Spelling Champion Goes to Washington
Delaware County's 1969 spelling champion Linda B Alle a 13 year old eighth grader from Newtown Junior High left for Washington to compete in the National Spelling Bee. She and her mother began travel from Chester and will be joined later by her father and siblings. The week includes tours, luncheons, and a hotel banquet with a Latvian legation luncheon planned. Contests run Wednesday through Thursday with Friday's awards.
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Delaware County
Linda B. Alle
Newtown Junior High School
Washington, D. C
Linda
John Alle
Caley Road
Newtown
Penn Central
Chester
Peter
J. Melita
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
U.S
Chester School Budget Shortfall Challenges District Needs
The Daily Times notes Chester school budget is inadequate to meet district needs prompting concerns about funding gaps and potential cuts. Details appear on page 6 with further analysis in related finance coverage.
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Chester
Foreign oilmen doomed by Biafra
The Biafrans sentenced 18 foreign oil workers to death amid the Nigeria Biafra conflict as bodies of 11 other workers were recovered. The 14 Italians three Germans and one Lebanese were among 29 missing during clashes near Okpai. AGIP said the workers did not fight for Nigerians. Authorities described grim discovery of bodies after Biafran forces overran a camp.
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Nigeria
Biafran Information Service
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
Biafran
Ifegwu Eke
Okpai
AGIP
Nigerian Oil Exploration Company
Phillips Petroleum,Co
Barnesville
Okla
Runoff Forces In France Headed To June 15 Battle
Georges Pompidou led with 43.95 percent in the first round in continental France. Alain Poher followed with 23.44 percent, Jacques Duclos won 21.53 percent for the Communists. Four other candidates divided the remainder, prompting a runoff to decide the seven year presidency. Poher refuses to accept Communist votes, Pompidou pushed for national reconciliation as campaigns neared the June 15 runoff.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Rothschild
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Poher
Senate
Bud
Jacques Duclos
Wheellorse
Duclos
Gaston Defferre
Marseille
Michel Rocard
Unified
Socialist Party
Louis Ducatel
Alain Krivine
Defferre
Rocard
Ducatel
Krivine
Brittany
Rockefeller postpones Venezuelan visit amid student unrest
Rockefeller halted his Caracas stop as Venezuela's Caldera delayed the trip for safety. The postponement follows violence tied to student demonstrations across Latin America, with Rockefeller blaming outside militant elements and urging US restraint. A separate Philadelphia shooting left Paul F. Oliva fatally wounded.
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Trinidad
Venezuela
Nelson A
Rockefeller
France
United
Fetal
WJOTS
Caracas
Nixon
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Rafael
Caldera
Port i
Spain
United States
Hemisphere
New York
U.S
Quito
la Paz
Aristide Calvani
Gov. Rockefeller
I Darby
Philadelphia
America
Paul F. Oliva
Copley Road
Upper Darby
Cormer of Market and
Salford Streets
Cooler Weather Predicted Across Five Day Outlook
The weatherman expects relief from heat with showers and thundershowers late today. Tonight's low drops to the upper 60s, with Tuesday's high around 80. Wednesday will be fair and cooler, with a five day average below normal and highs in the mid 70s. Showers return Friday and Saturday.
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Ower
Holiday Toll Sects Record Becomes Memorial Day Benchmark
A Memorial Day weekend tally shows 543 persons wounded or killed in traffic incidents, surpassing the 1906 record of 542 from the prior three day period. Oliva, shot and killed in Philadelphia, was among the victims. Misericordia Hospital treated the injured. Police sought witnesses and motives as tabulations continued.
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Associated Press
Oliva
Misericordia Hospital
Philadelphia
Supreme Court bans discrimination at private recreation areas
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that privately owned recreation areas offering swimming and picnicking cannot exclude Negro members under the 1964 civil rights law. Justice Brennan said Lake Nixon Club near Little Rock is a public accommodation, while Justice Black dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Hugo J. Black
Black
Lake Nixon
Congress
Paul Jr
Brennan
Lake Nixon Club
Oklahoma
Frisby
Boy Drowns In Philadelphia Reservoir
A 11 year old West Philadelphia youth fell into a city reservoir while walking a sloping bank and drowned. Fairmount Park Police recovered the body after a three hour search Sunday night. the victim was Wynfield Frisby, son of Mrs Ethr Frisby.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Wynfield Frisby
Ethr) Frisby
American Adviser Is Killed In Saigon Rocket Attack
Viet Cong rockets struck Saigon for the first time in two and a half weeks. An American Army adviser was killed at Dak To air field as paratroopers and South Vietnamese militiamen fought encroaching Viet Cong in the highlands. The clash near Saigon involved 11 hours of sporadic fighting with several enemy dead and captured, while U.S. forces reported rocket and mortar attacks with light overall damage. Meanwhile Hanoi claimed Viet Cong victories around Dak To as waves of B52 bombers pounded targets in North Vietnam and Laos.
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Central Highlands
Band Airborne Division
U.S
Dak
Sai- Ron
Dak To
Hanoi
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Beration
Dak Te
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