Reconstructing San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts Opens
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco nears completion after a $7.4 million rebuilding funded by city state and private gifts. Walter S. Johnson alone contributed $2.3 million, with plans for durable materials and new ceremonies as meetings and festivals shape the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco
Aegee
Rome
Golden Gate Bridge
Bernard Maybeck
Walter S. Johnson
Crescent
Artunda
Tal
California
Swollen Allegheny River Tops Flood Peak in Salamanca
In Salamanca and nearby areas the swollen Allegheny River reached just under 16 feet before leveling. At least 25 families were forced from homes and two people reported missing as five inches of rain drenched the region since Wednesday. Fire crews battled flooded basements, gas lines were shut off, and Mayor Keith Reed declared a state of emergency as officials monitored rising waters upstream at Olean and across Erie County.
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Salamanca
N.Y
Allegheny
New York City
Great Valley
James Hatch
Little Valley
Colden
Buffalo
Olean
Weather Bureau
Snyder
Keith Reed
Three Pennants Killed In War
Three Pennsylvanians were reported killed in the Vietnam War by the Defense Department. The declines were: Petty Officer Third Class Conal J. Byrne Jr. of Drexel Hill and Marines Corporal Clarence D. Sheibley of Ronal? Hagood of Philadelphia. The article also covers highway hearings in Pennsylvania and remarks by Ronald Reagan on military advice and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Navy Hospital
State Highway Commis Corpsman
3. C
Eureka
Helen Sheibley
Ronald Reagan
California
District 10
Elliottsburg
Cpl
William
Bell
Erland
Butler
Countess Hagood
Philadelphia
Armstrong
Clar
Indiana
Jefferson
Byrnes
Turner Ave
Hagoods
State Highways Department
Guy
Raymond P. Shafer
Highways
C. W. Minkel
Mary Robert G. Bartlett
Michigan State Union
America
University of Pennsylvania Sat
Highways Department
Communion Sunday Observed at First Methodist Church
Communion Sunday will be observed at the First Methodist Church on Sunday October 1 with services at 8 45 and 11 a m Dr H W Jamison will deliver the Communion meditation Christian Fellowship The Senior Choir will perform Will James anthem Come Ye Disconsolate Nursery facilities will be available Church School meets at 845 a m The Junior and Senior High Fellowships meet at 6 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
H. W. Jamison
Family Night at Curry Run and Shelocta Churches
The Curry Run and Shelocta United Presbyterian Churches meet for family night supper at Curry Run Church on Wednesday at 6 15 PM. The World Wide Communion preparatory service follows in the Curry Run Sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry
Curry Run
United Presbyterian Churches
Curry Run Presbyterian
Albert Walker
William S. Merwin
Disaster Area Declared in Lower Rio Grande Valley
President Johnson declared 24 South Texas counties a major disaster area as floodwaters from Rio Grande threaten Brownsville and Matamoros. A $2.5 million federal aid package funds road and bridge rebuilding while residents evacuate Arroyo City. Johnson spoke at an improvised press conference to express government support.
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Harlingen
Tex
Johnson
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas
White House
John Connally
Brownsville
Matamoros
Arroyo City
Bill
Tor
Margovernment
Only Man Among Coeds Dwells in Nebraska Dorm
In Lincoln Nebraska AP Bill McCown a 24 year old law student is the only man living in a University of Nebraska dormitory with coeds He recalls being anxious about moving in but says things have gone well and smoothly
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Lincoln, Neb
Bill McCown
University of Nebraska
Laven
Acn
Penn State student dies after taking pills
University Park reports the death of Robert Drutman 21 a political science senior who called for help after ingesting an unknown dose of pills. He died at the student health center about an hour after admission. A Falls Church Way junior Charles Miller 20 was found shot and stabbed last Saturday in an off campus rooming house. investigators seek his killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Robert Drutman
New York City
Drutman
Nittany Hall
Falls Church Way
Charles F. Miller
Obituaries for Delo Gearhart Slater heads list
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Melvin Paul Delo five Frank Wilson Gear and Mary Edna Slater in 1967. It lists survivors, birth dates, and service details. Funeral arrangements are given for Robinson-Lytle Indiana Carson Funeral Home and Bell Funeral Home Indiana with interment at South Bend Cemetery Armagh Cemetery and church services at St Paul United Church of Christ Elderton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Paul Delo
Frank Wilson Gear
Melvin and Mart
Rural Valley
R.D. Hennie
George Delo
Cuyahoga Falls
O.J
Pittsburgh
Akron
Charles Delo
Browntown
Watson
England
Heber George, Jr
West Lebanon
Gertrude George
Alberta Hanna
Indiana
Thomas
Laura Beam Gearhart
Smicksburg
Gearhart
Io June Alverata Boyer
Grace Harkleroad
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
St. Paul United Church of Christ
Elderton
Marshal Grange
Shay
Cart
Marie) Slagle
North Lima
Lee
Ruby) Hartzelt
Santana
Fla
Walker
Rapid City
S.D
Paul
Doris) Walker
Davyton
Laira Gearhart
Clarence
Rural Valley R.D
Clair
Kittanning R.D
Melven
Kittanning
Carson Funeral
Rusta
Mary Edna Slater
Grandview Ave
F. P
Samantha Barkey Pardee
Indiana County
John Slater
James
Frank
Robert
Richard
Dorothy) Kimmel
Marie
Alice) Sheesley
Charles
Nancy) Lambing
Dixonville
James Pardee
New Florence
Irvin Pardee
Mount Morris
Edward Pardee
Bell Funeral Home
Martin L. Kaufman
Armagh Cemetery
Theresa
Irene
Helen Burnett
Parma
Ohio
Magdalene) Klyap
Commodore
Joseph
Julia) Minchalcik
Mayfield Heights
Andrew
Mary
Margaret Tirta
St. Elizabeth Church
Andrew Chapela
St. Berneards Cemetery
Bence Funeral Home
Clymer
Bertham. Pentz
Walnut Ave
Conyngham
St. Joseph Hospital
Hazleton
Robinson+ 'Lytle's
H. W. Jamison
D.D
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana Conservation Unit Names County ASC Officers
Indiana County ASC officers named for the coming year include Clayton D. Winebark of Rochester Mills as a second year chairman and Clarence J. Edwards of Marion Center as newly elected vice chairman. Ben Lemmon serves a third year as bounty committeeman with alternates Robert J. Fabin and Harry C. Mack. The county office administers federal funds locally while community committeemen advise and assist, keeping neighbors informed about programs such as price-support loans feed grain wheat cropland and other congressionally assigned activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Clayton D. Winebark
Rochester Mills
Clarence J. Edwards
Marion’ S Center R. D. 1
Ben Lemmon
Indiana
R. D. iI
ASC
Robert J. Fabin
Homer City R. D
Harry C. Mack
New Florence R. BD
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Indiana County
Total Farm Program
ASCS
Outlslands Raked By Storm Edith
A tropical storm Edith battered the Lesser Antilles with gale winds as it stalled east of the region then moved westward. Officials at Miami’s Hurricane Center said Edith weakened and likely will enter the Caribbean as a tropical storm after two near hurricane gusts. Residents of the Leeward Islands and Dominica were warned to brace for gale conditions as 55 mph winds persisted near Edith’s center.
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Miami
Fla
Lesser Antilles
Edith
Antilles
Caribbean
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Carson McCullers Dies Author Behind Noted Novels
NYACK NY AP Carson McCullers author of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Reflections in a Golden Eye and other works died today after a long illness Mrs McCullers 50 had been in a coma for 47 days at Nyack General Hospital
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Nyack
N.Y
Carson, McCullers
McCullers
Nyack General Hospital
Picnic Dinner Set at St Johns Orthodox Black Lick
St John s Orthodox Church of Black Lick will host its annual dinner and picnic at the church grounds on Sunday October 1 beginning at 1 p m. The public is invited to attend.
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St. John’s Orthodox Church of
Black Lick
Violent Night at Steel Truck Strike in Pittsburgh
Night riders pelted trucks with rocks and paint, injuring a deputy sheriff who was forced off the road by gunfire and brake hoses cut at a truck stop during the steel haulers wildcat strike. The deputy had just escorted a convoy from Youngstown to the Ohio Turnpike when violence erupted.
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Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Ohio
Preston
Ont
Waterloo County Children
Arthur Timbrell
Peggy
Valerie
Ruth Connolly
Timbrell
Arthur Woods
Woods
Mrs. Timbrell
Peace talks resume after five week truck strike spurs highway attacks
Deputies report gunfire and rock throwing on Pennsylvania Turnpike as truckers recount windshield and brake hose damage near Mechanicsburg and Youngstown. John Shaffer of Monaco treated for head and hand cuts after a windshield shot incident. Pittsburgh hosts renewed talks among Teamsters, drivers, and the governor to seek a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Crater
Crater
Mechanicsburg
Youngstown
Teamsters Union
Governor’s Office
Court Okays Sale Of Candy Novel In Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a lower court and allowed sale of the controversial novel Candy. Justice Roberta noted some members find the book revolting, while dissenters Chief Justice Bell and Justice Musmanno disagreed. Dell Publications and others appealed after an injunction blocked sales in Philadelphia County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
High Court
Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel J.roberta
John Bell
Michael A. Musmanno
Candy Christian
Supreme Court
Dell Publications
Philadelphia
Captain Willis Quits Ocean Crossing Attempt
New York AP Captain William Willis a 74 year old mariner appears to have given up his second solo Atlantic crossing in a small sail boat The Coast Guard said he was picked up by the Polish trawler Belena the day before after being last seen Sept 14 about 1920 miles from home He started from Montauk Point June 30 bound for Plymouth England in a 1144 foot sloop named The Little One The trawler headed toward Georges Bank and Willis condition was unclear awaiting further word from the Coast Guard earlier distress signals were noted including an inverted flag on Aug 25 for milk and fruit supplies only
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New York
William Willis
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Willis
Montauk Point
Long Island
Plymouth
England
Wills
Peru
Pacific
Australia
Georges Bank
Cape Cod
Mass
Castle Rock
No Major Flooding Expected in Western Pennsylvania
Flooding danger subsided after cloudbursts across western Pennsylvania. Rain totals ranged from two to over five inches in 24 hours with Friendship New York the heaviest hit at 5.33 inches and Wilcox Elk County recording over four and a half inches. Local obituaries note Theresa Ann Reshonsky aged 81 of Commodore died September 28 1967 with services planned and multiple funeral notices for Bertha Pentz and John Pasternak of Indiana and DuBois.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
U.S
Friendship
N.Y
Wilcox
Elk County
Mas
Theresa Ann Reshonsky
Commodore
Hungary
St. Elizabeth Church
Stafford
Christian Mothers
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Auae
Maybeck
Hans V. Gerson
Pou
Reagan
Peoria
Nedace
Nenhahler
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Peteea Sane J
Bartlett
Harrisburg
Social Science Research Bureau
Minkel
College of Social Sciences
Michigan State
Pan American Institute of Geography and History
South America
Central - Western Education Conference
Indiana Area
University
Central America
Leonard Hall
Illinois
Hej
Vincis
Eureka College
Agahe
Dr. Minkel
Penn State
Indiana County Red Cross
Colonial Motors
Red Cross
James Nix
Cecil Spadafora
William Spadafora
Edgar Cheely
Margaret Serene
William G. London
Gazette
Bechte
Soilmen
Carson McCullers
John Pasternak
Olive Ave
DuBois
Clune
Robinson-Lyttle’s
Holy Cross Greek Catholic Church
George Lasky
Oakland Cemetery
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