News Digest of National and World Events
A broad AP survey notes three hundred million dollars in April trap damages and ongoing GM UAW talks as strike deadlines loom. Firefighters patrol a Santa Barbara brush fire's edge. Mrs Andrew Fischer bears her eleventh child a girl. The Warren Report on the Kennedy assassination stirs debate. In Egypt Oswald inquiry uncertain. Nine-country AP poll finds shifts. French children rescued. Johnson tours Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with Lopez Mateos. Goldwater and Humphrey maneuvers noted. Maryland home covenants under fire. Senate clears roadblock on adjournment and passes foreign aid. Russians ease West radio push, shift to other areas including Red China.
Probe Completes Crash Investigation South of Corry
The investigation into an auto crash south of Corry on the Corry Spartansburg road found Thoratore Lee, 69, of Corry could not stop in time to avoid a truck blocking the highway while unloading road surfacing material. There were no injuries, but total damage reached about 20.
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Wwitv
Ove Runce
Corry
Corry- Spartansburg
Paul Sita Salt
Theatore Lee
Scouten
Tansbure Lee
Ulec Mies
Congress adopts apportionment compromise and approves foreign aid
The Senate ends a major reapportionment feud by adopting a nonbinding sense of Congress proposal and then passing a 3.3 billion foreign aid bill. The adjournment mood grows as lawmakers doubt they can sustain a quorum, with Congress expected to close by next week. The aid measure, trimmed from the President’s request, faced a long Democratic liberal filibuster before Mansfield’s substitute carried the day.
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Senate
Congress
Wachinutun
Solvcilon
Johnson
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illnois
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson Meets Mexico Leader El Paso Border Talks Ties
President Johnson meeting Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos in El Paso to mark the El Chamizal treaty and pledge openness to dialogue. He tours Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas, then plans a weekend at his central Texas ranch and a visit to Eufaula Dam in Oklahoma to dedicate the $120 million project.
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Johnson
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Barry Goldwater
United States
Goldwater
Lopez Mateos
el Chamizal
Rio Grande
Eufaula Dam
Talks Fail and GM Hit By Nationwide Strike
In a broad AP survey Europe fears a Kennedy assassination whitewash if the Warren Commission backs the FBI view that Oswald acted alone. Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr says the Texas report on the case will be released within a week after Johnson receives the commission findings. The European reaction spans suspicion and doubt, with leftist groups challenging the Dallas conclusions.
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London
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Europe
Lee Harvey Oswald
Associated Press
Commission
FBI
Dallas
Austin
Tex
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Presidential Commission
Johnson
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Ostwald
Kennedy
Baltimore
Thomas G. Buchanan
New York
Mark Lane
Negotiations Break Off At GM Strike Deadline
Detroit AP United Auto Workers and General Motors failed to reach a new contract by the 1041 EST deadline, ending talks with no further sessions planned. The walkout idles about 260000 GM workers as non economic demands and factory dispute issues remain unresolved. The strike affects GM plants and suppliers but GM would not strike parts built for Chrysler Ford.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Pord Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Cleveland
Ohio
Framingham
Mass
UAW
Walter P. Rether
Leonard Woodock
Republican fund drive dinner moved to October 27
Harrisburg The Republican State Committee said today it has advanced the date of its $100 a plate fund raising dinner from October 29 to October 27. A spokesman cited former Vice President Richard Nixon's other commitment as the reason for the change. The affair will be held at the State Farm Show Building.
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Harrisburg
Republican State Committee
Richi? Nixon
State Farm Show Building
40000 Acres Ruined By Fire Near Santa Barbara
A wildfire pushed by devil winds scorched 40000 acres near Santa Barbara injuring 36 and killing one. It destroyed 78 homes and threatened Montecito and Westmont College as fire crews fought shifting flames inland toward the city amid strong gusts. Cont. on Page Three.
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Santa Barbara
Calit
Averg Eines
International Olympic Committee
Robert Maynard Hutghing
Center For the Study of Democratic
Santa Barboire
Pauifie
Santa Tase |A
U.S. Forest Service
Pa Woman Has Rarest Type Blood Child Birth Miracle
Amelia Hutson of North Philadelphia gave birth to a 4 pounds 7 ounces daughter without needing rare blood flown from South Africa. Doctors at Temple University Medical Center monitor a dangerous blood incompatibility in the baby and consider possible blood exchange if needed. Only three women are known with the Shapiro or Shicbal abnormality that makes blood antibodies clash with normal blood, risking transfusion needs.
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Privadeilphia
Amelia Hutson
North Philadelphia
Union of South Africa
Temple University Medical Center
Johannesburg
South AE
Temple Unis Neie
Fire devastates block on Pittsburghs South Side
Pittsburgh authorities sift through rubble after a blaze yesterday damaged a long block structure on the South Side. Fire Chief Stephen Adney estimated the loss at about $100,000 as crews battled the flames and secured the site.
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Pippsburgh
Allas Waste, Paper Corp
Ine i Loria
Iic
Stephen Adiey
Pittsburgh
Paving and Sewer Projects Move Ahead in City
City crews advance paving and sewer work as engineering reports show rough grading and drainage nearly finished. Park Street and Church Street proceed, with Concord and 6th streets prioritized for early paving. Lawrence Airport runway grading nearing completion while North Center street sewer line reaches the railroad, delaying surface resurfacing and a Center Street lighting project due to thick paving.
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Davidson
Concord
Church
Tonovision
Johnson
Lawrence
Center Street
Mercury
Brune
Pennsylvania Electric Co
They Won't Sell A Single Dress In Cody AP report
Cody Wyoming men can buy a dress for their wife for a dollar as a sales promotion but must wear the dress out of the store. The offer requires the buyer to take the dress home immediately. The promotion teases a hare gain with a playful gimmick.
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Cody, Wye
Cody Wsbands
Soldier Decorated For Braving Bullets At Berlin Wall
Spec. 4 Hans W. Puhl, a military policeman who immigrated from Germany, received the Army Commendation Medal for aiding a refugee escape at the Berlin Wall and was recommended for the Soldiers Medal. Three companions also received decorations: William E. Swarlwood of Irving Texas, Spec. 4 Robert A. Philage dr. of Madera Pennsylvania, and Pvt. Owen Ly Hollman of Rolling Park Mississippi.
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Dermin Lap
Berlin Wall
Hans W. Puhl
United States
Germany
Spee
William E. Swarlwood
Irving
Tex
Robert A. Philage
Madera
Sand
Owen Ly Hollman
Rolling Park
Miss
Youth Signs Confession In Girl's Murder Case
A 14 year old boy, Earl Francis Stalter of Penndel, Pa, is held without bail on open murder charges after signing a two page confession at a hearing in Langhorne. Police say the blond kindergarten pupil Jean Worthington was found dead near her home from strangulation and a broken neck with alleged sexual molestation.
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Langhorne
Earl Francis Stalter
Justice of the Peace
Dominick Spadiccino
Jean Worthington
Penndel
John McGraw
Lower Bucks County Hospital
Howard C. Shook
Middletown
Staller
Local fire extinguisher display and foam plume incident
Tin McCaslin of East Main Street displayed a net seven form extinguisher for a public demonstration supervised by the Corry-Pearn Products works on West Martin Street. Firemen joined in the effort to keep a small blaze under control as a foam jet discharged soap suds from a wired nozzle.
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Tin McCaslin
East Main
Corry-Pearn
West Mirtiv
McCaslin
Route 6 Bypass Moves A Little Closer
Corry residents discuss Route 6 bypass with Franklin district engineer Wilfred P. Madigan as Harrisburg officials review final design. A recent traffic count shows about 4,000 cars daily on Route 6, shaping plans for a potential four lane road and initial construction timelines.
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Corry
Columbus
Wilfred P. Madigan
Franklin
Harrisburg
S. A. Long
George Sample
State Highways Department
Madigan
Highway Department
Otter
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John J. McCloy
Richard Russel
Gerald Ford
Warren
Mich
Allen
News Digest
Andrew Fischer
Birh
Giptope
Ministry of the Interior
Bobby Baker
Hubert H. Humphrey
William FE. Miller
Maryland
Washington
Red China
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Long
Johiston
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