King Carries Crusade Into Chicago Streets
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led a large Chicago march ending at City Hall to demand removal of school chief Benjamin Willis and pressure Mayor Daley on desegregation. About 10 000 to 30 000 participants filled La Salle Street and Grant Park as police managed traffic. King planned a Cleveland stop for a four city swing following Chicago.
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King
Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
City Hall
la Salle
Atlanta
State
Madison Streets
Cleveland
Ohio
Philadelphia
Washington
Grant Park
Lake Shore
Benjamin C. Willis
Richard J. Daley
Ben Willis
la Salle Street
Chancellor Heyns Named to Lead Berkeley Amid Unrest
Dr. Roger W. Heyns, 47, chief academic officer at the University of Michigan since 1962, was named chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley. The appointment follows student free speech conflicts and a Sproul Hall sit–in last fall. Heyns rose from faculty in 1947, served four years in Army Air Corps, and is noted for administrative skill.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Roger W. Heyns
University of California At Berkeley
Heyns
University of Michigan
California
Berkeley
Sproul Hall
Michigan
Real Estate Bill Clears Senate as House Amendment Moves Forward
Harrisburg Reuters reports a bill to exempt new homes from the 1 percent real estate transfer tax cleared the final legislative hurdle after the Senate agreed 48 to 0 with a House amendment removing the land from the exemption. Opponents warn the change would cost the state about 4 million dollars annually in revenue.
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Harrisburg
Dems Press For Final Vote On Union Shop Repeal
House Democrats push to end state bans on union shop contracts under Taft-Hartley Section 14b. A 248 to 171 test vote backed a one time procedure to move the bill to the floor. Powell led the Labor Committee amid GOP charges of a gag rule as Ford warned of broader amendments.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Labor Committee
Powell
Rules Committee
Obituaries for Emanuel Lanfrankie Reece Early in Pittsburg area
Death notices list Howard W. Emanuel 60 of 418 Point St Salisburg Mary Lanfrankie 52 of East Pittsburgh formerly Black Lick Cleaves Mentzer Reece 75 of 831 Chestnut St Indiana Harriet Early 70 of Black Lick among Be Deaths on Page 2
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Lanfrankie
Andrew
Mary
East Pittsburgh
Black Lick
Celebrezze to Quit Welfare Post for Federal Judgeship
President Johnson announced Anthony J. Celebrezze will resign as secretary of welfare to become a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge for the Sixth District. John W. Gardner, a Republican and Carnegie Corp. president, will be named to the cabinet post and praised for his education leadership and White House Education Conference influence.
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Washington
Johnson
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Welfare
John W. Gardner
The
Carnegie Corp
Celebrezze
Gardner
Bane
Cleveland
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
U.S
White House
Ex Countian Driver Charged In Fatal Ontario Crash
Stratford Ontario police charged Joseph Mavity of Stratford with a dangerous driving offense after a two car collision and fire on Highway 7 east of Stratford. Miles D Miller a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Hospital and his wife from Silver Springs Maryland died in the crash. Mrs Miller age 32 died en route to hospital. her husband 34 burned beyond recognition. Mrs Miller was a 1954 Indiana Hospital School of Nursing graduate. Mavity suffered minor injuries. The Millers left five children.
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Stratford
Ontario
Joseph Mavity
Indiana County
Miles D. Miller
Silver Springs
Mavity
Highway 7
Auto Sticker Deadline Nears In Harrisburg
Harrisburg AP reports the semi annual auto inspection period ends Saturday with no extension from Secretary of Revenue Theodore B. Smith Jr. The notice adds that Homer Legion party is planned for tonight.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Revenue
Theodore B. Smith, Jr
Divorces Granted to Mother and Daughter in Asheville
A mother Doris F. Kerr and her daughter June Kerr Collins were granted divorces on the same day by the same jury and lawyer on the ground of separation. Judge Robert B. Wilson called it the first mother daughter divorces he ever heard of. Kerrs began separations in 1957 and 1959 respectively.
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Asheville
N.C
Robert B. Wilson
Doris F. Kerr
June Kerr Collins
Quintuplets Born in Auckland at National Women's Hospital
Shirley Ann Lawson, 26, delivered quintuplets including one boy and four girls all in incubators at National Women's Hospital in Auckland. The boy weighed 4 pounds at birth and the girls weighed 3 pounds 3 ounces, 4 pounds 3 ounces, 4 pounds 2 ounces, and 3 pounds 7 44 ounces. The delivery was without complications. all babies reported doing well.
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Auckland
New Zealand
National Women’s Hospital
Shirley Ann Lawson
R. A. Warren
Heath elected Conservative leader in Britain after first ballot
Edward Heath won the Conservative leadership in a first ballot vote in London. Reginald Maudling withdrew after trailing 150-133 with 15 votes for Enoch Powell among 298 Tory MPs. Heath, 49, headed the race with Powell perceived as a long shot.
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London
Edward Heath
Heath
Reginald Maudling
Enoch Powell
House of Commons
Maudling
Britain
Powell
Buchanan Seeks To Expand State College Trustees Board
Harrisburg Representative William G. Buchanan introduced a bill to raise trustee seats for Indiana State College and the 13 state colleges from nine to fifteen. Governors would appoint after nomination by the Council of Higher Education with six year terms and existing terms to continue.
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Harrisburg
William G. Buchanan
Indiana County
Indiana State College
Council of Higher Education
Buchanan
Boards of Trustees
Weather forecast partly cloudy with mild temperatures
Partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change. Tonight will be in the 60s and Wednesday’s high will reach the 50s. Mild, unsettled pattern expected with no drastic shifts.
Mrs Reece Passes Away in Indiana Hospital
Cleaves Mentzer Reece 75 of 831 Chestnut St died early this morning in Indiana Hospital eight days after husband Philip Paul Reece died July 19. Friends may visit tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Robinson Lytle’s Indiana. services Thursday at 11 a.m. with Rev. John L. Kipp officiating. Obituary to appear in tomorrow's Gazette.
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Cleaves Mentzer Reece
Chestnut St
Indiana Hospital
Philip Paul Reece
Robinson - Lytle’s
Indiana
John L. Kipp
Gazette
Johnson weighs bigger Vietnam commitment after talks
President Johnson plans meetings with Democratic and Republican leaders at the White House to decide on increasing U S involvement in Vietnam. Officials note possible use of reserves and a higher draft. McNamara calls Viet Cong to government forces ratio unacceptable. About 75,000 U S troops are in Vietnam with talks of raising to 179,000.
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White House
Bill D. Moyers
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Moyers
Maxwell D. Taylor
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
U.S
US Fighters Knock Out Missile Site
A flight of 46 Air Force fighter bombers knocked out one antiaircraft missile site and damaged another in North Vietnam near Hanoi. Three F105 planes were shot down amid intense ground fire during a low level attack on two newly found sites. The two sites use semi mobile equipment and followed a prior strike on five sites around Hanoi. Assistant Secretary Sylvester said pilots reported destroying one site and damaging the other.
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Hanoi
U.S
Asst
Arthur Sylvester
Blairsville Mothers Protest Speeding on Indiana Ave
Mothers from Indiana Ave and Evans St in Blairsville, led by Mrs. Or en Leonard and Mrs. James Groft, formed a line with signs to slow traffic on state highway 32016. They demand speed limit signs and safer school bus transport for 20 children walking to school, noting the area lacks sidewalks and is divided by borough and township boundaries.
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Blairsville
Indiana Ave
Evans St
Enterprise
Oren Leonard
James Groft
Party Catholic Center
Leonard
Brian L. Becker
Becker
Burrell Two
Burrell
Township Increases Occupation Tax and Millage Rate
Marion Center South Mahoning Township School Board raises the occupation valuation tax millage from 40 to 100 mills and retains the $5 per capita tax. The action reenacts the occupation tax with higher rates.
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Marion Center
South Mahoning Two
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Stonycreek
Homer Legion
Tory Party
Mrs. Reece
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