Infantrymen clash with Viet Cong near Michelin plantation
American troops from the 1st Infantry Division engaged Viet Cong forces in the jungles around the Michelin rubber plantation, tallying 231 Viet Cong killed by body count as the firefight followed a six hour battle two days earlier. Guam based B52s bombed targets while a fire aboard the carrier Kitty Hawk killed two sailors and injured 99.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
Michelin Rubber Plantation
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Management club proposed by the YMCA
About 50 top management representatives from area industries will meet at a YMCA luncheon Thursday to organize an Industrial Management Club. Ralph W. McCreary of McCreary Tire & Rubber Co. will endorse the club, and Butler YMCA members will explain the organization. YMCAs have worked with industry leaders for about 40 years to start such clubs.
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Ym-Ywca
Ralph W. McCreary
McCreary Tire & Rubber Co
Indiana
Butler Ymca
De Gaulle weighs runoff after first ballot loss
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle returning from his estate as aides indicate he will enter the December 19 runoff against Francois Mitterrand. De Gaulle captured 43.97 percent to Mitterrand 32.04 with Jean Lecannet at 15.78 as Frey signals a potential rally around de Gaulle.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrand
Colombey-les-deux- Eglises
France
de Gaulle
Mitterrand
Communist Party
Elysee Palace
Jean Lecannet
Catholic Center
Interior
Roger Frey
Johnson and Martin clash over interest rate hike
President Johnson met with Federal Reserve Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr at a Texas ranch after the Fed boosted its discount rate from 4 to 4.5 percent. Johnson urged reporters not to portray the move as a confrontation, saying his aim is to prevent a fight while noting regrets over the action.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Johnson
William McChesney Martin Jr
Texas
Martin
Union Township Recreation Board Organized Jan 1
Union Township recreation board will be organized on January 1, with officials to be named at the first meeting. The move signals formal setup for local programs and community events run by the new board.
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Union Township Recreation Board
Death Records for Several Local Residents
The obituary list notes the deaths of Mrs. Mary Saad age 71 of 402 Waldo Street Mrs. Margaret Maude Carr Hinkson age 83 of 124 North Crawford Avenue Mrs. Jessie M. Huston age 67 of 316 East Northview Avenue Christina Ann Wiseman one day old of 621 East Washington Street Mrs. William B. Hoover age 75 of 616 North Liberty Street and Randall A. Beck age 51 of 518 East Leasure Avenue.
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Margaret Maude Carr Hinkson
Crawford Ave
Jessie M. Huston
E. Northview
Christina Ann Wiseman
E. Washington St
William B. Hoover
N. Liberty
Randall A. Beck
E. Leasure Ave
Two injured in head on crash on N Jefferson St
Two drivers were seriously injured when a jeep and station wagon collided head on at 6 26 p m yesterday on N Jefferson St below Lincoln Ave Alvin Adams 65 of New Castle RD 3 suffered a broken left leg and right rib a scraped right leg multiple cuts to the chin lip and a scraped forehead Samuel Carofino 38 of 730 First Ave Ellwood City had multiple cuts to left cheek and mouth and two loosened teeth Both men listed in fair condition at St Francis Hospital Carofino station wagon was southbound Adams jeep northbound in inside lanes Minor damage to two cars at Mercer St and Fairmont Ave at 11 40 a m yesterday
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N. Jefferson St
Lincoln Ave
Alvin Adams
New Castle RD
Samuel Carofino
First Ave
Ellwood City
St. Francis Hospital
Carofino
Adams
Mercer St
Fairmont Ave
Margaret M. Pommersheim
Chapin Rd
Robert C. Young
Youngstown
Gemini 6 May Attempt Rendezvous Sunday Amid 12 Hour Flight Test
Gemini 6 could launch Sunday to attempt a space rendezvous with Gemini 7 as a 12 hour flight rehearsal begins. officials say preparations are ahead, with flight likely if tests stay on schedule and no last minute issues arise.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
John G. Albert
Air Force
Albert
William Schneider
Houston
Page
Otto Ledford
Schneider
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Area school boards reorganize in regional elections
Laurel Shenango Wilmington Ellwood City Neshannock Union Mohawk New Castle and other districts held reorganizations or elections last night or upcoming. Incumbents returned to posts include Laurel president Thomas L. Allen and Shenango president Joseph Trimble and Wilmington president John Greer. New directors joining boards include Gerald Potter Nile Simpson Richard Shaffer Andrew Kisella Delber McKee Joseph Henderson Wilmer Leonard Arrow James Hohman Vinton Milton Kathryn Streeter and others.
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Shenango
Joseph Trimble
Dale C. Hennon
Gerald Potter
Nile J. Simpson
Richard Shaffer
Andrew Kisella
Hennon
Dale Currie
Wilmington
John Greer
H. L. Shaffer
Delber L. McKee
Joseph Henderson
Wilmer Leonard Alex Arrow
James Hohman
Vinton Milton
William Taylor
Ellwood City
Roy P. Meehan Jr
Howard E. Blank
Meehan
Kathryn Streeter
Allen C. Struble Jr
Rev. H. Edmund Pfeifer
Kenneth Tritt
William LeMoyne French
John D. DeCaro
J. Robert Grant
James Fusco
Blank
Neshannock
Mohawk
New Castle
Watts riot report guides urban reform effort
The McCone Commission released a quarter million dollar 101 page study on the Watts-South Los Angeles riot, urging sweeping programs in employment training education and police relation to address racial tensions. It found multiple causes including high Negro unemployment low literacy and poor preschool training, noting issues common to large urban areas.
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Los Angeles
UPI
McCone
Watts
Commission
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet 1966 budget boosts military spending to 14.7 billion
Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov announced a 660 million dollar rise in 1966 military spending to 14.7 billion, a five percent increase. He linked the boost to imperialist aggression and Vietnam, saying defense would reach 12.8 percent of the total budget while consumer goods production would rise six percent. The budget remains the largest peacetime plan, with over half of investments for industry and sizable allocations for farming housing and social services.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Vasily Garbuzov
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Viet Nam
Russia
Garbuzov
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Hanoi
Nikolai Baibakov
Baibakov
Ceremony Opens 16 Miles of Interstate 79 Near Portersville
Snow flurries did not dampen a 200 person ceremony opening 16 miles of Interstate 79 as Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer clipped the ribbon. The event marked progress on the Erie Pittsburgh West Virginia Freeway with a luncheon in Grove City and notes on a high year in state highway construction.
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New Castle News
London
Raymond P. Shafer
Shears
New Castle
Portersville
Rolls-Royce
Shafer
Grove City
Mercer County
Richard E. Rentz
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
Weather summary for Western Pennsylvania
Mostly cloudy with light snow flurries early then clearing. High near 30 to 38. Tonight mostly clear and cold with lows 15 to 24. Wednesday mostly sunny and warmer. 24hour period max 43 and min 24 with last year 33 and 13 in parentheses.
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Pennsylvania
State vows education drive to curb youth drug habit
Harrisburg officials announce an all out program to prevent drug use among high school and college students. Attorney General Alessandroni says prevention outweighs enforcement and will involve students teachers and PTA groups, possibly starting with younger children.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Walter E. Alessandroni
Alessandroni
Philadelphia
House committee to act on education aid measure
The House Elementary Education Committee meets to consider Gov Scranton s plan to overhaul the school subsidy formula and boost state aid. A poverty factor would add 100 per student from low income families. The measure costs the state 105 million annually with Senate backed raises and a 34 million subsidy bonus for teachers.
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Martin J. Sikora
Harrisburg
UPI
House
Elementary Education Committee
William W. Scranton
Thomas F. Lamb
D-Allegheny
Senate
Senate Education Committee
Papal Bull Lifts Friday Meat Restrictions Pending Council
Vatican sources say a papal bull easing meat restrictions on Fridays is ready to proclaim at any time but Pope Paul VI has delayed issuing it until after the Ecumenical Council. The council gathering ends Wednesday.
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Vatican City
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