Terror campaign looms as Saigon prep for election
In Saigon AP reports U S officials warn troops to avoid nighttime travel and crowds amid a Viet Cong terror campaign around South Vietnam's Sept 3 presidential election. Phan Quang Dan cites possible double voting cards, while Tran Van Huong accuses voter list inflation and army ballots. US ambassador Bunker denies meddling as Thieu Ky supporters contest charges.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Nha Trang
United States
Hannel
Pice
Tran van Huong
Vietnam
Thieuw
Thieu
Huong
Ellsworth Bunker
Huang
Jence
Bunker
Shafer
Commonwealth
Penn
Sylvania
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Kiesinger Withholds Viet Backing
Bonn Germany Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger refused to join his predecessor in offering moral support to United States policy in Vietnam He said moral support and political support differ and stressed responsibility for Germany's own area He noted no final decisions on nuclear arms or West German armed forces and urged safeguards in any treaty while acknowledging NATO consults with allies.
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Bonn
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Ludwig Erhard
Vietnam
Washington
Kiesinger
Atlantic
United States
Soviet Union
Johnson
West Germany
Governor urges role for industry in public action programs
Governor Shafer calls for private enterprise to aid cities through public action programs. He announces a statewide conference to engage business leaders and establish a continuing program to use private ingenuity for urban needs. IUP President Willis Pratt introduces graduates as commissions and honors are conferred.
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IUP
Willis E. Pratt
Charles B. Stevenson
Byron Crozier
Romney Leads Johnson In New Gallup Trial Heat
Princeton AP report: Gallup poll shows Gov. George Romney leading President Johnson by eight points 49 to 41 with 10 undecided. Institute notes shift stems from Johnson’s sagging popularity rather than Romney surge. Johnson job-approval drops to 39 percent, lowest since 1952.
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Princeton
N.J
George Romney
Michigan
Johnson
American Institute of Public Opinion
Romney
Gun Battle Kills 22 At Acapulco Banquet
In Acapulco 22 people die and about 100 are wounded after a gun battle between rival factions at a copra growers union banquet marking its 25th anniversary. Police rounded up 184 suspects as factions of about 600 inside and 1,000 outside clash led by Cesar del Angel amid union tensions.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Claudia Monreal
Copra Growers Union
Cesar del Angel
Veracruz
Mariy Jaime Palacios
Beaver Falls Youth Dies In Ohio Crash
A car skidded broadside into a concrete bridge near Salem Ohio on US 165 two miles west of state route 14 killing Lynn R. Hays 18 a Beaver Falls Pa youth who was a passenger. Driver Leroy Smith 19 and passenger Michael Williams 19 were hospitalized. Hays lived at 3137 37th St Extension.
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Salem
Ohio
Beaver Falls
Youngstown
Lynn R. Hays
Leroy Smith
Michael Williams
Hays
37Th St. Extension
Copperhead hunt nets 47 snakes. two locals top score
In York County Pennsylvania the seventh annual copperhead snake hunt drew 175 hunters, including 24 women, with Edward Ingram winning longest snake at 47 inches and Kenneth Bell securing the largest bag with nine snakes. Forty seven venomous snakes were collected along with 80 nonpoisonous snakes. several hunters received bee sting treatment but no snake bites occurred. The York County Conservation Society sponsored the event.
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Atrville, Pa
York County
Lancaster
Edward Ingram
Kenneth Bell
York County Conservation Soviety
Indiana County Fair Schedule for August 28 to September 2
The 105th Indiana County Fair runs August 28 through September 2 at the J. S. Mack Community Center in Indiana. Admission 75 cents, under 12 free, parking 50 cents. Pre-fair worship Aug 27. Highlights include Rotroff All Girl Auto Daredevils, Flying Alexanders, Zambelli fireworks, junior shows, band night with 25 bands, pet show, 4-H and FFA events, harness racing, stock car racing, square dance, and horse pulling. Jessie Griffiths will be the grandstand organist. Frankie's Amusements provides midway attractions.
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J. S. Mack
Indiana
Waxler’s
John McLaughlin
Wooster, O
Council of Churches of Greater
Rotroff
Flying Alexanders
Zambelli
Kleins Attractions
Jessie Griffiths
Frankie’s Amusements
Baby Finally Arrives After Hospital Delay in Portland
In Portland Oregon a Hungarian refugee Mrs Berti Elofsson finally gave birth to a 6 pound 1 ounce girl after delays in reaching a hospital. She had been stopped twice by Patrolman Joe Cooper for improper lane changes and running red lights while she was 12 days overdue and seeking a hospital. She communicates through sign language and has limited English. A separate note mentions Baldwin Wallace College Berea Ohio housing the world s most extensive Bach collection.
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Berti Elofsson
Arab War Refugees Return Home
The article reports on the repatriation of Arab refugees during the ongoing conflict, detailing crossings at Allenby and Um Al Sharot bridges, the Red Cross estimates, and the looming August 31 deadline for repatriation. It notes Israeli and Jordanian positions, refugee ages, and the involvement of international agencies and leaders in the process.
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Joseph
Joe) Gabelli
Blairsville RD
Palmertown
Blairs
Lle
Enmond Dorotha Gabelli
Black Lick
Blairsville
UMW
Heshbon
Italian Workmen's
el Arish
Ippolito
Vandér
John
Louis
R.D
Albert
Baghdad
Indiana
Jennie Mole
Stators
Pittsburgh
Britain
West Germany
United States
Michael F. Hallow
International Red Cross
Dan River
Michael Kowal
Allenby
Um Allenby Bridge
Um al Sharot
Red Cross
Jordan
Is]rael
Israeli Interior Ministry
Israel
Levi Eshko
Jerusalem
Jerusa
Mother and two children found dead in Oklahoma
In Durant Bryan County a mother Delores Ritchie 37 and her son Billy 12 and Arthur 5 were shot dead in their rural home. H A Ritchie Jr. the husband and father was questioned and later taken into custody in Norman. Three other children Suzie 11 Ellen 8 Charles 3 were unharmed. The shootings appear to have occurred after midnight Saturday.
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Durant
Okla
Bryan County
Atty
Conner Montgomery
H. A. Ritchie Jr
Delores Ritchie
Billy Ritchie
Arthur Ritchie
Norman
Ritchie
Suzie
Ellen
Charles
Montgomery
Norman Palice
Bud Argo
H. DP. VanArsdell
Cuss Teedy
Mead
Firebombs In Baton Rouge Mark Civil Rights Tension
Firebombing erupted in a Negro area of Baton Rouge after civil rights and Ku Klux Klan rallies. New Haven saw curfew defiance by Negro youths amid disturbances. State police and National Guardsmen responded. about 150 arrests over two nights. H. Rap Brown remained jailed in New York.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Ku Klux Klan
New Haven
Conn
Baton
Bogalusa
Ala
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Federal House of Detention
New York City
Four Die in WV Crash Near Follansbee Tractors
Four persons were killed and one critically injured when two tractor trailers and a car collided on West Virginia 2 just south of Follansbee. Identities of the victims were not known immediately.
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Follansbee
W.va
West Virginia 2
British Ignore Red China in Hong Kong Paper Row
British officials said Hong Kong press freedoms would not be bent by Beijing as China demanded the three pro Communist newspapers resume publication and halt arrests. London rejected Beijing’s ultimatum while noting China’s long list of warnings to the United States without action amid internal upheavals. The threat is viewed as boosting Hong Kong Communist agitators.
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Hong Kong
Red China
British Foreign Office
London
Peking
China
United States
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UMWA
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Catherine) Tanski
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Mary) Shimko
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Ford City
Armstrong County Hospital
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Jeannette
Hate Henry Veahman
Pennsylvania Tire Co
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