Senator Long Says Agencies Target Him In Hoffa Case
Missouri Senator Ed Long defends his ties to Shenker and denies improper influence in the Hoffa investigation. He says federal agencies are aiming at him, notes Life magazine allegations about wiretaps, and confirms receiving $48,000 from Shenker while denying conflict of interest. The Times reports Long acknowledged the payment amid questions over subcommittee conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Ed Long
Long
D.-Mo
Morris
Shenker
St. Louis
Hoffa
Senate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Lne
Sen. Long
Coop
U.S. District Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Internal Revenue Service
The
New York Times
Washington
Subcommittee
Bernard Fensterwald Jr
Teamsters
Teammsters Union
Herd
Missouri
Kmox-Tv
Knife-armed soldier saves armored carrier in Vietnam
2nd Lt. Ted Hendrickson and a companion describe a battle where a Viet Cong sapper attacked a halted armored carrier. A hunter’s knife stopped an explosive bag bladed by a VC by stabbing him in the shoulder blades. Friend, bruised but unhurt, aided by Hendrickson and was nominated for the Silver Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friend
Maryland
Ted Hendrickson
Rock Island
Ill
Leutenant
Uth
Hong Kong Police Clash With Rioters
In Hong Kong the police faced multiple rioting mobs across Hong Kong Island and Kowloon on the ninth day of anti-British demonstrations. Police used riot sticks and tear gas while groups hurled acid from rooftops and mob crowds gathered near Government House and courts besieged by hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Hong B
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
Suchjo
Government House
Autos Collide on Route 85 Near Rural Valley
Rural Valley man Everett R. Fennell 46 and Clyde A. Hepburn 21 of DuBois collided Saturday night on Route 85 five miles west of here. State police estimated damages at 350 dollars with no apparent injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Valley
Everett R. Fennell
Clyde A. Hepburn
DuBois R. D. 2
State Role In Driver's Test Noted
Colonel Frank McKetta, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, announced Pennsylvania motorists will have a role in CBS televised National Driver's Test. A seatbelt segment used survey data collected by a five-person team at Valley Forge and King of Prussia Mall with six two-hour segments over two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKetta
Pennsylvania State Police
Pennsylvania
Columbia Broadcasting System
McKetta
Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania Bureau of Traffic Safety
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania Turnpike
King of Prussia
Montgomery County
CBS
Belmont Barracks
Turnpike Patrol
Schwenksville Barracks
Turnerpike Commission
Westo Chester State College
State N-Blast Plan for Centre County Gas Storage
A proposed underground nuclear blast to hollow a gas storage cavity in Centre and Clinton Counties was discussed at the Pennsylvania Press Conference. AEC official John Kelly said 24 kilotons, 3200 feet depth, 600 square feet cavity, with eight months after clearance as the earliest possible date. Governor Shafer formed a committee to study the plan and address questions about groundwater and seismic effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
Centre County
John
Kelly
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Pennsylvania
Columbia Gas System Service Conp
New York
Sproul State Forest
Centre
Clinton
Shafer
Nagasaki
Miss USA Sylvia Hitchcock Wins Fair Contest Title
Sylvia Hitchcock of Alabama, a University of Alabama junior and art student raised on a Miami area farm, is crowned Miss USA after a pageant where her boyfriend Skip Hunter of Hastings noted he once proposed. He also said she’s “the most natural” he’s dated, while Hitchcock plans to go to New York and pursue art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Sylvia Hitchcock
University of Alabama
Sylvia
Herbert
Skip
Hunter
University of Miami
Miss Hitchcock
New York
Haverhill
Mass
Miami
Raymond
University of Connecticut
California
Susan Bradley
Florida
Cheryl Patton
North Miami Beach
Wisconsin
Jodi Bonham
Missouri
Karen Hendriz
Barefoot Boy Is Found Safe After 11 Hours Lost
A 6yearold boy wandered 10 miles in Utah's Jerico sand dunes overnight. About 200 searchers with horses Jeeps and motorcycles scoured west central Utah until he was found. He recalled fear thirst and dodging wildlife. A cyclist helper helped locate him after an obstacle race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehi
Utah
Mike Fowler
Jerico Sand Dunes
Mike
David Spencer
Draper
Spencer
Lukewarm 1967 Outlook for Pennsylvania Economy
Atlantic City AP reports Charles H. Bracken, outgoing Pennsylvania Bankers Association president, gives a cautious 1967 forecast. He cites continued growth but slower than 1966, notes reliance on iron and steel and hard goods, and urges diversification of manufacturing and services. Bracken, of Marine National Bank, will be PBA president through June 30. DeHaven Develin named as successor. Pennsylvania lags national gains in 1967 manufacturing employment, retail sales, and personal income. Cultivated silk worms are fed white mulberry leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
Charles H. Bracken
Pennsylvania
PBA
Bracken
Marine National Bank
Erie
DeHaven Develin
Bryn Mawr Trust Co
Perfect School Attendance at Bristol Grade Ends Year
Mrs Betty Combs sixth grade at Chinquapin Elementary Bristol aims for perfect attendance in 175 days with no absences on A Day record. A student recently cut hand but returned next day with a bandage, underscoring the class’s perseverance.
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Bristol, Tenn
Betty Combs
Bristol
Chinquapin
Brookville Hospital Nursing Strike Ends Says Board Leader
Brookville Pennsylvania AP The Brookville General Hospital Board president states the three week nurses strike is over and urges focus on hospital service. The hospital says 16 to 30 nurses had been absent while the Nurses Association says they were fired for not resigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville, Pa
Brookville General Hospital
Brookville
David H. Smail
Pennsylvania Nurses Association
Nurses Association
Smail
Shafer Pursues Tax Proposals in Closed-Door Talks
Harrisburg AP Shafer continues closed meetings with Democratic leaders on tax plans and state programs as he weighs a statewide income tax among potential revenue sources. A one percent tax on adjusted net income is rumored, with opposition noted from several Republican senators. Memorial Day ends the two week recess before June 1 budget talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Senate
Albert R. Pechan
Armstrong County
Pechan
House
Lee A. Donaldson Jr
Obituaries list multiple local residents across decades
Obituaries report deaths from 1967 through 1987 for Anna Luksic Orna To and related family members in Western Pennsylvania. The items name places Lucernemines, Homer City, Saltsburg, Indiana County, and communities, with funeral home services, church rites, and interment plans at St Bernard Cemetery and Edgewood Cemetery among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Luksic Ornato
Pittsburgh
Lucernemings
John J. Kane Hospital
Lucerne Mines
George
Maria Glad Luksic
Patrick
Patricia
Tony Luksic
Homer City
Mary Weber
St. Louis
Frank
Lucernemines
W. Scott
Wallace
Clifford R
Saltsburg RD
Carvella F
Niagara, Falls
N. Y
Floyd
Betty M.) Kimmell
Ford City R.D
Robert W
Hamburg
Duane
Mae) Calhoun
New Kensington
Anna Mae Sherrard
Conshocton
Cora Hill
Apollo
Virginia Horrell
Lloyd Clawson
Derry
Myrtle Coffman
Marion Center
Norman Clawson
Violet Hogue
Archie Clawson
Saltsbury R.D
Russell Clawson
Latrobe
Frances Gordish
Star Route
Saltsburg
Hunter Funeral Home
Richard Reynolds
Edgewood Cemetery
Joseph M. Tomechko
Stafford
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Slovakia
Albert
Anna Soyak Tomechko
St. Elizabeth Church
Holy Name Society
National Slovak Society
Anna Mikitko Tomechko
Edward
Joseph
Richard
Cleveland
Steve Kadlee
Helen Adies
John Tomechko
Mildred Sedlock
Barnesboro
Bence
Clymer
Father Andrew Chapela
Marie Kelly
TL Water St
Salzeburg
Latrobe Area Hospital
Lily
Grant
Margaret Lauder Berkstresser
Kenneth G
Etna
David
Betty) Thomas
Wilkinsburg
William H. Berkstresser
John Berkstresser
Ebensburg
Cloyd
Central City
Saltsbury
William Parker
Twin Valley Memorial Park
Delmont
Otto Bernard Walker
Dayton
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning
St. Marys
Elizabeth Weigle Walker
Walker
Vera Virginia Young
FOE
Punxsutawney
Fred
Josephine) Hoyet
Harrison City
William Joseph
Moonachie
N. J
Lena M. Tucker
Victy M Becker
Camden
Ely
Gerald A. Miller
T. R.R. Stull
Glade Run Cemetery
Lillian Bell Green
Frank J. Green
Oberlin
Green
Blacklick Twp
Indiana County
Seventh Day Adventist Church
James Thomas Kime
Bertha Bartlebaugh
Huron Road Hospital
Ohio
George McClellan
Margaret Trimble Brady
Montgomery Township
Ord Bartlebaugh
Edgar
Ernest Brady
Baltimore
George Brady
Long Valley
Harold Brady
Charles Davis
Indiana
Raleigh Funeral
Hillsdale
Thomas Shuttlesworth
Max Dori
Ina
Thompson Cemetery
Arthur Houston White
Edna Roy White
Paul J
Margaret) Becky
Ralph BD
May Pearl
Burt
Samson Ing
Neville St
Allegheny Cemetery
Tommy Riggs dies radio ventriloquist Betty Lou creator
Pittsburgh AP reports Tommy Riggs a former radio and TV entertainer and creator of Betty Lou died at his home in Pittsburgh. He appeared 50 times on the Rudy Vallee Show and later performed in supper clubs and on radio and TV. He served in the Navy in World War I and worked for Columbia Broadcasting as a DJ. He later formed Riggs Marketing Research Co and retired after five years. Funeral details were private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Tommy Riggs
Rudy Vallee
Squirrel Hill
Riggs
Betty Lou
WCAE
WTAE
Navy
Columbia Broadcast Co
Riggs Marketing Research Co
Dodd's Tax Decision Up To Attorneys
Senator Thomas J. Dodd says his lawyers will decide if campaign funds used for personal expenses should be counted as income. He claims conscience clear, cites unclear bookkeeping by a former office clerk and acknowledges some money paid for personal charges. The ethics panel has a June 13 debate on censure. Dodd says he bears technical responsibility but denies moral wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
CBS
Face the Nation
Ethics Committee
Michael V. O'Hare
Hartford
O'Hare
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Miss USA
Brookville Hospital
Susan M. McKeever
Salisburg R.D
Indiana Hospital
Blairs’ville
Wallace Elmer
Delilah Hul|enbaugh Clawson
Radio Fame
Mont Blac
France
Italy
Gazette
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