Israel gains in Sinai as cease fire holds on Jordan front
Egyptian forces resist in the western Sinai while a cease-fire holds on the Jordanian front. Israel says it controls Palestine west of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, extending to pre 1948 borders, and has taken Hebron Hills south of Jerusalem. Egypt vows to keep fighting despite UN calls for a second truce.
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Associated Press
Sinai Desert
Palestine
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Jordan
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
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Sini
Mitla Pass
Suez
Hebron
Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem
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Ismailis
Moshe Dayan
Four Navy Fliers Safe After Jet Collision Off Key West
Four Navy fliers parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico after two jets collided 65 miles west of Key West. The four men were picked up by helicopters and hospitalized for examination. Pilots William McGuigan 27 Spearfish South Dakota and William Vaughan 25 F. Mich. Radar officers Mitchell Austin 25 Austinville Virginia and John Postlewaite 27 Mount Jewett Pennsylvania were identified. Navy said crash cause under investigation.
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Gulf of Mexico
Wiliam McGuigan
Spearfish
S.C
William Vaughan
Flushing
Mich
Mitchell Austin
Austinville, Va
John Postlewaite
Mount Jewett, Pa
Brothers Found Dead In Refrigerator
In Athens Pennsylvania police report two young brothers Dean Havens three and David five were found dead in a basement refrigerator moved there during a kitchen remodel. The mother Laura discovered them several hours after neighbors reported the home.
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Athens, Pa
Dean Havens
David
Laura
UN Seeks Word On Mideast Peace Plan
UN Security Council members await a morning session to review Arab and Israeli compliance with cease-fire resolutions and consider further steps to halt Middle East fighting. The council backed a 4 pm Wednesday cease-fire deadline, with Israel saying a truce with Jordan has taken effect while Egypt vows to continue fighting.
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United Nations, N.Y
UN Security Council
Middle East
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Israel
U.N
Jordan
Cairo
Egypt
Hang R. Tabor
Denmark
Mideast Crisis Boosts Rail Strike
Washington report says the Middle East crisis aids the Johnson administration in gaining congressional support to head off a nationwide rail strike by 137,000 shopcraft workers. Senate approved the bill 7 to 15. House Commerce Committee to consider. Deadline June 19 to prevent a strike and no strike period. Administration officials emphasize the regional conflict to spur action.
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Washington
Middle East
Johnson
House
Theal
Israel
Senate
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Commerce Committee
UK Final Hospital Costs Reject LBJ Bid To Raise Debt Limit
Washington AP reports House Republicans with some conservative Southern Democrats and antiwar liberals defeat Johnson’s request to raise the national debt ceiling by $29 billion. The 210 to 197 vote forces a new plan and could trigger a government payment crisis after June 30. Republicans urge budget cuts and question Johnson figures. Democrats hoped bipartisan backing would grow from Vietnam and Middle East crises.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
GOP
Middle East
Congress
John W. Burnee
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Sup
Bradford Man Gets Jail and Fine In Tax Evasion
Reynold J. Studley, 60, operator of Studley's Music House in Bradford, was sentenced by Judge Gerald J. Weber to 60 days in prison and a $10,000 fine for income tax evasion. He pleaded guilty to understating 1962 and 1968 income from $7,710 to $40,603. He must repay $9,423 in back taxes and is placed on one year probation.
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Erie
Reynold J. Studley
Studley
Bradford
Gerald J. Weber
U.S. District Court
Draft Bill Cuts Power Of President
A compromise extension bill heads for prompt congressional approval. It would extend the draft law four years beyond June 30 and preserves the President’s authority to reverse orders but confines any lottery system to Congress. The measure maintains deferments for college undergraduates and sets up a possible random selection process only by Congress.
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Washington
House-Senate
Johnson
Congress
Raid on MIG airfield and missile site roars through Hanoi region
U S Navy pilots from the carrier Enterprise struck a camouflaged Soviet missile base 50 miles southwest of Hanoi smashing the area with Phantom Skyhawk and Intruder jets. The base erupted in multicolor smoke as waves of bombs rockets and cannon fire lit the forested site. Casualty figures for the week showed 214 Americans and 2420 Communists killed in action while South Vietnamese losses reached 285. Ground action near the DMZ and Saigon persisted amid guerrilla raids including destruction of a 200 foot bridge 10 miles from Saigon.
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U.S. Navy
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Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Enterprise
Hanoi
Governor Wrecks Ball at Demolition in Harlem
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, at a demolition ceremony for a state office building, triggered a crane ball aimed at the vacant Corn Exchange Bank Building on Lenox Avenue but swung it too far, hitting a three story occupied brick structure instead. About 400 onlookers watched as occupants inside surprised by the impact.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Harlem
Corn Exchange Bank
Lenox Avenue
220 Diploma Recipients in Corry Area High School
In the Corry Area High School auditorium 220 seniors received their diplomas marking the end of elementary and high school education. Principal Leroy Peck announced numerous scholarship awards including honorees from American Legion Auxiliary Tri County and Daughters of the American Revolution, along with National Honor Society Future Teachers of America and other groups.
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Corry Area
Ters
Anna Eastman
Larry Harrington Ellis
Evelyn Pless
Madalyn Sandy
James Seitz
National Honor Society
Future Teachers of America
Mad
Corry Memorial Hospital approves $1,150,266 44-bed addition
The Corry Memorial Hospital board approved total project costs of 1,150,266 for a 44-bed addition including construction equipment site work and contingencies. Samuel Antrim travels to Harrisburg to present figures for Hill Harris funds of about 383,000 while bids from Hardener Doyle Co. of Erie top three alternates and elevator bid.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Samuel Antrim
Harrisburg
Commissioner of Special and General
Hill-Harris
Antrim
Haughton Elevator
Haughton
Hardener Doyle Co
Erie
Hardener Doyle
Hospital
Auxiliary Increases Corry Hospital Gift to 5000
The Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary raised its pledge from 3000 to 5000 after reassessing the hospital fund drive. The women’s organization, known for yearly aids and purchases, boosted support as campaign headquarters announced the updated total.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Airman Sentenced 30 Years for Treason
Air Force Staff Sgt. Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt, 24, born in Germany and now a U.S. citizen from Superior Wisconsin, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to pass defense secrets to the Soviets. He was convicted May 25 after arrest at March Air Force Base California for contacting Aleksey A. Malinin, a former Soviet Embassy aide in Washington. Malinin has pleaded guilty and is imprisoned in England.
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Alexandria
U.S
H“Dudge Oren E. Lewis
Air Force
Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt
Boeckenhaupt
Wis
March Air Force Base
Calif
Strategic Air Command
Aleksey A. Malinin
Washington
Malinin
England
Plastics Firm Fire Loss Estimated Over Half Million
Cleveland AP reports a four alarm fire at Electro-General Plastics Corp. could exceed $500,000 in damages. Company VP David E. Davis says contents losses will be at least $300,000, with the building valued at $250,000.
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Cleveland
Electro - General Plastics Corp
David E. Davis
Corry Area High School 1967 Graduates Headed for Further Study
About 50 percent of Corry Area High School seniors who received diplomas last night will pursue higher learning. Of 111 graduates, 73 plan colleges or universities, while others will enter technical schools, nursing, beauty, business, or other programs. Estimated first year investment totals 166,500 dollars with around 20,000 from scholarship grants. The figures come from the Preliminary Profile of the Class of 1967.
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Corry Area High School
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