Boy Rescued After 24 Hours Trapped In West Virginia Well
Leonard Boyce, 15, was trapped 14 feet underground in a neighbor’s water well for 24 hours after a cave in during a cleaning job. Rescue crews used shovels and heavy equipment to free him, then filled the trench and well. He survived in good condition and credited prayer and support from his family and community.
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Williamson
W.va
Leonard Boyce
Boyce
Parsley's
West Virginia
Kentucky
Willard Howell
Ben Boyce
Leonard
Lenore High School
State Welfare Department
Howell
Weekend Accident Toll Climbs Across Pennsylvania
The Associated Press reports a deadly weekend in Pennsylvania with nine traffic fatalities and a total of fourteen accidental deaths statewide. The count includes incidents from Uniontown, Martinsville, Bedford, Lebanon, Williamsport, Mansfield, Pittsburgh, Scranton, Clearfield, Philadelphia, and other locations, with victims ranging from a 2 year old to a 34 year old. The tallies reflect non holiday and holiday periods, noting especially severe weekends earlier in the year.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Melvin W. Campbell
Filbert
Martinville
Daniel L. Greenawalt
Pequea
McClelland Plans Return Run On Constitution Ticket
Pittsburgh AP veteran Democratic County Commission William D McClelland, defeated in the primary, announced he will run for re election this fall on the Constitution party ticket. He said he is not out for revenge but he can win and that this is a break with Democratic leadership not a break with the party.
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Pittsburgh
Democratic County Commission
William D. McClelland
Constitution Party
Democratic Party
Pa Guard Training For Riots In Indiana Gap
Nearly 7,000 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Infantry Division were called to begin three days of riot control training at Indiantown Gap. Gov. Shafer ordered the shift to the gap for the exercise focusing on civil disturbance readiness and basic military skills, with many troops to live in tents.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
28Th
Air Force Ginia
Lang Dang
China
Virginia
Nicholas P. Katkalas
John J. Remetta
Scranton
Remetta
Thomas R. White, Jr
Raids Near China Pivot Marks New Vietnam War Tactics
U S air raids near the Chinese border intensify as ground fighting erupts in South Vietnam’s 1st Corps. The 101st Airborne’s 1st Brigade launches Operation Benton, battling 100 to 150 North Vietnamese troops southwest of Tam Ky. Losses include 2 paratroopers killed and 19 wounded with 18 enemy weapons captured.
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Lang Son
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
U.S
Covbinsé
Iam Ky
Ma Nang
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S. A
North Vietnam
China
Johnson
South Vietnam
1St Corps
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Tam Ky
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Stennis
Women gain GOP House seat amid New Orleans case furore
The report spans multiple events including a woman winning a GOP House seat in Harrisburg, notes an improving condition of President Eisenhower, a New Orleans jury convicting Dean Andrews on perjury, and two 14-year-old girls found slain near Syracuse. It outlines arrests anticipated by officials and hints at the broader crime investigation involving several suspects.
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Harrisburg
SerenEeae
Dwight D. Eiseneae
New Orleans
State House of Representa
Dean Andrews
Ijaves
Odovisio
Army
Walter
Reed General Hospital
John F
Kennedyr
Construction Strike Talks Drag On Pittsburgh
Negotiations resume Tuesday as a 75 day construction strike grows acrimonious. Five thousand six hundred carpenters meet with Master Builders Association, and twelve hundred bricklayers with contractors. Local 33 rejected the latest contract offer 3 to 1. U S Steel warns the city’s labor strife could delay projects including a 64 story downtown headquarters.
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Pittsburgh
Carpenters District Council
Master Builders Association
Bricklayers Union
State Building Trades Council
Raymond P. Shafer
Fathers Union
Employing Plasters Association
Edwin H. Gott
U.S. Steel Corp
Carpenters
The
Carpenters Union
U.S. Steels
Trial ends in five-day jury debate over Bertrand perjury case
The five man jury deliberated before midnight after a marathon five day trial including a Sunday session. Prosecutors charged Andrews with five counts of perjury for saying he could not identify Clay Shaw as Clay Bertrand in a grand jury probe of a Kennedy assassination plot. The defense contended Andrews told the truth but arose to Daniels Bertrand persona amid U S media attention.
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Louisiana
Andrews
Orleans Parish
Burglass
Dean
Lee Harvey Oswald
Clay L. Shaw
Clay Bertrand
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Shaw
New Orleans
Bertrand
Kennedy
Warren Commission
J Oswald
Dallas
Tex
Grand
Clay Shaw
Dean—Bertrand
James Alcock
Sentence Six In Indiana Court Today
In Indiana Court Today a suspended sentence was awarded on payment of costs restitution a 500 dollar fine and three years probation with six months to pay. If not paid the Allgeheny County Workhouse may confine him for three months. George Andrew 45 Clune charged with driving after suspension and under the influence appeared for sentencing and was ordered to pay 400 dollars costs a 500 dollar fine and three years probation. Robert Charles Muir Pittsburgh pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was given a suspended sentence to pay costs a 300 dollar fine and one year probation. Timothy J Lynch 18 Pittsburgh charged with failure to stop at an accident scene in Indiana on July 29 was ordered to pay costs and 200 dollar fine. Sentencing was postponed in two cases to allow presentencing investigations involving Larry Wallace Blairsville R D 1 charged with land taking money and Samuel L Harkness 24 Latrobe charged with operating a truck trailer after suspension in Burrell Two on April 24.
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Pages
Allgeheny County
George Andrew
Clune
Clarksburg
Robert Charles Muir
Pittsburgh
Blairsville
Muir
Timothy J. Lynch
Indiana
Larry Wallace
Blairsville R.D. 1
Samuel L. Harkness
Latrobe
Burrell Two
Brandt Kiesinger To Visit LBJ In Washington
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt arrives to join Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger for their first visit since Kiesinger became chancellor. They will meet President Johnson and other U.S. leaders to discuss European defense and the U S West German alliance, and confer with congressional leaders and newsmen.
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Washington
Willy Brandt
Kurt’ Georg Kiesinger
Kiesinger
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Escaped prisoners hunted after roof climb at jail
Two inmates Charles Troutman and Raymond Keller from Leavittsburg escaped Trumbull County Jail by climbing to the roof and jumping off a one story building. Sheriff Barnett said they were held for parole violations and had prior sentences for armed robbery and breaking and entering. A bag with railroad overalls was found on the Northeast Side.
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Warren, Ohio
Trumbull County
Robert W. Barnett
Charles Troutman
Raymond Keller
Leavittsburg
Barnett
Mansfeld Reformatory
Warixen
Jail Cell Death Probe Ordered in Philadelphia
Civ Shafer assigns deputy state attorney general to investigate the death of Francis Kells 43 who was found hanged in a cell at the 7th Street and Montgomery Avenue police station in Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
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Harrisburg
Civ
Shafer
Philadelphia
Francis Kells
7Th Street
Montgomery Avenue
Obituary Notices From Indiana County Rites
Obituaries report deaths of Harry McCurdy 94 of Plumville and Vern Stiffler 63 of Clarksburg R D 1 with service plans at Robinson Lytle's Indiana. Surviving relatives include children and grandchildren from McCurdy and Lovisa families, and multiple memorials at Oakland and Poke Run Cemeteries. Services are set for Wednesday and interments follow in local cemeteries.
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Robinson-Lytle's
Indiana
John L. Kipp
Oakland Cemetery
Lawrence D
Verona
Dale G
Lela) Shaner
Leechburg
R.D
Alta McCurdy
Myrtle Franklin
Pittsburgh
Arthur
Elda) Steele
Robinson - Lytle's
Willams
Merwin D.D
Tate Welcomes Conferees At City Conference
Philadelphia AP May or James H J Tate newly elected president of the National League of Cities welcomed 500 municipal officials and their wives as the Pennsylvania League of Cities opened its annual conference. Officials arrived Sunday night and the conference runs through Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
National League of Cities
Pennsylvania League of Cities
Guard slain near Masonite plant amid strike tensions
Laurel Mississippi AP report says a guard was killed by buckshot near the Masonite plant fence after a strike at Woodworkers Union hall. A second guard was fired upon but escaped injury as glass shattered. Plant operates at full capacity amid recruitment push.
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Miami
Vinleyve
Priceless Gold Crown Recovered From Holy Sepulcher Theft
Detectives announced the priceless gold crown stolen from a statue at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was recovered near Tel Aviv. Three young men, ages 20 and 21, were arrested as police called for more arrests. The crown, a gift from Queen Mary of Lisbon in 1824, had been taken from a 700 year old Crusader church during a break in at Mount Calvary.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jerusalem
Mount Calvary
Lisbon
Congo Sends Reinforcements To Bukavu
Brussels reports quote Radio Kinshasa saying the Congolese government airlifted reinforcements through Burundi to defend Bukavu against mercenaries and loyalist forces. It states 15,000 Congolese soldiers are ready to drive out Jean Schramm and his 1,000 mercenaries and Kilangan troops from the Kivu capital.
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Brussels
Radio
Kinshasa
Kivu
Buskavu
Burundi
Jean Schramm
Bukavu
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Mary) Gallese
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Tate
Congo
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