Train Car Crash Kills Local Woman, 22
In Dunmore Pa Army nurse 2nd Lt Carol A E Drazba 22 dies in a helicopter crash in Viet Nam. Capt Albert M Smith Jr 27 also killed. Sister Joanne Drazba 23 recalls her sister’s life and wish to be a nurse. Drazba graduated 1964 State Hospital School of Nursing Scranton and joined the Army. She is survived by mother Marcella Drazha and four brothers.
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Penn
Dunmore
Viet Nam
Carol A. E. Drazba
Albert M. Smith Jr
White House
Merriman Smith
Drazba
Joanne Drazba
Drazha
State Hospital School of Nursing
Scranton
Ft. Sam Tex
Marcella Drazha
Joseph
China Ready To Invade China Ready To Invade
Taipei report states Chiang Kai-shek declares Nationalist forces are combat ready to invade the Communist mainland. He stresses destroying Red Chinese nuclear installations but offers no timing and says there should be no external pressure to restrain the attack as the National Assembly reconvenes.
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Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
National Assembly
Republic of Ching
Russia Ships Head For Cuba With Missiles
Former U S ambassador Spruille Braden, head of the Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba, says five Soviet ships are bound for Cuba with nuclear missiles. He accuses Cuba of becoming a hub for terrorists and saboteurs and recalls Kennedy agreeing not to attack in 1962 in exchange for missile removal.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Cuba
Spruille Braden
Braden
Citizens Committee For
Kennedy
Airlift Antitoxin To Halt Caribbean Diphtheria Threat
The Red Cross reported it airlifted 600000 units of diphtheria antitoxin to the Dominican Republic to counter a threatened epidemic there.
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Washington
Red Cross
Dominican Republic
Wirtz Faces Labor Leaders In Heated Miami Meetup
Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz arrived in Miami Beach to meet AFL-CIO leaders amid rising labor criticism of the Johnson administration. No formal talks were planned, but officials warned meetings could occur by chance at the Americana Hotel during midwinter gatherings.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Florida
Aca
Hinson
Wirtz
Afl-Cio
Aes
Meany
Americana
Maritime Trades Department
Johnson
Coc Plame
White House
Senate
Australia May Boost Vietnam Commitment After Talks
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt said Australia may increase its troop commitment in Vietnam after talks with Vice President Hubert Humphrey. About 1,500 Australian combat troops are in Vietnam. A Canberra protest greeted Humphrey, but police reported no arrests and he handled the scene with humor.
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Canberra
Australia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Harold Holt
Viet Nam
Holt
Humphrey
Folt
Ing
Hubert Humphrey
Reepe Encement
Nam
U.S
Rusk Challenges Congress Vote On Viet Nam Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Congress to vote again on Viet Nam policy if doubt remains, signaling a repeat of the 1964 resolution authorizing actions in Southeast Asia. Sen. Wayne Morse said he would push to rescind the resolution via an amendment to defense funding, though others offered no support.
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Lumphrey
Government of
Australia
Viet Nam
America
Delhi
Rusk
Congress
Washington
Dean Rusk
S ‘Administration
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Wayne Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
Senate
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Sen
Ernest Gruening
D-Alaska
House
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Robert McNamara
Hubert “Hy Humphrey
Baltimore
Wmar-Tv
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Yesterdiae Gore
Red China
Tragedy at Shady Avenue as car hit by train kills woman
A 22 year old Corry woman, Carol J Johnson, died when a westbound Erie Lackawanna passenger train struck her car at Shady Avenue crossing at about 6 35 am. The train dragged the car for three quarters of a mile. Police and the coroner investigated as funeral plans were arranged.
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Shady Avenue Cross
Carol J. Johnson
Corry - Cutting
Erie - Lackawanna
Shady Avenue
Corry-Cutting Road
Miss Johnson
Corry
Journal
William Shrout
Alfred Aikens
Frank Carnegie
James “Keppel
James St. George
St. George Funeral
St. George
Edwin Johnson
Stoneboro
Elgin Electronics
Mike Johnson
Marsh's Plaza
Route 6
Pe Carnegie
WL Wood
Cochranton
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Corry School Board
Frank McKnight
Corry Board
Robert Ott
Ott
Tearne
B. G
Barney) Bennett
Eaton and Johnston
China
Russia
Mekong Delta
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