Traffic Crashes Leave Four Hurt in Indiana County
Weekend crashes injure four in Blairsville and surrounding areas. Edward Thompson Jr and Edward Johnson of Blairsville hospitalized. Campbell, Mains, Surver escape injuries. Capitosti, Griffiths and Swartz among others treated. multiple accidents cause structure and vehicle damage totaling thousands.
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Indiana County
Blairsville
Ast Market St
Indiana
Edward Thompson, Jr
Edward Johnson
East
Brown St
Wate
L. Campbell
Blairsville R.D. 2
Kenneth Mains
Blairsville R. D
Nick Surver
Campbell
Guido Capitosti
New Bethlehem
Indiana Hospital
Beyer
Capitosti
Sam Dalessio
Ambassador Honors Dead Newsmen in Saigo Vietnam Conflict
U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker praised five war reporters killed in Saipan fighting over the past two days. He noted the danger of frontline journalism in Vietnam and paid tribute to Bruce Pigott Ron Laramy Michael Birch John Cantwell and Charles Eggleston, raising to 17 the total number of journalists killed on duty in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Saipan
Vietnam
Bruce Pigott
Ron Laramy
Michael Birch
John Cantwell
Charles Eggleston
Show Scheduled At School Here
The annual Physical Education Show at Benjamin Franklin School will be held Tuesday May 7 at 7 p.m. in the school gym. Under Clark Grosch, the program features over 100 students demonstrating tumbling rope climbing land balance beam work. Public invited as guests of the school district.
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Benjamin Franklin School
Clark Grosch
County Man Found Dead in Alverda
William C. Davis, 48, of Alverda, was pronounced dead at 8 50 p m Sunday by Dr William G Evans deputy Indiana County coroner Death was attributed to an apparent personal safety related gunshot wound
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Alverda
William C. Daivis
William G. Evans
Indiana County
William ©. Davis
Green Twp
Henry A
Eva C. Glenn Davis
Green Two
Mr. Davis
Amarillo Army Air Field
Henry
Alexandria
Thomas
David A
Indiana
Arthur
Barnesboro
R. D
Ronald
Robert
Defiance
Ohio
Carmen
Cuyahoga Falls
Malcom
Rhea Jean) Pugh
Rex
Kathryn) Hagg-grauuuuuaca
Clymer R. D
Askew
Homday
At&t
Robinson & Lytle’s
Ning
Raymond Kerr
Zene Fleming
Brushvalley Presbyterian McDowell Cemetery
Three Negro Men Bring Calm Amid Birmingham Officer Shooting
In Birmingham Alabama three Civil Defense Capt. James E Lay Rev C W Woods and Paul White a radio disc jockey quieted an angry crowd after a policeman fatally shot a Negro man Lay walked among the crowd clearing streets for emergency vehicles Woods prayed for the victim and his wife in surgery White arrived to dispel rumors stating the officer acted in self defense The deputy coroner said Mrs Clarence Hill 28 was shot as she left Zion Star Baptist Church and died later from 22 caliber pistol wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
James E. Lay
C. W. Woods
Paul White
Lay
Woods
White
Harry Freeman
Clarence Hill
Zion Star Baptist Church
Freeman
Arctic cold snap chills western Pennsylvania with record lows
A mass of Arctic air swept across the Great Lakes into western Pennsylvania driving temperatures to mid winter levels. Pittsburgh tied a record at 29 degrees for the date, with 24 in New Castle and 26 in Bradford. Ice coated car windshields in the mountains while Lake Erie helped shield the fruit belt. Temperatures were expected to rise to the upper 30s later, then fall again to near freezing tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Lake Erie
Bradford
Titusville
Warren
Weather Bureau
Eighth To Undergo Surgery California Heart Transplant Patient Dies
Stanford California AP report details the death of Joseph Rizor, the world’s eighth heart transplant patient, after his damaged lungs failed to oxygenate his new heart. Despite initial improvements 80 percent oxygen tolerance, his blond stream fell to 10 percent. Rizor, 40, from Salinas, left four children, and his death follows the transfer of a heart from a mas sive brain hemorrhage victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Calif
Joseph Rigor
Rizor
Eileen
Stanford University Medical Center
Salinas
Norman E. Shumway
Shumway
Mike Kuas
Perak
Onder
Santa Clara
Rudolph F. Anderson
San Carlos
Shumway Aroun
My Blue Heaven Crooner Retires
Gene Austin aged 67, famed for My Blue Heaven, announces engagement to 25 year old Greek socialite Dora Arvan at her mother's Miami Beach home. The couple plan marriage, his third, hers first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Gene Austin
Dora Arvan
Miss Arvan
Vivian Cherones
Miss Ar van
Austin
Confusion Reigns At Columbia University Reopens
New York AP reports Columbia University reopened amid chaos and controversy as Columbia College ends formal classes four weeks early. Rebels renew protests calling for a boycott while other university units consider their own actions. The administration opened buildings and left operations to individual units amid ongoing turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Columbia University
Columbia College
Ivy League University
Indiana Student To Broadcast On College Concert Hall
Miss Grace Medlock of Indiana and Miss Mary Claire O Connor of Brookline will appear on College Concert Hall at WYDD Pittsburgh tomorrow from 10 to 3 pm. The two Mount Mercy College students discuss Mozart satire and present compositions by Mozart Liszt Brandenburg and Rachmaninoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Medlock
George Medlock
Indiana
Mount Mercy College
College
WYDD
Pittsburgh
Medlock
Mozart
Mary Claire O'Connor
Brookline
Liszt
Brandenburg
Land Rachmaninoff
North Vietnamese Viet Cong in Saigon Battle Escalation
U S officials reported heavy fighting inside Saigon with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units exchanging fire near Tan Son Nhut and the old cemetery. About 300 Viet Cong believed in the city with as many as 300 female agents aiding politically. U S forces, including the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, clashed with unspecified enemy numbers near Phu Tho race track and Tan Son Nhut, while bombers and gunships attacked targets around Bao Tri and the city outskirts.
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U.S
Saigon
Tan’ Son Nhut
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Phu Tho
Tan Son Nhut
Bao Tri
Obituary notices of Indiana County figures dated May 1968
Obituaries recount deaths of Mrs Nettie R McAfoos 75 of Commodore R D 1 and David J Allison 75 of Dixonville at Indiana Hospital on May 5 1968. Also listed are M rs Antonetta Larsen 62 of Homer City R D 1 M rs Etta Grindle 91 of Seward and Harry John Walker 61 of Star Route Apollo among others with service details and survivors. The notice includes birthplaces May dates church affiliations and funeral home arrangements across Indiana County.
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Nettie R. McAfool
David J. Allison
Commodore R. D. Liband
Mary Jane Brady Alll
Fleming Summit
Stinson
Dixonville
Harvey
Indiana Hospital
Clymer R. D
James
Catherine Ober Edwards
Rayne Twp
Marlin’ Johnston McAfoos
Taylorsville
Indiana County
William E
Loretta Moorhead Allison
Twolick Baptist Church
Twolick Men's Bible Class
Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen
Lodge 174
Altoona
UMWA
Clymer
Harold B
Pittsburgh
Harry A
Indiana
William J
Bence
Martin S. Beatty
Burnside
Antonetta Larsen
John D. Larsen
Homer City R. D
Bradensville
Charles
Lucinda Campbell Tavis
Harry John Walker
Star Route
Apollo
Ortho
Ida Jane Hilty Walker
Rural Valley R.D. 1
Sheloca R.D. 1
Vandegrift U.S. Steel Plant
Elderton U.P
Vandergrift Fire Department
Mary Edna
Thomas Walker
Joseph
Marjorie Lou) Rokosky
David Gibson
Clinton, Wash
Lysle Walker
Youngstown
Ohio
Oscar Rearick
Russellton
Jonas Rearick
Apollo R.D
Donald Walker
Gastown Cemetery
Etta Grindle
Seward
Shirey's
Creekside
Green County
John
Susie Evans Bungard
Esta Kane
Dearborn
Mich
Edith Barnhart
Littleton
W. Va
Wanda Stewart
Washington, Pa
Marie Grindle
Coral
Ray Grindle
Detroit
Ethel McCoy
Northfield
Robert Grindle
Cliford Grindle
Cleveland
Anna Cowan
Wheeling
Bertha Sayers
Moundsville
William Vanhorn
William Grindle
Archie
William
Kenneth Grindle
Ruth Shadron
Kenneth N. Gray
Henry Morris
Greenlawn
Andrew Letso
Violet Thompson Letso
School St
Julia Kernetsky Letso
Ernest
Mr. Letso
Blessed Virgin Mary Byzantine Catholic
Homer City
Richard Watson
American i Legion
U.s.army
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
Andrew Jr
U.S. Air Force
Fort Lee
Matthew C
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
David P
Selfridge Air Force Base
John R
Paul E
Susan L
Baltimore
Peter
Mary Blazer
Bowling Green
Elizabeth Matus
Robinson ~ Lytle’s
Blessed Virgin Mary Byzantine
Thomas S. Maskornick
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Marine Philip Franklin Killed in Vietnam Time of Conflict
Seneca Pa Marine Philip Franklin 18 was killed in action in Vietnam on April 30. Parents were informed by the government Sunday.
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Seneca, Pa
Pfe
Philip Franklin
Venango County
Vietnam
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Stanley Griffith
Cherry Tree R.D. 1
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Belsano
Griffith
Stanley
Tom Swartz
Nanty Glo
Johnstown Hospital
Agnes Anderson
Nanty
Brush Valley
James D. Evans
R.D
Punxsutawney
Bill J. Pride
Woodland Ave
Panxsutawney
East Mahoning St
Punxsutawney Land
Ben Franklin Road
Virginia Campbell
Indiana R.D
Leora Rising
Indiana R. D
Frederick Yount
Girard
Russell A. Shaffer
S. Fifth St
Carter Ave
Seventh St
Indiana Borough
Philadelphia St
Joseph B. Aloise
Third St
Margaret Lydic
E. L. Fleming
Sixth St
Inndiana
Chevy Chase Park
Josephine Ave
Chevy Chase
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
IUP
White Township
Lions Club
Indiana Department of Recreation
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Foodland and
Read
Gazette
Kologie
California
BlameLungs
My Blue Heaven
Crooner
Indiana Borough Line
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
George Silcott
Clymer Road
Columbia
N. Viets
Brush Valley Methodist Church
Jack
Gerald
Kathleen) Molitore
Columbus
Jatani Bam
Djinatall
Joan (WiOrla) Verminu
Oimsully
N.Y
Robert Shaw
Harriet Mack
Virgil Overdorff
Raymond Davis
New Florence R. D
Reanda Kitdenn
Leslie P. Hagara
Saltsburg
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Greensburg
Nellie Pleskaitis Bollinger
William Elmer Hagara
Salisbury High School
Sandra Edwards Hagara
Leslie
Herbert Bollinger
Duncan
Okla
Oklahoma City
Constance Kramer
Delmont
Benedicta Pleskaitis
Mamont
Rose Hagara
Slickville
Hunter Funeral Home
William Parker
Edgewood Cemetery
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