Blizzard Lashes Plains In Deadly May Storm
A severe spring blizzard swept the upper Great Plains with 10 foot snow drifts and 77 mph winds as five deaths were reported. Tornadoes from Texas to Michigan followed the cold front with scattered damage and no fatalities announced.
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Great Plains
Texas
Michigan
Minnesota
Porcunine
S.D
Pine Ridge Reservation
Scotts Bluff
Neb
South Dakota
Black Hills
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
State Highway Department
Sheridan
Buffalo
Gillette
Newcastle
Casper
Goodland
Kan
Mississippi Valley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Columbus
Ind
Mittie
Four Erie youths charged in armed robbery and murder
Eddie Seawright Royall Collins and Melvin Carr all of Erie along with Pulaski boy Norman W. Stanyard 16 are charged in the killing of Nicholas Fytikas owner of Steve's Lunch during an attempted 3 am holdup. The four face additional charges for a 2 16 am robbery at a gas station. A May 18 preliminary hearing is set.
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Erie
Eddie Seawright
Royall Collins
Melvin Carr
Nicholas Fytikas
Steve
State Street
Norman W. Stanyard
Bing
16Th and
Parade Street
Stanyard
Michael J. Kinecki
County voters favor calling limited constitutional convention
Lawrence County polls show 66 percent yes 18 percent no 16 percent undecided on nine constitutional reform questions. Tabor notes statewide comparison and warns turnout crucial while Republicans rally for May 16 primary endorsements.
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Lawrence County
John K. Tabor
Tabor
American Legion Hall
John C. Jordan
New Castle
John Bucci
Bucci
Pennsylvania
Constitutional Party
Milton Shapp
William W. Scranton
George Leader
U.S
State Supreme Court
Arnold Satz
Satz
Robert E. Jamison
Evelyn Woods
Clair Maroney
St. Vitus Church
Young Republicans Club
State Secretary of Internal Affairs
U S Plans Withdraw 35000 German Troops and Air Units
The United States announces plans to pull back 35000 military personnel and four combat squadrons from West Germany starting next January with full redeployment by mid 1968. Britain will also withdraw about 5000 troops and 33000 dependents. The move aims to cut dollar drain and balance international payments while West Germany buys US securities and equipment.
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UPI
United States
West Germany
State Department
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Department
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Paris
U. S
Bonn
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
Weather Report for Western Pennsylvania Today
Showers and scattered thundershowers with wind and warmth return this day. Expect a high in the 70s and a clearing, cooler night with low in the 40s. Wednesday remains fair and cool. The 24 hour period ending 7 am records a max 70 and min 58 with .41 inch rain. Shenango River stage 6.2 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Wesleyan Pastor Heads New Castle Ministerial Association
Rev. Donald Boyd of the Wesleyan Methodist Church was elected president of the New Castle Ministerial Association at a First Presbyterian Church meeting. He succeeds Rev. J. Stanley Carpenter. Officers include Rich ard Henderson vice president Russell Moore secretary and Jackson Parsons treasurer. Dr. George Braun urged churches to aid the aged with worship, self expression, and foster grandparent plans. The next meeting is June 5 at the First Presbyterian Church Adult Class Room.
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Donald Boyd
Wesleyan Methodist Church
New Castle
Methodist Home For the Aged
Meadville
Braun
First Presbyterian Church
Eleven MIGS Destroyed in Major air War Night Report
U S pilots claimed 11 MIGs destroyed and possibly 13 more in a heavy day of fighting over North Vietnam. Marines won at Hill 881 near Pleiku while air losses mounted. One F100 was shot down. 333 enemy dead were recorded in Saigon briefings.
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Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
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Saigon
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South China Sea
Pleiku
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Laos
Milk deliveries halted in Chicago by driver strike
Chicago area milk supply collapsed as Dean Foods and 50 other dairies locked out drivers after a contract expired. Four million residents faced shortages with stores rationing milk and margarine, while some shoppers drove long distances for fresh milk. Union official Haggerty sought mayoral mediation and filed suits seeking damages, calling for NLRB injunctions.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Area
Dean Foods Co
Dean
International Teamsters Union
Thomas Haggerty
Richard J. Daley
Haggerty
National Labor Relations Board
LBJ study aims to block future rail strikes
President Johnson moves to craft a legislative plan to avert another railroad strike after Congress grants a 47 day extension of the deadline. Lawmakers earlier provided a 20 day stay, and the president promised a proposal within a few days.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
Senator Scott urges delay on Lake Erie Ohio River Canal funds
Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania asks the Senate Appropriations Committee to block a 2 million dollar budget request for advanced engineering and design of the Lake Erie Ohio River Canal until a Department of Transportation evaluation is completed. He cites a letter from Transportation Secretary Alan Boyd and urges no further funds until the canal fits a coordinated national transportation system. The canal would run along the Ohio Pennsylvania border.
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Laurel Area
Alfred F. Barnes
Laurel
Vocational Technical School Committee
Lawrence County School Board
Kurtz Bros
Dick Blick
Sax Bros
J. H. Lewis Co
Crane Truck Sales Inc
Francis Burns
Karen Ryder
Myron J. Zewan
Mary Jane Sainto
Burns
Washington
UPI
Hugh Scott
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Transportation
Scott
Transportation
Alan Boyd
Johnson
Interior Department
Water Resources Council
Boyd
Congress
Department
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Railroad official claims canal will cost city 116 jobs
A railway official asserts the canal project will lead to 116 job losses in the city. The report notes potential economic impact and municipal concerns discussed on page 24.
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City
Banko to represent labor on regional air pollution unit
Michael D. Banko Jr., New Castle, named by Gov Shafer to Labour rep on Air Pollution Control Association Region III. He succeeds Ralph Gerace Rochester who resigned. Banko, a millwright with Pittsburgh Local 2235, works with Rockwell Standard Corp. Transmission & Axle Division and lives at 1917 Moravia St Ext.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Michael D. Banko Jr
New Castle
Raymond P. Shafer
Air Pollution Control Association
Ralph Gerace Rochester
Banko
Pittsburgh
Rockwell Standard Corp
Transmission & Axle Division
Moravia St. Ext
Death notices listed for five residents
Cecil R. Denney 70 of 1507 Jackson Ave Mrs Maurice Price 69 of Ellwood City Vito D Vitelli 71 of 809 Locust St Mrs Vincent Lamorella 69 of 215 E Friendship St John Staph Sr 69 of 2157 Martha St
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Cecil R. Denney
Jackson Ave
Mrs. Maurice Price
Ellwood City
Vito D. Vitelli
Locust St
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