Border clash near Jordan river earmarked as heaviest since 1967 war
Israeli and Jordanian artillery traded fire along the Jordan River truce line for nearly two hours with 122mm guns, jets striking positions in Jordan and a village near Kfar Assad. Jordan reports 13 civilians killed and 17 wounded. Israel claims Arab fire triggered the assault.
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Middle East
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Amman
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U.N. Security Council
Sea of Galilee
Kfar Assad
West Bank
Alvin B. Webb JR
Saigon
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Dmz
da Nang
Meade River
Johnson
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Duc Hoa
William J. Cummings
Knoxville
Weather outlook for Pennsylvania to start week
Mostly cloudy conditions in the north with increasing clouds in the south. Occasional rain spreads northeastward over the south portion this afternoon and evening. Highs in the 40s. Rain tonight with lows in the 30s. Rain changes to snow flurries and colder by Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Coast Guard rescues piloted thief from Atlantic chase
An inexperienced pilot stole a private plane, ditched in the Atlantic 50 miles east of Norfolk after four failed landings at Kennedy. Coast Guard planes and a helicopter pursued and rescued the despondent flyer before dawn as fog hampered locating the sinking craft. Flight covered over 500 miles.
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Lakewood
N.J
UPI
Kennedy Airport
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Atlantic
Danny Hemphill
Kennedy International Airport
Virginia
39 Dead in Alaska Plane Crash
Anchorage reports 39 people dead as a Wein Consolidated Airlines F27 turboprop crashed near Foxes Lake during a blizzard. The craft carried 36 passengers and 3 crew from Anchorage with stops at King Salmon, Dhamna, Iliamna, and Dillingham. Pilot Dave Stanley co pilot Gary Svengard and stewardess Sally Lamar identified. Rescue efforts hampered by extreme cold and high winds.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Wein Consolidated Airlines
Foxes Lake
Here
Iliamna
Alaskan
King Salmon
Dhamna
Dillingham
Big Mountain
Dave Stanley
Gary Svengard
Sally Lamar
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Burcik in Pittsburgh hospital for surgery
Joseph Burcik is hospitalized in Pittsburgh awaiting surgery as reports from Saigon detail sustained U.S. and allied combat actions across Vietnam. The rolling tally shows U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engaging Viet Cong units, with multiple casualties and equipment losses in the Mekong Delta and surrounding battlefield zones.
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Joseph Burcik
Pittsburgh Hospital
Wampum Sets 1969 Budget At 27153 With No Tax Increase
Wampum Borough Council adopted a tentative 1969 budget of 27153 with no tax change 10 mill real estate tax and 8.5 mill general fund from eight mills. Sinking fund millage lowered to 1.5. Revenue projected at 36050 with 8897 balance. Capital outlay planned and wage hikes approved.
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Wampum
Five die as deer season opens across Pennsylvania
A hunter near Kellettville, Forest County, seriously wounded while opening the two week buck season. At least five hunters died on opening day with two Lycoming County fatalities and other cases across the state. Local union at Mesta Machine Co. to meet amid a ten week strike.
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Ellwood City
Kellettville
Forest County
Joseph Burcik
Hutter Ave
Oil City Hospital
Presbyterian University Hospital
Pittsburgh
United Press International
Crawford County
Lester Norris
Centre Hall
Clearfield
Norris
David R. Free
Conneaut Lake RD
Lycoming County
Newton P. Dougherty
Old Lycoming
Ed Wollman
Williamsport
Cascade Two
Charles Phillips
Waynesburg
Greene County
James F. G. Sheffer
Loyalstock Two
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Mesta Machine Co
King Humbert Society
Director Named for West Side Area Center
William Ross of 15 S&S Greenwood Ave has been named director of the West Side Area Center. Martin J. Kovach of CHARGE Inc announced the appointment yesterday. Ross, 23, graduates New Castle High School and Morgan State College with a business degree. he previously worked at Westinghouse Learning Corp. in recruitment for unemployed Baltimore ghetto areas.
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Wiliam Ross
S&s. Greenwood Ave
West Side Area Center
Martin J. Kovach
Charge Inc
Ross
Russell Hill
New Castle High School
Morgan State College
Westinghouse Learning Corp
Baltimore
Kovach
Dorothy Papst
N. Vine St
West Side Center
Charlotte
Diamond Ring Stolen From Home on Sumner Ave
A diamond ring valued at over 900 dollars was stolen from Christopher Brown’s home at 211 Sumner Ave between November 27 and Sunday. Entry used a forced rear door with a pipe wrench. the ring was in a bedroom drawer and nothing else was disturbed.
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Christopher Brown
Sumner Ave
David Ko
Pearl St
Kohsers
Mary’s
E. Washington St
Joseph Turner 76 Russelston Pa and Lawrence Markel Zelienople
Joseph Turner aged 76 of Russelston Pennsylvania and Lawrence Markel from Zelienople are listed in the obituary notice.
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Joseph Turner
Russelston, Pa
Lawrence Markel
Zelienople
Auto repair frauds blamed on predatory shops and fake parts
Senate hearings opened as Chairman Hart described auto repair operations that prey on women, inflate bills, and pass rebuilt parts as new. Neal Mann testified that some garages bribe appraisers, use dummy estimates, and push families toward costly repairs with rebuilt parts billed as new.
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Robert F. Buckhorn
Washington
UPI
Congress
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Neal E. Mann
Independent
Automotive
Mann
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