Pentagon orders 280 more planes for Vietnam war
Secretary McNamara announced a $700 million add on 280 warplanes for fiscal 1968, with most going to the Navy due to higher loss rates. The push follows U S air combat losses and higher sortie totals, as production plans for 1967 and 1968 were 800 to 1 000 aircraft and a supplemental budget may be sought later.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Viet Nam
Tiscal
Defense
Robert J .S. McNamara
Navy
Pentagon
U.S
North
McNamara
Defense Department
Governors Hear Plea On Economy From Johnson
Washington AP report notes President Johnson invites several governors to a Friday session to discuss stabilizing the booming economy. He urges labor restraint on wages and asks business and officials to economize while Ways and Means approves suspending parts of the investment tax credit to aid small businesses and farmers. Vice President Humphrey travels to Atlantic City to press labor on wage discipline and productivity to balance growth.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
House Ways and Means Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Atlantic City
N.J
United Steelworkers of America
Volved
Shafer and Shapp share platform in Philadelphia
Republican Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer and Democrat Milton Shapp spoke at a Philadelphia Young Presidents Organization meeting about economic progress. Shafer urged a state computer information bank and creation of three new departments while Shapp criticized Scranton era lag in growth and cited 285000 workers lost, noting some may return.
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Philadelphia
Soy
Raymond P. Shafer
Milton Shapp
Shafer
Shapp
Young Presidents Organization
Pennsylvania
Transportation
Public Safety
Finance
Department of Internal Affairs
Governor's Office
William Scranton
King Coal
Poll Shows LBJ In Trouble Over Viet Nam War
An ABC poll shows President Johnson in trouble with voters over the Vietnam War while many prefer Kennedy would have done better. Most reject Goldwater and Morse positions, with Rusk and McNamara blamed for ongoing conflict. Kraft researchers note no sacrosanct presidency and support for probing war conduct.
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New York
Johnson
Viet Nam
American Broadcasting Company
John F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
ABC
John F. Kraft, Inc
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Kraft Organization
Kraft
President
Morse
Kennedy
Goldwater
Humphrey
Legislators In Accord On LBJ Role
Washington AP lawmakers agree President Johnson should have authority to call up some military reserves without a national emergency but differ on procedures and legal status. House vote 332-6 backs a plan to define reserve status and power. Senate plan tied to defense bill earlier, contested by the House. Public opinion shows Viet Nam as top national issue, with Johnson's job ratings mixed and broad concern over inflation and economic problems.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate Armed Services Committee
Hubert H
Humphrey
Kennedy
Kraft Organization
Viet! Nam
Richard M. Nixon
Picnic Cancelled by Legion After Dam Closure
Indiana County Council American Legion cancels Sunday picnic planned for Sept 25 due to Du Manns Dam closure, officials say.
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Indiana County Council
American Legion
Duman's
Bank Watch Calls Report From State Banks
Harrisburg AP state Banking Secretary G Allen Patterson issued a call for reports on the condition of all state banks trust companies savings banks private banks and employees mutual banking associations as of Sept 26. Reports need not be published and are to cover banks and related institutions.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Harrisburg
G. Allen Patterson
Luzerne County Democrats Appeal Wilkes-Barre Tax Ordinance
Luzerne County Democratic Party filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court after the Superior Court upheld Wilkes-Barre’s 1 percent wage tax ordinance from last January. Attorneys argued the measure was inadequately advertised and enacted under a repealed statute. The city projects annual revenue over $500,000 from workers earning above $800 and some business profits.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Luzerne
Insurance refunds total over sixteen thousand for fire departments
Auditor General Grace M. Sloan reports $16,790 for Indiana County and $23,960.60 for Armstrong County plus $191,879.64 being withheld from 184 municipalities. Checks come from a 1965 two percent tax on net direct premiums and Fire Insurance Fund surplus, with amounts from $3.13 to $7,589.01 for Philadelphia and $3.13 to $7,589.01 for Philadelphia.
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Grace M. Sloan
Pennsylvania Auditor General
Indiana County
Armagh
Blairsville
Cherry Tree
Clymer
Creekside
Glen Campbell
Homer City
Indiana
Marion Center
Plumville
Saltsburg
Sheloca
Smicksburg
Leechburg
Manorville
North Apollo
Parker City
Rural Valley
South Bethlehem
West Kittanning
Worthington
Bethel
Boggs
Burrell
Cadogan
Cowanshannock
East Franklin
Gilpin
Hovey
Kiskiminetas
Kittanning
Madison
Mahoning
Manor
North Buffalo
Parks
Perry
Pine
Rayburn
Redbank
South Bend
South Buffalo
Sugarcreek
Valley
Washington
Wayne
West Franklin
Elkin Named Director of Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Group
Luther Elkin, owner and operator of Elkin Farm Equipment in Indiana, was appointed to a two year term as director of the Pennsylvania Retail Farmland Industrial Equipment Association at a meeting held recently at Rustic Lodge.
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Luther Elkin
Elkin
Indiana
Pennsylvania Retail Farmland Industrial Equipment Association
Rustic Lodge
South Korea Leader Pushes Action After Excrement Thrower
President Chung Hea Park urged the National Assembly to punish opposition lawmaker Kim Du-kan for dumping feces on Premier Chung Il-kwon and four ministers during a tense session over a smuggling case involving a fertilizer firm. The ruling party caucus seeks Kim’s expulsion as the cabinet resignations followed the incident. Park offered no immediate action and warned of continued cabinet nonattendance until discipline is assured.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hea Park
National Assembly
Chung Il-kwon
Democratic Republican Party
Kim Du-kan
Chung
Park
Assembly
Cartoonist Bailey recounts brutal bus stop attack
Editor notes Martin Bailey, a Miami Herald cartoonist and family man, recounts ten minutes of terror when four men beat him at a lonely bus corner. He describes the savage assault, serious injuries, and current hospital treatment awaiting surgery.
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Martin Bailey
Miami Herald
Bailey
Miami Reporter Attacked By Shadowed Robbers
Martin Bailey of The Miami Herald recalls a night street assault as two husky men in polo shirts seize him from behind near a street light. They drag him into darkness, strip his watch, and overpower him while two younger assailants stand by silently.
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Miami
Fla
Bayonet Found in Lake Michigan Linked to Percy Case
Kenilworth police chief said a lake Michigan bayonet could have been the murder weapon used on 21 year old Valerie Percy. Crime lab officials found no blood or fingerprints linking the weapon, while a coroner’s aide noted multiple stab wounds suggest a double edged tool. Police interviewed 135 people. Percy family remains in seclusion as campaign politics continue.
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Kenilworth, Ill
Kenilworth
Lake Michigan
Valerie Percy
Chicago
Irwin Haviland
The
Crime Laboratory
Valerie
Daniel Dragel
Robert M. Daley
Daley
Charles H. Percy
U.S. Senate
Percy
Coast Guard
Percys
California
Sen
Paul H. Douglas Dill
Douglas
Washington
Obituary notices for Alberta Wing er and Thomas Larsen published
Alberta Frazier Wing er 71 wife of Charles E Wing er of 245 Gompers Ave Indiana died Sept 22 1966 in Shadyside Hospital Pittsburgh Born Sept 9 1895 in New Bethlehem Pa she lived in Indiana since 1919 Active in Zion Lutheran Church and local groups survived by two sons five grandchildren and a deceased son Services set at Robinson Lytle's Indiana. Thomas N Larsen 53 husband of Mary Lundy Larsen of 444 North Ninth St Indiana fatally injured Sept 23 1966 in mine accident near Elderton A service at Robinson Lytle's Indiana with complete obituary to follow in Saturday edition of Indiana Evening Gazette.
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Alberta Frazier Winger
Charles E. Winger
Gompers Ave
Indiana
Shadyside Hospital
Pittsburgh
New Bethlehem
William and
Mary Hoffman Frazier
Winger
Zion Lutheran Church of Indiana
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana County
C.E.S
V.F.W. Auxiliary
The
Edward F
James W
Huntington
W. Va
Charles William
Thomas N. Larsen
Mary C. Lundy Larsen
North Ninth St
Emilie No
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal. Co
Elderton
Robinson-Lytle’s
Indiana Evening Gazette
After Attack I Find a Quarter Amid Losses
A victim recalls a brutal street assault leaving his left cheekbone split and bloodied. He describes a missed bus, two police cruises, and Cuban bystanders who helped him. Despite injuries and robbery of 32 cents and a pen, he says he does not hate the attackers and feels pity for them. He faces surgery after a hospital stay.
Lafayette aid drive to Tarahumara Indians blocked by Mexico
A Lafayette driven mercy train of 10 freight cars loaded with food medicine clothing and farming tools was barred from crossing into Mexico to aid the Tarahumara tribe as Mexican officials cited a government inability to care for citizens. The plan followed appeals from Jesuit Father Verplancken amid reports of Tarahumara hunger and a fatal plane crash carrying a priest and nun delivering supplies.
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Lafayette
Mexico
Mexico City
Treasury
Mercy
el Paso
Tex
Ernesto Uranga
Chihuahua City
Lourdes Ramirez
Gordon Blake
Luis Verplancken
Verplancken
Chihuahua
Texas
Praxedes Ciner Duran
Chiluahua
Houston
San Antonio
Blake
Creel
Sierra Madre Mountains
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West Wheatfield
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Armstrong County
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Applewald
Atwood
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