Fire damages Neshannock home on Graceland Road
Fire swept the second floor of the Robert E. King residence at 2309 Graceland Rd yesterday around 3 40 p.m. causing about 7000 dollars in damage. The blaze was blamed on defective wiring in an add on. Three children 13 8 and 5 were home alone. neighbors helped evacuate the children as smoke filled the house and firemen fought the blaze.
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Robert E. King
Graceland Rd
Neshannock Township
Merle Brooks
Robert Howard
John David
John S. Moore
Beth Ann
Moore
Buddhists in Saigon Hue unrest as self immolations rise
In Saigon and Hue Buddhist protests turn violent as a 19 year old girl set herself on fire at Vien Hoa Dao pagoda. Riot police used tear gas and pisots to break crowds while Ky sends troops into Hue. Battles erupt around the imperial fortress and amid burned vehicles.
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Saigon
UPI
Vien Hoa Dao
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tam Chau
Pagoda
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Thich Tink Khiet
Thich Don Hau
Tam Chau
Viet Nam
Ern
U.S
Shafer returns from Europe to pick GOP running mate
Lt. Gov. Raymond Shafer arrived in Philadelphia with his wife after an 11 day Israel and Western Europe tour. Aboard a BOAC flight he met Raymond J. Broderick for the lieutenant governor nomination as the 126 member state committee prepares to choose Alessandroni's replacement amid a two day Republican convention.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Raymond Shafer
Scotland
Shafer
Jane
Israel
Europe
Prestwick
Scandinavian Air Service
Shafers
BOAC
GOP
Raymond J. Broderick
Walter E. Alessandroni
Broderick
Craig Truax
Obituary Notices for Local Residents
Jean B. Butler age 91 of 1001 F Washington St Floyd Raymond Derr age 65 of Glendale California Charles H Wheeler age 86 of Wampum Rd and John S Humphrey age 52 of Ellwood City listed in local death notices.
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Jean B. Butler
F. Washington St
Floyd Raymond Derr
Glendale
Calif
Charles H. Wheeler
Wampum RD
John S. Humphrey
Ellwood City
Burger elected president of Council of Community Services
Burger, youth director at City Rescue Mission, was elected president at a Fountain Inn Hotel meeting elevating him from vice president. Other officers include Eugene Kinsley as vice president and Mrs Esther Thompson as secretary. Thomas J. Alduk named to Day Care Study Committee. Two Point Park graduates Frances Ludovici and Linda Ellison cited.
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Stephen Burger
City Rescue Mission
Council of Community Services
Fountain Inn
Burger
Eugene Kinsley
Easter Seal Society
Esther Thompson
Lark Workshop
Clarann Finley
Lawrence County Housing Authority
Thomas J. Alduk
Lawrence County Association For Retarded Children
Shirely Kerr
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Betty Laschinger
Kingsley
New Castle News
Ruth Thompson
Thompson
The
Eugene Kingsley
Aon
Lawrence County Housing Auth
UFO becomes IFO after police check over Ellwood City
Police traced mysterious red and white sky flares to several teenagers who released 15 balloons filled with natural gas and attached lit railroad flares. The gas ignited as the balloons burst producing white flashes about two miles away. First call came at 9 45 p m and investigators are continuing.
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Ellwood City
Agers
Wayne Twp moves $2 million sewer and water plan
Wayne Township and Castlewood in Shenango Township would share a $2 million project to provide sewage treatment and water service. The Wayne Municipal Authority, chaired by Arthur R. Taggart, plans to seek a 50 percent federal grant and a Farmers Home Administration loan, with multiple package treatment sites and a Castlewood connection estimated at about $162,750.
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Wayne Township
Castlewood
Shenango Township
Wayne Municipal Authority
Arthur R. Taggart
Howard W. Warnick Co
Alfred V. Papa
Shenango
Ellwood City
12Th St
Chewton
Wayne
Papa
Taggart
Wayne Authority
Farmers Home Administration
Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Mostly sunny and mild today and Saturday. Fair and cool tonight. Highs around the 70s, lows near 55. For the 24 hour period ending 7 am today, max 76, min 49, precip 0.48 inch, Shenango River stage 4.6 feet. Last year’s figures shown in parentheses.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Fiery tanker Alva Cape wreck sinks in New York Harbor
The British tanker Alva Cape burned after a collision in New York harbor. Firemen hunted for more victims as the charred wreck lay low in the greasy water, an eyewitness comparing the scene to D-Day.
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New York
UPI
New York Harbor
Labor group backs Milton Shapp for governor in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania AFL CIO Executive Council endorsed Milton J. Shapp for governor. Shapp pledged to seek repeal of 1964 unemployment compensation revisions, veto any right to work legislation, and continue efforts to block the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads. The council criticized Shafer and praised Shapp’s focus on education, highways, mental health and development, naming other Democratic statewide nominees as endorsers.
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William Edenbarger
United Press International
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
AFL - Cio
Milton J. Shapp
Organized Labor
Aflcio
Executive Council
Philadelphia
General Assembly
William W. Scranton
New York Central
Shafer Shapp
Raymond P. Shafer
Council
Shapp
Shafer
Leonard C. Staisey
Genevieve Blatt
Juanita Kidd Stout
Clinton Bud Palmer
State Superior Court
Scranton
Wilson and Johnson to Meet in Washington in July
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Johnson will hold talks in Washington in the second half of July. The announcement came from No 10 Downing Street.
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LBJ London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Washington
No. 10 Downing Street
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Girl Burns
Willard Pearson
Clairton
Dak To
Bill Carpenter
Monroe
N.Y
Point Park
Point Park College
Pittsburgh
Francis Nicholas Ludovici
Joseph A. Ludovici
Cunningham Ave
Linda Ann Ellison
Edward V. Ellison
Lakeview Ave
UFO
Wayne Twp
Ellwood Consolidated Water Co
By Alan Cohen
Milton Shapp
ICC
Coast Guard
Alva Cape
India
Texaco Massachusetts
Kill van Kull
Staten Island
Bayonne
N.J
Texaco
Hugh Grennan
Harriet Moran
Port Arthur
Tex
John Cray
Guy Cubellis
S. Lafayette St
St. Francis Hospital
Britain
Wilson
Mengert
Thad Bukowski
Andrew Dutkos
Business World
Eee Rere
Cross Word
Eeevee
St Editorial
Lwood
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