Johnson blasts Republican over Viet Nam leak
President Johnson used a news conference to charge a top Republican with leaking a Viet Nam briefing. Republicans, led by Gerald Ford Jr., denied intent to escalate a face-to-face clash, while Mundt argued more Democratic input is needed before Viet Nam plans. Ford avoided a verbal showdown, saying he would not be baited into a clash with the President.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Gerald R. Ford Jr
Michigan
House
White House
Senate
Mike
Auu Snows
Mansfield
Montana
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Ford
Ry Ford
ABC Radio News Inter
Mundt
Jerry Ford
Lyndon
Donnybrook
Hanol, Peiping
Maernw
Copter Base Shelled
A military helicopter base was shelled in what authorities described as an attack. Officials reported damage to hangars and aircraft but no immediate confirmation of casualties. The incident prompted a lockdown and an investigation by security forces and defense ministry.
Immigration Reform Bill Advanced in Congress
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bipartisan immigration reform bill 26 to 4, moving to the floor. It eliminates the national origins quota system and replaces it with a new preference order prioritizing close relatives of U.S. citizens and other selected categories.
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T Washington
House Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Bil
U.S
Riviera Brush Fires Widen As Winds Drive Firefighters Missing
Fires across the Riviera fanned by strong winds burn about 25 000 acres of dry brush and low pines in Lavandou and nearby areas. Two fire engines burned and two firefighters are missing. Twelve people reported injured as another fire erupted near La Ciotat while dumpsites sent sparks into scrub. Thousands of tourists were routed from campsites already burned out.
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Lavandou
France
Riviera
la Ciotat
Husband Faces Grand Jury
Fred L. Pritts, 24, of the Uniontown area, faces grand jury action on a general charge. His 16-year-old wife Ruth Ann was found dead July 25 near an abandoned coal mine about eight miles east of Uniontown. Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus R. Vance urged rapid realignment of Reserve forces to strengthen combat power and speed potential mobilization, while plans to merge Air Reserve units into the Air National Guard were temporarily withdrawn.
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U.S. Navy
Hanoi
M Dway
Independence
Midway
U.S
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Viet Nam
United Nations
Radio
Johnson
U.N
New York
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Arthur J. Goldberg
Washington
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Pentagon
Mouton
Labout
Defense
Pat
Alledndale
Robweek
Fort E. McNair
South Carolina
Honolulu
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Wheeler
Castle
Peking
North Vietn Nam
Promi
Ghana
Kwame
Nkrumah
London
Chi Minh
Nkruya
Connellsville
Fred L. Pritts
Uniontown
Ruth
Its
Platfon Army’ Reserves
National Guard
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Anth Committee
Central Reserve
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Harold J. Johnson
Ana
Sanson
White House
Air National Guard
Ei Hebert
Police tip leads to odd river find in East Haven
Police responding to a tip about men in dark clothing tossing a safe discovered instead three bushels of dead fish in the Haven River. The fish were from a lobster trap operation and the incident appears accidental rather than a deliberate dumping.
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East Haven
Conn
Haven River
West Penn Power Announces Rate Cut in Greensburg
West Penn Power Co. announced a voluntary rate reduction of 1.6 million dollars over the next year affecting residential, commercial, school and church customers and industrial classes. The changes filed with the Public Utility Commission take effect after Oct 2 and follow prior cuts totaling over 5 million annually in 18 months.
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Greensburg
West Penn Power Co
West Penn
Public Utility Commission
S. L.’ Drumm
West
Penn Skiff
PUC
Federal Aid Posts Bond For 37 Civil Rights Demonstrators
In Allendale South Carolina a federal representative posted blanket bonds of two hundred dollars for thirty six demonstrators and seven hundred dollars for one white youth arrested during a protest at the Allendale County Courthouse over voter registration practices. Nineteen released on bond left jail, four under seventeen released to parents, fourteen declined. The bond move, a new federal procedure, followed meetings with local lawmakers Sen A P Williams and Rev W E Mixson amid signals no immediate reopening of registration or concessions.
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Allendale
S.C
C. A. Webster Jr
Webster
Allendale County
A. P. Williams
W. E. Mixson
Search for Spanish treasure aboard De Braak shipwreck begins
Three divers led by Louis De Cerchio plan to locate the De Braak s sink site in Delaware Bay. They aim to recover silver and gold valued over eight million dollars from the 1798 gale wreck. The group has spent eighty thousand dollars and secured a three year salvage permit from state authorities.
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Delta
Braak
Eewes
Del
Delaware
Philadelphia
de Braak
St. Peter
Protestant Episcopal Church
William. Smith
Jame
U.S. Navy
Adelphia
Drew
Talus Rock Girl Scouts End Roundup
Roundup is over on July 28 as the Talus Rock group heads home from the Senior Girl Scout Roundup in Idaho. Eight girls from Johnstown Altoona Indiana Salineville and Somerset joined peers from Texas Louisiana and Kansas among 256 campers with participants from Belgium Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Kenya and Colombia. Demonstrations highlighted history and heritage with food displays, arts and crafts, and potlatch gifts. final arena events featured regional and past roundup scouts sharing experiences.
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Johnstown
Altoona
Indiana
Salinburg
Somerset
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Belgium
Puerto Rico
The
Virgin Islands
Kenya
Columbia
California
Talus Rock
Whichita
Kansan
Los Angeles
Scranton
New Jersey
Northwest
Michigan
Colorado
Vermont
Idaho
Scouts
Tornado Blown Check Returned From Ontario Find
A canceled check blown away in a Palm Sunday Manitou Beach tornado surfaced Monday in Alliston Ontario. The check belonged to Ella Stoddard whose home was destroyed by the twister. She is staying with relatives in Lansing as Mrs Williams Campbell and her husband found the check on their Avinston farm.
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Lansing
Mich
Manitou Beach
Allmnston
Ont
Ella Stoddard
Williams Campbell
Alvinston
Steelworkers congratulate Ambassador to United Nations
AP report notes United Steelworkers President I W Abel congratulated Arthur J Goldberg on his U S ambassador to the United Nations appointment. The union sent a letter to Goldberg after a Wage Policy Committee resolution tied to a 30 day strike notice for the steel industry.
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Pittsburgh
I. W.“Abel
United
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Goldberg
Abel
Chicago
USW
Richard J. Daley
Dick Gregory
Benjamin
Wil
Lis
Maln
Krebiozen
Daley
Board of Education
Willis
Stevan Dur
Howard Pierson
Dr. Durovic
Maurice Walsh
Gregory
William F
P. Phillips
Phil
Duc
Andrew C. Ivy
Univer
Writer Seeks Release From Jail In Nuclear Plant Case
In Philadelphia a man refused a $5 trespass fine at the Peach Bottom nuclear site and asks the U S District Court for habeas corpus relief. Local Lawrence W. Goldberg 39 502 of the United Plant Guards seeks the release arguing constitutional rights violation. He signed a seven cent an hour pay boost retroactive to April 19 under a one year contract at Philadelphia Electric and Westinghouse. Carl Gregg union president says the pact covers 27 persons.
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Philadelphia
U. S. District Court
Sharon
Lawrence W. Goldberg
United Plant
America
Westinghouse
Constitutional Electric Corp
Peach Bottom
Philadelphia Electric Cotion
Carl Gregg
PHS Seeks Lake Erie Cleanup Plan At Conference
Public Health Service outlines cleanup options for Lake Erie and its tributaries at a federal water-pollution conference. Based on a two year study, the report warns of rapid aging and cites pollution from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Identifies pollutants as sewage industrial wastes oils silts sediment and nutrients.
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Cleveland
Public Health Service
Lake Erie
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Obituaries list for August 2 1965 includes Bickham Hartzell St Clair
Obituary notices for August 2 1965 list Myrtle Bickham Blairsville. Mary Hartzell Sagamore. Robert W St Clair Clymer. Sara F Richardson Indiana. Ford B Decker Cherry Tree. Catherine Palgu ta Blairsville Josephine. Details cover birth, death dates, family survivors, funeral homes, services and burial plans. recipients receive greetings at Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville and Robinson Lytle Indiana with services scheduled in coming days.
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Myrtle’, Bickham
Walnut Street
Blairsville
New Alexandria
Thomas
Ella Boris Crawford
Frank B. Bickham
Elizabeth Bollinger
Ferguson Funeral Home
John C. Cogsley
Salem Cemetery
Mary Grace Hartzell
Sagamore
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Rural Valley RD
Edward
Ethel Hicks Hartzell
Robertshaw Controls Co
Indiana
David
Pittsburg
Calif
Janica Elaine Sagrati
Kittanning
James
Clifford
Dennis
Larry
Linda
Brenda
Edwards
Rural Valley
Sagamore Lutheran Cemetery
W. H. Cornell
Robert W. ST Clair
Morris Street
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Bence
Ford B. Decker
Cherry Tree
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Raleigh Funeral Home
Hillsdale
C. €. Clawson
Buria
East Mahoning
Catherine Palguta
Mary Chapla
Union &J
Swissvale
Josephine
Michael F. Hallow
St. Bonaventure
Michael Kowal
SS. Simon Land Jude
Funerial
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Icread Gazette
West Penn Power
Raffello
New York City
Michaelangelo
Flying Camera Photo Service
James Drew
Talus Rock Girl Scouts
Debby Luxenberg
By Debbie Luxenberg
PHS
Sara FE. Richardson
Church Street
Rochester Mills
Daniel M
Matilda Hadden Potts
Shelocta
Lindsay Earl Richardson
Reuben
Blaine D
Elderton
Edward E
Harborcreek
John Craig
Donald R
Eric
Emery
Lucille) McIntyre
Law‘rence
Mildred) Thomas
Sheloca
Jane)McLaughlin
Ebensburg
Robert
Ruth) Munshower
Caroline Crumrine
Earl
Dor Its) Robertson
Silver Spring
Harvey
Goldie) Lewis
Paul
Elva) Smith
Allen
Amanda) Ryen
Robinson Lytle’s
John W. Scott
Oakland Cemetery
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