Everything Out Of Hand Woodstock Festival Paralyzes Town
White Lake New York AP reports more than 200000 young music fans jammed into the Catskill resort for a three day Woodstock Exposition. Traffic blocked as helicopters ferried performers and supplies to a 600 acre farm stage. Most attendees slept in fields with scarce shelter while security and Hog Farm volunteers helped maintain order. The scene featured heavy crowding, limited food, and drugs arrests totaling 50 to 60 early on with few serious incidents.
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Jimi Hendrix
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Liberty
Lake
N.Y
Catskill Mountains
New York City
Irish Republic
Northern
Sullivan
Taos
N.M
United Kingdom
Folk Orienta
Northern Ireland
Richie Havens
Kingdom
Ulster
Jefferson Airplane
Janis Jopkin
Britain
Belfast unrest escalates with raids and looting
Continuing clashes in Belfast saw looting and fires spreading from page one into the south of Northern Ireland. Reports say IRA members cross the border while a group claiming to represent them seized a Belfast cinema. Police and customs halted and searched trains from Dublin.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Belfast
Dublin
Hillery Presses for Peace Force as UK Stands Ireland Internal
Patrick Hillery met British Foreign Office officials in London and said proposals for a U.N. or British-Irish peace force were courteously brushed off. Britain calls Northern Ireland an internal matter. Kevin McNamara urged Wilson to recall Parliament. Belfast observers doubt such a move, though a Cabinet meeting could be convened. James Chichester-Clark warned against reunification under Dublin government.
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Patrick Hillery
London
U.N
Britain
Northern Ireland
United Nations
Kevin McNamara
British Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Belfast
Altthough Wilson
James Chichester-Clark
Income Tax Backing In Harrisburg Clouds Tax Reform
Harrisburg debate centers on a broad based tax with possible income tax. House Speaker Fineman and Senate leaders push for relief for the elderly and the indigent. Governor Shafer studies real estate exemptions and local sharing of revenue to fund tax reform and elimination of minor local taxes.
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Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Irvis
House
Senate
Pittsburgh
Robert D. Fleming
Rallegheny
Fleming
Shafer
Hugh Flaherty
Pennsylvania
Flaherty
Princess Anne Spends Birthday at Sea Amid Norwegian Voyage
Princess Anne of Britain celebrated her 11th birthday privately aboard the royal yawl Bloodhound off the Norwegian coast. She sailed from Bergen with her father Prince Philip and brother Prince Charles after a five day unofficial royal visit. Queen Elizabeth and other children Andrew and Edward remained aboard Britannia en route to Balmorall for a Scottish vacation.
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Oslo
Norway
Anne
Great Britain
Bergen
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Elizabeth
Andrew
Edward
Scotland
Balmoral
World's Largest Mint Opens in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia facility dedicated Aug 14 is the world’s largest mint, capable of producing 10,000 pennies a minute with a 166-per-second coin roller. Officials expect two shifts within 90 days and full output to exceed 8 billion coins annually, greatly surpassing prior year totals and potentially minting major future coinage. Located two blocks from Independence Hall, the plant sits near Christ Church cemetery and Independence National Park.
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Lee Linder
Associated Press
Philadelphia
America
Eva Adams
Bureau of the Mint
Nick
Denver
San Francisco
Stig Ony
United States
Costa Rica
el Savador
Panama
Philippines
Israel
Canada
Liberia
Nicholas Theodore
Theodore
Congress
Independence Hall
Christ Church
Benjamin Franklin
Independence National Park
Two Named To Faculty On Campus
The board of trustees at Indiana University of Pennsylvania approved two new English Department faculty for the 1969-70 year. Barbara A. King, a Pittsburgh native, will be an English instructor after earning a B.S. from Duquesne in 1966 and an M.A. from Carnegie Mellon the next year. Robert L. Yarup, from Brownsville, will become assistant professor after B.S. at California State College in 1961 and M.A. at West Virginia University in 1968. he previously taught English in Gateway School District, Monroeville.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Barbara A. King
Duquesne University
Carnegie - Mellon University
Taylor-Alderdice High School
Allegheny County Community College
Robert L. Yarup
California State College
West Virginia University
Brownsville
Yarup
Gateway
Monroeville
Iup
NASA scientist cites near catastrophe on moon landing
Dr. Donald A. Wise, NASA lunar exploration chief, said a squib device in Eagle failed previously and nearly halted lift off after Armstrong and Aldrin had to repair it. He noted two squibs must function for a successful ascent and described crystals and metallic spheres seen by Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon.
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Lancaster
Donald A. Wise
NASA
Lunar Exploration Office
Eagle
Wise
Franklin and Marshall College
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Bill Geist
Lancaster New Era
Armstong
Moon
Attorney accuses Army of cruel confinement for Green Beret
Athens Ga AP Attorney Guy B. Scott charges Capt Budger E Williams one of eight Green Berets charged in a Vietnamese national slaying is being confined in a 35 or 36 square foot cell with little ventilation no toilet facilities and only four concrete walls to look at He says this confinement could force an untrue confession and petitions the Defense Department.
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Athens
Attornney
Guy B. Scott
Army
Budger E. Williams
Green Berets
Scott
Department of Defense
Williams
Suharto says Indonesian forces defeat West Kalimantan guerrillas
President Suharto announced in Parliament that Indonesian and Malaysian units have killed or captured hundreds of Communist guerrillas in Kalimantan over three years. He said rehabilitation work begins, and 2,500 lower-echelon prisoners will be sent to Buru to farm as part of demobilization.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
West Kalimanthan
Indonesian Borneo
PGRS
Sarawak Peoples
Kalimantan
Sarawak
the Union
Buru
Molucecas
Popular Front Withdraws Claim In Haifa Pipeline Blast
In Amman the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine withdrew its claim for the Haifa oil pipeline and power tower attack near the oil refinery. A spokesman apologized and said Al Fateh Liberation Movement carried out the operation. He urged a neutral judging committee to prevent future errors and foster unity among Palestinian fighters.
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Amman
Jordan
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Haifa
Popular Front
al Faitah Liberation Movement
Seven Arab Deaths Overnight at Jordan River Front
Tel Aviv reported seven Arab infiltrators killed in two overnight clashes near the Jordan River frontier. An army statement said five guerrillas were slain two miles south of the Dead Sea while attempting to deploy Soviet rocket launchers. In the Negev Desert 50 miles north of Eilat, two more Arabs were killed in a separate patrol engagement. A later report noted abandoned Soviet rifles and sabotage gear by the fleeing survivor.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Negev Desert
Eilat
Ground action tapers off in South Vietnam
SAIGON AP reports ground fighting slowed overnight across South Vietnam though rocket and mortar attacks continued against 45 allied bases and towns. Field sources estimate about 200 U.S. deaths and 800 to 1,000 wounded in four days, with South Vietnamese losses similar and roughly 3,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed since Tuesday.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Alre
U.S
Attorney Pleads for Release of Green Beret in Vietnam Case
In Saigon AP report, attorney George W. Gregory appeals Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird to release Maj. Thomas C. Middleton Jr. alleging inhumane pretrial confinement. He cites a five by seven foot cell with little light or ventilation and warns of potential mental and physical damage if conditions persist.
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Gregory
Tadisss tte as Pattodeiphig be edises Path Vol 7 No 40 1565
Publication entry for a 1565 issue dated 16 with daily publication except Sunday. Subscriptions and delivery terms include within and outside county rates, 10 weeks option, and a $26.00 price paid in advance, with carrier service noted.
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Tadisss
Path
Dayton Fair Schedule Highlights Day Events and Derby
The Dayton fair lists Saturday activities starting at 12 30 p m with Old Fashioned Family Day events and a demolition derby at 8 p m. The schedule names two primary events and their times for attendees.
Pottstown Journalist Wounded in Northern Ireland Visit
Visits by Armstrong Grange members to Parkwood Palladium as Creeksides Grange hosts a program on the Four Freedoms. Journalist James O Boyle, 23, freelance for the Pottstown Mercury, was wounded by British police rifle fire while transporting medical supplies. US Senator Schweiker asked the State Department to probe the incident. The evening featured Mrs States and notes on the Four Freedoms, plus piano and poetry. Final visitation at Creekside Grange is set for August 20 at 8 p.m.
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Pottstown, Mercury
Robert
J. Boyle
James O'Boyle
The
Mercury
J. Robert Boyle
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Ireland
U.S
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Washington
State Department
Pottstown
Tames O’boyle
Gercus
Charles
Grange
IUP
U.S.S.R
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Saint Peter At the Golden Gate
Rowe
Westmoreland County
India’s Congress in crisis hours before presidential vote
In New Delhi the rift within Indira Gandhi’s ruling Congress deepened as party chief Nijalingappa accused Gandhi of backing Communist linked V. V. Giri against official nominee Sanjiva Reddy. With 4,137 votes from 17 state legislatures and Parliament to be counted Wednesday, outcomes remain uncertain and could reshape leadership and alliances.
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Myron Belkind
Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Indira Gandhi
V. V. Giri
Sanjival Reddy
Gandhi
Giri
Reddy
Mrs. Gandhi
Zakir Husain
Bombay
Hensmen
Uttar Pradesh
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Visitation
Parkwood
Indiana County
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Peaserae
Charles Strong
Pomonaecturer
Carlysle Kaffer
Creekside Grange
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