Dems Fight to Preserve Billion in War Bill Funding
The administration pressed to keep a $1 billion portion in a war funding bill by persuading Senate House conferees to reject two amendments. Senate Leader Dirksen said he opposed the amendments which would extend Social Security coverage and alter tax provisions.
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Dems
Senate House
Senate
House
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
J. McCarthy
Senate Congovern
Korea War Could Resume As Soviet Cites Vietnam
Belgrade radio quotes Moscow observer stating communists want to reactivate the Korean War as counter to Vietnam war. RFE notes increased incidents in the Korean DMZ and signals observers see Korea as part of Southeast Asia tensions.
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Munich
Germany
Belgrade
Moscow
Radio Free Europe
Iia
Viet Nam
RFE
Beng
Milika Sundic
North
South Korea
Korean Peninsula
Southeast Asia
Korea
Agai
Abitibi Newsprint Price Increase To $14 A Ton
Abitibi Paper Co Ltd announced a $10 per ton rise in newsprint price to $14 a ton in U.S. funds, effective April 1, for Canadian and U.S. customers. It is their first increase since March 1, 1967, part of widespread rises by Canadian firms.
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Abitibi Paper Co. Ltd
United States
U.S
Abitibi
State Police Chief Denies Wire Tapping Under Inquiry
Harrisburg AP reports the director of the detective bureau under Chief Stanton says no orders were given to tap phones since the 1967 wire tap law. He testified before a House committee that no equipment or interception activity has occurred under his command.
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Harrisburg
Angelo Carcaci
Sted
Stanton
Lee
Detective Bureau
House
Ashan Special Forces Camp Falls to North Vietnamese
North Vietnamese regulars overran the Ashan Special Forces camp after a fierce two day fight by several hundred Montagnards and 15 to 20 U.S. advisers. Lt Col Kenneth B Lacey said the garrison was doomed as American planes battled low clouds hindering air support. The camp near the Laotian border was defended by 15 to 20 Americans and about 300 Montagnards.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Kenneth B. Lacey
Ashua
William McKean
Ters
Lacey
Panene
Viet Nam
Oklahoma pilot aims to aid doctor short rural areas
In Wakita Oklahoma a University of Oklahoma project plans a rural medical center to supply immediate care train postgraduate faculty for a clinic facility to serve Grant County population 8000. The pilot center will include a general practitioner pediatrician and internist with nurses social worker and five bed hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Grant County
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
James L. Dennis
Wakita
Oklahoma
Franklin P. Robinson
Pond Creek
Dennis
Clinic
Loneliness Now Over
Miss Edna Kern a 75 year old semi invalid retired schoolteacher who had lived in Wilkinsburg since 1937 left her room yesterday for the first time in 18 years. A chambermaid found her body five stories below on a hotel roof as the coroner’s office opened a formal inquiry into the death.
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Pittsburgh
Edna Kern
Penn-Lincoln
Wilkinsburg
Miss Kern
Allegheny County Coroner’s Office
Demonstration Cities Proposal Sparks City Council Debate
City Council discussed the federal demonstration cities program as Robert Weaver, head of HUD, noted hearings began February 28 and indicated potential rapid applications if the bill becomes law. The plan aims to select 10 to 12 cities for integrated urban renewal projects.
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United States
Fourth Ward
David Johnson
Robert Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Weaver
Suspect In KKK Slaying Dies
A suspect in a KKK related slaying died after collapsing, reported early today. Police described the incident as a fatality connected to ongoing investigations, with medical responders declaring him dead on arrival.
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KKK
Orville Eaton
Eaton
Selmm
Montgomery
County Will Direct Corry Renewal Job
The Erie County Redevelopment Authority approved Corry's request to manage an urban renewal project in the Fourth Ward. County planner Christopher Capotis outlined a three to three and a half month timeline for federal funding applications and surveys, with 159 structures in good condition, 189 fair, and 27 poor within the redevelopment area.
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Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Erie
Corry
Fourth Ward
Christopher Capotis
County Planer
Vit
Capotis
Corny
William A. Peiffer
Dorry Ee Se
De Gaulle Plans Moscow Visit
President Charles de Gaulle plans an official visit to the Soviet Union starting June 20, according to unconfirmed sources. The report notes no official confirmation from Paris or Moscow.
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de Gaulle
Moscow
Faris
Charles Dé Gaulle
Soviet Union
Residents oppose planned Ohio Johnson apartment complex
About 20 residents appeared before the City Planning Commission to block a 24 unit apartment project backed by Robert H. Sins of Erie with Cleveland financing. The commission took no action, promising further study after more detailed building information. Attorney Walter S. Peake presented a petition signed by 90 percent of Ohio and Johnson street residents opposing the project as incompatible with the neighborhood.
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Ohio and
Johnson Streets
City Planning Commission
Commission
Louis Miller
Robert H. Sins
Erie
City Council
Zoning Appeals Board
Sins
Cleveland
May Street
Ohio
Walter S. Peake
Peake
Ban on Antibiotic Throat Lozenges Shocks Sea's Drugs
Miss Marian Rowley and Clerk at Sea's Drugs report FDA action banning over the counter antibiotic throat lozenges as ineffective. The order halts manufacturing though existing stock will be sold off. owner Arnold Seastead says the lozenges are unsafe to take and will clear shelves.
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Marian Rowley
Boarlineg
Sea's Drug Store
U. S. Food & Drug Administration
Arnold Seastead
At Sea's Drugs
FDA
Joknetoai
Terrell-Cassius Clay title fight in doubt over contract terms
World light heavyweight champion Terrell says the Maple Leaf Gardens proposal would bind him to a Chuvalo rematch and may force the Toronto bout against Clay to be canceled. He insists only a plain fight with Clay without clauses would proceed, criticizing the new contract as unfair.
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Atlantic City
Ernie
Toronto
Terrell
Maple Leaf Gardens
New York
Icago
Icago, ‘Tsburgh, Louisville, Montreal, the State Vermont and Verdun
Queen
World Boxing Association
George Chuvalo
Clay
Ventnor
N.J
Jacasse
Leaf Gardens
Mine Mishap in Hazleton Stirs Old Memories
A hazy clipping from Hazleton Pennsylvania recounts an old mining accident with sparse readable details. The fragment hints at dramatic events and lingering impact on the community.
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Hazleton
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