Blairsville board approves budget and two mill tax hike
Blairsville area school directors last night approved a 1968-69 budget of 2,298,283 dollars and a two mill increase to fund salaries and programs. The plan raises per capita tax to 10 dollars and starts a one half percent earned income tax. Several contracts were approved for staff, and transportation for a handicapped pupil was authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Sham
Patrick Kopechick
Rita
Bairsville - Sattsburg
McMahon
Natalie Wildfire
Timothy Wildfire
Bonnie DeMarines
Janet
Horrell
Burrell Township
Black Lick
Rea Lj
June Dean
Carol
Cerovich
Helen Pentrack
Norman Bortz
Theodore Gard
Robert Gill
John Lamation
Bert
Jn- Mra
Laura Cindric
Loyalhanly J
Sally Lou Dunlap
Blacklick Two
Tom Watkins
Indiana County
Ruth Carlson
Burrell Two
PTA
Burrell
J. Herbert
Board George Insurance Agency
Carl Devin
Ney
Alexandria
Saltsburg High School
Devinney
Ann Burggeman
Homer City
Saltsburg
Catherine McClure
Joe Emer
John Cunningham
James Merlick
Roger Young
Andini
Kathleen Kopchick
Beth
Mary Lee Cunning
Platform focus guides GOP governors before Tulsa convention
In Tulsa for the final preconvention meeting, 20 Republican governors concentrate on the party platform rather than candidates. Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan are among the possible contenders. Nixon’s lead worries governors, with Agnew remaining independent and severalRockefeller backers no longer pressing for commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Republican Governors Association
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Charge Two In Attempt At Bribery
Pittsburgh AP report says city magistrate Leonard Civill and grand jury clerk Joseph Bonom are accused of offering two policemen a bribe to go easy on a drunken driving case. Civill faces a Wednesday hearing, with Conroy and Buryaini charged as accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Leonard A. Civill
Joseph Bonom
Lebanon
Michael J. Conroy
Richard J. Buryaini
Civill
Bonomo
Orvill
Crvill
Father Doychak Named Dean of Deanery II Indiana County
Father Louis W. Doychak, administrator of St. Bernard Indiana, is named dean of Deanery II for three years. Since 1967 he led St. Bernard and directed Catholic Charities from 1960 to 1967, also serving on the Matrimonial Court. A Munhall native, he studied at Duquesne University and St. Vincent Seminary, ordained June 14 1942 by Bishop Hugh Boyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis W. Doychak
St. Bernard
Indiana
Indiana County
Fr. Doychak
Catholic Charities
Munhall
Duquesne University
St. Vincent Seminary
Hugh Boyle
Paris Police Break Up Student Siege At Sorbonne And Odeon
Paris police dispersed a mob of students who had occupied the Sorbonne main building for weeks ending a brief clash with about 20 Katangese militants. No injuries were reported as students organized cleaning crews while reiterating opposition to university reforms.
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Odeon
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Witra
Wena Hennes Paris
Vere
Katangese
Jean-Louis Barrault
Madeleine Renaud
Ultramilitants
Uba
Katigese
Mercenares
Katanga
Hud
District Hospital June admissions and discharges list
Admissions for June 15 include Barbara Grace Thompson Homer City Thelma W Patterson Marion Center Robin Lynn Alexander Homer City Connie Elaine Rupert and Kathy Lynn Rupert Blairsville Miss Gloria Sabella Blairsville Frances Taylor Indiana Robert Lee Indiana Mary Ferrier Commo dore Harold St Hans Clarksburg Dwight Schell Indiana Harry Shuttleworth Clymer Beatrice Brewer Black Lick. Discharges for June 13 include Daniel Harmon Homer City Tammy Adams Home Kevin Little Indiana Kimberly Letso Indiana Linda Kirsch Dixonville Clifford Keil Blairsville James Wright Indiana Linda Ruddock Indiana Morganti Taber Indiana Eugene Lepley Indiana Susan Fleming Elder ton Virginia Ganley Indiana Paulette Wofford Creekside Gwen Kunkle Indiana Ivan Stevens Indiana Virginia Smith Indiana Alice Stiles Indiana Dorothy Strong Strongstown Julia Tatay Clymer Dorothy Cronan Ernest Ruth Stuchell Blairsville Betty Ashbaugh Indiana.
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Barbara Grace Thompson
Malin St
Homer City
Thelma W. Patterson
R.D
Marion Center
Robin Lynn Alexander
Connie Elaine
Kathy Lynn Rupert
Sheloda
Gloria Marie Sabella
Brady St
Blairsville
Frances Taylor
S. 7Th. St
Indiana
Robert A. Lee
Mc Henry Rd
Mary C. Ferrier
Harold St. Hans
Clarksburg
Dwight Schell
S. St
Harry L. Shuttleworth
Sixth St
Clymer
Beatrice Brewer
Black Lick
Daniel James Harmon
Columbia St
Tammy Kay Adams
Kevin Clyde
Mark A. Taber
Fisher Ave
Eugene Edward Lepley, Jr
Church St
Susan Gale Fleming
Elderton
Virginia Ganley
W. RD. 1
Paulette Wofford
Creekside
Gwen Kunkle
Chestnut St
Ivan R. Stevens
Carter Ave
Virginia Smith
Oakland Avs
Alice M. Stiles
Dorothy R. Strong
Strongstown
Julia Tatay
Morris St
Dorothy E. Wilson
Dixon Rd
Raymond Wilson
Ronald Wilson
Carrie B. Correll
2Nd St
Guenter
Parow
Catherine Lytle
Maple St
Wintondale
Kathryn A. Kronstain
Conway Waitrose Rd
Freedom
Ernest Gibbons
Ruth Stuchell
Dorothy A. Cronan
Ernest
Betty J. Ashbaugh
S. Std
Local Health and Births and Arrest Notes
Admits and discharges list includes Mrs Arch Scrian Rossiter and Mrs James Hadden Marion Center R D 2 along with Mrs Elizabeth Vadary Rossiter and Joseph Brilhart Rossiter RD 1. Birth announcements: Mr and Mrs Charles Faish Wintondale June 13 at Memorial Hospital and Mr and Mrs Carl Bagley Cherry Tree June 13. Arson case noted for Keith A in Indiana. Community birth, adoption and local names across Latrobe Kittanning and Spangler regions.
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Punxsutawney
Arch Scrian
Rossiter
James Hadden
Marion Center R. D
Elizabeth Vadary
Joseph Brilhart
R. D
Johnstown
Charles Faish
Wintondale
Son
Memorial Hospital
Spangler
Mrs
Carl Bagley
Cherry Tree
Police Halt Wagon Train in Georgia Intercept on I-20
The Georgia State Patrol halted a 14-wagon mule train of the Poor People's campaign west of Athens on Interstate 20 and arrested about 70 people for traveling a four lane highway without motorized vehicles. Wagons were left by an entry ramp at Geargid 92 as two patrolmen watched. Capt. J H Cofer said he accompanied the group from Marks Mississippi and would aid safe passage.
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Douglasville
Georgia State Patrol
Poor People's Campaign
National Guard
Athinta
Resurrection City
Washington, D.C
J. H. Cofer
Georgia
Alabama
Drive For Presidency Rocks Pennsylvania Delegation Split
Gov Shafer keeps delegation together as Rockefeller earns broad but not universal support. An AP poll shows Rockefeller with emboldened backing from Pennsylvania's 64 delegates, while Nixon Reagan and others plan moves, as Shafer weighs uncommitted sitters and aims to influence the national convention clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Romney
Shafer
Post- Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Rockefeller
The
Pennsylvanian
New York
NBC
Raymond P. Shafer
Vorite
Rockefeller
Associated Press
Gates
Rockefel
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Jing
York
Ohio
Michigan
U.S
Hugh Scott
Forjovs
James Rhodes
William W. Scranton
Kittanning Bypass Hearing Planned Amid Expressway Push
Senator Albert R. Pechan said the State Highways Department will hold a public hearing within two weeks on the eastern portion of the Kittanning Bypass as part of the Allegheny Expressway. The two mile segment south east of Kittanning, from Route 66 interchange to Route 422 East, costs about 4 million, with bridge work on the Allegheny River to begin next year.
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Albert R. Pechan
Ford City
State Highways Department
Kittanning
Pechan
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
West
Thie Nortion
Wemene Geare Veweeee
Pitts
Burgh
Richard Fleck
Zion
Brookville
Janeway
Miles
Dawn Seagren
Alfgehenydon
Bonnie Butlers
Armstrong
Arthur Mor
Leah Gless
Courier
Meryl Bailing
Ju- Flot
Young
Louise Bushana Froinccarnld Nloee
Pilot Dies In Crash Near Somerset, Pa
An AP report states a light plane crashed in a logging area near Somerset Pennsylvania, and two men could not rescue the pilot as his aircraft burned.
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Somerset
Zion Church School Opens Monday for Vacation Session
Zion Lutheran Vacation Church School begins Monday June 17 for a two week session. The program titled God and His World emphasizes science as the key theme of the series.
Chain Store Executive Dies
Roger M Laverty Sr longtime head of Thriftimart Inc dies at 78 in Santa Monica Calif News notes his prior work with A F chain from 1912 to 1932 and that funeral services are set for Beverly Hills Content includes scattered unrelated items about church schools safety and aviation incidents from Latrobe to Williamsport with no clear cohesive event beyond Laverty's death
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Santa Monica
Calif
Roger M. Laverty Sr
Thiftimart, Inc
St. John’s Hospital
Laverty
Pittsburgh
California
Thriftimart
Beverly Hills
Arrests After Clash at Lycoming Avco Plant
In Williamsport Pennsylvania police detained six protesters after a confrontation at the Lycoming Division of Avco Corp. Five others suffered minor injuries. officials said the arrests were for contempt of a court order restricting picketing. Plant warned salaried workers to leave at 5 p.m.
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Williamsport
Lycoming Divsion
Avco Corp
Eugene Pauling
Pasquerilla Backed By Teamsters
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 110 in Johnstown endorses Frank J. Pasquerilla for State Treasurer in the November 5 election. The endorsement, announced by Jack P. Adams, represents about 2,000 active members across Cambria, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.
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The
International Brotherhood
Teamsters
Helpers of America
Johntown
Frank J. Pasquerilla
Jack P. Adams
Teamsters Local 110
Cambria
Bedford
Blair
Centre
Clearfield
Fulton
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Somerset
Westmoreland
Adams
Pasquerilla
Pennsylvania
Johnstown Building and Construction Trades Council
Monongahela Valley Building and Construction Trades Council
Johnstown
Brownsville
Altoona
Johnsltown
Insurance Workers International
Kiesinger Demands Western Counteraction Over East German Rules
West German Chancellor Kiesinger urged a serious counterreaction from the United States Britain and France after East Germany imposed new overland travel limits to West Berlin. Western allies planned to raise the issue with the Soviets while Soviets backed East German action in Pravda. Police warned more tieups as traffic returned to normal but delays persisted Thursday and into Friday.
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East Germany
Kiesinger
I\'ll Be Dog Gone in Vancouver Voter List
Florence Pyper says her 10 month-old terrier Scara mouche Hope appeared on the Vancouver-Quadra voter registration list. She does not know how the dog got on the rolls or how he would vote, adding her family avoids politics and religion discussions.
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Vancouver
B.C
Florence Pyper
Ghettie
Scaramouche Hope
Vancouver-Quadra
Obituaries in Indiana area list multiple deaths
Obituaries list Helen Louise Olp 39 of Marion Center R D 1 who died June 13 1968 at Miners Hospital Spangler born January 17 1929 in Hillsdale wife of Henry Olp and mother of Bonnie Carol William and Robert with many siblings and one grandson. Also listed are Terry Louis Fyock 28 of Indiana died in Vietnam June 3 1968 with family survivors and military funeral details and Josie Lightner Indiana resident who died June 14 1968 and James M Repine 85 Saltsburg R D 1 who died June 12 1968 with funeral arrangements and interment details.
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Helen Louise Olp
Marion Center
R.D
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Clark
Blanche Biss Stewart
Glen Cair
Hillsdale
Henry Olp
Wade
Bonnie) Wetzel
Rochester Mills
Raleigh
William Miller
Rowley Cemetery
Terry Louis Fyock
East Pike
Indiana
Vietnam
39Th Infantry
Sth
U.S. Army
Windber
Louis C
Dorothy Nanamaker Fyock
Beaverdale
Summersville
Huntington
W. Va
Nicholas County High School
Marshall University
David Lee
Fort Knox
Delain Mark
James
Miriam) Bivins
Ashboro
N.C
Lynne Annette
Robinson-Lytle’s
Clayton Gehman
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Johnstown
Josie Lightner
Bell Funeral Home
Indiana Evening Gazette
James M. Repine
Saltsburg R.D
Hunter Funeral Home
Saltsburg
Stewart
Greenwood Cemetery
Destroyer Waldron and Tug Kiowa Collide at Sea
A Destroyer Waldron and fleet tug Kiowa collided 200 miles east of Charleston in an Atlantic Fleet exercise. No injuries reported. both Norfolk ships sustain undetermined damage. Waldron headed to Charleston. Kiowa ferried toward Southport as Du Pont Goodrich stood by for assistance. Exercise begins June 20.
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Norfolk, Va
Waldron
Charleston
D.C
du Pont
Goodrich
Kiowa
Southport
N.C
Thefleet
Wasp
Truckee
Virginia Capes
Atlantic Fleet
Virginia
Hampton Roads
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New
Doychak
Paris
District Hospital Register
Indiana Hospital
Alice J. Hanawalt
Philadelphia St
Keith A
Vatley
Metenaie A. Boyer
Gieloda R
Betty L. Valenti
Mark C. Kunkle
Blairsville R. D
Latrobe
Edith Dunkelman
Annie Wilson
Avonmore
Maude Kelly
Lois Miller
New Alexandria RD
Kennedy
Mike Balestrino
John F
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington Cemetery
Balestrino
Mexico
Jim York
Kenova
Rocky Eyes
Shirley Ferrey
Elizabeth Walker
Carol Merks
Darla Mechling
Shirley Westenberger
Evelyn Bardriss
Norma Aho
Diane Campbell
Helen Myers
Grace Stover
Susan Themen
Jack J. Wood
Ruth ‘Stein
Warner
Monroeville
Burns
Commi- Stein
WeUne Cunimuce
Latrobe Aviation
Avco Management
Morgan
June Creps
Westy
Berlin
Atlantic
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