Clash in Canton Leaves Hundreds Dead as Army Suppresses Strike
Reports from Hong Kong say thousands of workers clashed with troops in Canton's industrial district on the Pearl River, with hundreds killed. Soldiers used rifles as clubs against workers armed with stones and shovels, as Mao era tensions surface in a broader power struggle and calls rise to mobilize farming ahead of spring planting.
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Hong Kong
UPI
New Life Evening Post
South China River
Canton
Pearl River
Army
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Liberation Army Daily
Mao
China
Johnson named in Dodd fundraiser probe in tests
UPI reports Senate investigators probed whether Vice President Johnson knew his appearances at two Dodd testimonials in CT in 1961 and 1963 helped enrich Thomas Dodd personally. The events raised about 170000, with over 150000 to Dodd's accounts.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Connecticut
Ivan Sinclair
Matthew
Mat) Moriarty
Arthur B. Powers
First Selectman
Berlin
Conn
Hartford
Moriarty
Powers
Sen. Dodd
Boyd
Sinclair
De Gaulle reshapes cabinet after disputed elections
Paris journalists report President Charles de Gaulle moving to tighten control after four ministers lost in Sunday's vote. Maurice Couve de Murville barely defeated in his race may stay in government in another post as de Gaulle discusses a cabinet reshuffle with Premier Georges Pompidou ahead of a Wednesday meeting.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve
Georges Pompidou
Southern Illinois advances to NIT semi finals
Southern Illinois reaches the semi finals of the National Invitation Tournament as reported in the March issue. The article notes the team’s progression and the surrounding sports coverage on page 15 of the publication.
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Southern Illinois
Marshall
Indian Ocean airliner crash kills 21 in South Africa
A South African Airways Viscount crashed near East London amid bad weather killing 21 aboard. Four others were missing and feared dead. Among the dead American Audrey Rosenthal, 27, a University of Michigan graduate and PhD holder. The aircraft previously carried Fidel Castro and was used by Robert F. Kennedy on a South Africa tour.
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East London
South Africa
UPI
Indian Ocean
Fidel Castro
Robert F. Kennedy
Audrey Rosenthal
California
University of Michigan
Port Elizabeth
Castro
Kennedy
Johannesburg
Five service stations burglarized in overnight spree
City police investigate five burglaries occurring between 11 30 p m yesterday and 4 50 a m today. Gulf Station at 217 Taylor Street reported broken into with a pried cigarette machine and missing funds. Davis Sunoco at Moravia and Division Street saw entry attempted by “young men” earlier but failed. Service stations on Jefferson Street 201 South Jefferson and Grove Street 24 Grove reported break ins with money and cigarettes taken or attempted. Gurgacz Pennzoil at 1005 South Mill Street reported coin box stolen and cigarette machine pried. Police continue investigation.
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Gulf Station
Taylor St
Emilio Collella
Wall St
Anthony Lombardo
Hazelcroft Ave
Grove St
Gurgacz
Federal milk proposal would include county welfare funding
Harrisburg reports Lawrence County welfare programs received 3.59 million dollars in state and federal funds for the last fiscal year, up from 3.51 million. Public assistance led at 2.43 million, with mental health and youth services also receiving notable support and hospital and aging programs fully allocated to state and local facilities.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence County
State Department of Public Welfare
Feneral Hospitals
Lawrence
Federal milk marketing order hearing opens today
The U S Department of Agriculture begins a hearing on a proposed federal milk marketing order for a district from Cleveland to Wheel ing West Virginia to Pittsburgh and Erie Pa The plan would merge Cleveland Youngstown Warren Ohio and Wheeling with 14 western Pennsylvania counties and several Ohio counties not covered by any order It would affect 11 000 farmers and set dealer to farmer prices while not regulating production or limiting sales The hearing then moves to Pittsburgh March 20 and Erie March 27
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Cleveland
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Erie
Youngstown
Warren
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Dairymen’s Cooperation Sales Association
DCSA
Erie Crawford Dairy Cooperative
United States
Milk Control Commission
Philadelphia
Commission
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Butler
Clarion Crawford
Erie Fayette
Greene
Lawrence
Mercer
Venango
Washington
Westmoreland
Ashtabula
Carroll
Columbiana
U S Forces Fight to Control Sea and Jungle Supply Lines
U S forces seized a 100 foot gun running ship offshore 325 miles north of Saigon and faced heavy mortar attacks as Westmoreland tightens the noose on Communist supply chains. Inland, U S troops killed 78 Communists, with one American dead and 75 wounded. air power pounded base and supply centers as 92 patrol flights and B 52 strikes hit targets in the DMZ area.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S
South China Sea
Little Swifties
Highlands
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Svetlana Stalin hides in Switzerland amid exile mystery
Svetlana Stalin, daughter of Josef Stalin, remains unseen in Switzerland as visa rules and political sensitivities block her return to Russia or admission to the United States. Swiss officials keep details secret while speculation centers on her possible knowledge of her father’s death and life at the Kremlin.
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Geneva
UPI
Josef Stalin
Switzerland
Svetlana Stalina
Stalin
V.I. Lenin
Svetlana
Russia
Kremlin
United States
Washington-Moscow
Moscow
Moody
Worker Pinning Incident At Metal Products Plant
Wayne Sankey 22 of 842 Harrison St is in critical condition at St Francis Hospital after a pay loader accident at American Metallurgical Products Inc. He was pinned against a conveyor suffering a crushed chest left wrist and rib fractures plus lacerations and abrasions. Ambulance transported him at 6 25 p m yesterday.
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Wayne Sankey
Harrison St
St. Francis Hospital
American Metallurgical Products Co. Inc
Sankey
Deaths Chart for New Wilmington and Ellwood City
Obituary notice lists Mary I Fields 89 of New Wilmington Clarence P Cambio 30 and Charles E Scheidemantel 87 both of Ellwood City with ages and residences in a March 14 1967 death record.
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Mary I. Fields
New Wilmington
Clarence P. Cambio
Ellwood City
Charles E. Scheidemantel
Mount Pleasant Fire Destroys Block of Businesses
A four hour general alarm fire in Mount Pleasant Westmoreland County destroyed a row of two and three story buildings on Main Street injuring two firefighters who fell into a burning structure. Six businesses one home and an apartment damaged as flames reached 100 feet with several explosions from gas lines. Fire crews from multiple towns aided until the fire was contained around 5 30 a m.
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Mount Pleasant
UPI
Westmoreland County
Main Street
Donald Shipley
William Kay
Shafer proposes local revenue bond plan for industrial development
Harrisburg report says Gov. Shafer and four Republicans and one Democrat backed a bill to let counties cities boroughs and townships form authorities to issue revenue bonds for plants and rent to industries. local bonds would supersede PIDA financing and require secretary of commerce approval.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Shafer
Senate
Raymond P. Shafer
Johnson
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
PIDA
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Clifford L. Jones
Commerce
White House
Treasury
Henry Fowler
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