KKK Leaders Silent Before House Committee Prodded
Washington AP A House Un American Activities Committee session sees Ku Klux Klan leaders refuse to answer, prompting Rep Jon R Pool to urge cooperation. Bartlett a Georgia Klan officer and dynamite trainer declines Fifth Amendment questions as John H Buchanan Jr notes contempt for the panel. Continued on Page Eight.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Jon R. Pool
D.vex
Charles Bartlett
Jonesboro, Ga
Bartlett
Georgia Klan
Pool
John H. Buchanan Jr
Fala
Titusville Strike Slows Renewal Plan Progress
Titusville faces a setback in its renewal plan as the initial downtown project to clear four acres for a 40000 square foot shopping center stalls. Crown Construction Co. won the bid but has not secured contracts with potential tenants. The Redevelopment Authority expands by purchasing a former railroad station site amid local opposition and tenant relocations.
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Pritusville J
John B
Crown Constructséth Co
Growil
IBM
Potenta Recipents
Chek
Popa
National Chalns
Tentals
Titusville Redevelopment Authority
Million Fire Destroys Pa Furniture Plant
Hughesville, Pa. A $1 million blaze destroyed the Ristel Furniture Co plant in Lycoming County. Flames were visible for miles after starting around 12:30 a.m. Navy winds fanned the fire, causing smoke damage to nearby homes and small rooftop fires. Eighteen workers will be laid off. three homes evacuated as second shift had just ended.
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Hughesville
Ae Ioring County
Ristel Furniture Co
Navy
Start Trial Of Red Party Starts in Washington
The United States opens the case against the Communist party before 12 jurors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lowther outlines eight prosecution witnesses, including at least one who volunteered to register with the government. The 1962 failure to prove such a volunteer led to reversal and a $120,000 fine. The party faces up to $230,000 in fines for not registering as a Soviet agent. Jurors scrutinize potential panel members as Judge Jones questions the pool.
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Washington
United States
Communist Party
Asst
U.S
Joseph Lowther
U.S. Court of Appeals
Gov
Lowther
Herbert Oscar Marriott
Marriott
Court of Appeals
William B.jones
Ith
Automated Accidents Pushbutton Age Gives Birth To Bumper-Bending Blues
Five cars damaged in a single incident in a street parking area, not a freeway, with total reported damage of 277 dollars. Key figures include John B. Obra 17 of East Congress Street who backed into Gary K. Kostreka’s car, pushing it into William A. Michael’s vehicle, then into John Kory’s car. several bystanders and a Pa State Employment Office manager were involved or nearby. Police documented the sequence and noted uncertain ownership of one undamaged vehicle.
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Los Angeles
John B. Obra
East
Congress Street
North Center Street
Obra
Gary K. Kostraka
Corry
Tran
Kostraka
M. Willcox
B.D
Kostreka
Ofra
Kostteka
William A. Michael
Concord Street
Pennsylvania
Michael
John Kory
Union City
Ohio
Uhen
Nider
Kory
Crandall
Okra
Willcox
Putnam Breakthrough Makes Spartansburg First for Democrats
When Holand Putnam was elected mayor of Spartansburg Tuesday he became the first Democrat to hold the office in the borough. His father Clarence won a Meadville City Council seat in 1890, starting a family pattern. Roland Putnam, Spar ta Merged Schools supervisor, noted he had not sought office before but was written in and won this time over Oscar Most. Val Shreve is the current mayor. The younger Putnam warned it may take time before Crawford County sees more Democratic offices, since the breakthrough took 75 years.
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Holand Putnam
Spartansburg
Putnam
Clarence Putnam
Roland
Meadville
Roland Putnam
Sparta
The
Journal Today
Oscar Most
Val Shreve
Crawford County
Dem
Two Auto Crashes Cause $1,000 In Damages
Two yesterday area crashes caused about $1,000 in property damage with no injuries. Catherine Wagner, 52, Titusville, and Maxine Martin, 23, Spartansburg, collided on Route 8 near Union City. A second crash in Bear Lake involved Elwin Smith, 71, Bear Lake, and Vincent Mill, 48, Sugar Grove, leaving $350 damage and a failing to yield charge for Smith.
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George Marlin
Catherine Wagner
Titusville
Maxine Martin
Spartansburg
Union City
Richard Deutsch
Martin Auto
Wagner
Martin
Deutsch
Tnnfle
Paul Sita
Bear Lake
Elwin Smith
Center Street
Main Street
Vincent Mill
Sugar Grove
Smith
Sita
Sparta Rebuffs Ballot Question On Machine Voting
Sparta Township voters rejected a ballot question on switching to machine voting 119 to 92 citing fears of miscast or missed votes and Write In difficulties. Residents favored sticking with printed ballots though nearby Spartansburg Borough already uses machines.
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Sparta Township
Spartansburg
Mayor May Be Forced to Decide on Job in Small Borough
GaAoPolu, Pa AP Cleat us McCluskey elected mayor in carbon county town of 228 people by two write-in votes faces indecision over accepting the post. The position pays 10 salary and no party slate existed. The prior mayor was chosen similarly, while local officials note the town’s aging population shows little interest in politics.
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GaAoPolu
Cleatus McCluskey
Carbon County
McCluskey
Styde- Wood
Princess Margaret Heads to United States for First Visit
London AP Princess Margaret departed for the United States for her first official visit. An anonymous caller claimed strychnine tainted water on the Queen's sister's plane, prompting security checks and water drainage before takeoff. Police investigated a missing 35 pound box of strychnine nitrate bound for Hungary from India.
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London
Margaret
United States
Queen Elizabeth
India
Hungary
Royal Wight
Ape
British Overseas Airways Corp
Lord Snowdon
Elizabeth Cavendish
Maj
Francis Legh
Burglary at Two Dentist Offices In City
A thief hit Dr Merle Amy on North Center street taking 25 dollars and small change. A separate break in at Dr George Gould at 209 North Center street netted 300 dollars and 100 phenobarbital pills. Investigators note the Gould waiting room door was left ajar and the inner office door could be unlocked, prompting fear the same thief committed both jobs. Police issue teletype alerts as they probe if a single suspect carried out both thefts across 18 states.
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North Center Street
Merle Amy
George Gould
Gould
Amy
Paul French
French
Corry
Johnson Promises Thorough Study Of Farm Programs
President Johnson pledges a final thorough study of federal farm programs as he signs a four year agriculture bill with an estimated four billion dollar price tag for 1986. A National Advisory Council on food and fiber will review agricultural policy and foreign trade, led by Dean Sherwood Berg. It also creates a Food and Fiber Committee led by Secretary Freeman, aiming to cut taxpayer costs and strengthen U.S. position in world markets.
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Soncity
Tes
Sident
Johnson
Congress
Sherwood Berg
Sohovik Sygriculture
University of Minnesota
Pepart
1& Munis
Tam
Orville L. Freeman
Marine Corps
Wall
Pentagon
Robert 8. McNamara
Navy Department
McNamara
Miilitary
Fear 36 Refugees Drowned Off Mexican Coast
The Mexican navy searched for 36 Cuban refugees feared drowned after their fishing smack Jose Marti hit reefs off the Yucatan coast. Nine survivors were rescued, six bodies recovered, as searchers braved 28 foot swells near Isla Mujeres.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Florida
Ministry of the Interior
United States
U.S. Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Camarioca
Coast Guard
Yucatan Peninsula
R Isla Mujeres
Havana
Josee Martinez
Piner del Rio
Miami
Florida Keys
Ark Royal sidelined by boiler room fire in Singapore exercise
The 43,340 ton British carrier Ark Royal has suffered a boiler room fire and will not participate in the scheduled exercise off the Australian coast later this month. A Royal Navy spokesman announced the update.
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Singapore
Britain
Ark Royal
Royal Navy
Argentine Plane Down With 69 Men Aboard
An Argentine air force DC4 with 69 cadets and crew disappeared en route from Panama toward the United States after reporting an engine fire. Bad weather hindered search efforts across Costa Rica and nearby airspace as U S and Nicaraguan planes joined the effort. One American plane braved rough conditions to search for signals while other aircraft scoured the region between the Canal Zone and El Salvador.
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Panama
Central America
United States
el Salvador
Mexico
Puerto Limon
Costa Rica
Atlantic
Canal Zone
U. S
Benigno H. Jvarade
South Koreans Held Responsible for Killing U.S. Troops
An informed source said a South Korean artillery unit fired rounds last week that killed six U.S. paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division near Qui Nhon in South Viet Nam. A U.S. spokesman said the victims belonged to a squad that had inadvertently moved into the line of fire.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Qui Nhon
U S
Photographer Dickey Chapelle Killed in Vietnam War
American photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, famed as a field reporter in conflicts, was killed by a mine near Da Nang while with Marines. She risked combat patrols, had previously battled through three wars, and earned respect for her dedication to reporting from the front.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dickey Chapelle
Mins Chapelle
Serene
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