Fire Destroys Somerset Area Barn With $25000 Loss
A three alarm blaze north of Somerset destroyed a barn owned by Floyd Zehner near Route 219 by Lake Somerset. Firefighters from Friedens, Somerset, and Listie saved other buildings. Calves and a registered Hereford steer were lost along with 110 tons of hay and miscellaneous items. Zehner estimated total damage at $25000. He suspected wiring as the fire’s cause.
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Somerset
Friedens
Listie
Route 219
Lake Somerset
Floyd Zehner
Zehner
Somerset RD 5
Mr. Zehner
Marines Pour Into Viet Nam Number Totals 85 000
U S Marines total about 85 000 in South Viet Nam as Da Nang and Chu Lai receive fresh landings over the weekend. The buildup aims to raise Leatherneck strength to 125 000 with more units arriving. Reports note light government casualties and air strikes against North Viet Nam targets.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Johnson
da Nang
Chu Lai
U.S
Quang Nagi
1St Army Corps
Water Board Issues Orders Against Sanner Brothers Coal
The State Sanitary Water Board ordered Sanner Brothers Coal Company of Rockwood to correct drainage permit violations at three Somerset County mines in Milford Black and Elk Lick townships. Two mines were cited for allowing silt to enter nearby streams.
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Somerset American
Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Sanner Brothers Coal Company of
Rockwood
Somerset County
Milford
Black
Elk Lick
Gemini Flight Preparations Enter Final Training Phase
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. took a day off before eight day orbital flight slated to start Thursday. They will return to Mission Control for simulated spacecraft work and an emphasis on a critical rendezvous maneuver in the first hours of the mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air
Force
Mission Control Center
House Labor Battle Tests Unemployment Bill In Harrisburg
House Democrats plan to pass an unemployment compensation bill this week though the Senate Republican leaders say it will die in committee. Senator D Elmer Hawbaker, chairman, rejects the bill and recalls 1964 fights over the Scranton administration. Majority Whip Herbert Fineman says the measure will be advanced as a special order on Monday.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Elmer Hawbaker
R-Franklin
Senate Labor and Industry Committee
Hawbaker
Chambersburg Pre
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Bomb explodes at Viet Nam police director's home
A bomb exploded Monday at the home of the director of Viet Nam's national police, just behind the national police headquarters, according to police sources. Initial reports had claimed the blast hit the police HQ with feared casualties. Later accounts confirmed it struck the director's residence.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
National Police
Farm Bill promises heated House debate over bread prices
The farm bill faces the House this week with a fight over a 50 cent rise in wheat certificate costs that could lift bread prices two cents per loaf. Democrats worry big city defections may imperil the measure while Republicans from wheat states back the proposal, as Senate debates antipoverty funding and two House-passed measures proceed.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
White House
House Republian Policy Committee
Psychiatrists Analyze Rioting Over Country
Five psychiatrists assess the Los Angeles riots noting heat waves and persistent poverty fuel anger. They cite unemployment, fragmented families, ghetto isolation, and police hostility as key factors behind the violence, with some viewing rioters as fighting for dignity despite destructive acts.
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Los Angeles
Jones
Weather outlook for Southwestern Pennsylvania
Monday and Tuesday mostly sunny with continued warmth and humidity. Highs reach the upper 80s to low 90s. Monday night remains fair and warm with low in the upper 60s.
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Pennsylvania
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University of Southern California
James R. Silber
Los Angeles County
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