Marines Storm Into Battle Near Da Nang and Chu Lai
Fresh U S Marines enter a three day fight against Viet Cong between Da Nang and Chu Lai after helicopter insertions from the carrier Valley Forge. Units clash with groups of 96 and 40 guerrillas as air and ground forces support, reports say light American casualties. A VOA relay station near Hue is hit by mortar fire. one U S truck is damaged in Viet attacks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Chu Lai
Valley Forge
Thhe
Leon Utter
Miami
Okla
Voice of America
Hue
Imy
Sake
Mal Tansmitter
U.S
Philippines
Viet Nam
Engeanel
Stan ford Hose Company Chooses Fire Chief and Assistants
At a meeting in the Stanford Hose Company clubrooms last night members chose candidates for fire chief and two assistants. The three names will go to City Council for final approval at the next meeting on December 20. Jerome Davis named chief Al Apps first assistant William Halfast second assistant. Salaries for 1966 remain unchanged at 465, 327 and 258 dollars respectively.
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Stanford Hose Company
Jerome Davis
al Apps
William Halfast
UC Firm Folds 32 Jobs Lost in Union City
The Eastman Mfg Co of Union City closes after mortgage foreclosures by National Bank and Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Co Titusville. The 64 South Main Street plant, maker of children and church furniture, ends with about 32 local jobs lost. Owner William Mathias says a takeover is possible but not certain. he will remain around.
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Eastman Mfg. Co
Union City
National Bank
Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Co
Titusville
William Mathias
South Main Street
Ecclesiastical Furniture Co
Mathias
The
Journal Today
Hammer
Ronald Hamerick
Ham
Kurfess
Two Prisoners Break Loose Near Westmoreland County
Two prisoners being moved to Philadelphia broke away from Navy guards near a Westmoreland County town. State troopers local police and Navy units joined in a search for the escaped servicemen. One fugitive was identified as 21 year old from State College.
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New Saniun
Philadelphia
Navy
Westmoreland County
Yester
Poli
State College
Soviet space signals spark new experiment hopes
Reported signals described as coming from a new Soviet space experiment. There was no immediate report of a launch or follow up details from officials.
Johnson vows to exhaust peace efforts before hard steps
President Johnson says the United States will exhaust every peace effort before taking other hard steps in Viet Nam. He spoke in a telephone address to the AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco as Britain seeks Soviet support for peace talks and Hanoi and Moscow blame U.S. actions for widening the war.
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Washington
Johnson
Lee
Moscow
Hanoi
United States
Britain
Viet Nam
U.S
Texas
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
Si More
Peking
Fireball Dazzles Nation Across U S Skies
Reports from the Northeast to California describe a brilliant fireball lighting the sky at dusk. Scientists say it was likely a natural meteor phenomenon with air force and police monitoring reports and scattered fires investigated in Pennsylvania and Ohio, near Kecksburg and Elyria.
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Pittsburgh
California
Aly
Midwest
William P. Bidelman
University of Michigan
Idaho
Defense Department
Washington
Bidelman
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Canada
Smi
Kecksburg
Roy Howard
Air Force
Elyria
Cleveland
Feeling Runs At New Law Between Two World Giants
Washington reports changes in Soviet leadership reaffirming Brezhnev’s power and party supremacy. Analysts say the three day Supreme Soviet session will barely alter U S Soviet relations, which are at a low. Mikoyan resigns with full ceremony as Podgorny succeeds him, reflecting aging leadership and ongoing political maneuvering.
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Feeling
New Law
Washington
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Anastasi
Mikoyan
Brezhnev
Nikoli V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Algerian Leader Boumediene to Visit Moscow in Talks
Col Houri Boumediene, Algeria's strongman who ousted President Ahmed Ben Bella in June, will travel to Moscow on Monday for talks with Soviet leaders. This marks his first official foreign visit since the coup.
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Moscow
Algiers
Houri Boumesienne
Ahmed Ben Bella
Costantis Narrowly Survives Storm Tow With Tug Aid
The Breck freighter Costantis, crippled and awash in a night gale about 300 miles southwest of Ireland, proceeds under its own power toward a rendezvous with tugs Atlantic and Utrecht after a crewman was found dead. One other crew member was rescued, and a third remained missing as Queen Mary and other ships stood by. The ship’s lifeboats were damaged or lost, making the rescue precarious while Surrey Trader and Steve Vulkan joined the effort. The Costantis was en route from Bremen to a U S port.
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London
Ireland
Falmouth
England
New York
Plymouth
Atlantic
Utrecht
Surrey Trader
Steve Vulkan
U.S
Bremen
Germany
Hold Up in Pittsburgh Savings Firm Nets $1200
Two men and a woman held up a Homewood area savings and loan today and fled with about $1,200 in cash and checks. Police said the three were Negroes.
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Pittsburgh
Homewood
Crash Victims Satisfactory After Two One Car Crashes
State Police report two one car crashes near Corry and Union City causing $2,800 in damage. Richard McCray and Robert May, both 18, admitted in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after McCray fell asleep at the wheel on Sample Flats Road. Isabelle Nieme yer, 24, of Union City escaped injury in a separate Hungry Run Road crash with $900 damage.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Richard McCray
West Smith Street
Robert May
Shady Avenue
McCray
Sample Flats Road
Piccidilli Hill
May
Hungry Run
Union City
Isabelle Niemeyer
Fine Rubber Makers In Price Fixing
Six major rubber firms and three individuals faced fines totaling 204500 in U S District Court for price fixing on hydraulic hose sales. B F Goodrich Goodyear and U S Rubber each paid 50000, Electric Hose 25000, H K Porter 15000, Lee National 10000. three executives received 1500 fines and two years probation. The action was part of Sherman Antitrust Act cases against 13 firms and six officials indicted last January. Hydraulic hose and couplings are key in manufacturing and workshops.
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Vetroit
U.S
U. S
Theodore Levin
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
U. S. Rubber Co
Electric Hose & Rubber Co
H. K. Porter Co. Inc
Lee National Corp
George Fischer
B. F. Goodrich
Robert Mercer
Goodyear
W. W. Wells
Electric Hose & Rubber
Slate Bee Program For Kids During Yule Penn
Youngsters in grades one through six have a two location recreation program during Christmas vacation under voluntary supervision. Activities include games exercises storytelling coloring and craft work with sessions 9 30 to 11 30 am and 1 30 to 4 pm. Program runs December 20 23 and 27 31 with 11 25 and 3 55 dismissals for parent pickups. Enter via west door near softball field Wright School entrance between Hatch Building Wright School.
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Wright
Lou Hanna
Hanna
Hatch
Sailor Returns From Visit To Reds Side
A 17 year old U S Navy apprentice seaman Edwin Ross Armstrong disappeared from his ship in Hong Kong on December 3 after a five day visit. He crossed the Red China border bridge and told British immigration officials he had been on the Communist side since his disappearance. Hong Kong and U S consular and navy officials withheld his hometown and kin and would not comment further.
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From
Navy
Professor Dies in Ann Arbor Astronomy Dean McLaughlin
Professor Dean B. McLaughlin, 64, astronomy chair at the University of Michigan, died Wednesday in Ann Arbor. The longtime faculty member was noted for his work in stellar studies and leadership within the department.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Dean B. McLaughlin
the Michigan
Wedngaday, Awe
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