Striking miners refuse return to Robena mines
About 1,000 Kentucky miners elected to stay away as 1,250 U S Steel Robena Complex workers in Masontown Pa met Saturday and voted to continue the strike until the contract is reopened. They criticized the contract despite a $2 pay raise and demanded improved vacation benefits and a seniority system. Outside locals from Ohio and West Virginia joined the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
U. S. Steel Corp
Masontown
Robena
Ohio
West Virginia
UMW
W. A. Boyle
Blast Blamed On Gas Leak In Central City
A gas explosion wrecked the Central City telephone exchange building and damaged nearby structures in Somerset County. The blast caused over 125000 in company property damage but no injuries, disrupting service to about 1100 customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Somerset County
General Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Assassination of Bhutan Prime Minister in Sikkim
In Gangtok Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Dorji was killed by a single gunshot near Phuntsholing amid tensions with China. Dorji, 45, an anti-Communist leader, died two hours after the shooting. motive unclear as officials state few details. His son Paljor Dorji studies in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gangtok
Sikkim
Bhutan
Jigme Dorji
Little
Himalayan Kingdom
India
Red China
Pal
London
Dorji
Tibet
Peking
Phuntsholing
Avtar Singh
Politix
Sikim
New Delhi
Nehru
Warning On Cyprus Sparks Turkish Troops Stand
Ankara warned that Turkey will oppose any move by the Greek Cypriot government to evict Turkish troops from Cyprus. A spokesman said Turkey will keep its 650 man garrison under the treaty of alliance despite Makarios declaring the treaty dead, calling his move legally insignificant and contrary to international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Cyprus
Makarios
Ismet Inonu
Inonu
Britain
Greece
Fulbright Sees U S Military Power Out of Control
Sen J W Fulbright, in a UNC keynote at the 1984 Carolina Symposium, charged that the American people and Congress lack effective oversight of the military. The remarks echo his March 25 foreign policy speech that sparked broad controversy across Congress, the State Department, and the White House, raising Pentagon tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N.C
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
University of North Carolina
Pentagon
Arkansas Democrat
State Department
White House
Carolina
Ecumenical Council Takes Steps to Speed Work
Vatican sources say commissions of the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council have moved to speed the council’s work while cautioning that it is too early to determine if the next session will be the last. The council recessed December 4 and will reconvene September 14. Drafting commissions are revising topics during the recess and the council coordinating commission has held three meetings with a fourth scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council
Council
Council Coordinating Commission
Retrial for Be l cwith on Evers murder in Mississippi
Byron De La Beckwith, longtime segregationist, goes to court in Jackson Mississippi for a retrial on charges he killed civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The first trial ended February 7 with a hung jury after 11 hours of deliberation by an all white jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Greenwood
Beckwith
Evers
The
Nations Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pittsburgh
James Howard
Brodheadsville
Monroe
McKeesport
Faye
Jenkins
Lgrees
York
Harry O. Smith
Autility Pole
Weekend Mishaps Take 20 Lives In Pennsylvania
A weekend spate of accidents including a fatal fire near Berwick and a series of crashes across Pennsylvania left about 20 dead. The report lists families, towns, and ages from Berwick to York County, with fatalities in Falls Township and Carrolltown among others.
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Associated Press
Hellam
Carrolltown
Cambria
Fallsington
Anthony Brock
West Chester
Lukian Klap- 84
Penndel
Bucks County
Ap Jcuniak
Wilmington
Coln Highway
Falls Township
Wettstown Township
Doylestown
Beth Ann
Scheetz
Johnstown
George Kuntz
Brenda Dianne
Ferndale
Bethlehem Steel Co
Johnslumbia County
Berwick
Brodheadsville
Thomas Scho
Altoona
Joseph Meuval Jr
Enberger
Fountain Hill
Sat
James R. Stefurday
Bethlehem
Auschwitz war crimes trial erupts as audience shouts
AP reports at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial spectators shouted Kill him Hang him after testimony linked defendant Oswald Kaduk to driving Jewish children to the gas chamber. Ludwig Woerl, a former Auschwitz official, said the children aged four to one were selected for gas and Kaduk led them at pistol point. The bench responder accused the witness of being wrong as the crowd demanded violent action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz
Oswald Daduk
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Ludwig Woerl
Trusty
Woerl
Onder
Berlin
Kaduk
Herel Kaduk
Pay Homage To General MacArthur
Global tributes flow for General Douglas MacArthur after his death. Figures from Truman to Hoover praise his service and leadership, recalling World War I II and the Korean War, and noting his complex postwar era role in Japan.
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General MacArthur
MacArthur
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Yalu River
Chiang ‘Kai-shek
Formosa
Johnson
Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Japan
Army nurse honors General MacArthur as widow greets
In Washington a nurse, 2nd Lt Bonnie Ritter, who cared for General Douglas MacArthur since March 6, and her Army doctor husband Capt Richard Ritter, attend Mass at Walter Reed before heading home to New York. Mrs MacArthur pauses to thank the nurse amid the somber, camera-filled departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
New York
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur
Washington
Harvard Smith
Bonnie Ritter
Capt
Richard Ritter
Walter Reed General Hospital
Army
Leonard
Heaton
Mac
Saddened Japan Leads In Tribute
Tributes poured in after General Douglas MacArthur died. Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida praised his rebuilding of Japan from defeat to a modern nation. President Nixon and other leaders lauded his wartime leadership and postwar role in Asia, while family members mourned at Walter Reed and in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shigeru Yoshida
Walter Reed
Bamea
New York
Richnight
MacArthur Leanedlard M. Nixon
MacArthur
Philippines
Victory
Pacific
Japan
York
Hof
Nixon
Nation Honors MacArthur in Philippine Memorial Tone
Goldwater criticized MacArthur saying his warnings could have saved Korea and Southeast Asia. Rockefeller praised his leadership in the Philippines and the pledge I shall return. President Macapagal declared a mourning period as the Philippine Senate expressed grief. Romulo called him central to Philippine American friendship. MacArthur had a sentimental final visit in July 1961.
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Waglin
MacArthur
West
Jean Marie Faircloth
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Arthur
Corregidor
Philippines
Goldwater
Korea
Southeast Asia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Diosdado Macapagal
Macapagal
Johnson
Philippine Senate
Carlos P. Romulo
The
University of the Philippines
Obituaries Portraits of Zelensky Vendor and MacArthur News
Multiple obituaries and tributes. Charles Zelensky of Waterman and related family members mourned. burial in Indiana. Charles Vendor of Plumville, Navy veteran, with services at Sacred Heart Sagamore. MacArthur remembered by world leaders. tributes from Korea New Zealand Australia Britain Canada. Herman Flute, 61, Heilwood resident, obituary notes with church and union affiliations. Ruth Fisher reported with memorial plans and hospital obituary notice.
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Ruth M. Fisher
Meade J. Fisher
Water Street
Indiana
Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh
Albert E. Raleigh
Michael Vendor
Baldwin Boro
Juy 3
Plumville
Marior
Center Joint
U.s.navy
Scared Heart Church
Sagamore
David
S. G. Vendor
Loretto
Mary Piskar
Donald $. Bowser
Sacred Hearts Church
Carl P. Milano
VFW
Herman E. Flute
Pine Street
Heilwood
Indiana Hospital
Achille and
Augusta Richards Flute
Belgium
Flute
St. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Church
UMWA
Heilwood Slovak Club
Penns Manor Booster Club
Heilwood Sportsmens Association
Tri- County
Beagle Club
Catherine Washie Flute
Steve
Augusta) Kochman
Clymer
Raymond
Susan) Lindahl
Eleanor Flute
August Dufour
Glen Richey
Adonia Flute
Poland
Ohio
Joseph Flute
Bence
New Zealand
St. Michael
U.S
Pacific
Andrew K. Kertis
Far East
New
Church
Zealand
Holyoake
Wellington
MacArthur
Canberra
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Philippines
Alec Douglas-Home
Britain
Corregidor
Douglas-Home
Viscount Montgomery
United States
Ottawa
Charles Foulkes
Canadian Chiefs of Staff
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R&p
Seventh Regiment
Mrs. MacArthur
Ippines
Herand
Thebert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Little Rock
Arthur MacArthur
Hoover
U.S. Army
Supremelio MacArthur
Lal Chester W. Nimitz
West Pacific
Jpanese
Secretary of Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Nation
Yaar
Charles Zelen Thomas M. Vendur
Watereint
Avinkes Masia
Pusat
Ney Reh
Faa Merch
Pee
Tive
Stanley Cetoola
Italy
Alitalia
Elnora
Fran
Naples
Ces
Bowser) Zelensky
Crichton Coal and Goke Co
Zelensky
St Louis Reines Catolic Church
Ludernem
Francan
Bowser
Charles Zelensky
Homer City
Richard Zelénsky
John Zelensky
Waterman
Michael Zelensky
William Rokosky
Domineck Martitak
Joseph Zelensky
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Edward Micha
Highland Park
Alfred Goetz
St. Marys
Orval Bard
McConnelsburg
John Kavelak
Curwensville
Richard T
St. Bernards Cemetery
Robert Edward Stewart
Albert
Arlene Jay Stewart
Dayton R.D
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning
Donald
Ronald
Randy
Harry Jay
Martin Stewart
Kittanning R.D
Hill Church Cemetery
Mason Traister
Roy W. Carson
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Park
U.N
Keith J. Holyoake
Parastas
Wilda Gay Stahl
Norman Stahl
Dixon Road
Minera Hospital
Spangler
Clyde Berringer
Ressie Booker Berringer
Uniontown
Indiana County
Norman
Charles
Patricia) Shields
William
Donna) Bagley
Howard
Margaret) Gibson
James Stahl
Robert
Lucille) Howells
Dixonville
Edward Stahl
Clymer R.D
Nona) Fynn
Ruth) Karzelius
Patrick
Vivian) Palmer
Buffalo
Wayne
Iva
Richard
Kathleen) Sheridan
Don
Barbara)Darkus
Erie
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