Laurel student wins top FFA award and scholarship
Robert Boak of Laurel has earned an all expense paid scholarship to the National Youth Institute in Lincoln, August 5 to 16, as the top FFA student among 50 Nebraskans and 49 others nationwide. He is treasurer of Laurel FFA and active in 4-H, Willard Grange, Mt. Herman Church, and the local farm family operates a roadside market and retail produce route on a 330 acre farm.
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University of Nebraska
Robert Boak
C. Everett Boak
National Youth Institute
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Robert
Laurel Ffa
Willard Grange
Mt. Herman Church
FFA
Laurel
Siminars
United States
Nebraska Center For Continuing Education
Orville L. Freeman
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania with showers
Increasing cloudiness and a bit warmer today with showers and thundershowers likely west late afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Tonight remains cloudy and warmer with more showers and thundershowers. Lows in the 50s to upper 40s. Sunday stays mostly cloudy and a touch cooler with tapering showers.
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Killer tornado devastates Greenwood Arkansas town
A killer tornado ripped through Greenwood Arkansas killing at least 14 to 17 people and injuring many more with about 20 missing. The storm damaged the town center and a courthouse, with schools and homes leveled as Gov. Rockefeller promised aid and state officials prepared to travel to the scene.
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Fred Lankard Greenwood
Ark
UPI
Greenwood
Ozark Foothills
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Winthrop Rockefeller
Texas
Maurice L. Britt
Voter Turnout Forecasts in County GOP Demands Hope
Arnold Satz predicts 47 percent turnout among 25 922 registered Republicans while Ralph Audino forecasts 35 to 40 percent for Democrats. Joseph A Book places prediction at 40 percent amid apathy from lack of races and issues. Voters will choose congress state senate two assembly seats state committee and delegates to national conventions.
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Arnold Satz
GOP
Ralph Audino
Joseph A. Book
Congress
General Assembly
Thieves Steal 925 Dollars In Items From Home
Insurance firm reports valuables valued at 925 dollars taken from Mrs. Alice Allen at 805 Chestnut Street while she was hospitalized on March 3. Missing items include coins jars three watches pins a tie clasp a pin three suits shirts and coats with no sign of forced entry. A separate theft at 4 KW Tool and Die Co 108 Elm Street involved a 100 dollar typewriter with entry by broken glass. The Last of the Visitation Program is set for 8 30 p.m. Monday at Eastbrook Grange Hall conducted by Plain Grove Grange.
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Chestnut St
Allen
KW Tool & Die Co
Elm St
Eastbrook Grange Hall
Plain Grove Grange
Local Obituaries and Ages for Carroll County Area
Eerie fol Saturday April 20 1968 lists Douglas Allen Cameron 7 of 302 E Cherry St Anthony Carna Sr 81 of Hillsville and Mrs Bernard Kline 80 of Great Neck NY with ages and residences from the notice.
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Douglas Allen Cameron
E. Cherry St
Anthony Carna Sr
Hillsville
Bernard Kline
Great Neck
N.Y
Massive southern Vietnam raids mark second straight day
U S pilots flew 160 missions in the southern panhandle of North Vietnam the heaviest single day of the war in that region. Navy aircrews hit around Dong Hoi and Vinh destroying bridges boats and trucks while F111A jets attacked a highway bridge complex and weather limited visibility. Ground forces moved toward Khe Sanh despite an ambush as Marines maintained the vital supply route.
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Panhandle
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Khe Sanh
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Vinh
Prison escapee hunted as killer of Dr. King
FBI identified James Earl Ray, a Missouri prisoner escapee, as Eric Starvo Alt in the search tied to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Agents matched prints from over 53,000 criminals confirming Ray’s identity while pursuing leads in Mexico and the southwest United States.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
FBI
Missouri
Eric Starvoalt
Martin Luther King Jr
James Early Ray
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Galt
Ray
Mexico
California
Arizona
Second Bell union to strike
The Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania says it will strike next week if no contract is reached with Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania. The 12,830 members are already on picket lines with the CWA, and a midnight deadline was set. Negotiations in Philadelphia focus on a wage reopener clause, while Bell reports limited impact on customer calls. Many employees kept to picket lines across plant, accounting, and commercial staff.
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Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania
FTWP
Striking Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bell
Musmanno to speak at Lawrence County Minor Judiciary banquet
Justice Michael A. Musmanno of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will address the Lawrence County Minor Judiciary at its annual banquet this evening. He will discuss the judicial article of the proposed constitutional amendments to the state constitution. The Elks Club hosts at 6 30 p.m.
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Michael A. Musmanno
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
Musmanno
Elks Club
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