Jackson accuses De Gaulle of sharing secrets with Reds
U S Senator Henry M Jackson of Washington accuses French President Charles de Gaulle of passing classified material to the Soviet Union. He condemns De Gaulle as antisemitic and senile and urges downgrading U S representation in Paris. State Department says no comment.
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Seattle
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Soviet Union
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Vernon
Wash
Tackson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
NATO Alliance
de Gaulle
Charles Bohlen
State Department
Paris
Washington
Heavy firefight in Mekong Delta as US forces clash with Viet Cong
In the Mekong Delta US patrol boats engaged Viet Cong infantry with one gunner using a recoilless rifle disabling a patrol boat and wounding five crew. Helicopters strafed positions and a stricken boat was towed out. In My Tho 40 miles south of Saigon Viet Cong mortars hit the provincial hospital, wounding 17 civilians and several soldiers. In Da Nang area South Vietnamese and American units pressed heavy action with 52 enemy killed in one province in three days. Casualties among allied forces were light in places, serious in others. A photo-reporter described significant dead and wounded in a helicopter assault on a Red-held hamlet. The New Year truce was due to begin in parts of the region shortly.
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Mekong Delta
Delta
Saigon
My Tho
Quang Nam
da Nang
Hoi An
Associated Press
Kim Ki Sam
Hig U.S
Camp Names Ed Foreman Camp Names Ed Foreman
E L Foreman of Black Lick was elected president of Camp 1945 Woodmen of the World and installed at the last regular meeting. C R Stewart is vice president with officers including Harvey Bush Joseph Repinski Russell Baughman Charles P Stewart William G Widdowson Alex Stewart Paul Sferro and John Swasy. Meetings occur the third Wednesday each month.
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Blairsville
E. L. Foreman
Black Lick
C.R. Stewart
Latrobe
Greensburg
Derry
Harvey Bush
Joseph Repinski
Russell Baughman
Charles P. Stewart
William G. Widdowson
Alex Stewart
S.r
Paul Sferro
John Swasy
Carolers March Into Pittsburgh Civil Rights Memorial
Carolers led by a Lutheran minister and a Roman Catholic priest marched in Pittsburgh in a civil rights memorial service for slain leaders and children killed by riots and ghetto conditions. The procession included two Negro participants among 26 marchers, led by Father McIlvane and Reverend Donald Prang.
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Pittsburgh
Donald McTlvane
Father McIlvane
Donald Prang
More State Police Added For Weekend
Harrisburg AP reports all available State Police troopers and noncommissioned officers will patrol highways over New Year’s weekend to cut party driving. Commissioner Frank McKetta urged a complete traffic operations plan from weekend commanders by Friday 6 p.m. to prevent a repeat of the 47 highway deaths during Christmas weekend.
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Harrisburg
Frank McKetta
MccKetta
McKetta
LBJ Meets Heart Surgeon Barnard During Texas Visit
President Johnson hosted Dr. Christian Barnard and his wife at the LBJ ranch for an informal courtesy call amid his budget planning. Barnard explained his transplant work, recalling the Cape Town procedure that briefly saved a patient and signaled hopes for future live recipients.
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Tex
Johnson
Christian Barnard
Barnard
United States
Senate
Groote Schuur Hospital
Capetown
Denise Ann Darvall
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Texas White House
Washington
Loyd Hackler
Two Dairies Plan Increase In Milk Price
Pittsburgh AP reports Sealtest Foods will raise home delivered milk a cent per quart effective January 1 raising from 31 to 82 cents per quart, while Bever ly Farms has not set a date. Sealtest cited higher wages packaging and delivery costs and other materials as factors. Other dairies study the hike and state Milk Control Commission sets minimum prices.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Dairies
Sealtest Foods
Beverly Farms
Sealtest
Dairies
State Milk Control Commission
Yule Contest Winners Set for Blairsville Display
Blairsville Jaycees released winners of the Christmas home display contest. Gilbert Foust won best religious display, Thomas Nastase best unique display, William Humphreys best pole light, and David W. Baker Jr. best door display. A bus crash near Mount Pleasant killed a woman. judges included Darrell Dean and Dr. Richard Reilly.
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Blairsville
Jaycees
Gilbert Foust
Maple Ave
Thomas Nastase
Cornell Ave
William Humphreys
David’ _W. Baker, Jr
Mount Pleasant
Robert D. Miller
Westmoreland County
Holland Drive
Miss Carol Campbell Named to Who's Who in Education
Carol Campbell, daughter of Dr and Mrs J W Campbell of 643 Maple St Indiana, was named to Who's Who in American Education. She currently visits family here and is an assistant professor of English at Hagerstown Junior College in Hagerstown Maryland.
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J. W. Campbell
Maple St
Indiana
Campbell
Hagerstown Junior College
Hagerstown
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
George Gershwin
White
Deserters Seek Asylum in Sweden From U S Navy
Four U S Navy deserters arrived in Stockholm from Moscow seeking asylum and declaring neutrality in East West tensions. They said they deserted to protest the Vietnam War and voiced intent to work for peace. police custody pending Aliens Commission decision after news conference.
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Stockholm
U.S. Navy
Moscow
Sweden
Russia
Japan
Richard D. Bailey
Maersta
Aliens ‘Commission
Stockholmen
Swedish Vietnam Committee
Bailey
Jacksonville
Fla
John M. Barilla
Catonsville
Craig W. Anderson
San Jose
Calif
Michael A. Lindner
Mount Pocono
Chicago
Homer
WBBM
United States
Offices Close For New Years
The Bureau of Employment Security at 30 North Fifth Street Indiana will be closed Monday January 1 for New Year’s Day. Claimants will report as scheduled. Indiana County offices of the Department of Public Welfare will also be closed January 1.
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Bureau of Employment Security
North Fifth St
Indiana
Department of Public Welfare
Humphrey Leaves for Africa on 13 Day Tour
Vice President Hubert Humphrey departed from Andrews Air Force Base for a nine nation Africa visit lasting thirteen days. He aims to renew U S commitment to defeating poverty and disease while seeking closer ties and understanding with Ivory Coast Liberia Ghana Congo Zambia Ethiopia Somalia Kenya and Tunisia.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Africa
Johnson
Andrews Air Force Base
America
Humphrey
William Tubman
Liberia
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Edgar Bronfman
New York
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Congo
Zambia
Ethiopia
Somali
Kenya
Tunisia
Bandama Blane
Man Fined In Blairsville For Shotgun Incident
Bernard Meador, 46, of 28 West Chestnut Street Blairsville, paid a $10 fine and costs after pleading guilty to discharging a shotgun into the ceiling of his home. Justice Paul W. McGillick heard the case. Acting Police Chief James Brubaker arrested him. he was jailed briefly and freed. The shooting followed a family argument, with two children sleeping above escaping injury as the blast from a 20 gauge shotgun did not penetrate the second floor.
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Blairsville
Bernard Meador
West Chestnut St
Dee
Meador
Paul W. McGillick
James Brubaker
Police Check Two Accidents Involving Creekside and Stafford
State police investigated two minor traffic accidents Thursday with three injured avoided. Joseph Williams, 61, and Dorothy Bethel, 35, of Creekside R.D. J, were in a 2:55 p.m. crash on Legislative Route 32072 five miles west of Creekside with $1,000 damage and no injuries. At 12:30 p.m. on Route 286 at Legislative Route 32064 in Stafford, Francis Pluciennik, 22, of Vandergrift, skidded out of control and hit a parked car owned by Harry Patterson of Clymer R.D. 1, totaling $600 in damage.
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Joseph Williams
Dorothy Bethel
Creekside R.D. J
Creekside
Stafford
Francis Pluciennik
Vandergrift
Harry Patterson
Clymer R.D. 1
Miscarriage For Queen Anne Marie In Rome
Queen Anne Marie of Greece suffered a miscarriage in Rome amid royal exile. She was 21, wife of King Constantine, with two children, and remained in satisfactory condition after being treated at Villa Claudia clinic. The embassy announced the loss of her June baby on December 28, 1967.
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Anne- Marie
Greece
Constantine
Villa Claudia
Anne-Marie
Alexia
Paul
Hellenes
Her
Prof
B. Coutilaris
Coutifaris
24 Keys For Truck In Hijacking
Police probe a hijacking of an armored truck at a Boardman shopping center. The truck carried over $403,907 in cash and checks, with 24 keys made for the vehicle in six months. audit later showed $317,478 in cash and $47,062 in checks stolen. Authorities note some witnesses saw a man enter the truck without a key.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Don Hawkins
Boardman
Kan Secret, Service Co
Hawkins
Whiteman the Jazz King Dies at 76
Famed bandleader Paul Whiteman known as Pops died at age 76 after a long career guiding stars such as Bing Crosby and Benny Goodman. He celebrated half a century in Bucks County at New Hope, naming his retirement home Coda. Born in Denver, his influence spanned World Wars and multiple musical genres.
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Grand Canyon
Whiteman
Pops
Bing Crosby
Tommy and
Jimmy Dorsey
Morton Downey
Benny Goodman
New Hope
Bucks County
Delaware River
Denwoe Ail Bhan
Preston County
Mary Whiteman
Gantown
W. Va
Hood
Obituary notices from Blairsville and Indiana County area
Obituaries report the deaths of Elizabeth J. McGill Wilson 62 of Blairsville born Blairsville 1905, Richard Allen McCoy 3 of Penn Run and long career of bandleader Whiteman with details of survivors and funeral arrangements, plus other local obituaries including Fred Day and Arthur Groves with service details and residence notes.
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