B52s Raid Disrupt Red Supply Lines In Massive Strike
Eight B52 bombers conducted ten missions in a large raid striking at least five Communist troop concentrations disrupting supply lines and hindering operations.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1968
Page
1
Noted novelist Edna Ferber dies at age 80
New York reports Edna Ferber died at 80 in her Park Avenue apartment. The influential author won the Pulitzer Prize for So Big and wrote Show Boat, Cimarron, Saragota Trunk, Giant, and Ice Palace, shaping American literary and cultural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Edna Ferber
America
Park Avenue
Dawn O’hara
Mississippi
Miss Ferber
Frontier
Oklahoma
Saratoga
Texas
Alaska
Israel and Jordan clash across the Jordan River
A Jordanian military spokesman said gunfire erupted Tuesday night when an Israeli patrol attempted to cross the Jordan River. United Nations envoy Gunnar Jarring arrived in Cairo for what observers see as a pivotal Mideast peace mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Jordan
Jordan River
Gunnar Jarring
United Nations
Cairo
Mideast
Amman
Westminster College inaugurates Dr Earland I Carlson
Westminster College prepares a 1 400 student convocation tomorrow as Dr Earland I Carlson is invested as president. He will speak on Education for Public Responsibility at 10 30 a m in Orr Auditorium and assume duties as the tenth president after earlier election March 3 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Earland I Carlson
Westminster College
Carlson
Duff
W. Walter Braham
Department of Music
Dr. Carlson
Millikin University
Westminster
Daley’s shoot to kill order sparks national debate
Mayor Daley’s directive to shoot looters and arsonists on sight drew swift criticism and mixed support. Mayors and police leaders reacted differently, with Lindsay opposing the measure and others cautioning restraint while upholding strong action to quell urban riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Youngblood
Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
United Press International
National Guard
Daley
Pittsburgh
Gilbert Gimble
Walter Washington
Washington
Powers likely to mediate Vietnam peace talks site
London sources say a third power may intervene to break the deadlock over where to hold Vietnam peace talks between Hanoi and Washington. Russia and U Thant as neutral intermediaries are among likely go-betweens.
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London
UPI
Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Russia
U.N
Thant
London Bridge Sells to Unnamed American Buyers
London Bridge, 136 years old and sinking into the Thames, was sold to a group of unnamed Americans who will relocate the span to an unannounced U.S. site. Officials kept price and buyers' identities private, with details promised later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sunderland
London
UPI
London Bridge
City of
Atlantic
America
Britain
U.S
Long Beach
Calif
Philadelphia
New York
Thames
Scouters to Honor Local Leaders at 45th Anniversary Dinner
The Lawrence County Council of Boy Scouts hosts its 45th annual appreciation dinner at New Castle First Presbyterian Church on April 27 at 6 30 p m. Robert J Albertson New Castle's business administrator will give the main address. Two Silver Beaver awards will be presented along with three statuette honors for outstanding Scouters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Dudley M. Rose
Richard E. Rentz
David Nastal
Death notices for four local residents include ages and addresses
Death records list Mrs. M. M. Ingham formerly of Graceland Road Mrs. Anne E. Krause 74 of Wolfe Street May Thomas 72 of Wilmington Road with dates matching Wednesday April 17 1968
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Ingham
Graceland Rd
Anne E. Krause
Wolfe St
May Thomas
Wilmington Rd
Agency Considers Collection Firm for Back 1966 Taxes
North Beaver Township supervisors and Mohawk school board members weigh hiring a collection agency to recover delinquent 1966 wage taxes in the North Beaver area. About 120 accounts remain outstanding, with roughly 30 returns filed and delinquents up about 40 percent from the original list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Beaver Township
Mohawk School Board
North Beaver
William E. Brown
Brown
Four youths save farm animals from blazing barn blaze
Four teens William Dittmer Larry Wallace Ricky Ketler and Douglas Davidson rescued about 30 cattle calves and horses from a barn owned by Samuel K Byler in New Wilmington. Ketler directed traffic while Dittmer freed harnesses as the roof began to cave in. Davidson was injured when a mare stepped on his foot. About 15 hogs were lost and the cause is still under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel K. Byler
New Wilmington
Pulaski
William Dittmer
New Bedford
Wilmington Area High School
Larry Wallace
Vo- Tech
Ricky Ketler
Vo-Tech
Douglas Davidson
Edinburg
Dittmer
Ketler
Davidson
New Castle
Neshannock Township
Shenango Township
Bell Telephone strike set after last minute talks
Washington UPI reports that Joseph Beirne of the Communications Workers says it is too late to avert a nationwide Bell Telephone striking. Negotiators offered revised pay proposals to Western Electric as 200000 plus workers prepare to strike Thursday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone
Western Electric
Beirne
New York
Washington
Violence erupts at Central Prison in Raleigh riot
In Raleigh at North Carolina Central Prison, guards fired on about 400 convicts during a courtyard riot sparked by inmate demands for incentive pay, better meals, more TV access and longer visiting hours. Five prisoners died and 78 were wounded while eight doctors rushed to treat the injured.
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Raleigh
N.C
UPI
North Carolina
Central Prison
Lee Bounds
Maryland
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