Rank And File To New Choice Steelworkers Vote Strike
Pittsburgh AP reports for the first time rank and file United Steelworkers members will vote on a possible strike. The USW plans a strike vote July 22 ahead of an August 1 deadline after leadership shifted power to rank and file. Deliberations continue as union and company teams negotiate fringe benefits and wages for the 11 largest steel producers.
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William Petrisko
Duquesne Works
Andrew Toth
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U.S. Says Attacks Hurt Talks At Paris Peace Talks
Negotiators report no progress after new North Vietnamese demand to halt all bombing with no reciprocity. U.S. and North Vietnamese sides resume talks after a week’s recess, with coffee breaks seen as potential avenues for private peace exploration. Ambassador Harriman away. Cyrus Vance leads U.S. team opposing unconditional bombing end.
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Xuan Thuy
Harriman
Scout Office Summer Hours
The Indiana Service Center of Talus Rock Girl Scout Council will close from July 1 to August 19. It will open 9 a.m. to noon during the last two weeks of August and on September 3 resume regular hours, 12 30 to 3 30 p.m. five days a week.
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Two Jima flag ceremony rekindles memories of war
On Iwo Jima, Americans lowered the flag on Mt Suribachi 23 years after Marines raised it. An Associated Press photo from the ceremony spread worldwide. Veterans recalled the battle as Tokyo returned the Volcanos and Bonins to Japan, while autographs were exchanged and mixed feelings emerged about wartime wounds and reconciliation.
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Fayette County Criminal Court
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Flemington
W.va
Joe
Ming
Belle
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Morgans
West Virginia
Krukke
Homer Center School Board names librarian and athletic staff
Homer Center School Board hired Miss Joan Patterson of Yatesboro as librarian for the junior senior high school to replace retirement. Steve Vargo was named transportation maintenance supervisor and Clyde Silvers became bus driver mechanic. Contracts went to Luther Ford for a 1961 GMC school bus and a summer program was approved for 400 summer school students. The board also added varsity wrestling and sought bids for classroom furniture typewriters and a calculator, with driver names and training pending.
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Gram
John Cippollini
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Homer Sald Koleman
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Yates
Roger Finotti
Boro
Clarion
State College
Dorothy Stephens
Steve Vargo
Center Two
Clyde Silivers
Luther Ford Sales
GMC
William Thewes
Expan
Walco Products
Mattox Office Equipment
Indiana
Monroeorp
Senate Blocks Funds For Hahnemann And Other Philly Colleges
Philadelphia AP Charles Cameron of Hahnemann Medical School says state Senate delayed a 1.5 million appropriation after it rejected a borderline student sponsored by a senator. The Legislature approved 132.5 million for other state related colleges and hospitals but paused Hahnemann Jefferson Medical and Temple University funding amid discrimination accusations by Philadelphia Democrats Donolow Arlene and Cianfiani. Cameron cites threats to block funds over admissions disputes.
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Hahnemann Medical School
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Hahnemann, Jefferson Medical School
Temple University
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Hebert Arlene
Henry J. Cianfiani
Jefferson
Temple
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Donolow
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Two District Coalmen Picked at NCA Annual Meeting
Two district coal company representatives were retained at the National Coal Association annual meeting in Chicago. H Vernon Fritchman of Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co Indiana was named to the NCA executive committee, while Richard T Todthunter Jr of Barnes and Tucker Coal Co Barnesboro was reelected to the board. John Corcoran of Consolidation Coal Co Pittsburgh was elected chairman of the NCA board.
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Potts
G. C. Murphy Co
First National Bank
Twila Hershberger Potts
George E. Potts
Joseph Potts
Harry
Grace) Mitchell
Thomas Edward Potts
Calvin Richard
Robinson - Lytle's
Don Powell
Arnold Wise
Oakland Cemetery
Pope Declares St Peter Relic Found Valid At Vatican
Pope Paul VI announced that remains found beneath St. Peter's Basilica are conclusively identified as those of the Apostle Peter, revered as the first pope. The relics have been identified in a convincing manner, according to the pontiff speaking to his weekly audience.
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De Gaulle Plans Final TV Radio Bid in Campaign Close
Paris report says President Charles de Gaulle will close the election campaign with two last minute radio and television appearances on the eve of Sundays second round. He is expected to appeal for a large flood of Gaullist votes for National Assembly candidates, aiming for a solid showing like last Sunday.
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Reds Build Forces Near Saigon
U S sources report two freshly equipped North Vietnamese regiments possibly 5 800 men moving toward Saigon to join a fresh push on the capital Their 32nd and 33rd regiments were seen in Phuoc Long province 74 miles north of Saigon and 165 miles from their prior base They are veteran units refitting since 1964 B 52 bombers attacked suspected positions while allied patrols tighten around Saigon to blunt a third offensive expected to rival the May 5 attack.
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Obituaries and election wrap mix in 1968 notes
Obituaries for Mrs. Sarah K Buchanan 90 Saltsburg and George C Potts 75 Indiana appear alongside a detailed Canadian federal election wrap. The piece names survivors and funeral plans for Buchanan and Potts, and reports Liberal victory, Trudeau dynamics, party seats, key defections, and the first Black MP Lincoln Alexander.
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Saltsburg M.R
Blairsville
Levi
Hannah Moore Kiebler
Mechanicsburg
Brush Valley
Indiana County
Pittsburgh Bridge to Nowhere Lifts 155-Foot Beam
A 155-foot beam was raised linking Pittsburgh’s Fort Duquesne Bridge to the North Side as officials finalize a long debated project. Originally unfinished since 1961, the bridge extension to connect with Interstate 70 will total about 20 million dollars, with about eight million spent so far.
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High Winds Lifts Barn Breaks Trees in Waynesburg
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania high winds damaged about a dozen barns several houses and many large trees Tuesday night. A barn was lifted off its foundation and set ten feet away a house was unroofed and a car overturned. No injuries were reported as volunteers cleared debris and communications were interrupted though restored by late evening. The weather bureau had issued then rescinded a tornado watch noting gusts up to 40 miles per hour in western Pennsylvania.
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Weather Bureau
Hawkins Resigns State Post Over School Subsidies
Frank N. Hawkins, editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and chairman of the state Board of Education's Council for Higher Education, resigns after opposing subsidies to private schools. He cites constitutional concerns and says the plan would boost nonpublic schooling aligned to sect or ideology.
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