Five Negro congressmen reject back-to-Africa bill
Five African American lawmakers say they remain Americans win or lose and oppose a bill to fund resettlement in Africa. Sponsor Rep. Robert Nix plans a judiciary hearing but faces broad opposition from colleagues including Reps. Shirley Chisholm Bill Clay Louis Stokes and others who criticize the proposal as unnecessary and harmful to national unity. The measure would provide transport land and up to 7000 a year until resettlement for those surrendering U.S. citizenship.
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John. Lang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Africa
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Congress
U.S
Nix
Judiciary Committee
Adam Calyton Powell
R-N.y
Powell
Fider
Bill Clay
D-Mo
Clay
Philadelphia
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Stokes
Kerner
D-Nl
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
Charles C. Diggs Jr
D-Mich
John Conyers Jr
Public assistance workers may return to work next Tuesday
PITTSBURGH AP Public assistance workers who walked off the job March 7 may return to work next Tuesday, says Lawrence Collura spokesman for the Allegheny County Workers. Collura said Friday he would meet with the workers Monday and report to them about his meeting with state officials. He urged their return to work Tuesday.
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Pittsburgh
Lawrence Collura
Allegheny County
Collura
Measurement service urged for Indiana County farmers
Indiana County farmers are urged to obtain a measurement service from the ASCS to certify exact acreages for crops and land uses. The program aims to prevent over or under planting, with fees listed by acreage. changes possible if misstatements are found before certification finalizes. Apollo astronauts return to Houston after 10 day space mission. debriefings planned as they rejoin families and prepare for public appearances.
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Indiana County
Clayton Winebark
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Space Center
Houston
America
James A. McDivitt
Winebark
ASCS
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Texas
Moon
Surace
Washington
White House
Atlantic
Guadalcanal
Ellington Air Base
Air Force Cal
South Carolina Selects Captains for Fastball Team
Johnny Gregory of Aiken will captain South Carolina's fastball squad with Benny Galloway of Easley as alternate captain.
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Johnny Gregory
Aiken
S.C
South Carolina
Benny Galloway
Easley,c
United Indians Launch Nonviolent Image Campaign nationwide
A coalition led by Earl Old Person and other chiefs kicks off a campaign by the National Congress of American Indians to counter stereotypes of Indians as violent or lazy. The effort uses polite complaints about offensive media and plans TV spots and billboards in major nonreservation centers across the United States.
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Los Angeles
Earl Old Person
Blackfeet
National Congress of American Indians
John Re- Undo
The
Indian Congress
Belinda
Marshell Tome
Arizona State University
Chicago
New York
Dallas
Cleveland
Ex Senator Urges US Troop Pullout and Global Peace
Former Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania, new president of the United World Federalists, calls for removing US troops from Asia and scrapping antiballistic missiles. He urged advancing a world without war through a strengthened UN charter or a World Disarmament body with an international peace force.
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Washington
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
United World Federalists
United States
Asia
The
World Federalists
National Council
Nixon
United Nations
Grant to fund access road to Cooks Forest Park
Harrisburg AP reports the Appalachian Regional Commission approved a 498,750 grant to support a 57 million dollar access road project to serve Cooks Forest State Park in Clarion and Jefferson counties. The fund helps pave the way for park access and regional development.
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Harrisburg
Cooks Forest State Park
Clarion and
Jefferson Counties
Appalachian Regional Commission
State Road Project Bids Opened in Harrisburg
State Highways Department opened bids on eight projects to improve over 20 miles of roads. Unofficial low bids include Bedford resurface on U S 30 at $281,987 by New Enterprise Stone, Bradford resurface near Snedekerville $75,830 by Stabler Construction, Franklin resurface on U S 30 in Chambersburg $77,008 by E D Plumber Sons, Lancaster resurface on U S 422 and on Penna 23 near Goodville $150,487 and $66,021 by McMinn's Asphalt, Philadelphia demolition near I-95 for future construction $27,000 by Robert Hawthorne, Susquehanna resurface on Penna 171 $81,67 by Keller Supply.
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Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Bedford
U. S. 30
Somerset-Bedford County
New — Enterprise Stone & Lime Co
New Enterprise
Bradford
Snedeker
Lancaster
Penna
Goodville
Churchtown
McMinn's Asphalt Co, Inc
Philadelphia
Robert Hawthorne, Inc
Susquehanna
Keller Supply Co., Inc
Clifford
North Korea claims heavy American losses in attack
Tokyo AP report cites North Korean news agency via Kyodo News that American troops attacked a Panmunjom guard post near the 38th Parallel and were entirely wiped out. North Korea said the assault occurred around 3 49 p.m. local time with immediate retaliation. No U.S. statement was available.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
Japan
Kyodo I News Service
Kyodo
Panmunjom
Obituaries and death notices from Indiana paper
Obituary items list William Dembosky Sr of Creekside died March 14 1969 in Indiana Hospital born Oct 1 1904 son of Joan and Louise Dembosky Sr. Survives include wife Ruth and eight grandchildren with services in Indiana and burial at Garden of the Good Shepherd. Also James Harvey Wise 80 of Clymer R D 1 died March 14 1969 in Indiana Hospital with service arrangements in Hillsdale. Many other notices follow for Velma J. Little Beryl M. Walls Fare Baun Jessie Fairman Mary Huber Dorr Emma M Potochick and related survivors with funeral details and locations across Indiana County.
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William Dembbosky
Ruth Beer Dembosky
Creekside
Frisday
Itaiana Hospital
Herminic
Joan and
Louise Dembosky
Ernest
Mr. Dembosky
UMWA
William Jr
Pine City
N. Y
John Albert
Pittsburgh
Everett
Indiana
Blaine
Hazel) Bush
Robert
Valeiia) Gernberg
Martin Grove
Shirley
Washington, D.C
Sharon
Fred
Punxsutawney
Carl
John
Ida) Kensey
Joseph M. Gilkey
Garden of the Good Shepard
Greenwood Cemetery
James Harvey Wise
Clymer R
Indiana Hospital
Sarah Belle Myers Wise
Green Two
Indiana County
Church of the Brethren At
Mark
Millie) Fyock
Clymer R. D
Tucson
Ariz
Bessie Edith Pittman Wise
Daugh
Velma J. Little
Turner Road
Youngstown
Ohio
North Side Hospital
Marston Center
Norman G
Matilda Rowe Kelly
Austintown
Four Mile Run
Delores Reed
San Diego
Calif
Peggy Long
Akron
James
Thomas
Eugene Little
Gertrude Wolfe
San Angelo
Tex
Noah Gee
Lewis Run
Walter Kelly
Cleveland
Lane Funeral Home
Mahoning Ave
Harry Hannum
Beryl M. Walls
Commodore R.D. 1
Emeigh
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Edwards
Winona Brothers Craver
Cherry Tree
Walls
Miners Hospital
Kenneth Craver
Washington
Hazel) McGinnis
Depotford
N. J
Walden Jr
Charles
Gwin Funeral Home
J. Robert Singleton
East Ridge Cemetery
Westover
R.D
Norman Guy Keith, i
Houston
Starford
Mary Pearl Boring Keith
Norman Harkey Keith
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Wendell J. Beal
Oakland Cemetery
Fare W. Baun
Juneau
Adrian Hospital
Clark
Ida Barnette Baun
Edna White Brun
Baun
Penna
Dept. of Highways
Lyal McGahan
Los Angeles
James Ryen
Rochester Mills
Carl Hauck
Marion Center
Clyde
Daisy Gearhart
Schenkemeyer Funeral
Jessie F. Fairman
J. R. Fairman
Fairfax
Fairfax Nursing Home
Atwood
Alex and
Hanna Elgin McCracken
R. Delos
L. Eugene
Arlington, Va
Edward L
Centerville
Charles R
Rockville
Alberta Barberi
Greenbelt
Martha J
Robinson - Lytle's
Douglas M. Carhart
Mary Huber Dorr
Pomfret
Jerry
Lena Johns Huber
Vandergrift
Anthony C. Dorr
Elena
Sheila
Marchand
Carl Dorr
Washington D.C
Hunt Funeral Home
Waldorf
Austria
Joseph
Mary Blasko Hodack
St. Anthony’s
Clymer
John Potochick
Betty
Catherine) Ball
Warren
Pauline) Weczniak
Margaret
William
Parma
St. Anthony's Church
Bernard Borgogna
St. Bernard Cemetery
Philipsburg Hospital Receives Coal Delivery
In Clearfield county the Philipsburg General Hospital received a coal shipment a day late but ensures operations through next week. The delivery comes amid a six day miners walkout in Clearfield and Centre counties that halted mining and affected several local institutions.
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Clearfield
Philipsburg General Hospital
Nonunion
Centre
Slag and tar contracts approved for township work
Cambria Slag Co. of Johnstown won a 15 000 ton slag contract for road maintenance at 1.95 to 2.05 dollars per ton while Koppers Co. of Pittsburgh secured a 10 000 gallon road tar contract at 18.5 cents per gallon. Officials also authorized advertising for a new maintenance van to replace the four year old model.
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Cambria Slag Co
Johnstown
Koppers Co
Pittsburgh
Polluted Well Water Prompt Tie-In With Public Supply
Harrisburg AP report urges Mechanicsburg homeowners using private wells for drinking water to connect to public supply promptly after a sewer line break at the U S Naval Depot released about 10000 gallons of sewage into porous limestone subsoil, marking the second break since last Fall.
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Harrisburg
Mechanicsburg
State Health Department
U.S. Naval Depot
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Indiana Hospital Auxiliary
Holiday Inn
George E. Ferrey Jr
William R. McMillen
Ferrey
Gilbert Parnell Sr
William Gray
Grant Bell
Francis Campi
William Shawl
John Hickey
Raymond Goscinski
Frank Banfer
James E
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Oakland
Oklahoma City
Old Person
Tome
Roger Jourdain
Minnesota Chippewas
Ben West
Oklahoma City TV
N. Korea
Ter
Vada
Mary Small
Grace Te: Kok
Earrigh Funeral Home
Ivan Fetterman
East Union Cemetery
Taylorsville
Emma M. Potochick
Wightman Manor
Squirrel Hill
Philipsburg Hospital
Queen Evergreen
Charles E. Receski
Phila
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