Fired Selinsgrove aide seeks reinstatement at state school
Dr Dan Adams defended by acting mental health chief Dr Joseph Adlestein as former Selinsgrove State School superintendent Weir Kirk seeks return after firing amid dispute over political influence Gov Scranton and Welfare Secretary Adams deny ordering hiring or firing and Kirk says he received no such orders Kirk met with Adams and Adlestein in Harrisburg and Mrs Kirk was present Adlestein vows support for Kirk saying he values men like him for the mental health program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Dan Adams
Lel L. Kirk
Selinsgrove State School
Hospel
Joseph Adlestein
Adlestein
Kirk
Monthold
Arlin M. Adams
Associated Press
Adams
Dr. Kirk
Hanefillu Rainetatad
Costliest Peacetime Venture of the Moon Mission Era
The Apollo effort requires more than 20,000 firms and 300,000 people, with about $2 billion yearly in salaries. North American estimates half contract dollars go to subcontractors. Saturn V development surpasses $1.3 billion this fiscal year as hundreds of firms build parts. Cape Canaveral and other centers to host test facilities, with thousands of construction workers. Walter C. Williams notes technology advances drive high costs and complexity to fly higher and faster while protecting the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Space Agency
North American
Grumman
NASA
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Cape Canaveral
Walter C. Williams
Manned Spaceflight Center
Ferdinand Magellan
North Americas
Meadures
Moon mission details and contractor network outlined
The article explains Apollo program design and testing, noting a 84 foot cursion escape module, a 1500 company subcontract network across 40 states, and contracts with Avco, Collins Radio, and North American for heat shields, communications, and overall spacecraft development. It mentions extensive testing, boilerplates, and models, plus launch plans from White Sands and Cape Canaveral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
Otha
Msswits I Vets Staes
White Sands
N.M
Cape Canaveral
Grandmother of President Kennedy Featured in Family Photo
Blairsville area residents attend a family gathering as the Kennedy grandmother Edith Fitzgerald, wife of John Fitzgerald, stands with her descendants. The piece notes the lineage of Sweeny relatives, mentions birthdays and ages approaching 98 on Halloween, and describes a Boston photograph with President Kennedy’s family. The obituary confirms William Edward Sweeny, age 98, long-time Blairsville resident, died August 18, 1963, with service details and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward Sweeny
Brown Street
Blairaville
Indiana
Thomas Hayden
Barbara Livingston Sweeny
Don Guy
Blairsville
Boston
Jack
Thomas Fitzgerald
Allegheny
Kennedy
Tombs
Cie
Bunny
Fam
John F. Fitazgerland
James G, Mullen
Marion Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
Timothy Fitzgerald
Ito
Joe Kennedy
Honey Fitz’ Fitzgerald
Edith
Joe Kellerman Sweeny
Mary E
William
Arthur
Edith Chickter
Rose
R.D
Lucile Sweet
John Fitzgerald
Simon and Jude Church
Blairs
Dedham
Mass
Timothy
Ville
Joseph
Oakland
Butler
Thomas A. Fitzgerald Jr
den County
Ver
Colo
Miners Trapped in Pennsylvania Reach Out for Help
Reported from a Pennsylvania mine the three trapped miners contacted crews as the operation continues. The drill, aiming to locate the men, faces concerns about accuracy and preventing further slides. Officials discuss reaching the men via the existing bore while the search continues through pine forests and coal shafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charmbury
Gordon Smith
Fellin
Anna
Todd Cornish
Ford
Joseph Fellin
David
United Mine Workers
Indians and London detectives tie to Great Train Robbery
Scattered OCR fragments describe Scotland Yard studying fingerprint evidence from Leatherslade Farm linked to the Great Train Robbery gang and a note about police hopes to identify the suspects. Also includes obituary notices for Hulda Green Ruddock and Marie Stich Koker and Dayton Fair events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Charles Violette
Raymond E. Palmer
London
Scotland Yard
Spital
Buito
Leatherslade
Oakley
Orda
Obituaries from Indiana County and surrounding towns
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Indiana County Pennsylvania and nearby areas dated August 1963. Included are details for Peter Indiana Pa and several residents such as Samuel A. McMillen, John Laverick, Mrs. Winifred Joanne Miller, S. Walter Carney, and Anna Utberg, with service times, burial sites, and family survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Joanne Miller
Andrews Afb
Maryland
Johnstown
Andrews Afb Hospital
Donald and
Sylvania Anderson (Pattison) Miller
H. James
Nichlaas
Nella Ilda
Indiana
Romney E
Bowie
Patricia
Mars
Dorothea
Joe Connell
Spruce Grove Methodist Church
Cherryhill
Tnp
Indiana County
GOP Leaders Oppose Tax Law Question
Harrisburg AP reports state Republican leaders opposed to granting a constitutional convention that could rewrite the 1874 charter. Chairman Craig Truax said most GOP delegates would run on a platform disavowing any income tax provision in a new basic law. Voters will decide in November on calling a convention next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wig Aga
GOP
Craig Truax
Boy 13 Sits on Window Sill Falls to Ledge
John Holter a 13 year old from Newark New Jersey toppled from a 10th floor hotel room window in Utica while watching TV. He landed on a ledge about five feet below and was pulled back inside by a policeman called by another guest. The accident occurred Saturday night and his parents were away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Jane Walker Grom
Ley
Gang Mem Dhome
Glen Campbell
Rayne Township
Indiana
Coun
London
Alexantold
McConnell
Jane Carney
Obediah Ows
Gromley
Ing
Glen Campbell R
St. Helier
Jersey
Bessie Trimble
Channel Islands
Rochester Mills
Jane Balm
New Kensington
Alice
Aj Carson
R.D
Surrey Wood
Henry H. Gromley
Glen Camp
Austin Bell R.D
Charlie Gromley
Glen Healey
Campbell
Nellie Truitt
Cleveland
Ohio
Elmer E. Gromleft
Maire
Pennington
John Gromley
Ter
Utica
N.Y
John Holter
John
George Holter
Newark
Two Happy Youths Get Special Dogs
A letter from Karen House asks for a puppy from Mr Kennedy as the Kennedy dog collection expands. The piece lists pups Charlie Pushinka Clipper Shannon and an unnamed Irish wolfhound with connections to Parkade 4 H and Columbia church and air conditioning salesman families. The Kennedys pay shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkade
Karen
P.S
Kennedy
Mark
H. Myron Bruce
Memorial Baptist Church
Columbia
Harold House
Charlie
Pushinka
Clipper
Shannon
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Selinsgrove
Browel
North Amercan
Avco Corp
Apollo
Earth
Snoiieers
Ayco
Cullins Radio Corp
Mercury
Collins
Wena Ye Teow Mings
SS. Simon). and
Jude Roman Catholic Church
Pennsylvania
L.F. and
John Biros
Hulda Green Ruddock
Brookville R.D
Rose Township
William A. and
Laura Byers Green
John W. Ruddock
Ralph
Laura) John
Brookville
Harry
Mary) Nolph
Grace Green
Bryn Mawr
Leon and
Ross
Unera
Charles J. Mellring
Lake Lawn Memorial Park
Reynoldsville
Dayton
Leonard Hetrick
New Bethlehem
Tom
Tony
Mi Ibel
Prince
Doc
Lenny
Rockhold
Salem
Toby
Dave Mcdullen
Warren
George Fallack
Allison Park
Dolly
Pete
Gene Gibbons
Toal
Gibbons
Alsive
George Shagnot
Marwood
Duke
King
Fillawes
Dick and
Henry Patchin
Bristolville
Bill Moore
Hookstown
Dan
King and Queen
Ed Bastin
Ingomar
Queen
Wilmer
Miller
Sarver
Roger Schonaker
Lewisville
Nick
Hank
Hej
Hsin
Dayton Fair
Sabyang
Juane Weaver
Jim Learheart
Kittanning
D. F. Neal
St. Marys
Restice
Iof
Harvey Rice
Nolph
Brothers of Harmony
Claude Wray
Ford City
Donna ‘Walmear
W. Hartman
Wexford
George Hollack
Pittsburgh
Clearfield
Rex Brickell
Thompson Cemetery
Hillsdale
Cora Bennet
Aaron Gromley
H. D. Raleigh
Iillsdale
Tuas
Phyllis Evans
Richard James
Cadia
Rosaos
Marie Stich Koker
Joseph Bugay
Glen Campbell R.D
Austria-Hungary
John and
Karoline Hudak Stich
Koker
Frederick Koker
Matthew
Silver Spring
Wallhe
Peter
James
Edwin
Thomas Robert
Anchorage
Alaska
Greenwood Cemetery
U.S. Air Force
Michael
Virginia) Barry
Des Moines
Iowa
Helen Hospador
Conneautville
Samuel A. McMillen
Marion Center R.D. 2
Indiana Hospital
South Mahoning Twp
Mary Morrow McMillen
John Laverick
Clymer
John and Mary (Ritson)Laverick
Clymer Umwa
Mary Bell Laverick
George
Youngstown
Edward Vasbinder
Margaret Little
Dixonville
George Misurda
Mike Misko
Robert Laverick
Raymond Laverick
Anthony Perman
Homer City
Wilbur Laverick
Dorothy Laverick
Sarah Ellenberg
Bessie Ramsey
Richard T. Bell
William Parker
Clymer Methodist Church
Sykesville
Cemnejtery
S. Walter Carney
Raymond Hospital
Nantys Glo
William J
Susan M. (Lingenfelter) Carney
Sjin
Osceola Coy
Elpha Hogan
Seward
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Dale
Louise) Bloom
Armagh R.D
Vernon J
Jones Mills
W. Logan
Melville
Akron
Mabel Johnson
Ft. Huron
Mich
Mary E. Summers
Alexandria
Grace Banks Hollern
Kenneth
Emma Belle Martin
Ambrose Baptist Church
Marion Center
Howard
Rambal Mukti Mission
Kedgaon Poona
India
Richard
Bakouma
Central African Republic
Mary) Minser
Ruth) Harmon
Paul
Margaret Jane) Brocious
Sharpsville
Charles M
Clyde A
Margaret M. McMillen
Donald S. Bowser
Plumville
Funeral Home
Roy R. Mickley
Marion Center Cemetery
Anna Utberg
Bence Funeral Home
Ert
Bagusick
Ar Ianna
Bernard J. Nussen
E. Elm Street
Memorial Medical Center
Williamson
West Virginia
John Koker
Jackson
Michigan
Michael Koker
Anna) Bugay
John Stich
Andrew Stich
Europe
Voeceess
Katherine An
H.D. Raleigh Funeral Home
Arcadia
Roby
Surrey
Emily ‘Quirer
Gov
Stephanie Willis
Muller
Stanley
Mary Louise) Morse
Hugh Scott
Podiana
Margaret
Dennis
Homer
St. Louis
River Thames
Lucernemines
Milthe George Askew
Vauxhall Bridge
Ichael Willis
Chester
Homer City Lions Club
Gov. Scranton
UMWA
Lucerne
Aninion
Imimes
Chiledolbin
Seen Ee
West- Truax
Quessalen
Germany
Bernard and
Barbara/stacle
Mauamhan
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