Mississippi march ends with 15000 rally for Negro freedom
James Meredith's Mississippi march concludes in Jackson after three weeks and a final gathering of about 15,000. Dr. Martin Luther King calls it the greatest demonstration for freedom in the state. Tension flares as whites and blacks clash verbally. no violence occurs amid trooper and National Guard presence. The DOJ reports over 4000 Negroes registered since the march began.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
James Meredith
Mississippi
Martin Luther King
Justice Department
Meredith
University of Mississippi
U.S
Memphis
Jackson
Slender Air Force
Polish church crowd protests. police clash outside Central Committee
In Warsaw a Sunday night protest by about 1,000 Catholics after Cardinal Wyszynski's sermon led to riot police dispersing the crowd with clubs. About 20 riot trucks and tear gas launchers were seen as some demonstrators were arrested. In another report fire damaged Heister Hall at Penn State.
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Warsaw
UPI
Communist
Central Committee
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Party
US undecided on bombing Haiphong
Washington officials say the Johnson administration has not yet decided to strike oil and harbor facilities in the Hanoi Haiphong region of North Vietnam. Undersecretary George W. Ball notes the possibility may arise but stresses no ultimatum was issued and cites efforts to deter aggression.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Hanoi- Haiphong
Viet Nam
George W. Ball
Ball
Mate Sepaswnen
United States
Haiphong
Haiphong-Menoi
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Trials began for six Klansmen in Lemuel Penn slaying
The first of two trials started in Athens for six Ku Klux Klan members charged in the 1964 ambush killing of Negro educator Lemuel Penn. U.S. District Judge William A. Bottle ordered three defendants tried at a time amid about 50 witnesses.
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Athens, Ga
UPI
Lemuel Penn
U.S
William A. Bottle
Cecil Myers
George Turner
Joseph Howard Sims
Denver Willis Phillips
James S. Lackey
Herbert Guest
Athens
U.S. Atty
Floyd Buford
Justice Department
St. John Barrett
Robert Thompson
Gainesville
Lackey
James Hudson
United States
Bottle
U.S. Supreme Court
Laird Pushes Blue Ribbon Defense Review Plan
Rep. Melvin Laird seeks GOP support for a blue ribbon commission to conduct an independent review of U.S. defense posture. The proposal, from House defense appropriations subcommittee Republicans, would appoint civilian and military members to assess policy. A separate note reports Phillip Gallo, 14, bitten by a dog and treated at St Francis Hospital after the incident.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
U.S
Republican Coordinating Committee
Laird
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Phillip Gallo
Harrison SM
St. Francis Hospital
Army slows plan for a new air cavalry division
Manpower and helicopter production tight. Army must await more aircraft and trained crews before forming another air cavalry division, delaying expansion beyond the existing 1st Cavalry airmobile unit now in Viet Nam.
AMA chief urges doctors to mobilize politically
Dr. James Z. Appel, soon to leave as AMA president, tells the House of Delegates anti Medicare doctors should engage in politics rather than deny care. He warns patient rights and care quality depend on political action to counter what he calls a socialist trend. He urges physicians to join both parties and seek more representation in Congress.
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Chicago
UPI
American Medical Association
James Z. Appel
AMA
House of Delegates
Association
Appel
Congress
U S forces win ground and air gains amid helicopter losses
United States troops report new ground gains and air successes in Vietnam near Tuy Hoa and Hue but endure a second major helicopter disaster in three days with eight American servicemen killed in the central highlands. Navy pilots struck a Communist storage area 35 miles north northwest of Coastal Wind, producing large explosions and smoke.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
Central Highlands
Tuy Hoa
U.S
Hue
U.S. Navy
Constellation
Navy
Drownings Claim Five Lives in Pennsylvania
Five people including a 21 month old girl died in Pennsylvania drownings over the weekend. A Lansdale child slipped from a pool ladder and drowned. An 18 year old Pittsburgh man died after sneaking into a Bellevue pool with companions. A Chester resident drowned in the Delaware River near pilings. An Allegheny County man perished in a Lake Erie boating accident. A Lebanon County man drowned at Willow Spring Sportsmen's Club near Myerstown.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Christine Oehler
Lansdale
Montgomery County
Donald Black
Pittsburgh
Bellevue
Joseph Freeman
Chester
Delaware River
Andrew A. Hodak
Gibsonia
Allegheny County
Lake Erie
James Cashman
Reading
Willow Spring
Myerstown
Lebanon County
Medicare impact to be learned as first day years
A brief editorial considers the upcoming Medicare changes and the anticipated first day effects as years of program implementation approach. Insight is offered into how beneficiaries may experience new rules and costs.
Death Record Names Ten Obituaries in Ellwood City Area
A June 27 1966 death record lists multiple decedents including Theresa Kafer Figuly 15 Katherine Klamat 72 Ida Mattern Reno 86 Harvey Williams 23 Clarence Smith 80 Alfred Tirre 56 Gorman Pierce 69 Rose Benincase 67 John Melnick 78 Charles Garbett 82 and others from local addresses.
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Charles M. Garbett
Norwood Ave
Katherine Klamat
S. Jefferson St
Ida B. Mattern Reno
Wilmington Ave
Harvey Lynn Williams
Hillsville
Clarence W. Smith
W. Maitland Lane
Alfred L. Tirre
Summit Ave
Ellwood City
Gorman M. Pierce
County Line St
Rose Benincase
High St
Western Pennsylvania Weather Summary
Today in western Pennsylvania expect mostly sunny and hot conditions with highs in the 80s to mid 80s and little overnight cooling. The Shenango River remains at 4.4 feet with no precipitation reported and temperatures show a slight rise by Tuesday as another sunny warm day follows. The nationwide bulletin notes Blythe and Needles California reached 108 degrees while Marquette County Airport Michigan and Ely Nevada recorded 41 degrees.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Blythe and
Needles
Calif
Marquette County
Mich
Ely
Nev
Hall Sees New Climate Helps U S Communists
Gus Hall was elected national chairman of the American Communist party amid talk of a changed climate in the United States. Henry Winston was named secretary. both figures herald the party’s push to seek office and defend its right to function amid possible federal action. The article notes Hall’s past and his residence in a suburban home, plus a secret 108-member national committee. Oil City mayor Joseph W. Barr was nominated as secretary of the new Department of Community Affairs, with a $25,000 salary, to coordinate housing urban development and mass transportation starting July 1.
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Myron Feinsilber
New York
UPI
Gus Hall
American Communist Party
Hall
Soviet Union
Communist Party
America
Henry Winston
U.S.S.R
Winston
Mexico
Cherry
Minn
Lenin School
Moscow
Oil City
Harrisburg
Joseph W. Barr
Department of Community Affairs
William W. Scranton
Barr
General Assembly
Heat relief promised by weatherman
A cold front from the eastern Great Lakes was expected to move across Pennsylvania bringing relief from heat. The Weather Bureau said high pressure would dominate through Tuesday with sunny skies and cooler, drier air. Lows tonight were forecast in the 50s west and low 60s east. Tuesday highs were to reach the mid 70s to mid 80s.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania budget talks in last four days amid stopgap bills
Harrisburg AP UPI General Assembly reconvenes with four days to pass a 1966 67 general fund budget. A $124 million stopgap was approved to cover general government and welfare payments. Consumer credit protection bill moves quickly in the House, while a separate Senate backed bill favors retailers. A state police manpower plan is reviewed as a court martial for detective Carcaci looms after a related acquittal. The welfare and family planning program is heard by the Appropriations Committee. Governor Scranton to name a new Department of Community Affairs director for an July 1 start. The session resumes at 4 p.m. EDT.
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William W. Scranton
House Democrats
House
Judiciary Special Committee
Senate
Ronald G. Leach
D-Beaver
Scranton
Paul A. Rittelmann
Angelo Carcaci
Maj
Willard J. Stanton
Stanton
Bureau of Staff Inspections
House Appropriations Committee
State Public Welfare Department
Welfare Department
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Penn State
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Pennsylvania State University
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1St Cavalry
Army
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Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Benjamin Booth
Conway
S.C
Dong Tze
Phonograph
Business World
Eweerre
Cross Word
Ellwood Ee Obituary Society
Eee Een Eeee
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