Johnson urges four year House term and direct presidential vote
President Johnson asks Congress to amend the constitution to set a four year House term and to abolish the Electoral College in favor of direct presidential ballots while preserving a state based electoral vote. He cites modern governance needs and historic debate from the constitutional convention. Ted Williams elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in first year of eligibility.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
James Madison
Boston
Ted_ Wil
Baseball Hall of Fame
Boston Red
Stephens Promoted to Pittsburgh District Deputy Engineer
William S. Stephens, longtime Pennsylvania Highways official, is transferred to the Pittsburgh District as Deputy District Engineer for Allegheny and Beaver counties. The promotion, announced by Chief Engineer Victor Anckaitis, aims to speed metropolitan highway planning and execution. Stephens, a Johnstown native and Bucknell alumnus, has 27 years with the department and previously led District 10.
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Harrisburg
William S. Stephens
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Pittsburgh
Stephens
Allegheny
Beaver
Highways Department
Philadelphia
J. P. Ambler
Beaver Counties
Victor W. Anckaitis
State Highways Department
Anckaitis
Department
Indiana
District 10
Lunar New Year Truce Violations Near Tuy Hoa
Viet Cong attacks surfaced just after the lunar new year cease fire began. A Viet Cong company fired on U S forces near Tuy Hoa at 1 50 p m, 101st Airborne troops returning fire and killing one enemy. Earlier, U S jets and B 52s bombed Viet Cong positions in Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian frontier.
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Tuy Hoa
U.S
101St Airborne Brigade
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Authority Acts On UR Projects In Blairsville Indiana
The Redevelopment Authority of Indiana County held a special meeting at 519 Philadelphia St Indiana to act on urban renewal projects in Blairsville and Indiana. It approved a 505 848 temporary loan for West Blairsville redevelopment at 4 1 8 percent and sought HUD funding plus a 414 348 federal grant and a 42 000 relocation payment. It also sought a 64 058 state grant for Blairsville and named Anthony P Tate and Dorothy Mantini relocation officer and secretary for central Indiana Redevelopment. Disposition talks cover 120 000 for 374 732 square feet and a 34 000 price for 63 720 square feet of land adjoining Philadelphia St. The process includes HUD concurrence and approvals by GSA IU and Governor Scranton.
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Redevelopment Authority of
County of
Indiana
Philadelphia St
Blairsville
West Blairsville
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Commonwealth of
Central Indiana
Federal Agency
HUB
General State Authority
Willis Pratt
Department of Public Instruction
William W. Scranton
Authority
HUD
Pennsylvania Railroad
GSA
Indiana County
County Redevelopment Authority
Urban Renewal Authority
Weather shifts as snow flurries mix with freezing drizzle.
Considerable cloudiness with intermittent light snow flurries and freezing drizzle today, then partly cloudy Friday with little temperature change. Highs 25 to 32 today and 24 to 30 Friday, and tonight’s lows 18 to 25. Elkin Farm Equip. closes due to a death in the family, reopening Monday.
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Elkin Farm Equip
School Bus Auto Crash Injures Teen Passenger
Gregory Lagoda, 16, of Black Lick R D was treated in fair condition at Indiana Hospital after a collision on South Main Street in Homer City at 7 45 am. The car skidded into a school bus injuring Lagoda with a forehead laceration. Driver Joseph McCracken 19 and passenger Kenneth Bruner 18 were uninjured. The bus driver was John Barletta 60 Railroad Street Homer City. Police estimate bus damage at 150 while the car was a total loss.
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Homer City
Gregory Lagoda
Black Lick
R. D
Indiana Hospital
South Main St
Juniper St
Lagoda
Joseph McCracken
Kenneth R. Bruner
Blairsville R. D
McCracken
John Barletta
Railroad
Fear 60 Drowned As Launch Sinks
The Cameroon Times reports 60 people drowned and 40 missing after a launch capsized near the western coast of Cameroon. The boat had departed from Lobe destined for Obon in the eastern Niger delta region.
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Fear
Yaounde
Cameroon
Cameroon Times Today
Lobe
Obon
Nigeria
Fee splitting by surgeons warned by American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons warns doctors against fee splitting with second rate surgeons, saying it risks inferior care and potential disciplinary action. Patients should insist on separate bills and itemized payments to detect covert arrangements.
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Chicago
American College of Surgeons
John Paul North
UI. Inuilt
North
Water Line Break Repaired on Oak land Ave
Clymer Water Service employees found an eight inch break on Oak land Ave near South Tenth St and repaired it by 3 a.m. today. The cast iron pipe was fixed without interrupting service. A damaged section of Oak land Ave remains, drivers warned to proceed with caution until work is finished.
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Clymer Water Service
Oakland Ave
South Tenth St
Johnson cites Viet Nam peace path and calls for open doors
President Johnson urged that North Viet Nam block peace hopes by assuming the U S will abandon its principles or allies. He joined Harry S. Truman to launch the Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace and said the door of peace must stay open while aggression is closed. He noted talks abroad by Rusk and Harriman with Kosygin and planned to confer on return.
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Independence
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
Harry S. Truman
Truman Center For the Advancement of Peace
Washington
Dean Rusk
W. Averell
Harriman
Alexei N. Kosygin
Rusk
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Nguyen Cao
Death Delays Krebiozen Trial in Chicago
The mail fraud and conspiracy trial of four men promoting Krebiozen stalled after juror father’s death. Judge Hoffman may push proceedings to Monday if Mrs. Dorothy M. Drust of Waukegan cannot attend Friday. Trial enters ninth month with closing arguments and jurors due to reach verdict mid next week.
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Chicago
Krebiozen
Dorothy M. Drust
Waukegan
Julius J. Hoffman
Drust
Obituaries listed for Domenick Bruno and others on page four
Death notices include Domenick Bruno 76 Nanty Glo Simpson C. Devinney 57 New Alexandria R D 2 Alexander Clark Elkin 89 Plumville George Paulus Giannakopoulos 73 Indiana Daisy C Haag 80 Sykesville Ben Scolnik 77 296 S Seventh St Indiana all in local obituaries section
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Scolnik
Ben
S. Seventh St
Indiana
Johnson invites Gandhi to Washington keep Shastri date
President Johnson invited Indira Gandhi to visit the United States, keeping the Feb 1 date Lal Bahadur Shastri had set, while noting possible postponement. He delivered Humphrey’s message of joy over her election as prime minister and discussed U S Indian relations and aid, with Gandhi signaling willingness but facing domestic political pressure.
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New Delhi
India
Johnson
Indira Gandhi
Washington
Congress Party
U.S
Chester Bowles
Gandhi
Hubert H. Humphrey
Shastri
United States
Congress
McNamara Quizzed On Viet Nam Funds
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testifies before a closed Senate joint session asking about President Johnsons request for 12.761 billion dollars to finance the Viet Nam war. Senator Richard B. Russell leads the two committees as hearings are expected to extend over two days.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
Johnson
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Congress
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Armstrong
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Butler Counties
Johnstown
Bucknell University
By Robert Goldenstein
His County Medical Society
Homer City State Bank of
Rocky Glenn
Pennsylvania
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nelson Kauffman
Marion Center
Fire Hall
Dewey O. Boster
State
Kauffman
Homer City State Bank
Walker
Sam §. Walker
Walton “Bulldog” Walker
Trung Lap
Bruno
Domenick
Elkin, Alexander Clark
Plumville
Giannakopoulos
George “Paulus
R. BD
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