Borough Approves Garbage Contract and Police Pay Rises
A special session approves a garbage ordinance granting exclusive rights to Schofield Brothers, funds to raise police pay by four percent retroactive to April first, and hiring of two more patrolmen. Dispatched salary set at 284 dollars monthly previously, with recall poll passing 8 to 1. A committee is formed to draft recommendations for May 7.
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Patcher
James Kring
Johnston
George Kennedy
Eveaton
Naylon
Indiana
George Jones
Harkless
Elmer Cooper
Council
Ed Harkless
Don Fritz
Tom Barber
Bill Fenton
Schofield Brothers
Heaton
Homer Bagley
Schofield’s
Homer Banquet Ticket Sale Closes Tonight
Tickets for the Homer Center Basketball Team Appreciation Dinner are on sale at Sickenberger's Drug Store until closing time tonight. The event honors the Wild cats on a 26 and 1 season with guest speaker Herman Sledzik, IUP head coach, as clubs coordinate tribute to coach Clair Jamison and the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Homer Center
Sickenberger's Drug Store
Wildcats
Herman Sledzik
Clair Jamison
John Cipollini
Flying Mayor Misses Landing
May or Al Hilde Jr. of Plymouth Minnesota attempted a landing at Denver Stapleton but overshot by about three miles and touched down between cars and mud on a disused Air Force base strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
al Hilde Jr
Plymouth
Minn
Stapleton International Airport
Air Force Base
State AFL-CIO Behind Clark for Reelection
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO reaffirmed its endorsement of U.S. Senator Joseph S. Clark III for reelection. President Harry Boyer announced the backing in a Saturday speech in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio Fl
U.S
Joseph
Clark
D. Pa
Senate
Harry Boyer
McCarthy Only Name On Ballot In Pennsylvania Primary
In Philadelphia voters faced a ballot with only Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy listed for president. Write ins were expected to carry weight on the Democratic side, while Humphrey and Kennedy drew attention from labor circles. Shafer, a GOP favorite son candidate, aimed to prevent intraparty fights over constitutional reform. An AP poll indicated the favorite son position in the Republican contest was not solid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eugene J. McCarthy
Pennsylvania
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Arew
Gop Goy
Raymond P. Shafer
Republican State Committee
Associated Press
Senior Honor Society Students Honored Here
Fifty-one senior members of Indiana High School were honored at the annual recognition dinner sponsored by the Indiana Kiwanis Club. Pins were presented by Kiwanis to new members as David J. Rising and Mrs. Jeanne D. Creps l presided. Guest speaker Donald S. McPherson urged commitment and listening, warned against racial inequality, and urged youth to engage in service from local to national levels.
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Indiana Kiwanis Club
Honor Society
IUP
Donald §. McPherson
Jeanne Creps
Jack R. Rising
National Honor Society
David Rising
Kiwanis
Bruce Jenkins
Gazette
Herbst
Cynthia Sushak
Barbara M
Taylor
Sandra L. Wiley
Indiana High School
Dan Letnr . Iitelli
Kiwanis Club
David J. Rising
Jeanne D. Creps l
Donald S. McPherson
Sharon
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
McPherson
Stanley G. Heinricher
Shirley J. Hoover
David P. Sig
Karleen K Jacobson
Elizabeth E. Kerr
Samuel L. Kimmel
Ruth E. Klaw- John
John R. Klingensmith
John J. Kopchick
Susan A. Lepley
John R. Lydie
Charlene A. Mabon
Barbara L. McGee
Sara A. Nichol
Thomas C. Nix
Bridget
Ray Blose
Gregono Tisera Lopez
la Capital
Rosario
Argentina
Jim Stoner
Leslie Spence
Herbert Isar
Geistown - Richland Kiwanis
America
Don
iDon
Humphrey urges peaceful outreach to China in foreign policy speech
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged affirmative action to meet human needs worldwide and building peaceful bridges to Communist China. He signaled a likely run for the Democratic nomination and said the United States need not apologize for its use of power in a broad foreign policy tour, marking his first major foreign affairs outline since Johnson’s March 31 nonre election decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
China
Humphrey
Johnson
Two Teenagers Hospitalized After Punxsutawney Crash
Area police report two injuries requiring hospital observation after a two car collision on West Mahoning Street in Punxsutawney. Edward Martin and Larry Coon, both 17, were admitted to Adrian Hospital for observation. Tony Sarafite, 55, escaped injury. Damage totaled 200 dollars. A separate Route 259 crash near Heshbon injured nobody, with Harry Hill Jr. and E F Kennedy listed, property damage 150 dollars.
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Edward L. Martin
Punxsutawney R. D
Larry Coon
Smicksburg R. D
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
West Mahoning St
Tony Sarafite
W. Mahoning St
Sarafite Auto
Martin
Indiana
Heshbon
Harry E. Hill Jr
E. F. ‘Kennedy
Blairsville
R. D
Postal Job Bids Sought for Torrance Post Office
Bids will be sought for a new Torrance post office two blocks from the current building on Torrance Hospital Road at Grant Street. The structure covers 814 square feet with 80 square feet loading, and a 1,686 square foot parking area. Bids open May 29 at the Pittsburgh Post Office Building. The building will be privately owned and leased to the government.
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Torrance
Theew
Torrance Hospital Road
Grant St
U.S. Post Office
Post Office
Pittsburgh
Riot Hits Pittsburgh Stores Losses Topped Thirteen Thousand
State Liquor Control Board official said state stores lost 13 097 dollars during recent Pittsburgh disturbances. Western Division head William J. Mall noted two outlets suffered major losses, one in the Hill District and one in East Liberty, covering April 5 to April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
State Liquor Control Board
William J. Mall
Hill District
East Liberty
Joss
Foust Extends Deadline In Ambulance Drive
Blairsville ambulance service extends its family plan signup to May 10 after Mrs Frances Foust was injured at home and hospitalized. Residents in the Black Lick Josephine area can register at the Black Lick Fire Hall on Saturday April 27 from 1 to 5 p.m and call 459 6874 for more information.
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Blairsville
Foust
Rockefeller to Comment On Viet War Address
Albany news confirms Governor Nelson Rockefeller will discuss the Vietnam war in an address to the World Affairs Committee in Philadelphia next Wednesday. The trip is part of a three week schedule including meetings with other Republican governors in Western states from May 6 to May 9 with Shafer of Pennsylvania Love of Colorado and Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
World Affairs Committee
Philadelphia
Leslie Slate
Rockefeller
U.S
Johnson
Raymond Shafer
Pennsylvania
John Love
Colorado
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Albuquerque
N.M
Whites Urged to March on Washington to End Racism
Whitney M. Young Jr. urged a massive white led march on Washington to end racism. He told the American Newspaper Publishers Association convention in New York that white leaders must spearhead the effort to avert rebellion by the poor and frustrated. He linked the march to broader antipoverty aims and a potential domestic "Marshall Plan" for the United States.
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New York
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Washington
Civil Rights Organization
Young
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
Europe
Obituaries for Eva Hunt and Frank Penezic in Indiana PA area
Eva Virginia Hunt of Pittsburgh ER 45 died at Indiana Hospital on April 22 1968 after a long teaching career. Born July 9 1882 in Crookston Minnesota she moved to Indiana in 1908 and taught school 43 years before relocating with her sister Florence. Miss Hunt was active in First Methodist Church WSCS and Eastern Star. Survived by a niece and nephew. Frank Penezic 77 of 318 North Third Street Indiana died April 20 1968 in Indiana Hospital after 60 years in the area and a career with B C Railroad. He was born April 6 1891 in Yugoslavia and survived by five children and many grandchildren. Services at St Bernard's Church and interment in St Bernard's Cemetery.
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Eva Virginia Hunt
Pittsburgh
Indiana
R.D
Indiana Hospital
Crookston
Minn
Robinson, Est
John Lytle
Hunter
Elizabeth Beasley Huntery
M. E. Lind
Washington, D.C
Frank Penezic
N. Th. St. Indiana
Paul
Barbara Penezic
Yugoslavia
Anna Zreliak Penezic
Penezic
St. Bernard’s Church
The
Brotherhood of Railway Workers
Frank Jr
Oak Park
Mich
Joseph
Ann) Geletka
Charles
Catherine) Sabatos
Norbert
Mary) Deutsch
Helen Penezic
Susan) Brown
Don Harvey Tippett
San Francisco
Rose M. Julock
Sae
Michael
David M
Mary Ann
Helen K
Martha Jean
Atj
Anna Rock
Woodsville
Ohio
Glen Campbell
Watson A. Maloy, Sr
Slickville
Baxley
Daniel W
Alice McMullen Maloy
Park View
Milton
Trafford
Dolores - King
Zora Low‘ery
Patricia Sloan
Duquesne
Shirley - Wright
Vandergrift
Elzie ‘and Watson Jr
Libra ‘Ry
Larry
Dodge City
Kaw
Norma Jean
Ford City
Harold
Lorraine McMillen
Ralph
Ernest E. Schredengolt
St. Cloud
Fla
Saltsburg
Avonmore
Oliver Perry
Cora Hughes Schrecengost
Ferne Dunmire Schrecengost
Keith
Surfside Beach
Blair
Kingman
Ariz
Glen
Merrit Island
William
Avonmore R. D
Richard Reynolds
West View Cemetery
Avionmore
Major Churches Unite In Historic Merger Ceremony
A vast Dixonville service led by Methodist Bishop Don Harvey Tippett united two congregations in a merger of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches. The rite featured clergy and laity reciting a covenant, while leaders urged broader Christian unity amid turmoil in the world. The event culminates six years of planning and marks the joining of over 11 million adult Methodists and 750,000 EUB members with millions more in children, as bishops declare marching as one family.
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Gazette
Gregorio Tisera Lopez
la Capital
Rosario
Argentina
R. Hastie Ray
Jose M. Carranza
Starng
IUP
University of Pi
Tisera Lopez
United States
Vietnam
Africa
Asia
Bechtel
New United Church
United Church
Methodist Church
Evangelical
United Brethren Church
Corps of Bishops
United Methodist Church
America
Lloyd C. Wicke
New York
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Homer
Afl-Cio
HHH
George and
Mary Zarhusky Kalus
St.John the Baptist Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of
Dixonville
Somvrivinge
Horrich and
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