Sergeant James Kimmel Honored for 24 Years Service
Sergeant James W. Kimmel of Company C completed 24 years in the Army with 18 months in Europe and 12 months in Korea. He earned the Bronze Star for delivering ammunition behind enemy lines at Ludenschied and received a Commendation Badge for guiding 150 drivers from Hurst, Germany, to Le Havre, France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Bodes
Sargeant
James W. Kimmel
Company C
Korea
Kimmel
Somerset
Sargeant Kimmel
Johnstown
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Buck
670Th Field Artillery
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
670Th
Patton
3Rd Army
France
Barogne
Ludenschied
Germany
Bayreuth
Furthinfield
Alt Hochst
Frankfurt
Set
Hurst
le Havve
Sgt. Kimmel
LaHarre
Lee Kimmel
O Company C
Somerset County
Highlands Plans Familiarization Meeting For Tourism
Laurel Highlands Inc will host a Familiarization meeting at Seven Springs Champion for policemen service station owners and others who meet the touring public. Wayne W. Pile says the program will showcase tourism importance and how to treat visitors and includes a Laurel Highlands slide show a Bell Telephone film The Grass is Greenest and a speaker from the State Travel Development Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Highlands, Inc
Seven Springs
Champion
Laurel Highlands
Wayne W. Pile
Westmoreland, Fayette and
Somerset County
Rusk Confident Vietnam Election Schedule Likely
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said he expects South Vietnam to hold a September election for a Constituent Assembly as a first step toward civilian government. He argued Ky’s remarks were misinterpreted and that elections for a National Assembly would follow later after a constitution and election laws are in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
Washington
Dean Rusk
South
Viet Nam
Rusk
Nguyen Cao Ky
Council of Generals
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Asia
Wayne Morse
D-Orp
Morse
United States
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania this Week
Partly cloudy and cold on Tuesday with a high near 41 to 50 degrees. Wednesday will be sunny and less cold with improving conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Alessandroni Plane Wreck Kills Official and Three Others
State attorney general Walter Alessandroni his wife and two others perished when their Piper plane crashed four miles south of Indian Head after taking off from Harrisburg Sunday. Pilot Melvin Ladin and observers Leonard Stahl Claude Bauer reported seeing wreckage with no signs of life. Search efforts included CAP cadets National Guard and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Alessandroni
Indian Head
Pennsylvania
Leonard Stahl
Somerset Civil Air Patrol
James G. Knepper
Harrisburg
Alessandroni
Connellsville
William W. Scranton
GOP
Scranton
Fayette County
Uniontown
Ethel
James Staudinger
Montmagory County
Somerset County
Knepper
Somerset
CAP
Company C
Somerset National Guard
Lee Alessandroni
Somerset Daily American Moves To New Plant
The editorial outlines the cooperative effort behind Somerset Daily American’s move to a new plant. Publisher coordinated with Dayton P. Clark Co and secured capital from Philadelphia Life Insurance and Mellon Bank. Somerset Trust Co and Philson National Bank aided financing while Universal Printing Equipment Co arranged the necessary pressroom equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Daily American
the American
Dayton P. Clark Co
Clark
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company
Mellon National
Sam S. Puntolillo
West Main Street
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Longest Space Walk Planned for Gemini 9 Mission
Apollo era NASA coverage details astronaut Eugene Cernan and Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Stafford preparing for what would be the longest space walk. The two will test a 140 foot tether, the astronaut maneuvering unit, and on board life support while staging a simulated space rescue over a three day mission launching May 17 from Cape Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Stafford
Agena
Dyvain
Junta Divisions Grow Over Ky Stay in Power
In Saigon the 10 man military government is divided after Premier Ky said he will remain in power for at least a year. Buddhists threaten protests if the regime refuses to step down, with Da Nang activists signaling possible unrest. Ky spoke at Can Tho and avoided further comment to reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Thien Minh
Can Tho
Lakeli
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Highlands
China
Promielt
Jerry Koontz
Mel Pletcher
Gene Lievd
John A. Wilson
Guy Weimer
Bob Lloyd
Math
Dtye
Pual
Dorothy Craig
Somerset Jaycees
Allentown
AMU
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