U S proposes third party role to set peace talk site
The United States advised Hanoi on a mechanism using a third party to pick a mutually acceptable initial talks site. Thant suggested Paris or Warsaw as possible venues, with Geneva and Paris previously mentioned. Officials warn of cautious optimism amid ongoing Hanoi Washington deadlock and potential bombing pauses.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Hanoi - Washington
United Nations
Thant
Paris
Warsaw
Hanoi-Washington
Geneva
Johnson
USS
Panhandle
Washington
U.N
Johnson Administration
Shafer to name bipartisan commission to implement constitution
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer announced plans to establish a bipartisan commission to implement Pennsylvania's new constitution articles. The body will include representatives from the legislative executive and judicial branches, members of the state bar, and other interested organizations.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Shafer
U.S
Joseph S. Clark
Clark
John H. Dent
Jeannette
Weather outlook for Crete and western Pennsylvania
Variable cloudiness and cool with scattered showers or snow flurries today. Highs mainly in the 40s. Tonight will be colder with frost or freezes and lows in the upper 20s to 30s. Friday looks fair and warmer.
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Pennsylvania
Allied troops push into A Shau Valley in first major drive
Allied forces led by 350 South Vietnamese paratroopers sweep the A Shau Valley near the Laos border. They report seizing 10 North Vietnamese trucks and 330 pounds of TNT in a week while the overall weekly kill ratios show more than 1,800 Communist deaths to allied casualties.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
A Shau
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Hue
U.S
Ern
Supreme Court grants new trial for Heckathorn
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Herbert Heckathorn a new trial for the 1965 murder of his uncle Clair Heckathorn near Volant Mercer County citing due process denial over the confession. Chief Justice Bell said the jury should have weighed whether the confession was voluntary and allowed related evidence.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Herbert Heckathorn
Clair Heckathorn
Mercer County
State Supreme Court
John C. Bell
James
Volant
Bell
Shafer Signals Tax Action After Elections
Gov. Raymond Shafer said the General Assembly will likely consider a state income tax after the November election and backed approving such legislation. He noted lawmakers will avoid revenue-raising moves in an election year and later may pursue an income tax. Shafer spoke to Sigma Delta Chi at the Pittsburgh Press Club.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Raymond PP. Shafer
General Assembly
Shafer
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalistic Society
Harbor Road Closure for Reconstruction Project
Harbor Road will close for reconstruction starting Monday as widening work proceeds. The project costs $664,984 and traffic will detour via U.S. Route 422. officials expect closure through late fall.
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Harbor Rd
Richard Fox
Fox
U.S. 422
Bell Telephone workers strike in Pennsylvania over wage demand
More than 13 000 Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania employees walk out at midnight in a dispute over a 14.2 percent wage increase. Federal mediator Rex Marlowe convened talks in Philadelphia as the Communications Workers of America and Federation of Telephone Workers push for settlement and a three year contract. Picketers occupy the New Castle office delaying long distance calls and operator service.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
I.C
Rex Marlowe
New Castle
Bell Telephone
Communications Workers of America
Joseph A. Beirne
Striking
Beirne
CWA
Bell
Taxi Driver Treated After Cunningham Avenue Crash
Ethel Thomas of 17 O'Brien St was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital last night after a two car crash at Cunningham Ave and Reynolds St while driving a taxi. No injuries were reported in a separate crash at Highland and Northview Aves where Marian Strawbridge and Jane Fenton were involved. Strawbridge slowed to pick up a passenger and Fenton struck from behind.
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Ethel Thomas
O’brien
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Cunningham Ave
Reynolds St
Highland and
Northview Avenues
Marian E. Strawbridge
Fairfield Ave
Highland Ave
Jane W. Fenton
Katherine St
Strawbridge
Fenton
Johnson jokes with Chicago donors at $100 plate dinner
President Johnson greeted about 4000 Illinois Democrats in Chicago as he teased his withdrawal from politics while urging unity and rededication to winning the peace. He joked about his future, urged Americans to act as citizens first, and warned that national division harms the nation.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Senate
America
Vietnam
War of words over Polish jokes in Warsaw displays
In Warsaw the Polish Veterans Union counters American jokes about Poles with its own board displays across from the U S Embassy on Aleje Ujazdowskie. The exchange features cartoons and clippings about Poles and Polish Americans, while some pedestrians react with glances and others smile at self mockery.
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Polack
Warsaw
Harold Martin
UPI
Polish Veterans Union
America
Veterans Union
Zbowid
Marvin Miller
United States
Poland
U.S
Giant power line planned across southern Pennsylvania
The Public Utility Commission approved a 19.8 million high voltage transmission line spanning 135 miles from Conemaugh in Indiana County to a Maryland interconnection near Norrisville. The 500 000 volt facility will pass through 22 000 foot rights of way in Indiana, Westmoreland, Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Franklin, Cumberland, Adams and York counties to boost reliability of the Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland power pool.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Conemaugh
Indiana County
Norrisville
Maryland
Indiana
Westmoreland
Cambria
Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon
Franklin, Cumberland, Adams
York Counties
Death notices for Mrs Buchanan and Mrs Gardner
Two obituary notices list Mrs George M. Buchanan 88 of 108 North Mill Street and Mrs Frank J. Gardner 80 of Ellwood City with death records dated Thursday April 25 1968.
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George M. Buchanan
N. Mill St
Frank J. Gardner
Ellwood City
Snow and Wind Roil Much of Nation in Late April Storm
Snow and rain swept from the Northwest to the Great Lakes with 3 to 5 inches in Minnesota, 35 mph winds, and record cold highs. The storm unleashed heavy rain along the East, gusty winds in New England, and frost warnings across Wisconsin Michigan Indiana and northern Illinois as New York City logged a 2.14 inch 24 hour rainfall.
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United Press International
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Great Lakes
Minnesota
Mercury
North Platte
Neb
Lubbock
Tex
Raton
N.M
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Park Falls
US Weather Bureau
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New York
New England
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Rumford
Maine
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Conn
New York City
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