Dutch Princess Weds Commoner in Untroubled Royal Ceremony
Queen Juliana’s daughter Princess Margriet Francisca, 24, wed Dutch commoner Pieter van Vollenhoven, 27, in a civic ceremony at the Town Hall and a Protestant blessing at St Jacobskerk. The wedding, watched by European royalty, featured a 14 mile bridal procession, a glass coach, and Margriet’s marguerite motif gown and bouquet. The couple, who met at Leyden University, were not given titles and the bridegroom remains Mr. van Vollenhoven.
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Hague
Netherlands
Juliana
Bernhard Tiday
Margriet Francisca
Beattrix
Claus van Amsberg
Maregriet
Pieter, van Vollenhoven
Leyden
Royal Gazette
Royal House
Vollenhoven
St. Jacobskerk
St. James Church
Margriet
Marguerite
Mar
Hendrikus Berkhof
Chinese Crisis Brews Amid Pro Mao Clashes in Canton
Travellers report a weekend of bloody fighting between pro Mao Red Guards and anti Mao workers in Canton. Several killed and many injured as hospital lobbies were smashed and staff assaulted. Thousands of workers stayed home Monday while authorities urged a return to work.
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Canton
Canton Hospital
Public Utility OKs Erie Phone Rate Cut in Johnstown Exchange
The Public Utility Commission authorized General Telephone Co of Erie to lower mileage charges for 105 customers in the Johnstown exchange by 1950 a year starting Sunday. The cut follows the base calling area extension into Upper Yoder Township Cambria County, expanding service to a growing residential area.
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Harrisburg
General Telephone Co
Erie
Public Utility Commission
Johnstown
Yoder
Cambria County
School Board Seeks Six Month Extension for High School
The Indiana Area School Board voted to request a six month state extension to present final cost data on the $3 million senior high school project. The delay stems from ongoing litigation with a contractor and is described as a formal action.
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Indiana Area School Board
Indiana County Guards
Antinn Inc
Mao
Shanghai
Red China
New China News Agency
Rackley Named PSU Provost Amid State Dept Return Talks
University Park Penn State announces that Dr J Ralph Rackley state superintendent of public instruction will become university provost upon return. Board of trustees confirmed the appointment. Rackley would coordinate instructional programs at University Park Commonwealth Campuses and continuing education services statewide. He plans to return after state department reorganization, tentatively set for March 1.
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University Park
Pennsylvania State University
J. Ralph Rackley
Eric A. Walker
Rackley
Commonwealth
Raymond P. Shafer
Penn State
State Department
Iron Triangle Assaults In Vietnam Resettlement Drive
Westmoreland says 10 000 Vietnamese peasants will be evacuated from the Iron Triangle area as part of Operation Cedar Falls. U S and South Vietnamese forces report ongoing bombardment, ground assaults and reconnaissance missions with heavy enemy resistance and significant Viet Cong and North Vietnamese strength.
Byrd Named Secretary of Senate Democratic Conference
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia was elected secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference, the No. 3 leadership post. He defeated Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania 35 to 28, with strong backing from Southern senators. Smathers will not seek re election for health reasons. Senator Mike Mansfield was re elected Democrat leader and Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana was unopposed as party whip.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Senate Democratic Conference
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Senate
John 0. Pastore
Rhode¢ Island
Byrd
Clark
George A. Smathers
Florida
Smathers
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Russell
B. Long
Louisiana
Congress Opens With Johnson Plan Amid Powell Stir
The 90th Congress convened with Democrats still strong but wary of new large programs. President Johnson will address a joint session at 9 30 p m EST broadcast by radio and TV. Capitol opening drew a big crowd after the Powell affair, with heightened security and gallery access controls. Rep John E Fogarty D R I was found dead in his office prompting memorial observances.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Tom Johnson
White House
Powell
Capitol
New York City
John E. Fogarty
R.I. Fogartty
McCormack
Fogarty
Shafer Backing Jordan for Republican State Chairman
Harrisburg AP report says New Castle Mayor John C. Jordan, an early Shafer supporter, is gaining Shafer's public backing for the Republican state chairman post. Shafer called Jordan a capable leader and noted the committee will meet next Monday to name two new chairmen.
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Harrisburg
Newcastle
John C. Jordan
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Jordan
Republican State Committee
Jack Jordan
Fire crews respond to residence fire in Indiana
Firemen from Company 1 of the Indiana Fire Department were summoned just after 7 a.m. to 466 Poplar Ave. Walter Kinnan residence in Indiana. A Polish report notes a separate weekend death of Magdalena Trepkowska, 111, in Grudziadz, Poland.
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Indiana Fire Department
Walter Kinnan
Poplar Ave
Indiana
Warsaw
Poland
Grudziadz
Magdalena Trepkowska
Surprise Executive Shakeup At American Motors
Detroit AP reports American Motors replaces top leaders as Robert B. Evans and Roy Abernethy exit chief posts. Roy D. Chapin Jr. named chairman, William V. Luneburg named president amid ongoing sales, production and financial struggles. Both stay on board. Evans previously became AMC chair last June. changes viewed as bringing a younger team to steer the company forward.
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Charles €. Cain
Detroit
American Motors
Robert B. Evans
Roy Abernethy
Evans
AMC Board
Abernethy
Roy D. Chapin Jr
William V. Luneburg
AMC
Evans and Abernethy
Hartford
Stover Named Pittsburg Jaycees Leader
Dr. Guyford Stover, president of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, has been named head of the Pittsburgh Jaycees. A report notes Deburgh’s Man of the Year for 1968, Salvo, the Boston strangler, goes on trial today for a string of alleged assaults and sex offenses linked to twelve-year span of killings. Bailey plans to portray DeSalvo as the killer to bolster an insanity defense.
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Pittsburgh
Guyford Stover
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pitts- Boston
Albert Deburgh
Salvo
Champent
Bostonder of Commerce
F. Lee Bailey
Massachusetts State Hospital
Bridgewater
Bailey
DeSalvo
Boston
Court Hears More On PRR Action
Supreme Court weighs whether the Penn Central merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads should proceed immediately. The $6 billion consolidation would be the largest in U.S. history. ICC favors immediate completion, while smaller Eastern lines and rivals press for delays to resolve other mergers. The Justice Department backs a delay to settle three Erie-Lackawanna, Boston and Maine, and Delaware and Hudson routes, all potential pieces of a broader Norfolk and Western system.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northeast
ICC
Robert W. Ginnane
Penn-Central
Thurgood Marshall
Justice Department
Erie-Lackawanna
Boston & Maine
Delaware & Hudson
Penn Central
Norfolk & Western Railway System
N&w
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Penn- Central
Biggest Offensive Underway in Vietnam War Action
American forces launched Cedar Falls, the largest U S military operation in Vietnam, surrounding the Iron Triangle north of Saigon to disrupt Viet Cong planning. By Monday night 92 Viet Cong had been reported fatally hurt, including 47 around Ben Suc, as 10 000 civilians were relocated to refugee camps. The operation involved hundreds of armored vehicles and multiple brigades, with M R 4 as the rumored Viet Cong headquarters and Ben Suc center as the initial target.
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Westmoreland
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
II Triangle
U.S
Thanh Phu Peninsula
Saigon
Mekong
South Korea
Tiger Division
Maeng Hoa
Qui Nhon
Iron Triangle
Cedar Falls
Bencat
MLR. 4
Cholon
Giadinh
Thanh Dien
Ben Suc
U.S. 25Th Division
196Th Light Infantry
173Rd Airborne Brigade
11Th Armored Regiment
Dean
1St Infantry Division
Saigon-Cholon-Giadinh
Cu Chi
M.R.4
Gregory T
Daley
Pittsburgh
Benbaby
Cat
Iinfant
Cial
Phu Cuorg
Soldier Loses Custody Fight For Baby
PITTSBURGH AP A young soldier who testified that his wife had the infant adopted after claiming the child died lost a custody suit in Allegheny County Court. Judge J Frank McKenna awarded custody to the mother Caro Daley, 18, stating that a child this young must be with its natural mother.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
J. Frank McKenna
Caro. Daley
Obituaries list for Brady Bracken Ringer and others
Obituaries notice for Miss Sarah M Brady 93 of Marion Center died Jan 9 1967 in South Mahoning Township with funeral at Crawford Funeral Home Marion Center. Also Mrs Barbara E Barrett Bracken 86 of Akron formerly Homer City died Jan 9 1967 with services at Askew Funeral Home Homer City. Mrs Bertha Scull Ringer 81 of Indiana died Jan 9 1987 with services in Philadelphia and interment in Westminster Cemetery.
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Sarah. M. Brady
Marion Cetter RD
John Brady
South Mahoning Township
South Mahoning
Tnp
Indiana County
Silas W
Lucinda Hastings Brady
New York City
Philadelphia
Miss Brady
United Presbyterian Church of
Clara Wells
Marion Center
Mia
Marie Gabriel
Marion Censer
Arthur” Brady
Royal, Mich
Robert C
Rochester Mills
Crawford
Gilgal Cemetery
Barbara E. Barrett Bracken
Akron
Ohio
Homer City
Kerrmoor
Barney and
Elmira Tubs Witherite
Edith Martin
Barney C. Barrett
William M. Barrett
Lebanon
Ind
Darryl
Bracken
Spokane
Wash
Askew
Homer
City
Merle
Weimer
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Bertha Scull Ringer
Oak St
James
Prudence Campbell Scull
Ocean City
Louis Johnson Ringer
Ringer
Logan Methodist Episcopal Church of
George
Marion
Robeson, Jr
Dorothea Davies
Bennington
Louis J
Washington
D.C
Joseph A. Moylan
George Browne
Westminister Cemetery
Illegal Deer Kill and Sell Mob Nabbed in Pa. Bust
A four month investigation led to the arrest of 10 men on deer poaching and trafficking charges in north central Pennsylvania. Suspects from Wilcox Elk County include Donald Bonard David Rhodes Morris O’Rourke Paul Gelsick and others. hearings set before justices of the peace in Elk and Warren counties.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylania
State Game Commission
Elk
McKean
Commission
Donald, Bonard
David Rhodes
Morris O’rourke
Paul Gelsick
Wilcox
Elk County
Robert Michael
Joe Gelsick
Bill Bradwrand
Bob Coward
Wilcox R. D
Robert Bennett
Warren
Warren County
John Fleeher
MacDonald R. D
Washington County
Justices of the Peace
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Benjamin Franklin School
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PSU
A. L. Walsh
Levelland Clinic
Texas
Frank Castro
Tammy
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