Yellow Creek State Park plan and dam cost
Plans for a 1280 foot elevation dam spillway for Yellow Creek State Park proceed with a $1.25 million budget and a two year build. Secretary Goddard cites potential recreation as new county industry while Rep. Buchanan foresees added visitors and revenue for Cambria County.
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Renee Presee
Goddard
Cambria County
Prince Gallitzin State Park
Buchanan
Pyulucu Watt
Carlo Stabile
Lucerne Mines
Coral
Homer City
Yellow Creek
Ee McAuliffe
Alavine Golf
Gallitzin Dam
Yellow Creek State Park
Rep
Rex
Violence erupts as Chicago riot leaves 90 arrested
A civil rights protest in Chicago ends in violence with about 200 demonstrators marching after a woman died in a toppled traffic sign incident. Firefighters faced suspensions after nine false alarms and bricks hurled at their trucks while police halted looting near Pulaski Road and Eisenhower Expressway.
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Nuun-Anu-Sauust
Laurence Landry
Wiens
Pulaski Road
Eisenhower Expressway
West Side
Chicago
Jobless Benefit Program Marks 30th Anniversary
The unemployment insurance program has paid out over 47 billion dollars to jobless Americans in thirty years starting with a 15 dollar check to Neills B. Rudd of Madison Wisconsin. The report notes disruptions from riots and guard detours as state response. details are summarized from AP coverage.
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Fort Campbell
Watts
Nam
Battle of the Bulge
Neil Gilbride
Washington
Neills B. Rudd
Madison
Wis
Laune
BBC Today
Eh Ant Tinhale Fie
Unemployment Checks Helped Stabilize Depression Era Economy
A long passage on wartime mobilization and state labor programs traces how unemployment benefits under the Social Security Act supported millions during the Great Depression. It notes Wisconsin’s early lead, fears over federal extension costs, and historic milestones from Britain to the United States.
Vapors Detected At Titan Silo Evacuations Extend
In Seary Ark AP reports Titan 2 missile complex evacuated over three hours after equipment detected abnormal vapors. The site previously suffered an explosion and fire on Monday killing 53 civilian workers.
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Titan
Searcy, Ark
Springfield Riot Flares Over Night Protests Rise
Protests erupted in Springfield after police dispersed a crowd near a night spot. Civil rights leaders charged seven officers with brutality and called for their reassignment. Demonstrators from Boston and New Haven planned further action with an economic boycott of Springfield merchants.
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Springfield
Bactaair Hawaiian VT
Thney
Neretues
Pammicoing
Cagwowamrens Aa Wumamandu
Twiggs
Boston
New Haven
Conn
Navy Extends Enlistments to Bolster Viet Nam War Effort
The Navy and Marine Corps extend all regular enlistments by four months in a bid to strengthen wartime manpower. Secretary Paul Nitze ordered the involuntary extension via telegrams, effective Aug 20 for Marines and Sept 15 for Navy personnel, with reservists and volunteers not affected.
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Washington
Navy
Viet Nam
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Pentagon
Noti- Sea
Ted
Nitze
U.S. Marine Corps
42Nd Street
Central ‘Sonel
Riots Shake Los Angeles as National Guard Deployed
After midnight shootings escalate, guardsmen battle looting and arson across Watts and downtown. One deputy and two snipers dead or wounded, 100+ fires burn, 300+ civilians injured, 1,000+ guardsmen engaged with 2,000 in reserve. Police reopen streets, jails closed to house prisoners.
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Wee Deuanus
Thomas Redion
National Guard
Col
Irving Taylor
Watts
Taylor
Los Angeles
West
Pasadena
Wilshire
Samuel
Yorty
William H. Parker
Obituaries and Civil Unrest Blot Indiana Area
Obituaries note Chester Rockwell Manners 73 of Home R D 1 died at Indiana Hospital and W M Guthrie 63 of Harrisburg died in Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital with services planned. Separately, reports from Los Angeles describe riots with 2000 police and 15,000 National Guard as looting, arson, and clashes erupt across South Central and Broadway with thousands displaced and arrestees. Witnesses describe mobs burning stores, firearms, and civilians attempting to aid victims amid escalating violence during the unrest.
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Chester Rockwell Manners
R.D. 1
Indiana Hospital
Lorettta Meckley Manners
Robinson- Lytles
Indiana
The
Gazette
Glenn M. Anderson
Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown
Greece
Brown
Los Angeles
National Guards
Rio
Sss
Julian Wasser
Maga
Roderick Hill
News-J
Wasser
Wass
South Central Avenue
Supermark
Sheriff’s
Discount Department Store
Playground Schedule For Next Week Penny Carnival at Water St
A dense listing of weekly playground activities across several locations. Events include All Star German Kick Games Eisenhower vs Water St, arts and crafts, softball games, Penny Carnival prep and carnival day at Water Street, and various contests and parties for Monday through Friday with multiple venues and mixed outcomes. The text repeats schedules for Playground, Junior High, and Water Street sites with several days showing closed facilities and themed events.
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Water St.Ben. Franklin
Eisenhower
Water St
Ben Franklin
A.m
Red Rover
Water Street
Newcomb
Scout Roundtable Roundup Engages Chestnut Ridge District
About 40 Scouters from 20 units in Chestnut Ridge District of William Penn Council attended the roundtable at Keith School. Leaders introduced included Keith Everett Reed Scoutmaster and Jack Gilliam Council Commissioner. Next meeting set for 7 30 p m on Wednesday September 8 with emphasis on unit participation and upcoming Cub Boy and Explorer programs.
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Chestnut Ridge
William Penn ‘Council
Boy Scouts of America
Keith
First Methodist Church
Indiana
Everett
Reed
Jack Gilliam
George Kopchick
George Kohut
J. Richard Sabo
Val Lazar
Blairsville
George Treese
Zion Lutheran Church
Bill Peters
Indiana Hospital
Bill
Forbes
Westmoreland - Fayette
Greensburg
Viet Tribe Mission Hunters Search For Missing Newsman
A mixed force of 1st Battalion paratroopers and Royal Air Force observers scoured a Montagnard village near Pleiku Duc Co in South Vietnam for American newsman Robert Manny. Seas and weather hampered air and sea search as a 28 man unit pressed the hunt four days after he was last seen.
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Falmouth
England
Cleveland
Ohio
1St
Tinkerbelle
17Th Airborne
Royal Air Force
Highlands
Highlands. Route 19 Con I
Pleiku
Duc Co.Mauly
Santa FE
N.M
Ia Drang
Robin
Douglas
King
Fairview
Manny
Virginia
Heart of Stone
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California Youth Authority
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Belgium
Britain
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Ronald E.ludiow
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
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Harrisburg
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Myers Funeral Home
Market Street
Camp Hill
Morton G. Glise
Paxton Presbyterian Church
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