Panamanian unrest and strike grip city
The Panamanian general strike left stores bakeries and presses shuttered while National Guard troops cleared streets. Eight killed 61 wounded as students backed by unions protested for better school conditions. Police said snipers caused deaths and that militant agitators fueled the clashes. Col. Bolivar Vallarino leads a state of siege amid martial law. Washington sought to prevent spillover into North Africa as Algeria and Tunisia faced crises with France.
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Cardinal Stritch Improves After Restful Night
Rome reports Cardinal Stritch shows slight improvement as doctors note he has no fever and no complications after a quiet night. Personal physician Dr. Ralph Bergen and other doctors visited, indicating his condition is tending toward improvement. The item also lists local fruit prices from Shorty’s Fruit Market but these lines are incidental to the health update.
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Chicago
Five SIU students die in crash near Marissa Illinois
Five Southern Illinois University students were killed when their car slammed into a bridge abutment on Route 43 near Marissa early today. Names include Harold Lay Ronald Agron Robert Williams Robert Reeves and Donald Dagget, with driver unknown. The cause remains a mystery.
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Carbondale
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Dog Seeks Home for a Lovable House Pet
A male dog about the size of a cocker spaniel with black, brown and white markings seeks a good home and companionship for a child. Interested parties may phone IN 5-2305 to inquire.
Nike Explodes in New Jersey Killing Ten at Base
Investigators probed a Nike base near Middletown New Jersey after eight armed missiles exploded in a chain reaction, killing ten people including six soldiers and four civilians. Three injured, one seriously, as two service members survived a 20 foot deep pit. The Ajax type missiles detonated in a massive fireball described as horrific.
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Music Tutor Injured In Route 80 Car Crash
GLEN CAMPBELL Frank Delsandro 28 Indiana a grade school music supervisor in the Mahaffey school is listed in unsatisfactory condition in Miners Hospital Spangler after a 3 50 crash on Route 80 in Glen Campbell. Police report he suffered a deep scalp laceration lacerations around the eye internal injuries and possible fracture of a vertebrae as his car skidded on a wet highway entered the left lane struck the berm rolled over and wrapped around an end guard post.
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Indiana County Homes See 187 Percent Rise in Telephones
A special Gazette report notes Indiana County now has 13 878 residential phones, up from 4823 a decade ago, a 187 percent increase. The US gain was 123 percent, reflecting better economic conditions and phones becoming a household convenience rather than a luxury. Local density now stands at 18 phones per 100 people, higher than Europe or the rest of the world. Canada, Iceland, and Vienna offer more advanced or different telephony services.
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Refinery Blaze Baffles Firemen
Long Beach California reports a major Hancock Oil refinery fire on Signal Hill. Firefighters battled the inferno for a second day amid explosions, two dead, and several injuries as a 4200 gallon tetraethyl lead tank posed a potential evacuate risk.
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Yes Sir- 75 Cents A Pound Yes Sir- 75 Cents A Pound
Chicago butcher stalls report higher meat prices as housewives grumble yet continue buying. Adolph Hanson notes customers complain but stick to preferred cuts while nationwide trends vary.
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Wilt The Stilt Quits Kansas For 160 Game Tour
Wilt The Still Quits Kansas Wilt The Still Quits Kansas New York im Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain, KU All America star, says in Look Magazine he will start a 160 game barnstorming tour to earn real money. He has one year of eligibility left at Kansas. Dance tonight at Hotel Homer.
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Reuther Refuses UAW Extension
United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther rejected extending contracts with the Big Three for two more years and said the union’s demands remain. He urged continued bargaining on issues like unemployment, retiree pensions, and plant-displacement benefits, and indicated plans to decide next steps at separate GM Ford Chrysler sessions. May 29 is the GM expiry and June 1 for Ford and Chrysler.
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Walter P. Reuther
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Stassen Head Asks Unity For Ticket
Attorney Joseph W. Serene, chairman of the Indiana County Stassen committee, urged Republicans to unite for a November victory. He praised Indiana County for its support and said the campaign was run on the candidates' qualifications.
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Indiana County Pennsylvanians For Stassen Committee
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Indiana County
Peter Edson Reports Nixon Received Old Advice
Peter Edson asserts that Vice President Nixon got bad advice from a recent tip to Seth America. The note references a column on page 4. The Gazette relays win by United Joint in relays with more sports coverage on pages 16 and 17.
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Seth America
Paige
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Algeria forms revolutionary civilian military junta defying Paris
Algeria declares a public safety government to back Gen. Charles de Gaulle and keep Algeria tied to France. A 40 member Committee of Public Safety leads a session at the Moorish Summer Palace with General Salan and Gaullist Jacques Soustelle present as paratroopers encircle the residence.
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Fire Claims 12 Children At Anaham Reserve Hospital
A hospital on the Anaham Indian reserve in British Columbia suffered a deadly blaze last night. Twelve children died and several others were injured when two explosions sparked the fire, aided by a lack of local firefighting equipment. Sister Mary of the Cross, 25, was badly burned as she tried to rescue the youngsters.
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