Japanese Golfer Picked as Ike Pen Pal by Computer
Hirazo Hirano, 75, a former golf course manager in Tokyo, was surprised to learn a computer at the New York World's Fair selected him as a pen pal for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hirano, with a 15 handicap, plans to write Ike immediately and recalls his work with American forces at Koganei Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hirazo Hirano
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hirano
Eisenhower
Minami Hanakoganei-cho
Kodaiashi
Fisenhower
Japan
Pen Friend
United States
Hirane
Thei ‘Koganei
America
Locks Open Two Thefts At Clymer
CLYMER A house was burglarized and a auto was ransacked yesterday morning in Clymer Borough. Locks were not used prompting Police Chief Joseph Krolick to remind home owners and motorists that locks should be used. The Eugene I. Myers home at 27 Penn St was burglarized between 8 30 and 10 a m with about 100 dollars in cash stolen. An auto owned by James Chiodine at 81 Morris St was ransacked while the owner attended Mass at St Anthony s. A purse in the car was opened and a small sum of money taken. Two juveniles were apprehended by Krolick and released to their parents pending a hearing on the auto break in later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Joseph Krolick
Krolick
Eugene I. Myers
Penn St
James Chiodine
Morris St
St. Anthony's
Tornadoes Devastate Nebraska Towns and Surrounding Areas
Tornadoes tore through Primrose and surrounding Nebraska communities, destroying homes, vehicles, and farms. Survivors recount losses including a fatal injury to Sara McBride and multiple deaths, with 150 National Guardsmen and Red Cross aid aiding flood stricken roads and survivors. The disaster spanned about 100 miles from Hebron to the South Dakota line, leaving residents counting losses and facing a long recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straken
Primrose
Hebron
Kansas
South Dakota
Pilot Found In Wreckage Eight Miles South Of Williamsport
The body of Newt Ray of Harlingen Texas and the crash wreckage of his Piper Pawnee crop dusting plane were located on a heavily wooded mountainside eight miles south of Philipsburg Centre County. Ray had taken off April 7 from Lock Haven for Brownsville Texas. The single engine aircraft and victim were both burned. Ground and air searches followed April 12 to 27.
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Philipsburg
Texas
Centre County
Newt Ray
Harlingen
Tex
Civil Air Patrol
Ray
Lock Haven
Brownsville
Crash kills Carole Tyler and pilot Davis near Ocean City
In a beachside crash off Ocean City a plane piloted by Davis of Huntington and carrying Carole Tyler died. Davis, married with two sons, had invited Tyler to view the coast from the air and vanished after swooping to sea. Witnesses reported a low flight and a shallow loop before the wreck.
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Taylor
Baker
Davis
Fof
Marshall University
Huntington
Chafin Coal Co
Ocean City
Winessas
Atlantic
Sam Borzymowski
Baltimore
Burvymowski
Quean City
Aeronauts
Geane
Viusi Ala
Mss
Vlom
Jy Eto
Lenoo
Senate
Democratic
State Colleges Unite For Public Higher Education Interest
In Harrisburg, 14 state colleges press for a public university approach to funding and governance. Aimed at promoting the system over individual schools, the effort includes a proposed statewide board of regents, coordinated administration, and joint appearances at events. Governors and officials weigh the plan while preserving some college-level autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Ordor
Scranton
Council of Higher Education
Philadelphia
Ferm
Harris
Board of Regents
Surfboards Reach Caldurats From Hawaiians About 1307
The arrival of surfboards to Caldurats traces back to about 1307 with introduction from Hawaiians, marking a notable cultural exchange and the spread of surf culture across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawai
Voter Registration Team Planned Trip to Albany Georgia
A 16 member group led by William Richard Rey of Westminster Foundation Indiana State College will travel to Albany Georgia for a week long door to door voter registration effort. The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary students and faculty, organized by the southern Christian Leadership Conference, join the Presbyterian Church commission in backing the drive with partial local financial support. The team departs May 11 and returns May 18 with Dr Walter E. Wiest and Rev Ms Lynn Boyd Hinds accompanying them.
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Rey
William Richard
Westminster Foundation
Indiana State College
Albany
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Commission On Religion and Race of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Walter E. Wiest
Lynn Boyd Hinds
Seminary
Pittsburgh
Pa Youths to Receive Job Aids in PA Summer Program
About 1,100 Pennsylvania youths from families on public assistance will get summer jobs under a federal anti poverty program. Ages 16 to 21, they will work at 101 projects across state parks forests and historic sites from June 21 to August 27. Earn $1.25 an hour for a 32 hour week in activities such as trail development conservation public area improvements and tree planting.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Russian Evening at Indiana State College May 11
Indiana State College presents Russian Evening in Cogswell Auditorium on May 11 at 8 p.m. The program includes Croatian Slovenian and Russian medleys plus Ukrainian dances, poems in seven languages and scenes from Hamlet in Russian plus Russian advertising sketches. A Sacred Heart School group assists under Sister Maria Thecla.
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Indiana State College
Cogswell
Posayina
Croatia
Slovenia
T.V
JSC
Sacred Heart School
Pittsburgh
Sister Maria Thecla
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Hases
Pennsylvania
William A. Everett
Piney Point
State College
Ickesburg Pal
Everett
Dwight A. Jackson
Winston-Salem
Center Valley
Mineral Use Cited In Moon Race Debate
In Pittsburgh AP reports Clyde E Weed president of the American Mining Congress and Anaconda Co chairman warns the nation must economize mineral resources to win the moon race. He says vehicles for space use rely on processed, precision minerals and coal-fired power. Dr Jackson is reported seriously injured and passenger W H Dillon of Winston Salem is killed in the incident.
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Dr. Jackson
W. H. Dillon
Winston-Salem
Pittsburgh
American Mining Congress
Clyde E. Weed
Anaconda Co
Congress
Weed
Olmsted Closing Hit Again
Washington AP Rep John C Kunkel says he could provide expert witnesses to show the Olmsted Air Materiel Center closing would degrade U S Air Force support activities He linked Olmsted to high Viet Nam aircraft losses and challenged Defense Secretary McNamara on troop withdrawal timing
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Washington
John C. Kunkel
R- Pa
Olmsted
Middletown
U.S
Kunkel
Lab
L. Mendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Air Attacks and Viet Cong Assaults Reported
The article details sustained Viet Air Hacks and Viet Cong offensives near Saigon and Hau Nghia. US aircraft struck targets while Viet Cong mortar barrages hit towns including Hai Yen and Hau Nghia, with several American advisers killed or wounded and overall combat deaths at 366.
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Hgon
Hi Tinh
U.S
Oriskany
Hai Yen
Saigon
Dalat
Hau Nehia
Hau Nghia
Bao Trai
Duc Hoa
My Hanh
America
Dominican military strength amid revolt details
The article notes the Dominican army numbered an estimated 25 000 to 30 000, with Brig Gen Elias Wessing Westsin believed to command about 1 500 troops and 30 tanks plus the air force. Caamano's command cites an estimated 20 000 others.
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Donald Reid Cabral
Elias Wessing Westsin
Caamano
Obituary notices from Blairsville area dated May 1985
Obituaries for Oscar Lindsley Cole 72 of Blairsville born December 4 1892 son of Benjamin and Alica Cole died May 9 1985. Survivors include widow Mary Cummins Cole three daughters and one son. Services planned at Ferguson and Son Funeral Home with interment at Twin Valley Memorial. Also notices for Kenneth Moorhead 61 Greensburg died May 8 1985 born March 23 1904 Indiana County. Other obituaries list Francis King Jr 36 Saltsburg William H Putt 49 Clymer John Kovacs 80 Creekside Ralph Aaron Walker 62 Indiana. Includes service details and surviving relatives.
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Oscar Lindsley Cole
Maple Ave
Blairsville
Pine Bank
Green County
Benjamin
Alica Main Cole
Cole
The
Peoples Natural Gas Co
First Methodist Church of
American Legion
Mary Cummins Cole
Gust
Wilma) Chernicky
Indiana R.D
Margaret Morton
Charles
Betty Lou) Heiple
Derry R.D
Robert Cole
U.S. Army
San Antonio
Tex
Charles W. Cole
Ferguson and Son Funeral Home
H. W. Jamison
D.D
Twin Valley Memorial Cemetery
Delmont
Bear
Pine Street
Salinsburg
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Dwight
Alexan- 73
Nicktown
Der
Robert of
Shippens
Burgh
Richard Cleveland
Ohio
Florence) Kennedy
Indiana
Frank and
Eleanor Druhalos
D. H
Emma Jean) Kt King
Martin
Abita Springs
Dorothy Farrell
William H. Putt
Franklin St
Clymer
Cambria County
Mont and
Alice Jane Hite Putt
Mr. Putt
Clymer Christian Church
VFW
U. S. Army
Korea
Bence
Samuel
Ella Weaver Walker
C. R
Anna) Sutter
New Kensington
Earl
Belle) Hoover
Connellsville
Bell Funeral Home
Reid W. Stewart
Greenwood Cemetery
Norman Hollen
Burnside
Miners
Deckers Point
William
Mary Hartzel Hollen
Zada Long Hollen
Mary Edna
Larnabelle
Mahaffey
Long Island
New York
Catherine
Doris Jean
Altoona
Herman
Jessie
Vansise
Alice
Sadie
Philadelphia
Pyott Funeral Home
Howard Swan
Five Children Die in Maryland Church Fire Tragedy
Police said five children perished in a blaze at a Maryland church. The article also notes obituaries and funeral notices for several local residents, including Mrs. Ann Ruth Trimble Swasy of Blairsville and Norman Hollen of Burnside, detailing birthdays, family ties, and service arrangements.
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Ann Ruth Trimble Swasy
Blairsville RD
Derry
Shawley Nursing Home
Youngstown
Derry Township
Westmoreland’ Co
J. Newton and
Samantha Russell ‘Trimble
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Fair
Ike
Nebraska
George Adams
William Davis
Gilbert McBride
Sara
House of Lords
Nathan’ Meyer Rothschild
Carole Tyler
Volkswagen
Stuttgart
Germany
By Vincent P. Carocci
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Gazette
Russia
CAB
Viet Air
Kenneth Moorhead
M. Jana Gerber Moorhead
Maple-Ava
Greensburg
Brookville
Nisey Wennnrrenee Veneangys
Penn Run
Indiana County
Thomas J. and
Viola Frantz Moorhead
Mr. Moorhead
Indiana High School
Indiana State Teachers College
University of Pittsburgh
A & P Coal Company
State Ymca
Southwest District
Mt. Pleasant
Moorhead
Hempfield
Chapter 511
BPOE
National Retired Teachers Association
Pennsylvania Retired Teachers Ry Analysi
David F
Richmond
Ind
Donald
University Park
John
Marjorie) Bowman
Francis King, JR
Umwa
Saltsbury
Hunter Funeral Home
Salts-Robinson-Lytle
Burg
John O. Miller, Jr
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsburg
John Kovacs
Creekside R.D. 1
Creekside
Kovacs
Oakland Cemetery
James B. Reid
Ralph Aaron Walker
Philadelphia Street
Caribbean Sea
4Th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force
82Nd Airborne Division
Embajador Hotel
Santo Domingo
Mike Pina
Saat
N.C
C. Dana
Virginia Beach
Ft. Eustis
Imbert
Melissa
Maurice Har
Wilmer Alirdy Jr
Rothe Blaze
Hardy
Go - Htalian
MD. Blaze
Tregedy
Mre Swasv
Derry Presbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star No
Conemaugh Chapter
DAR
PSEA
Salem Church Association
Charles O. Swasy
Blair
Helen) Lyons
Elder
Maybelle
Campbell
Wilkinsburg
Robert H. Trimble
Jin Tor
Ferguson and Sons Funeral Home
Kenneth Hollenbaugh
Harold Sherman
Blairsville Cemetery
Eastern Star
Funeral Home
Alice V. Keener
Clearfield
Banks Township
Calvie
Ella Straweter
Alea Marce
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