Life Is a Cycle Plaque Awarded to Wables
Somerset Grange awards its Life Is a Cycle plaque and certificate to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wable of Fort Hill at a meeting. The couple, maple sugar producers, have Maple King titles and showcased samples for attendees.
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Ith
Somerset Grange
W. H. Wable
Fort Hill
R .D
Dan Resh
Harry Baumgardner
Grange
Mrs. Wable
Mr. Wable
Wables
Fallout From Chinese Atomic Test Sparks Heavy Radioactivity
Tokyo scientists report Chinese third atomic test released fallout far heavier than earlier tests with radioactivity about 33 times higher than the second blast. Fukushima residents recorded about 65 times stronger fallout in rainfall. Officials warn contamination could rise as air masses move from the mainland.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Takao Kosaka
Niigata University
Kenpo Tsukamoto
Radial Rays Research Institute
Kosaka
Washington
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Variable clouds and windy conditions with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms on Thursday. Highs in the 60s. Friday looks cloudy with lingering showers ending after early thunder shower activity in the mountains.
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Pennsylvania
County Fair Plans Highlight 1966 Meyersdale Event
Preliminary plans for the 1966 Meyersdale County Fair run August 21 to 27 with a queen coronation on opening week. A Sunday start includes an evening service by the Somerset County Ministerial Association. Highlights feature 4-H classes, dairy exhibits, parades, shows, and a new pre-registration system for competitors.
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Meyersdale
Emerson Luder
Fair Association
Somerset County Ministerial Association
Jose Chipwood
Saddle Club
Pennsylvania
The
Adams rumored as possible successor to Alessandroni
Widespread talk names Arlin Adams as a potential successor to Walter Alessandroni in Pennsylvania politics. Funeral plans advanced for Alessandroni and his wife Ethel as investigators report wreckage removal from the Fayette County crash.
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Philadelphia
Walter E. Alessandroni
Arlin Adams
Pennsylvania
Alessandroni
Ethel
Montgomery County
GOP
James E. Staudinger
Fayette County
Staudinger
State Liquor Control Board
Capitol Hill
Harrisburg
Scranton
Open House at Somerset Daily American Sets Dates
The Somerset Daily American invites the public to visit its new quarters during Open House on Friday and Saturday. Hours are Friday 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Eleven. Registration for ten free one week classified ads is at 334 West Main Street with a drawing on May 16 at 2 p.m.
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Somerset Daily American
West Main Street
Ambulance Association Names Board
A nine member permanent board was elected Tuesday night at a meeting of the Ambulance Association. Elected were Mayor William Barnhart president Rev Samuel Kittle 1st vice president Margaret R Wentz secretary treasurer Dr E O Haupt representative medical society George Cook Somerset Philip Schaff Rockwood Dwight Coleman Friedens Edward Barnett Sipesville and George Parks Jefferson Township. The Board also completed the selection of a 45 member advisory board. At the next meeting the term of office for the permanent and advisory boards will be established. Cook Chairman The chairman appointed George Cook to chair the establishment of a steering committee. Mr Cook will acquire members for the committee within the next week and purpose of this is to make recommendations to the permanent board for the chairman of the fund drive and for the management of this campaign. At the next meeting May 19 8 p m in the Council Chambers the permanent board will hear a report from the steering committee and hopes to select a campaign chairman appoint a special committee and con See AMBULANCE on Page 2
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Somerset County Ambulance Association
Robert McClure
William G. Barnhart
Margaret R. Wentz
Somerset
Tor
Edward Barnett
Lincoln Twp
E. 0. Haupt
The
County Medical Society
Edward Coleman
Friedens
George Parks
Jefferson Twp
Samuel Kittle
Acosta
George Cook
Philip Schaff
Rockwood
Ambulance Association
William Barnhart
E. O. Haupt
Medical Society
Phillip Schaff
Dwight Coleman
Sipesville
Jefferson Township
Removal Of Agent Rejected By PUC
The Public Utility Commission rejected a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road proposal to remove the Garrett freight agent in Garrett Garrett Garrett in Somerset County. The commission found removal would hamper coal mining, noting operators depend on the agent to supply empty cars and speed loaded movements. The railroad wanted Garrett operations moved to Rockwood seven miles away, drawing nine coal companies and a railroad workers group protest. The commission said losses could be offset by coal revenues from Garrett and cited four month coal loadings totaling $673,500.
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Public Utility Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Somerset County
PUC
Line
Garrett
Rockwood
Squeeze on Red supply routes tightens in Vietnam
U S forces block the Mu Gia Pass main infiltration route from North Vietnam as frogmen recover arms from a freighter sunk near the Cau Mau peninsula. A 300-man Communist battalion faced paratroopers of the 101st Airborne 95 miles northeast of Saigon amid rising political tensions and casualty reports.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Mu Gia Pass
Cau Mau
Origin
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
McNamara
101St Airborne Division
New Industry Weighs Somerset Location Decision
Somerset Borough Council held a special meeting to lure a multi million dollar industry with five U S plants and four abroad. The project would employ about 400 people, 60 percent of them men, and plans call for water sewage and access roads funded by a $75 000 ordinance. See Council on page two.
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Somerset Borough
Somerset
United States
Mississippi
Em- See Council
McNamara Says Viet Cong Losing Some Support
Secretary McNamara told the Senate committee that Viet Cong is losing popular backing while North Vietnam intensifies the war. He cited monthly North Vietnamese arrivals and argued the United States pursues a limited objective with minimal casualties.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
North
United States
W House
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Johnson seeks leniency for East bloc trade talks
Washington AP says the Johnson administration asks Congress for power to negotiate broader trade agreements with the Soviet bloc except East Germany, aiming to ease postwar barriers and expand MFN treatment, with uncertain passage in 1966 and possible action in 1967. Secretary of State Dean Rusk argues new bill expands U S leverage while offering safeguards and hearings.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Soviet Union
Europe
East Germany
Dean Rusk
Poland
Yugoslavia
U.S
House Ways and Means Committee
Rusk
United States
Secretary of State
America
Somerset Lumber Firm Fined Over Time Wage Violations
A Som erset County lumber company Menear Lumber Co. of Stoystown was ordered by U.S. District Judge Edward Dumbauld to pay six employees a total of 460 dollars in overtime and minimum wage. The firm must keep proper payroll records and pay time and a half for overtime. Roy and John Menear own the company.
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Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Menear Lumber Co
Stoystown
R. D
Edward Dumbauld
U.S. District Court
Roy
John Menear
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Wable
Maple Producers Association
Charles Ream
Markleton
Dwane Ringer
Confluence
Ralph Peck
Somerset Barracks
William W. Scranton
Adams
Republican Organization
Raymond Shafer
Alessandronis
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Commonwealth
John Catherine
Department of Public Welfare
Pat Stone
Catherine
Dwane E. Ringer
Ivan E. Lambert
Asia
Ambulance Association Names Board
Nguyen Cao Ky
Fulbright
Lee McNamara
LBJ
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