Marine Pfc. Larry Reed Killed in Vietnam
Marine Pfc. Larry Bruce Reed 18 of State Road RD 5 was killed by shrapnel near the DMZ while serving with the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. A Laurel High School graduate, class of 1967, he enlisted July 1967 and arrived in Vietnam December 24 1967. He was born August 27 1949 in New Castle. Funeral arrangements by Robert A. Myers Funeral Home.
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Larry Bruce Reed
Kenneth R. Reed
State Rd
RD 5
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Laurel High School
Marines
Pfc. Reed
New Castle
Kenneth R
Shirley A. Wimner Reed
East Brook
Jet crash at Calcutta airport kills six on board
A Pan American Boeing 707 with 63 aboard crashed in monsoon rain while landing at Dum Dum International Airport Calcutta. Six dead include a stewardess a child three women and a man. Twenty four injured including the pilot. many others were thrown clear or pulled from the burning fuselage.
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Calcutta
India
UPI
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
New York
Los Angeles
Bangkok
Shafer may quit favorite son role amid Rockefeller talk
Harrisburg governor Shafer weighs switching from backing his favorite son to endorsing Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination. He denies a decision, cites ongoing consultations with the Pennsylvania delegation, and notes a possible shift could be imminent. He says he cannot predict the path or timing.
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Shafer May
Burton W. Siglin
Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Shafer
Indiantown Gap
Protest to busing stirs New Castle district stance
Residents voiced opposition to possible citywide busing to fix racial imbalance as the New Castle Area School Board argued it had not been ordered to desegregate and would require community input if such action arose. Board members stressed no term bus changes and planned open meetings if orders arrived.
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New Castle Area
New Castle
George F. Albertini
Gretchen Ave
Albertini
Russell L. Horchler
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Horchler
Board of
School Directors
Pennsylvania Human Relations Committee
Harry Broschart
Warren Ave
Albert Russo
Broschart
Russo
Nations must ratify Geneva weapons pact with United States
The Geneva disarmament treaty requires 46 nations to ratify before it can take effect. President Johnson announced plans to send the pact to the Senate for approval as US officials push for limitations on nuclear arms. The accord prohibits nuclear club nations from arming nonnuclear states and urges peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Johnson
Geneva
Senate
Sheep Heart Implants Tried On Human Patient In Houston
A surgical team at St. Luke's Hospital attempted to implant a sheep heart into a 47-year-old man in a last resort to keep him alive until a human donor could be found. The patient died at 1:02 a.m. CDT after the operation began at 11:15 p.m. The team led by Dr. Denton Cooley reported the ram heart did not function. The hospital said it would not identify the patient and noted this was believed to be the first animal heart implant in a human and the fifth transplant-type operation at the hospital. Two of the prior patients remain living.
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France
Denton Cooley
Houston
Hippies in flight as Icarus nears
Boulder Colorado braces for the asteroid Icarus passage expected Friday. Hippie crowds rush to Colorado and Tibet as a safety refuge while scientists warn of a potential doomsday impact.
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Boulder
Colo
UPI
Colorado
Tibet
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
San Francisco
Haight-Asbury
Cnto
California
Atlantis
Don
Miami
Joyce Hales
City to Bid for State Bowling Tournament 1971
A brief item notes that the city plans to bid to host the state men’s bowling tournament in 1971. The note appears in a concise public notices context and names the involved civic planning and venue considerations.
Death notices for Pfc Larry Reed and Vincenzo Ciletti
Death notices report Pfc Larry Bruce Reed aged 18 of RD5 Vincenzo James Ciletti aged 79 of Ellwood City. Also a weather brief notes the U S Weather Bureau record high 108 degrees at Presidio Texas and a low of 33 at Pellston Michigan.
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Larry Bruce Reed
Vincenzo
James) Ciletti
Ellwood City
New York
Viet Cong Strike Damages Saigon Ammo Dump and Da Nang Navy Office
Viet Cong blew up a Saigon ammunition dump after mortar blasts that lit the city for hours. A separate attack in Da Nang involved a suitcase time bomb at a U S Navy building. U S officials reported a drop in American casualties last week from the previous week.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
da Nang
U.S. Navy
U.S
Navy
Senate backs aid to church linked and private schools
Pennsylvania Senate approves a bill to provide about 4.3 million dollars to nonpublic schools for the coming fiscal year, aiming to fund teachers salaries and instructional materials in math science languages and physical education. The measure faces court tests and must clear House concurrence on Senate amendments.
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Senate
William Edenburger
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
State Public Instruction Department
Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Mostly cloudy and cooler today with showers in the north. Highs reach upper 60s to lower 70s. Clearing tonight with a low in the mid 40s to low 50s. Sunny and warmer Friday. 24 hour stats show max 86 and min 51 with no precipitation.
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Pennsylvania
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