Viet Cong Shelling Kills U.S. Airman and 4 Children
UPI report from Saigon says Viet Cong rockets hit Tan Son Nhut Airbase wounding 24 Vietnamese and two American servicemen as a U.S. airman and four Vietnamese children die. Diplomatic talks in Paris continue with threats of renewed air raids if shelling persists. An American airman JW Walters recalls watching a friend die in the attack.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
J.C. William Walters
Dover
N.J
Leatherneck
Khe Sanh
George Libera
W. Averell Harriman
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Harriman
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Communist _ terror campaign,’ Harriman
Mansfield urges nationwide primaries and popular vote for president
Senate leader Mike Mansfield proposes sweeping electoral changes to preserve the system. He urges simultaneous primaries in all states and election of the president by popular vote, with candidates limited to radio and TV appearances for safety. He doubts passage and cites security concerns after Kennedy’s assassination, while noting little support for abolishing the Electoral College. Mansfield also backs lowering the voting age to 18 with President Johnson.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Congress
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House passes two bills to boost urban investment
In Harrisburg the House moved two measures to aid impoverished urban neighborhoods. One bill liberalizes tax credits for private firms investing in such projects, raising credits to 50 percent with a higher cap and allowing carryover, while transferring approval power to the Community Affairs Department. The companion bill provides $1 million for land purchases to lure plants, with individual grants capped at 250 thousand.
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Harrisburg
UPI
House
Chamber
Senate
Raymond P. Shafer
Daniel E. Beren
R-Montgomery
Community Affairs Department
Public Welfare and Revenue
Lawmakers Push Nationwide Gun Registration Amid Kennedy Fallout
UPI reports Congress members including Rep. John Anderson and Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal pushing for nationwide firearms registration and licensing. The push follows Kennedy’s assassination and shifts in gun control posture, despite opposition from Senate leaders and unresolved White House action on the omnibus crime bill.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Johnson
John Anderson
Ill
Anderson
The
Rules
Tee
N.Y
Robert F. Kennedy
French unrest deepens as riots spread across cities
Paris reports police use tear gas and clubs amid school student riots that left 1,500 jailed and 75 hurt. Authorities ban street demonstrations nationwide as De Gaulle faces a parliamentary vote and violence spreads to cities like Montbeliard near Sochaux.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Raymond Marcellin
Montbeliard
France
Sochaux
de Gaulle
Four Prisoners Surrender After 26 Hours at Atlanta Penitentiary
Four armed convicts barricaded in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary administration building released 21 hostages and surrendered after more than 26 hours. The men, a murderer and three robbers, had pressed nine grievances including better food and visiting rights, with only a guarantee against prosecution denied by Warden Blackwell.
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Rabin Matthews
Atlanta
UPI
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta Journal
Journal
William B. Williams
David Norden
Olint Blackwell
Williams
Bradley
Welch
Blackwell
Rev Ira Reed elected moderator of United Presbyterian Synod
NEW WILMINGTON The Rev Ira Reed pastor of Derry Presbyterian Church Hershey Pa was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania on the first ballot by about 220 delegates at Westminster College The four day convention opened with a reception for the new moderator and pre synod meetings on crisis in the nation and missions policy including a goal to advocate for minorities.
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Ira Reed
Derry Presbyterian Church
Hershey
United Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania
Reed
Westminster College
Shelton Waters
First African Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
United Presbyterian Board of National Missions
Missions Board
Union renews efforts on sewage disposal
Union Township Sewer Authority resurfaces plans for a modern system serving 7 200 residents. Five member board under reorganization weighs oxidation ditch and cityhookups with state permits, aiming to present a concrete plan to residents within two months.
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Union Township Sewer Authority
Authority
John R. Galazia
Robert W. Carter
Louis J. Kwolek
Union
Carter
State Health Department
Taylor Township
City Sanitation Authority
Township Sewer Authority
Flags at Half Staff for Local Marine Killed in Vietnam
Bessemer Mayor Spencer Carr asks residents to fly flags at half staff tomorrow and Friday in honor of Lance Cpl. William A. Grist 19 of Bessemer. Grist, son of Ruth Grist and Thomas Grist, was killed May 28 in Vietnam. Funeral set for Friday at Monas W. Cunningham Funeral Home with burial at St. Vitus Cemetery.
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Bessemer
Spencer Carr
Lance
William A. Grist
Grist
Ruth Grist
New Castle
Thomas Grist
Vietnam
Monas W. Cunningham
St. Vitus Cemetery
Deaths and ages recorded Wednesday June 12 1968
Death notices list Earl C. James 73 of Beaver Falls Julia Piatek 73 of 1010 N Liberty St Infant Thompson 1 day New Wilmington RD 1 Zelig Nathan Stutz 71 125 E Leasure Ave Janet Marie Zeller 25 Volant RD 1 Edward E Hoyland 73 112 Oakwood Way Mrs Russell J Swanton 52 Mercer Rd Mrs Mabel Blanche Metz 88 233 West Pittsburgh Rd
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Earl C. James
Beaver Falls
Julia Piatek
N. Liberty St
Infant Thompson
New Wilmington
Dr. Zelig Nathan Stutz
E. Leasure Ave
Janet Marie Zeller
Volant
Edward E. Hoyland
Oakwood Way
Russell J. Swanton
Mercer Rd
Mabel Blanche Metz
West Pittsburgh Rd
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania switches to cooler winds
A day with sunny intervals gives way to cooler, less humid air and scattered afternoon showers. Temperatures reach the upper 70s to mid 80s with clearing into tonight and lows 54 to 62. Thursday brings mostly sunny, cooler conditions with a Shenango River stage around 5.2 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Three youths injured when auto hits abutment in Pulaski Township
Three Youngstown youths were admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital after a car struck a bridge abutment on High Hill Road at 10 30 p m. David Morrison 15 is in serious condition with facial and neck lacerations. Joseph Schleng 17 and John Gorosics 17 are in good condition with multiple injuries. State police cited excessive speed on a downhill curve. In a second crash Jim McKechnie 16 was treated at St Francis Hospital for scalp wounds a chipped tooth and leg contusion after his car overturned on Pa 551.
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Youngstown
Jameson Memorial Hospital
High Hill Rd
Pulaski Township
David Morrison
Joseph Schleng
John Gorosics
Schleng
Berm
Jim McKechnie
Edinburg RD 1
St. Francis Hospital
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