Apology Over Cambodian Airstrike Sparks Viet Nam Tensions
South Viet Nam apologized for an air attack on the Cambodian village Chantrea and took full responsibility for strafing the hamlet after Cambodian fighters reportedly downed a Vietnamese observer aircraft. The incident heightened border disputes and delayed peace talks, with Cambodia filing complaints to the UN Security Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
United States
Redna
Chantrea
Foreign Ministry
Norodom Sihanouk
Northat
Torodom Sihanouk
U.N. Security Council
Farcac
Phnom Penh
Democrats Uproar Over UC Bill and Road Bid Debates
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Highways department reported unofficial low bids totaling 3.08 million dollars for road and bridge projects amid a 3 hour and 45 minute debate. Republicans pressed for a final vote on an unruly UC bill as minority leader Anthony Petrosky clashed with Speaker Helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Highways Department
Clearfield
Shawville House
Dunketts Run
Jo-Lac
Motionisition Co., Inc
Latrobe
Mercer
Anthony J
Rt. 62
E. Petrosky
State Street
Sharon
Hermitage
Silverstar
Ers
Youngstown
Ohio
Helm
Petrosky
Brendan Behan Dies In Ireland and Behan's Legacy
The report recalls Brendan Behan as a Dublin writer whose experiences with the Irish national struggle shaped his works. It notes his early jailings, his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and a dramatic London performance where he clashed with actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wees Aeneenvan Awe Ua
Liverpool
Ireland
Dublin
London
Behan
Writer and TV Personality Nancy Spain Dies in Crash
Nancy Spain, 48, noted writer and television personality, died in a midair collision near Aintree race course in Liverpool England along with four others. The private twin engined plane belonging to Westways Air Taxis Ltd. of London crashed after circling the Grand National course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
Nancy Spain
Aintree Race Course
Richard
Cork
Doubleday
Scarperer
New York
Westways Air Taxis Ltd
London
Scranton UC Plan Advances amid House Riotous Session
Gov. Scranton’s unemployment compensation bill moves toward law after a 106-14 House vote, despite labor opposition. The package, tied to Pennsylvania industrial growth, could affect workers and business, with a companion measure pending. Scranton plans to sign after legal review and may adjourn until May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Scranton
D.C
Pennsylvania
L.C
U.C
Sugar Crisis and Castro Cash Fuels Cuba Bus Purchases
Obituaries appear amidst a Cuba related financial analysis showing Fidel Castro’s regime gaining funds from a poor sugar crop. The piece notes Cuba’s earnings from sales and its use of money to buy buses, machinery, and supplies abroad while Washington frets over the economic boycott. Obituaries include Hellen Gambal, Emma Pearl Liggett, Jennie Agnes Rankin, and others from Indiana and nearby communities with funeral arrangements listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Ben F. Meyer Washington
Fidel Castro
Castro
England
France
Japan
Uncle Sam
Washington
Provisions Listed For UC Law Revisions
Harrisburg AP reports major features of unemployment compensation revisions approved by the legislature. Financing tax rate changes: from 2 to 1 percent and 1 to 4 percent with on turnover employers paying the lower rate. New firms enter at 2.7 percent and construction contractors at 4 percent. Tax base sets annual employee wages as the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Mits
Washington
Inek and Smail, Inc
Greens
Newrytown
U.C
Bureau of Employment Security
Police Seeks Girl's Killer in Hazleton Case
Authorities question suspects with police records as they hunt for the killer of nine year old Marise Chiverella found bound and raped in an abandoned mine four miles north of Hazleton. Police interview high school students absent from school at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Marise Chiverella
Ino
Here
Three U S airmen detained by Soviets reported
Magdeburg East Germany authorities hold Captains Holland Kessler and Welch. Welch a 1961 Wayne State graduate and RB66B navigator. U S demands return of all three fliers. Gromyko shifts blame to East German authorities as Stoessel warns warnings were not helpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdeburg
East Germany
U.S. Air Force
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
U.S
Andrei A. Gromyko
Welch
Holland
Kessler
Stockholm
Sweden
Moscow
Otto Grotewohl
East Berlin
United States
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Air Force
Berlin
Walter Stoessel
Pope Hails Medical Progress At Vatican Audience
Pope Paul VI praised medical science as a splendid reflection of divine goodness during an audience with 200 delegates at the Latin Medical Union conference. He stressed cooperation between doctors and the Church and hailed pro science as aligning with the Lord's infinite wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Latin Medical Union
Behan obituary notes clash with press and faith
Ireland grounded writer Brendan Behan faced censorship and scorn from Irish intellectuals though widely known. He married Beatrice Salkeld in 1955 and had a daughter last December. He was struck by a hit run driver in Dublin, spent his final days in hospital, and received the last rites on the eve of St Patrick's Day with his wife at his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Behan
Beatrice Salkeld
Dublin
Missing Child After Crescent Heights House Fire
A two year old child is reported missing after a Crescent Heights fire leveled a double frame house in Washington County. The Paul Johnson family occupied one side with Mrs Catherine Owens on the other. Two firemen were slightly injured and damage is about 5000 dollars.
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California
Washington County
Crescent Heights
Paul Johnson
Richeyville
Robert Bitner
Catherine Owens
Obituaries for Victoria Dervinis and Hazel Ruth Lewis
Victoria Dervinis 95 of Aucerne Mines died March 19 1964 born December 24 1870 in Lithuania former resident of Ernest and East Vandergrift. Requiem High Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday at St Casimir East Vandergrift. Interment St Gertrude Cemetery Vandergrift. Hazel Ruth Lewis Indiana R D 2 died at Indiana Hospital born November 19 1898 Apollo. Services Sunday 3:30 p.m. at Robinson Lytle Indiana with interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
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Hellen Gambal
Emma Belle Gear
Craft Avinive
Pittsburgh
Hart
Indiana
Josephine
John C. Geathart
Fune
McGee Hospital
Micer
Pirahtuderh
Andrew
Maria Kmee Gambal
Anna Gambal
Marys Jone
Washington, D.C
Agnes Gambal
Julia Gambal
John M. Gambal
George Gambal
Ridgeville
Ohio
Elizabeth Gambal
Patrick J. Halow
Homer City
Thomas M
Cora A.) Mohney
Robinson ~ Lytle’s
Martin L. Kaufman
Zion E.U.B
Covode
Royden Lewis McMillen
Freda Abel McMillen
North 10Th
A. M. Byers Company
Ambridge
Ambrose
Jack C
Mary Lewis McMilren
Robinson-Lytle’s
Roy R. Bickley
R. Byron Crozier
Oakland Cemetery
Robinson-Lytle's
Roy C. Hoch
Arthur J. Pfohi
D.D
Philadelphia
Sioner
Michael J. Gittens
Greenwood Cemetery
Gittens
Streets Department
Alexander Hemphill
Marberite Co., Inc
Brooklyn
N.Y
Asst. Dist. Atty
Stanley M. Schwarz
Marbelite
Schwarz
Hemphill
Marhbelite
Victoria Dervinis
Aucerne Mines
Inithuania
Ernest and Eastandergrift
Patrick J. Hallow
St. Casmir Church
East Vandergrift
Gervase Chutis
OSB
St. Gertrude Cemetery
Vandergrift
Hazel Ruth Lewis
Indiana R.D. 2
Indiana Hospital
Apollo
Martin and
Anna Growden Lower
Leonard H. Pearson
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Brendan Behan
By the Constitution
Ma Iriah Republican Army
Cime
Hamhina
Eugene Gelfand
Moore
Tha
Pee Erste
Robert Spangler
R-York
Nation
Daytona Beach
Fla
Paradox
Fidel
Father Kowal
Emma Pearl Liggett
Chestnut Street
William N. Liggett
Europe
Jennie Agnes (McCreight) Rankin
Taylor Rankin
South Tenth Street
Robinson
Tyne’s
Byron
Plum Creek Township
Armstrong Co
John K
Sarah Sutter
Heltzen
Yeap
Trade City
Indiana County
Gazette Classified Ads
Robert Harvey McConnell
Box 81
Clarksburg
R.D
Indiana State College
Turtle Creek
William D
Della Catherine McFeaters McConnell
Federal Laboratories
Saltsburg
McConnells Riding Stable
Betty Lou Dornheim McConnell
Barbara E
Jill K
Patricia L
Robert H. Jr
William A
John D
Blairsville
William D. Jr
Blairsville R.D
James P
Elmer
Helen) Jon
Ferguson and Son Fuierid
Ebeneezer Presbyterian Church
Lewisville
George R. Krupp
Church
J. Carlyle Orr
West Pike
J. Lorenzo Orr
Zion Lutheran Church
Indiana Lodge
F & AM
William S. Daugherty
Royal Arch Chapter
New Castle
Kittanning Council
R & SM
Almas Temple
Washington, D. C
Bethany
Knights Templar
DuBois
Indiana Post
American Legion
ACT Council
Camillia Franklin Orr
Ralph
Elizabeth Ann) Uber
Harold F
Kathleen) Rink
Lebanon
James J. and
Jusdith Ann Uber
Robert Flude Rink
Mt. Lebanon
Pope
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