Whitman’s Body Flown Back After Texas Tower Tragedy
Charles Joseph Whitman killer of 15 is flown to Florida as victims express gratitude to be alive. Gov. Connally ponders life imprisonment for insanity acquittees while survivors urge no hate toward the deranged architect student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Whitman
University of Texas
Lee Jonese
Austin
Tex
Charles Joseph Whitman
Florida
John Connally
Whitman
University of Texas Tower
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Dellana
Connally
Col
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Robert A. Miles
Miss Phillips
Abdul Khashab
Moses
Iraq
Khashab
Janet Paulos
Garland
Budget deal ends months of impasse in Pennsylvania
Democratic and Republican conferees reach a 1966 67 state budget of 1.534 billion dollars after three months of fighting. The report goes to the General Assembly next week. Major appropriations include 40.5 million for Penn State and 9.2 million for Penn. Also approved: 19.8 million for Pittsburgh and 20.1 million for Temple. 21.9 million for private schools and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent P. Carocci
Harrisburg
House- Senate
Conference Committee
General Assembly
House
Senate
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pennsylvania
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tme
University of Pittsburgh
Temple University
Scranton
Steelmakers Follow In Price Rise
Armco and Jones & Laughlin joined Inland Steel Co in boosting basic steel prices by 2 to 3 dollars a ton. The Johnson administration weighed inflation risks and whether federal action is needed as Ackley reportedly pressed U S Steel and others by telegram. No confirmation from officials on contents or intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armco
Jones & Laughlin
Inland Steel Co
Johnson
White House
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Gardner Ackley
U.S. Steel
Ackley
Inland Steel
Highlands Erupt With War Clashes
Clashes in the central highlands of South Viet Nam persist for a third day as U S reinforcements arrive. B52 bombers fly from Guam to hit suspected North Vietnamese bases near the Cambodian border while helicopter units bolster the 25th Division. U S casualties are described as light.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
U.S
Guam
1St Cavalry
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi
USS
North
Viet Nam
United States
Hanoi Radio
Red
Thai Binh
4-H Categories Added To County Fair
The County Fair adds 4-H and FFA divisions in grains and vegetables foods entomology flowers clothing and child care. Final entry is Aug 22 with a week earlier submission urged. 4-H entries include vegetable quotas 3 5 and 7 and a Potato Project with 32 tubers across varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Fair Association of the Fair Book
Russet Rurals
Crippled Children Society Plans Somerset County Fair Booth
The Somerset County Society for Crippled Children and Adults outlined a fair booth at the county fair during a Tuesday night meeting at the Parson home. Campaign chair John Wilson led plans to promote care for disabled children and self help, with volunteers arranged for each day of the fair and Camp Easter Seal visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Society For Crippled Children
John Wilson
Arthur Parson
Lincoln Street
Wilson
Terest
Wm. Hadad
Helen Korns
Jeane Lynn
Korns
John Zimmerman
Pauline Davis
Ida Mae Morocco
Parsons
SCCA
Easter Seal
Senate approves bill adding 250 Pennsylvania State Troopers
The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approves a bill to add 250 troopers to the State Police Department and sends it to Governor Scranton. Critics warn about remaining work and how the extra officers will be utilized as lawmakers note the figure is far below the original request. President Rene Schick of Nicaragua is also mentioned in World News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
Stroup
Speed limits raised on county highways under new law
County highway workers post new 55 mph speed limits on major U S routes where signs are installed, replacing older 50 mph for cars and 40 mph for trucks. Reposted routes include 219 30 53 653 56 and 40, with more routes 31 2711 160 601 669 and 850 to follow within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Edward Sechler
Highway Department
Jenners Action Group Sets Meeting on August Fifth
Jenners Community Action Committee plans a meeting Friday at 7 30 p m in the Jenners hotel with John Flynn as chairman to present suggested beautification recreation and community grove projects and allow residents to submit and vote on proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenners
Kosygin vows more Soviet aid to Hanoi in Viet Nam policy speech
Premier Kosygin told the Soviet Parliament that the Vietnam war isolates the United States from world opinion and threatens Soviet-American relations. He pledged to increase military, economic, moral, and political aid to Hanoi and urged changes in American policy to normalize relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kosygin
United States
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Soapy Williams Victory Fronts Michigan Democratic Primary
G Mennen Williams won the Michigan Democratic Senate primary boosting labor hopes to defeat incumbent Republican Senator Robert Griffin. Griffin is co author of the Landrum Griffin Act and labor opposition could help Williams ally with Governor Rom ney foe Zolton Ferency in the governor race. Other primaries include Idaho Governor Smylie losing renomination to Don Samuelson and Kansas Senator James B Pearson winning renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Washington
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Robert P. Griffin
Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Griffin
Landrum-Griffin
Williams United Auto
Zolton Ferency
George Romney
Romney
Idaho
Don Samuelson
Smylie
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Robert Ellsworth
J. Floyd Breeding
Congress
Senate
House
Missouri
Samuelson
Panhandle
Tableland Group To Be Incorporated
The Articles of Incorporation for the Tableland Community Association, Inc. were filed by Richard D. Maust. The non profit group aims to mobilize resources in Somerset County Pennsylvania to combat poverty and run community action programs under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Incorporators and directors include Henry Baker Reiley Jr Richard H. Shellenberger R Leslie Simpson Joseph Boyko and George L. Foy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabeland Community Association, Inc
Richard D. Maust
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Henry Baker Reiley, Jr
Richard H. Shellenberger
R. Leslie Simpson
Jennerstown
Joseph Boyko
Windber
George L. Foy
Meyersdale
Air Strike Compromise Drafted Amid Senate Action
A compromise plan proposes ending the airline strike for one month and seeking presidential action after. Congress faces a likely decision on Thursday as debate and cloakroom talks continue over 27 days of walkout by machinists. An 81 to 6 vote rejected compulsory arbitration without a contract during a 180 day back to work period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Triplets Born to Holstein on Younkin Farm
A three year old Holstein cow in Rockwood birth freshening produced triplets two heifers and a bull, a one in seven thousand two hundred twenty one chance. The bull calf seemed sickly after a brief healthy start. This follows a prior twin birth three years ago and highlights the rarity of such multiple births per dairy science estimates.
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Fae Younkin
Rockwood
R.D
Robert Antram
L.O. Gilmore
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Gilmore
R. D
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Ramiro Martinez
Lester Palmer
Lana Phillips
Dallas
Arrang
Crippled Children Soc
Plans Co
Fair Booth
World News
By Fred Coleman
Soapy Williams Victor
Michigan
Tableland Group
Holstein
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