Public pool fund drive underway in Warren
Recruitment teams begin door to door solicitation for a new Warren public swimming pool with a September 2 enlistment deadline. Erie County farmers attend the Black and White Show at Wattsburg Fairgrounds to see top Holstein cattle, with a premier breeder award and trophies planned. Harriet Myers notes possible rebate payments for Erie County. Beneficial Finance moves to 116 North Center Street and remodels the street level office. Doll and pet parade at City Park scheduled for tomorrow evening from 7 to 8 with bikes wagons and baby buggies decorated by local playground children. Dr. Holstron named supervising principal of Union City Area School, starts in August. Jones & Laughlin Steel reports best first-half 1968 results outside inventory-build periods, net income 31,086,000. Lt Bernard J McKenna and journalist Philip H Storch honored by Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association for work with juveniles.
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Erie County
Wattsburg
Dave Dickerson
Elaine Chillock
Chillock
Testifies To Stealing Cars For Dr. King's Movement
Harold Belton Andrews faces a federal jury in Atlanta after testifying he stole four new cars in 1965 for a Southern Christian Leadership Conference official. He described obtaining cars in multiple states, creating fake bills, and turning them over to Morris Finley and others, while Rev. Andrew Young of SCLC denied knowledge of illicit purchases.
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Atlanta, Ga
Harold Belton Andrews
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U.S
Sidney O. Smith
Andrews
Moultrie
Morris Finley
Smith
Virginia
New Jersey
Florida
Atlanta
Finley
SCLC
Charles Mize
Chicago
Andrew Young
Young
Hosea Williams
King
Williams
FBI
Department of Justice
Arlington
Johnny M. Dyer
Columbia
S.C
Dyer
Lincoln
Air and Sea Search For Stilwell Continues
A five day air and sea search in the Pacific persists for Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and two companions after their DC3 aircraft reported engine trouble and was not heard from. Navy and Coast Guard ships including the aircraft carrier Hornet, eight merchant vessels, and Coast Guard personnel scour the area for any sign of the missing plane or crew. Stilwell heads the Army's Special Warfare Training Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Joseph W. Stilwell
Coast Guard
Navy
Hornet
Stilwell
Army
Special Warfare Training Center
Three Forest Fires Burn In Fayetteville Area
Forest and Waters Department reports three fires around Pine Grove Furnace Mount Alto and Buena Vista totaling 45 acres. Forest Warden E Richard Thorpe says lines are around all blazes and crews patrol and wet the areas. The Pine Grove blaze began last week with the others this week.
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Fayetteville, Ps
Forest and Waters Department
Richard Thorpe
Thorpe
Pine Grove Furnace
Mount Alto
Buena Vista
Pine Grove
Legislature clears major constitutional changes in PA
The Pennsylvania House passed three compromise constitutional bills and adjourned for the week with plans to resume Monday. If approved by the 1967 legislature, revisions would go to the people, including governors serving an extra term, a shorter residency for voters, and an emergency amendment provision. A separate budget accord committee aims to settle next week over welfare information funding, with Gov. Scranton declining to intervene. The House also approved Pitt state-related status for the University of Pittsburgh and a $500 million land and water conservation bond proposal awaiting next legislature and referendum. In Pittsburgh, F Melvin Cratsley was named athletic director of Point Park College effective Sept. 1.
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House
Pennsylvania
Joint Legislative Conference Committee
Welfare Department
Gov. Scranton
Pitt
University of Pittsburgh State
Scranton
Sukarno vows Confrontation will continue in war talks
President Sukarno angrily declares Indonesia will keep its undeclared war on Malaysia. He dismisses peace moves as neocolonial, says confrontation only ends if Sabah and Sarawak determine their fate, and asserts Suharto retains power amid a reshaped cabinet.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Malaysia
Suharto
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippines
Sabah
Sarawak
Borneo
United Nations
Manila
Bear Lake Church Events and Family Visits
Mrs J C Manwaring and Doris Atwood with child ren from Pittsburgh visit her parents Mr and Mrs Gerald Carter and family. Adolph Hamm Sr and family spend a week at Four Leaf Clover Camp along the Allegheny River. YF of the EUB Church Bear Lake hosts Sunday services at Trisket camp. Several Bear Lake youths suffer mumps. Rev and Mrs Lymn Ostrander and family stay at EUB Camp Findley Lake for Bible school. DVBS starts August 1 at Bear Lake EUB Church from 6 to 8 p.m. for two weeks. all are invited.
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J. C. Manwaring
Doris Atwood
Pittsburgh
Gerald Carter
Adolph Hamm Sr
Allegheny River
Bear Lake
EUB Church
Trisket Camp
Bruce Manwaring
Ray Hazeltine
John Trisket
Charles Manwaring
Edward Trisket
Cleveland
Lymn Ostrander
Findley Lake
EUB
Indonesian cabinet reshuffle limits Sukarno influence
The Congress authorized Suharto to appoint a 29 member Cabinet with Sukarno assisting, but the president gains no real say among ministers. The new Cabinet replaces a 10 member body and shifts power toward Sukarno supporters in a move seen as weakening Sukarno’s voice.
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Congress
Suharto
Sukarno
Viet Cong attacks persist as Saigon fights on coast
Reports say Viet Cong hit Cau Lon with a brief post loss and a diversionary mortar near Thanh Binh. U.S. and allied forces claim 21 enemy killed in central and northern provinces as ghastly shelling and grenade incidents disrupt schools and suburbs near Hue and Saigon. President Johnson mails Thieu a note of U.S. support amid Ky’s warnings on allies’ patience.
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Bedon
Cau Lon
Saigon
Thanh Binh
U.S
Gia Dinh
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
Johnson
Thieu
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
United States
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Warren
James Potter
Cochairman
Harriet Myers
Beneficial Finance Company
North Center Street
Ronald Thompston
Dave, Holstron
Bradford School
L. Leroy Brest
Union City Area
Holstron
Penn State University
Bernard J. McKenna
Wilkinsburg Police Department
Philip H. Storch
Allentown Morning Call
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
Harrisburg
Dr. King’s Movement
Corry Car Wash
East Main Street
F. Melvin Cratsley
Carnegie Tech
Point Park College
Cratsley
Camegie Tech
Hoover
Barney
Barney’s Firestone
South Center Street
Bear Lake News
Governors Club
Governor’s Club
A Dougherty's Sons, QO
Distillers
Philadelphia
Pemma
Lemont
Ill
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Corry
Tedeca
Conyaration
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