Ellwood budget proposal keeps taxes at 172 mills
Ellwood City council introduced a 1968 tentative budget of 612 580 dollars up 7 223 from 1967 with taxes at 172 mills. A 1 000 dollar raise for borough manager N Michael Marks sparked objections from Mayor Samuel Teolis and councilmen.
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Ellwood City
N. Michael Marks
Samuel Teolis
Joseph R. Bonta
Raymond Hoffman
James A. Scialdone
Hoffman
Teolis
James B. Lowe
Marks
Heavy losses for Communists in three day Bong Son battle
Allied reports say more than 200 Communist fighters killed in a three day battle on the Bong Son plains. U S and South Vietnamese troops press the surround near Bu Dop and Dak Son village civilians counted dead in the raid.
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Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
Bu Dop
Cambodia
UPI
Kyoichi Sawada
U.S
Sanada
Four More Steel Firms Hike Prices Nationwide
Four more steel companies joined the price hike wave set off by U S Steel Corp Threats of a Justice Department probe hover as Bethlehem Armco Republic Inland Kaiser Jones Laughlin Youngstown Sheet & Tube Pittsburgh Steel and other major producers raise sheet steel prices by five dollars per ton for auto and appliance sectors The U S Weather Bureau notes record heat in Florida with 80 degree highs and a cold snap in Ely Nevada at 1 degree as well
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Justice Department
U.S. Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Armco
Republic
Inland
Kaiser
National Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Pittsburgh Steel
Chairmen to be chosen on their merits
Lt Gov Raymond J Broderick said 16 convention chairmen will be chosen on merit and able to do the job. He will name co chairmen for eight committees after three days of talks with officers. The plan calls for bipartisan leadership and excludes no one from chairmanship based on status.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond J. Broderick
Broderick
General Assembly
Rules Committee
PA Educators Demand Higher Teacher Pay Amid Dissent
At the 115th Pennsylvania State Education Association convention in Harrisburg educators push for pay raises, criticizing Gov Shafer’s administration and backing a plan to raise starting salaries from 4500 to 6000 over three years. NEA chief Sam Lambert pledges support for teachers. State Sen Stroup opens with a cautious message urging a wait and see stance on pay hikes.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Sam M. Lambert
National Education Association
Raymond P. Shafer
General Assembly
Lambert
Stanley G. Stroup
Senate
Bedford County
Shafer
Fulbright Attacks Johnson Vietnam Policy as Immoral War
UPI reports Senator Fulbright accusing the Vietnam conflict of being an immoral and unnecessary war. He argues it could have been avoided and criticizes Johnson's administration for allowing dissent while urging an honest effort to end the war. Senator Dodd counters with pro war hawk stance and questions limits of Communist containment.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Johnson
Vietnam
America
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Dodd
Israeli troops kill six armed attackers in Jordan clash
Israeli officials said six Arab terrorists were killed and an arsenal of Communist-made weapons captured in a pitched battle in occupied Jordan as troops pressed operations in the Mideast.
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Mideast
Jordan
Walt named as assistant commandant of Marine Corps
Lt. Gen. Lewis W. Walt, passed over for commandant by President Johnson, is appointed assistant commandant of the Marine Corps marking a high level leadership change in Washington.
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Washington
Lewis W. Walt
President Johnson
Marine Corps
Home for Christmas as Washkansky nears return
Cape Town doctors said Louis Washkansky 55 world first heart transplant patient might go home for Christmas. In a separate note Dr Samuel H Sheppard 43 formerly of Cleveland mailed an application from Europe to become a Peace Corps volunteer.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Washington
Samuel H. Sheppard
Peace Corps
Cleveland, Ohio
Europe
Death notices of several residents listed in record
Death notices dated Friday December 8, 1967 report the deaths of Mrs. Vincent Lubinski 66 of 322 Park Ave Mrs Olive Mae Serre 74 of 3032 Pinehurst Dr Mrs Antonio Coppolino 80 of 30S Round St and Mrs Loretta Young of Ellwood City and Joseph A. Gibbons 64 of unspecified address sparking obituary notices across the community.
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Vincent Lubinski
Park Ave
Olive Mae Serre
Pinehurst
Antonio Coppolino
Round St
Loretta Young
Ellwood City
Joseph A. Gibbons
Viet Cong sends feeler to United Nations
Washington officials discounted the move as a propaganda channel while Vice President Humphrey suggested a possible split inside the NLF that could bring non Communist elements into a coalition with Saigon. Dirksen called for a White House briefing on peace feelers amid growing speculation.
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Everett Dirksen
Front
Gerald R. Ford
Washington
Vietnam
Eisenhower
South Korea
UPI
United Nations
National Liberation Front
U. N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Hubert H. Humphrey
CBS
U.S.A
New York
NLF
Saigon
Humphrey
United States
U.S
Goldberg
U.N
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
White House
Weather report for Western Pennsylvania
Mostly cloudy today with cooler highs in the 40s west. North regions clear by night with lows in the upper 20s to 30s. Partly cloudy Saturday with little temperature change. 24 hour stats show max 56 min 40 with 56 and 54 last year in parentheses.
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Pennsylvania
Linowitz Considered for U N Ambassador Post
U.S. sources say Sol M. Linowitz, ambassador to the Organization of American States, is a possible successor to Arthur J. Goldberg as United Nations ambassador. Goldberg told Johnson he may quit but has not resigned. Linowitz would likely accept if offered, though he declined comment.
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Arthur Golden Washington
UPI
Sol M. Linowitz
U.S
Organization of American States
Arthur J Goldberg
United Nations
Goldberg
Johnson
U. N. Post
Linowitz
City Wage Demands Stir Tax Burden Debate
City employes led by police and fire units seek raises up to 30 percent with a 10 percent compromise floated. The talks, behind closed doors, aim to fund higher pay through taxes, though no hike is formally proposed. Mayor Jamison and council fear budget strain as a 19 percent property tax is kept intact to fund services.
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John Manna
Robert E. Jamison
Alfred V. Papa
Employes
Jamison
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