United States Urges Saigon to Join Paris Talks
The United States told South Vietnam it will not bargain with Hanoi over new terms and urged Saigon to attend the Paris conference. Washington said it cannot constitutionally accept a back seat for the United States at the talks. North Vietnam and the Viet Cong press for a four party setup with Saigon, Washington, Hanoi, and the Viet Cong at the table.
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South Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Loring Jenkins
UPI
United States
Saigon
Washington
North Vietnam
Hanoi- Washington
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Thieu
Xuan Thuy
Manila Times
le Duc Tho
Communist Party
Tho
Moscow
Peking
U.S
Thuy
Vietnam
Vietnamese General says North troops push south of DMZ
South Vietnamese Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam says North Vietnamese forces ignore Paris peace talks and push across the DMZ in company sized units. He cites 45 northern attacks including Da Nang area shelling, a 15 round mortar strike near Da Nang, seven Koreans killed, and heavy fighting east of Dien Ban. Police in Da Nang report 4 killed, 4 wounded and 13 Viet Cong captured with 109 detained.
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Saigon
UPI
Dmz
Paris
da Nang
Hoang Xuan Lam
Perry Young
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Lam
Dien Ban
Franc Leaderseye Help as De Gaulle Seeks Stabilization
The French franc wobbled in European markets as Charles de Gaulle weighs allied aid to avert devaluation. Belgian banks halted franc trading. Lisbon banks refused purchases. Western powers and Basel bankers discussed possible loans, with no decision and a nationwide French broadcast expected tonight.
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Richard Hughes
Paris
UPI
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Brussels
Lisbon
Basel
de Gaulle
France
Britain
Destructive storms hit southern states as blizzard bears down on Duluth
A winter system blanketed Duluth with heavy snow and moved east threatening New England. Severe tornadoes in Alabama Mississippi and Georgia injured at least 14 amid Arctic air colliding with warm Gulf air. Rain fell from the Ohio Valley to the mid Atlantic while nine injuries were reported near Clanton Alabama.
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United Press International
Duluth
Minn
New England
Deep South
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
New York
Maine
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Mid- Atlantic States
Birmingham
Ala
Clanton
Chilton County
Hebron
Raleigh
Miss
Governing board still holds key to New York strike
United Federation of Teachers votes on a settlement ending an 11 week strike that halted most classes in New York City public schools. Terms include suspending three Ocean Hill Brownsville principals and appointing a state trustee to run the district and a three member arbitration panel.
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New York
UPI
Ocean Hill-Brownsville
Brooklyn
John V. Lindsay
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Dan O'Neill
Marvin Datz
O'Neill
Datz
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Lindsay
Rhody McCoy
McCoy
Steelworkers OK Refractories Pact After Strike
United Steelworkers Local 4750 and Steelworkers OK Refractories ratified a three year contract with New Castle Refractories on Saturday. Eighty three workers returned to their jobs after an October 31 strike. The agreement improves wages pensions hospitalization and vacations per USW staff representative Martin Kovach. Union negotiating team members were President John Morgan Frank Vitto and Michael Mescall.
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United Steelworkers
New Castle
Martin J. Kovach
USW
John Morgan
Frank Vitto
Michael Mescall
Weather Update for Western Pennsylvania With Snow Flurries
Occasional rain today in Western Pennsylvania shifts to windy and colder conditions with a high in the 40s. Snow flurries and stronger winds expected tonight into Tuesday, with locally heavy snow squalls possible near Lake Erie late tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight in the upper 20s to 30s. 24 hour weather stats show a high of 52 and a low of 47 with .10 inch precipitation. Shenango River stage is 7.79 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Shenango River
Girl escapes injury as train hits car in Pennsylvania crossing
A 17 year old Petersburg Ohio girl escaped injury when her car was struck by a Penn Central locomotive on Pa 551 near Enon Valley at 11 20 p m Saturday. The train driven by Clyde Lindsay 45 of Lewisville Ohio struck the car after gates were down and the driver tried to beat the train. The car spun off the tracks.
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Petersburg
Ohio
Penn Central
Enon Valley
Elaine E. Waites
Clyde D. Lindsay
Lewisville
C. Glen Studebaker
Slippery Rock RD 2
Shenango Motel
Poindexter Convicted of First Degree Murder in Wife Slaying
A Mercer County court panel of three judges convicted Harry T. Poindexter Sr. of first degree murder for the December 9 fatal shooting of his wife Pamelia at their Harbor Street home. Sentencing to life imprisonment followed a three day trial. The average life term with parole in Pennsylvania runs about 18 years.
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Harry T. Poindexter Sr
Harbor Sr
John F. Henderson
Howard W. Lyon
John Q. Stranahan
Mercer County
Pamelia
Belon
Pennsylvania
Obituary notices listing local residents’ ages and addresses
The notice lists several local residents who have died, including Clarence W. Fury 63 Youngstown Arthur J. Massaro 58 418 Duquesne St Albert W. Lambright 87 Enon Valley Carrie Dice 414 E Leasure Ave Frank S. Hickman 67 337 Neshannock Ave Albert B. Gemperle 75 RD Rose Dudick Keller 72 Ellwood City M Ina Timby Aiken 85 1701 Huron Ave Jane M Bowen 92 1001 E Washington St. The Monday date is noted as November 18 1968.
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Clarence W. Fury
Youngstown
Arthur J. Massaro
Duquesne St
Albert W. Lambright
Enon Valley
Carrie Dice
E. Leasure
Frank S. Hickman
Neshannock
Albert B. Gemperle
Rose Dudick Keller
Ellwood City
M. Ina Timby Aiken
Huron Ave
Jane M. Bowen
E. Washington St
State workers unit seeks 10 percent wage rise
The Pennsylvania State Employers Council urged an immediate 10 percent salary increase for about 105,000 state workers. They argued the rise is needed to cover cost of living increases and to keep state salaries competitive with private industry.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Blood transfusions follow chimpanzee linked liver operation
Doctors at Egleston Children's Hospital performed two lengthy transfusions on a 3 year old girl after a six hour operation that connected her blood system to a chimpanzee named Cassandra in a bid to save her from hepatitis. The patient remained in critical condition and required respirator support as her liver function was temporarily assumed by the animal system.
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Atlanta
UPS
Egleston Children’s Hospital
Cassandra
Joseph Patterson
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