Tornado Hits Uniontown Alabama No Deaths Or Injuries
A tornado struck Uniontown Alabama causing major damage to about 30 buildings and several key structures. Officials estimated losses between 500000 and 750000 with extensive damage to homes churches banks and stores but no fatalities or injuries were reported. Rescue teams and utility crews coordinated cleanup and power restoration as football practice ended early.
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Planters and
Merchants Bank
Uniontown High School
Marion
Demopolis
Linden
Hancock
Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Pennsylvania
A sweeping winter storm drenched Pennsylvania with heavy snow and rain, closing schools and highways while flooding parts of Philadelphia suburbs. Wilkes-Barre saw 10 to 14 inches, Williamsport a foot, and Pittsburgh nearly 11 inches amid rising Monongahela River levels. Roads iced, wires snapped, and rescue crews aided stranded motorists as areas across the state reported significant snowfall totals and flood warnings.
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Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
Lewisburg
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
State
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Ohio River
Ohio
Cambria
Clearfield
Indiana
Uniontown
Butler
Kane
Greenville
Bradford
Erie
Final House Vote On Convention Bill Awaited
Snow crippled Pittsburgh area power and transit as trees bent and lines failed, delaying a final House vote on the constitutional convention measure. Legislative leaders forecast cross party support with Republicans and Democrats backing Shafer’s priority bill while weather and closures linger.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Shafer
Thelihe
University of Pitts
Burgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Joseph M. Barr
Pittsburgheres
Westinghouse Electric Corp
East Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pope Paul VI loosens music rules for Catholic services
Pope Paul VI issued new Vatican rules easing liturgical music limits. The document invites more singing, translation of Latin hymns, and use of local instruments with broad experimentation for modern forms, effective Pentecost May 14. Beat music and jazz are not banned but not specifically endorsed.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Council
Vatican
Congregations of Rites
Ecumenical Council
Mortars Shell Big U S Guns Near DMZ
Communist mortars pounded U S artillery near the demilitarized zone with 500 shells in three attacks on Camp Carroll. Six Marines killed, 15 wounded, but 175mm guns unhit. U S spokesmen credited elaborate defenses for protecting the big guns. Casualties included 14 Americans killed or wounded in other ground actions, with 61 enemy dead. Reported battles and air strikes continued through the day with limited air support due to weather.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Camp Carrol
North Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Binh Dinh
Thanh Hoa
Lai Dong
Panhandle
U.S. Marine
Mary Blazovich
Walcott St
Clymer
Junction City
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Khanh Hoa
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Canberra
Pickets Close Big IGM Plant in Mansfield
Early morning walkouts idled the Fisher Body GM plant in Mansfield as pickets blocked first shift access. UAW officials called the action unauthorized, while an international rep urged workers to return to duty. two union men were hospitalized after an incident with security personnel amid suspensions pending a final decision.
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Mansfield
Chio
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Tom C. Gibson
Fisher Body
Mansfield General Hospital
Auto Workers Local 549
Thomas Legacy
Obituaries fragment pack marks marches into Punxsutawney and beyond
A long obituary page notes death notices from Punxsutawney and nearby towns for multiple individuals. Berton Earhart Riffer Charles Brown Frank Drummond Frank Alexander Rev Walter Koppp Francis Garvey Mrs Mary Anne McCurdy Arthur Griffith Martha Nad Nemidus and others are listed with birth and death dates, family survivors, and funeral arrangements. The mixed items reference community churches and local cemeteries across several Pennsylvania towns.
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Berton Earhart Riffer
Charles Brown
Ford City
R.D
Railroad St
Punxsutawney
Arms J
Data Home
Kittanning
Warren Hospital
David
Margaret
Sugar Riggle
Hill
Jefferson County
Burrell
Samuel
Charlotte
Lutheran Church
Brick
Charles i Church
Brown
Cleveland
Raymond
Commo
Ethelldore
William
Lucerne- Burnite
Lloyd
Ruth
Bart Hartman
Leechburg
Rohter
Sykesville
Lester
Russell
Uary
Richard Jansen
Indiana
Poke Run Saigon
Ning Gazette
Mamont
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Lodge
Constituent Assembly
Baguio
Philippines
State Department
William J. Porter
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Republican Lodge
Snowstorm Hits Blairsville County and Pa Dams
A severe storm dumps up to 20 inches of snow across Blairsville area with lines out for 49 Bell Telephone circuits. Electric crews work through the night to restore service as flood waters rise behind Conemaugh Dam and bridges near Blairsville face closure for days.
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Bell Telephone Co
Indiana
Robert Kunkle
Bell
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Highway Department
McIntyre
Cherry Tree
Conemaugh Dam
Tunnelton
Bairdstown
Market St
Blairsville
Water St
Armstrong County
Auto Rams Into Pole Driver Hart Rimel Injured
Raymond K Rimel 21 of Woodland Pa is listed in satisfactory condition at Indiana Hospital after his auto skidded on snow at 2 am on Oakland Ave near the Indiana Borough line and collided with a stalled car owned by Wayne Short then struck several utility poles. Short’s car slid into a ditch. damage totaled 200 to Short’s car and 900 to Rimel’s car. No further injuries reported in two other state police mishaps.
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Raymond K. Rimel
Woodland
Indiana Hospital
Oakland Ave
Indiana
Rimel
Wayne Short
Warren Road
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Short
Rimes Auto
Milk price hearings resume as farmers seek four cents more
Pittsburgh: state Milk Control Commission opens hearings to decide milk prices. Ernest Hayes of United Dairy Farmers Association says four cents more per quart is needed for farmers to stay in business, but pass-through to consumers remains uncertain. Other supporters include Eugene Thompson and Homer Martz, while the Greater Pittsburgh Dairy Industry Association pushes for higher producer returns amid high consumer prices.
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Pittsburgh
State Milk Control Commission
Ernest Hayes
United Dairy Farmers Association
Hayes
Eugene Thompson
Marion Center
Indiana County
Homer Martz
Monroeville
Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association
Greater Pittsburgh Dairy Industry Association
C.F. Mitroth
Two More Pennsylvanians Killed In Vietnam War
Washington AP reports two additional Pennsylvanians died in Vietnam. Army Pfc. Michael L. Ebald, son of Mrs. Anna Ebald of Philadelphia, and Marine Cpl. Richard S. Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Graham of Latrobe, were listed by the Defense Department. Ebald resided at 3573 Saint Street and Graham at 457 Hillview Avenue.
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Washington (Ap
Deffense Department
Army Pic
Michael L. Ebald
Anna Ebald
Philadelphia
Richard $. Graham
Frank R. Graham
Latrobe
Ebald
St St
Grahm
Hillview Avenue
Sesqui Stock Redemption Reminder
Indiana residents are reminded that tomorrow and Thursday are the final days to redeem Sesquicentennial stock certificates. Funds for distribution are available and the exact per share return will be set after all certificates are received. Arrangements and receipts will be at First National Bank March 8 and 9 from 9 am to 3 pm, with pro rata shares mailed after the last certificates are received.
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Indiana
First National Bank
Indiana YMCA to Offer Beginner Judo Course
The Indiana County YMCA will sponsor a ten week beginner judo course for residents over 14. It runs Thursdays from 9 to 10 30 p.m. at Waller Gym starting March 9, taught by Herold Keth a fourth degree black belt from Summerville. The $12 50 fee covers course and YMCA membership with potential formation of a junior club for advanced students. Registration at Read Building Room 5.
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Indiana County
Strategic Air Command
Kittanning
Keth
YMCA
Floods force hundreds from homes across four states
The Associated Press reports swirling flood waters and a March downpour forced hundreds of families from their homes in West Virginia Pennsylvania Kentucky and Virginia after a tornado outbreak. A man drowned near Logan and a teenager's body was found on the Tug River bank as evacuations continued and the Ohio River at Wheeling was forecast to crest at 34 feet Joe Corp of Engineers said.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Virginia
Dixie
Ern
Wyoming
Logan
Tug River
Glenville
W.va
Kanawha
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wheeling
Ohio River
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Ala
Ed Hancock
Weather Bureau
Colver
THE
A. M. Block
D Jr
Jehovah's Witnesses
Culver Kingdom Hall
House
Lee A. Donaldson
Fingal
Mane
Wovven
Wis Dill
K. Leroy Irvis
Senate
Pope Paul
Peter Arnett
Homer City
Mary Ann Campbell
Homer City R
D. 1
James Sweeney
Oaklastd Ave
IGM
Walter R.‘Kopp
Ethel Lowman
Kopp
Tucson
Arizona
Rev
Mahaffey
Angus and
Jennie Byers Kopp
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Tuscon
France
Ralph T
Dorothy) Edwards
Gene
Bernice) Richland
Doris Coleman
Mary)Fenn
Phoenix
Ansley Kopp
David Kopp
George
Orlan
Frank
Lorain
Jack
Charles
Mary
Crouse
Victor
Hettie)Gaskins
Adair Funeral Home
Francis Garvey
NuMine
Ramsey
Maryland
James Garvey
Garvey
Brentrwood High School
Umwa
Valley
Johnsonsburg
Harold
Alice) Demich
Mervin
Lois) Smith
Erlie
Thomas
Falconer
N. Y
John
Margaret) Liperate
Cadogan
William of
Edwards
Rural Valley
Reynoldsville
T. R. R. Stull
Mary Anne McCurdy
Adan H. McCurdy
Carlisle Hospital
Carlisle
Robinson - Lytle's
Fred van Brunt
Oaksland Cemetery
Arthur G
Dib) Griffith
Graceton
Askew Funeral Home
R. R. Merriman
Greenwood Cemetery
American Legion
Hamer City
Martha Jane Nicodemus
Warner Road
Mt. Morris Tuberculosis Hospital
Mt. Morris
Raleigh Funeral Home
Hillsdale
Air Force
Rex Brickell
Pennsyl Ia
Indiivania
Hoffa
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S. District Court
Hart
Gazettes
Sesqui
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