Area Youth Killed in Cumberland Drag Racing Crash
In Cumberland Maryland police report fans involved in an impromptu drag race at Cumberland Municipal Airport caused a fatal crash and injuries. Francis Sass 19 of Cornopolis Allegheny County died when the car he rode in veered off a runway edge and plunged 200 feet into a Potomac River overlook. John Eggleston 21 of Youngsville Pennsylvania an Edinboro State College student drove the car. Eggleston and four Cumberland youths were treated and listed in satisfactory condition at Cumberland Memorial Hospital.
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Cumberland
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Hair Spray Scandal Hits Saigon PX Manager
In Saigon the Post Exchange faced a jobs crisis after 142000 cans of hair spray sparked a probe. Senate Foreign Relations Chair Fulbright questioned Defense Secretary McNamara about imports for the PX where around 750 women held buying privileges. McNamara cited poor management and the ousting of the supervisor.
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Philadelphia School Plans 15 Million Downtown Highrise
Friends Select School, among the nation’s oldest, announces a 15 million plan to replace its block long campus with a highrise housing the school and commercial tenants on the site of the 277 year old institution along Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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Philadelphia
Friends Select School
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Miss Connie Ward Initiated Into Rainbow Girls
Mass Miss Connie Ward a former Findley Lake resident was initiated into the Order of Rainbow for Girls Assembly No 126 Rosemead Calif at the Masonic Temple. She wore an empire waistline gown in daffodil yellow with white satin ribbon corsage and is a freshman at San Gabriel High School.
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Connie Ward
Findley Lake
Donald Ward
San Gabriel
Calif
Order of Rainbow For
Rosemead
Masonic Temple
Ward
San Gabriel High School
Fete Retiring Rip Engle At Penn State Testimonial
About 700 people crowded the regional recreation hall to honor Charles Rip Engle as he retires after a decade as Penn State football coach. Penn State President Eric A. Walker praised Engle as the best possible coach during his ten year tenure.
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Rip) Engle
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Pope Blasts Reds Who Block Him
Vatican city AP pope Paul VI criticizes Poland for denying his visit planned for May 3 during Poland millennium events. He defends Cardinal Wyszynski amid Communist charges and notes the visit would have been historic for a pope to a communist nation.
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Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Czestochowa
Peaceful 11000 protest marches near White House
About 11,000 protesters led by doctors gathered in Washington in 7 degree weather to denounce the Johnson administration Viet Nam policy. The crowd, largely orderly, listened to speakers including Spock and Norman Thomas at a rally by the Washington Monument after a brief scuffle involving Viet Cong flags and Nazi armbands. Police arrested two men for disorderly conduct as counterprotests by Young Americans for Freedom occurred nearby.
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Young Americans For Freedom
Mine blast kills two near Tel Aviv on Syrian frontier
An army spokesman said a mine exploded beneath a vehicle carrying two farm workers about two miles west of the Syrian frontier, killing both men. A complaint was filed with the Syrian Israel mixed armistice commission.
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Israel
Mixed Armistice Commission
Drag River For Man Falls Overboard During Boat Mishap
Dragging operations resumed on the Ohio River south of Wellsburg for a Pennsylvania man who apparently drowned after a Sunday boating accident. Police said Robert W. Gotschall, 27, fell overboard while trying to raise the outboard motor aboard a motorboat during a pleasure trip. Firemen and deputies from several Ohio River communities searched until dark without success. Mrs Gotschall, his wife, reported he was a custodian for Carrolltown County School System. Paul Scaggs, 17, of Wellaburg was with them.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Here
Ohio
Robert W. Gots ‘Hall
Plane Loses Engine Pilot Lands on Tampa Bay
A 1939 biplane lost its engine in flight Sunday and glided to a smooth water landing on Tampa Bay. Witnesses on the river bank attempted a rescue but the current and distance prevented aid. The incident was reported from Tampa, Florida.
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Tampa Bay
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