Developers seek funds for downtown renewal project
The city Redevelopment Authority votes to seek 16 million dollars in federal and state aid for the 43 acre downtown Central Area Renewal, including a new post office site, parking garage, public housing, and a shopping mall. Construction may not start until mid 1968 due to war and funding constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Redevelopment Authority
Central Area
William B. Patterson
Authority
Patterson
U.S
Neshannock Creek
Center St
Mill St
Falls St
U.S. Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lower Neshannock Creek
Strike threats loom across airlines and industry
Nearly 200000 workers threaten to strike in disputes across the airline, electrical, and auto sectors. GE locals totaling about 180000 prepare for possible walkouts next week while the Transport Workers Union reviews ballots for American Airlines.
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General Electric Company
Transport Workers Union
American Airlines
American Motors Corp
Wisconsin
United Auto Workers
IUE
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
American Motors
B52s batter DMZ area in new North Viet Nam raids
UPI reports B52 bombers pounded the southern DMZ fringe as Communist troop concentrations grew. Air Force F4s hit a truck park and fuel depot, 13 SAM sites and other targets in 121 North Viet Nam raids. one American jet was lost. Ground clashes across the country left Marine and Korean units with several dozen enemy fatalities.
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Saigon
F4 Freedom
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Quang Ngai City
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
4Th Marine Regiment
Quang Ngai
Chrysler joins Ford in rollback to 1967 price cuts
Chrysler Corp matches Ford by rolling back its 1967 price hike by 24 dollars on average. The moves leave Chrysler about 68 dollars above last year, Ford about 66, GM 56. AMC expected to announce prices Oct. 1 as industry faces competitive pressure and talks of safety feature costs unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Chute
Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Generali Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
AMC
LBJ
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisors
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Weather Update for Western Pennsylvania Today
Cloudy with rain and a few thunderstorms across Western Pennsylvania. Highs near 54 to 64, lows in the 50s, cool conditions persist into Wednesday with rain ending and partial clearing later. 24hour figures show a max of 65, min 40, no precipitation, Shenango River at 4.5 feet, pollen 14.4 grains per cubic yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Shenango River
St. Francis Hospital Laboratory
Fuel blast at San Francisco pier kills three workers
A waterfront explosion at Pier 64 near Mission Rock Point injured three and killed at least three, with two Coast Guard crewmen missing. A tugboat aided a leaking Chevron fuel barge when the blast occurred, sparking fears of further casualties.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Franccisco
Coast Guard
Fire Department
Pier 64
Mission Rock Point
Brezhnev Gains Backing for Soviet Viet Nam Policy
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev won full backing from Bulgaria Hungary and Yugoslavia for Moscow s hard line on Vietnam and opposition to China During four days in Belgrade and a brief Budapest stop he also met East German Mongolian and North Vietnamese officials confirming united support for Soviet policy and continued aid to the Communist struggle in Vietnam
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
Russia
China
Europe
Todor Zhivkov
Tito
Janos Kadar
Bulgaria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Brezhnev
U.S. Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Peking
Belgrade
Budapest
East Germany
Outer Mongolia
North
Johnson to attend Manila conference on Vietnam peace effort
President Johnson accepted an invitation to join leaders from the Philippines South Vietnam South Korea Australia New Zealand and Thailand for a meeting in Manila on or after October 18 to discuss Vietnam war prospects economic aid and a peaceful settlement. The conference aims to review the military situation and seek non military programs while pressing for a peace table with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Pope Paul VI dispatched a Vatican envoy to Vietnam to rally Catholic support for prayers for peace.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Manila
South Viet Nam
White House
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippine Republic
Thailand
South Korea
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Philippines
Philippine
Marcos
Viet Nam
South
Saigon
Honolulu
United States
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
North Viet Nam
Laos
Marco
Nguyen Cao K
Harold Holt
Paul VI
Vatican
Hanoi
Chinese Foreign Minister says China cannot attack the United States
In an interview summarized by ex Foreign Minister Kosaka, Chen Yi told Japanese visitors that China lacks the power to strike the United States and that mutual fear prevents war. He said U.S.-China issues would be settled someday, with Viet Nam seen as the main obstacle to progress.
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Kim Willenson
Tokyo
UPI
Chen Yi
Red China
United States
America
China
U.S
Viet Nam
Chen
Zentaro Kosaka
Peking
Kosaka
Senate panel weighs consumer credit bill changes
The Senate Banking Committee in Harrisburg considers revisions to consumer credit law to shield buyers of small items like a ten dollar alarm clock. The proposal would switch how maximum rates are calculated from add on to unpaid balance each month, aiming at curbing high charges on small loans.
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Harrisburg
Republican Amend
Inez Threatens Caribbean Islands With 100 MPH Winds
Hurricane Inez aimed 100 mile per hour winds at Guadeloupe and tracked toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Warnings issued from Antigua to Marie Galante as residents brace for dangerous winds and storm tides.
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San Juan
P.R
Inez
Guadeloupe
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Weather Bureau
Marie Galante
Desirade
Antigua
Montserrat
U.S. Air Force
Pfc John A Felix Wounded in Viet Nam
Pfc John A Felix 20 son of Mr and Mrs Armen Felix of 220 S Wayne St wounded in action in Quang Tri Province Viet Nam Sept 16 fragment says he is recovering from leg injuries in a Da Nang hospital He joined the service in 1965 and went to Viet Nam in July with the 1st Battalion Marine Division a New Castle High School graduate in 1965
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John A. Felix
Armen R. Felix
S. Wayne St
Quai Tri Province
Viet Nam
da Nang
Felix
1St Battalion
Marine Division
New Castle High School
News Sketches From Inside Daydreaming in Class
A brief note highlights daydreaming in school as a problem area while highlighting activity around EAGLE'S AUXILIARY on page 3 and page 8.
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Eagle's Auxiliary
Death Notices from Enon Valley to Ellwood City
Death records list Rodney McKinney 76 of Enon Valley RD and Anna Via 85 of 218 Smithfield St plus Mary Edith Boots 80 Ellwood City Effie L Emery 80 233 West Pittsburg Rd and Thomas Dugan 73 Syracuse NY Andrew S Eberhart 83 Denver CO Jennie Morgan 90 Aberdeen MD John E Neugebauer 58 423 Butz St James I Porter Ellwood City.
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Rodney McKinney
Enon Valley
Anna Via
Smithfield St
Mary Edith Boots
Ellwood City
Thomas
Tommy) Dugan
Syracuse
N. Y
Andrew S. Eberhart
Denver
Colo
Jennie Morgan
Aberdeen
Effie L. Emery
West Pittsburg Rd
John E. Neugebauer
Butz St
South Viet Nam assembly opens work on constitution
Premier Ky and Chief of State Thieu urged 117 delegates to draft a constitution for a democratic government amid war. The inauguration featured a 200 man honor guard and heavy security as U.S. and foreign diplomats attended. The assembly, elected Sept 11, aims to finish within six months, possibly three, with civilian elections afterward.
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Daniel Southerland
Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
Constituent Assembly
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Lodge
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Thieu
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By Bryce Miller
Southeast Asia
By William Edenburger
Karl Spielman
Connecticut River
Trinity College
Rex W. Orbell
Philadelphia
Pfc
Business World
Ea Eee
South Viet Assembly
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