Merger completes largest U S church union
The Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren unite in a historic merger creating a denomination with about 12 million members, over 33 thousand ministers and more than 42 thousand churches in the United States. The ceremony marks 165 years of earlier merger efforts and follows plans adopted in 1966.
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Southern Baptists
America
New United Methodist Church
Evangelical Association
Methodists
Chicago
United Methodist
Bell Pennsylvania workers resume talks to avert midnight strike
Negotiations continued in Philadelphia as 12 830 Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania members threaten a Wednesday midnight walkout. Mediators met with Bell Pennsylvania officials after the union complained of no wage offer in earlier talks. A Bell spokesman noted reduced absenteeism as CWA picket lines influence staffing.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania
L.C. Glendenning
Bell Company of Pennsylvania
Communication Workers of America
CWA
Western Electric Co
Bell
Local obituaries list four residents among Fredonia and Ellwood City
Obituary notices honor Mrs. Harry L. Blake 72 of Fredonia William Bill Allen 80 of Wampum RD Carmella Marie Tavern 54 of Ellwood City with brief residence details and ages.
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Harry L. Blake
Fredonia
William
Bill) Allen
Wampum RD
Carmella Marie Tavern
Ellwood City
Ten million Americans hungry, panel says food aid needed
A 25 member panel says the federal effort wastes billions while about 10 million Americans suffer hunger and malnutrition. It urges President Johnson to declare a state of emergency and deliver free food to 256 counties in 20 states. It criticizes the Agriculture Department and calls for a free food stamp program.
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Washington
UPI
Citizens’ Board of Inquiry
Freeman
America
Treasury
Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Leslie W. Dunbar
Field Foundation of
New York
Senate
Troggio’s to Build 400000 Restaurant on U S 422
Troggio's Inc plans a two story brick restaurant and lounge valued at about 400000 on U S 422 near 1403 Butler Ave in New Castle. Groundbreaking next week with completion expected by November. 18400 sq ft dining space includes a 200 seat main room and five banquet rooms totaling 400 capacity.
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U.S. 422
Troggio’s
Troggio’s Inc
Lee A. Troggio
Butler Ave
Troggio
New Castle
Thayer, Menges, St. Jean and Associates
G. T. Construction Co
Light turnout hints at Pennsylvania primary contest
Voters in Lawrence County show very light participation with only about seven percent casting ballots by 10:30 a.m and an expected midday turnout near 12 percent. Analysts anticipated 35 to 47 percent countywide, while statewide polling locations reported similar apathy despite good weather. The ballot features local and state offices, a Democratic U S Senate race with write ins, five constitutional amendments, and a NixonRockefeller preference poll among GOP workers.
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Lawrence County
United Press International
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
U.S. Senate
U.S
Eugene J. McCarthy
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Shafer
Justices of the Peace
Frank M. Clark
D-Bessemer
Beaver
Butler
Western Pennsylvania Weather With Clouds And Showers
Increasing cloudiness and warm today with scattered showers and thundershowers west portion late this afternoon or this evening. High mid 60s to low 70s. Showers tonight ending Wednesday. Not much temperature change tonight with low mostly in the low 50s. Cooler Wednesday. Weather statistics cover the 24 hour period to 7 am with last year as a comparison. Shenango River stage 4.7 feet versus 6.8 feet previously.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Trapped platoon fights guerrillas near Saigon
A handful of GIs held off about 500 Communists for eight hours near Saigon until American armor and air power rescued them. Ninety nine dead Viet Cong were left behind as the soldiers scrambled to helicopters. US and allied forces reported heavy fighting and ongoing raids around Saigon with plans for a wider operation.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Army 9Th Infantry Division
FISA
South Vietnam
Mekong
Vietnam
Air Force
A Shau
Laos
Mayon Volcano Erupts Shaking Luzon. Evacuations Ordered
Mount Mayon on Luzon Island erupts in a series of blasts sending ash 30,000 feet high as 70,000 people are evacuated from a five mile danger zone. Lava streams threaten foothill villages while authorities warn of accelerating activity and a long eruptive phase. Two streams of lava descend toward the Bicol Peninsula area near 8,284 foot Mayon. No deaths or injuries reported.
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Mt. Mayon
Philippines
Taal Colvano
UPI
Manila
Luzon
Mayon
Bicol
Philippine Volcanology Commission
Snow and Storms Hammer Midwest and Plains
A vigorous storm system lashed the center of the nation with showers and thunderstorms from Wisconsin to Mississippi. New snow and strong winds affected the Dakotas and Minnesota while freezing temperatures moved into the Rockies. Skies cleared in the Far West and along the Atlantic Coast into New England. A tornado watch persisted for parts of Missouri and Illinois for several hours early.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Dakotas
Minnesota
Rockies
Atlantic
New England
Missouri
Illinois
Whitney proposes white march on Washington to push equality
Whitney M Young Jr urges a white leaders march on Washington to signal white support for civil rights. He links the act to a domestic Marshall Plan for urban relief and calls for press leadership and national action to end racism.
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Whitney
Washington
H.D. Quigg
New York
UPI
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Mittee
Henry Ford II
Davis Rockefeller
George Meany
Young
Dr. King
America
Selma
Jackson
Congress
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