Two candidates named for county health post administrator
The Mental Health Mental Retardation board recommended two men for administrator and county commissioners will choose next week. Salary set at 15000, though board says area salaries run near 18000. Candidates include Dr Murray Weisman and Francis A Manfredi, both with strong education and public service backgrounds.
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County Mental Health Mental Retardation Board
Murray Weisman
Pittsburgh
Francis A. Manfredi
Lawrence County
Weisman
Cincinnati
Ohio State University
University of Minnesota
Manfredi
California State College
West Virginia University
Frank D. Geer
Robert Devine
Swarthmore Students Occupy Admissions Office Demanding Change
About 40 black students at Swarthmore College occupied the admissions office overnight and vowed to stay until their demands are met. The Swarthmore Afro-American Student Society calls for Negro participation in policy decisions, amnesty for demonstrators, more Black students, and Black administrators and faculty. Joseph B. Shane says police were not called and hopes for an amicable solution. he warns the college must not be governed by demands or threats.
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Swarthmore, Pa
UPID
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore Afro-American Student Society
SASS
Joseph B. Shane
Shane
Area youths win Keystone Farmer honors at state Farm Show
Seven local Future Farmers of America members will receive Keystone Farmer degrees at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. Laurel Area High School and Mohawk Area High School students will showcase beef and dairy cattle, crops, and farm projects while county delegates exhibit sheep hogs and dairy cattle and perform demonstrations.
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Lawrence County
Harrisburg
Laurel Area High School
Mohawk Area High School
Future Farmers of America
Calvin Sammons
Joseph Shick
Lawrence County Agricultural Extension Association
Lewis C. Dayton
Wen
Farmer of America
Laurel
Robert Boak
C. Everett Boak
RD 4
FFA
Farm Youth Institute
Lincoln
Neb
Robert
David S. McConnell
Richard McConnell
Volant RD 3
David
Meadville
Vietnamese Communists suffer heavy losses in 1968 war
South Vietnamese military spokesmen reported 1968 Communist deaths at 523 daily, totaling 191,387 killed, the highest since the conflict began. The report contrasted 1967 with 85,124 killed and noted heavy fighting during Tet and May offensives.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
US 1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Red
Obituary Notices From Friday January 10 1969
Mrs. Bessie Lennig 82 of 520 Friendship St Mrs. Clarence O Wells 80 of 511 Sumner Ave Samuel V Badger 85 of 24 Savannah Gardner Rd Mrs Benjamin D Pritchard 1017 Adams St George Ashman 72 West Middlesex RD 1 listed for obituaries or notices
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Bessie Lennig
Friendship St
Clarence O. Wells
Sumner Ave
Samuel V. Badger
Savannah Gardner
Benjamin D. Pritchard
Adams St
George Ashman
West Middlesex
Universal-Rundle Officer Elected GNCA President
Robert Carlson, vice president of operations at Universal-Rundle Corp, was elected president of the Greater New Castle Association for 1969. He joined the firm in 1949 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and has since held multiple leadership roles including Navy service in World War II and later positions in manufacturing and operations.
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Robert Carlson
Universal- Rundle Corp
Greater New Castle Association
Universal-Rundle
University of Pennsylvania
California
New Jersey
New Castle
Navy
Martha Harris
E. Maitland Lane
Carlson
Neshannock
GNCA
Donald Nicolson
Peoples Realty Co
Richard Whittaker
Whittaker Paper Products
Shirley Kerr
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles
Robert Houk
First Federal Savings & Loan
James Dunlevy
Pennsylvania Power Co
Harry Gormley
Keystone Lawrence Transfer
J. Howard Bruce
Bruce Merrilees
Richard E. Rentz
New Castle News
Frank Boron
Boron Cleaning Service
CHARGE board seeks local hearing on anti poverty funds
CHARGE Inc. directors voted to urge officials to hold a local hearing on funding for the 1969 anti poverty program. The board may send at least five beneficiaries to Washington or New Castle with local funds possible if federal money is unavailable.
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Charge Inc. Board of
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nick Cangey
Washington
U.S
Hugh D. Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
Frank M. Clark
D Bessemer
QEO
W. Astor Kirk
Marvin Bush
William Skidmore
New Castle
Steve Burger
Veteran spacemen named for first moon landing Apollo 11
NASA announced Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin as the crew for Apollo 11 to reach the moon perhaps by mid July. Armstrong and Aldrin would attempt the landing while Collins orbits 69 miles above. The decision caps a day of space events in Washington after Apollo 8 and gold medals for the Moon shot heroes.
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John F. Kennedy
Armstrong
Collins
Aldrin
Man
Earth
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Pres
Teacher, father felled by James gas fumes
Paul Antilla 25 and his father John 61 of 605% County Line St. were found after two days with newspapers on the porch. Paul remained in critical condition at St. Francis Hospital while John was reported in fair condition. Gas leaked from a floor heater and a water heater.
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Paul Antilla
St. Francis Hospital
John
Antilla
Snow Flurries and Bitter Cold Across Lake Erie Region
Windy and cold conditions prevail across Western Pennsylvania today with snow flurries and locally heavy snow squalls near Lake Erie. Expect 1 to 3 inches of additional accumulation, highs 15 to 20, and subfreezing lows tonight with continued wind and flurries. Saturday brings partial clouds and cold in the south, ending flurries to the north with little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Farm land reserve hearing set for Butler
William Carroll of Penn State told landowners that local action is needed to preserve agricultural land in Lawrence County as a Governor's Committee on Preservation of Agricultural Land plans a hearing at Garden Gate Restaurant in Butler on Jan 23 at 10 am. Testimony should not exceed 10 minutes with a written copy.
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Congress
Washington
Skidmore
Maurice D. Kelsey
Razzano
Kirk
Lawrence County
William Carroll
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania
Garden Gate
Butler
Carroll
Soviets peace plan outlined by Al Ahram
Al Ahram details a Soviet Middle East peace proposal calling for Israeli troop withdrawal from 1967 occupied lands, a U N trusteeship of borders, and an international peacekeeping force. It urges UN efforts on refugee issues and Suez Canal disputes with a positive White House response before Johnson leaves office in ten days.
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United Press International
Cairo
al Ahram
Middle East
Johnson
U.N. Security Council
United Nations
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