Westminster starts 125 Fund drive at Westminster College
Westminster College launches the 125 Fund to raise 5.5 million for the Hoyt Science Resources Center and a campus natatorium. The kickoff dinner at New Castle Country Club features Robert E. Lauterbach as toastmaster, with plans for a broad campaign in New Castle area and a goal of boosting endowment by about 2.1 million to sustain two new buildings.
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New Wilmington
Pittsburgh
Howard
Collins
Leaf Spring
North American Rockwell Corp
New Castle
Westminster
Lawrence County
Earland I. Carlson
Westminster College
Clara Cockerille
New Castle Area
J. Fred Rentz
the News
Total Special Gifts
Thomas V. Mansell
John R. McCune
Walter C. Shaw Jr
G. C. Murphy Co
Frederick J. Blake Sr
Central National Bank of Cleveland
Frank M. Brettholle
H. J. Heinz Co
Initial Gifts
Glenn B. Reed
Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodenwald, Kyle and Buerger
National
Clyde A. Armstrong
Thorp, Reed and Armstrong
Robert D. Ferguson
Tucker, Burke, Campbell and Arensburg
Foundations
New Hoyt Science Resources Center
125 Fund
Principals sworn in as superintendents
Four Lawrence County high school principals were sworn in as district superintendents in a courthouse ceremony. The appointees are Manford Brockway Mohawk Hubert J Sherwood Wilmington Clayton L Houk Union and Anthony Venturella Shenango for three year terms under a state law ending county offices. By July 1 county offices disappear and Intermediate Units assume duties enhancing direct district state communication per Phillip R Phelps.
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Lawrence County
Manford Brockway
Mohawk
Hubert J. Sherwood
Wilmington
Clayton L. Houk
Union
Anthony Venturella
Shenango
Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV
Phillip R. Phelps
Howard W. Lyon
Campaign members named for Westminster College 125 Fund
Westminster College 125 Fund Campaign in the New Castle area lists leaders by section. J. Fred Rentz chairs. John McKinley Richard E. Flannery Lauri G. Laurell Alfred H. Owens Edward M. Rea Charles M. Rhodes John W. Sant Grover C. Washabaugh Jr. lead Individual. James F. Dunlevy Mrs. Dudley M. Arnold Victor J. Andrew John Barger J. Howard Bruce John R. Hodge Paul Papenhauser Clyde M. Whittaker lead Industry. Robert Weingartner William G. Andrews James C. Cox Albert J. Genkinger Howard M. Kirk John W. McCoy Gerald R. Morris Larry L. Verone lead Commercial. Robert N. Chambers leads Financial.
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Westminster College
New Castle
J. Fred Rentz
John McKinley
Richard E. Flannery
Lauri G. Laurell
Alfred H. Owens
Edward M. Rea
Charles M. Rhodes
John W. Sant
Grover C. Washabaugh Jr
James F. Dunlevy
Dudley M. Arnold
Victor J. Andrew
John Barger
J. Howard Bruce
John R. Hodge
Paul Papenhauser
Clyde M. Whittaker
Robert Weingartner
William G. Andrews
James C. Cox
Albert J. Genkinger
Howard M. Kirk
John W. McCoy
Gerald R. Morris
Larry L. Verone
Robert N. Chambers
Pimen Elected Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias
A 60-year-old Russian churchman named Pimen was elected patriarch by a church council in Moscow. After three hours of prayer and procession at the Cathedral of the Assumption, he was crowned Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias, the 14th in the church’s history, with Archbishop Makarios among the 5,000 guests.
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Moscow
UPI
Pimen
Makarios
Cyprus
Cambodian Forces Pressed Near Phnom Penh In Week Long Clash
Helicopters air-dropped supplies to elite Cambodian troops counter-attacking North Vietnamese forces within rocket range of Phnom Penh. Cambodia reports over 400 North Vietnamese killed and 120 government troops killed or wounded in swamplands ten miles northeast of the capital. A climactic day saw government troops charge and seize a Communist bunker complex beside a Buddhist pagoda.
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Saigon
UPI
Phnom Penh
Baltimore priest refuses plea in Kissinger raid case
In Harrisburg, Rev. Neil McLaughlin, among eight indicted in an anti-war plot, refused to enter a plea in federal court. The priest followed co-defendants who did the same last week regarding charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger and raid Selective Service offices in three states. Judge R Dixon Herman entered an innocent plea for McLaughlin and reduced bail from $25,000 to $5,000.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Baltimore
Neil McLaughlin
Henry A. Kissinger
Selective Service
R. Dixon Herman
Peace talks demand exit deadline and Saigon overthrow
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong insist on a rapid U S troop withdrawal and overthrow of the Saigon government as nonnegotiable conditions for peace. The positions were stated by Xuan Thuy and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, with little sign of compromise. In Cleveland a federal judge found former Gov James A Rhodes acted in good faith in calling out National Guard troops after Kent State killings, dismissing wrongful death suits. parent Arthur Krause said the ruling would be appealed.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
Cleveland
James A. Rhodes
National Guard
Kent State University
U.S. District Court
James C. Connell
Arthur Krause
Pittsburgh
Allison
Global battlefield losses and political shifts abroad
UPI reports 48 American deaths and 229 wounded in Vietnam last week raising 1971 U.S. battlefield toll to 1,023 with withdrawals and Vietnamization blamed for lower recent casualties. Also coverage of Reinhold Niebuhr's death and Nixon revenue sharing debates, plus an Austin teen's jail incident and attempted self-hanging.
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Saigon
U.S
Schoolboy deputy Ames named deputy chairman of state GOP
Mark Ames, 17, a junior at Abington High School, was named deputy chairman of the Republican state committee in a newly created post. He learned of the appointment Wednesday night and said he was surprised. He awaits a conference next week to learn exact powers. He cannot vote in general elections until next year.
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Boston
UPI
Mark Ames
Republican State Committee
Ames
Abington High School
Passengers find Havana changed after hijack ordeal
Sixty eight hijacked passengers and crew held four days in Cuba toured Havana to see a city reeling from revolution. Capt. George Ashley said Havana has changed drastically with rundown streets and dilapidated houses near the Malecon while passengers noted shuttered nightlife and a city in repair following upheaval.
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Sara Straet
Havana
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Argentina
Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Paris
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Pan American World Airways
United States
Latin America
Heidi Tortura
Nassau
George Ashley
Coral Gables
High Court to Rule on State Highway Firings
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is weighing the legality of 59 highway maintenance dismissals dating from Gov. Milton Shapp’s January start. The court heard arguments since May 25 after Chief Justice Bell overturned an injunction halting removals. The DOT has paused further actions while the union AFL-CIO asserts free speech and due notice concerns.
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State Supreme Court
Bell
Commonwealth Court
Milton L. Shapp
Russell Kawa
American Federation of State
State Department of Transportation
Air show grows in Union Township at New Castle Airport
The Castle Flying Club and Castle Aviation Co sponsor a fly in breakfast and aviation contests at New Castle Airport on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Awards will honor spot landings, bomb drops, oldest and youngest pilots, longest distance, and largest aircraft. Also coordinated with CAP cadets and off-duty police.
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New Castle
Union Township
Louis J. Parillo
Castle Flying Club
Castle Aviation Co
Parillo
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
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Samuel L. Gravely
Navy
Alma
San Diego
Calif
Tracey
David
Robert
Gravely
Washington
Naval Communications
Pimen Heads
Stockbridge
Mass
Reinhold Niebuhr
Niebuhr
Yale Hill
Robert W. Moss
United Church of Christ of New York
Nixon
Congress
House
Austin
Tex
Amos Margarito
Malecon
Stan Weitzman
Los Angeles
Federal Aviation Agency
Portersville
Dixie Inn
U.S. 19
U.S. 422
Butler
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