Marine Lance Cpl. Wills Dies in Vietnam At 18
Marine Lance Corporal Robert J. Wills, 18, died of wounds received in action at Quang Tri Vietnam on June 15. He was the 20th area serviceman to die in Vietnam in 24 months. He attended New Castle High School before enlisting in February 1967 and went to Vietnam in August 1967. He was born in New Castle July 5 1949. Survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters and grandparents. Arrangements by Cunningham East Side Funeral Home after body arrival.
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Lance
Robert J. Wills
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Cpl. Wills
John Wills Jr
S. Walnut St
Cpl
Wills
New Castle High School
Marines
New Castle
John
Flora I. Norris Wills Jr
Alan
Janice
Diane
John Wolach
Coleman, Wise
Eugene
Cunningham East Side
E. Washington and
Chestnut Streets
U.S. Army
Stephen David
U.S. Air Force
Mississippi
Stephen Marie
Bridgeport
Pete
James
Cunningham North Side Funeral Home
Wilmington Rd
St. Vitus Church
Weather Update for Western Pennsylvania Thundershowers and Warm Weekend
A weather bulletin notes a chance of thundershowers this afternoon and tonight across western Pennsylvania with continued warmth into Saturday. Highs in the 80s, nights upper 50s to mid 60s, and no precipitation recorded in the 24 hour period. Shenango River stage 5.11 feet, up from 4.6 feet last year.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Death notices for six individuals dated Friday June 21 1968
Six death notices published for Lance Cpl. Robert J. Wills 18 of 410 S Walnut St David W Johns 63 of 1412 Wilmington Rd Charles O Porter 86 of 930 E Washington St Steve Melnick 49 of Scotland Lane RD and Charles McKinley Pugh 76 of 305 E Sheridan Ave.
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Lance Cpl
Robert J. Wills
S. Walnut St
David W. Johns
Wilmington Rd
Charles O. Porter
E. Washington St
Steve Melnick
Scotland Lane
Charles McKinley Pugh
E. Sheridan Ave
Saigon hit by heaviest shelling in nine days
Viet Cong guerrillas including a 60-woman unit attacked Saigon outlying villas and posts. A barrage of 122mm and 107mm rockets killed six, including three refugee children, and wounded 20 as the city endured its bloodiest bombardment since June. Tan Son Nhut Airbase was struck but minor damage reported. North of Saigon a Viet Cong battalion seized Bao Luc village briefly. Bridge defenses near Long Khanh suffered heavy casualties after Viet Cong mined the structure. US B52s conducted night bombardments over Saigon and targets near the North Vietnam border. in the Panhandle, five bridges and five anti air sites were hit. UN Chief Thant condemned the bombardment as barbarism.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Tan Son Nhut
Lam Dong
U.S
Long Kanh
Highway 20
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.N
Thant
Nguyen Dinh Lan
South Vietnam
Lan
Dinh Kha Giao
Giao
Paris
Thuan Thuy
Thuy
Hanoi
Groundbreaking planned for New Castle bypass portion
The first 3.87 mile section of the New Castle bypass will break ground at 8 a.m. July 10 with attendance by state Highways Secretary Robert Bartlett. The route starts near West Pittsburg Road and Cherry Street Extending through Taylor and Shenango townships and South New Castle. City leaders seek changes to the Mahoningtown segment and plan to discuss Cedar Street bridge versus landfill costs with state engineer William Troxell.
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New Castle
Greater
William F. Troxell
Franklin
Cedar and
Maple Streets
Cedar St
Thomas J. Fee
Richard H. Biddle
Maurice Levinson
Troxell
Robert J. Albertson
Thomas A. Shumaker
Mahoningtown
Carl A. Cialella Jr
Bartlett
Beaver Falls
Cialella
Taxpayers to feel bite next month
Congress approved a 10 percent surtax with a $6 billion federal spending cut, retroactive to January 1. Taxpayers will start deductions about 15 days after signing, with relief for low income filers and exemptions for many households.
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Patrick J. Slovan
Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
Vo-tech staffers gain salary hikes and new hires
Lawrence County Vocational Technical School approved salary increases for key staff at last night’s meeting. Senior pay jumps included chief administrator Phillip R. Phelps $900 and director of instruction Arthur Zarone $800, with other raises for education director David B. Jameson and supervisor Fred Rockage. The board also awarded bids for supplies, dairy milk contracts for one semester, hired a 1968 graduate Bernadette Rosati as a clerk and Marilyn Polding as a practical nursing teacher, and added teachers Marvin Welker, Sarah Bauman, and Lawrence Thompson.
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Lawrence County
Don Hogue
Sylvester’s
Bernadette Rosati
Vo-Tech
Marilyn Polding
Washington St
Miss Polding
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Marvin Welker
Mt. Jackson Rd
Sarah Bauman
RD 7
Lawrence Thompson
Pittsburgh
Boyd Barrett Insurance Agency
Ellwood City
Man electrocuted at Shenango plant in New Castle
Stephan Melnick 49 of Scotland Lane was found dead in the Shenango Products Division power plant after a key access to an electrical box. Coroner says no explanation for his presence in the area. Funeral arrangements set with St. Vitus Church pending mass details.
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Shenango Products
Interpace
Stephan Melnick
Scotland Lane
John A. Meehan Jr
Melnick
Meehan
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Shenango
New Castle
Eva Dobush Melnick
John Melnick
Effie Esposito
St. Vitus Church
Pennsylvania National Guard
Chief Justice Warren Ready to Quit Court
Report says Chief Justice Warren is prepared to resign from the Supreme Court though the White House has not commented. The note appears amid a wider set of reports on government and national affairs.
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Warren
Supreme Court
White House
Pilots Steel Boat Sailor Hugo Vihlen Nears Florida Coast
Hugo Vihlen on a 4100 mile Atlantic crossing in a tiny tubelike sailboat April Fool nears Miami Beach after 83 days at sea. Aboard a plane, observers say he signaled northward as Gulfstream currents push him toward Palm Beach shore. A Navy submarine spotted him near Cuba last Sunday triggering a large search involving boats helicopters and planes.
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Charles E. Taylor
Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Hugo Vihlen
April Fool
Africa
Vihlen
Miami Beach
Johnnie Vihlen
Miami Marine
Gulfstream
D. W. Doran
Janet Thorn
Homestead News-Leader
Casablanca
North Africa
Atlantic
Grenadier
Hugo
Cuba
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Dean Rusk
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Clark M. Clifford
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London
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