Nasser era leader reshaped Egypt during Arab rise and fall
The article traces Gamal Abdel Nasser from a rebel officer to president of Egypt, detailing his coup in 1952, rise to power, pan Arab nationalism, and reforms. It notes his birth in 1918, military career, shifting alliances, and efforts to end colonial rule while facing internal opposition and threats from groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.
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el Ri
Egypt
Nasser
Farouk
Palestine
Cairo
Free Officers Movement
Mohammed
Naguib
Revolutionary Command Council
Beni Mer
Upper Egypt
Assiut
Gamal
Alexandria
el Alamein
Sudan
Military Academy
Suez Canal Zone
West
Israel
Middle East
Africa
Nile
Aswan
Lyria
Famatic
Brotherhood
Nasser Chooses to Remain President of UAR
Gamel Abdel Nasser announced to the Egyptian National Assembly that he will stay as president, bowing to the will of the people. Speaker Anwar Sadat read the message as tens of thousands gathered in Cairo, with crowds blocked access to the Assembly and police maintaining order.
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CATRO
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Egyptian National Assembly
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Cairo
Honor Seniors At Penn State Graduation
Indiana and Saltsburg residents Jean A. Grube Metler and Bruce A. Bricklemyer are among Penn State honor graduates to receive diplomas at the June 17 commencement. Metler graduates with distinction and Bricklemyer earns high distinction.
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Church St
Indiana
Bruce A. Bricklemyer
Wood St
Saltsburg
Pennsylvania
State University
Metler
Bricklemyer
Penn Run man held after Route 422 auto crash
Samuel Long, 26, of Penn Run R D 1, was arrested for hit and run and DUI after a 7 p.m. Route 422 collision three miles east of Indiana that damaged a mud flap steel piece and a car mirror. He faces a preliminary hearing after posting bond. Robert W. Harris, 31, of Ashland R D 5, drove the tractor trailer. An X ray was ordered to assess arm injuries.
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Penn Run
Indiana
Samuel Long
Penn Run R.D. 1
Indiana Hospital
Louis Nocco
Center Two
Justice of the Peace
Robert W. Harris
Ashland R.D
Wee
Draft Call Up Again For U S
Washington AP reports the draft call rises again and may stay high for months. A Selective Service spokesman says men drafted two years ago are finishing service, explaining the August quota up to 29,1000 for Army induction and possible continued high levels unless enlistments or reserves reduce needs.
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Washington
Vietnam
Selective Service
Pentagon
Grants for Four Pennsylvania Park and Renewal Projects
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday grants for four Pennsylvania projects. South Strabane Township receives 10,947 to buy 1.6 acres for a park. Erie County authority gets 66,450 to acquire 14.5 acres for animal survival center access and aquarium space. Monroeville receives 209,450 to buy 237 acres for park use. Scranton secures 455,330 for the Peacock Hill urban renewal project.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pennsylvania
South Strabane
Washington County
Erie County Authority
Monroeville
Scranton
Peacock Hill
Police Transfer Trooper Neville to Indiana Substation
GREENSBURG The latest personnel transfer list for Troop A headquarters shows Trooper James R. Neville moving from Greensburg to the Indiana substation. Captain Joseph L. Young says the transfer takes effect July 1.
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Greensburg
Pennsylvania
James R. Neville
Indiana
Joseph L. Young
Soviets Break With Israel Over Syria Operations
Moscow reports Soviet Union will sever diplomatic ties with Israel if military actions in Syria continue. Tass notes possession of a note handed to the Israeli ambassador accusing Israeli troops of seizing Syrian territory and advancing toward Damascus despite UN security council calls to end operations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Israel
Syria
Kremlin
Isrel
Tass
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Damascus
War Leaders Clash as Syria Demands Cease Fire Ends
Amid reports of renewed fighting, Iraq and Lebanon back Nasser to stay in power while the Soviet bloc pledge aid to Arab nations unless Israel halts aggression. U Thant seeks U N observers as Damascus urges strikes and releases prisoners to aid defense.
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Moscow
Israel
Soviet Union
Sharm el Sheikh
Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Syria
U.N.’ Security Council
U Thant
U.N
Tel Aviv
Damascus
Amin Bafez
Mohamed Omran
Penn Central Merger Nears Final ICC Ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission will publish rulings on Erie-Lackawanna Boston & Maine and Delaware & Hudson, clearing the path for the Penn Central merger into a $6 billion system. The ICC approved the Penn Central merger in 1966, with hearings on protecting smaller lines and potential NS involvement.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Erie-Lackawanna
Boston & Maine
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Penn- Central
Supreme Court
Penn-Central
E-L
B&m
D&h
Norfolk & Western System
NS W
Yearbooks Set For Distribution at Armaugh High School
Armaugh United High School announces yearbooks will be distributed at the high school at 7 p.m. on Tuesday June 13. A limited number of books remain for sale to individuals who did not order one, obtainable in the gymnasium lobby.
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Armagh — United High School
Y ‘P.m
Murder charge reduced in Fayette County case
Arthur Stutler, 28, of Lemont Furnace Road District, had murder charges against him reduced to voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of 23 year old Wendell Baker of Uniontown over an iron tool. The iron reportedly pierced Baker's chest during a struggle last weekend. The reduction followed a recommendation from the district attorney's office at a Uniontown alderman hearing.
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Uniontown, Pa
Fayette County
Uniontown
Arthur Stutler
Lemont Furnace
R.D
Stutler
Wendell Baker
Baker
District Attorney’s Office
Vacation Bible School At Purchase Church Of The Brethren
The Purchaseing Church of the Brethren will conduct its annual Vacation Bible School starting at 3 a m on June 12 and running two weeks through June 23 Mrs Leona Butterbutleh directs the program this year.
Damascus Attacks Prompt UN Security Council Action
UN monitors confirm air strikes near Damascus with raids at dawn and early morning. Syria claims Israeli bombs hit the city while Israel denies the aggression, calling for observers and sanctions as the council weighs responses.
Notable Obituaries in Indiana County and Blairsville
Obituaries list Mrs Kathryn M Nice Wong er Waltermire 62 of Clymer died June 9 1967 in Indiana Hospital born December 19 1904 in Cherry Hill Township Indiana County survived by family including four sons a daughter and two brothers services conducted at the Christian Church in Clymer with interment in Garden of Christus Greenwood Cemetery Indiana Also Mrs Sarah Mae Sell Little 87 widow of P B Little died June 9 1987 former Indiana County resident survived by three sisters with services in Shelocta and interment at Shelocta A P Cemetery Torrence Donald Strayer 69 Blairsville Route 22 owner operator of Strayer Motel died June 8 1967 born May 21 1898 in Flinton Pennsylvanias Strayer survived by three daughters two sons and 16 grandchildren with funeral arrangements at Ferguson and Son Funeral Home Blairsville</S:
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Kathryn M. Nice
Wonger Waltermire
Milton G
Wakatinia
Sage St. Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Cherryhill Tnp
Indiana Co
William N
Elizabeth Mae Meekins Nicewonger
Waltermire
Christian Church of Clymer
Its
Missionary Society
Clymer R.D
William J
Middlebush
N.J
Carl E
Cleveland
Clay
Ton L
Easton
Thomas D
Harold
Evelyn
Henry
Johns
Town R.D
John
Pittsburgh
Darl
Robinson - Lytle’s
Indiana
Christian Church
Clymer
Charles E. Owston
Garden of Christus
Greenwood Cemetery
Sarah Mae Sell Little
P. B. Little
Wadsworth
Indiana County
Little
Shelocta
George
Edith) Langdon
Vandergrift
Ella) Scheller
Baltimore, Md
Joseph
Martha) Hawxhurst
R. Byron Crozier
Shelocta A. P
Torrence Donald Strayer
Blairsville
Flinton
Rolla
Jennie Schrak Strayer
Strayer
Margaret Wolford
Ted
Betty) Montie
Bell Mill
Mich
Blaine
Jackie) McGinnty
William D
Penn
Richard D
Youngstown
Wilford Gill
Lakewood
Calif
Clyde Gill
San Maria
Ferguson and Son Funeral
John C. Cogley
Arrest 3 Sought In Land Grab Leader Nabbed In Bernalillo
Reies Tijerina, 40, leader of a Militant Spanish American group, was arrested at a state police roadblock south of Bernalillo along with two men after a nationwide manhunt that included tanks and the National Guard. A rural northern New Mexico courthouse raid last Monday left two police officers wounded and two hostages taken. The trio, in the car with Tijerina, included his son Huch Reyes Tijerina and Avnaldo Velasquez. Hostages were unharmed.
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Bernalillo
N.M
Reies Tijerina
National Guard
Tijerina
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Huch Reyes Tijerina
Avnaldo Velasquez
Youngsville
San Ysidro
Frank Wallace
Albuqueque
Jerina
Wallace
Jess Sosa
Arthur Sedillo
Tony Gonsales
Baltazar Martinez
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