Guerrilla raid frees 25 prisoners in Mekong Delta camp
US and South Vietnamese forces overran a Viet Cong prison camp in the Bassac River area 75 miles southwest of Saigon freeing 25 captives after guerrilla guards executed four prisoners before fleeing Eight of the rescued men were wounded by the fleeing guerrillas Two guerrillas were killed and one captured in the raid aboard Navy patrol boats providing support during the attack Reconstruction of events follows as allied troops continue drives against Viet Cong bases near Saigon and Da Nang amid broader war developments with potential large-scale offensives anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Grange honors couple on 60th wedding anniversary
East Brook Grange paid tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lindsey of 415 Moody Ave as they marked their 60th wedding anniversary. The meeting included songs, tributes, a poem, coronet solos, and a vocal tribute by W. S. McCullough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Brook Grange
Tom Lindsey
Moody Ave
Lucille Patterson
Esther Shaffer
Lindseys
Harry Kelly
Glenn Patterson
Bob
Jim McConnell
W. S. McCullough
Pomona
NATO pledges support for West Germany in Berlin crisis
In Reykjavik NATO nations pledged united backing for West Germany to preserve Berlin’s freedom. Dean Rusk and Willy Brandt led the pledge while plans to reduce forces were set for review in Brussels next December. Ministers urged Moscow to join in a path toward peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Iceland
NATO
Soviet Union
Brussels
Manlio Brosio
Berlin
West Germany
France
Mediterranean
Shenango Presbytery inducts 3 county men
Three Lawrence County residents were approved for ordination and licensing at a Shenango Presbytery meeting in New Bedford. David C. Myler of Ellwood City and Robert H. Brown of Ellwood City were approved for ordination, while Bruce Boston of Ellwood City was licensed for ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenango
New Bedford
Lawrence County
United Presbyterian Church
David C. Myler
D. C. Myler
Frazier Dr
Robert H. Brown
R. H. Brown Sr
Glen Ave
Ellwood City
Bruce Boston
John Boston
Meyer Ave
Clergymen urged to join Poor People's Campaign confrontations
In Washington the Poor People's Campaign pressed on after arrests with calls for sympathetic ministers to join protests. Absent broad clerical mobilization, leaders expected individuals to act. Rev. Ralph Abernathy received 20 days in jail after a no contest plea, writing to clergy from DC Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
America
Resurrection City
Ralph David Abernathy
Capitol Hill
District of Columbia
Abernathy
Harold H. Greene
City board selects model neighborhood officers
The city board elected Orlando Lucidore as vice chairman Thomas George as treasurer and Mrs Rose Dellaverson as secretary with Mayor Carl A Cialella becoming chairman. Discussion raised questions on board composition and area representation. The model neighborhood program, 75 days old, aims to improve facilities and services as South Side field survey shows 80 to 90 percent complete and underemployment present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Thomas George
Carl A
Cialella
Orlando Lucidore
Rose Dellaverson
New Castle News
Carl A. Cialella
New Castle Teachers Push for Higher Starting Pay
Raymond I. Keffer, chairman of the New Castle Area Education Association, reports stalled salary talks with the city school board. The union seeks a $5,600 starting salary for new teachers and a $500 across the board raise, up from the current $5,100 minimum. Superintendent Russell L. Horchler was unavailable. secretary Margaret M. Zimmerly said an agreement is hoped for by the July 10 board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle Area Education Association
City School Board
Raymond I. Keffer
Keffer
Russell L. Horchler
Margaret M. Zimmerly
Horchler
Major presidential candidates hit the road in bid for party nod
United Press International reports four top nominees moving across states. Nixon heads to Lansing Michigan while Rockefeller campaigns in Connecticut. Humphrey visits Denver and McCarthy plans New York stop as debates over the vice presidency unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Richard M. Nixon
Lansing
Mich
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Connecticut
Hubert H. Humphrey
Denver
Eugene J. McCarthy
Rockefeller campaign slows Nixon bid on first ballot
House Republican leader Gerald Ford told UPI that Rockefeller's campaign likely slowed Nixon's chances to sweep the GOP presidential nomination on the first ballot. He urged continued vigorous discussion on the issues without personal attacks and remarked that public remarks attributed to Senate Hatfield's announcement served no useful purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Hatfield
Richard Nixon
House
Gerald Ford
UPI
Capitol
Rockefeller
Nixon
Trooper helps capture bank robber after academy training
State Trooper Thomas Ager, four months out of police academy, halted a bank robbery in Worthington, arresting Ronald P. Williams of McKeesport as a getaway car fled. Ager recovered a loaded automatic and the cash. FBI says all money recovered, amount undetermined. Williams arraigned and jailed in Armstrong County with a 50,000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
UPI
Thomas Ager
Ager
Merchants National Bank
Armstrong County
Ronald P. Williams
McKeesport
Justice of the Peace
FBI
Japan Reclaims Iwo Jima in Pacific Islands Return
Japan marks the transfer of Iwo Jima from U S control ending 23 years of occupation. Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko lead ceremonies as both nations celebrate reversion to Japan with mixed wartime casualty figures cited. U S Ambassador Johnson and Prime Minister Sato attended in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Iwo Jima
U.S
Bonin Islands
Fortress Island
Akihito
Michiko
Jima
U. Alexis Johnson
Eisaku Sato
Johnson
Sato
Ryukyus Islands
Okinawa
Dr A G Reynolds Elected President of Great Lakes Society
Dr. A G Reynolds of New Castle was elected president of the Great Lakes Society of Oral Surgeons, whose members span Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He authored Tumors of the Salivary Glands and Fractures of the Jaws, serves as chief of oral surgery dentistry at local hospitals, lectured to Jameson Memorial Hospital nurses, and has been a long-time consultant to Deshon Veterans Hospital in Butler. He also led the Lawrence County Unit of the American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Reynolds
New Castle
Great Lakes Society of Oral Surgeons
Quebec
Ontario
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Reynolds
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Deshon Veterans Hospital
Butler
Lawrence County
American Cancer Society
Candy storms bring record rainfall and rare tornadoes
The storm system Candy pushed through Texas and eastward producing 3 to 4 inch rain along its path from Missouri to Illinois and Indiana. Detroit and Buffalo posted record daily rainfall as the center hovered over Lake Erie. Tornadoes touched down in Holbrook and Golden Oaks Pennsylvania with minor injuries reported in Ohio and a New Concord driver injured by a funnel cloud.
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United Press International
Candy
Texas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Buffalo
N.Y
Detroit
Lake Erie
Buffalso
Holbrook
Golden Oaks
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Concord
New York
Large police sweep quells riot after teen car thief shooting
In Richmond California a force of about 300 uniformed officers moved into the city after a disturbance sparked by the shooting of a 15-year-old suspected car thief. About 400 youths smashed windows and attacked officers with rocks bottles and bricks. Two officers were injured as police dispersed the crowd without any arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Calif
UPI
San Francisco Bay Area
Girl Drowns In Pond Near Butler
Margaret Sue Reynolds, 15, of Utica Road 1 Venango County, drowned Tuesday while wading in a pond on Marshal J. Hartman’s property in Comnoquenessing Township about six miles south of Butler. She stepped into about seven feet of water.
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Butler, Pa
UPI
Margaret Sue Reynolds
Utica RD
Venango County
Here
Marshal J. Hartman
Comnoquenessing
Wheeler to serve extra year as Joint Chiefs chair
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler won Senate confirmation to extend another year as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His current term would have expired in July ending a second four year tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Woman Seriously Injured In Grant Street Incidents
A 54 year old woman is hospitalized in fair condition after being hit by a youth on a motorcycle while crossing W Grant Street at Glass Street. Kenneth Abry 17 struck her with his shoulder as he swerved left. she aimed to catch a bus and suffered head injuries and a left eyebrow cut.
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St. Francis Hospital
W. Grant St
Glass St
Margaret Tempesta
S. Mill St
Kenneth D. Abry
McClelland Ave
Grant St
Thomas Samsa
Bessemer
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Louis Alex
Laurel Blvd
Clen-Moore
N. Mercer
Larry W. McDanel
New Castle RD
U.S. 224
Mahoning Township
Wayne Kennedy
Slippery Rock
Burglary at Love and McGown Drug Store Probed
Burglars broke a window on the east side of 12 N. Mill St. to reach the prescription and storage rooms at Love and McGown Drug Store. A typewriter and under $10 in change were taken. no drugs were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love and McGown Drug Store
N. Mill St
Pat’s Place
Washington St
Patsy Offredo
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North Vietnam
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Trang van Huong
Daniel Southerland
Huong
U.S. State Department
Pham Hung
Hung
Hanoi
Nguyen Chi Thanh
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
da Nang River
U.S. Marine Command
Grange
Aia
Myler
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbyterian University
Philadelphia
Clen Moore
Brown Is A
Dubuque Theological Seminary
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Iowa
Christ Church UP
Boston
Hell
J. Cyrus Smith
Slippery Rock UP Church
Presbytery
Mr. Smith
Ingram
Lloyd C. Dalbey
Calvin UP Church
Tarkio College
Tarkio, Mo
United Presbyterian College
March
Model Neighborhoods Board
George
Egee
California
Ronald Reagan
Albany
Reagan
Sacramento
Mark Hatfield
R Ore
News
Wheeler
Kathleen Ann Vignoli
Samsa
Vivian Baker
Mission Meade Rd
Clen-Moore Blvd
N. Mercer St
Armory
Violet T. Houk
Edward J. Iannarelli
Centreville
Robert E. Aller
Colombia
S. A
Merdeith F. Aller
S. Lee Ave
Christian & Missionary Alliance
Armenia
Medillin
Sylvia
Indian Bible Institute
C & MA
Allers
Cindy
Martha Lynn
Judy Ann
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