B52s Hit Viet Cong Stronghold Near Saigon
UPI reports US and Vietnamese Special Forces seized Phuong Xa Tay hamlet 325 miles northeast of Saigon after B52 bombers from Guam struck the area. The operation opened a previously impenetrable Viet Cong site on the Do Xa base with ground troops scouring for guerrillas amid bomb cratered zones.
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Red Viet
Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
Phuong Xa Tay
Guam
Quang Tin
Do Xa
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Ray F. Herndon
Strategic Air Force
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Herndon
Army
A Company
82Nd Aviation Battalion
W-O
John L. Sullivan
Freeport
N.Y
A. E. Bert Smith
White House
Merriman Smith
Air Force
U.S
Ba Lang An
Leatherneck
Chu Lai
Mekong River
Betsy Sweeps New Orleans In Killer Hurricane Outbreak
Hurricane Betsy crashed through New Orleans Baton Rouge and sugar cane country with winds to 125 mph. It caused widespread floods blackouts and blocked streets as officials report a heart attack death in a shelter and numerous injuries.
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Betsy
Robert A. Schaefer
New Orleans
UPI
Baton Rouge
Bids Open Sept 30 for Morraine State Park Dam Project
The General State Authority announced bids will be received September 30 for a 1950 foot earth dam at Morraine State Park Butler County. The project aims to restore a glacial lake from 14,000 years ago and will create Lake Arthur with about 40 miles of shoreline on Muddy Creek.
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Harrisburg
UPI
General State Authority
Arthur
Morraine State Park
Butler County
Muddy Creek
Poverty funds misuse denied
Senate investigators and anti poverty officials spar over whether federal funds financed high priced rentals at two Mississippi Head Start centers. OEO chief auditor Nathan Cutler calls charges false as R. Sargent Shriver prepared a response. The probe also notes chartered planes tied to the centers and a graduation event. Betsy, a 250 mile wide storm, wreaked havoc across Florida and Louisiana with 150 mph winds and looting in New Orleans reported.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mississippi
Senate Appropriations Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Nathan Cutler
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
R. Sargent Shriver
Board of Directors
Cutler
Conferees press redistricting amid court delay
Conferees from the House and Senate push to resolve reapportionment disputes while the state Supreme Court demands a progress report. Leaders vow to work through the weekend to craft a plan in line with federal population mandates and win gubernatorial approval.
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Martin J. Sikora
United Press International
Harrisburg
UPI
House - Senate
State Supreme Court
John C. Bell
Thurs- Teast
William W. Scranton
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
John H. Devlin
Dallegheny
GOP
Len Stanley G. Stroup
R-Bedford
Devlin
Stroup
Father Divine, Spiritual Leader, Dies at 100 in Philadelphia
Father Divine, leader of an international movement, died at his Woodmont mansion in suburban Gladwyne after a heart attack at 2:20 a.m. His age was about 100, and he had been a prominent religious figure since his days as the son of a former slave.
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Father Divine
Philadelphia
Philade
UPI
Woodmont
Gladwyne
St Francis to graduate 17 nurses
Seventeen women will graduate from St Francis Hospital School of Nursing at 2 30 p m Sunday in St Vitus Church Mass starts the day with a procession and a hospital cafeteria breakfast The speaker is Rev Joseph Lucas of Town University Msgr F Fabbri will present diplomas The ceremony ends with benediction
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St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing
St. Vitus Church
Joseph Lucas
Town University
Msgr
F. Fabbri
Jean Gloria Coulter
Paul Coulter
Spruce St
Grace Ann DePietro
Fred DePietro
E. Madison Ave
Mary Elizabeth Jamison
Charles Jamison
County Line St
Judith Ann Jinks
Albert Jinks
Hunter's Lane
Paula Barker
Paul Knauff
Washington St
Karen Elaine Polansky
Michael Polansky
Wallace Ave
Elizabeth Louise Sullivan
Johnan
Carlisle St
Patricia Ann Tommelleo
Rocco Tommelleo
W. Clayton St
Carol Ann Folino
Anthony Folino
Orchard Ave
Ellwood City
Rita Mary Rychlicki
Andrew Rychlicki
Wampum
Geraldine Lee Furlan
Herman Furlan
West Middlesex
Mary Louise Panella
Peter P. Panella
Mercer
Deaths and survivors listed in Friday notice
Friday death record lists Mrs. William E. Nelson 73 of Pittsburgh Eugene Gene Ferrari 72 of 648 S Cascade St Mrs Kathryn C Cameron 83 of RD 6 John C Shoemaker 83 of Enon Valley RD 2 Peter Gaydosz Sr 71 of Ellwood City Page 2
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William E. Nelson
Pittsburgh
Eugene
Gene) Ferrari
S. Cascade St
Kathryn C. Cameron
John C. Shoemaker
Enon Valley
Peter Gaydosz Sr
Ellwood City
De Gaulle signals NATO split and 1969 pullout
French President Charles de Gaulle told a news conference he will not abandon allied ties but will end France’s subordination to NATO by 1969 at the latest. He declared France will remain allied to its allies while severing integration under NATO. President Johnson urged maintaining a strong, updated alliance. U.S. officials suggested plans to relocate NATO HQ and bases from France if France exits.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
United States
Europe
France
Washington
Johnson
White House
Harland Cleveland
U. S
U.S
City urged to curb spending to finish year
Finance Director Richard H. Biddle warned the city council to tighten expenses for the rest of the year. He cited $451,000 in operating funds available but projected $530,000 in expenditures, including $450,000 payroll and $30,000 in grants, with a potential $79,000 borrowing if forecasts hold.
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Biddle
Richard H. Biddle
Lawrence County
New Castle
Ex-convict and girl held in multi state crime spree
Ex-convict Donald Boggs and Dixie Radcliff, both from Ohio, were jailed in Flagstaff as suspects in a four killing crime spree across Texas, Utah, and Arizona. Boggs, 23, and Radcliff, 16, planned to separate and meet later in Alaska, aiming to raise bus fare with stolen items.
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Roger Timberlake
Flagstaff
Ariz
UPI
Ohio
Coconino County
Donald Melvin Boggs
Londonderry
Dixie Lee Radcliff
Amesville
Boggs
Ash Fork
Alaska
Southwest
Nebraska
Charles Starkweather
Typhoon Shirley Pounds Japan Driving Toll Climb
Typhoon Shirley struck Japan with 173 mph winds the strongest recorded here. It aimed at the Tokyo Yokohama area then veered northwest into the Sea of Japan as authorities feared a rising death toll with 25 killed, 164 injured, and 10 missing.
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Shirley
Japan
Tokyo
UPI
Tokyo - Yokohama
Sea of Japan
Openers Set For Local High School Football Season
New Castle Ellwood City Shenango and Union host football openers tonight as pages 14 and 15 preview the matchups. Sandy Koufax becomes the first left handed pitcher to throw a perfect game in baseball history noted on page 15. A report on how excessive comparisons affect a child at school appears on page 13.
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New Castle
Ellwood City
Shenango
Union
Sandy Koufax
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy, warm and humid today with highs in the 80s. Tonight brings scattered thunderstorms and cooler conditions in the north. Lows 58 to 62 north and 62 to 68 south. Saturday turns cloudy and cooler with rain likely.
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Pennsylvania
Power outage planned for New Wilmington area and townships
Pennsylvania Power Co. will interrupt electric service from 2 to 5 a.m. tomorrow across New Wilmington and parts of Neshannock and Wilmington townships to relocate transmission poles for road widening in Neshannock. If weather delays, the same window will occur Sunday. All affected customers have been notified. Areas include Harbor Rd from Sportsmans Club to Pa. 18, Highland Heights, Graceland Rd north of Neshannock Blvd, Maitland Lane and Coaltown Lakewood Rd east to Skidmore, and area north of Maitland Lane to the Mercer County line.
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New Wilmington
Neshannock
Wilmington
Pennsylvania Power Co
Harbor Rd
Sportsman’s Club
Pa. 18
Highland Heights
Graceland Rd
Neshannock Blvd
Maitland Lane
Coaltown - Lakewood Rd
Skidmore
Mercer County Line
Right to Work Measure Faces Senate Filibuster Threat
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield vowed to push President Johnsons right to work repeal as a filibuster threat looms. Republican Leader Dirksen warned 25 senators could mount a talk campaign to block a vote on section 14B of the Taft Hartley Act, amid labor and right to work lobbying.
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Washington
Senate House Gop
Senate
Congress
Dirksen
White House
Illinois
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