Fighting Rages in Tripoli Amid Lebanon Unrest
Fierce clashes in Tripoli leave at least 60 killed as pro Chamoun supporters and opponents fight amid broader Lebanon turmoil. Security forces storm streets to restore order while reports claim opposition leaders Karami and Hamze may have been captured. violence also spreading to Sidon and Chouf.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
U. S
Rachid Farami
Teader
Karami
Mohammed Hamze
Chamoun
Sidon
Chouf
Four Escape as Belgian Plane Crashes in Casablanca
An airliner from Sabena eastbound to Leopoldville crashed on landing at Casablanca Cazes airport after engine trouble. Sixty five people died, eight children among them, with four passengers escaping by leaping from the hatch before detonation. Belgians formed the largest group, along with Britons and others. one British family and one Belgian family perished together.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Cazes
Belgian Congo
Brussels
Lisbon
Leopoldville
Sabena
Inquest Friday Into Deaths Of Mme Hay and Mme Sheeler
An inquest into the deaths of Mrs Gloria C Hay 29 of Jenners and Mrs Wanda Fay Sheeler 26 of Zarrett will be held at 7 p.m. May 23 in the grand jury room of the Somerset County Courthouse. Coroner Robert Halverson announced. Mrs Sheeler died on arrival at Meyersdale hospital after the August 6 1957 crash on Route 219 Elk Lick near Salisbury. Mrs Hay died from injuries the following day.
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Gloria C. Hay
Jenners
Wanda Fay Sheeler
Zarrett
Court House
Somerset County
Robert Halverson
Sheeler
Meyersdale Hospital
Hay
Auto
Harry Henry
Elk Lick Township
Salisbury
Bethany College Leader to Speak at Somerset Commencement
Perry Eppler Gresham will deliver the address at the seventy first annual Somerset joint high school commencement at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Somerset. Howard H. Trexel will present the speaker, with Donald Rininger presenting awards. The senior class officers and colors are listed. the program includes processional and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Eppler Gresham
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
Somerset Joint High School
Terry Decima
J. F. Messenger
Howard H. Trexel
Joint High School
Dr. Gresham
Donald Rininger
Vernon O. Lease
Robert J. Pile
Board of Education
Philip Holsinger
Mr. Messenger
Bethlehem Steel Raises Buffalo Area Steel Output
Bethlehem Steel Co. lit an open hearth furnace at its Lackawanna plant Friday, lifting Buffalo area production to 46.4 percent of rated capacity led by the Bethlehem unit and AP report.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel Co
Lackawanna
Somerset county senior high yearbook edition with photos
The senior edition represents the first Somerset county wide senior high school class to feature individual pictures and write ups in one publication. The project involved many hours and over $1,000 in halftone engravings though it faced delays and errors. Editors regret misidentifications or omissions and ask for understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pile In Hospital In Somerset On Sunday
Somerset borough secretary Richard Pile has been admitted to Somerset Community Hospital with condition listed as fair on Sunday evening.
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Richard Pile
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Britain Sees Risk of Setback in Middle East Crisis
Britain grows alarmed over Middle East policy as Western unity erodes and Arab nationalism rises. Lord Salisbury warned that Western power balance shifts against the West, urging clear American foreign policy signals.
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James F. King
London
Britain
West
Middle East
France
Algeria
Lebanon
Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
House of Lords
United States
Russia
MacMillan
Makarios
Cyprus
Paris Faces Crisis as De Gaulle Seeks Power
France braces for a climactic day as militarized police reserves are mobilized nationwide under Interior Minister Jules Moch. Gen. De Gaulle prepares a Monday news conference while Algerian leaders urge unity against fascism and the Communist call for defending republican institutions grows.
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Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS
France
Jules
Moch
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
National Defense Ministry
de Gaulle
Algiers
Jacques Soustelle
Raoul Salan
Soustelle
Colombey - Les - Deux - Eglises
Paul Ely
M. Ribiere
Communist Party
Livengood Cancels Somerset Campaign Stop
It was announced Sunday that William S. Livengood Jr., an independent GOP gubernatorial candidate from Somerset, will not be able to campaign in his hometown today.
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William S. Livengood, Jr
Somerset
Mr. Livengood
Forbes Seniors Tour Washington D C Highlights
Forbes High School class of 1958 joined an eight annual senior trip with 65 students visiting Capitol White House Supreme Court and many monuments. They witnessed Nixon Eisenhower reception Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day rehearsal and a Potomac cruise plus two Yankee games. A tragedy at the National Zoological Park involved a lion incident as students prepared to depart.
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United States
Forbes High School
Washington, D. C
Miss Sank
Capitol
White House
Supreme Court
National Archives
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Iwo Jima Marine Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
Mount Vernon
Washington Cathedral
Smithsonian Institute
Armed Forces Medical Museum
Museum of Natural History
Department of Interior
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
National Zoological Park
National Airport
Potomac
Nixon
South America
NBC
Forbes
Eisenhower
Arlington Amphitheatre
S. S. Mt. Vernon
Glen Echo Amusement Park
Jack Dickey
Bob Turley
New York Yankees
Yankees
Army Launches Jupiter Missile Recovery of Cone Milestone
Apollo era test marks first intact nose cone retrieval after Jupiter rocket flight. Jupiter reached 9000 mph reentry. 1600 mile flight over South Atlantic. Navy frogmen and Escape ship aided recovery amid shark-infested waters. cone carried recovery gear and signals.
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Jack King
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Eisenhower
U. S
South Atlantic
Navy
Defense Department
Army
Somerset teens injured in two-vehicle crash
Donald Enfield seventeen of Somerset remains semi conscious with a brain concussion after a crash last Tuesday. Four others, including his twin, were hurt. all five admitted to Somerset Community hospital along with Donald’s injuries.
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Donald Enfield
Somerset
Donald
Somerset Community Hospital
Ronald
Enfield Auto
Donald Maust
Donald L. Stout
Boswell
RD 2
James Stout
Enfield
Shanksville
Stutzman
Easing Seen In Cost Price Agriculture
The agriculture department reports some easing in the cost price squeeze for farmers over the past year. The April index for production inputs rose 4 percent from a year earlier, while farm product prices rose enough to offset higher costs. Prices paid are expected to stay high as supplies grow, with some decline in prices received as spring levels fade.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kamper Leaves Hospital Ward After Recuperation
George O. Kamper advertising manager and Mountain side Hospital patient since Easter Monday in Montclair New Jersey has been discharged. He is now at the home of his daughter Miss Ruth Kamper in Bloomfield New Jersey recuperating.
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Somerset American
George O. Kamper
Mountainside Hospital
Montclair
N. J
Ruth Kamper
Bloomfield
Tito Announces Experimental Nuclear Reactor In Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports President Tito has activated Yugoslavia’s first experimental nuclear reactor at the Boris Kidric institute in Vinca with Russian assistance.
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Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Russia
Boris Kidric
Unea
Dr Wagner Addresses 1958 Somerset Graduation
Reverend I Hess Wagner spoke to 178 seniors at Somerset joint high school as parents and relatives gathered for the baccalaureate service. The event featured the high school orchestra, choirs, readings, prayers, and a sermon urging spiritual giants and adherence to the Ten Commandments followed by the class response God That Made It.
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I. Hess Wagner
Somerset Joint High School
Chester Singer
Philip Holsinger
Jadss John
Russell E. Knoves
Listle Brethren Church
J. F. Messenger
First Christian Church
First Corinthians
Lloyd Wilson
Bakersville
Mt. Sinai
Dr. Wagner
Edward Henry Bickersteth
Exeter
Keaves
Woman Jailed For Disorderly Conduct In Somerset County
Mrs. John Debutts of Stoystown RD was jailed Sunday after a hearing before Justice H S Whipperman on disorderly conduct and surety of the peace. Also jailed Sunday was Eugene D Conn 31 of Confluence RD 2 for a motor code violation.
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John Debutts
Stoystown
Somerset County
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Eugene D. Conn
Confluence
RD 2
Somerset Firemen Quench Two Blazes and Losses
Somerset firemen tackled two Sunday fires on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset and at the Howard Merrill property Manor Hill between Heiple Supply Co. and the Merrill home. A tractor trailer driven by George H. Lambert of Albans West Virginia caught fire. damage to the tractor was about 1500 dollars with no trailer damage. State police investigated the causes, which remain unknown.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset Interchange
Howard Merrill
Manor Hill
Heiple Supply Co
Merrill
George H. Lambert
Albans
W. Va
Somerset Company
Newt Picking
Somerset Turnpike Division
J. R. Lehman
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East Mediterranean
Camille Chamoun
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Nasser
Trioli
Sabena Airlines
Eduard Pilaet
Pilaet
Mme. Hay, Sheeler
Steeneereneeens Oom
Robert R. Gerhardt
Susan K. Halverson
Maya Rubens
Bonita L. Braucher
Bethlehem Lights Furnace
Pierre Pflimlin
Livengood
Forbes Grads
Charles Lawson
Josephine Elliott
Nellie Sank
Jupiter
Florida
Don Enfield
Kamper Leaves
Listie Fire Hall
Ladies Auxiliary
Listie Fire Department
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