U S Planes Hit North Vietnam In Major Raids
Saigon reports three MiG 21s downed southwest of Hanoi in a day of heavy strikes against fuel depots, warehouses, and truck parks near Haiphong and Hanoi. A7 and F105 losses. two F105 crewmen missing, A7 crew rescued. Ground fighting near An Loc sees 400 enemy killed or wounded. 2,000 paratroopers reach An Loc. North Vietnam claims civilian casualties and ship damage at Haiphong.
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Saigon
Ameridah
North Vietnam
U.s.command
Hanoi
U.S
Air Force
South Vietnam
Cortimaid
Dong
Dmz
An Loc
Binh Dinh
Cambodia
Haiphong
Air
Timothy R. Ayres
Houston
Tex
Windstorm Causes Major Damage Across District
A violent wind and heavy rain swept through the district causing an estimated 20000 dollars in damage. Johns Trucking Co freight terminal suffered the worst losses including a roof lift and tractor damage. Shireman Florists lost a 16 by 100 foot greenhouse with 1200 geraniums and 500 pansy boxes. Blairsville rest room roof blown off at the municipal park causing 1500 dollars in damage. Electric lines fell, utilities disrupted across several towns as crews responded to outages and tree damage.
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Johns Trucking Co
Rayne Township
Shireman Florists
Plumville
Robert Shireman
Shireman
The
Gazette
Blairsille
Arthur B. Bailey
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Electric
Socialville
Pennsylvania ‘Electric Co
Clarksburg
Marion ‘Center
Heilwood
Four Die as Rain Slick Turnpike Bus Crash in PA
A Continental Trailways tour bus carrying 48 members of a Present Day Baptist church from Philadelphia to Cleveland skidded on a rain slick Pennsylvania Turnpike near Harrisburg. Four people were killed Simone Scott 4 Michael Harrell 11 Mrs Anna Made Worley 35 and Kathleen Askew 28. Over 40 were hospitalized with several in critical condition.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Continental Trailways
Cleveland
Here
Simone Scott
Michael Harrell
Anna Made Worley
Kathleen Askew
Baptist
Ivan Martin Jr
Man Tipsy Attempts To Hijack Train In Arkansas
An armed drunken man attempted to hijack a freight train near Earle Arkansas. Daniel Decca 38 of Memphis Tennessee jumped between cars and got within two of the engine before arrest by Crittenden County deputies. He faced public drunkenness and concealed weapon charges though hijacking was not charged. The train crew reported the incident as the train crossed a Mississippi River bridge.
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Earle
Ark
Daniel Decca
Memphis
Tenn
Don Smithson
Crittenden County
Decca
California
Smith
Detectuss
Tony
Couple Found Dead From Fumes In Car At Tollgate Road
In Cambria County a man and woman were found dead in a car along Tollgate Road West Taylor. Alane Dick, 30, of Winona Dale Road and Mary Ellen Kna Kaapp, residents of Johnstown, were identified. Coroner John Govekar ruled accidental carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause. A Tollgate Road resident reported the car pulled off the road around 2 PM.
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Johnstown
Tollgate Ra
West Taylor
Cambria
Alane Dick
Wintondale
Mary Ellen Kna Kaapp
Nopeciails Homes
Pear Johnstown
Jene J. Govekar
Tollgate Road
Moray
Mr. Govekar
Imposter Jailed In Hijack Case Shocks Rome
Rome AP reports Mario Victor Maimone, a penniless Italian American, hijacked a Swissair flight with 20 aboard from Geneva to Rome. He forced the plane to a landing near the Embassy district, claimed a bomb in a cigar box, and demanded to see Pope Paul VI and the U.S. Ambassador. Police boarded and arrested him. he is jailed in Regina Coeli after initial psychiatric detention.
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Rome
Mario Victor Maimone
New York
Geneva
Paul VI
U.S
Italy
United States
Vatican
Maimone
Regina Coeli
Queen of Heaven
Lander Skin Flaking Creates Minor Problem
Apollo 16 progress toward a landing on the moon continued despite the lander's protective skin flaking. Officials and engineers investigated with a mock spacecraft at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center while astronauts Young and Duke inspected the lander aboard the Orion ascent stage.
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Mission Control
Young
Duke
Orion
Lunar
Moon
Navy
Thomas
Mattingly
Casper
Ina
Deadline Set For Absentee Ballots Here
Indiana County residents are reminded that tomorrow April 18 is the final day to apply for absentee ballots. Applications must be made in person at the county commissioners office in the new courthouse. The courthouse opens 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Those out of the county on election day April 25 may apply for the ballot.
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Indiana County
Four Others Hospitalized After Route 51 Crash
Police report a weekend crash near Elizabeth Township left six youths dead and four others hospitalized, three in serious condition. The four dead were all girls in a car, while the injured were passengers in a station wagon. Names include Leah Taylor and Linda Davison, both Versailles residents, and John Michael Hotkewicz of Elizabeth.
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Pittsburgh
McKeesport Hospital
Here
Uelizabeth Township
Dexter Stockhill
Joseph Hotkewicz
Elizabeth
Vicid Smith
West Elizabeth
Debbie McKnight
Belle Vernon
Miss McKnight
Leah Taylor
Binda
Paula Michele Pattern
Linda Davison
Versailles
John Michael Hotkewicz
Diana L. Nutt
Perryopolis
Clifford Gephart
Elizabeth Township
Ronald Massaro
Tesf Sara
Elizabeth Tipans
Welfare Money Battle Blares in Harrisburg Hearing
Welfare Secretary Helene Wohlgemuth and House Appropriations Chairman Martin P. Mullen clashed over a request for more than 1 billion dollars in the coming fiscal year. Mullen called Welfare “the worst department on Capitol Hill” and accused Wohlgemuth of lying, while Wohlgemuth said the legislature is politicizing the department. The department seeks 69 million more than it later trimmed to 54 million after reforms.
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Harrisburg
Welfare
Helene Wohlgemuth
House Appropriations
Martin P. Mullen
Welfare Department
Mullen
Capitol Hill
Wohlgemuth
Federal General Accounting Office
Congress
Philadelphia
Ex Burnside Official Dies in Cambria County Obituary
Wayne Bob Beck longtime Burnside water commissioner and council member dies Friday in Bachteh past president of Cherry Tree Fire Company and member of Cambria County Firemen Association Chetremon American Legion Barnesboro Moose Slovak Society of Clymer obituary appears on page 28 of Sal Ernie Gazette
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Burnside
Wayne
Bob” Beck
Beck
Cherry Tree Fire Company
Cambria County Firemen's Association
Chetremon American Legion
Barnesboro Moose
The
Slovaky of
Death notices from Burnside and Indiana County areas
Wayne Beck 68 of Burnside died. George Henry Buchanan 76 formerly of Clymer. Lettie Dunlap 9, of Pytting Road 4. Local obituaries list ages and last residences with terse memorials.
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Beck
Wayne
Bob
Burnside Buchanan
George
Henry
Tonnedy
Indiana County
Letties
Foes Merly
Clymer
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Harry Gincel
Regina
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Ligonier
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Harry Hammer
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
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Dmera
Tommy Hawk
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