Hue on edge as Buddhist strike triggers troop deployment
Government flew three battalions about 1 000 men to Hue outskirts to quell militant Buddhist strike. Thich Tri Quang labeled Communist by loyal officer, who avoided arrest. In Saigon, moderate Buddhists regain control while U S 101st Airborne Battle in Kontum yields 77 foes killed in Hawthorne.
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Saigon
UPI
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Don da National
Phan Xuan Nhuan
Tri Quang
Quang
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
101St
Screaming Eagle” Airborne
Central Highlands
Kontum Province
Three Bruce children die in Sharon fire tragedy
In Sharon Pennsylvania three Bruce children died when a rear fire swept their three story home. The victims are Dean six Nathaniel eleven and Richard fourteen. Two siblings Ella seventeen Frank junior eighteen escaped by leaping and were treated for cuts and released. Authorities say cause under investigation and asphyxiation killed the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
UPH
Frank Bruce
Dean
Nathaniel
Richard
Bruce
Ella
Frank Jr
Sharon General Hospital
Mattie
Farrell
Mercer County
Jack Reed
Satz in race as GOP county chairman candidate
Arnold Satz of 311 Sumner Ave says he will run for Republican county chairman supported by about 25 Lawrence County GOP leaders. He sits on the city school board and says any potential appointment to the nine member board would be non political. The 202 GOP committeemen will elect officers within two weeks to replace Richard N. McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Satz
Sumner Ave
Satz
Lawrence County
Castleton
John Toth
Charles B. McDevitt
Joseph W. Pearson
GOP
Gordon C. Post Jr
Richard N. McKee
Death notices listed for multiple residents
Death records dated Tuesday June 7 1966 list Donald E. Dennis 63 of Ft Meyers Florida Lawrence A. Morrow 84 of Akron Mary G Logan 720 Neshannonk Blvd Frank Antiporuk 73 Massillon Ohio Carl H Hassig 70 RD 7 Roy W Bill Warnock 48 420 Norwood Ave Mrs William H Leslie 94 139 E Leasure Ave Mrs David J Bevan 84 1228 Randolph St George Heckathorne 76 708 Sampson St
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Dennis
Ft. Meyers
Randolph St. George Heckathorne
Sampson St
Bessemer sewer plan shows $825000 cost update
Borough engineers from Michael Baker Associates presented an updated feasibility report detailing a sewer system for 465 homes. An alternate approach could cut $106,600 by dropping 35 S Main St connections, with local residents facing front-foot, connection, and monthly sewer charges to service a $380000 bond. Council will review the report with engineers and planning officials on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Myron Wayne
Michael Baker Associates
Rochester
S Main St
S. Main St
E. Poland Ave
Wayne
Borough Planning Commission
Lawrence County Group Forms Joint Vocational School Board
Area school directors meet at Union Area High School to organize a Lawrence County Vocational Technical Joint School Board. The board will supervise the new vo tech school at Deshon Annex. State bids approval is pending. Officers to be elected with a 1966 67 budget around 75000. A lease with eight districts will be explained. Existing county board members may become officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Area High School
Lawrence County Area Vocational Technical Joint School Board
Vo-Tech
Deshon Annex
Phillip R. Phelps
County Schools
County School Board
Gemini 9 crew debriefed after Atlantic splashdown
Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan discussed the Gemini 9 mission with space officials after a bullseye splashdown watched by millions. They plan a week of review, focusing on the partially curtailed rendezvous and spacewalk program. A separate item praises truck driver William J. Cunningham for preventing a larger disaster by crashing his dynamite-laden truck to protect others. A stopgap budget bill of 135 million dollars was approved by the Senate to fund state services if the 1966-67 budget remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Stafford
Cernan
Atlantic
State Senate Harrisburg
New Castle
Kittanning
Senate
William J. Cunningham
Cunningham
Beaver Explosives
West Middlesex
DuPont Explosives
Okay Arrisburg
House
Californians vote in primary tests Reagan bid
Ronald Reagan and George Christopher vie for California's Republican gubernatorial nomination while Gov Edmund Brown seeks a historic third term. Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty is Brown's chief challenger in a field of six as voters prepare for a record primary amid rain forecasts and Vietnam war debate.
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DE van L. Shumway
San Francisco
UPI
Ronald Reagan
George Christopher
Dairyman
California
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Samuel W. Yorty
Los Angeles
Brown
Johnson
Reagan
Christopher
City to Host CBMC Conference
Various local items note Mohawk School Board awarding a transportation contract Wilmington Area High School graduates listed and several regional happenings. Dr Mildred Rogers receives tribute from Woman's Medical College as National League batting lead changes hands with Rich Allen. Sam Snead pursues another U S Open bid and clergy officers are reelected after a seminar on profits and humanitarianism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Rogers
Woman's Medical College
Westminster College Commencement 433 Graduates Hear Trueblood
Dr. D Elton Trueblood Earlham College professor urged graduates to seek character and judgment beyond mere information as Westminster College celebrates its 433 member class on South Terrace. 251 bachelors 182 masters diplomas awarded two honorary doctorates given and a historic class gift of 1287 dollars presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
D. Elton Trueblood
Earlham College
Will W. Orr
Robert W. Mulholland
Tabernacle UP Church
Youngstown
Harry D. Glenn
United States Rubber Co
Trueblood
Weather Western Pennsylvania Today
Vari able cloudiness with a few showers today becoming mostly sunny and cooler by afternoon. High today 72 to 81. Clear and cooler tonight, low 53 to 60. Fair Thursday with little change in temperature. Weather statistics for the 24hour period ending at 7 a.m. today follow with last year data in parentheses: Maximum 85 (87) Minimum 61 (61) Precipitation 1.06 rain (none).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Pennsylvania
Westminster College President Seeks Relieving Term
Will W. Orr president of Westminster College asked to be relieved at a future date. Judge L. Miller, board president, announced the board’s unanimous vote to name the new auditorium after Dr. Orr the Will Orr Auditorium. The building cost over 1.2 million dollars and houses a 125 thousand dollar organ. The board named the nearly finished new theater Beeghly Theater in honor of Leon A. Beeghly's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Will W. Orr
Westminster College
L. Miller
Beeghly
Leon A. Beeghly
Youngstown
Westminster
Ambush victim James Meredith to recover from wounds
James Meredith, shot while leading a march for Negro voting in Mississippi, was listed in satisfactory condition after surgery to remove pellets from neck and shoulders. Authorities identified Aubrey James Norvell of Memphis as the suspected sniper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hernando
Miss
UPI
James Meredith
Mississippi
Memphis
Meredith
Tennessee Line
Aubrey James Norvell
Walter Lee Meredith
Jackson
Washington
Johnson
University of Mississippi
New York
Himsel
Ku Klux Klan
Justice Department
Mississippi shooting shocks Congress over civil rights bill
Lawmakers reacted with shock and outrage after the James Meredith ambush, urging swift action on the Johnson civil rights bill. Senators Javits Williams Case and representatives Sickles Weltner Addabbo pressed for federal protection and accelerated passage as a grim warning against racial violence.
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Daniel Rapoport
Washington
UPI
James Meredith
Congress
Johnson
Sen
Jacob K. Javitz
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-Mj
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Carlton R. Sickes
Dmd
Charles L. Weltner
Dga
Joseph P. Addabbo
D-N.y
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Corrigan
Sheppard
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
U. S. Supreme Court
John T. Corrigan
New Castle News
Stanley Carpenter
First Christian Church
Carpenter
Mohawk School Board
Wilmington Area High School
Youngstown University
Rich Allen
Sam Snead
Donald Boyd
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Robert L. Bill
Second UP Church
R.v Jack Parsons
Epworth
Davis
Business World
Ellwood Obituary Society
Kellen McClendon
Dr. Orr
Ferry Memorial
Field House
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