Pennsylvania teachers elects Thomas 47 at Harrisburg convention
The Pennsylvania State Education Association classroom teachers department elected Thomas, 47, at the windup of the convention in Harrisburg, which drew about 400 teachers. Police reported thefts and accidents across several towns including a gas theft, a car wiring tampering, a fatal rites notice, fire department dry run, and a missing boy alert.
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Pennsylvania State Education Association
Classroom
Thomas
Harrisburg
Viet Cong flee across border amid central highlands clash
The report says Viet Cong forces may have fled across the border for sanctuary after fighting with U S cavalry in the central highlands. A U S spokesman noted continued contact with North Vietnamese forces, with light casualties so far. B 52s bombed suspected Viet Cong concentrations near Qui Nhon as weather limited air action over North Vietnam to 45 strike missions.
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Central Highlands
U.S
Tay Ninh
Qui Nhon
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Lake City crash claims two local residents and unborn child
The Lake City collision killed Beatrice Kay Baker and Mrs. William Byham, both from R D 1 Lake City, and the unborn son of the mother delivery scheduled later this month. Baker was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Bruce Hicks, while the Byham boy died about two hours after the crash at St Vincent's Hospital.
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Stephen Byham
Lake City
Beatrice Kay Baker
Verne E. Baker
William Byham
Gunman abducts girl in Erie area after robbery
In Erie a masked gunman robbed two youths of about 121 dollars and abducted a girl near the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. He crashed the stolen car in dense game lands along Route 97, fled on foot, and the girl was returned home uninjured. Police from three states join the search for a dark skinned man in his mid twenties.
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Erie
New York
Ohio
Commonwealth Law
Thomas J. Andrzejewski
Ronald Rutkowski
Channel
Game Lands
Route 97
Five Children Die As Fires Sweep Spies Church Cabin
A flash blaze in a 230 year old log cabin in Spies Church killed three brothers Melvin H Smith seven Keith Allen six Robert five and left their grandfather Melvin L Smith with facial burns while trying to fight the flames. Fire chief Arthur Moll blamed a faulty refrigerator in the cabin's small addition. The children's sister Gloria was at a dance in Oley and their grandmother 53 was cooking in Reading. parents were elsewhere.
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Reading
Spies Church
Melvin H. Smith
Keith Allen
Robert
Melvin L. Smith
Gree
Arthur Moll
Alsace Manor Fire Co
Gloria
Oley
Fire Claims Two Children in Steubenville Dupleix Home
The coroner ruled deaths by asphyxia in a weekend house fire at the bottom of a stairway that swept into a bedroom where Patrice Harris, 14 months, and George Armstrong Jr., 4, were sleeping. Three visiting adults were at Mrs. Milton Harris’s duplex home when tragedy struck.
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Steubenville
Ving
Viet Nam
Flood time concerns over acreage and dam plan
Farmers, township supervisors, and property owners along French Creek oppose a federal flood control dam west of Union City. They warn 1200 of 2000 acres would flood seasonally, compact soil and threaten tax base, while the Corps says land would be available after waters recede. Lawyers indicate easements vs purchases may go to court.
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Corps of Engineers
Amity Township
Arbuckle Corners
French Creek
Union City
Atty
Robert McCullough
Erie
Election anger grows as NPD gains despite Bonn crisis
National Democrats claim the Bonn crisis fuels protest in elections while warning the NPD will grow stronger each vote. Mende triggered a government furor on October 27 by resigning with three Free Democratic ministers to protest tax raises, and Chancellor Erhard agreed to step aside for a leader able to form a Bundestag majority.
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National Democrats
Bonn
NPD
Mende
Free Democratic
Ludwig Erhard
Bundestag
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