Cyprus Flights Suspended by Turkey amid Cyprus Tensions
Turkey halted reconnaissance flights "for the time being" amid efforts to help the UN restore peace in Cyprus. The move followed Turkish scout planes triggering air raid alerts across the island and protests in Nicosia against Americans and Britons. Parliament speaker Clerides accused the U S and Britain of backing the Turkish attacks in the Kokkina area, as a crowd demonstrated outside the U S Embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Efty
Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
United Nations
Ankara
Feridun Cemal Erkin
Glafcos Clerides
Clerides
NATO
United States
Britain
U.S
Michael Pantelides
U.N. Security Council
Sivert A. Nielson
Norway
New York
Somerset 4-H Members Win State Awards at PA Days
Two Somerset County 4-H Club members captured first place at Pennsylvania State 4-H Days held at Penn State. Kathy Metzgar won dairy foods demonstration with Score With Cheese, and Judy Barkman won clothing construction with Watch Those Curves. Thirty-two Somerset youths competed among 900 statewide participants, with awards presented by Leland G. Jinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Pennsylvania State
Pennsylvania State University
Kathy Metzgar
Friedens, R.D
Judy Barkman
Somerset R.D
Schwal Auditorium
Leland G. Jinks
Lynn Hauger
R.D. 1
Garrett
Jim Sweitzer
Berlin
Bernadette Panek
Jenners
Sec
Confluence Man Found Drowned in Youghiogheny River
A 66 year old Confluence resident Stewart McClintock was found dead along the Youghiogheny River bank in Confluence Borough. Somerset County Coroner Rob ert H Halverson said the body was recovered near Fair Oaks Road around 4 p m by his son Warren. An autopsy by Dr Alexander Solosko was underway at Meyersdale Community Hospital as investigators from state police Confluence borough police and sheriff Norman F Walker continued the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confluence Area
Youghiogheny River
Confluence Borough
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Stewart McClintock
Confluence
Halverson
McClintock
Fair Oaks Road
Warren
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Alexander Solosko
Norman F. Walker
Jenner-Boswell Names Two Faculty Members
Jenner-Boswell Joint School Board appointed two new faculty members for 1964 65. Leonard La Placa Windber social studies teacher and Miss Linda Morehouse Girard physical education teacher join the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenner-Boswell
Jenner-Boswell Joint School Board
Leonard la Placa
Windber
Indiana State College
Linda Morehouse
Girard
Willoughby-East Lake
Slippery Rock State College
Ethel Mayse
Boswell
R. Leslie Simpson
Irene Holsapple
Gray
Simpson
State
Public School Building Authority
Dog saves 3 year old girl from street in Portland
A 3-year-old girl wandered into a roadway in Portland when a 10-month-old German shepherd leaped into action. The dog grabbed Christine Murphy by the seat of her pants and pulled her back to safety, narrowly averting a crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Christine Murphy
Senator Taylor Hurt In Fall At Hershey Hotel
State Senate leader M. Harvey Taylor suffered a fractured knee and forearm in a fall at the Hershey Hotel. The 88 year old was moved to Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital for treatment as he rested comfortably. He was in Hershey for a GOP unity meeting called by Barry Goldwater.
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Hershey, Pa
M. Harvey Taylor
Pennsylvania
Hershey Hotel
Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital
Here
Taylor
Senate
Hershey
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Ian Fleming Dies at 56 Creator of James Bond
Ian Lancaster Fleming, author and WWII intelligence veteran, died of a heart attack at Kent and Canterbury Hospital on Wednesday aged 56. His most famous creation, James Bond 007, defined modern spy fiction and translated to films. Agent Peter Janson-Smith estimated Fleming earned over 2.8 million from books and Bond films since 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
England
Ian Lancaster Fleming
007
Kent and
James Bond
Bond
Peter Janson-Smith
Fleming
U S Planes Shaping Congo Aid Amid Congo Crisis
Four U S military transport planes with 50 paratroopers head to Leopoldville as the United States increases aid to the Congo amid rebel pressure and threats to consular staff in Stanleyville. Washington says the program includes trucks jeeps and transport planes with maintenance and guard crews aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Gulick
Washington
U.S
Leopoldville
United States
Congo
Pentagon
State Department
Stanleyville
W. Averell Harriman
G. Mennen Williams
Africa
United Nations
U.N
Ground To Be Broken For Plant Markley Day Feeds Salisbury
Groundbreaking for a New England Gear Works branch in Salisbury is set for Aug 19 with mayoral proclamation marking “Markley Day.” A dinner, parade from Grantsville to Salisbury, ceremony led by Marshall Daniel Miller, and speech by Clifford Jones are planned plus a street dance and factory tour film.
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Salisbury
John R. Showalter
Markley Brothers
Marshall J. Daniel Miller
Grantsville
Meyersdale
Roy Blocker
Clifford Jones
Commercce
Harrisburg
Markleys
New England Clear Works
Massive U S Viet Nam Helicopter Assault Led by South Viet Nam
U S forces launched a massive helicopter offensive near Xa Ba Hao with 96 helicopters ferrying about a thousand South Vietnamese troops to battle Viet Cong forces estimated from 2 000 to 38 000. The operation aimed for a multi day fight as pilots faced heavy ground fire.
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Malcolm W. Browne
XA BA Hao
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Robert Estes
Anson
Maine
Viet Nam
Copter
Ralph Irvin
Redding
Calif
Earl O. McConaha
Hecla
S.D
120Th Helicopter Co
Mordecai Barefoot
May Know Where Money Is Gang Springs Great Train Robber
London AP report says a small gang freed former bookmaker Charles Frederick Wilson from Winson Green Prison Birmingham. Police seek Wilson who fled after the 1963 Glasgow to London mail train robbery with $7 million stolen and only $840 thousand recovered. Interpol and Scotland Yard set roadblocks as masterminds Reynolds White Edwards remain at large in Europe.
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Thomas A. Reedy
London
Britain
Charles Frederick Wilson
Winson Green
Birmingham
Wilson
Scotland Yard
James White
Ronald Edwards
Bruce Reynolds
Europe
Interpol
England
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Mostly cloudy and cool Thursday with a few showers mainly over higher terrain. Highs 60 to 66 degrees. Thursday night lows 45 to 52. Friday turns partly cloudy and not as cool.
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Pennsylvania
Voters May Register To Vote In Nov
Somerset County Commissioners set field registration dates for the November 3 election. Registrars will operate 1 to 4 PM and 6 to 9 PM at eight sites during Aug. 24 to 27 with multiple officials at each location. The last day to register is Sept. 14, with extended hours at the Somerset County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Confluence
Alyce Roberts
Louis Burke
Conemaugh
the Hill
Rebecca Horton
Florence Brown
Central City
Rachael Lloyd
Grace Pomroy
Jersey Faces Racial Strife
Paterson New Jersey police used more than 100 helmeted officers to disperse youths after bottles and bricks were thrown and store windows shattered in Fourth Ward. In nearby Elizabeth, extra officers protected a multiracial area where several windows were broken. It marked the second consecutive night of violence in these industrial cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson, N.J
Fourth Ward
Elizabeth
Here
North Jersey
Goldwater Gains Eisenhower Backing For Campaign
In Hershey Pennsylvania former President Eisenhower voiced full support for the Goldwater ticket after a three hour summit with 36 GOP leaders. Eisenhower said uncertainties about Goldwater are resolved and urged unity as Miller Nixon Scranton attended the event along with Goldwater.
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Ike
Barry
Jack Bell
Hershey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Eisenhower
William E. Miller
Richard M. Nixon
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bloodmobile Visit Set for Berlin on Aug 21 at Church
Plans for a Bloodmobile visit to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Berlin on Friday August 21 from 12 30 to 6 15 pm aim to collect 85 pints. Mrs Homer Hay leads recruitment with Mrs James Killius and Miss Carol Ickes handling roles. Nurses and physicians are being recruited. Explorer Boy Scouts will guard and distribute signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Main Street
Nuarses
James Killius
Carol Ickes
Hay
W. C. Miller
Friendship and Fletcher
Lutheran Church
Explorer Boy Scouts
Keys Tone Lime Company Incorporation Approved
Articles of Incorporation approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth authorize Keys Tone Lime Company to capitalize at 50000 and to quarry mine purchase sell and deal in limestone and stone and to manufacture process buy and sell lime limestone road paving materials and to engage in paving grading building excavation roads streets highways walks trucking rental and related cement lime clay gravel businesses. Incorporators are Clemen E Folk Lara M Folk Roxanna F Whisner and Mark J Folk all of Springs.
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Somerset American
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Keystone Lime Company
Springs
Clemen E. Folk
Lara M. Folk
Roxanna F. Whisner
Mark J. Folk
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Heidi
San Antonio
Tex
Harry Robertson
Marilyn Blough
R.D
Esther Ringler
Nancy Colliver
Stoystown
Ken Airsman
Carl and Darlee Shaffer
W. V. Fetche
Jan de Vries
Edward Shaffer
Paul Yoder
Nationwide Insurance
Neri & Neri Co
Eugene Donati
Jenner-Boswell Joint District
Jennerstown
Joint Board
Defense Department
Showalter
Salisbury Electric
Thomas Sandwich Shop
Salisbury Service Center
Dunn
N.C
Gang Springs
Boy Scout Hall
Joe Perrigo
Salisbury Borough
Mary E. Albright
Windber Borough
Recreation Hall
Bertha Hancharik
Shanksville Borough
Gladys Wilt
Jersey
William Avery
Kansas
John Reed
Reed
Johnstown
Homer Hay
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