Shafer Secures Endorsement for Pennsylvania Governor Bid
Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer wins broad Republican backing in Harrisburg after years of groundwork. Party leaders back Shafer and a full statewide ticket for the November election with a primary endorsement to follow. U.S. Sen. Hugh Scott and Gov. Scranton back the Shafer slate. Richard Schweiker may mount a cross-aisle challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Shafer
Republican State Committee
State Committee
Scranton
U.S
Hugh Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
Casey Endorsed by 11 County Democratic Chairs in Pa
State Senator Robert P. Casey won the backing of 11 Democratic county chairmen from Northeastern Pennsylvania in his bid for the party gubernatorial nomination. Party Chairman John S. Rice noted Casey’s record but did not endorse a candidate himself, as the party plans seven statewide meetings to gauge support and possibly back a nominee with broad appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Robert P. Casey
Pennsylvania
Casey
Lackawanna County
John S. Rice
Rice
Philadelphia Home Robbed Of 100000 In Loot
Three masked men invaded the Wynnefield home of Mrs. Fannie Wenograd in West Philadelphia tied and gagged a maid. They spent two hours ransacking the house and fled with more than 100000 dollars in cash jewelry and furs including a 37 carat star sapphire and a 10 carat emerald cut diamond valued at 50000 and 2000 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Fannie Wenograd
Wynnefield
Schweiker Withdraws From Pa Governor Bid
Rep. Richard S. Schweiker of Pennsylvania reportedly ends his bid for the Republican nomination for governor and backs Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer. He plans to announce at a Harrisburg news conference after the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee meeting and may seek a fourth term in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Raymond P. Shafer
Schweiker
Harrisburg
Republican State Committee
Shafer
Pennsylvania
House
U S Officials Face Lawmakers Over Viet Nam Contact
Under secretary George Ball testified on Capitol Hill amid questions about President Johnsons Vietnam policy and the newly disclosed direct U S contact with Hanoi. CIA Director Raborn was summoned for separate testimony. Bill Moyers announced the contact but withheld details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Viet Nam
U. S
Hanoi
Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
CIA
William F. Raborn
Central Intelligence Agency
Bill D. Moyers
U.S
Large U S Viet Force Disappointed In Crimp Operation
U S and Australian troops overran two Viet Cong hideouts northwest of Saigon and in the central highlands near the Cambodian frontier. Despite 84 Viet Cong killed and 38 captured, the four day operation Crimp disappointed U S officers as most guerrillas escaped into jungles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Indiana Area School Board Advances Salary Scales and Staffing
The Indiana Area School Board approved a new professional salary scale aligned with Act 405 increasing pay for 145 of 194 staff, funded mainly by state subsidy with about 14 000 locally. Teachers proposed conditions including BCBS costs. board will study further. The district also hires five staff under ESEA and forms a head football coach screening committee with 33 applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Area Education Association
Indiana Area School Board
Indiana Area
Harold Grove
Frank Shaffer
Robert Traugh
Robert Love
Sara Houk
Mary E. Heaton
IAEA
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Andrew Stahura
Richard Farnbaugh
D.R. McNaughton
John Kimmel
Jay Blicker
Richard McGee
Geraldine Hicks
Shady Drive
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin School
Margaret K. McGary
View Street
Grace Love
Em Street
Gwennie Peters
Locust Street
Horace Mann School
Virginia Stright
Thelma Smith
Meadowlark Street
Charlotte Brown
Killer whales attack gray whales off La Jolla coast
Nine orcas harassed three gray whales about 144 miles off La Jolla Cove before a San Diego fishing boat drove them away. Dr. Theodore J. Walker of Scripps said the gray whales escaped unharmed as lifeguards watched from the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Jolla
Calif
Pacific
Theodore J. Walker
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Walker
la Jolla Cove
Survivors Report Ship Sinking After Grain-Shifted List
The Coast Guard said four survivors from the Spanish freighter Monte Palomares reported witnessing the ship sink and the drowning of the captain and several crewmen. They said 18 others were seen alive in a lifeboat and raft, with 11 feared drowned. The vessel listed 30 degrees in heavy seas, reported 840 miles north-northeast of Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coast Guard
Steel Maker
Bermuda
Weather outlook with cold wind and snow flurries
Variable cloudiness brings a windy cold day with a few snow flurries and highs near 18 to 25. Tonight remains fair and cold with lows 8 to 15, colder in valley areas. Mostly sunny conditions return and warmer air arrives by Wednesday.
Rio floods kill 36 in Rio de Janeiro many feared buried
A severe downpour caused extensive flooding in Rio de Janeiro and surrounding areas. Gov. Francisco Negrao de Lima declared a state of emergency as 36 people were killed and dozens more feared buried in collapsed homes and damaged neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Journal Do Brasil
Fire Department
Copacabana
Maracana
Cachoeira de Macaca
Violence Erupts In Santo Domingo After Strike Turmoil
In Santo Domingo a youth was killed and another seriously wounded when police fired on a rock-throwing mob. Quiet prevailed in most of the city, with clashes concentrated in the commercial district and near a northern suburb high school amid ongoing strike agitation led by communist factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Obituaries: Dr Theodore Baker and Delphine M Thomas
Dr Theodore Baker aged 58 of Kingston formerly Blairs ville dies. Mrs Delphine M Thomas aged 43 of Shelocta R D 1 also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Theodore
Kingston
Blairsville
Fire destroys Adrilee Motor Hotel restaurant in Irwin
A $200,000 blaze gutted the Adrilee Motor Hotel restaurant on Route 30 near Irwin Pennsylvania. Only exterior walls stood as smoke damaged nearby sleeping quarters. Police report a dull thud and breaking glass preceded flames as investigators probe the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
Adrilee Motor Hotel
Route 30
Westmoreland County
Frank D. Amato
East McKeesport
Adrilee
New Coats For Troopers
The Pennsylvania state police will issue a new black fingertip double breasted overcoat with a fur collar epaulets sleeve tabs nameplate holder and side vents. Troopers in northern counties get theirs within weeks with the rest to follow as funds allow. Commissioner E Wilson Purdy announced the rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
E. Wilson Purdy
Lindsay Adopts Get Tough Transit Policy Amid Strike
New York mayor John V. Lindsay presses a get tough plan to end the bus and subway strike now in its lath day. Transit Authority and striking unions are asked for reactions as mediators prepare to judge the proposals. Traffic into Manhattan eases with lanes narrowed to citybound flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Transit Authority
Lindsay
Douglas Brown
Dance
L. MacMahon
Afl-Cio
Trans
Fire alarm at 354 Philadelphia St ends with motor damage
Indiana firefighters responded at 11 55 a m to a gas furnace motor shorting out at 354 Philadelphia Street home of Mrs Zoe King. No structural damage reported beyond the motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Philadelphia St
Zoe King
Nanda Named To Post
India observes national mourning as Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri dies after a heart attack in Tashkent. Gulzari Lal Nanda pledges to carry forward Shastri’s peace pact with Pakistan and the recovery of the region remains in focus as world leaders attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Shastri
Alexei Kosygin
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Tashkent
New Delhi
Jumna
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Nanda
Hindu Kush
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Ayub
Rawalpindi
Hubert H
Accident Victims Improve After Route 22 Crash
Two Penn State students injured in a Sunday car-truck crash on Route 22 three miles east of Blairsville remain in Presbyterian University Hospital Pittsburgh. Driver B Edward Schmidt Jr 21 of Media Pa is improved while passenger Nancy Mason 21 of Drexel Pa is serious. Also Marian Johnson remains in serious condition in IU Hospital ICU after a December 22 Route 119 collision near Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State University
Blairsville
Presbyterian University Hospital
Pittsburgh
B. Edward Schmidt, Jr
Media
Nancy Mason
Drexel
Marian Johnson
Indiana
Unemployment At New Low In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP reports unemployment in Pennsylvania reached a new December low with 182000 jobless and a 3.9 percent rate. The state notes the 1952 December low was 200000 jobless at 4.2 percent, with records kept since 1950. November had 180000 unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Labor and Industry Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ray Shafer
Jack Lynch
Sen
Phila
Tass
U.S. Viet
Posal
McNaughton
Stahura
Paul R. Getts
Indiana Area Public Schools
Rio
By Claude E. Erbsen
Irwin Hotel
Party Catholic Center
Port Workers Union
Manhattan
Henry A. Barnes
Pennshire
Barnes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!