner Sellers
Minneapolis
Minn
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Cambridge University
Cambridge
England
Guggenheim Fondation
United States
Simon Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Sellers
Marian F. Sellers
North Center Avenue
Somerset
Somerset Public
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ohio State University
Columbus
University of Minnesota
Tunisia
Italy
France
Germany
University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine
American Medical Association
Alpha Psi
Phi Zeta
Gamma Alpha
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
War Of Words Between Moscow And Bonn Hots Up
A collection of brief AP dispatches reports tensions between Moscow and Bonn rising with warnings issued. Other items note Somoza agreeing to a cease fire plan with Honduras under OAS mediation, Saperstein under police protection after threats, Haiti ending a nationwide state of emergency, and the Dietrich Nazi purge trial opening in Munich.
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Moscow
Bonn
Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Honduras
Somoza
Organization of American States
OAS
Newark
N. J
South Orange
Louis B. Saperstein
New York
Saperstein
Munich
Germany
Joseph Sepp Dietrich
Traffic Toll For Weekend Is Again Light
State police reported an exceptionally light weekend with only two vehicle incidents in the county. Theo Monticue 54 of Donegal caused $50 damage when his car struck a culvert on Route 31 causing minor injuries none. Alice L Still 56 of Palm Springs California struck a tractor trailer inside Laurel Hill tunnel on the Turnpike causing $1050 damage. Alfred Miller 41 of Philadelphia identified as the truck driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Monticue
Donegal
Lavazsville
Monticue
Alice L. Still
Palm Springs
Calif
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Alfred Miller
Philadelphia
California
Million Juveniles Before Courts In 1965 Prophesied
Senate investigators warned that if delinquency trends continue, over one million youths will face court action in 1965. The 252 page report by the Senate juvenile delinquency subcommittee covers drinking illness crime pornography narcotics and traffic to border towns. It urges state and local action with federal help and calls for clearer armed forces policy for youths with delinquency records and a shift toward socio medical crime prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Husband, 63, Takes Tenth Wife
New York May 5. Thomas F. Manville Jr., 63, wed his 10th wife Patricia Gaston 27 in a General Sessions Court ceremony at the Hotel Pierre. The tall blonde joined a family of Texans as the couple posed before Judge Mitchell Schweitzer, with Pat nearly 6 feet and Manville under 5 feet 6 inches.
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New York
Thomas F. Manville Jr
Patricia
Pat) Gaston
Manville
Mitchell Schweitzer
General Sessions Court
Pierre
Fifth Avenue
Pat
Stright
Tommy
American Women Visit Bulganin in Moscow Tour Talks
A group of American women from U S radio and television industries met Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin in Moscow. Tass reported the visit, noting the women urged expanding tourist exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Nikolai Bulganin
U.S
Tass
Bulganin
U. S
Russia
Reds Fear A Weapons For German Soldiers
Bonn reports a new Russian warning against arming West German troops with atomic weapons, saying it would bring grave consequences. Adenauer faces political pressure over the issue as NATO allies back a deterrent stance while his re election prospects waver amid Socialist attacks and warnings from Moscow.
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Bonn
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
North Atlantic
NATO
Harold MacMillan
U. S
State Dulles
Andrei Smirnov
Kremlin
Smirnov
West Germany
Kent to Take Oath Today As Treasurer
Harrisburg May 5 Robert F Kent Meadville Republican will take the oath of office tomorrow as Pennsylvanias 65th state treasurer He 45 is among the youngest to hold the states purse strings Kent will be sworn in in the House chamber by Judge Herbert A Mook His salary 22500 yearly Kent is a lawyer and former state representative now in Meadville with his brother John II He will be escorted to the rostrum by Rep Allen M Gibson and his brother and Republican party officials will read the commission of office before brief inaugural remarks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Robert F. Kent
Meadville
Pennsylvania
Kent
Weldon B. Heyburn
Crawford County
Herbert A. Mook
State House
Martha Fell
Robert F. Jr
Richard C
John II
Allen M. Gibson
Warren
GOP
W. Stuart Helm
Menzie Counterclaims in $10,000 Damage Suit
In Somerset County a counter-claim for $10,000 is filed by Menzie Dairy against Wheeler V. Urban in a traffic accident case. Urban allegedly parked a Menzie truck on Route 53 without lights, causing a collision. he seeks damages for injuries and losses. The counter-claim accuses Urban of negligence and high speed, citing truck lights as functioning and requesting $784.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Somerset Court House
Menzie Dairy Company
Wheeler
Menzie Company
Urban
Thieves Loot Jenner Township Cabin for $56 in Goods
Thieves broke into a Jenner township cabin between April 28 and Saturday and stole about $56 worth of clothing groceries and utensils. State police identified the owner as Thomas W Caney of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenner
Jeaner Township
Thomas W. Caney
Pittsburgh
Priest Describes Brutal Beatings by Communists
In San Francisco May 5 a Catholic priest freed after six years in a Chinese prison spoke of severe torture to force a confession of being an American spy. Father Fulgence Gross, a Franciscan missionary from Omaha, recounted beatings for days and a neck sword threat, saying he confessed to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Fulgence Gross
Hong Kong
Father Gross
Omaha
Neb
China
Korea
Somerset Man Zimmerman Found Dead After Firemen Response
Nathan Zimmerman 58 of West Somerset Street died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday after entering a second floor restroom at Somerset Community Hospital, locking the door and collapsing. Firemen removed him through a window. cause listed as heart condition. He leaves a widow and three daughters, a son, a grandson, and several siblings. He had worked as a maintenance man at Gilmour and Jones and was a member of Calvary Methodist Church and the Somerset Eagles. Funeral at Hauger Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.
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Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Nathan Zimmerman
West Somer Street
Somerset Volunteer Firemen
N. B. Picking
Zimmerman
Gilmour and
Jones
Calvary Methodist Church
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Somerset Aerie
Order of Eagles
Hauger Funeral Home
Clark S. Derby
Memorial Park
Windber Woman Killed In Crash On Ligonier Street
A 39 year old Windber woman, Mrs Gilberta Sheffler Ankeny, died when her car collided with a Route 30 eastbound auto at Market Street intersection. Her husband John Ankeny was the other driver. a bystander Mrs Catherine Wolfinger suffered bruises. Ligonier police reported this as the town's first fatal crash in 16 years.
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Ankeny
Market Street
John E. Ankeny
Clifford Lininger
Wilkinsburg
Lininger
Catherine A. Wolfinger
Ligonier
Joseph Gardner
Somerset County Grand Civil Juries Sit Today
Somerset County opens its May term with grand and civil juries seated. DA Frank A. Orban Jr says about 18 cases prepared for grand jury, likely trimmed by guilty pleas. Civil docket lists 20 cases, including a $100,000 plus traffic death suit of Richard R. Shaffer Jr. and a $77,000 fatality suit of Charles S. Stutzman, both from 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Richard R. Shaffer, Jr. Boswell
RD. 2
Charles S. Stutzman
Stoystown
Tot Hurt In Fall In Somerset Hospital Dispensary Treatment
Five year old Thomas Beckner son of Mr and Mrs John Becker of East Main street suffered chin cuts when he fell while playing Sunday. He received dispensary treatment at Somerset Community Hospital.
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Thomas Beckner
John Becner
East Main Street
Somerset Community Hospital
Dairymen Spot Wilson Bush Milk Cooler on Route 31
Dairymen report seeing the Wilson Bush Milk Cooler installation on Route 31 at Lavanaville. The sighting places the equipment at the rural dairy district and signals local farming infrastructure activity.
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Wilson Bush
Route
Lavanaville
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Defense
Spinghamton
Somerset Stores
Dr. Sellers
A. Ferner Sellers
Bsota
Port Auprince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
John Cadwick
Andit
Congress
Vito Galasso
Burbank
Vito
Pacoima
Herb Altschull
Menzie
Henry
Cora Baldwin Zimmerman
Leora Snyder Zimmerman
Donald Nathan Zimmerman
Silver Spring Md
Patricia Logan
Joy D. Zimmerman
Yvonne Zimmerman
Alfred Logan
Conrad Urban
John Chapman
Compton
Doss Page
Seward
Leroy Zimmerman
Louiseville
Ohio
Windber
Ligonier Street
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