Indiana County Fair Schedule Highlights Aug 30–Sept 4
Indiana County Fair runs Monday to Saturday with daily exhibits and big midway shows. Fire Chiefs Association sponsors events including a Wirengards aerial act. Jessie Griffith at the organ performs daily. 8:00 P M horse pulling contest. 2:00 P M stock car races Saturday. 4 H and FFA awards and band events midweek. Arabian Nights Revue features nine acts led by The Wirengards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Chiefs Association of
Indiana
Jessie Griffith
G. C. Murphy Co
Whengards
Indiana County Bankers Association
Ken Sherburne
Mollie
Wonder Horse
Mike
Paul
Sultan
Varju Brothers
Hermes
Sulten
Borage Moore
Captain Silver
Indiana Evening Gazette
Penn Western Racing Assn
Windher
Whrengards
Gemini 5 returns toward Earth after high speed ocean splashdown
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad near the end of the Gemini 5 mission as weather remains favorable for splashdown while ground controllers monitor orbit counts and recovery plans. Support teams stand by in case of area shifts and the crew reports slow drifting as the craft nears home.
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Gemini Control
Houston
Conrad
Jang
Gemini
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Betsy
mid-Atlantic
Cooper
Vietnamese drive kills at least 50 Viet Cong in Delta
In the Mekong Delta a multibattalion operation by Vietnamese ground forces left at least 50 Viet Cong dead, with government casualties described as moderate. The attack began Friday in the seven canals region near Can Tho, supported by heavy air strikes. One U.S. Army helicopter was downed. two crew wounded, others unharmed. A reporter with Vietnamese troops witnessed two helicopters shot down.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
U.S
Seven Canals
Can Tho
County Fair Opens Monday With Week of Events
County fair begins Monday featuring 2 000 musicians in performances, Grand Cavalcade of Champions around the race track, Arabian Nights Revue with live acts, stock car races, and a Labor Day program including Quarter Horse racing. The Plaidettes will perform, Cobras host a teen dance, and Miss Jessie Griffith is the official organist. 4 H and FFA Junior Livestock Sale Friday after 7 p m, with champion and reserve animals auctioned.
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Penn Western
Sepia
Graintyland
Jessie Griffith
Big H
FFA
4-H
Pechan Leads Pennsylvania Daylight Saving Time Bill
State Senator Albert R. Pechan was primary sponsor of the daylight saving time bill signed by Governor Scranton. The law standardizes time from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October across Pennsylvania and took effect immediately, aiming to reduce municipal confusion and align schedules for transportation and commerce. Co sponsors include Senators Jack E. McGredpor John H. Devlin and Leonard C. Staisey of Allegheny County.
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Harrisburg
Albert R. Pechan
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Pechan
Indiana
Jefferson
Armstrong
Jack E. McGredpor
John H. Devlin
Leonard C. Staisey
Allegheny County
Severe Weather Alert Lifted in Western Pennsylvania
A severe weather alert for extreme western Pennsylvania was lifted early today after being in effect since 7 p m Friday. The U S Weather Bureau warned of possible tornadoes and severe thunderstorms but reported no damaging weather in the area.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mishap Injures 28 On Texas to Louisiana Bus Route
A bus en route from Houston Texas to New Orleans on U S Highway 90 crashed near a small southwest Louisiana town at 11 30 p m. The mishap injured 28 people mainly Texas and Louisiana passengers. Willard Coleman Lake New Mexico La was returning home from Houston aboard the bus.
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Houston
Tex
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Willard Coleman
Lake
Hic
Obituary notice lists several local deaths and survivors
A local obituary page reports the deaths of Mrs. Mary Magas at 81 in Indiana, and several others including Turney Postlewait 85 in Punxsutawney, Bertha Deyarmin Little 58 in Homer City, Burton Gaul 79 in Canon Township, and Elaine Marie Isaacson 18 of Sagamore. It notes survivors across families, church affiliations, and planned funeral arrangements with multiple interments and services scheduled through the week.
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Mary Magas
Dixonville
Indiana” Hospital
Czechoslovakia
Andrew
Helen Onusko
Fetsko
Magas
Scared Heart Roman Catholic Church
Thure
Ann) Carlson
Rock Stream
N. Y
John
Margaret) Stroker
Detroit
Mich
Albert
George
Mary Liptak
Michael
Paul Wuss
Frank
Betty) Bennet
Clymer
Reynoldsville
Ole
Sis
Geroge Fetsko
Andrew Fetsko
Whiting
Ind
John Fetsko
Pittsburgh
Tal
Europe
Helen Airgood W. Ernest
Funxsutawney
Bence Fun
Oral
Athe Jordan
Sacred Heart Church
Paul L. Westcoat
Father Andrew Chapela
Circle Hill
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Indiana
Johnnie
Bowmans
Danny Daniels
Pascagoula
Miss
Houston
Terry
Danny
Henry C. Gregory
Hightracke
All Woods, Limited
Jeff Blankenship
Beaumont
Orange
Bertha Belle Deyarmin
Little
Roy K. Little
Homer City
R.D
Brush Valley
Lee Hospital
Johnstown
Brushvalley Two
Indiana County
Margaret Stiles Deyarmin
Taylor M. Deyarmin
Brushvalley Township
Waterman
Harry H. Little
Floyd
Alfretta
Herman
Eugene
Mae) Shirley
Ferlin
Geraldine) Miller
Paul
Ruby
Fletcher
Brusht Vajley
Harry
Marla tSsett
Raymond
Robinson-Lytle's
Grant Hunter
Armagh
Burton Gaul
Canon Twp
Indiana Co
Rossiter
Piffers Funeral Home
Punxsutawney
Bruce Tobias
Round Top Cemetery
Trade City
Elaine Marie Isaacson
Sagamore
Indiana Hospital
Plumville - Smicksburg
Are
John A. Isaacson
Agnes
Gibbon
Saacson
Miss Isaacson
B. Troutman
St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Angeline Maruca
Anita
Adrian Hospital
Delaney
Angelo Peligrino
Theodore Maru
Marcua
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Jack Lackey
Akron
Richard Garzoni
Adrian
Robert Anderson
Rochester
Jack Brown
Ceasar Maruca
St. Joseph Church
Thomas Geddas
Church
Piler
Daisy B. Tussey
Ridge Avenue
Cornapolis
Salina
Woodvale Hospital
Pitts‘burgh
Greensburg
David
Katherine Ames
Tussey
Freeport Presbyterian Church
Hays B. Tussey
Lee
St. Petersburg
Fla
Anthony
Marg@uerite
Crestani
Freeport
Hunter
Saltsburg
William Jacobs
FBI Joins Probe on Miss. Bomb
NATCHEZ Mississippi FBI chief Roy K. Moore took charge of the investigation into a bomb that wounded George Metcalfe, president of the local NAACP branch. Metcalfe, about 55, remained in fair condition at Jefferson Davis Hospital. Authorities offered a $2,000 reward and said clues existed as the probe continued.
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Natchez, Miss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mississippi
George Metcalfe
Friday Metcalfe
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Roy K. Moore
FBI
Jackson
Join Noser
Turncoat Gets Job Turncoat Gets Job
Hong Kong AP reports William C. White a Korean war turncoat says he has a job offer in Honolulu and plans to go in April after visiting relatives in the United States. He spent nearly 12 years in Red China and will not disclose the employer or position.
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Hong Kong
William C. White
Honolulu
United States
White
Red China
Kansas City
China
Redevelopment Chief Gets Big Baltimore Harbor Plan
J Jefferson Miller, already directing a $100 million modernization of 22 acres in downtown Baltimore, is assigned a new $2.6 billion plan to develop 128 acres around the harbor. He will manage planning and financing for both projects, receiving $1 a year for each post.
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Baltimore, Md
J. Jefferson Miller
Baltimore
Miller
U S protests Soviet detention over alleged former German spy
The United States protested to the Soviet Union over the unlawful detention of a U S citizen accused by Soviet press as a former German spy and subversive agent. The embassy said the accusation was rejected and noted George Nipanich of New York, a guide at the U S architecture exhibit in Minsk, was detained and questioned by Soviet officials Thursday night.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
George Nipanich
New York
Minsk
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Indiana County Fair Horse Survey
J. S. Mack Community Center
Indiana County Fair
Indiana County Fair Association
Mercury
Rose Knot
Vic- Vitor
Hugh
Sho
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Ocracoke
Hatteras
Russia
Ninth St
Philadelphia St
Susie Owens
Indiana Borough
Harry Owens
Owens Market
Chief Owen
Gazette
Bechtel
Bill
Coleman
Charles Bowman
Johnnie Mae
Bowman
Turney C. Postlewait
Bell Avenue
Ponte
Tawney
Dora
George W
Mary Geist Postlewait
Tessie Walker
Hazel D. Neil
United Church of Christ
Punxgatawney
John W
Henry Postle
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