Eisenhower suffers seventh heart attack in 1957-58 health saga
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, age 77, sustained his seventh heart attack at Walter Reed on Friday with doctors describing the episode as serious but his condition as stable. Mamie Eisenhower was at his side as physicians monitor potential outcomes of the ongoing health episode.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Mamie
Walter Reed
March Air Force Base
California
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Calif
Augusta
Nigeria Rejects Ethiopian Cease Fire Request in Civil War
Nigeria's Maj. Gen. Gowon rejected Emperor Haile Selassie’s plea for a cease-fire amid advancing federal columns toward Aba. Gowon also declined Addis Ababa talks and did not visit the peace site. Biafra's Ojukwu announced a cease-fire gesture in Addis Ababa, seen by Nigerians as propaganda, and returned to combat as fighting persisted.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Yakubu Gower
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Aba
Biafra
Gowon
Addis Ababa
Port Harcourt
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
Viet Cong Cross DMZ Into Attack Positions
Sharp clashes north of the DMZ indicate North Vietnamese movement into attacking positions. U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces killed 234 North Vietnamese in four engagements, with 15 Marines and 15 South Vietnamese troops wounded, amid allied armor and air support.
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Dmz
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
USS. Navy
Three From Ligonier Killed In Car Crash
Three members of a Ligonier Pennsylvania family were killed in a head on crash north of Sutton West Virginia. Victims are Robert V. Jarrett Flora Jarrett and Sandra Jarrett all of Ligonier Westmoreland County. Kenneth Selman of Madison Ohio drove the other car. he is in fair condition with lacerations and abrasions. Funeral services for the Jarretts will be held Monday in Ligonier.
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Sutton
W.va
Ligonier
West Virginia
Robert V. Jarrett
Flora Jarrett
Sandra Jarrett
Rt. Ligonier
Westmoreland County
Jarrett
Kenneth Selman
Madison
Ohio
Dock Road
Selman
Gassaway Hospital
Gassaway
Jarretts
State Police Roundup Harmonsburg Group
The Harmonsburg Hippies were raided by State Police and jailed. Thirty six adults were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and operating a disorderly house. An injunction to abate a nuisance was sought to end the colony.
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Meadville
Harmonsburg
Pennsylvania
Paul D. Shafer
Shafer
Poseidon Missile Launch Signals Nuclear Balance Shift
The Navy test fired the Poseidon multiwarhead missile from Cape Kennedy, reaching a target in the Atlantic. With 2,500 mile range planned and up to ten warheads, Poseidon promises greater penetration of defenses and an edge over the Soviet Union, amid debate over arms race implications.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Navy
Atlantic
Air Force
Poseidon
United States
Miami
Sarasota
Florida
Soviet Union
Computer-satellite link could revolutionize data transmission
Joseph V. Charyk, head of Comsat, says global computer-satellite networks will let libraries and businesses access up-to-date data across borders. The UN agency urges international rules to curb space communications as direct broadcast satellites near mid-1970s use.
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Vienna
U.S. Communications Satellite Corp
Joseph V. Charyk
Comsat
U.N
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Charyk
United States
Paris
Surgeon general task force urges stronger anti smoking campaign
A surgeon general's task force on smoking urged tougher action citing serious health hazards to a large population. It criticized the tobacco industry's public relations push to cast doubt on evidence of harm and called for tighter cigarette advertising restrictions and better school instruction on smoking consequences.
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Jack Miller
Associated Press
Washington
Tobacco Institute
Lnstead
Public Health Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mastodon Skeleton Found In Peat Humus
A five member team from the William Penn Memorial Museum Harrisburg is recovering what may be Pennsylvania's first complete mastodon skeleton. The find near Marshalls Creek was made July 5 by John W. Leap and Paul Strausser. The specimen is described as a young adult 9 000 years old in excellent condition.
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Marshalls Creek
William Penn Memorial Museum
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Albert Mehrin
State Museum
Here
John W. Leap
Lakeside Peat Humus Co
Paul Strausser
James Yolton
Upsala College
Donald Hoff
Hoff
Greek regime cites deserter confession in assassination plot
Athens reports 29-year-old army deserter Alexander Panagoulis confessed to trying to kill Premier George Papadopoulos after a Paris meeting with leftist Andreas Papandreou. Officials claim Panagoulis led police to planned targets while a bomb blast injured none in central Athens.
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Chris Eliou
Associated Press
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Paris
Andreas Papandreou
Byron Stamatopoulos
Stamatopoulos
Alexander Panagoulis
Panagoulis
Papandreou
Barron Denied New Trial After Somerset Robbery Verdict
Barron, convicted Feb 27 of aggravated robbery burglary larceny and receiving stolen property, had a new trial motion denied by Judge Thomas F Lansberry. His attorney J Caram Abood argued after conviction for the $10 000 life savings theft from Harry Romesburg of Somerset on Sept 8 1967. A motion in arrest of judgment was also denied and Barron is to appear for sentencing when called by the District Attorney.
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Fred Ellis Barron
Thomas F. Lansberry
J. Caram Abood
Barron
Harry Romesburg
Somerset
Assistance Monies Recovered in 1967 Across Pennsylvania
The State Department of Public Welfare reports 1967 public assistance recoveries of 80,287.33 in Somerset County, up from 78,128.46 in 1966. Major share, 72,606.10, came from voluntary repayments and liens. 7,681.23 from misstatements or nondisclosures. statewide total 6,254,163.70, an increase of 430,184.90.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Somerset County
Bedford County
Fayette County
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Somerset County Long Term Care Costs by Source and Status
May figures show 383 residents on long term institutional care costing 86 509 funded by state with federal aid and county money. 115 in county institutions include 97 medically needy at 13 851. 18 blind at 3 311. 199 in state mental hospital at 55 511. 69 in private nursing homes with 46 old age recipients at 9 166, 15 blind at 2 974, eight disabled at 1 696. County pays 6 229, state 23 823, federal 47 457.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Somerset County
Weather Outlook for Southwestern Pennsylvania
Variable cloudiness warm and humid with scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 65 to 73. High Saturday in the 80s. Sunday sunny and pleasant with a high in the 70s. Winds southwest 10 to 20 mph tonight and Saturday, higher gusts near storms, northwest 5 to 15 mph Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
Camp PARC Closes After Ninth Laurel Hill Session
Somerset County chapter of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children ends Camp PARC at Laurel Hill State Park after a week long session August 10 to Saturday. Twenty six children attended including several from Cambria County with staff led by Rev. Robert Callihan and Ted Wilkins.
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Laurel Hill State Park
Somerset
Pennsylvania Association For
Somerset County
Cambria County
Camp Parc
Robert Callihan
Hollsopple
Ted Wilkins
Lila Hershberger
Debra Kerr
Deborah Leaf
Linda Lehman
Roberta Miller
Linda Wisor
John Marone
Roy Miller
Richard Rhode
Ted Risch
Dan Rullo
Jim Shank
William Shank
Joe Thrash
Phil Troska
Ruth Horner
Mamie Donie
Florence Conn
Ruth Shank
Judy Saylor
Nancy Miller
Carol Henry
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Mexico City
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AP Aerospace
International Telecommunications Consortium
Nicholas Nicolaidis
Center Union Party
Italy
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Greece
Vietnam
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Rome
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