Industrial drive under way for Lawrence County United Fund
The Industrial Division of the Lawrence County United Fund launches a campaign for 135000 with a 6 30 p m dinner at the Eagles Club. John Grasciar retired district director United Steelworkers District 21 will speak to more than 200 labor and management leaders from 60 firms. hesa W Skelly will be master of ceremonies and introduce division leaders. The drive represents 46 8 percent of the UF goal of 288123 official opening is Oct 4. The 18 health welfare and youth agencies participating include American Red Cross Boy Scouts Catholic Social Service Jameson Memorial Hospital Lutheran Lark Workshop for the Handicapped Mental Health Clinic St Francis Hospital Y M C A Y W C A USC Arthritis Rheumatism Foundation Multiple Sclerosis Society Pennsylvania Mental Health Inc and Pennsylvania United.
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Lawrence County United Fund
Eagles Club
John Grasciar
United Steelworkers District 21
Afl-Cio Council
Lawrence County
Grasciar
Shenango Valley United Fund of Sharon
United Way of Giving
Hesa W. Skelly
Steelworkers District
UF Labor Advisory Committee
Richard I. Davis
Rockwell-Standard Corp. Transmission and Axle
Skelly
United Fund
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Catholic Social Service
City Rescue Mission
Beaver Castle Girl Scout Council Inc
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lark Workshop For the Handicapped Inc
Township supervisors set to earn ten dollars per meeting
Lawrence County and statewide township supervisors will be paid ten dollars for each meeting attended after a Senate bill, signed by Gov. Scranton, standardized pay. Previously payments ranged from six to ten dollars. The News had misreported population based salary increases.
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Lawrence County
State Senate
William W. Scranton
the News
H. C. Bolan
Township News
State Association of Township Supervisors
Shafer blasts federal poverty program at league meeting
Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer told the Pennsylvania League of Cities that a national poverty plan cannot reflect local differences and is often bogged down by politics and incompetence. He endorsed state led efforts like Operation Focus to aid the most distressed neighborhoods.
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MT. Pocono
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania League of Cities Today
Shafer
League
Pakistan Claims Major Tank Victory in Sialkot Clash
UPI reports from Karachi and New Delhi say Pakistan claims its army and air force destroyed a third of India's armored strength in a large tank battle near Sialkot. The broadcast claims India lost a full armored division and two infantry divisions while Indian tanks and forces retreated under air and ground attacks.
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UPI
Karachi
New Delhi
Pakistan Today
India
Radio
Pakistan
Sialkot
West Pakistan
Lahore
Kashmir
Max Vanzi
Chambur
Wi S. Lane
Missing barge with lethal cargo during Betsy storm
Rescuers search flooded Louisiana for victims after Hurricane Betsy. A barge carrying 1.2 million pounds of liquid chlorine disappeared near Baton Rouge, feared sunk in the Mississippi River. The threat spurred 100000 gas masks and an emergency search ordered by President Johnson while Baton Rouge officials urged calm.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Johnson
Pittsburgh Play Glass Co
W.W. Dumas
Isiana
Betsy
Bahamas
Florida
Gulf Coast
Orleans Parish
Sorensen Series on Late President Begins Today
Theodore C. Sorensen presents a 20 part series in the New Castle News starting on page five detailing the Kennedy presidency. The articles draw on his 11 years close to Kennedy as aide and special counsel with intimate insights into crises and family life.
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Sorensen
Theodore C. Sorensen
New Castle
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Today's Weather Outlook With Rain Drizzle In Cloudy Skies
Considerable cloudiness and cool with periods of rain or drizzle today and tonight. Highs 67 to 75, tonight 55 to 63. Clearing and warmer Tuesday with highs 78 to 85. 24hour stats show 68 high, 60 low, 0.26 inch rain, river stage 4.6 feet, pollen 10.8 grains per cubic yard.
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Shenango River
St. Francis Hospital Laboratory
Shriver Defends War on Poverty Amid Criticism
UPI interview with Sargent Shriver, head of the Office of Economic Opportunity, rejects charges that the War on Poverty is a boondoggle. He argues Congress funded greater than requested, notes strong bipartisan support, and defends office economies and job camps while criticizing press coverage of troubled camps.
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President Johnson
UPI
Louis Cassels
Anti - Poverty Agency
Sargent Shriver
Cassels
United Press International
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr
Kennedy Clan
Johnson
Peace Corps
Shriver
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Legislators Resume District Talks in Harrisburg
Six legislative leaders resume bargaining on reapportionment in Harrisburg as Supreme Court action is delayed. Conferees seek regional district solutions with revised House plans, still amid Republican Senate and Democratic House tensions and limited other business.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Supreme Court
Joint Conference Committee
Senate
House
Democrats
Deaths List Of Local Residents In Brief
The death notices include Isadore Colich aged 77 of 1010 S Jefferson St Ernest J Kuentz 47 of Copper Rd RD 6 Joseph J Bunnell 55 of 2801 Ellwood Rd Clarence B Chambers 221 E Sheridan Ave Edith E Gardner 72 Volant RD 2 Della Caffro 73 143 Carlsbad Place Wallace L Patterson 58 Wilmington Rd RD 3 and David J Velkovich 2 months 825 E Latten St.
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Isadore Colich
S. Jefferson St
Ernest J. Kuentz
Copper
Joseph J. Bunnell
Ellwood
Clarence B. Chambers
E. Sheridan Ave
Edith E. Gardner
Volant
Della Caffro
Carlsbad
Wallace Leslie Patterson
Wilmington
David J. Velkovich
E. Latten St
Wilmington Survives Scare To Edge Laurel 13-12
In a tense high school football tilt, Wilmington rallied to a 13-12 victory over Laurel. Warren Spahn is quoted predicting the Giants will win the NL pennant, reflecting local sports and national baseball optimism.
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Wilmington
Warren Spahn
Giants
First Cavalry Division lands in South Vietnam
UPI reports the U.S. Army First Cavalry Division with about 20 000 troops and 50 helicopters lands at Qui Nhon as the largest American unit yet, advancing U.S. combat strength toward 125 000. The division, nicknamed the Sunday Punch, will base secrecy in its early days amid helicopter assault tactics. Elsewhere, Vietnamese forces roundup rebels in Darlac province with 435 dissidents surrendering, while Gen. Westmoreland arrives in Da Nang.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. Army
First Cavalry Division
South Viet Nam
U.S
Johnson
Lanh
Ft. Benning
Qui Nhon
Darlac
Viet Nam
Fulro
United Front
William Westmoreland
da Nang
Fatal weekend highway toll hits Pennsylvania towns
A United Press International tally reports at least 15 deaths in traffic mishaps from 6 p.m. to midnight Sunday across Pennsylvania. Among the fatalities were three youths in a two car crash near Youngsville on Route 6 and deaths in Kittanning, Johnstown and Philadelphia, with several others injured in late week accidents.
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Pennsylvania
Youngsville
United Press International
Fred Beardsley
Spring Creek
John E. Rodgers
Pittsfield
Mark A. Smith
Kittanning
Phillip Kutchenreiter
Ford City
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian University Hospital
James Wiedl
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Wiedl
Johnstown
James F. Tighe
Reels Corner
Somerset County
Stoystown
Philadelphia
Lillian Bentley
Nicetown
Benjamin Jones
Jennie
North Phia
Lancaster
Lottie
Rafton
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