Erie Lackawanna Officials Keep Shady Avenue Crossing Safe
An Erie Lackawanna Railroad attorney, Donald Donovan, defends the Shady Avenue crossing as safe due to light traffic and good visibility after a fatality last year. City officials and railroad personnel attended an on site review with further depositions planned at the county courthouse.
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The
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Shady Avenue
Donald Donovan
Russell Brant
Jack Downey
David Johnson
David Nichols
Carl Hixson
Donovan
R. J. Noonen
D. P. Insama
W. R. Hardman
PUC
Hardman
Erie
Erie-Lackawanna
Ex Wife Seeks Son as Defector Flies to Cuba
A recon of Maj Richard H Pearce shows he flew at wavetop level across the Florida Straits to Cuba and broadcast on aviation frequencies to alert Havana defenses. Pearce landed at Libertad Airport near Havana with his 4 year old son Richard Jr and sought asylum. Havana Radio cited asylum as granted or considered.
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Miami
Fla
Richard H. Pearce
Cuba
Florida Straits
U.S
Coast Guard
Havana
Military Libertad
Pearce
Straits
Richard Jr
United States Army
Richard Harwood Pearce
Aother
Communist Party
Gramma
319Th
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Federal Aviation Agency
Woman Loses Legs After Hospital Error
An elderly patient at East Birmingham Hospital was left legless after a surgeon amputated the wrong leg during surgery. The hospital stated the mistake was realized while the patient was still in the theater and the incorrect limb was removed. The 72-year-old woman’s identity was withheld as she recovers.
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Birmingham
England
East Birmingham
U Thant Heads Home After Cairo Mission
U Thant plans to report to the United Nations on his Cairo peace mission and return to New York Friday. The Security Council debates resumed after a Canadian-Danish resolution to back his efforts failed to gather support.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
U Thant
Cairo
Thant
New York
U.N
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Union
Council
India
Bulgaria
Mali
Egypt
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
United States
France
Britain
Break in attempt at Dairy Queen on East Columbus
A nightbreak attempt at the Dairy Queen on East Columbus Avenue was halted when manager Roger Moyer found the outer storm door unlocked and the main door damaged. Chief Frank Carnegie reports limited damage and says the case is under investigation.
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East Columbus Avenue
Roger Moyer
East Main Street
Frank Carnegie
Moyer
Carnegie
Nasser Signals Interest in Egypt Israel Pact Amid U N Peace Efforts
BeIRUT AP Egypts President Nasser reportedly sympathizes with U N Secretary General U Thants peace plan reviving the Armistice Commission to ease the Middle East crisis. The United States urges Soviet participation with Britain and France to avert war. Britain appeals to Moscow to restrain Egypt and Syria. Johnson administration actions follow.
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Lebanon
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.N
U Thant
Commission
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
America
France
Britain
United Nations
Egypt
Syria
Johnson
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Elath
Gulf of Aqaba
East Africa
Asia
Nasser
Strait of
Tiran
Red Sea
Gulf
Blath
Cairo
al Ahram
Aqaba
Jordan
U.S
6Th Fleet
Naples
Little Rock
Gaeta
Mediterranean
New
Arthur J. Goldberg
Thant
Thant I
Israel
House Approves School Aid Bill with State Control Fight
The House passed most of President Johnson's school aid bill during a marathon session. It stripped from the Office of Education a major program while expanding state control over others. The vote split along party lines, with Republicans and Southern Democrats backing the state-control amendment. The bill retains funds for low income programs and includes a provision to boost aid to Southern states.
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Washington
House
Johnson
U.S. Office of Education
Edith
Sam Gibbons
Dfla
Office of Education
Senate
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Ambulance Delayed After Warren Operator Refers Call
Mrs. Harold Cochran in Bear Lake had a mayday when her year old child swallowed aspirin. A Warren operator offered ambulance service and sent the wrong unit over 30 miles while a nearer 10 mile ambulance was available. The child was rushed to Corry Memorial Hospital where he recovered quickly and was to be sent home soon.
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Childen
Harold Cochran
R. D
Bear Lake
Warren
Harald Js
Corry Memorial Hospital
Burglars Find Unlocked Safe and Empty Machines at Chattanooga High
In Chattanooga Tennessee burglars who broke into Chattanooga High School found the safe unlocked and empty then ripped a coin telephone from the wall but kept the coins intact and pried open three soda machines only to discover no coins inside. A burglar alarm had just been installed but was not yet connected.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga
Record Week in Vietnam War Toll Tops 300 Killed
U S command reports 337 Americans killed in action last week amid fierce fighting around the demilitarized zone. The tally also shows 2,282 wounded and 1 missing, with South Vietnamese and allied casualties rising as North Vietnamese losses reach about 2,404. The week marks the bloodiest of the war as forces withdraw from the southern zone. A Navy Skyhawk jet was shot down but the pilot survived after helicopter rescue.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Thanh Hoa
Corry GI Captures Viet Cong Guerrilla
American company in the Chu Lai region engaged a North Vietnamese battalion after a supposed cease fire. James Black of Corry is credited by Associated Press as capturing a Viet Cong prisoner during the firefight. Black escaped injury when two rifle bullets struck his infantry pack.
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Vietnam
Corry
Preas
James Black
Homer Black
Corry-Spring Creek Road
Chu Lai
Black
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