Hearing Targets Route 22 Widening And Other Projects
Greensburg area leaders urged immediate design work on Route 22 from Blairsville to New Alexandria at a Westmoreland County hearing. Secretary Bartlett cited Appalachia funds cut by the Vietnam era, with calls to prioritize Laurel Valley Expressway and Route 56 improvements amid the Conemaugh station construction and heavy local traffic. Over 200 attended the statewide session reviewing Pennsylvania road needs.
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Greensburg
Westmore
Land County
Mountain View Inn Nearjlachia
Richard G. Barlettle
Westmoreland County
Planning Commission
Blairsville
New Alexandria
Highway Department
Sec
Bartlett
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Mt. Pleasant
Seward
Cambria
Florence
Huff
Bolivar
Conemaugh
State Road Commission
Pennsylvania
FBI Issues Withdraws King Warrant Over April Fool Plot
Reports from Burlington, Memphis and Miami describe a botched FBI alert linked to a joke about King’s killer. A white 1966 Mustang linked to Eric S. Galt was flagged, then withdrawn as a mistaken release. Authorities in Atlanta and Miami discussed the evolving lead with no warrant issued. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark declined comment.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington Free Press
Florida
Galt
King
Dade County
Public Safety Department
Miami
FBI
Eric Starvo Galt
Charles Bell
Atlanta
Georgia State Capitol
John Hanton
Memphis
Washington
Ramsey Clark
Clark
John Willard
Alabama
Birmingham
Eric S. Galt
Highland Ave
Mexico
Countian's Son Injured In Hill District Riot Tale
Leo Harteis Jr. of Blairsville, Greensburg native and son of Leo Harteis, was listed in satisfactory condition at Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh after facial and eye injuries from an attack near a housing project in Pittsburgh's Hill District. The piece frames his father's influence and a long memory of family store life and wartime devotion.
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Blairsville
Leo Harteis Jr
Greensburg
Leo Harteis
Evans St
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Hill
Harters
Almall Pellets
Jaycee Auction In Blairsville
Blairsville Jaycees plan an auction on Friday and Saturday April 26 and 27 at the former Big Apple storeroom on East Market Street. Residents are asked to donate items and Jaycees will pick up offerings. Notable items include a player piano in good working order. Call 459-6991 or 459-6720 to notify.
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Blairsville
Greater
Jaycees
Big Apple
East Market St
Market Rose On Thursday In Heavy Trading
New York AP reports the stock market rose Thursday in heavy trading, aided by U Thant’s belief that Hanoi Washington talks are imminent. The Dow gained 13.08 to 905.69 as volume reached 14.23 million, with markets closed Friday for Good Friday.
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New York
U.N
U Thant
Hanoi
Washington
Chrysler Recalls Over 100000 Mid Sixties Cars
Detroit report says Chrysler recalls more than 100,000 1963 model vehicles from Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth due to possible defects in carburetors and brakes. High performance engines with four barrel carburetors may suffer fast idle cam misoperation after prolonged use.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth
Leftist West Berlin attack on publisher HQ and leader critical
In West Berlin assailants attacked the headquarters of West Germanys largest publisher using Molotov cocktails and rocks. Their alleged hero Red Rudolf Dutchke lay in critical condition from a would be assassin s bullets. Ten people were arrested but later released after the outburst.
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Berlin
New Left
West Germany
Red Rudi" Dutschke
Slater
Yes Votes Uraed At GOP Meet
Indiana County Republican Men held a meeting featuring a tape talk by Attorney William J. C. O'Donnell, a constitutional revision convention member. He urged five yes votes on the April 23 primary questions, asserting the new Pennsylvania constitution could last a century.
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Indiana
William J. C. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Pennsylvania
Howard C
Shorty Cunningham
Cunningham
Mr. O'Donnell
Howard Edwards
Elm St
Cliff Porter
Grant St
Raymond Broderick
Rustic Lodge
Student Firebrand Dutschke Wounded In Germany Shooting
A 23 year old man identified as Joseph Bachmann from Peine in West Germany was in critical condition after a one hour gunfight with police following the shooting of Rudi Dutschke. Doctors removed a bullet from Dutschke’s brain and he was also hit in the cheek and chest as he rode his bicycle. Friends said Dutschke greeted nurses with good morning and recognized his father and brother nearby.
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Dutschke
Joseph Bachmann
Peine
West Germany
Durtschke
Obituaries and public notices from Indiana area deaths
Obituaries note the April 1968 passing of Mrs Audra Vera Stephens aged 67 after being struck near her Route 119 North Indiana home. Surviving son James Heberling Seattle and daughter Irene Hess Walter, among others. Services planned. Other notices include the deaths of Mrs Jennie P Cleland 74, Dayton area resident Mrs Marie Laura Hoover Sloan 73, and Mrs Elizabeth Zubro d Turansky 49 with details on births, marriages, and funeral arrangements. Also quoted is a political critique by Senator DiMond on education funding and horse racing influence.
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Audra Vera Stephens
Homer Stephens
Route 119 North
Indiana
Thomas Quinton
Anna M. Light Redin
DuBois
Stephens
Grove Chapel
James Heberling
Seattle
Wash
C. E
Irene) Hess
Walter
Mont
Thoms Redin
Kentucky
Louis Linbeck
Homer Heberling
Robinson ~ Lytle’s
Roy S. Shultz
Oakland Cemetery
Marie Laura Hoover Sloan
Dayton R.D
Armidale
Kittanning
R. D
Roy W. Good
Clair Sloan
Sloan
Methodist Church
Dayton
Dale
Paul- Ine) Schrecengost
Natrona Heights
Blanche Jordan
Rebecca Edmonds
Los Angeles
Calif
Clara M. Kane
Home R
D. 1
W. Cari ‘Hoover
Sylvan Beach
N.Y. i
Doyle
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital
Indiana Hospital
John R
Turansky
Hebron Lutheran
Church of
Pennsylvania
DiMond
Punxsutawney
Paoli
Edward G
Ted) Ednie
Saltsburg
Latrobe Area Hospital
Latrobe
Apollo
James G. Ednie
United Presbyterian Church of
Elks Lodge
American Legion
VFW
Saltsburg Sportsmen's Club
Williamson Lodge
Syria Temple
Pittsburgh
Avonmore
Electrical Craftsmen
Electrical Workers
Luccille Elliott Ednie
William E
Tucker
Youngstown
Ohio
Richard
Norma Lee) O‘bradovich
Saltsburg R.D
Edgewood Cemetery
Lunar Eclipse Visible Across Americas Tonight
New York AP reports a total lunar eclipse will be visible across North and South America if skies are clear. The moon enters Earth's shadow at 10 10 p.m. EST, reaching totality around 11 22 p.m. with coppery red color. partial light returns after 12 12 a.m., eclipse lasting about 50 minutes.
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New York
North
South America
American Museum-Hayden Planetarium
Dutschke Shot on Kurfuerstendamm in West Berlin
Doctors said Andreas Dutschke remained in danger after a five hour operation to remove a brain bullet. He was wounded on Kurfuerstendamm as he left the office of the radical student organization he leads.
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Pedside Watch
Dutschke
Kurfuerstendamm
West Berlin
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Hunt At
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Harding
Desed
Harteis
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Greater Johnstown
Air Corps
Sioux City
Iowa
Jim
Gane
Shadyside
Europe
Mother
Dim Stewart
Indiana Recreation Department
J. 5. Mack Community Center
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Gazette
Bechtel
Jaycee Auction
Chryslers
Henry
Hazel Slaughter
Nashville
Tenn
Harmony Four
Jackson Junior High School
Harmony Four Quartet
Juneau
Ubers
Uraed
GOP Meet
Jennie P. Cleland
Marion Center
R.D
Venice
Fla
Robinson-Lytle's
Roy’ S. Shultz
Dinen Annenk
Woot
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
Kenneth Hollenbaugh
Lutheran Cemetery
Smicksburg
Elizabeth Zubrod Turansky
West
Campbell St
Johnstown
George and
Nellie Smith Zuhead
Punxs
ACRN
Pennsylvania Nursing Association
Robert Turansky
Patricia
Robert Zubrod
Indian Rocks Beach
Warren Zubrod
Bedford R. D
Kenneth Zubrod
Ferguson and Son Funeral
Palmer L. Washburn
Blairsville Cemetery
Mary Covish
Michael Covish
Homer City
R.D. 2
Graceton
SS. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
John Sasala
Clymer
Mika Sasala
Andrew
Mitchell
Samuel
Joseph
Cleveland
Katheryn Sasala
Robinon - Lytie’s
St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
Nicholas Smisko
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