GM plans cost of living changes in proposed talks
AP Detroit General Motors says it will seek changes in the cost of living formula in any new contract with the United Auto Workers. The move could trigger a strike if bargaining stalls. Seaton notes the provision is for collective bargaining, not unilateral action. Current three year pacts cover about 750000 auto workers at GM Ford and Chrysler.
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Detroit
Motors Corp
Haa
Louis G. Seaton
United Auto Workers
Seaton
Reuther
Smu
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
Labor Statistics Consumer
Walter P. Reuther
Ernest
Moran
Leonard Woodcock
Living Plan
Ohio Trucker Injured In Big Weekend Upset
An Ohio trucker Earl Milton Earon 45 of Akron was treated at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital for multiple injuries after a tire blew out on his tractor trailer near Kittanning Route 422 near Cherry Run. The rig sheared a pole and tumbled down a 40 foot embankment causing $16 000 property damage to the Miller residence and a utility pole. Earon is in satisfactory condition with possible back injury pending x rays. Two other derailments occurred in Punxsutawney and Rossiter with two more admitted to Adrian Hospital for injuries from separate crashes. Police report a 1967 car wreck on Route 236 336 in Rossiter left Nicholson 19 with minor injuries and passenger Lynn Catalano 17 also in good condition.
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Akron
Ohio
Earl Milton Earon
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning
Earon
Cherry Run
Vernon Miller
Miller
Herbert Manners
Punxsutawney
Weeniewee
Punxsutawney Barracks
Manners
Sue Moore
Punxsutawney RD
Miss Moore
William R. Luketich
Rossiter
Main St
Adrian Hospital
George Nicholson
Reynoldsville R. D
Lynn Catalanino
Rossiter R.D. 1
Goor
Penn Hills YMCA Ping Pong Champs Set Endurance Record
AP reports two teams of 18 youths at the Penn Hills YMCA staged a 240 hour ping pong marathon. The A-Bombs defeated the Pulverizers 40 035 to 36 833 in a record winning effort that surpassed Morgantown West Virginia's prior mark by two days.
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Penn Hills
Morgantown
Explosion Ruins Pittsburgh Lounge Under Renovation
An explosion at the Green Briar Lounge site in Pittsburgh ripped through a building under remodeling Thursday night. The blast caused about $85,000 in damage. no injuries were reported and the cause was not immediately determined. The lounge was slated to open in two weeks.
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Pittsburgh
Greenbriar
Rainstorm Damage High In Pa
The Associated Press reports severe rainstorms across Pennsylvania caused flooding outages and damage. In Portland Northampton County Slateford Creek flooded the main water line prompting water delivery by milk truck and door to door water filling. Bangor likewise suffered heavy rain and flood losses estimated at 1 million dollars. Across the state power failures affected thousands with 30 000 buildings blacked out in the Harrisburg area and 90 percent of power in Ephrata. Weather, tracks, and utility damage disrupted life from Wilkes Barre to Philadelphia as crews responded to flooded streets and downed lines.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Portland
Northampton County
East Bangor
Bangor
Weather Bureau
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton
Nantioke
Lucerne
United Gas Improvement Co
Nanticoke
Williamsport
Barbours Village
Philadelphia
Reading Co
Abington
Harrisburg
Capital
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Conneautville
Spring Borough
Crawford County
Conneaut Creek
Beria Dominated Stalin Says Khrushchev on NBC program
The NBC program blames Beria for Stalin’s misdeeds while Nikita Khrushchev discusses Stalin’s dictatorship. Olga Franklin and John Cruesemann review Mrs. Alliluyeva’s memoir of her father, describing it as powerful and a vivid life portrait. The book portrays Stalin’s private foibles, distrust of physicians, and harsh public persona.
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S. Khrushchev
NBC
Alliluyeva
Stalin
Iaan
U S Urges Western Europe to Curb Latin Armament Sales
The United States has pressed Western European nations to avoid selling modern weapons to Latin American countries, fearing a new arms race and economic strain. Washington vetoed Britain's plan to sell Peru six Canberra jet bombers and warned against supplying Peru and others with advanced jets like the F5, citing historic aid agreements and fears of destabilizing power balances.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Britain
Peru
Royal Air Force
U.S
Congress
London
Fire destroys Sharon tavern in $60,000 blaze
SHARON, Pa. Fire destroyed the Paradise Inn just east of Sharon causing about 60,000 damage. Four firemen were injured and treated at Sharon General Hospital. Fire Chief Robert Goltz said the rear of the one story brick building caught fire from an undetermined cause as the tavern restaurant was closing.
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Sharon, Pa
Paradise Inn
Sharon
Sharon General Hospital
Robert Goltz
Combination Tavern
Black youths involved in shooting at Sheriff Miller talk
In Wichita Kansas police say a speeding car fired on a group of Black youths talking with Sheriff Vern Miller. Several rounds hit the SUV carrying the sheriff and four to seven white youths inside. Three hours later about 70 Black youths gathered outside police headquarters in protest. An alert was issued for the vehicle and occupants across surrounding southeast Kansas counties.
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Wichita, Kan
Vern Miller
Miller
Wichita
Kansas
Alaska Couple Flys to Shippensburg for Masters Degrees
Charles L Miller of Anchorage and his wife Ruth earned masters in elementary education from Shippensburg State College after five years of traveling 50,000 miles. The teachers, unable to pursue part time work near Alaska, commuted summers by plane, car, and finally commercial flight to complete their degrees.
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Shippensburg, Pa
Charles L. Miller
Anchorage
Alaska
University of Alaska
Shippensburg
State College
Miller
Ruth
Pennsylvania
Millers
Australia
Europe
Obituaries list Indiana County residents with services
Survivors include husbands and many children among whom are Clair F Thompson five sons Roy Indiana George Hopewell Murray Windber John Arcadia and Harry New Florence plus two daughters Mrs Robert Getty Parma Ohio and Mrs Kenneth Byers Indiana and 26 grandchildren and one great grandchild The obituary notes deaths in Indiana Hospital Pine Township Mahoning and nearby areas with multiple services at Robinson Lytle s in Indiana and other churches interment in Greenwood Oakland and Ruffner Cemeteries
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Alana
Clair F. Thompson
Roy
Indiana
George
Hopewell
Murray
Windber
John
Arcadia
Harry
New Florence
A.D
Robert
Kezia
Martha Edna Thompson
Paul Ward Hamil
South Fourth Street
R. D
Diana
Indiana Hos
Indiana Hospital
Pital
Pine
Eang Township
Indiana County
May McMillen Hamil Mack
Thompson
Cherryhill
Sealect
Presby
Iee
Beatrice Tillett Hamil
Clifford
Clymer
Edward G
Harrisburg
Elsie) Bond
Centerville
Rob Charles
Hazel) McCully
Brushinson-Lytle’s
Valley
Ronald
Helen
Williams, Mistic
Conn
Chester Mack
Martin L. Kaufman
R.D
William §. Merwin, D.D
Greenwood Cemetery
Theresa Fair
Heilwood
Mercy Hospital
Johnestown
Roumania
Louis
Mary Popp Klapa
Fair
St. Michael’s Orthodox Greek Catholic
George’ Bratta
Detroit
Mich
Bence Funeral Home
St. Michael's Church
William Conjello
Oakland Cemetery
Helicopter Pilot Daly Becomes Army's Most Decorated Flier
CWO Jerome Daly of Philadelphia, on his second Vietnam tour, is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. Harold K. Johnson after rescuing 10 comrades under fire on Easter Sunday. Daly, with copilot WO Larry McDonald, flew a smoke screen mission near Soc Trang, taking heavy fire but guiding survivors to Vinh Long base. Daly has 2,000 Vietnam hours and holds multiple honors including Silver Star and 68 Air Medals.
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Saigon
Pennsylvania
U.S. Army
Army
CWO
Jerome Daly
Philadelphia
Harold K. Johnson
Army Chief of
Soc Trang
Daly
Vietnam
Larry F. McDonald
Denver
Colo
Vinh Long
121St Assault
Long Branch, N.J
Newsmen Ordered To Leave Congo
The Congolese government ordered all AP correspondents and photographers to exit the Congo within 48 hours and expelled a Reuters representative. Information Minister Kande, acting for President Mobutu, cited AP reports speculating on Russian planes bringing Tshombe and a disputed Burundi claim. The move follows other tensions and envoy efforts to rescind the expulsion.
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Kinshasa
The
Congo
Associated Press
Reuters
Jean Jacques Kande
Joseph D. Mobutu
Kande
Michael Goldsmith
Tshombe
Robert H. McBride
John Cotton
Justin Bomboko
Pierre Moser
Parking Ticket Shortage Plagues Mansfield Police
Mansfield Ohio faces a parking ticket shortage as city officials ignore requests to fund more ticket prints. City safety director Douglas Yazen notes the problem limits police ability to issue tickets, with three funding requests to City Sound ignored. Hazen called the delay serious on Thursday.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Douglas Yazen
City Sound
Hazen
Indict Two On Dope Charges In Greensburg Case
A Westmoreland County grand jury charged Zelita Ann Biesele of Salt Lake City and Jane Waye Watkins of California with possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs after their car broke down on Route 30 near Greensburg. Police seek the male driver who fled the scene en route from California to New York City.
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Greensburg
Utah
California
Westmoreland County
Zelita Ann Biesele
Salt Lake City
Jane Waye Watkins
Thousands Jaks
Calif
Carl Gryzbowski
North Huntingdon
Oust Mayor of Concord Faces Court Reinstatement Bid
J Herbert Quinn ousted as mayor of Concord New Hampshire by aldermen alleging misconduct. He seeks reinstatement after being accused of trying to trap Concord Monitor Editor James Langley, then U S ambassador to Pakistan, on a drunken driving charge and of ordering a policeman to falsify a report on the June incident.
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Concord
N.H
J. Herbert Quinn
Concord Monitor
James Langley
U.S
Pakistan
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