Viet Cong Ambush Kills Two Jazz Musicians Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas ambushed four young American jazz musicians and a Army sergeant on an isolated road near Saigon. Two teenagers Brandi Perry and the Bubble Machine died as they surrendered with hands raised. two others were wounded including Paula Levine and a U.S. soldier. The group had been en route to Vung Tau to perform for US troops when halted by militia and ambushed.
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Saigon
Brandi Perry
Paula Levine
North
Hollywood
Calif
Miss Levine
U.S. Army
Jack Bone
Los Angeles
Vung Tau
U.S
National Liberation Front
Ellsworth Bunker
Gypsy Roof Painters Leave Corry Area
State Police report that itinerant roof painters known as the gypsies pulled out of Corry after a month of work. They had moved to the Elgin area near French Creek five weeks ago and painted barn roofs, leaving dissatisfied customers with coatings described as black gook and gasoline. Four warrants were served in one day as farmers pressed complaints and some refunds of about 150 to 200 dollars were issued.
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Corry
Elgin
Fish Commission
French Creek
Lawyer Builds Case for Ray Extradition Defense
James Earl Ray's American attorney Arthur J. Hanes met Ray in a Wandsworth Prison interview room to gather names and leads for a potential defense. Hanes said the session was helpful, though confinement restricted confidential exchanges. He plans no immediate return trip unless needed for Ray's case.
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London
James Earl i Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Ray
Wandsworth
Hanes
Con
Fidence
Alabama
Britain
Highway Group Plans Route 6 Bypass Tour Stop
The State Highway Commission will visit five sites in one day starting Wednesday. The itinerary includes Harrisburg to New Castle for a groundbreaking, Bradford for an aerial view of Kinzua Dam, Warren for lunch, Youngsville, Corry, Erie I 79, and the Bayfront Expressway with a 6 15 reception and dinner.
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State Highway Commission
Corry
Commission
Harrisburg
New Castle
Bradford
Kinzua Dam
Warren
Youngsville
Lawrence
Highway Department
Erie
Bayfront Expressway
Yippies pamphlet promises freebies to curious readers
New York AP reports that a Youth International Party pamphlet claims readers can obtain almost any item, from food to buffalo, for free by following its instructions. The trick offers free records books and merchandise and even free vegetables and meat if readers know where to go.
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New York
Buffalo
Yippies
Youth International Party
Cannet
Johnson Urges Central American Unity On San Salvador Visit
President Johnson arrives in San Salvador on a voyage planned as the first by a U.S. president to visit all five Central American republics in one trip. He says he comes to learn how Americans and Central Americans can work together to raise living standards while stressing leadership from the nations themselves. Security is tight as 2,000 university students protest Vietnam with some calling him a murderer, yet no incidents are reported. Johnson notes the region’s progress toward a Common Market framework and broader social gains beyond economics.
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David Johnson
Baker
West Washington Street
Johnson
Corry
Washington Street
Erie
San Salvador
el Salvador
Central America
U.S
Central American
Fracas
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Vietnam
National Guard
United States
Hemis- Fair
San Antonio
Will Spurn Minister Bradford EUB Church Won't Join Methodists
Bradford report: the Evengelical United Brethren Church declines to allow a United Methodist minister to serve. Church council expects a court injunction to settle who stays in the building. At a July 1 meeting 84 voted against the merger, 42 in favor. Rev Harold A Burdick will keep services. Rev Paul Whitcomb barred from taking the post.
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Bradford
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Methodist
EUB
Methodists
Lawyer Church Council
Andrew Johnson
United Methodists
New Lawyer Church
Evangelical Congregational Church of Lawyer
Harold A. Burdick
Paul H. Whitcomb
Burdick
Whitcomb
Duke Cheating Scandal Involves Duke Football Players
Appeals are pending for 13 Duke University students accused of cheating by having term papers written for them. Most or all students, likely athletes, faced punishments from probation to suspension after hearings. Two football players were named in Raleigh News and Observer reports as tailback Pete Schafer and fullback Jay Calabrese.
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Durham
N.C
Duke University
Raleigh News and Observer
Pete Schefer
Jay Calabrese
Schafer
Ramsey
N.J
Duke
State says Penn Museum needs 115000 for repairs
The 10 million William Penn Museum in Harrisburg, opened in 1965 and three years old, faces 115000 in repairs due to large 12 foot cracks caused by aluminum conduits reacting with an anti freezing agent in winter. GSA plans bidding July 29 and completion by May 1989 with maintenance deemed normal for a large building.
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Harrisburg
William Penn Museum
BEC
General State Authority
GSA
St Il
Department of Property, and Supplies
Lawrie and Green
Henry K. Flack
Pluck
Pennsylvania
PUC Schedules Hearing For Crossing Project
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission announces a hearing on a Corry railroad crossing project located on North Center street near Columbus Avenue. Set for 10 a.m. July 16 at the Erie County courthouse, it will address widening the Penn Central crossing and related street work, with cost allocation and project expenses at issue. The proceeding follows a field review by PUC officials, Corry city, Erie County, the railroad and the State Highway Department. Expected, widening and paving may not begin this year.
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Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Corry
North Center Street
Erie County
Penn Central
North Center
Columbus Avenue
PUC
City of
Railroad
State Highway Department
Escaped inmate falls 13 floors via laundry chute
Frank A. Phillips, 29, slipped 13 floors down a laundry chute from the prison ward of Los Angeles County Hospital while allegedly attempting an escape during treatment for narcotics addiction after a robbery sentence. He sustained leg and back injuries in the fall on Friday.
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Los Angeles
Frank A. Phillips
Los Angeles County Hospital
Phillips
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