Death Toll Rising After Camille Ravages Gulf Coast
Hurricane Camille leaves Mississippi Gulf Coast counting victims. Seabees recover about 100 bodies in Pass Christian with 45 found by crews and 55 more by other agencies. Toll expected to exceed 300 in Mississippi. totals across states include 230 in Mississippi, 10 in Louisiana, 3 in Cuba, and 40 in Virginia and West Virginia. National and local officials coordinate casualty tallies amid damaged communications and widespread debris. Water systems in Pascagoula Biloxi Ocean Springs declared safe and typhoid vaccine offered.
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Gulfport
Miss
Gulf Coast
Pass Christian
Mississippi
New Orleans
William Macklem
The
Seabees
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Cuba
Virginia
West Virginia
Williams
Red Cross
Frank Wiggul
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Menno Yoder Wins Somerset County Horseshoe Contest
Menno L Yoder of 8 Salisbury St Meyersdale won the annual horseshoe pitching contest at the Somerset County Fair with mostly ringers. He collected $25, his third win after 1967 and 1965. Second was David Suder Meyersdale RD 2 with $1. third Calvin Hoover Rockwood $10. fourth Charles Noon Jerome Ave Jerome $5. Sixteen contestants competed. prizes funded by First National Bank of Garrett.
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Menno L. Yoder
Salisbury St
Meyersdale
Somerset County Fair
Yoder
Bedford County Fair
David Suder
Meyersdale RD
Charles Noon
Jerome Avenue
Jerome
Clifford Harbaugh
Paul Gary
Rockwood
Gary
Jesse Smith
Larry Ludy
Joe Salko
Dick Pitzer
Calvin Kline
Elmer Cone
First National Bank of Garrett
Charles A. Merill
Ed Snyder
Robert Brant
Robert W. Decker
Garrett
Autopsy Hearing Postponed in Kopechne Case
Luzerne County judge postponed a Monday autopsy hearing for Mary Jo Kopechne, victim of the car crash involving Senator Edward Kennedy. President Judge Bernard C. Brominski met privately with officials for 40 minutes before announcing the delay.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Luzerne County
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Defense Chief Announces $3 Billion Spending Cut
Secretary Melvin Laird outlined a $3 billion reduction trimming the armed forces by more than 100 000 personnel and 100 ships. He warned of weakened U S worldwide posture though denying ties to Vietnam troop withdrawals. The Navy loses ships, the Army faces $500 million non Vietnam cuts, and Air Force training hours drop 300 000.
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Bob Horton Washington
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Laird
Pentagon
Vietnam
Navy
New Jersey
Battlewagon
United States
North Vietnam
Air Force
12000 Miners Idle as Wildcat Strike Expands in Two States
About 12 000 miners remained idle after a wildcat strike halted 35 major mines in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Only one of 17 large Pennsylvania mines operated. many West Virginia mines also closed. UMW District 31 leaders met with Christopher Coal Co officials without resolution. A federal hearing is set on a U S Steel damage suit claiming daily coal losses and potential plant closures if the strike lasts.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Greene, Fayette
Washington
Harrison
Marion
Monongalia
Rant and Barbour
Leonard J. Pankovich
United Mine Workers District 31
International Union
Christopher Coal Co
Christopher Mince
Steel
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Republic Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corps
Democratic candidate talks on youth at Somerset luncheon
Dean Louis L. Manderino, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Supreme Court, spoke to lawyers at a Somerset County Democratic Committee luncheon at the Holiday Inn. He urged understanding hearings for youth, linking due process to teen anxieties and noting most campuses had no riots.
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Louis L. Manderino
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Somerset County Democratic Committee
Holiday Inn
Manderino
Law School
Duquesne University School of Law
Monessen Public Schools
St. Vincent College
Harvard Law School
State Supreme Court
Center Left
Somerset
Simon K. Uhl
Somerset County
Paul A. Stephens
Tavio Angelo
Pleasant Weekend Weather in Western Pennsylvania
Sunny and pleasant Friday and Saturday with clear cool Friday night lows mid to upper 40s. Saturday will be warmer with Friday highs in the mid to upper 70s and light variable winds under ten mph.
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Pennsylvania
State Poultry Queen To End Reign Sunday
Gale Romesberg of Berlin completes a year as Pennsylvania Poultry Queen at the Hershey Poultry Festival and Pennsylvania Dutch Days. She promoted poultry, spoke at events in Harrisburg and across the state, and returns to Shippensburg State College for her senior year.
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Gale Romesberg
Berlin RD 4
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Roy Romesberg
Romesberg
Harrisburg
Neppco
North Eastern Poultry Producers’ Council
Governor Shafer
Poultry Federation
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Somerset County
Meyersdale
Indiana
Butler
Agway of
Somerset
Linda Diane Gregg
Gov and Catholic Group Oppose Public Employes Bill
Harrisburg officials and the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference joined in opposing a House measure granting public employees and workers in nonprofit groups the right to strike. Deputy Atty. Gen. Lane argued the strike clause risks public health and welfare, while the Catholic statement warned the bill could apply to religious staff and institutions. Lane urged a Senate bill with non strike protections and noted a constitutional issue in requiring venues to raise revenues via binding arbitration.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference
Thomas H. Lane
Senate
State Government Committee
Lane
Catholic Conference
Hickman Commission
Pennsylvania
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Jack Stillman
Associated Press
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National Civil Defense
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Camille
Menno Yoder
Lee Menno Yoder
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Defense Department
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Nathaniel Barbera
Penn State
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Somerset Area High School
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