Stop The Draft Week Ends Amid NYC Antiwar Protests
In New York City crowds cheered as police herded antiwar demonstrators into a van under the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Four days of protests ended with 585 total arrests nationwide, many for disorderly conduct, as thousands disrupted streets and commerce while calling for draft changes.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
Whitehall Street
Manhattan
Ibond
New Haven
Conn
Army Induction Center
Washington
Lloyd H. Elliott
George Washington University
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Elliott
Indiana
Pittsburgh
PSEA Schedules Militant End For President Install
Pennsylvania State Education Association delegates wrap a tense convention with installation of president elect Joseph J. Stenda and president elect Mrs Helen Wise. They rebuffed Gov Shafer on education programs and set a Feb 35 deadline for a salary bill raising starting pay for teachers from 4500 to 6000 with talk of a possible strike if not acted.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Joseph J. Stenda
Stenda
Wade Wilson
Cheyney State College
Helen TD. Wise
State College
Shorly
Shafer
General Assembly
Wilson
David He Kartgmnins
Public Instruction
DC3 Crash Kills Eight in Laos Near Luang Prabang
An AP report states Cathay Airlines DC3 crashed in Laos near Luang Prabang killing eight and seriously wounding four others. Officials gave few details about the accident at Young Soni.
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Vientiane
Laos
Cathay Airlines
Young Soni
Luang Prabang
Roya
Public urged to shop and mail early
Postmaster Buff Fanella appeals for continued cooperation after past holiday periods. He urges the public to shop early and mail early using Zip Codes on all mail. A call to the Post Office will provide any Zip Code requested.
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Buff Fanella
Christmas mail handling instructions and ZIP guidance
Directions for sorting Christmas mail into five sacks, posting the Sectional Center Offices in the Post Office lobby, and tips to save time and money. Suggestions include mailing early, using ZIP codes, sending first class, and placing return address and ZIP in the left hand corner to ensure delivery and forwarding.
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Indiana
Earl Mitchell
Dave Duil
Gazette
Bechtel
Drownings after boat capsizes on Inland Sea
Five Americans including four children and two Japanese die after a 22 foot boat carrying ten overturns off Atada island in the Inland Sea near Iwakuni Japan. Survivors include Donald Bowman Grace Bowman and U S Marine Cpl Herbert Christiansen. Navy Lt Robert Hatcher and two Japanese, Kyoko Hayashi and Masami Fujiaki, are reported dead.
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Iwakui
Japan
Donald Bowman
Grace
U.S. Marine
Herbert Christiansen
Northfield
Minn
Bowman
Bowmans
Teresa
Gary
Joé
Daniel
Navy
Robert Hatcher
Iwakuni U.S. Marine
Kyoko Hayashi
Khowmans
Masami Fujiaki
Hatcher
Christiansen
Fusoka
Fujioka
Leechburg Man Cited As Hero
PITTSBURGH AP An Armstrong County man Richard F Passio 24 of Leechburg received a bronze medal and 500 award from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for rescuing three children from their burning Leechburg home May 7 He carried Susan Stragzer 2 Michael 4 and Brad 3 to safety through choking fumes as an oil furnace exploded filling the house with smoke Their father died after being pulled from the blaze by firefighters.
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Pittsburgh
Armstrong County
Carnegie Hero Yund Commission
Richard F. Passio
Rt . Leechburg
Passio
Susan Stragzer
Michael
Brad
Leechburg
First Negro Astronaut Killed in Jet Crash at Edwards AFB
Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr America's first Negro astronaut died in an F104 Starfighter crash during a routine landing at Edwards Air Force Base California. He was 31 and preparing a MOL mission to orbit a two person space lab in 1970. Royer was injured. Lawrence held a chemistry degrees from Case Western Reserve and Ohio State University and had over 2509 flying hours.
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U.S
Braddie
Key University
National Aeronautics and
Ohio Space Administration
State University
Edwards Air Force Base
Air Force
Maj
Harvey J. Royer
Royer
Aerospace Research Pilot School
West Germany
Kirtland Air Force Base
N.M
R Edward J. Dwight
School Aid Champion Seeks Change in Nonpublic Funding Plan
Rep Joseph L Torak Republican from Montgomery County backs a revised senate bill to fund nonpublic schools through a Nonpublic School Authority. The measure, endorsed by the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, would require certified teachers and audited financial books, with reimbursements limited to specified non secular subjects like science and mathematics.
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Harrisburg
Joseph L. Torak
Senate
Torak
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference
Reagan condemns riots at San Francisco State College
California Governor Ronald Reagan denounced campus protests saying students must obey rules or study elsewhere. He canceled a Columbus appearance to meet trustees, spoke during a Philadelphia stop with Walter Annenberg host. Reagan called the GOP presidential race wide open.
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Philadelphia
California
Ronald Reagan
San Francisco State College
Reagan
Reaga
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Annenberg
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Shafer
Annenberg
Max Baer
Joe Louis
Verona Youth Hit and Run Victim Identified
In Plum Borough a speeding hit and run killed 15 year old John F. Stefik of Verona. A second Verona boy, 14 year old Michael O'Donnell, was hospitalized in fair condition. One shoe lay 60 feet from Stefik's body.
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Pittsburgh
Plum Borough
John F. Stefik
Verna
Michael O'Donnell
Verona
Settle Dispute By Half Inch
In Denver, Jeffrey Mausner, 17, and George Washington High School resolved a clash over long sideburns by shortening them half an inch to satisfy school rules. The district court had readmitted him temporarily while the ACLU suit proceeded, now closed by voluntary agreement.
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Denver
Colo
Jeffrey Neil Mausner
George Washington High School
Mausner
American Civil Liberties Union
Blood Drive For Viet Nam War Support At Texas A&M
Texas A&M University students line up for a blood drive to aid American soldiers in Vietnam. Sponsored by the student senate, the drive uses an oxygen tent in the hospital area as part of a show of support for service members. The effort reflects campus solidarity and fundraising for wartime medical needs.
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College Station
Tex
Texas A&m University
Vietnam
Tal
A&m
Senate
Son
Michael
Barnard
Corpus Christi
Nant
Marius Barnard
Washkansky
Rand Daily Mail
Johannesburg
White House Wedding of Lynda Marrnes Captures Nation
Thousands of reporters, photographers, and technicians crowded the White House for a historic wedding of Lynda Marrnes to Chuck Robb. The ceremony featured Wagner’s Bridal Chorus, a Marine Band, ruby bridesmaids, and a 6-foot cake as 500 guests watched at an East Room altar.
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France
White House
Marine Band
Lynda
Luci Nugent
Honwm
Cohentrin
Chapultepec
Gerald N. McAllister
Chuck
Mendelssohn’s
Robb
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Beau
George Hamilton
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Obituaries for Repine Boyer Kerr Henry in Blairsville area
Obituaries note the deaths of George A. Repine 34 of Armagh veteran of WWII and VFW member. Mona Griffith Boyer 81 formerly of Marion Center, teacher, church leader. Irene C. Kerr 94 widow of George H. Kerr Homer City area. Datus Randall Henry Commodore B D 1 fatally injured in a Jersey Shore construction accident. Details include survivors, funeral arrangements, and interment plans.
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George A. Repine
Armagh
Burrell Twp
Indiana County
Vinton, Raye
Nora Marsh Repié Smith
United States Air Force
VFW
Blairsville
LOOM
Homer
Sarah) Libengood
Donald
Mildred) Faith
David
Thelma) Cline
John J
Blairsville R.D
Jack
Tile) Ramsden
R.D
Russell
Margie) Johnston
Mia
Kenneth
Viola
Kelly
Etna
George D. Smith
Elmer J. Smith
R. D
Warren Smith
Butler
Louis Olonyski
Pittsburgh
Matthew
Estella) Marin
Blairaville R.D
Shoemaker Funeral Home
Earl F. Ostrander
Mona Griffith Boyer
Marion Center
Frank R. Boyer
Sava Ave
Lancaster
Lancaster Hospital
Suneday
Charles R. and
Ella Holt Griffith
Boyer
Johnstown
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Tthe First Methodist
Church of Lancaster
Han
Irene C. Kerr
George H. Kerr
Washington, D.C
Homer City
Washington
Don H
Gladys R
Greenwood
Randall Henry
Commodore B.D
Jersey Shore
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Pine Grove Church of God
Thomas R. Sloss
East Manoring
Purchase Line
Penn Run Cub Scout Pack 17 Forms for Local Group
Sixteen boys join new Cub Scout Pack 17 in Cherryhill Township by the volunteer fire company of Penn Run. Leaders include Cubmaster Kenneth Knopsnyder, Institutional Representative Elmer Joyner, Committee Chair Marshall Flamm, with Den Mothers Patricia Witters LaRue Kensey Ruth Clevenger Sara K. Smith Davis Cramer Charlotte Ruffner Pegey Murdick and Viola Empfield. Interested boys or guardians may contact the den mothers or Cubmaster at 465 7744.
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Penn Run
Cherryhill
Volunteer Fire Co
Kenneth Brown
John C. Clevenger
Howard Cramer
Russell Cramer
Theodore Empristol
Jon Fyock
Michael Helman
Harold Hinton
Leon We Kensey
Wayie Knopsnyder
Donald Learn
Benjamin Murdick
Dennis Murdick
Joseph Shank
David Smith
Bobby E. Witters, Jr
Elmer Joyner
Marshall Flamm
Roy R. Decker
Richard Fyock
Kenneth Knopsnyder
Patricia Witters
LaRue Kensey
Ruth Clevenger
Sara K. Smith
Davis Cramer
Charlotte Ruffner
Pegegy Murdick
Viola Empfield
Den
Willie Knew Jeep Parts From Depot Transfer
Willie McDonald of Maud Texas, now with the th Battalion, 12th Infantry at Fort Lewis Washington, unloaded a box from the Reg River Army Depot in Texarkana Texas. Years earlier as a civilian employee he had packed jeep parts for the depot.
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Ft. Lewis
Wash
Willie’ McDonald
Maud
Tex
Reg River
Texarkana
McDonald
12Th Infantry
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Baravsboro
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Entele
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Graceton Alston
Heily and
West Lebanon
Hillsdale Worthville
Lawrence
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Marine
Barbara
Tracene Maceat
Gov. Reagan
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Dak
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Indianapolis
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Joyce) Glasser
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