City Bus Fare Up Five Cents In Warren Area
The Warren Public Utility Commission announced that Warren City Bus Lines will raise fares by five cents per ride, effective September 23. Other local items include a two car crash at Wayne Street and East Columbus Avenue, police citing Raymond Ball, 23, and council directives on sledding areas and an Airport Authority replacement, with Ronald Willman named to replace Clarence Wallace. Hospital, court, and county actions span annexation proceedings, carpeting bids for the courtroom, and the appointment of Dr John M. Jacka as Warren County superintendent. Navy recruiter James D. McIntyre will be in Corry Post Office weekdays 8 am to 5 pm to answer questions on enlistment.
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Warren City Bus Lines
Warren
Public Utility Commission
Raymond L. Ball
Corry
Wayne Street
East Columbus Avenue
Porter Auer
Douglas Rozelle
Wayne Township
Erie County
Rovele
John M. Jacka
Warren County
Drohm Mallory Jr
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Navy
James D. McIntyre
USN
Dravo Strike Ends After Three Year Contract
Pittsburgh AP two week walkout at Dravo Corp Neville Island plant ends as 2 shipbuilders union Local 61 concede to a three year pact. Workers receive about 70 cents extra per hour retroactive to Aug 31 covering 1200 employees.
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Pittsburgh
Dravo Corp
Neville Island
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilders
Marines Repel Night Attack Near DMZ Amid Heavy Casualties
North Vietnamese troops struck a Marine column near the central DMZ with mortars and small arms, killing 25 to 27 and wounding over 120 to 126. US forces countered with mortars, artillery, helicopters, and jet bombers as the fighting extended into dawn. Casualty figures and stockpiles were reported, while sweeps uncovered bunkers and a large ammunition cache.
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Saigon
U.S
Eth Regiment
Khe Sanh
26Th Marines
9Th Regiment
Dmz
Sth
da Nang
Nigerians Report Capture of Rebel Biafran Town Owerri
The Nigerian army said it seized Owerri shrinking Biafra to about 10 percent of its former size and leaving only Umuahia as a major town. Civilian refugees, including foreigners, marched toward safety as federal forces pressed from north and south. The report notes ongoing fighting and Biafran efforts at resistance despite the loss of Owerri.
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Biafran
Lagos
Nigeria
Owerri
Biafra
Umuahia
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
J. Y
British High Commission
3Rd Marine Division
Arabs Shell Bet She'an as Israelis Hit Irbid in Retaliation
Arab gun crews fired 180mm rockets at Bet She'an wounding civilians, while hours later Israeli forces bombarded Irbid in Jordan. The exchange marked a rare use of heavy rockets and followed a spike in incidents along the Jordan ceasefire line since August. Dayan urged vigilance at a United Labor rally, warning of possible renewed war and the need to be ready to win.
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Tel Aviv
Bet She’an
Irbid
Beisan
Bet She'an
el Fatah
Sea of Zalilee
Jordan
Allenby Bridge
Dead Sea
Moshe Dayan
United Labor Party
Senate committee backs nonproliferation treaty approval
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13 to 3 with three abstentions to approve the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and sent it to the Senate floor, though no vote date was set. Chairman Sparkman cited urgency to act this session despite calls to delay over the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Czechoslovakia
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Congress
Met Opens 84th Season with Adriana Lecouvreur Night
The Metropolitan Opera opened its 84th season in New York with Adriana Lecouvreur starring Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli, amid memories of rivalries with Maria Callas. Callas attended, her voice faded from past performances, while Tebaldi showed steadier form. The audience wore restrained attire as the mood reflected a return to past opera drama. Also reported was the death of veteran director Melville Shyer at 72 from a heart attack in Palm Springs.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Renata Tebaldi
Francesco Gilea
Adriiana Lecouvreur
Met
Franco Corelli
Enrico Caruso
Adriana Lecouvreur
Trene Dalis
Anselmo Colzani
Maria Callas
Lincoln Center
Tebaldi
Callas
Renata
Palm Springs
Calif—Melville
Buddy” Shyer
Deaths Menry E. Bensink
Mr. Bensink a resident of 111 man street died at home yesterday at age 55. He served in World War I and was wounded in France. He married Er ma McCoy on April 25 1945. she preceded him in death in 1949. An auto mechanic by trade, retired for health reasons. Surviving sisters Anna Marie Whippo and Dorothy Gallup, brother John R., and predeceased brother Raymond. Calling at Bracken Funeral Home tomorrow 7–8 p.m. and Thursday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. Final rites Friday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, interment Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Bensink
111 Man Street
France
Mr. Bensik
Erma McCoy
Bim
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Meedy
Anna Marie) Whippo
Erie
Robert
Dorothy) Gallup
Daytona Beach
Fla
John R
Corry
Raymond
Dealth
Bracken Funeral Home
Bed of the Funeral
Pinerove
Reluctant Witness Gets Jail Term
Gene McKinney 28 admitted he was with Huey Newton when a white policeman was killed and was sentenced to six months in jail for refusing to testify at Newtons trial. He said he was a member of the Black Panthers and rode in the car Newton drove when Officer John Frey stopped it last October.
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Oakland
Calif
Gene McKinney
Huey Newton
Newton
McKinney
Black Panthers
John Frey
Premier Salazar Near Death Amid Health Crisis in Portugal
Lisbon AP report says Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Europe's longest serving ruler, lay near death after a stroke in hospital following surgery to remove a skull blood clot. Doctors offered no survival prospects as reports of possible successors and state council deliberations surfaced.
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Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Europe
Portugal
Salazar
Antonio Vasconcelos Marques
Bissala Barreto
Gregorio
Americo Thomaz
Iman Council of State
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Lou Hanna
Hanna
Ronald Willman
Airport Authority
Clarence Wallace
Willman
A. Long Iolé Council
Wallace
Dravo
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Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
25Th Division
Aba
Onitsha
Niger River
Enugu
Gordon F. Campbell
C.S.B
Santa Monica
California
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Main
West Main Street
Titusville
Penna
First Church of Ga
Selec
Pennsylvania
Suez Canal
International Red Cross
Egypt
Anderson
Wear
Dupont
T. Sauce Pan
Fry Pan
Menry E. Bensink
Ing of
Frey
Bob Church
North Center St
Iga
Rheathe
Charlton Heston
Planer Crys Apes
Walt Disney
Technicolor
Brennan - Ebsen
Davidsea
Blair
Ciara
FBI
SUN
Deboran Kerr
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