Fairbanks Flood Ravages Alaska City In June Storm
Six feet of floodwater inundates Fairbanks as rivers rise from record rains. Gov. Hickel declares disaster for Fairbanks and Nenana, airlifts patients to Bassett Army Hospital, and utilities collapse while the News Miner suspends publication.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Walter J. Hickel
Nenana
Alaska Disaster Office
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bassett
Alaska Airlines
Government To Spend Millions To Correct Highway Hazards
Washington AP reports the federal government plans hundreds of millions in new spending to fix roadside hazards on interstate highways. Officials cite faulty guardrails signs light poles and median barriers as safety risks from coast to coast. House subcommittee member Rep. Blatnik notes longstanding design flaws and urges corrective programs with cost rising into the next year.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
House
Fairest Of The Fair Finalists Named In Somerset County
Laura Walker of Meyersdale Elaine Eichorn of Somerset and Sandra Manges of Somerset were chosen as finalists for the Somerset County Fair Queen. The winner will be announced August 20 after the vesper service. Walker, 19, attends Ashland College and represents Queen City Cooperative Dairy. Eichorn, 18, is a 1967 Somerset graduate and plans to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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Laura Edith Walker
Meyersdale
Elaine Eichorn
Somerset
Sandra Manges
Nancy Maust
Gloria Bowser
R. D
Stagecoach Inn
Miss Walker
Miss Manges
Miss Eichorn
Somerset County Fair
Laura Walker
Ashland College
Ashland
Ohio
Salisbury Saddle Sores
Somerset County Saddle Horse Association
Sir Sundae
Main St. Brethren Church
Laura
VFW
Samuel's Corners
Elaine Marie _ Eichorn
Clyde E. Eichorn
Somerset Area High School
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Arts And Crafts Contest At Somerset Playground
The Somerset Playground hosts an annual Arts and Crafts contest today with judging from plaster molds to dolls made from light bulbs and detergent bottles. Participants must bring their best summer project to the new pavilion built by the Somerset Lions no later than 1 p.m under Joy Bungard supervision. prizes are courtesy of the Somerset Lions Club led by Walter Beals.
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Somerset Playground
Somerset Lions
Joy Bungard
Somerset Lions Club
Walter Beals
Somerset twirlers head to Kennywood Tri-State contest
Somerset County group Hia-wa-pawn cheeses and Little Pawn cheeses leave for Kennywood Park to compete in the Tri-State Twirling contest. The event runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with teen divisions, opening exhibition by the Senior corps, and 20 free rides for each contestant after the contest.
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Somerset
Kennywood Park
Hiapwapawa’chees
Hiawa
Pawa’chees
Somerset County
Hia Wa
Mississippi Touts Plan To Lift Poverty Culture In Delta
A Mississippi state agency proposes a bold experiment to erase a culture of poverty among Delta residents. It would place low income families in a Human Resource Development Center at the Greenville Air Force Base for housing education and work training. Funding is projected at about 17 million dollars from unidentified sources.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Research and Development Center
Jackson
R&d Center
Delta
Mississippi
Greenville Air Force Base
Poor Peoples Conference
Key House Members Uncertain On Tax Surcharge Need
Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee questioned the necessity of a 10 percent tax surcharge to fund the Vietnam war and stabilize the economy. Rep Burton? no. Rep Curtis led GOP calls for deeper spending cuts while Ackley and Fowler defended the measure with inflation adjusted gains in after tax income.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
James A. Burke
Dmass
al Ullman
D-Orp
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Curtis
Ullman
Amer
Schultze
Genoa Refuses Docking to Chinese Propaganda Ship
Italian port authorities block the 8076 ton Li Ming from docking in Genoa after protest posters and propaganda claims. Police guard the dock as water supply is denied. crew staged noisy performances the day before Ferragosto.
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Genoa
Italy
China
Li Ming
Mao Tse-tung
Port Authority
Luigi Gatti
Postal bill trimmed. five cent post card kept
Washington AP The House Post Office Committee cut 23 million from the postal rate increase bill by approving a five cent post card instead of six cents as the subcommittee proposed. First class letters would rise to six cents an ounce under the subcommittee plan, but the committee voted 12 to 11 to keep cards one cent cheaper. The new rates would take effect next January if the bill passes through Congress.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Congress
Edward J. Derwinski
B52 raids strike near DMZ amid rising tensions
U S and South Vietnamese forces conducted six B52 bombing runs around Con Thien and the DMZ as allied officers warn of a possible spring invasion. Intelligence estimates place three North Vietnamese divisions near the border with heavy Viet Cong support. A Navy Vigilante reconnaissance jet was shot down near North Vietnam with the crew missing.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
U.S
Dmz
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
da Nang
Uneasiness Lurks Over India's 20th Birthday
India marked its 20th independence anniversary amid food shortages and political tension. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi urged unity despite linguistic caste and religious differences while dry celebrations contrasted with widespread domestic unrest. Police fired on protesters in Nabadwip as strikes hit rail and river transport. In Kerala and Cochin students burned effigies of officials.
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New Delhi
India
Red China
Pakistan
Indira Gandhi
Assam
West Bengal
Nabadwip
Kerala
Gouri Thomas
Cochin
Gandhi
TB Society Prepares For Christmas Seals Drive
The Somerset County Tuberculosis and Health Society calls for volunteers to help stuffing Christmas Seal mail at the West Patriot Street office. Seal Secretary Mrs Marian Winters says volunteers are essential to the sale, available daily 8:30 am to 4 pm, and to contact Somerset 445-5747 to help in the fight against tuberculosis and respiratory diseases.
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Somerset County Tuberculosis and Health Society
West Patriot Street
Marian Winters
Winters
Somerset 445
Somerset County
New Laws Signed For Townships In Somerset County
Governor signs bills affecting second class townships in Somerset County. Law allows purchase of land and erection of buildings for firefighting gear without voter consent. Reimbursements for county association attendances rise to 20 a day with semi annual conventions. Mileage set at ten cents a mile and per diem increased to two days per year.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
Somerset County
King Says Congress Wild With Racism and Plans Campout
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr branded Congress wild with racism and floated a mass civil disobedience in Washington to pressure action on slum conditions and unemployment. He proposed gathering recruits from Mississippi to camp in the capital until demands are met, likening it to the 1932 Bonus Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McKee
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
Washington
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mississippi
SCLC
North
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Alaska Communications
By Gaylord Shaw
Kennywood
Pennsylvania
Icans
Ackley
Fowler
Ackly
North Vietnam
TB Society
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