Legion Plans Great Parade To Top Off Convention
Washington AP reports the American Legion’s 48th national convention features a seven hour parade starting at noon with 20 000 marchers along Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues. Over 6 000 are band and drum corps members, 400 National Guardsmen assist with crowd and traffic control. The gathering draws about 50 000 veterans and families, with Javits cautioning against hawkish moves and urging focus on social and economic issues. The convention notes veteran age trends and possible open membership to those who served in the Viet Nam era.
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Washington
American Legion
Pennsylvania
Constitution
Armed Services
Sen
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Viet Nam
Javits
Legion
Boy 17 Drowns While Swimming in Area Lake
MEADVILLE A 17 year old Pittsburgh youth drowned yesterday afternoon in Conneaut Lake while boating with his brother. Daniel W Speicher was pronounced dead at the scene by Crawford County coroner Dr Daniel Maloney. The death was ruled accidental due to drowning as state police described the incident.
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Meadville
Pittsburgh
Conneaut Lake
Daniel W. Speicher
Daniel Maloney
Crawford County
Maloney
Speicher
Raymond
Local News Notes Of Weddings Visits And Births
Clymer area residents attend weddings and birthday observances while many guests visit from Muske gon Baldwin and New York. Events include Miss Joan Medema and Miss Nancy Mallory as bridesmaids at a Ton Brown wedding, church circle meetings, slides of travel in Thailand and India, a Buffalo General Hospital graduation, and a fatal boating incident at Conneaut Lake where Speicher was pulled from the water by volunteers.
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Joan Medema
Muskegon
Mich
Nancy Mallory
Baldwin
Long Island
Gertrude Gravink
Ton| Brown
Doris Ruslink
New York City
Edward Ruslink
Philip Ruslink
Chautauqua Lake
Judith McCray
Charles Wade
Cherry Point
8. C
Norman Bailey
Ee] Curtis
Mark Miers
Mark
Harold Ten- Huisen
Boston
Mass
Milton Kinyon
William Gravink
Jennie Gravink
Jay Gravink
Carlson-Marsh
Stockton
James Sullivan
Eldred Roush
Ruth Beckerink
Mike Roush
Nicholson
Alan Rhebergen
Mayville
Gilbert T
Roger Westley
Dawn
Lynn
Niagara Falls
Naomi
Mary-Martha Aireles
Gordon Wiggers
Harold Legters
Roger Wiltsie
James VanKarden
Paul Ten- Huisen
Harvey King
Harvey Conk
Merle Holthouse
Deleo Gravink
India
Edward Conk
Gordon
Amy Newhouse
Terri Newhouse
Buffalo General Hospital
Kleinhan’s Music Hall
Mabel Schruers
Newark
N. Y
George
Shirley Schruers Cataldo
Clifford Warnshouse
Merle Newhouse
Earl Beckerink
Warnshouse
Birthday Club
Doris Neckers
Mesdames Hazel Legters
Blanche Legters
Florence Legters
Irma Ten Haken
Minnie Ton
Marilyn Gravink
Weatherfield
Baldwin, L. 1
Firebombs Rock Lake County Drive-In Liquor Scene
Firebombs hit several sites including sales rooms small factories and vacant lots in Lake County as smoke billowed over the area. Sgt Joseph Balzrina reported upon arrival the scene of widespread damage with numerous people damaging a drive-in liquor store shortly after midnight Friday.
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Joseph Balzrina
Lake County Sheriffs Police
President May Be Back On Road By Week End
President Johnson plans to return from the LBJ Ranch to the White House this weekend. Reports he may travel to Summersville West Virginia for a dam dedication circulated though not confirmed by the White House. He spent his birthday touring states and praising a prosperous country amid gatherings in several towns.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
White House
Summersville
W.va
Idaho
Colorado
Oklaoma
Upper New York
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Ohio
First Chastian
Johnson City
President
Marte Falls
Secret Service
Riots in city after arrest trigger clashes and vandalism
Patrolman Richard Mohr said a mob of about 350 Black youths damaged autos and smashed store windows after two white men were robbed near a Black tavern and had their tires punctured. Teens milled in streets as bottles and stones were thrown.
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Richard Mohr
Mann
Mohrmann
Hurricane Faith crawls toward open ocean from Bahamas
Faith the hurricane shifts northward sparing Bahamas islands as forecasters warn of unpredictable path. U S First Infantry soldiers engage Viet Cong after helicopter assault. Winds extend hundreds of miles from the storm center with fringing effects on nearby areas.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bahamas
U. S. First Infantry Division
Miami Weather Bureau
Eleuthera
Grand Turk
Faith
San Salvador
U.S
Grand Turk Island
De Gaulle Visit Sparks Rioting Fears in French Somaliland
Riots flare as Charles de Gaulle returns en route to Cambodia. Pierre Billotte warns of unrest and accuses Somali Republic of exploiting dissidents in French Somaliland. Ahmed Idreaa Moussa leads demonstrations that leave four dead and seventy injured. De Gaulle insists on democratic change, recalls 1958 decision to stay French. He meets Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa over the colony and Ethiopia’s stake in the 500 mile Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad. France aided construction, linking Ethiopia to the outside world.
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Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
Pierre Billotte
Overseas Territories
Frances
Billotte
Ahmed Idreaa Moussa
Parti du Mouvement Popuaire
de Gaulle
Addis Ababa
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Sunday
Djibouti
France
Ethiopias
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Citizens Carry Office
Marine National Bank
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