City reels from ice jams and flooding in business district
The downtown area faced water damage as ice jams on Oil Creek and the Allegheny River caused flooding last night. Police kept a river watch while crews cleared basements and monitored rising waters along Route 8 and nearby streets.
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Steel
Amir
Cues Egies
Allegheny
Creek
Pulice
Minin
Ceme
Smu
Ameliear Gins
Althr
Unclear Remarkable Train of Mumbled Text
The readable fragments describe a disjointed scene aboard a plane with references to a shed and bag. The scrambled wording mentions weapons and seats but lacks coherent subject or chronology. Further context from the source is needed for a precise summary.
Strike Of 60,000 Oil Workers Nets 69.6 Cents Per Hour Pact
The oil workers union reach a two year contract valued at 69.6 cents an hour, with 41.5 cents in base raises and additional benefits. If ratified by California locals, the strike could end within 24 to 48 hours, setting a pattern for 435 other expired contracts. Grospiron says higher payments and a full pension cost shift are included.
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California
Grospiton
OCAW
Grospiron
Four Huks Killed In Philippines Fighting
Government troops killed four Huk rebels and captured three wounded in a firefight near Manila. The Huks, former World War II fighters, now clash with the Manila government and are blamed on by officials as bandits. A captured Hink girl said her group listened to radio broadcasts from Peking and was told Americans should leave.
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Bat 2
Hink
Manila Times
Radw
Peking
Philippines
Bluenose II Towed Into Bermuda After Six Day Voyage
The Nova Scotia schooner Bluenose II was towed into St George Bermuda after a rough six day voyage from Halifax. A memorial service was held for a crew member who died at sea during the climb to port.
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ST. George
Bermuda
Halifax
Nab Escapees From Florida Boys' Home
Two Florida boys aged 13 and 14 were arrested after a high speed chase on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Norristown. Kenneth Cheever of Apopka and Robert Mongrau of Jacksonville fled Montverde Academy, stole a car, and collided with another vehicle after crossing the median. A suitcase carried seven butcher knives, a meat cleaver, and switchblades.
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Norristown
Florida
Kenneth Cheever
Apopka
Fla
Robert Mongrau
Jacksonville
Fiz
Montverde Academy
Montgomery County
Eugene Zawatski
Herbert Gallop
Flourtown
Princeton to Admit Women 1000 Students Soon
Princeton University officials announced that women would be admitted in time, with President Robert F. Goheen saying the move would come "soon" though not in the fall. About 1,000 women, roughly 25 percent of enrollment, are planned. Yale’s slower pace is noted as a comparison.
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Princeton
Mem
Princeton University
Robert F. Goheen
Yale
Goheen
Memorial prayer read for Nel Robitaille at tribute
Six passengers stood bareheaded in the rain as David Rawding of Liverpool Nova Scotia offered a memory of 24 year old Nel Robitaille of Yarmouth Nova Scotia as a gigantic wave marked the scene.
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David Rawding
Liverpool
N.S
Nel Robitaille
Yarmouth
From London To Five Million Tokyo Tour Free Ride
London to Tokyo free tour tale as Julian Goatcher and David Hogg depart Jan 1 1963 with 124 dollars each. They crossed the Pacific aboard a U S ship, were not charged for air travel, and took a car voyage across the Atlantic. They toured the United States and Central America and paid most expenses via television appearances, while the British rule limits leaving with 124 dollars.
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Tokyo
Julian Goatcher
David Hogg
London
Japan
Goatcher
Hogg
Pacific
Panama
U.S
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Mexico
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Goathher
Skimobile Collisions Injure Drivers In City Crashes
Police report three traffic incidents. A skimobile struck a car at Avenue A crossing, causing damage to both vehicles. George R Koestner 22 lost control on ice on North Center street, hitting a utility pole. Dennis D Rieck 18 failed to see the snow vehicle at the crossing.
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Harmon
George R. Koestner
East Pleasant Street
North Center Street
Koestner
Raymond Avenue
Avenue A
Dennis D.rieck
U S Forces Repel Attack As Shelling Rises Around Saigon
U S Command reports quick repulse of enemy soldiers by airfield security and gunships. Four Viet Cong killed as Dong Tam base sustains damage to six helicopters with no casualties. South of Saigon, three overnight shellings kill two civilians and a policeman while wounding 19. A B 52 strike near Saigon kills 20 and destroys fortifications and sampans.
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U. S
U.S. Air Force
Can Tho
6Th Division
Dong Tam
Julian Ewell
Saigon
Skimobile Collision on Hidge Street Injures Malone
Hidge street operator on the railroad right of way from East Main to Avenue A failed to see the car crossing the tracks. The skimobile suffered about 300 dollars in damage while Malone received hospital treatment at Corry Memorial Hospital.
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Hidge Street
East Main Street
Avenue A
Malone
Corry Memorial Hospital
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