Bombers Shot Down and U.S. Death Toll Rises in Vietnam
The U S Command reports 196 Americans killed last week the highest weekly toll since December along with two more USAF fighter bombers shot down in South Vietnam bringing three day losses to five. Allied forces also report heavy enemy casualties and successful seizures of stockpiles as shelling continues.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
South Vietnam
South
U.S
South Vietnamese
Cambodian
Vale Seldow
Fourth Mine Closed By Walkout
Ebensburg Pa AP reports Nantyglo Mine No 31 in Cambria County shut down after a 700 worker walkout at Cambria Slope No 33 to protest use of helper crews. The strike began last week with 350 miners leaving at Cambria Slope No 33. The operation could not run independently of the struck workings.
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Ebensburg
Rothethlebean Mines
Gore
Cambria County
Nantyglo Mine No
Cambria Slope No. 33
Corry YMCA sets goal of 700 new and renewing members
Kenneth Burr chairs the 1969 YMCA drive as corry volunteers recruit across Corry and Union City. The effort aims for 700 memberships with five captains per division and eight dozen workers, inviting all ages to explore classes, fitness, sauna, TOPS, art and more at the Y.
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Corry
Kenneth Burr
Olin Bracken Jr
Union City
Burr
47 Dead In Wake Of California Floods
The Sespe Creek tragedy in Ojai and surrounding areas leaves 47 dead from the California storm. Rescue efforts extend to hikers and a deputy and ranger among the fallen. Property damage tallies run into the millions as floods hit Los Angeles foothills and other counties.
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California
Banning
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles
Azusa-Glendora
Azusa-Pacific College
Glendora- Sa
San Luis Obispo
Pomona
Ofice
Tulare County
Ronald E. Balster
Ellen
Kern River
Teachers Set Deadline For Strike In Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Teachers Education Association threatens a strike Monday over salary and benefits after the school board struck a deal with a rival federation. PTEA seeks a $7 500 starting salary and a new hospitalization plan with 9 percent funded by the district.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Teachers Education Association
Board of Education
PTEA
David H. Kurtuman
Kurtzman
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Frank Damiani
One By One He Watched Them Swept To Death
A bulldozer carrying ten people stalls in a rising flood in Ojai California. The sole survivor describes calm scenes as six boys and four men perish one by one while water swelled. The account names a 51 year old man later reported dead at George Washington University Hospital.
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Navy
Washington
Charles Wilbur
Ihen
George Washingt
University Hospital
Cosmonauts Shot At Moscow Motorcade
A mentally unstable man fired on a motorcade honoring cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov Boris Volynov Yevgeny Khrunov and Alexei Yeliseyev at the Kremlin Borovitskaya Gate injuring a chauffeur and wounding lightly another. The shooting was hushed up for 24 hours with officials saying the gunman was schizophrenic.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Seni
Kremlin
Georgy Beregovoy
Foreign Ministry
Borovitskya
Vladimir Shatalov
Boris Volynov
Yevgeny Khrunov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Wage Tax Boost Supports City and Schools in Corry
Corry earned income tax receipts for 1968 show the city and the school district each collecting 95 013. Total year receipts reached 264 000 with 226 000 from employer withholdings and 22 086 paid by individuals. A vacancy was set to be filled at the April meeting with Clifford Buesink elected chairman. Union City pursues eminent domain over Bridge street land, with a 200 price tag and possible delay from an appeal. Mirage jet talks: Malaysia to discuss sale of jets and arms with French officials arrival Friday.
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Corry
William Miller
Miller
Pennsylvania
Clifford Buesink
Wallace Young
Union City
Daniel Kuhn
Sidney Carlburg
Erie County
Carlburg
Borogh
Bridge Street
Mirage Jet Tales
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tun Abdul Rasak
Pueblo Skipper Denied Guarantee as Court-Martial Probe Opens
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher, commander of the Pueblo, told a Navy court of inquiry he is suspected of violating naval regulations by surrendering the ship to North Korea. The court informed him that statements may not be used against him in a future court-martial. He pledged to provide full details about the Pueblo’s capture and the crew’s 41 months in captivity.
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Coronado
Calif
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
Pueblo
Wongan Harbor
Navy
William Newsome
USNR
E. Miles Harvey
Harvey
UC Firemen To Operate Ambulance
Union City Fire Department will run an ambulance service after council backed the plan. The hospital board had rejected hospital-operated ambulance care. Costs for year one are about 20 700 with 13 700 to be raised by fees and township contributions.
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Union City Fire Department
Union City
Francis
Poke) Wotenay
William Kline
Harry Smiley
Union City Hospital Board
Hospital
Fire Department
Union City Hospital
Union
Amity
Moscow
Soviet Union
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