Nixon to address Viet peace on TV tonight
President Nixon will speak on Vietnam peace prospects in a televised address. Despite earlier denials, the talk is expected to reveal little spectacular and keep focus on the president.
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Nixon
Eugene V. Risher
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Creighton W. Abrams
White House
Lodge
National Security Council
Cabinet
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
NLF
William P. Rogers
Nguyen van Thieu
Mohawk Adopts Tentative Budget for 1969-70
The Mohawk Area School Board approves a $2,008,596 budget with an eight mill real estate tax hike to 55 mills, expected revenue of $684,661, and salaries set at $6,000 for teachers the state minimum. Administrative raises undecided. expenditures rise from last year in most categories.
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Bessemer
Mohawk Area School Board
Manford E. Brockway
Shenango Area Teachers Get Pay Hike Without Tax Rise
Pennsylvania private parochial enrollments rose 4.8 percent to 139 785 this year while full time teachers declined 2.8 percent. Shenango Area teachers will receive raises without tax increases, with pay scales and benefits detailed by Supervising Principal Anthony Venturella.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
State Public Instruction Department
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Shenango Area
Anthony Venturella
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Venturella
Da Nang under rocket attack sparks civilian toll
Communist rockets hit Da Nang killing 22 and wounding 21 as battles southeast and near the city add to the weeklong toll. U S Marines report 11 dead and 22 wounded in related fighting while 196 guerrillas are said killed in four days of assaults. B52s bomb targets from Saigon toward the Cambodian border ahead of Secretary Rogers visit.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
da Nang
South Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
William
P. Rogers
An Loc
My Tho
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Leathernecks
Lsing
School chief resigns after brief Pittsburgh tenure
Bernard J. McCormick resigns as Pittsburgh school superintendent after less than a year in office citing health. He notes doctors warned against fatigue and states he cannot reduce workload without abandoning duties. Unrest, protests, and a push for higher pay by the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers accompanied his tenure.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Board of Education
Bernard J. McCormick
McCormick
Sidney P. Marland
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Industrial park proposed for Neshannock Township
At a public hearing on zoning revisions, Neshannock Township planners push for a 750 acre industrial park in the northwest near the Beaver Valley Expressway with a further 1100 acres planned nearby. Residents debate need amid sewage questions and tax impact.
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Neshannock Township
Lewis C. Dayton
New Castle Teachers Demand $900 Raise Threaten Strike
The New Castle Area Education Association votes 138 to 101 to stage professional seminars and push for a $900 raise for 408 teachers as the school board meets tonight. President Raymond I Keffer says nonmembers will join in support.
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New Castle
NCABA
Keffer
Ncaefa
NCAEA
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Evers win as mayor in Mississippi town
The first all black government in a biracial Mississippi town pledges a law and order platform with gun and knife limits. Charles Evers and five black council members prepare to take office July 7 and lead a prayer at Hollywood Baptist Church as budget talks and teacher pay disputes unfold amid school funding changes and state reimbursements.
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Fayette
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Charles Evers
Evers
Hollywood Baptist Church
Regional Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
The forecast shows mild unsettled conditions with clouds and a chance of showers across most areas. Northwest regions should clear to mostly sunny skies by afternoon with highs in the 60s to low 70s. Tonight stays fair and mild with lows in the 40s. Thursday brings sunny warmer weather with highs mid 60s to mid 70s.
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Pennsylvania
Fortas inquiry filed over allegations of misconduct
Rep. Clark MacGregor formally urged the House Judiciary Committee to open a preliminary inquiry into alleged failure of good behavior by Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas. Rep. H R Gross warned he would push impeachment if Fortas does not resign or clarify his ties to financier Louis E Wolfson. Senate conviction would need two thirds.
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Senate
Fortas
Water crisis warning from a scientist on aquifer loss and pollution
Cornell biologist Dr Lamont Cole warns that disasters like the Torrey Canyon spill could devastate photosynthesis in the North Sea. National figures say the US faces regional water shortages due to planning and pollution, while 97 percent of fresh water lies in aquifers. Over use, saltwater intrusion, waste disposal, and heated discharge threaten underground stores.
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Cornell
Lamont Cole
North Sea
Cole
Nace
Continents
Pentagon halts plan to ship poison gas cross country
The Pentagon halted its planned cross country shipment of 27,000 tons of poison gas and other nerve agents until the National Academy of Sciences conducts an independent review. The Defense Department backed down amid congressional and public protests and will wait for NAS findings before moving forward.
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Washington
UPS
Pentagon
Defense Department
National Academy of Sciences
Obituary Notices: Five Names Listed for May 14, 1969
Five local residents are named in a brief obituary notice dated Wednesday May 14 1969. Frances Broschart 85 of 933 Warren Ave Lucy Moffatt 83 of 442 Neshannock Ave Frank E Rheinhart 83 of 239 West Pittsburg Rd Chauncey R Brock 58 of 111 West Oakwood Way Guiseppe Romeo 75 of Hillsville are listed with ages and residences.
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Frances Broschart
Warren Ave
Lucy Moffatt
Neshannock Ave
Frank E. Rheinhart
West Pittsburg
Chauncey R. Brock
West Oakwood Way
Guiseppe Romeo
Hillsville
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Dak To
Highlands
R. J. Allen
Neshannock
Clifford Terbush
Clifton E. Rodgers and Associates
Dayton
Beret
Sia
Cross Word
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Theatres
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Torrey Canyon
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Millenia
Suberranean
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