Airmen bodies from area to be identified in Puerto Rico crash
Eight airmen from Ohio and Pennsylvania perished in a C119 crash in Luquillo National Forest Puerto Rico. Due to severe burns dental records will determine identities while a Langley team probes cause. The plane from Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station veered into mountains in dense jungle four miles from road, killing all aboard.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Puerto Rico
Youngstown
Ohio
U.S. Navy
Navy
910Th Tactical Air Wing
Pennsylvania
Langley Air Force Base
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station
Luquillo National Forest
el Yunque Park
Rodriguez Army Hospital
Air Force
John H. Blazer
Beaver Falls
Frank E. Platenak
Ivan Bechtel
Warren
Phillip W. Mahoney
Eric Pa
Hershel W. Clark
Billie G. Kropp
Mercer
Martin A. Breckner
Harry L. Murray Jr
Fredonia
Supreme Court tackles pre induction challenges to draft classifications
The court weighs free speech rights of registrants facing pre induction review. Law student Faulkner from Buffalo seeks stays of induction pending First Amendment claim. Earlier rulings split 6 3 and 8 1 on who may challenge classifications before induction.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Lawrence R. Faulkner
Buffalo
N.Y
James J. Ooeestereich
Cheyenne
Wyo
Andover-Newton Theological Seminary
Newton Centre
Mass
Charles Joseph Cuney Gabriel
San Francisco
City Officials Near Wage Deal For Police And Firemen
Apparent agreement reached on a $600 yearly raise for police and firefighters, with council members Biddle and Fee signaling support and Watert reportedly agreeing. The package would cost about $69,600 for starting salaries and total around $140,000 including public works raises and a retroactive pension plan, pending public meeting ratification.
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Richard H. Biddle
Thomas J. Fee
Thomas C. Watert
Thomas A. Shumaker
Eugene DeCaprio
Alfred V. Papa
Carl A. Cialella Jr
Public Works Department
Biddle
Fee
Shumaker
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Considerable cloudiness today with a few snow flurries and little temperature change. High in the 20s. Partial clearing and cold tonight with a low in the teens. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Wednesday. Weather stats show a 24 hour period ending at 7 am with a max of 26 and a min of 22 inches of precipitation 0.06 snow and trace frost from last year.
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Pennsylvania
Former city man aids Apollo 8 spaceflight team
Donald W. Patterson formerly of New Castle leads a North American Rockwell Space Division team monitoring Apollo 8 from Houston and Downey. The group will ensure real time data analysis and provide flight recommendations during the first Saturn V powered mission to the moon and back.
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Donald W. Patterson
New Castle
Patterson
Space Division
North American Rockwell Corp
Downey
Calif
North American
Rockwell Corp
Houston
Tex
NASA
Mission Control Center
North American Rockwell
William Patterson
Boyles Ave
Rockwell
Apollo
New Castile High School
Pennsylvania State University
University of California At
Los Angeles
Free World
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
U.S
Moon
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Space
Vietnam talks split widens as Ky clashes with Clifford
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky challenged Defense Secretary Clifford while Saigon rejected a Washington dictated settlement. Ky accused Clifford of pressuring talks. Harriman and Lam downplayed rift as they pursued direct engagement. Separate note reports hospital flu restrictions impact St Francis and Jameson Memorial, limiting visits to immediate family of critically ill or surgical patients.
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St. Fancis and
Jameson Memorial Hospital
George Libera
Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Defense
Clark Clifford
Saigon
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Clifford
Pham Dang Lam
Lam
Hanoi
Mary John
St. Francis
Joe F. Friendheim
Jameson
City considers human relations unit amid budget hearing
A two week window faces City Council as it weighs adding a human relations unit funded at 10000 to be led by a full time director. Clergy and Black community leaders urged action while CHARGE funding and West and South Side centers drew questions from council and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Cialella Jr
Council
Bruce Cooley
First Christian Church
Cooley
Thomas A. Shumaker
Eugene DeCaprio
Charge Inc
Charge
County Community Action Agency
West Side
Willis H. Lash
South Side
New Castle
Lash
Nixon Chosen by Electors as Next U S President
Electors in all states and the District of Columbia elected Richard M. Nixon for president with one abstention from a North Carolina ophthalmologist who voted for George C. Wallace. Some electors urged abolishing the electoral college while California officials confirmed Nixon would receive the state’s 40 votes with Ronald Reagan commenting. Nixon and Spiro Agnew set to be declared by Congress on Jan 6, with Hubert H. Humphrey presiding as the former loser.
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United Press International
District of Columbia
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
North Carolina
George C. Wallace
Wallace
House of Representatives
California
Kent Stacey
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Spiro T. Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Death Notices for Tony Jacobs Wanda Urban and Maria DePasquale
Death record Tuesday December 17 1968 lists Tony Jacobs age 76 of 614 East Ds Street Mrs Wanda Urban age 43 of West Middlesex Route 1 and Mrs Maria DePasquale age 70 of 840 Beckford Street.
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Tony Jacobs
Eds St
Wanda Urban
West Middlesex
Maria DePasquale
Beckford St
Marines drive on Communist fortress near Da Nang
About 7,000 U S and South Vietnamese troops attacked a jungle fortress 25 miles southwest of Da Nang as fighting left 18 Marines dead and 73 wounded. Allies claimed 123 guerrillas killed and 41 captured while air and ground forces cleared the red stronghold area.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
David Lamb
South Vietnam
Dodge City
Arizona
Arizona Territory
Lamb
Taylor Common
U.S. Army
25Th Infantry Division
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John Manna
S. Allen Foster
Highland UP Church
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