Training Schedule Too Heavy Unsuccessful Channel Swim
Shirley Mae France later Mrs Donald Setters recalls missing the English Channel crossing in 1949 1950 after arduous training as a teenager. Now 42 and married with five children she reflects on her dream and the sacrifices made. Her late husband Lt E Douglas Smith died in a 1949 air crash.
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LBJ Proclaims Pulaski Day At White House Signing
Washington AP says Johnson marks Pulaski Day with a signing ceremony in the President's Room on Capitol's Senate side. The event follows a long negotiation backdrop as Hanoi proposes four points including U S withdrawal from South Vietnam and talks tied to a political settlement. Nkrumah criticizes U S actions in Vietnam as a pause in bombing is debated. National Security Council reviews continue with Maxwell Taylor briefing Johnson. Moyers notes officials received a Taylor briefing similar to the day before.
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Whita House
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Lincoln era desk hosts modern civil rights bill signing
A ceremonial event in the Senate President's Room featured the old desk used by Johnson during his leadership as the signing site for a wartime bill freeing enslaved people. Attendees included Vivian Malone and Rosa Parks, with a nationwide Capitol rotunda address calling the moment a triumph for freedom. The president spoke of emancipation’s progress from Jamestown to the present, marking the ongoing fight against bondage.
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Man Charged In Police Assault In Indiana Incident
A 19 year old, Campbell, attacked a police officer and was restrained by Sgt. Allison with help from Bill McHenry who aided the officer. McHenry and his sister Betty are Indiana residents. Police praise citizens who assisted amid a national trend of apathy toward supporting officers in danger.
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Bill McHenry
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Indiana
Harry B. Owens
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Police Scandal In Utica Patrolmen Arrested In Payroll Robbery
Four Utica police officers and an ex-officer face charges after a $5,631 payroll robbery at a Blackstone Construction Co. site office trailer in Washington Mills. Anthony J. Lee James E. Callahan Peter A. Sebrepandio and Craig Owen were named, with state and city authorities coordinating the investigation. The case follows a prior vice probe of the Utica Police Department.
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Washington Mills
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James E. Callahan
Pe Ter A. Sebrepandio
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Ted
Lea
Congress Expands Travel Benefits for Members and Staff
The House approved measures to increase government paid trips for members and staff. Each member would receive two additional round trips annually, totaling five. The staff would also be paid for two trips. The bills await Senate action.
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Senate
B57 Bomber Crash Kills 12 in Nha Trang City
An Air Force B57 Canberra crashed in Nha Trang Vietnam causing at least 12 civilian deaths and injuring four Americans and 63 Vietnamese. Four bombs exploded as demolition teams searched the wreckage while debris damaged several buildings. The two crewmen ejected safely and were rescued at sea.
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Lai
South China Sea
Scranton Attacks Demos On Measures And State Issues
Governor Scranton derides house leadership as obstructionist and inept as he critiques Pennsylvania progress. He avoids endorsing a bill to name the great dane the state dog while urging broad fair employment protections. He plans talks with Senate Republicans over Philadelphia judgeships and potential blockages tied to Bucks and Delaware counties bills.
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Puerto Rican women blamed for ruling roost on campus
In San Juan college gossip, University of Puerto Rico students and chancellor claim women now dominate men, blaming U.S. influence. Bianca Iris Rodriguez and Luz Esther Camacho lead calls for equality, while male students admit resentment and worry about a growing matriarchy and changing masculinity.
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State grants total over three million to Pennsylvania
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall announced on Wednesday that Pennsylvania will receive 3,181,573 from the land and water conservation fund. The money will be matched by the state and used for planning, acquiring, and developing outdoor recreation areas and facilities, with Delaware at 778,981 and New Jersey at 2,245,664.
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New Jersey
Vietnamese fighting rages after relief force sent to camp
A Vietnamese airborne relief column faced heavy mortar fire with fighting so intense that wounded could not be evacuated. A C123 carrying 14 wounded Vietnamese reached Saigon after being hit. Reports detail Viet Cong losses across Dai Lac, Quang Tin, Long An Provinces, plus U.S. troops incurring light casualties at Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang. A B57 bomber crashed in Nha Trang, killing 12 Vietnamese and wounding 12 others. An air war tally cited about 40 Viet Cong killed by four Super Sabres west of Da Nang.
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Cuba Union Cuts Vacation Pay and Benefits
The Cuba union reports electrical workers in Phuoc Tuy Province face pay cuts, reduced vacation time, and loss of seniority. A Havana radio interview cites 30 to 44 hour weeks, 30 days vacation, and a 50 percent electricity bill discount being dropped as U.S. strikes target North Vietnamese and Viet Cong positions.
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Gazette
Sudan Clashes Kill 1400 Say Sudan Clashes Kill 1 400
London based Universe quotes Father Joseph, a Sudanese priest, alleging more than 1400 people were killed last month in the South Sudan during Arab government troops notching a massacre on July 8. Arabs hunted Negroes, burned victims in sacks, and pounded churches while denying an insurrection. Joseph fled to Uganda.
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Anniversary of Hiroshima marked amid protests and memorials
The Hiroshima observance included a quiet ceremony with prayers and a requiem, avoiding anti nuclear rally trappings. Names of victims were added to the cenotaph roll, totaling 61,443 identified dead. Typhoon rains affected the city’s mood as funerals and services proceeded, with details of victims and hospital deaths noted.
Obituary Notice: Anna Vargas 76 of Saltsburg
Mrs. Anna Vargas 76 of Saltsburg R D 2 died Thursday August 5 at Latrobe Hospital Born in Poland February 19 1889 She was a member of St Matthews Roman Catholic Church Saltsburg Survived by daughters Stephanie Hayes Ecorse Mich Peter Stella Kairunas Caroline Boulan Josephine Hawley Walter Buchinsky Mildred Vargas Detroit 30 grandchildren two great grandchildren and one sister in Poland Friends will be received after 7 40 p m today at Hunter Funeral Home Salt shurg
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Latrobe Hospital
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Saltsburg
Stephanie Hayes
Ecorse
Mich
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Stella) Kairunas
Burton
Caroline) Boulan
Richard
Josephine) Hawley
Detroit
Dauber Family Obituary From Blairsville Area
Born November 16 1910 in Burrell Township he was a son of Theresa Hubicka Dauber and the late Michael Dauber. A life long Blairsville area resident he was an iron worker employed by Conemaugh Steel Erectors and a member of SS Simon and Jude Church Blairsville Elks Lodge 408 Sokol and active in local circles. Surviving with his mother are his widow Clara Brandilla Dauber one daughter Betty Price five grandchildren a brother Paul and three sisters Emma Jankoski Julia Baker Mary Nestick Mildred Havdan Branca
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Michael Daubner
Blairsville
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James
Betty) Price
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Joseph
Julia) Baker
Toledo
Mary Nestick
Roland
Mildred) Havdan
Branca
Four Fatally Burned In Cab Crash In Chicago
Four people died when a taxicab on Chicago's North Side burst into flames after a high speed collision. The cab driver Gerhard Shank, 48, and two women and one man were killed. two occupants of the other car were critically injured. Flames from the cab fire reached a nearby restaurant, which was put out in about 15 minutes. The speeding car was traveling between 80 and 100 mph, a witness said.
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Elsie.m. Dillon
Byron Johnson
Michael Novogrucki
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