Egyptian Commandos Raid Israeli Position Third Time
Arab commandos crossed the Suez Canal for the third raid in three days, engaging Israeli forces near Port Taufiq with artillery and light arms. An Israeli soldier was killed, Egyptian casualties unknown, with Cairo reporting destruction of Israeli reinforcements and light Egyptian damage. A separate blast at Kishon harbor in Haifa followed, as Nasser moved to replace top Egyptian air force officers.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Port Taufiq
Egypt
Radio
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Shatt
Kishon
Haifa
Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mustaf
70 Hurt In Commuter Train Crash
New York AP Long Island Rail Road train entered Pennsylvania Station on a wrong track and backed into a Babylon train, injuring 70 passengers and hospitalizing five. Service was halted for hours. a Queens short circuit fire halted another LIRR train with six injuries. The line carries about 180,000 daily riders.
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New York
Long Island
Pennsylvania Station
Manhattan Terminal
Queens
LIRR
Penn Station
Hempeland
Babylon
Theste
Sheriff and Dems Clash Over Celebrations Near Seattle
In Seattle area news Sheriff Jack Porter vows to cancel a July 4 rock festival near Woodinville citing noise overcrowding and potential illegal activity. Phil Mahoney of the Young Democrats suggests seeking a court injunction to halt Seattle’s Seafair hydroplane trophy race citing similar concerns. Also, Moscow announces Cosmos 287 uncrewed satellite launch with undisclosed mission details.
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Seattle
Jack Porter
Young Democrats
Porter
Woodinville
Phil Mahoney
The
Mahoney
Moscow
Soviet Union
If You Get A Phony Solicitation Hang Up
A fast talking woman phone solicitor asks personal questions on credit and earnings in the name of two local catalog stores and has been harassing stores and residents.
Erie Men Buy Waterhouse Auto Agency
Final papers on the sale of the W W Waterhouse Buick and Pontiac agency on West South street were signed yesterday. Robert Averill and James Laughlin, both of Erie, take over operation after owning Erie Radiator and Collision service for 12 years. Waterhouse remains owner of the real estate as the franchise includes stock fixtures and equipment. Waterhouse, a former State Assemblyman, is director of a state land and water conservation agency and leads a $200 million reclamation project for lands despoiled by coal removal. The article also notes credit information scams targeting Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck shoppers, with police and Chamber of Commerce alerted. A San Diego AP item reports Lt. Gen. Stanley R. Larsen urging Legion homecomings for Vietnam veterans.
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W.W. Waterhouse
Buick
Pontiac
West South Street
Robert Averill
James Laughlin
Erie
Waterhouse
Corry
Weigel Chevrolet
Lehman’s
Tire
West Side
Studebaker
West Main
West South Streets
Averill and
Laughlin
Bureau of Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation
Department of Mines and Mineral Industries
Ben Het Camp Under Heavy Siege as convoy breaks through
U S commanders report a relief convoy reached Ben Het Special Forces camp after a week of encirclement. South Vietnamese troops with U S artillery killed 105 North Vietnamese around the camp amid daily bombardment. Casualties include five South Vietnamese killed and 15 wounded. U S advisers suffered losses but figures were not released. The camp remains under siege with North Vietnamese perimeter around the facility.
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Saigon
Ben Het
U.S
Ben ‘Het
Dak
Ren Het
Laos
Cambodia
Trains 5 and 6 in Corry May Continue Through Summer
Corry residents will likely keep riding Erie Lackawanna trains 5 and 6 through the summer as EL seeks ICC permission to drop the last through passenger service. Hearings expected by early August with a 60 day notice after approval before discontinuance. EL cites financial losses, while Post Office says mail service is unaffected.
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Corry
Erie Lackawanna Railway Co
Pat Striplin
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commission
Striplin
Richard McLaughlin
The
Journal
Florida bands may play Dixie after new law
In Tallahassee Florida bands in public schools may perform Dixie without fear of bans as a new law forbidding school boards from prohibiting the song took effect. The measure passed the legislature amid broad support and now governs school music choices.
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Dixie” Tallahassee
Frs
Florida
Dixie
Mao struggle in China remains acute in party
Tokyo AP reports New China News Agency quoted People's Daily saying Maoists vs anti Maoists remain sharp in Communist China. It warns to form a people’s war of public opinion against reformers spreading vicious views. The note follows April 24 party Congress victory claim over counter revolutionaries.
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Tokyo
China
Peking
New China
People’s Daily
Cancer drive canvass raises $759 in Erie County
Rainy weather did not deter the Up With People group as they canvassed house to house for the Erie County Cancer Drive. Jane Curtis hands an envelope to Mrs. Paul Auer at 216 Wright Street while George Smith, campaign chair, expresses satisfaction with the results. Donations may be mailed to the American Cancer Society Corry Branch. Corry Pa.
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Erie County Cancer Drive
Jane Curtis
Paul Auer
Wright Street
George Smith
American Cancer Society
Corry
Smith
Johnston
Second Try To Escape Law Fails For Area Pair
Two Army deserters and burglary suspects, Robert E. Proper and Rudolph Anderson, tried to break from Forest County jail at Tionesta. They struck Sheriff Steve Banks with a steel pipe, injuring him slightly, but Banks detained them. Trooper Sherman Muse charged them with attempted prison breach and aggravated assault and battery.
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Forest County
Tionesta
Robert E. Proper
R. D
Spartansburg
Rudolph Anderson
Titusville
Steve Banks
Banks
Sherman Muse
State Police
Corry Area Drivers Collide Near Warren
A late evening crash on Route 6 near Warren involved Rhoda L. Roberts 21 of Youngsville and Mrs Harry McQuiston 40 of 918 West Pleasant St. The McQuiston car could not stop on slick roads causing rear impact. Damages were $595 with no injuries. Police later linked the pair to prior desertion arrests and burglaries in Titusville Harmony and Tionesta Townships. Virgil Anderson is being sought for questioning.
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Warren
Rhoda L. Roberts
Youngsville
Harry McQuiston
West Pleasant Street
Roberts Auto
McQuiston
Titusville
Harmony
Tionesta
Forest County
Virgil Anderson
Rudolph
Paul Sita
Corty State
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Carhop Weds Co-Worker In Drive-In Parking Lot
Fay Baines, a carhop at the 3D Drive-In Restaurant, married William Edward Hale in the restaurant’s parking lot. The bride said she wanted her coworkers to attend and noted they could not close the drive-in, so the wedding was held there.
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Wilmington
N.C
Fay Baines
William Edward Hale
Quaker State Settles In Price Fixing Case
The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against Quaker State Oil Refining Corp in Erie and announced a tentative settlement. The claim covers 1952 to 1968 conspiracies to fix prices allocate customers and territories and curb sales of brand name products to discount dealers.
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Washington Cap
Justice Department
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
U.S. District Court
Erie
Quaker State
Lee Forker
Forker
John N. Mitchell
Washington
Quaker
Fire Halts U S Nuclear Missile Production At Rocky Flats
A fiery accident at the Atomic Energy Commission plant at Rocky Flats Colorado on May 11 halted nuclear missile production for possibly up to nine months. Officials testified the blaze delayed plutonium handling and could push back antimissile warhead testing while the AEC sought a $45 million emergency appropriation to restart the facility.
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Washington
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Rocky Flats
Colo
AEC
Congress
Air Force
E. B. Giller
Subcommittee
Allen Ellender
D-La
Giller
Glenn T. Seaborg
Rocky Flata
Seaborg
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
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Suance al
Suez
Waterhouse Auto Agency
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Journal Today
Harold Young
Lawrence Fantasie
Sears
Chamber of Commerce
Better Business Bureau
Young
Urge Legion
San Diego
Calif
American Legionnaires
Stanley R. Larsen
U.S. 6Th Army
California
Legion
Larsen
Nixon
Vietnam
Miami Street
Miami
Fla
Federal Aviation Administration
Richard Skully
International Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
Miami International Airport
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Sparansburg
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