Vote Reversal Keeps Blairsville Renewal On Track
On a hot summer night Blairsville borough council reversed an initial rejection of an urban renewal plan. The revote adopted the project unanimously and preserves borough participation. The plan secures a $500,000 local industry if two other agencies approve the required resolutions.
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Blairsvile
Blairsville
Lower
Indiana County
Yale
West Blairsville
West Market St
Licidc
Vale Tech
Mechanics Trade School
Fatal Blast in Harrisburg Kills Clerk and Injures Officer
Capitol Police said heat and pressure caused a jug of hydrofluoric acid to explode near a snack bar in the North Office building. Mrs. Cora Long 56 of Harrisburg died at Harrisburg Hospital after the blast. Cpl. John Mesaric was treated and released for chemical burns. J Francis Jakorie identified as the acid source, with the acid obtained from a firm employee. An autopsy was ordered and investigations into why the jug was left in the corridor continue.
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State Capitol
Cora Long
Harrisburg
John Mesaric
Capitol Police
Harrisburg Hospital
Public Utility Commission
David Cochlin
J. Francis Jakorie
Cochlin
James J. Regan
Long
Turnabout For Trooper
Nelson N. Spence Jr. of Bethel paid $25 and costs after conviction for speeding in a 55 mph zone where he was clocked at 75 mph. State Trooper J P Esham was arraigned on a separate warrant charging 32 mph in a 25 mph zone. The warrant was signed by Nelson N. Spence Sr., who admitted the violation happened as Esham led the Spence car to the magistrate's office.
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Laurel
Del
Nelson N. Spence Jr
Bethel
Delaware
J.P. Esham
J. Alton Knowles
Nelson
Esham
Knowles
Nelson N. Spence Sr
Spence
Church Teams In Free-For-All
Springfield Ohio AP Clark County sheriff’s deputies broke up a bat swinging brawl between two softball teams from Lutheran Inner Mission and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. One man was hospitalized with a possible concussion. another was treated and released. The melee began over an umpire’s call during the game.
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Springfield
Ohio
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Lutheran Inner Mission
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Indiana State College Receives Education Grant
Indiana State College has been awarded an $83,514 grant from the U S Office of Education to help provide jobs for students from low income families. Announcement for the grant and other college awards in Pennsylvania was made this week by Sen. Joseph S Clark. Other grants include Edinboro State College 12960 Seton Hill Greensburg 2304 Gannon Erie 20571 Mercyhurst Erie 4645 Penn State 15622 St Vincent Latrobe 7465 Villa Marie Erie 11381.
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U. S. Office of Education
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Joseph S. Clark
Edinboro State College
Seton Hill
Greensburg
Gannon
Erie
Mercyhurst
Penn State
St. Vincent
Latrobe
Villa Marie
Reserve Call Up Possible
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara indicated that new U S troop increases in South Vietnam could require calling up reserves extending tours of duty and enlarging draft calls. He, along with Henry Cabot Lodge and Gen Earle Wheeler, will survey Saigon for a week likely to lead to substantial force increases and new decisions. President Johnson said decisions would await the survey group return.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Viet Nam
Johnson
Johnson near tears as Stevenson dies in London
President Johnson, visibly moved, learns Adlai E. Stevenson has died in London on a peace mission. Secretary of State Rusk conveyed the news at the White House during a luncheon with the United States Japan trade committee, prompting tributes in Congress and solemn notices from leaders including Carl Albert and Paul Douglas.
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Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Congress
Stevenson
Dean Rusk
U.S
London
President
Rusk
White House
William D. Moyers
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Adlai Stevenson
Paul H. Douglas
D-Inl
Senate
Illinois
Douglas
Lloyd Hand
Obituaries for Mary Catherine Chidboy Albert Edsall and Albert Monroe Perkins
Obituaries list three deaths: Mrs Mary Catherine Chidboy aged 65 of Glen Campbell R D. Albert A Edsall aged 82 of Derry Township New Alexandria R D. Albert Monroe Perkins aged 77 of 1127 Grant Street Indiana.
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Chidboy
Mary Catherine
Glen Campbell R.D
Edsall
Albert A
Derry
New Alexandria R. D
Weather Outlook With Warm Humidity and Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy and warm today with a high of 85 to 92 degrees. Tonight will see scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and a low around 64 to 72. Thursday remains partly cloudy and less humid with a high of 80 to 85.
Free Beer Haul in Deep California Gorge Attracts Raiders
A derailed San Diego Arizona and Eastern Railway train spilled 27 000 cans of beer into the Carriso Gorge near Jacumba California. Local youths and others waged a risky raid to recover the beer, with sheriff deputies seizing what they could and charging several trespassers.
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Jacumba
Calif
San Diego
Arizona and Eastern Railway
San Diego County
Carriso Gorge
Mariner 4 Prepares for Historic Mars Closeups
In Pasadena the Mariner 4 spacecraft answered its earth command after five months, confirming readiness to begin a sequence of up to 21 photographs. The 575 pound craft will fly about 6,000 miles from Mars and return images to Earth, potentially addressing long standing questions about life on the planet.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Pacific
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Earth
Deepest Bomber Penetration Against North Vietnam
U S fighter bombers reached 37 miles north-northeast of Dien Bien Phu in their deepest strike of the war, damaging two trucks with four F105s. The raid formed part of a larger operation involving over 70 planes against barracks and depots. In Da Nang area fighting killed 26 at An Hoa and 26 at a government outpost as a heavy air assault and ground action unfolded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Red China
Hanoi
le My
da Nang
Viet Nam
An Hoa
Quang Nam
U.S. Army
Short honeymoons sweeter says wedding consultant
Chicago AP reports wedding consultant Louis Seno says short honeymoons improve marriages. He urges two weeks max, noting long trips let couples tire of each other and reveal faults. The expert, 41 and father of four, argues home life after travel starts real happiness without overlong vacations.
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Chicago
Louis Seno
Seno
Prince Charming
Leno
Tix
Stevenson Dies In London After Embassy Collapse
Adlai E. Stevenson, 65, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and twice Democratic presidential candidate, collapsed outside the U S Embassy in Grosvenor Square London. He was taken to St George s Hospital where he died. He had met Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart and lunched with Prime Minister Harold Wilson earlier.
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London
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
United Nations
Grosvenor Square
St. George's Hospital
Stevenson
Michael Stewart
Foreign Office
Harold Wilson
Chequers
British Broadcasting Corp
U.S
Viet Nam
St. George’s Hospital
Illinois
Europe
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Geneva
U.N
San Francisco
U Thant
Hyde Park Corner
Buckingham Palace
Paris
United States
Security Council
Dominican Republic
Harry S. Truman
U.N. General Assembly
John F. Kennedy
Denial of Rehearing in Sheppard Life Sentence Case
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court denied Dr. Sam Sheppard a rehearing after ordering his return to the Ohio Penitentiary to serve a life term for his first wife’s slaying. The 2-1 ruling keeps open an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court as Sheppard seeks continued freedom on bond amid his ongoing case.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sam Sheppard
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Cleveland Osteopath
Sheppard
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Sheppards
Cleveland
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
Associated Press
Supreme Court
FBI Chief Warns Communists Are National Security Threats
Washington AP report quotes J. Edgar Hoover stating that most of the 800 Communist bloc officials in the United States, protected by diplomatic immunity, are dangerous to U.S. security and have engaged in intelligence work.
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Washington
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
German Foreign Workers Rise by 250000 in Year
The German federal labor office reports 1,164,000 foreign workers were employed in the labor-short industries by June 30, up more than a quarter of a million from the previous year.
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Mernberg
Germany
Federal Labor Office
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