Leatherneck Square attacks rock Quang Tri region
Reports detail a major assault on Con Thien and related positions in Quang Tri Province. North Vietnamese forces breached Marine defenses, casualties and material losses mounted as air strikes targeted infiltration routes and supply hubs along the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Associated Press
Robert Ohman
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Leatherneck Square
Camp Carroll
Gio Linh
Dong Ha
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
da Nang
United States
North Vietnam
VNA
Bulletin Hikes Delivered Price in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin raised home delivery to 50 cents a week, up two cents, with single copies at 10 cents and Sunday edition unchanged at 20 cents.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
University Choral Units to Present Spring Concert at IU of PA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania hosts a spring concert Monday at Fisher Auditorium. University Chorale directed by Charles A. Davis and University Brass Choir under Dr. William Becker perform separately and together featuring works by Schutz Kauffmann Missal Vaughan Williams Hassler Gibbons Brahms Bartok Tchaikovsky and Martin. Townspeople students and faculty are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Fisher Auditorium
University Chorale
Charles A. Davis
University Brass Choir
William Becker
Schutz
Kauffsmann
Missal
Vaughan Williams
Hassler
Gibbons
Brahms
Bartok
Tchaikovisk
Martin
Indiana Area
University
Department of Music and Music Education
School of Fine Arts
Seek Ethics Committee Post For Irvis
Harrisburg AP House Minority Leader Herbert Fineman seeks Democratic Reps K Leroy Irvis and James F Prendergast for the ethics study committee. The panel could draft ethics legislation if a code is deemed needed, with party balance in both chambers.
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Harrisburg
Herbert Fineman
K. Leroy Irvis
James F. Prendergast
Kenneth B. Lee
General Assembly
House
Senate
Irvis
Allegheny County
Prendergast
Northampton County
Robert J. Butera
Montgomery County
Butera
Fineman
Majority
Alvin C. Bush
R-Lycomling
H. Joseph Hepford
R-Dauphin
House Republican
Lee
Piano Great Signs Lifetime Contract With Cannery
Earl Hines, famed piano great, signs a lifelong contract with Leonard V. Martin’s Cannery in San Francisco offering $20,000 a year for ten months of work and freedom for outside tours. Hines, 62, lives in Oakland with his wife and two daughters and hopes the deal inspires other jazz musicians.
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San Francisco
Martin
Hines
Cannery
Oakland
ST. Louis
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
Foster
Miki
Cardinal Ritter
Two Injuries From Clymer Weekend Crashes
In Clymer Borough two weekend traffic mishaps left two pedestrians with minor injuries. A bicycle with James Stahl and James Benamati was struck by a car on Sixth Street. driver Robert Fairman of Creekside was charged with failure to stop and was later apprehended by state police. A separate collision at Third and Franklin streets involved Robert Stiffey’s car and Walter Roof’s truck. no injuries were reported and damages reached about $400.
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Clymer
James Stahl
James Benamati
Sixth St
Robert Fairman
Creekside
Fairman
Third
Franklin Streets
Robert Stiffey
Philadelphia St
Indiana
Walter Roof
Stiffey
Edward Ratay
Heilwood
Leamer Completes Army Aircraft Maintenance Course
Commodore Pvt. Carl L Leamer 19 son of Mr and Mrs Orlo F Leamer of Commodore R D 1 recently completed an aircraft maintenance course at the Army Aviation School Fort Rucker Alabama.
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Carl L. Leamer
Orlo F. Leamer
Army Aviation School
Ft. Rucker
Alabama
Heavy Rains Boost Monongahela River Levels
AP reports heavy rains pushed the Monongahela above flood stage at Weston and Clarksburg West Virginia while Western Pennsylvania remained out of serious danger. The River crested at Weston and Clarksburg, rose near Brownsville, and is forecast to crest in Pittsburgh around 6 p.m. at two feet, four feet below flood stage.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Weston and Clarksburg
West Virginia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Weston and
Clarksburg
Brownsville
Truman Marks 83rd Birthday Quietly at Home
Former President Harry S Truman marks his 83rd birthday in Independence without fanfare. Close friends who sponsor an annual luncheon observe the day while Truman declines the guest chair to preserve his health. He has not been in office at the Truman Library since last July and has made few public appearances.
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Independence
Harry 5
Truman
Pulitzer Selection Challenged in National Reporting Race
Pulitzer panel leaders clashed over how to rank winning entries for national reporting. The controversy centered on Pearson and Anderson's Kennedy Dodd coverage and a challenge to the jury’s six recommendations, including Lisagor for the inside story on Mrs Kennedy and William Manchester.
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Pearson-Anderson
Sen. Dodds
Pulitzer
Peter Lisagor
Chicago Daily News
Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
San
Karmin- Penn
United States
Bahamas
Clark R. Mollenhoff
Des Moines Register-Tribune
Robert F. Kennedy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bobby Baker
James M. Perry
The
National Observer
Neil A. Maxwell
Wall Street Journal
South
Haynes Johnson
Washington Star
Sann
National Reporting
Thomas Winship
Boston Globe
Frank Angelo
Detroit Free Press
Charles 0. Kilpatrick
San Antonio Express
John E
Obituaries From May 1967 Chronicle Dayton Area
Obituary notices list John Bernard Thomas born 1904 in Wayne Township died May 6 1967 after illness. Services at Bowser Funeral Home with interment Hopewell Cemetery Frontburg. Survivors include Emma Grace Rupp wife since 1925 and eight grandchildren. Blair E McGraw 61 Robinson dies May 6 1967. longtime tax collector and Penn Electric worker leaves many relatives. Laura Elkin Miller 74 Indiana resident dies May 7 1967. wife of Dr J Grier Miller and mother of Lt Col John P Elkin Stewart. Memorials at Belknap United Church of Christ and Oakland Cemetery. Mrs Jean Mcclester Fierbaugh 91 Blairsville resident dies May 7 1967. funeral at Ferguson and Son with burial in Jefferson Memorial Park. Albert Franklin Akins Sr 48 Emporium dies May 8 1967. survived by wife Margaret and four sons. services to be held in Emporium.
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John Bernard Thomas
Dayton R.D
Lee Orr
Campbell
and Lowing
Mila Nill. Sncamara
Wayne Twp
Armatrong County
George McClellan
Lucetta McDonald Thomae
Thomas
Emma Grace Rupp
Belknap United
Laura Elkin Miller
Church of Christ
J. Grier Miller
School St
Indiana
Inediana Hospital
Dayton
Pa. Department of Highways
Max(Deane) Forester
Warren
James Bernard
Raymond Eugene
Courtland
Gladys Porter
Roy
Minnie) Beck
Emporium
Don
Hazel) Langham
Glendale
Calif
William
Emma) Lias
Highpoint
N. C
Samuel
New Kensington
Miles
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harry
Arnold
Ely
Belknap United Church of Christ
A. H. Serrio
Glade Run Cemetery
Blair E. McGraw
Robinson
Johnstown
West Wheatfield
Tnp
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Blanche Ruffner McGraw
Donald
Derry
Lois Younkin
Somerset
Robert
Roberta Lichtenfels
Joan Lichtenfels
Blairsville Cemetery
Jean McClester Fierbaugh
Neice
Olive Jean Nicely
Miller Drive
Blairsville
Clinton, Pa
David and
Elizabeth McLaughlin McClester
First Presbyterian Church of
Slippery Rock College
Albert F
Miss Nicely
Ferguson and Son Funeral Home
Walter L. C. Wenhold
Jefferson Memorial Park
Pleassant Hills
Albert Franklin Akins, SR
Margaret Janosko Akins
Marion Center
Mary Akins
Alvin
Albert Jr
Richard
Edward
Clymer
George
Ralph
Clifford
Maxwell
Pearl) Fulmer
Ernest
Elsie) Gibbs
Joseph
Violet)Card
Emprrium
Supreme Court shields distributors of obscene material
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that distributors of spivy books and magazines are protected by free speech, overturning obscenity convictions from three states. The unsigned opinion said distribution is protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, with seven justices agreeing the material may not be governmentally suppressed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ecourt
CIA Funds Background Revealed in Braden Claim
Thomas W Braden a former CIA official says he created a covert program funding student labor and cultural groups abroad including $50000 of CIA money spent by the UAW to influence West German labor. He told the LA Times his funds reached European unions while Walter Reuther said the UAW reluctantly approved use to boost education and organization programs. The CIA denied comment. Braden led the CIA division of international organizations 1951 1954 and called the operation essential despite criticism.
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New York
Thomas W. Braden
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
United Auto Workers Union
Braden
Los Angeles Times
Saturday Evening Post
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Truck Hits Train Kills Driver Near Clearfield
CLEARFIELD PA A tractor trailer crashed into a moving coal train at a grade crossing on Route 322 east of Clearfield. The driver, John E Eisenhauer 51 of Sunbury, died. He was with Halls Motor Transit Co Harrisburg and was hauling lawn chairs from Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield, Pa
New York Central
Clear‘ield
John E. Eisenhauer
Sunbury
Halls Motor Transit Co
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Three Held In Killing Of Peacemaker
Uniontown police report a Fayette County college student Vincent Del Verne 23 from Allison was shot and killed while trying to mediate a street argument. Randall Wilson 22 of Brownsville was wounded in the legs. Jack Bryte 32 and brothers Harry 41 and Gerald Walls 20 were arrested or surrendered on murder and assault charges. Alderman Ruben ordered detention and a May 12 hearing. The piece ends with an unrelated note about the Alaska moose and deer.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
James Mahoney
Vincent del Verne
Allison
Wnlk
Mahoney
del Verne
Salem College
Randall Wilson
Wilson
Brownsville
Jack Bryte
Uniontown R.D
Witd
Bryte
Harry
Gerald J. Walls
Unionstown
Assant
Jacob Ruben
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