Flag torn during Sabah protest at Philippine embassy
About 400 Malaysian students stormed the Philippine Embassy grounds in Kuala Lumpur tearing down the Philippine flag to protest Manila’s Sabah claim. Police delayed, two students injured, embassy official condemns action as violation of international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Sabah
Tunku Abdul Rahman
University of Malaya
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Rodolfo Diaz
Manila
Sher Mohammed
Czechoslovakia
U.S. State Department
United States
Marcos
U.S
G. Mennen Williams
Earier
Sultan of Sulu
North Borneo
British North Borneo
Private DeSalle At Fort Wood
Blairsville Army Private Terry A. DeSalle, son of Aene DeSalle, Blairsville, completed advanced training as a combat engineer at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. A Pittsburgh report said Emily Narick may challenge I W Abel for USW leadership and was demoted, but union officials kept details private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Terry A. DeSalle
Aene DeSalle
Hodge
Pittsburgh
United Steelgineer
Ft. Leonard
Wood
I. W. Abel
Narick
Abel
Emily Narick
KDKA
USW
Major Hurd Selected for Army Command College at Fort Leavenworth
Major Chetwin M. Hurd of Indiana and 1,344 officers from the U S and allied nations are chosen for the U S Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The senior school class will graduate June 6, 1969, after studies on Army staff functions and joint service commands. Major Hurd and his wife Vera reside at Fort Leavenworth. he earned a 1955 B S from Indiana University and a 1966 M S from Texas Christian University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Chetwin M. Hurd
Sherwin M. Hurd
Indiana
U.S
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
U.S. Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Army General Staff
Hurd
Vera
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Tex
Nixon Campaign Tour Expands To Philadelphia Suburbs
Richard Nixon visited Progress Plaza in North Philadelphia with Reverend Leon Sullivan and urged a breakthrough toward black business ownership. A one day motorcade through Philadelphia drew an estimated 200,000 to 240,000 supporters on Chestnut Street, with Nixon insisting he seeks the votes of all Americans including Black voters. He warned against a coalition government in Vietnam and urged voters to decide for a settlement allowing a broader national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
Progress Plaza
Leon Sullivan
Sullivan
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
U. S
J. White House
Vietnam
Jack McKinney
GOP
McKinney
Johnson Administration
U.S
Chestnut Street
Frank Rizzo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Steel Industry Feels Poststrike Order Drop
New York report notes the steel industry is hit by reduced orders after a three year contract with the United Steelworkers. July shipments fell from 10 million to 5 million tons in August and little improvement is expected in September and October. Total employment may slide to about 625,000, down 10 percent since June, with further layoffs possible by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Steelworkers of America
Marine Grad Harris II Completes Recruit Training
Marine Private Donald M. Harris II, 19, son of Donald Harris Jr. of Shelocta, graduated from eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Washington D.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelocta
Donald M. Harris II
Donald Harris Jr
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parre Island
D.C
Sad News For Young Bride
In Gastonia North Carolina an 18 year old wife of Army Private Charles Owens died. She had been counting days toward September 19 the date doctors promised their first baby would arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N.C
Army Pfe
Charles Owens
Berkey Sailor Reported Killed in Viet Nam Action
Navy yard note states Aviation Boat Swain's Mate Airman Thomas R. Berkey USN 20 son of Mr and Mrs Bernon Berkey Skelocta R D 3 served aboard USS Enterprise of the Seventh Fleet. He was reported killed in action in Viet Nam earlier in the week in the Gulf of Tonkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelocta — Aviation
Thomas R. Berkey
USN
Bernon Berkey
Skelocta R
Indiana Native Named Professor at Ship Pensburg State College
Dr. James H. McCormick, a native of Indiana, is among 26 Ship Pensburg State College professors elevated in rank for the fall term. He becomes professor and assistant dean of academic affairs, a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with higher degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, New York University, the University of Michigan, and Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McCormick
Shippensburg State College
Ralph E. Heigel
McCormick
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
New York University
University of Michigan
Columbia University
Five gunmen linked to Michigan crime ring nabbed in mass arrests
In Genesee County Michigan and nearby states authorities arrested five men tied to a Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania crime ring. The group allegedly plotted to kill prosecutor Leonard and involved in bank and filling station robberies and conspiracy to murder a police informant. Arrestees include Thomas Parry Joseph Giacalone Caesar Montevecchio Ameal Bachmann and John Jarez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen G. Fairman
Gerald Fairman
Indiana
Lansing
Mich
Seattle
Wash
Erie
Quang Tre Province
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Pa
South Vietnam
Shafer
New
Michigan
Frank J
Fairman
Kelley
Third Marine Battalion
United States
Nixon - Agnew
Ohio
Pennsyl
Rob
F. Leonard
Genesee Coun
Flint
Genesee County
Natick
Mass
Boston
Thomas J. Parry
Joseph Giacalone
Caesar Montevecchio
Ameal E. Bachmann
John Jarez
Montevecchio
Giacalone
Juarez
Charles Thomas
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Leonard
Medicare signup timing for 65 olds in Indiana
Indiana Social Security Office urges early Medicare enrollment two or three months before age 65. Enrollment in the initial seven month period avoids delays and higher premiums. Medicare covers voluntary medical insurance and hospital insurance with specific start rules. The piece also notes a Vietnam era Army cook, Spec. Kenneth D. Eamigh, in Co. D 89th Engineer Battalion, stationed in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Social Security Office
An Khe
Vietnam
Army
Kenneth D. Eamigh
Linda, Eamigh
R. D
Donald Eamigh
Indiana R.D
Pile-On Crash Kills 2 on N J Turnpike
A dense fogged mass pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike southbound near Bellmawr led to at least two deaths. State police reported 30 to 40 vehicles involved in a chain collision with possible burn injuries and multiple injuries rushed to Underwood Hospital in Woodbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
New Jersey Turnpike
Bellmawr
No. 4
Swedesboro
Underwood Hospital
Woodbury
Italy Court Rules Hugging Not Proof of Adultery
A Rome court ruled that hugging fondling and kissing are not evidence of adultery. Judge Bruno Scrivo acquitted a married man and the concubine of charges after noting demonstrations of love do not prove intimate relations. The wife was ordered to pay trial costs. adultery carries up to two years in prison for either spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Bruno Scrivo
Schweiker Seeks National Draft Reform Plan
U S Senate candidate Richard S. Schweiker assailed the draft system as outmoded and unfair. He urged uniform national deferment standards and a national manpower pool, faulting Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey for resisting reform and calling for his replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Richard S. Schweiker
U.S. Senate
Schweiker
Montgomery County
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Humphrey Seeks Endorsement After Truman Meeting
Hubert Humphrey, calling himself the underdog, met with former president Harry S. Truman in Independence Missouri and received a hopeful if expected forecast on the November election outcome from the 1948 winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Hubert H. Humphrey
Harry S. Truman
Blakeslee Resigns As Director
Barton G. Blakeslee of Reynoldsville resigns as executive director of the bi-county Community Action Agency after a three year tenure. The agency, started under the Economic Opportunity Act, grew from two staffers to 21 and expanded programs across Jefferson and Clarion counties. Blakeslee also served as the first president of the Pennsylvania State Association of CAP Directors in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Humphrey
Louisville
Kansas City
Sen
Edmund 8S. Muskin
Maine
Washington
M. Nixon
Vietnam
Blakeslee
CAA
Punxsutawney
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Association of Cap Directors
Jefferson - Clarion County Community Action Agency Board of
Barton G. Blakes
Reynoldsville
Obituaries Miss Margaret Turner 44 Blairsville dies
Margaret Turner 44 of 260 North Spring St Blairsville died Tuesday Sept 17 1968 Memorial services set for Blairsville First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 2 30 p m with Rev Walter L Wifehold officiating Myrtle Crawford Nistle wife of the late Walter Nistle dies Sept 19 1968 in Medical Arts Hospital Dallas Texans Indiana roots Berra Ohio later life Surviving two sisters Phyllis Finnicum Wilda Crawford both Indiana and a brother William Crawford Tyrone Services Monday at 1 30 p m Baker Funeral Home Berra Ohio Interment Berra Cemetery
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Margaret, Turner
North Spring St
Blairsville
Blairsville First Presbyterian Church
Walter L. Wifehold
Myrtle Crawford Nistle
Walter, Nistle
Medical Arts
Dallas
Texas
Indiana
Berra
Ohio
Harry
Phyllis) Finnicum J
Wilda Crawford
Willaim Crawford
Tyrone
Baker Fun Leral
Humphrey Ad Campaign Targets Nixon in Key States
At Freedom Hall Humphrey raised a fund dinner crowd and challenged Nixon’s Vietnam stance while praising Emancipation and equality. He mocked Nixon as a fence rider, pledged to be the nation’s top peace advocate, and claimed FBI awards for crime crackdown as mayor. He urged unity and support for his bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom Hall
George C. Wallace
America
Sioux Falls
S.D
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Humphrey
Nixon
Louisville
Hubert
FBI
Minneapolis
United States
Saltsburg Seaman Apprentice James Maratka Graduates Navy Boot Camp
Seaman Apprentice James E. Maratka, USN, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Maratka Sr. of Saltsburg, has completed nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltsburg
James E. Maratka
USN
John S. Maratka Sr
Saltsburg R.C
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Feed Grain Diversion Announced for 1969 Program
Secretary Freeman outlined minimum and optional diversion levels for the 1969 feed grain program to aid farmers planning 1969 barley and wheat crops. The 20 to 25 percent range applies to corn, sorghum and barley bases with possible additional diversions to balance supply. If 20 percent is the minimum, farmers may use voluntary diversions or replant with late fall or spring crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Secretary of Agriculture
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Associated Press
DeSalle
Fort Wood
Army College
Phila
Steel Industry
Marine Grad
Naval
Rae PE Can
Geezer Erro
Hillard Willis Marks
Chicago
Oak Brook
Marks
William E. Marks
Judy
Barry
Mark
Indiana Marine Recovering
Dan Evans
Evans
St. Louis
Gov. Shafer
Spec
Eamigh
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Monmouth
N.J. Pike
Kissina OK
Kamiah
Humphre
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