Meyersdale Firemen Launch Fund Drive
Meyersdale volunteer firemen begin their annual fund drive with an initial rural canvass within five to twelve miles of Meyersdale in Larimer Greenville Summit and Elk Lick Townships. The effort highlights a new four wheel drive truck and updated safety gear including a smoke ejector power saw portable pump and resuscitator.
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Meyersdale
Larimer
Greenville
Summit
Elk Lick
Meyersdale Fire Department
North Vietnam criticizes Nixon platform on ending war
North Vietnamese spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le denounces the Republican platform as unrealistic and urges the United States to halt all attacks. He says no peace progress is possible while the war continues and signals possible comment on the Democrats after their convention.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
Nguyen Thanh le
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
United States
Red Point
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Diabetes Survey at Trinity Church Somerset
The Somerset County diabetes survey is set for today and tomorrow at Trinity Lutheran Church 918 Tayman Avenue Somerset. People 21 and older not known to be diabetics are urged to take the test each year. Test timing is 11 1 2 to 4 hours after meals with only water allowed.
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Somerset County
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Church
Tayman Avenue
Somerset
Hughes offers $80 million for Air West in bid to boost Las Vegas service
Multi millionaire Howard Hughes proposed to buy Air West Airlines for up to 80 million dollars promising better passenger service to Las Vegas. Air West stockholders and the Civil Aeronautics Board must approve. Air West's leaders disputed the offer calling it undervalued and predicting a fight over the deal ahead of the October 14 stockholders meeting in San Francisco.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Howard
Hughes
Air West
New York
David R. Grace
San Francisco
G. Robert Henry
Grace
Bonanza
Pacific
West Coast Airlines
Phoenix
Ariz
Reno
New
Edmund Converse
Agnew Calls for Police Action Against Looters
London AP report quotes Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew saying federal spending should be selective and police should be allowed to shoot fleeing looters. He links conservatism to protecting both Negro and white publics from lawlessness during the Nixon administration era. He also discusses Vietnam and readiness to succeed Nixon.
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London
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
England
America
British Broadcasting Corp
United States
Community Mourns Death of Somerset Mascot Major XIV
Major XIV the Somerset Fire Department and Cumberland Seabee mascot died after being struck by a car on South Edgewood Avenue. He wore dog tag No 2 and was buried in a pine box with his Seabee uniform.
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Seabee
Major
Cumberland Seabee Division
National Boy Scout Camp
Virginia
Naval Weapons Station
Bill Stader
Somerset Borough
Borough
Stader
Major XIV
Eisenhower Passes Critical Period After Heart Attack
Doctors at Walter Reed report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has passed the immediate critical period after his major heart attack. He is expected to face a potentially prolonged convalescence with six more weeks in hospital possible, though he shows satisfactory progress and has been moved to solid foods with pain relief. visitors remain limited to immediate family.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Prison Term For Counterfeit Charge In Pittsburgh Case
Former Brooklyn man Thomas V. Conti was sentenced to six years after pleading guilty to passing counterfeit money and forged travelers checks. His attorney said the bills were used to aid a woman fleeing a violent death in Absecon, where her husband killed her and their three children before killing himself.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn, N.Y
Thomas V. Conti
Somerset
Conti
Francis J. Tronzo Jr
Tronzo
U.S
Mamie Belluscio
Michael
Absecon
N.Y
Trunzo
Disorders In Little Rock Blamed On Camp Conditions
National Guardsmen and police patrolled Little Rock after three nights of unrest sparked by a penal farm death. The Rev. Thomas McVeigh Smith urged prison reforms, while Cecil Ingram Jr. died from a head blow and Bruce McCorley faces manslaughter charges. Gov. Rockefeller sent about 300 guards to curb violence as injuries and shootings occurred during protests and a funeral service for the inmate.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Thomas McVeigh Smith
Cecil Ingram Jr
Bruce McCorley
Ingram
Winthrop Rockefeller
National Guard
National
Democrats slam GOP plan to extend legislative recess
In Harrisburg, Democrats assail a Republican proposal to adjourn beyond the November election. Leaders say moving the session after the election would silence Democratic critique while Republicans argue essential work can wait. Both sides cite judicial article implementation as central.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Ernest P. Kline
Beaver
House
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
General Assembly
Kenneth B. Lee
Gov. Shafer
Murderer Calls Police After Killing Three Pleads To Catch Him
A gunman phoned Fort Lauderdale police to confess murdering three people and to be caught. A semi nude girl’s body was found in Hollywood and a woman, shot multiple times, was found at the airport, both victims identified as Dorothy Ammons Clark differently. Police arrested a suspect at the airport and warned the public the killer may strike again.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Hollywood
Fla
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Dorothy Ammons Clark
Atlanta
Bahamas
James Rice
Army Turns Up Pressure on Indonesian Communists in Java and Borneo
The Indonesian army reports major blows against the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party in East Java and Borneo. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Jasin says 1,400 Communists including six Central Committee members were captured in two months, while Gen. Maraden Panggabean notes 392 guerrillas killed and 209 captured in Borneo so far this year with another 490 surrendering. The Red underground remains a threat as guerrilla activity continues in Sumatra amid national unrest and economic troubles.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
East Java
Borneo
Sumatra
Mohammed Jasin
Central Committee
Jasin
Red Underground
Maraden Panggahean
Indonesian Borneo
Sukarno
Malaysia
Suharto
Maddox Signals Possible Run for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Gov. Lester Maddox of Georgia told reporters he is seriously considering a 1968 Democratic presidential bid and will decide by Saturday. He said he would be the only Democrat on the ticket if he runs, criticized other candidates as not true Democrats and linked their views to the ADA and what he called a Communist program for America.
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Savannah
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Maddox
America
Americans For Democratic Action
Hubert Humphrey
Maple Ridge Annexation Question Faces Borough Meeting
Somerset Borough Council discussed the Maple Ridge Farm annexation petition led by L Harrington Gibbs Jr. and questioned signatures Jay Heiple Ronald Naponic and George Cramer amid unrecorded deeds. The matter awaits Attorney Coffroth’s return with officials from Somerset Township and the township solicitor.
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Maple Ridge Farm
Somerset Borough
L. Harrington Gibbs Jr
Somerset Borough Council
Rankin Jones
Clarence Pyle
Jay Heiple
Ronald Naponic
George Cramer
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Sunny and warmer Tuesday with highs in the upper 70s. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and warm with southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Pennsylvania
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R-Bedford
Albert R. Pechan
Armstrong
Stroup
Senate Gop
Lee A. Donaldson
Aleigheny
Kline
Fineman
Harry Truman
Independence
Rice
ED Blanche
Panggabean
Gov. Maddox
Maple Ridge
Tom Shultz
Areaanager
General Telephone
Council
Herbert Tiffany
Neilan Engineers
Somerset Gasoline Co
Agway Petroleum Corp
Fall River
Mass
Animal Regency League
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