Marines Launch Amphibious Assault South of DMZ
UPI reports a U S Marine force began an amphibious and helicopter assault just south of the North Viet Nam border. The Leathernecks aimed to sever part of a Communist division infiltrating through the DMZ amid heavy enemy activity.
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Saigon
26Th Marines
UPS
Robert Kaylor
Demilitarized Zone
Hastings
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Cap Cau
House group split on LBJ tax proposals
Lawmakers debated President Johnsons plan to suspend two corporate tax credits for 16 months while considering any exemptions. The Ways and Means Committee signaled approval but offered no firm stance after tense hearings.
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House
Washington
UPI
Johnson
House Ways & Means
National Association of Home Builders
Wilbur D. Mills
Congress
New Castle Board Hires Ten Teachers
The New Castle school board approved hiring ten teachers. The action appears in Page 17 coverage of ongoing district staffing and education initiatives.
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NEW Castle Board
Three Miners Entombed as Ohio Mine Is Sealed
State mine officials seal the Morgan Mine after a fire traps 15 workers. Three miners Keith Spicer Tony Territti and William Adams remain inside as rescuers report dense carbon dioxide and choking smoke making further entry impossible. Twelve escaped earlier.
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Morgan Mine Co
Keith Spicer
Dillonville
Ohio
Tony Territti
Wheeling
W. Va
William Adams
Barnesville
Lester Zimmerman
State Mines Bureau
Controller Criticizes City Pay System
Controller Claude L. Humble challenged the city payroll setup saying padding occurs as hourly wages are sent directly to the bank. He charged the bank computer system adopted two years ago lacked his knowledge during vacation and noted weekly hourly pay calculations while salaried staff remain unchanged.
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Claude L. Humble
Humble
Richard H. Biddle
Biddle
City Electrician
Ohio canal planning fund included in public works bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 4.11 billion dollar public works bill, funding the Atomic Energy Commission and river and flood control projects. It includes a 500 thousand dollar planning grant for a Lake Erie Ohio River Canal, spearheaded by Rep. Michael Kirwan, with inflation concerns noted by Rep. Glenn Davis.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Union
Michael J. Kirwan
Youngstown
Federal Budget Bureau
Neshannock Creek
New Castle
Glenn R. Davis
Davis
Congress
Viet Nam
Army Corps of Engineers
Citizens protest new school tax and Rigby appointment
About 140 taxpayers filled the North St gym to condemn the New Castle Area School board for enacting a $10 per capita tax to fund mandated teacher raises. They also protested Councilman George Rigby serving as school police officer at $4 an hour.
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New Castle News
New Castle Area
North St
George Rigby
Russell L. Herchler
Rigby
Albert Russo
Herchler
Grace Skoog
Clayton St
Skoog
Joseph Cooper
Jesse D. Boak
E. Leasure Ave
Three Lawrence County men begin trooper training
Harrisburg gives notice that three Lawrence County men William Campbell Norbert Dendall and Kenneth Patterson are among the first cohort of 250 additional state police troopers to begin a 16 week training at the State Police Academy in Hershey. Acting Commissioner Kittlemann says the remaining 150 troopers will join before next June.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence County
General Assembly
State Police Academy
Hershey
William C. Campbell
Wildwood Ave
Norbert E. Dendall
Kenneth C. Patterson
Volant
Paul A. Kittlemann
Gemini 11 astronauts land from near perfect sea pick up
Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon return to the Atlantic after a flawless no hands re entry ending Gemini 11 mission. They land 702 miles east of Cape Kennedy near the carrier Guam at 9 50 a m EDT bearded and smiling. The crew is 36 year old Navy officers and are celebrated by a cheering deck crew as Anchors Aweigh plays.
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Navy
Gordon
Trapped miners found dead after long mine rescue bid
Three men perished 700 feet underground at an anthracite mine near Pottsville after the roof collapsed during a Wednesday cave in. Rescue crews, mud-caked after 20 hours of digging, recovered the bodies by a coal bucket amid heavy rain. The victims were Russell Dibert, John Haaeishon, and Stanley Gravish.
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William Edenbarger
Pottsville, Pa
UPI
Tremont
H. Beecher Charmbury
Charmbury
Independent Miners Association
Terry Shreffler
Shreffler
Keefers Mountain
Russell Dibert
Wiconisco
John Haaeishon
Stanley Gravish
Weather Update and Local Injury Report in Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania sees showers and wind with cooler temperatures today, high in the 60s and a low around 49 tonight. Friday remains partly cloudy and cool. Weather data note a 0.01 inch rainfall, Shenango River at 4.4 feet, pollen at 144 grains per cubic yard. At New Castle Packing Co, Jane Singer, 47, injured at work yesterday, treated for a fractured rib at St. Francis Hospital.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
St. Francis Hospital Laboratory
Jane Singer
W. Clayton Sr
New Castle Packing Co
St. Francis Hospital
Death Notices Listed for Sept 15 1966
Obituaries feature Harry C Best 76 Enon Valley Clarence L Roy MacCutcheon 78 RD 7 John J Sullivan 91 Harbor Street Mrs John K Heess 89 Clen Moore Blvd Mrs Gus Arent 53 Enon Valley RD 1.
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Harry C. Best
Enon Valley
Clarence L. (Roy) MacCutcheon
John J. Sullivan
Harbor St
John K. Heess
Clen Moore Blvd
Gus Arent
Red China halts purge to aid fall harvest drive
Reports from Peking say Beijing suspended the cultural revolution to let farmers focus on the autumn harvest. An estimated 300,000 Red Guard youths were sent home, with rationing and army aid in Canton amid fears of a major crop failure and possible famine.
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Tokyo
UPI
China Today
Peking
China
Hong Kong
South China
Canton
Radio
Red Guard
Peking People’s Daily
Chinese Communist Party
Heavenly Peace
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