Prague Faces Aftermath as Student Immolations Rise
Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square to protest Soviet occupation. Reports say more self immolations are planned within 10 days as students demand withdrawal of troops and end to censorship. Government leaders met with student spokesmen to relay demands to the Communist party central committee.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Palach
Charles University
Wenceslas Square
Prace
Stu Jhis
Czechoslova
Palach
National Front
Evzen Erban
Stanislav Razi
Communist Party Central Committee
Central Committee
Czech Writers Union
Listy
Brno
Moravia
Popular National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Federal Assembly
Petr Colotka
Smrkovsky
Nixon pledges energy in Vietnam talks at Key Biscayne
President-elect Nixon vows to pursue Paris peace negotiations with energy and purpose once talks resume. The brief statement comes amid a preinauguration break in deadlock and ahead of his Florida rest before the inaugural ceremony. Lincoln named director of the Office of Emergency Planning, bringing defense planning experience to the transition. Nixon plans to issue written policy instructions to negotiators after his inauguration.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
Florida
New York
George A. Lincoln
U.S. Military Academy
Office of Emergency Planning
Lincoln
West Point
Pentagon
White House
U.S
Saigon
Beers Re‑elected President Of New York Wine Growers
Penn Yan New York AP The New York wine growers association has re elected East man Beers as its president.
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Penn Yan, N.Y
New York Wine Growers Association
Eastman Beers
Set Autopsies Over Deaths In Bath Couple Case
Autopsies ordered in the Bath deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wetherhold after their bodies were found near the borough. District Attorney Charles Spanziani said Wetherhold, 43, a former Moore Township justice of the peace, apparently killed his wife Dorothy and then himself with a .22 caliber pistol.
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Bath
Charles Wetherhold
Charles Spanziani
Wetherhold
Moore Township
Dorothy
Tree Group Elects At Farm Show
Murray Stewart Homer City and Richard Bedger Indiana were among those elected directors of the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association at the annual Harrisburg meeting. Re elected directors included Aldridge Duell Love Strathmeyer Sullivan Bedger and Homer. Dambach continues as executive secretary.
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Murray Stewart
Homer City
Richard Bedger
Indiana
Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association
Harrisburg
Jack A. Koch
Birdsboro
John 0. Chambers
Norristown
Louise 5. Hull
Dalton
W. C. Feterholf
West Chester
W. W. Dambach
Fombell R. D
Homer Thornton
Conneaut Lake
W. Dambach
FFA
Marion Center
Pennsylvania Duroc Swine Breeders Association
Clyde W. Me.Conaughey
Smicksburg
Christian Seaman
Grantsville
Kennedy Autopsy Report Confirms Shots From Above and Behind
The panel’s findings state Kennedy was struck by two bullets, one entering from above and behind at the base of the skull, another from the back at the neck area. The review panel notes the autopsy materials align with the Warren Commission’s conclusions. Burke Marshall and Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark say Kennedy and Mrs. Onassis were consulted. both declined further comment. The panel, consisting of noted pathologists and radiologists, reviewed the Kennedy autopsy materials in Washington last February.
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Clark
Washington
William H. Carnes
University of Utah
Russell S. Fisher
University of Maryland
Russell H. Morgan
John Hopkins University
Alan R. Moritz
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Kennedy
James J. Humes
Navy Medical Corps
J. ‘Thornton Boswell
Humes
James Alcock
Garrison
Britain to curb wildcat strikes with cooling off period
The Labor government outlined a two part plan to curb wildcat strikes in Britain. A 28 day cooling off period and potential fines would compel unions and employers to bargaining rounds, with a back to work order and possible penalties for noncompliance. A new industrial relations commission would review union structures and dispute jurisdiction.
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London
Britain
Barbara Castle
United States
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Henry Cabot
U.S
Paris
Vietnam
Lodge
Saigon
J. W. Fulbright
Bonn
George D. Aiken
Nixon
Johnson
1968 Test Results By DHIA Here
Indiana County dairy group reports 1968 year results with 47 herds in program. County averages show 1,977 cows reproducing 11,280 pounds milk and 457 pounds butterfat. product value per cow $661, feed costs and per cow figures listed. best cow lifetime production credited to Clyde Houck.
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Clyde Houck
Clymer R. D
Harold Marshall
Smicksburg
R. D
Walter Griffith
Marion Center
Dale Dunlap
Clarksburg
Monaskey Brothers
Jerry Nesbit
Marchand
Carl E. Walker
Marion Center R. D
Jersey
Guernsey
Homer Bowman
Obituary notices from Indiana area January 1969 edition
A compilation of obituaries and death notices for James Earl Fisher Lena Hilty John Vargo Paul Mytrysak Mary M Orvosh Frank Haslego Willis Nicholson Harry Cramer R Carlyle Foutz Mary Frantz Ference Harry Shields Laney and others from Indiana County Pennsylvania. The notices cover birth and death dates family relations church and union affiliations funeral arrangements and interment details.
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James Earl Fisher
Pittsburgh
Glen Campbell
John J. Kane
Wilson
Sally Graffius Fisher
Mary Ringbaur
Clayton
Wilkinsburg
Merlin
Char Jotte
Robert Spencer
Davis Cemetery
Jefferson County
Lena Hilty
Indiana R.D
Bell Funeral ‘Home
Indiana
Indiana Evening Gazetete
John Vargo
Newburg
N. Y
Clymer
Bence
Paul Mytrysak
Homer City
R.D
Austria - Hungary
St. Mary’s
Brush Walleley
Stephen
Rose) Dudas
Paul
Louise) Burda
Munhall
Wycilia) Zeransky
Homestead
John
Blairsville
Askew
Frank Haslego
Detroit
Mich
Rossiter R.D
Indiana County
Mary Haslege
Penn Central Railroad
Euclid
Ohio
Sam
Rossiter
George
Helen) Ferrance
Charles
Mary) Julock
Irene Hodak
Cleveland
Pyott Funeral
Burnside
SS. Peter and Paul
Urey
Harry Albert Cramer
Philadelphia
Indiana Hospital
Frances Moses Cramer
Distant
Cramer
Edgewood Ave
UMWA
Kittanning
Emma Johnson Cramer
Fred
Wanda) Barbarini
Eric
Betty Ann Skrobalak
Garnet Bell
Richard T. Bell
Elwood Stark
Zion Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Harry Shields Laney
Jane
St. Petersburg
Fla
Robinson-Lytle's
Richard Cassell
Court Sustains $45,000 Verdict Against Crucible Steel
The State Supreme Court upheld a $45,000 ruling in favor of Paul Janowicz of Pittsburgh in a Midland injury case. A frayed ordinary wire carried high voltage and snapped while he worked on scaffolding, sending him about 30 feet to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Crucible Steel Co
Midland
Crucible
Paul Janowicz
Pittsburgh
dJanowicz
Miami council protests mayor over promotion committee
Miami Beach city council members condemned Mayor Jay Dermer for appointing a 55 member promotion committee without their input and retaliated by naming a 35 000 member advisory committee in a move that signals friction between the mayor and the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Jay Dermer
Phone Program For Indiana Co Senior Citizens
The Salvation Army launches a telephone visit program for Indiana County seniors. The aim is to provide companionship by phone and assess physical emotional and spiritual needs for direct service or referrals. Sponsored with the Indiana County Office of the Aging, the program runs Tuesdays from 9 to 12 with calls made by registered nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Salvation Army
Nashville Birth Control Program Cut Back
The Nashville health department reported a cutback in the family planning program amid resignations by three clinic staffers who were pregnant. The action comes as city officials reassess efforts to curb overpopulation and provide reproductive services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Russia
Japan
Carmania reaches safety after ground near Bahamas
The Carmania, a 14 year old British liner with 471 passengers and 265 crew aboard, was freed from a sandbar off San Salvador in the Bahamas after five days. Passengers and most crew are bound for Miami aboard the Italian ship Flavia. Cunard plans refunds and some guests may transfer to the Franconia for a six day cruise.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
San Salvador
Newport News
Peter Jackson
Cunard Lines
Carmania
Flavia
Rock and Sand Reef
Fort Lauderdale
Cunard
Franconia
San Juan-St. Thomas
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Frank Crepeau
Associated Press
Dick Nixon
John Lockmionic
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Robert Bailey
Gazette
By Lawrence Malken
Dhia
James Compton
Clarksburg R. D
Indiana County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Compton
Thomas Mike ‘Sell Jr
Blairaville R. D
Harry Mack
New Florence R. D
Compaton
Wallace Pollock
Elmer Hill
Clarksburg R.D
Mary M. Orvosh
Saltsburg R.D
Latrobe Hospital
Edin
Domenick
Caterina Pastore Ghiardi
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Saltsburg
Mike Orvosh
Anna Ghiardi
John P.j
St. Mary's
Hunter Funeral Home
Robert Gahagen
Edgewood Cemetery
Thomas S$. Maskornick
St. Bernard’s
Willis Leroy Nicholson
Commodore R.D
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Cambria County
Joseph
Jennie
Ober) Nicholson
June
Fulmer) Nicholson
Lenora) Isenberg
Rochester Mills
James
Dorothy) Crawford
Vista
Ariz
Ollie Rose
Mundys Corners
Lewis
Ada
R. Carlyle
Kike) Foutz
W. Elm St
Ward R. Holder
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary (Frantz) Fer
Cherry Tree R.D
Mountain View Rest Home
Hillsdale
Raleigh Funeral Home
Rex Brickell
Thompson Cemetery
Indiana Co
Senate
Reduce Birth ‘Control Service
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