Nixon Seeks Pentagon Shakeup and More Missiles
New York AP report says Richard Nixon vows a major Pentagon reorganization to give top officers more clout and to push for more missiles warplanes and nuclear submarines if elected. He accuses Kennedy and Johnson of creating a security gap and warns America could face a survival gap by 1970 or 1971. He spoke after a PA tour with good crowds but some sour notes.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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President Announces Grandchild Birth at Bethesda Naval Center
President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the birth of a daughter to Lynda Bird Robb at 12:08 a.m. The baby weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and measured 20 inches. Robb, serving in Vietnam, and the Johnson family welcomed the new granddaughter amid congratulatory notes from military officials.
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Lynda Bird Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Charles 8. Robb
1St Marine Division
Vietnam
Robb
Johnson
Lynda
Navy
Lewis Walt
Walt
UNICEF Trick or Treat Drive Planned for Halloween
Local residents in Lorry and surrounding areas will join millions of youngsters in the annual UNICEF program, collecting donations via orange half pint cartons. The event, organized by the Corry Council of Churches, runs 6 to 6:30 pm with return by 8 pm. Collection centers include Concord, Wright, St Thomas, Salvation Army, Emmanuel Episcopal, and Evangelical United Methodist churches, plus Beaverdam Mennonite and Spring Creek outside city limits. Columbus School will host a collection on Wednesday.
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Unichef
Corry
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Salvation Army
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Spring Creek
Columbus School
Thoms
Wait Ends as PUC Hears Lottsville Rail Crossing Study
A Warren County PUC hearing examined Lottsville crossing conditions after a series of fatal accidents. Erie Lackawanna officials proposed flashing signals with labor by the railroad and the township to cover $20,000 in costs, while the highway department cited poor approaches and surface maintenance. The referee will review the evidence in Harrisburg before a ruling on signals and cost allocation.
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Warren County
Lottsville
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
State Highway Department
Freehold Township
PUC
George Morton
Morton
Jamestown
Erie Lackswanna
Highway Department
Harrisburg
GenTel Begins $400000 Addition at Corry Exchange
GenTel starts a 400000 dollar expansion at the Corry Exchange on East Park Place. The 4000 square foot building addition should finish in early January 1969 with new switching equipment installed after. C. A. Crain of the Erie Division says the project will serve about 6000 telephones in Corry. General contractor is G. C. Bruno Co. of Edinboro.
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Corry Exchange
East Park Place
C. A. Crain
Erie
GenTel
Crain
Corry
G .C. Bruno Co
Edinboro
Johnson to appear on TV to press Humphrey bid
President Johnson announced a Nov 3 NBC telecast to back Humprhey Humphrey while reiterating no change in Paris peace talks. He spoke at a news conference about Vietnam and law enforcement and noted a possible Humphrey victory in the three way race.
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Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
House of Representatives
Robbers Take Two Tons Of Coins From Bell Truck
In Cleveland Ohio two men held up an Ohio Bell Telephone Co pay phone coin haul. Police say the thieves escaped with between 15000 and 20000 in nickels dimes and quarters weighing about two tons.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Twenty One Added To UF Drive $100 Donors
Twenty one more names were added to the $100 and up donors list for the 1968 United Fund drive. The new group includes Paul Meerdink Cliff Buesink and several others associated with local businesses and doctors.
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United Fund
Charles Monaghan
I Paul Meerdink
Paul
Rogers Steel
Kern Sanford
Buesink Ford
Lloyd Meerdink
Corry Auto Auction
D. C. Monroe
Marine Bank
George Gould
Archie Tate
E. H. Harmon
Gerald Lloyd
Guy Botsters
James Hileman
John Brown
R. Elwin Fuller
Fuller Business Service
Ross C. Bailey
Raymond's
Joseph Pitca
Philly May Have Police In Schools
Philadelphia mayor James H. J. Tate proposed several measures after two weeks of high school violence. Ideas include arming school security, police in schools, compulsory ID cards, integrating security with police, city control of finances, parent inspection teams, and assigning teachers to post conduct duties.
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Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
North Vietnam Toll Mounts Amid South Vietnam Offensives
In three days US and South Vietnamese forces killed at least 447 North Vietnamese in the northeast of South Vietnam as Allied artillery and air power bore the brunt. Three Americans and three South Vietnamese were killed with 65 Americans and 27 South Vietnamese wounded. The DMZ battles near Con Thien and Da Nang continued, with 319 North Vietnamese reported killed across multiple engagements along 200 miles of coastal plain. Continued on Page Eight.
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Johnson
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Con Thien
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da Nang
New Angle Wrestles With Sparta Merger Appeal Problem
Sparta merged school district board debates state mandates to merge Corry and Sparta districts. Directors face conflicting pressures as they examine legal, financial, and community impacts and seek a path forward.
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Sparta
Corry
Truth Squad struggles with travel pace on Humphrey beat
Los Angeles AP report notes Rep. Barber Conable and fellow truth squad members face logistics as they track Hubert H. Humphrey. They rely on newspapers for rebuttals as their 19th stop of the year showcases planning delays and looming filing deadlines in Sparta and Erie County areas.
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Los Angeles
Barber Conable
New York
Truth Squad
Hubert H. Humphrey
Conable
Humphrey
Still Defiant at Moses Hall as Berkeley Protesters Move Toward Police
Police break down barricades at the entrance of Moses Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Demonstrators walk single file through a double line of officers toward a police van.
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Dents
Moses Hall
University of California
Berkeley
End of Summer Time Change Sparks statewide referendums
Most Americans gain an extra hour of sleep this weekend as clocks are set back to standard time. The 1966 Uniform Time Act prompts some states like Michigan and South Dakota to seek exemptions or referendums, with Indiana split between time zones and debates continuing.
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South Dakota
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