Hastings Campaign Puts Marines Against North Vietnamese
A Marine recon unit crawled near North Vietnamese lines in Hastings and called in air and artillery strikes that UPI reports killed at least 65. Westmoreland said the action disrupted concentrations and noted the operation as highly successful. Air power also raked Viet Cong positions in heavy sorties.
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Saigon
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Leatherneck
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Jury rules negligence in 2 deaths
Howard G. Edwards 53 of Volant RD 3 faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the May 13 crash on U S 422 in Union Township that killed Roscoe Bibbs Jr 31 and Joseph Robbins 32. Six coroner jurors found criminal negligence. A prior drunken driving charge against Edwards awaits court action.
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Howard G. Edwards
Volant RD 3
Youngstown
U.S. 422
Union Township
Betty Lou Kradel
Charles W. Tilton
Edwards
Cheswick
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Steve Balough
Roscoe Bibbs Jr
Joseph Robbins
Tilton
Bibbs
Robbins
John A. Meehan Jr
New Castle
U.S. 224
Harbor Bridge
Negotiators Back To Talks In Airline Strike Standoff
The Johnson administration orders deadlocked IAM reps and five airlines United Eastern Trans World National Northwest back to negotiations at the Labor Department. Senate panel weighs Morse plan to suspend strike 180 days, but Wirtz declines backing while talks resume.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
International Association of Machinists
IAM
United
Eastern
Trans World
National
Northwest
Labor Department
Senate Labor Committee
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Presidential Mediation Board
Morse
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
North Vietnamese protest to ICC over Ky invasion call
Hanoi formally protests to the International Control Commission alleging Ky urged an invasion of the North to end the war. The dispatch also accuses U S planes of repeatedly bombing the 12 mile demilitarized zone and spraying toxic chemicals on crops and people in South Vietnam. It claims heavy losses for U S and South Vietnamese forces in the past week.
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UPI
North Viet Nam
International Control Commission
ICC
Nguyen Cao Ky
North
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Viet Nam
South Vietnamese
LSD sales rise in Pennsylvania says committee chair
Sen. Benjamin R. Donolow of Philadelphia noted a 60 to 70 percent rise in LSD sales and use across Pennsylvania. He cited the sharpest increases in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and said investigators will move to probe the reasons behind the surge.
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Harrisburg
Deaths in brief for Pfc Threats and three others
Four local obituaries list Pfc George E Threats 20 of 320 Green Street Mrs Joanne Jennie Golis 68 of 1709 Carlisle Street Mrs Earl Beard 57 of Jamestown New York and John F Petreck 50 of 13th Street West Pittsburg all reported in the July 28 1966 death notices.
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George E. Threats
Green St
Joanne
Jennie) Golis
Carlisle St
Earl Beard
Jamestown
N. Y
John F. Petreck
13Th St
West Pittsburg
Wilson heads to Washington for Viet Nam support talks
Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies from London to Washington to reinforce British backing of U S policy in Viet Nam. He meets President Johnson at the White House Friday as Britain faces an economic crisis and pursues a 1.4 billion dollar austerity program with backing from Parliament and the Trades Union Congress.
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Johnson
Democratic
House
Development Loan Fund
Iance
Progress
Alliance For Progress
London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Wilson
White House
United States
Britain
Trades Union Congress
TUC
House of Commons
Labor
State crime rate shows increase in Pennsylvania 1965
A UPI report states that 111,604 crimes were recorded in Pennsylvania in 1965 with the Middle Atlantic region up 8.5 percent. Breakdowns show murders and non negligent manslaughter 406, forcible rape 1,119, robbery 5,922, aggravated assault 8,295, burglary 47,732, larceny 23,107, and auto theft 25,123.
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Washington
UPI
Pennsylvania
The
New Jersey
New York
Pfc Threats Killed in Vietnam War After Shrapnel Wounds
Pfc George F. Threats 20 of 320 Green St. Lawrence County man killed in action in Vietnam. He served with the 2nd Battalion 32nd Artillery of the 25th Infantry. A 1965 New Castle High School graduate and co captain of the 1964 basketball team. His wife Assmneth Hannon gave birth to a son Sunday. The Rev Shepherd Threats, his father, is pastor of Ebenezer Church of God in Christ. He entered service Nov. 16, 1965 and was killed yesterday. His death confirmed by telegram to Oakdale Army detachment. A Red Cross effort aided the family during the birth.
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New Castle High School
Assmneth Hannon
Sunday
Jameson Memorial Hospital
American Red Cross
Shepherd Threats
Ebenezer Church of God In Christ
U.S. Army
32Nd Artillery
25Th Infantry
Pfc
Lincoln Garfield
Benjamin Franklin
Library board seeks three-quarter mill tax increase referendum
The New Castle Public Library board asks city council to place a ballot question at the next general election for a three-quarter mill property tax increase. Treasurer Daniel Levine presented a 700-signature petition. Council likely to act next week. The library now takes about $41,000 annually from the levy. Also, Jay Cooper, 17, sustained a right arm fracture when a jack slipped and a car toppled onto him. treated at St. Francis Hospital around 9:10 p.m.
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Library Board
New Castle
Jay Cooper
Hollow Rd
St. Francis Hospital
U.S. combat deaths in Viet Nam top Revolutionary War toll
The United States reported 136 KIA last week in Viet Nam, lifting total U S combat deaths to 4,440 as of last Saturday. Casualties come largely from Operation Hastings in northwest South Viet Nam near the 17th Parallel, with Leathernecks claiming about 1,500 North Vietnamese killed.
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Saigon
UPI
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Anti-asteroid missile not in planning
UPI reports that the United States has no plan or capability to develop an anti-asteroid missile to intercept asteroid Icarus. Experts say Icarus poses no threat, despite discussions of nuclear propulsion ideas. Icarus is one of over 1,650 known minor planets orbiting the sun.
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Earth
U.S
Sydney
Australia
United Press International
Icarus
Pay Hikes Sought in Union Township
Union Township faces wage increase demands as workers seek higher pay in ongoing labor discussions. Officials cite budgeting constraints while negotiators aim to resolve the dispute before fiscal deadlines.
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Union Township
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Vari able cloudiness and warm conditions with scattered showers or thundershowers ending tonight. Highs 78 to 86 in the north and 85 to 92 in the south. Lows tonight mostly in the 60s. Friday will be partly cloudy and not as warm.
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Pennsylvania
Fishermen survive Gulf boat blaze and sinking
In a swift rescue operation 49 fishermen and two crewmen abandoned the pleasure boat White Marlin Queen after an electrical fire erupted, flames spread, and the vessel sank in 60 feet of water off Port Aransas. Coast Guard vessels and shrimp boats rescued everyone without panic.
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UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
James McNatt
John Davenport
Davenport
Austin, Tex
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