Drought Cuts Pennsylvania Farm Income Estimated
Pennsylvania agriculture secretary Leland H. Bull said farm income last year reached 800 million dollars and would fall about six percent statewide due to the drought. In the northeast the loss could reach as much as fifty percent.
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Leland H. Bull
Pennsylvania
Bull
Commonwealth
Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corp
Bradford
Columbia
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Monroe
Pike
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Wayne
Wyoming
Northeast
Agriculture Secretary
Mahalia Jackson Must Rest
Famed gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, 50, ill with a heart ailment, was hospitalized September 15 at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Doctors ordered four to six weeks in bed with restricted visiting and no phone calls, canceling all October appearances.
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Chicago
Mahalia Jackson
Miss Jackson
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Associated Press
Johnson
White House
Pennsylvania Governor's Council urges high speed rail link
Harrisburg reports the Governor's Council of Science and Technology released a 15 page plan to accelerate Pennsylvania's scientific industries and proposes a 200 mile an hour rail system linking Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York. It calls for a state authority to develop the system and boosts aid to Penn State University Pittsburgh Temple and Penn over five years while expanding transit related research and urban mobility studies.
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Harrisburg
Governor's Council of Science and Technology
Pennsylvania
Gov. Scranton
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pittsburgh
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Weather outlook with mixed sun and clouds
A sunny and cool day followed by increasing clouds and a cool night. Friday brings cloudy skies a bit cooler with a few sprinkles. Highs reach the mid 60s, tonight's lows near 50.
William Penn Museum Opens in Harrisburg Dec 1
The William Penn State Museum and Archives tower near the Capitol will open December 1 as the largest of its kind though exhibits will develop slowly. Dr. Edwin W Cruttenden notes contractors finish work and staffing, funding and space limits remain. some sections will be closed after opening and others kept unavailable for long periods. The move aims to address long standing Commission shortages and inadequate quarters.
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Harrisburg
William Penn State Museum
Edwin W. Cruttenden
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Capitol
Cruttenden
Commission
S. K. Stevens
William Penn Museum
Stevens
Warren Delivers Kennedy Probe Report To Johnson
Chief Justice Earl Warren presented the Kennedy assassination commission report to President Johnson in the White House. The 700 page Summary Report will be released Sunday with several volumes to follow. Commission members included Dulles McCloy Russell Cooper Boggs Ford and Warren.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
White House
Warren
Special Commission
Kennedy
Oswald
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
John J. McCloy
Germany
Richard Russell
D-Ga
John Sherman Cooper
Hale Boggs
Dla
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Obituaries In Rochester and Nearby Towns
Death notices list Mrs Martha Jane Miller Breth 61 of Rochester NY formerly of Cherry Tree Frank M Heglas 72 of Clarksburg R D 2 Mrs Nancy Margaret Madge Solinger 86 of Vandergrift Mrs Elizabeth Waltenbaugh 83 of Ford City R D 2 all families notified of their deaths and listings.
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Breth
Martha Jane Miller
Rochester
N.Y
Cherry Tree Heglas
Frank M
Clarksburg
R.D
Solinger
Nancy Margaret
Madge
Vandergrift
High Speed Rail on Washington to New York Feasibility
Philadelphia AP reports Pennsylvania Railroad chairman Stuart Saunders outlined a possible 125 to 150 mph high speed link between Washington and New York with a 125 mph schedule by a few years and a 1964 spend of 9 million to upgrade the corridor. He said Boston to Washington cooperation and urban renewal plans also loom.
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Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stuart T. Saunders
Saunders
Franklin Institute
PRR
Department of Commerce
Boston
Washington - New York
Boston-New York Motor Co
Homer City
Pennsylvania
Penn Center
Johnson postpones nationwide rail strike 60 days
President Johnson forms an emergency board to study the labor dispute as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen delays a nationwide walkout for 60 days. The union seeks a 25 percent across the board wage raise from major rail lines.
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Washington
Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
UAW Demands 40-Hour Week in GM Talks
In Detroit AP reports the United Auto Workers push for a guaranteed 40 hour work week as GM contract negotiations enter a final 24 hour showdown. The union seeks firm weekly hours amid bargaining with General Motors Corp.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Reuther
Typhoon Wilda Pounds Kagoshima Japan
Typhoon Wilda with 100 mph winds struck Kagoshima in southern Japan causing casualties and injuries. Five fishermen were reported missing off Oshima Island as the storm moved toward Shikoku and the inland sea. In UAW GM talks union demands include 40 hours pay for any on call workers and continued wage guarantees aligning with Chrysler and Ford contracts.
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Tokyo
Wilda
Kagoshima
Japan
Miyazaki
Kyushu
Shikoku
Kyodo
Oshima
Service Notice From John F Steetie and Son
John F. Steetie and Son asks customers who requested service to call again as work sheets have been lost. Contact at 465-6641 for re scheduling and clarification.
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John F. Steetie and Son
VFW Dance and Elks Fish Dinners Weekend Events
VFW dance and floor show Saturday with a 38x dairy Dell gallon ice cream tub sale priced at 1.29. Harvest supper Saturday night at Plumville District Fire Hall. Elks and Guests offer fish dinners Friday served 5 to 8 pm. Also Thursday and Friday tickets available through a local electrical company.
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Dairy Dell Gallon
Plumville
Clarksburg Man Killed By Own Car
A 72 year old Clarksburg man Frank M. Heglas was crushed to death when the car he was repairing on improvised hoists slipped off and dropped on him on his property. He died at the scene and was a member of Holy Cross Church Iselin and Local 3548 United Mine Workers. An obituary is in today’s Indiana Evening Gazette.
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Clarksburg
Frank M. Heglas
R.D
The
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana Evening Gazette
J and S Saddle Club Square Dance at Rustic Lodge
The J and S Saddle Club hosts a square dance at Rustic Lodge on Friday September 25. The event invites members and guests for an evening of dancing and socializing.
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J & S Saddle Club
Rustic Lodge
Giant Brush Fire Vanquishes Montecito Area Homes
A massive brush fire near Santa Barbara caused mass evacuations as winds fanned flames that destroyed between 26 and 40 homes in Montecito and Painted Cave. The two fires merged into a 16 500 acre blaze threatening Goleta neighborhoods. Authorities reported up to 5 000 evacuated and firefighters awaiting control.
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Montecito
Santa Barbara
Calif
U. S. Forest Service
Jack Parkinson
Warren Barnes
Painted Cave
Goleta
Westmont College
Mt. Calvary Monastery
Chicago to test multimillion dollar school computer system
The Chicago Board of Education plans a four year old Total Information Service to cut clerical work for 25 000 teachers and provide instant pupil histories for administrators researchers and guidance counselors. Tests started at 20 schools with use expected by September 1965.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Total Information Service
United States
Stanley R. Patton
Patton
Phillip Lewis
School Board
Lewis
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