GM Cuts 1966 Car Prices Across Line in Tax Break Move
GM said its 1966 cars will show an average price cut of about 72 dollars per vehicle, passing on the full excise tax reduction from 10 to 7 percent and reducing prices by as much as 136 dollars on certain models. The cuts include up to 19 dollars off optional safety equipment now standard. Chrysler had raised prices two days earlier, while Ford had not yet acted.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford
Child Hit by Power Mower While Playing Outdoors
A young girl, Kelly Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert W Johnson, was struck by a power mower while her mother mowed the lawn. She sustained a fracture and leg laceration and is listed in satisfactory condition at Warren General Hospital after the accident yesterday.
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Youngsvillie
A. Voonesville
Warren General Hospital
Kelly ‘Johnson
Robert W. Johnson
Car kills boy on McKees Rocks Bridge ramp
A boy, James Kibe of McKees Rocks, was struck and killed yesterday by a car on a ramp near the McKees Rocks Bridge in Pittsburgh. Police investigated the fatal pedestrian accident and awaited autopsy results.
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Pittsburgh
James Kibe
McKees Rocks
McKees Rocks Bridge
Autumn floods sweep Texas as storms deepen
Autumn storms lash the midwest and south driving thousands to higher ground. The Pedernales River up to 10 feet over normal swamped bridges near the LBJ Ranch area. Texas towns including Austin Fredericksburg Llano Marble Falls and Lake Lyndon Baines Johnson report heavy rainfall with tornado damage near Longview.
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Texas
mid-Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Towa
Arkansas
Mis
Three Children Die In Refrigerator Tragedy
In Boston, five year old William Houlsen, his sister Ann Marie aged three, and their companion Joseph Cinelli crawled into the bottom half of a yard refrigerator behind an appliance store. The door snapped shut and they suffocated, police said. The owner had taken the fridge in trade and planned to move it to a storage shed after the store closed.
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Boston
William Houlsen
Ann Marie
Joseph Cinelli
Student Injured by Falling Plaster at Academy High
Academy High School senior Ted Capella Jr. was injured by a two-foot plaster patch that fell from the ceiling during fire enclosure work last year. The incident will be investigated today by the School Board, with Louis J. Tulio as secretary-business manager. Capella received head lacerations and contusions at St. Vincent’s Hospital and was released in satisfactory condition.
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Worth
Businss
Louis J. Tulin
Ted Capella Jr
Academy
St. Vincent's Hospital
Tullio
Capella
Union City Proposes Pilot Borough Redevelopment Plan
Union City moves to upgrade up to a quarter of the borough through a pilot redevelopment program using three percent federal loans to property owners for rehabilitation. The initial survey costs $1,000, with Beckman Swenson and Associates tapped to survey the south end, as officials seek county authority to proceed.
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Union City
Borough Council
Harry Smiley
Beckman, Swenson
Viet Cong Raids Hit Delta Outposts as U.S. Planes Sweep North Viet Nam
Viet Cong raided two government outposts in the Mekong Delta while U.S. war planes hunted targets in North Viet Nam. Navy pilots from the Midway destroyed two boats and damaged several bridges amid heavy ground fire, with US losses uncertain. In Da Nang, Vietnamese officers reported the execution of three suspected Viet Cong sympathizers.
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Fall Weather Brings Autumn Clues to Corry
Corry area shifts from hot summer to early autumn as 2:05 a m temperature dip to the low sixties follows sweltering 80s. Leaves begin changing color and foliage tours loom while meteorologists anticipate a mix of sun and rain with similar temperatures.
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Palteuana
Corry
Car Hits Truck Waiting To Turn Near Spartansburg
Roberta L. Leeper 25 of New Castle collided with a gravel truck driven by Buddy Vanderhoof 31 of Spartansburg after the truck stopped for a turn on Route 77 north of Spartansburg. Ten injured, property damage about 423 dollars.
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New Case
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Corry
Roberta L. Leeper
Newcastle
Buddy Vanderhoof
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U S Bid For Viet Nam Peace Talks At U N General Assembly
The United States plans a major policy speech at the U N General Assembly to outline a comprehensive Viet Nam peace strategy and seek a formal U N role in negotiations. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg will speak as the assembly opens its general debate, with Viet Nam not on the formal agenda but expected to be central in discussion.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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Adlai E. Stevenson
IU S
India- Pakistan
Security Council
Heat prompts Pottstown schools to dismiss early
Public school pupils in Pottstown Pa. will have a half day as heat and humidity rise. Dr H Dale Winger superintendent said all classes will be dismissed at 1 30 p m. Average afternoon temperatures since last Saturday have been in the 90s.
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Pottstown
H. Dale Winger
India Pakistan cease fire quiets guns but Kashmir unrest lingers
AP reports a UN backed cease fire silenced fighting on the Indo Pakistani front after days of heavy conflict. Yet unrest in Kashmir persists with tensions between India and Pakistan simmering despite the cease fire. Pakistan’s Ayub Khan condemns the UN plan as inadequate while signaling compliance for international peace. China’s opposition to a broader crackdown is noted with border Wall activity near Jelep Pass.
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China
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Defense Ministry
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Rashid Bu
Ayub
U.N. Security Council
Vents Wrath On Speed Trap But It’s Costly
In Dryden New York Tompkins County deputy Byron Van Zile reports Roger Bennett 35 damaged a speed trap device by cutting hoses and snipping cables. Bennett claimed he was exercising his rights as a taxpayer. He was jailed on a malicious mischief charge with bail set at 50 pending court.
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Dryden
N.Y
Tompkins County
Roger Bennett
Byron van Zile
Bennett
Main Street
van Zile
Indian leader warns of long term Red China threat
Washington AP Indian Ambassador Nehru said India faces a long term threat from Red China and urged the United States to resume military aid without waiting for new Chinese pressure. He said American arms ending up with Pakistan worsened US-India relations and Pakistan has lost the war with India.
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Pakistan
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Himalayan
Red China
Failed Promise Leaves Concord School Shrubs Replanted
Dr Biron Decker of Erie County Education advised about soil depth at Concord School where a contractor failed to deliver good topsoil. Dead shrubs prompted investigation revealing solid clay beneath a thin dirt layer. Decker with Corry Area High School Agricultural class replanted and added shrubs from his nursery.
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Concord School
Biron Decker
Erie Countrouation Education
Ben
Decker
Corry Area
Richard Farrer
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