Doctors Elect Dr Caplan in Unemployment Training Push
President Johnson signs a bill amending the 1962 Manpower Training Act to add 527 million dollars for new job training courses aimed at unskilled youths and illiterate adults. The plan envisions broader basic education and up to 20 weeks of schooling alongside skill training, benefitting up to 93,000 people annually.
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Kennedy
Eugene R. Black
The
World Bank
Stanley Osborne
Olin Mathieson Chemical Co
Black
Osborne
Congress
Bids Placed For Lawrence County Jail Complex
Twelve general construction bids were opened for a proposed Lawrence County jail project with a low bid of 463000 from William J Siebandler of New Castle and a high bid of 553900 from Contractors Inc of Pittsburgh. The four acre site near Court and Milton Streets will host a jail warden residence warehouse and shop. Work must start by January 29 to qualify for a 276000 federal grant under Accelerated Public Works. Land acquisition cost about 180000 from the county capital reserve fund and financing includes a county bond issue and the federal grant.
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Lawrence County
William J. Siebandler
New Castle
Contractors, Inc
Pittsburgh
Court
Milton Streets
Capital
No Letup Seen In Cold Wave Gripping State
The state suffers a severe cold wave with snow covered roads and hazardous driving conditions. Western Pennsylvania sees stranded motorists and several school closures in Somerset County amid drifting snow. Two traffic deaths occur on icy highways as temperatures stay frigid and winds remain strong.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Penn Aaa
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Gateway
Ohio Line
Bedford
Delaware River
Somerset County
Tem
Hergh
Ellwood City to honor two Riverside students as young heroes
Ellwood City will honor two Riverside High School seniors Terr y Keefer 17 and Russell Clyde 18 for pulling man Thomas Morgan 36 from a burning car Dec 11. They kicked in the windshield as the car exploded, and a Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club banquet will present plaques after Carnegie Fund medal applications are reviewed. Morgan is in good condition at Ellwood City General Hospital.
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Riverside High School
Terry Keefer
Country Club Road
Russell Clyde
Ellwood-Zelienople Road
Thomas Morgan
Fombell RD
Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Carnegie Fund Committee
Pittsburgh
Ellwood City General Hospital
Keefer
Clyde
Death Notices for local residents on December 19 1963
Obituaries list Philip W. Grafinger 83 of Sharon Richard A. Gasser 66 of Koppel William E. Edwards 63 of Ellwood City Jacob Wehr 69 of Zelienople and Mrs. Philomena D'Augustine 73 of 1110 South Mercer Street.
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Richard A. Gasser
Koppel
William E. Edwards
Ellwood City
Jacob Wehr
Zelienople
Mrs
Philomena D’augustine
S. Mercer St
County Leaders Push New Castle Bypass Priority
Lawrence County officials advanced the $20 million New Castle bypass as top priority. An extension of the Beaver Valley Expressway from the Pennsylvania Turnpike to the bypass ranked second, planned to run west of the city.
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Lawrence County
New Castle
Greater New Castle Association
Dominick E. Cioffi
Donald W. Fox
GNCA
Greater New Castle Development Corp
Lawrence County Industrial Development Council
Lawrence Regional Planning Commission
J. Fred Rentz
W. P. Madigan
Franklin
State Highways Department
Ellwood
Rentz
State Highway Department
Picasso Paintings Burned in Detroit Gallery Fire
A downtown fire in Detroit damaged the Arwin Gallery on the second floor of the Robinson Furniture building destroying 35 Picasso paintings and causing about 500000 dollars in damages. The exhibit from New York was to run through January 4.
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API
Pablo Picasso
Arwin
Robinson Furniture Co
Lester B. Arwin
Arwin Gallery
Robinson Furniture
New York
Blackpool Driver Fired Over Tea Break Bus Ride
Blackpool bus driver David Moore was fired for taking his empty double decker bus home for his tea break, a move that drew comment from local transport officials.
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Blackpool
David Moore
Pentagon weighs closing 11 naval shipyards study
A Pentagon study group led by Navy Secretary Paul Nitze will explore closing some of the 11 government shipyards with nearly 100000 workers. The move could shift overhaul work to private yards where costs are 25 to 35 percent lower, as McNamara cuts base numbers.
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Darrell Garwood Washington
UPS
Pentagon
Defense Department
Survey Board
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Brooklyn
N.Y
Portsmouth
N.h.kittery
Maine
Bremer
Arthur Andersen & Co
Weather shifts to snow flurries and heavy accumulations
Western Pennsylvania reports cloudy windy and colder conditions with morning snow flurries increasing this afternoon tonight. Snow squalls in northern sections may bring locally heavy snow and drifting. Highs reach 12 to 18, lows 0 to 5 above. Friday remains cloudy and windy with continued snow flurries and little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
U S Defense Secretary Arrives for Saigon Briefings
Robert McNamara landed at Saigon's Tansonhut airport to meet South Viet Nam's rulers and begin intensive briefings with top American civilian and military officials. He said the talks would cover problems and progress of U S military aid to South Viet Nam.
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South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Robert McNamara
Tansonhut
Paris
Orly
Ngo Dinh Diem
McNamara
NATO
Honolulu
Viet Nam
Arthur Sylvester
William Bundy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paul D. Harkins
Tran van Don
Harkins
Military Assistance Command
Fuiay
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
John McCone
CIA
Laos
Leonard Unger
Ghana Embassy Sealed Off as Students Protest
About 50 fur hatted Soviet militia sealed both ends of the street to the Ghana Embassy in Moscow after 30 Ghanaian students tried to enter seeking information on Edmund Asare Addo whose body was found frozen near a railroad north of Moscow. Africans were pushed back into the snow as a militia warned by loudspeaker to move on.
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Moscow
UPI
Ghana
John Elliott
Edmund Asare-Addo
Red Square
U.S.S.R
Kenya
Socialist Mayor Defferre Seen As De Gaulle Opponent
Paris United Press International reports Gaston Defferre 53 mayor of Marseilles and National Assembly member is willing to run as the French lefts candidate against Charles de Gaulle in the next presidential election. Defferre advocates European Atlantic unity and closer U.S. ties, posing a real choice if he secures party support.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Gaston Defferre
Marseilles
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Socialist Party
Defferre
Europe
U.S
Russia
Prestige revenge motives for Westminster at Wittenberg
Westminster faces Wittenberg in a night game driven by revenge themes. The clash is highlighted as a major showdown with implications for local standings and rivalries.
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Westminster
Wittenberg
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