King says U S unprepared for racial problems in last work
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in his Playboy testament of hope warns America is tragically unprepared to solve race relations while urging constructive, rational solutions. He criticizes Kennedy and Johnson for civil rights delays and questions U S policy in Vietnam and the Dominican intervention.
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No Survivors Found in Caribbean Jet Crash
Searchers found only bodies and empty rubber liferafts in the shark infested Caribbean Sea after Pan American Flight 217 from New York exploded and crashed near Caracas Venezuela 16 miles off the coast. Officials said there were no signs of life though liferafts might hold survivors.
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Pennsylvania Teachers vow militancy into 1969
The Pennsylvania State Education Association pledges continued militancy after its 1968 Capitol march. Tensions with Gov. Shafer's administration arise as Standa and cabinet members clash over public employee laws and a $6,000 starting salary target funded by a likely tax increase.
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Arthur F. Sampson
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Mayor Pushes Budget Add for City Human Relations Unit
Mayor Carl A. Cialella Jr urged the council to amend the 1969 budget and allocate 10000 for a new human relations unit to aid the black community and the poor whites. The proposal drew mixed reaction with support from local pastors and criticism for not meeting NAACP recommended funding.
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New Castle Area
Local officials tour Washington over anti poverty funding
A delegation of Lawrence County leaders flew to Washington to press for continued federal support after a letter from A Astor Kirk, regional director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, warned that federal funds for CHARGE Inc. would end after January 31.
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West Side Target Area
Horace Bradley
Joseph Scungio
Frank M. Clark
D-Bessemer
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Harry Siler
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Shelling hits area near Saigon and border raids rise
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese shell Saigon area towns including Sa Dec Loc Ninh and Khanh Hung while B52s drop 3.5 million pounds of bombs on guerrilla positions. At least 10 dead and 24 wounded, civilians among them, as a regional attack threat looms.
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700 Deaths Linked to Hong Kong Flu Epidemic Spread
United Press International reports about 700 deaths linked to the Hong Kong flu with 33 states showing illness. The NCDC warns the epidemic may peak in mid January as Western states report border to border spread and high attack rates in schools and workplaces.
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Four Powers Move to Ease Middle East Tensions
United States Britain France and the Soviet Union begin steps toward ending the Arab Israeli war threat. In Jerusalem Moshe Dayan tells Arab businessmen lines must guarantee traffic while combat acts fade. In Cairo Al Ahram cites Israel's expansionist policy and UN peace efforts. One Arab and one Israeli official are killed in clashes in Jericho and Gaza.
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Mesta strike panel backs veil for union vote on offer
A three man panel named by Mayor Carl A. Cialella recommends presenting the latest Mesta Machine Co settlement offer to Local 2178 of the International Association of Machinists for a union vote. The 11 week old strike involves about 600 workers. The panel’s findings detail wage increases, benefit changes, and vacations to be phased in over five years from 1969 to 1973. Representatives of the company and union have not reported progress in recent talks. The mayor’s committee includes Rev. Francis X. Cronin, Louis Sandler, and Len Kolasinski.
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Carl A. Cialella
Mesta
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Johnson Bronze Co
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Hanoi approves Yule packages for prisoners
The UPI report notes Hanoi approves Christmas packages for prisoners as U.S. officials discuss Vietnam talks. State Department negotiator Xuan Thuy meets U.S. Ambassador Harriman, but no linkage to progress in Paris talks is stated.
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Vietnam
State narcotics arrests drop in 1968 says Bucks County reps
Reps Milton Berkes and James Gallagher report fewer than 60 arrests by state narcotics agents this year versus over 400 in 1967. Democrats blame the decline on a Health Department policy.
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UPI
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Milton Berkes
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Western Pennsylvania Weather: Cloudy and Mild With Showers
A cloudy windy mild day brings showers ending early. Snow flurries develop late tonight with a low around 24 to 32. Saturday stays cloudy and much colder with flurries mainly north and a high near 45. Minimum around 41 to 40.
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Death notice for Stella Hedlund in West Pittsburg area
Mrs. Stella B. Hedlund, 69, of Ninth Street, West Pittsburg, died Friday December 13, 1968. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by the Hedlund home.
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Stella B. Hedlund
Ninth St., West Pittsburg
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