Indiana County Fair Winds Up With Large High School Band Parade
Eighteen high school bands paraded before the grandstand with 2 000 students joining in two selections conducted by George R Pollock at the Indiana County Fair. The event drew the largest crowd of the fair to date and featured a pet show and livestock judging as the day’s highlights.
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Vance Wadas
Vince Wadas
Indiana
George R. Pollock
Indiana Senior High School
Laura Lamar
Elders Ridge
Marion Center
Penns Manor
Purchase Line
Saltsburg
United Joint
Laurel Valley
Kittanning
Shannock Valley
Dayton
Elderton
Blacklick
Punxsutawney
Blairsville
Hempfield
Westmont Hilltop
Post Office Closed Monday National Labor Day Holiday
The Post Office will be closed all day Monday in observance of Labor Day. No mail delivery on town or rural routes.
Khanh resumes full command of South Vietnam government
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh reasserted control in Saigon after a five day Dalat retirement. He won Buddhist leaders support to end threats of renewed antigovernment violence and secured agreement to halt a hunger strike and possible general strike. The government said the stabilization hinges on backing from Dai Viet party members and the armed forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Dalat
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Dai Viet Party
Nguyen Ton Hoan
Boyle Fights For Job At UMW Convention
W A Tony Boyle president of the United Mine Workers of America addresses about 2,500 delegates at the national convention in Miami Beach. He touts the first new contract since 1957 for 25,000 hard coal miners, including an 18 cent hourly raise and $25 vacation pay increase to 185, with three paid holidays. Boyle faces militant opposition led by Steve Kochis of Bobtown Pa, and election ends in December.
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UMW
Boyle
Steve Kochis
Bobtown
State licenses director cited for driving without a license
Seattle AP reports Michael T. Gray, state licenses director, received a traffic ticket on Wednesday for driving without a license. He explained he forgot to change his wallet after changing his suit.
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Seattle
Wash
Michael T. Gray
Gray
Elderton Woman Observes 100th Birthday
Elderton resident Mrs Jennie Beers George Ellsworth marks her centennial today born near the close of the Civil War. She lives with daughter in law Myr tle George on the Beers homestead, mother of John who died at 76 and Frances George Fee who predeceased her. She suffered a hip fracture five years ago and another in May 1964 leaving her bedbound with limited eyesight and hearing.
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Elderton
Jennie Beers
George Ellsworth
Myrtle George
John
Frances George Fee
The
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning
Transit Firm Files Petition Over Track Taken
Pittsburgh Railways Co. asks the state Supreme Court for immediate return of its transit system seized by the Allegheny County Port Authority. In a petition filed Wednesday the firm cites erosion of assets and requests arguments at the Pittsburgh session beginning September 28.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways. Co
State Supreme Court
Allegheny County Port Authority
Pittsburgh Railways
High Court
Death notices and local ads circulate in Rochester Mills area
Obituary notes the death of W. Robert Please age 80 of Rochester Mills R D 1. A separate listing advertises peaches from Violi's Market on Wayne Ave and announces VFW Golf Course rates for weekdays and weekend. Also mentions a dance Friday with Rocky Glenn as entertainer.
Keystone Generating Station Underway At Indiana County Site
Construction of the Keystone Generating Station progresses with four cooling towers rising toward 315 feet, two railroad bridges over Crooked Creek, a spur line, a water storage dam near Gastown, and site land clearing. Four main contractors lead the effort with numerous sub contracts in play.
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Indiana County
Keystone
Indiana
Folkenson
Crooked Creek
Gastown
Goldwater Promises End to Draft in Prescott Kickoff
Sen. Barry Goldwater keynotes his White House bid in Prescott pledging to end the draft and shrink the federal government. He accuses Johnson of using the draft for political schemes while stressing peace through preparedness and constitutional order. Rep. William E. Miller will attend. Goldwater plans campaign stops in New York.
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Prescott, Ariz
Barry Goldwater
White House
Goldwater
Johnson
Senate
Prescott
Arizona
Hill Country
Phoenix
William E. Miller
New York
Lockport
N.Y
Republican Party
Peace Party
Paul F. Wagner
Weather outlook with warm Friday and pleasant weekend
The forecast calls for a fair and cool night with a low in the upper 50s and a mostly fair, warmer Friday reaching the mid 80s. Saturday remains partly cloudy and warm with continued mild conditions. Elks and Guests host fish dinners Friday from 5 to 8, and Thursday and Friday tickets mention Peewee eggs at 5 dozen for $1 at Uber's Market, 499 S. 5th, plus a 20x Dance Labor Day event featuring Rocky Glenn.
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Barry
Gov’t
Malcolm Browne
Miami Beach
Fla
W. A
Tony) Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
George Ellsworth Coscus
Sipon
Transit Firm
Ploase
W. Robert
Rochester Mills R. D
Violi
Wayne Ave
VFW
Sun
Rocky Glenn
H. H. Folkenson
Sipos
Uber
Rocky ‘Glenn
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