12 Sep 1966
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1966
Page
1
Five young refugees used a bulldozer shielded by rags and steel plates to crash through two ditches and four barbed wire fences into West Berlin. East German guards fired over 100 rounds. two people were lightly wounded. The operators and families refused to give names. The armored vehicle was recovered by East German forces about 90 minutes later.
Gemini 11 linked with the Agena target in a record time rendezvous in a NASA mission described as an action packed three days. Conrad and Gordon used on board computer and inertial guidance to plot maneuvers, with ground support praising the docking and noting fuel efficiency.
Harrisburg AP reports lawmakers returned saddened by Pittsburgh senator George J. Sarraf known as Doc Sarraf dying Friday in Pittsburgh. Funeral Tuesday prompts an abbreviated week as both chambers consider consumer credit, community college construction and mental health bills amid looming Nov 8 elections and campaigning.
Blairsville based Blaire Construction Co. completed the Donegal Maintenance Depot on a 12 acre lot off Route 31 near Leeper's Lake for $422,000. The depot serves a 25 mile section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from New Stanton to the Laurel Mountain bypass, replacing an older building.
In Pittsburgh, Eugene E. Kaiser 37 shot and killed his estranged wife during a Sunday school session as five children prayed, then wounded himself. Kaiser is in serious condition at Allegheny General Hospital and faces murder charges.
Tass reported that Harold M. Koch, a former Catholic priest and American, sought political asylum in the Soviet Union citing opposition to U S Vietnam policy. The embassy said it had no details and was seeking information as Moscow released Koch’s statement alleging U S aggression in Vietnam and urging support for world peace.
Jane Ann Jayroe from Laverne Oklahoma was crowned Miss America 1987 in Atlantic City. She faces a busy year with television interviews and a cross country tour, plans to conduct an orchestra, and hopes to entertain troops abroad while embracing her family musical roots and Oklahoma pride.
The stalled civil rights bill faced renewed Senate debate as leaders weighed adjournment options if the measure stalls. Senator Hart warned of ongoing opposition from Dirksen, while Mansfield floated an Oct 15 adjournment and a six day schedule if the bill is bypassed. The key dispute remains the housing provision affecting about 40 percent of U.S. housing.
DOJ lawyers wind up questioning Plaquemines Parish public school personnel as a federal judge orders integration. Parish residents plan a private school system, claiming $1 million raised and seeking $2 million in stock subscriptions. Obituaries included summarize Ralph Warner Speedy of Clarksburg and Alberta L. Bowers of Ford City R.D. 1 with funeral details.
US and West German officials report a faulty signal caused by duplicated readings in a test on Atlas boosters. A second test on a nearby pad produced the same results, prompting reviews by Air Force, NASA, and German experts. The joint effort also includes plans to visit Pennsylvania coal fields as part of the age cooperative program under Johnson era conservation aims.
Multiple funeral notices and wake details list Bertha J Spencer Midge Birch and Thelma Birch among the deceased. Services are scheduled at Punxsutawney, Rossiter, Homer City and Homer City with interment in Dunkard Union and Oakland cemeteries. Dates show death on September 9 1966 and surrounding arrangements.
United Dairy Farmers will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday September 14 at 8 PM in Elkin Farm Equipment just north of Indiana along Route 286. The meeting was called by Ben Lemmon, UDF president.
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