07 Jan 1969
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1969
Page
1
A and P obtained a restraining order and will send district union representatives to Kent union hall to urge miners to return to work. Telegraph messages were sent to all local union officers on Monday, while miners stayed off the job without disclosing the dispute details. Officials declined further comment on the strike.
AP reports a massive London crowd blocks Marlborough House as 28 heads of state and leaders arrive for the nine day Commonwealth summit opening. Police clear routes while Harold Wilson opens proceedings. Trudeau walks through police lines amid protests by Africans and others from Rhodesia Nigeria Biafra India Pakistan and Kashmir.
Indiana man in guarded condition after a two car crash at S Sixth St and Carter Ave. Two Lushko children also slightly hurt. Police charged J Edward L Anderson with driving under the influence. Total damage about 1000 dollars. Separate incidents include Punxsutawney three car wreck near Route 119 with three drivers injured and Indiana Route 119 crashes with no injuries.
John Hughes sole survivor of the Oct 10 light plane crash near Millwood Blairs ville has been flown to his Georgia home to recuperate from serious leg injuries. Discovered by a search party the day after the wreckage he spent nearly three months in Latrobe Area Hospital before a friend flew him home. Hughes praised rescuers hospital staff and northern hospitality while thanking local residents who hosted his parents near the hospital.
Oakley Davis of Marion Center will address the Indiana County Republican Men on Break Even Economics Industry's Contribution in a Free Society. Davis, a former vice president and GM of W A Whitney Inc in Los Angeles, now serves as VP of Pow r tron Inc. The event follows the group's business meeting at 8 PM Thursday on the Community Center Building's second floor with refreshments after.
Members of the Indiana County UFO Club will meet Thursday January 9 at 7 30 p m in room 107 Leonard Hall on the IUP campus. After business, the group will visit the university planetarium for an 8 p m sky show. The public is invited to attend.
The Manchester Elementary School principal and Rev John Long join other local figures for a 1 pm program in Room 214 Leonard Hall on Wednesday Jan 8. They discuss ghetto education and the needs of inner city students, inviting all future city school teachers to attend.
I Renewal Spending reported two thousand one hundred thirty four dollars and fifty five cents for winter snow and vacant lot maintenance. Rucker noted open houses at Conemaugh Terrace and Blairsville housing projects, eight Indiana project cases to be heard, upcoming demolition contracts near IUP and Stewart Hardware, partial site improvements in 1970 due to funds, a half share of site costs by the borough, a tabled vacate request for Garman Ave, anticipated sale of Ninth and Water streets property to the R N Ray Estate, and a parcel set aside for Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity on Maple Pratt Drive College Ave and Garman Ave, with use restricted to private market release.
Four Wheeling area residents escaped injury when a twin engine Beechcraft forced an emergency landing on Interstate 78 near Kenna West Virginia after engine failure shortly after takeoff from Kanawha airport. Pilot David J. Hattis 54 and passengers James O'Donnell E Blaine Hungerpean and Carlysle FarsWorth were aboard.
Witnesses recount rapid sequence of two crashes near Bradford Regional Airport as Allegheny Airlines loses Convair 580 flights 737 and 736. Survivors aid others while authorities note no link between accidents. victims include Abbate of Erie and Hardman of York.
Indiana County growers must submit trees between six and seven and a half feet for judging at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show January 13 to 17. Entry blanks available at Park Press in Indiana. Local trees will be loaded Saturday at 10 a.m. for shipment. inquire at Park Press for transport details.
Twenty six children aboard Mondays Freedom Flight from Cuba to Miami were given dolls and toy cars to mark the Christmas season in Cuba. Exiles at Freedom Gate welcomed the arrivals and distributed gifts at the port of entry, as part of a long port total of 135,511 Cubans arriving on these flights.
A compiled obituary list notes the deaths of Lawrence M. Sawyer 72 of 368 Philadelphia Indiana Jan 6 1969. John W Babco 52 of Glen Campbell Jan 6 1969. Drew Stewart 15 Homer City R D 1 Jan 6 1969. Mrs Rose B Bowder 93 Youngstown Ohio formerly Arcadia Jan 1 1968. Mary Margaret Suhar 53 Auburn California formerly Heilwood Jan 4 1969. Edward C Pennington 10 Clymer Jan 4 1969. Mrs Mary Zofchak 77 Homer City Jan 5 1968. Susie Bondra 74 Homer City Jan 6 1969. Edgar F Bergman 85 Blairsville Jan 5 1969. Mrs Mary S Bellas 75 Blairsville Jan 5 1969. Elizabeth L Sanderson Davison 78 Blairsville Jan 5 1989. Anna Filisko 71 Yatesboro Jan 5 1969. Interments scheduled across Oakland Glen Campbell Blairsville Blairsville area cemeteries with local funeral homes handling arrangements.
In the Mekong Delta near Saigon a 600 man American force tried to trap a Viet Cong company of about 100. US casualties reached eight killed and 11 wounded as a 48 enemy fighters were reported killed. Helicopters and flares lit the night as the clash unfolded, with Viet Cong survivors slipping away before dawn.
New York city parks face about 600000 dollars in annual vandalism damage, Parks Commissioner August Heckscher said on WMCA Reports. He cited destruction of benches fountains and other park features including uprooting saplings in Central Park as an example.
The House voted to raise Nixon's presidential salary to 200000 a year plus a 50000 expense allowance and a 40000 travel allowance. Passage depends on Senate approval and Johnson's signature before Nixon's swearing in, with only one Republican dissenter.
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