Commuters Stranded as IAM Rail Strike ShutsDown PA Network
The United Press International report describes a coast to coast IAM strike crippling rail traffic. About 600 Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains halted affecting tens of thousands of commuters in Philadelphia New York and Washington. Freight trains stalled across 13 states while Reading and other lines faced empty tracks and potential fuel shortages for utilities.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Washington, D.C
New York City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
New York
Philadelphia Police Dept
Reading
Pennsylvania Sunday
B&o
P&le
Monongahela
Youngstown
Beaver Valleys
Communists Hit by U S Air and Sea Power in DMZ
UPI reports US forces retaliated after weekend Communist advances. B52 bombers conducted five raids Sunday night and today dropping a million pounds of bombs in the DMZ area as the United States pressed its air and sea power against Communist forces.
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Saigon
UPI
United States
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S.S. Oriskany
Yankee Station
Oriskany
The
Hanoi
da Nang
Highlands
Laos
Pathet Lao
Royal Laos Air Force
Luang Prabang
Ohio youth drowns in Pulaski lake
Dennis Karsnak aged 18 from Campbell Ohio drowned while swimming with CYO members from St Johns Catholic Church at Spring Water Acres Lake Pulaski Township His body recovered from 10 feet of water and he was pronounced dead at Jameson Memorial Hospital Coroner ordered neck and head X rays final results negative Funeral services planned Karsnak worked for General Extrusion Company in Youngstown Friends receiving at Putko Rich Wasko Funeral Home Campbell
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Dennis Karsnak
Picadilly Ave
Campbell
Ohio
Pulaski Township
Karsnak
CYO
St. John’s Catholic Church
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Sharp Funeral Home
New Wilmington
Medical Center
Robert E. Henderson
Lawrence County
John A. Meehan Jr
Jameson
General Extrusion Company
Youngstown
Putko-Rich-Wasko
Three Die In Mercer County Auto Crash
Three people died Sunday night when their car struck a pole and a tree on a legislative route half a mile west of Sheakleyville Mercer County. Victims were Robert S. Hughes 21 of Greenville William Conn 29 Greenville RD 5 and John E Anthony 21 Greenville RD 1. Driver identity not released.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Sheakleyville
Mercer County
Robert S. Hughes
Greenville
William Conn
John E. Anthony
Races Tighten in Major Leagues
The page teases a feature on tightening race dynamics in major leagues, highlighting shifts, key matchups, and ongoing standings likely to influence outcomes later in the season.
Pennsylvania to Build Private Food Processing Plant at Allen town
Gov. Shafer announced that the U S Atomic Energy Commission selected Pennsylvania for a privately owned large scale food preservation plant. Irradiated Foods Inc. will build a $1 million facility near Allentown to use atomic energy. The plan marks a major federal project in the state.
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Harrisburg
Raymond P. Shafer
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Irradiated Foods Inc
Mobutu Seen Stronger After Congo Rebellion
Diplomatic reports say President Joseph D Mobutu now appears stronger after the mercenary uprising that began July 5. Fewer than 200 mercenaries remained on the run in eastern Congo towns as Mobutu's forces pursued them through bush country north of Kisangani toward the border.
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Kinshasa
The
Congo
UPI
Joseph D. Mobutu
Mobutu
Kisangani
Congress seeks urgent rail strike halt by nightfall
Congress rushes emergency legislation to stop the nationwide rail strike as negotiators meet in Washington. House and Senate work through the day to avert an economy paralyzing shutdown with a deadline looming and President Johnson signaling possible compulsory arbitration.
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Congress
Washington
Upi
House
Senate
Johnson
White House
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
John W. McCormack
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Senate Labor
Yarborough
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Shepcraft
Egypt press U.N. Suez truce talks amid Egyptian snags
Cairo reports friction over U.N. observers while both sides claim adherence to a fragile Suez cease-fire. Nasser meets anti Israel leaders Boumedienne Aref Atassi and Alazhari in Cairo as Norwegian Gen Odd Bull seeks talks in Jerusalem.
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United Nations
Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel
U.N
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Nasser
Houari Boumedienne
Abdel Rahman Aref
Noureddin Atassi
Syria
Ismail Alazhari
Sudan
Britain
United States
Middle East
British
Foreign Office
Boumedienne
Aref
Odd Bull
Jerusalem
Shafer seeks early approval for transit bills in Pennsylvania
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer calls for early legislative action on a package creating the Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance Authority to fund capital transit improvements and urban mass transportation. The plan would revise the Urban Mass Transportation Act and appropriate 9.6 million dollars for the next fiscal year, including 6.8 million for SEPTA, 2 million for Allegheny County Port Authority, and 800 thousand for other urban transit needs.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance Authority
Southeastern Transportation Authority
SEPTA
Allegheny County Port Authority
Weather Summary for Western Pennsylvania and Lake Erie
Western Pennsylvania remains generally fair through Tuesday with a bit warmer temperatures. Daytime highs reach the upper 70s to low 80s and overnight lows in the 50s. Lake Erie reports mostly southwest winds 10 to 20 knots, with partly cloudy skies tonight and today.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Deaths of Cortland and nearby residents listed
Obituary list reports deaths of Etta Morrison 80 Cortland Ohio James Black 64 426 E Garfield Ave Lester Stoner 72 RD 6 Wilbert McChesney 22 Pittsburgh Drennen Baxter 77 802 W Washington St Dennis Karsnak 18 Campbell Carl Main 71 N Sewickley Mrs Doelber Reno 67 Wampum Joseph Mann 61 73044 Court St with other local names and ages.
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Etta J. Morrison
Cortland
Ohio
James Lawrence Black
E. Garfield Ave
Everret Taylor
Beckford St
Lester K. Stoner
Wilbert McChesney
Pittsburgh
Drennen Baxter
W. Washington St
Dennis Karsnak
Campbell
Carl V. Main
N. Sewickley
Doelber N. Reno
Wampum
Joseph H. Mann
Court St
Newark violence rises as death toll reaches 25
Riots across Newark Plainfield Montclair and Jersey City intensify with gunfights looting and arson. Governor Hughes orders guards and state police to restore order amid a rising death toll of 25 and over 1300 injuries.
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New Jersey
Robert E. Sullivan
Newark
N.J
UPI
National
Boulevard Battlegrounds
Richard J. Hughes
Plainfield
Hughes
National Guard
Montclair
Jersey City
Hudson River
New York City
Harlem
Hugh D. Addonizio
Michael Pugh
Lucille Pugh
National Guardsmen
Explosion Likely Ends Surveyor 4 Moon Landing Attempt
Pasadena based JPL officials said Surveyor 4 may have exploded seconds before its planned soft landing in Sinus Medii. Radio contact was lost with the craft seven miles above the moon as the braking rocket burned out, ending the mission designed to test safe landing for a future manned flight.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Bay
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Howard Haglund
Surveyor 4
JPL
Lunar
Rubber firms reach tentative agreements in Akron strike
Three major rubber manufacturers return to bargaining to end an eight day strike as two plants prepare to resume production. B F Goodrich announced a tentative settlement with the United Rubber Workers, and General Tire & Rubber planned to resume work Sunday pending local ratification at Akron and Waco plants.
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Akron, Ohio
UPI
B.F. Goodrich Co
United Rubber Workers
General Tire & Rubber Co
URW
Waco
Tex
Prison Barracks Blaze Kills 37 In Florida Camp
In Berryda le Florida a fire in a prison camp barracks killed 37 inmates and left 6 severely burned. Only eight of 51 in the white frame building escaped. conflicting reports blamed delayed door access as flames rose to tree top height.
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Florida
Berrydale
Fla
UPI
Florida Panhandle
Louie Wainwright
Wainwright
A. C. Lovett
Byrd Mapples
Milton
Russell Sloan
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Stuart T. Saunders
Saunders
Edward Lachowich
Systems Council No. 4
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Maryland
Akron
Canton
Eugene V. Risher
Pulaski Lake
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Bobby Williams
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