Peking Mob Burns British Embassy Chancery
A Peking mob burned the British Embassy chancery in Peking injuring some British staff. Britain placed Chinese diplomatic personnel in Britain under house arrest as tensions rose over Hong Kong food supplies. Police guarded the London legation as London and Peking exchanged warnings and responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischke
London
Chancery
Foreign Office
Peking
Britain
Hong Kong
Red China
Scotland Yard
Tammies Head to Boston for 1967 Legion Parade
Somerset’s Tam O Shanter baton and bagpipe corps depart Saturday Aug 26 on three chartered buses at 7 a.m. to participate in the National American Legion Convention Parade in Boston Mass. They stay at the Preston Beach Motor Inn Swampscott and will watch finals at Fenway Park before the Monday parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
American Legion
Boston
Mass
Preston Beach Motor Inn
Swampscott
Pennsylvania
Fenway Park
Boston Commons
Dairy Judging Features Somerset County Fair
The second day of Somerset County Fair activities wrapped with dairy judging led by County agent John Holbert. Holstein classes opened with Ellen Shultz earning junior champion, Calvin M Will’s three year old claiming both senior and grand champion female in open Holstein. Dennis Hay won 4-H grand champion, while David Shaffer earned FFA grand champion. Guernsey judging saw Mary Ellen Minerd’s junior calf named junior champion female and Harold Work’s three-year-old took senior and grand champion female in reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
John Holbert
Bedford County
Ellen Shultz
Berlin
R.D
Calvin M. Will
R. D
Dennis Hay
FFA
David Shaffer
Guernsey
Mary Ellen Minerd
Rockwood
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and cool to start the week with a mild midweek. Highs reach the upper sixties to mid seventies on Wednesday and stay in the seventies Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New Industry To Locate In Berlin
The Pittsburgh Culligan Glass Company will locate in Berlin in the Fogle Cigar Factory building. Roy A. Culligan Jr of Pittsburgh leads the venture, with plans to move this week and begin operations immediately. About 25 workers are expected within the year, and an open house is planned in about 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Culligan Glass Company
Berlin
Somerset Development Council
Roy A. Culligan, Jr
Pittsburgh
Fogle Cigar Factory
South
House
Senate
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Byrnes
Treasury
Associated Press
Shade-Central City Schools Opening in August 1967
Shade-Central City Schools will open August 29 for the 1967 68 term with an in service for teachers the day before. Angelo Muro reports bus routes remain similar to last year with schedules posted at Knapps Grocery Hi Way Market Nassrallah Store Reitz School and Old Wilbur School. Total enrollment is expected at 1250 with 640 elementary and 610 secondary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade-Central City
Angelo Muro
Knapp’s
Hi-Way
Nassrallah
Reitz School
Old Wilbur School
Frank Severn
June Bock
Herbert Brubaker
David W. Cobaugh
Evelyn
Bombing supporters press case before Senate critics
Advocates of intensified bombing urged Senate critics to back air strikes against North Vietnam. Gen. John McConnell testified air power prevented a plan to cut South Vietnam in half and argued it limited American troop needs and costs. Senators urged strong targets while debates on policy continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
North Vietnam
John P. McConnell
Air Force
South Vietnam
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Vietnam
North
United States
McConnell
Subcommittee
John Stennis
Miss
U.S
China
Jack Miller
Iowa
Senate Armed Services Committee
Miller
Peace Party
Clifford P. Case
R.N.J
Johnson
South
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
McGee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Gulf of Tonkin
Aide To Carmichael Jailed For Sedition
George Washington Ware a Black Power aide to Stokely Carmichael was jailed in Nashville to await grand jury action on a Tennessee sedition charge. He posted a $10 000 bond and denied guilt while admitting he favored violence to gain Negro power. Ware 27 was arrested at the Liberation School for young Negroes where he showed as a teacher after returning from Cuba and faces passport revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Rawlins
Nashville
Tenn
George Washington Ware
Stokely Carmichael
Tennessee
Ware
Liberation School For Young
State Department
Cuba
Carmichael
U.S
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Woodruff
Liberation School
Charles Galbreath
Detroit Police Union Signs First Citywide Bargaining Pact
Detroit Mayor Je rome P. Cavanagh signed a landmark collective bargaining agreement with the Detroit Police Officers Association, covering noneconomic terms and arbitration for unresolved grievances. The pact, ratified by DPOA members and awaiting City Council approval, would run to June 30 next year with annual reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Palmer
Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Detroit Police Officers Association
Common Council
al Leggat
Ray Girardin
Leggat
Carl Parsell
Police Association
DPOA
Air Force Says Bombing Sets Back North Vietnam
US Air Force officers say intensified air strikes around Hanoi and along rail lines into Red China severely hamper North Vietnam's war capacity. They expect to continue raids despite mounting casualties and aircraft losses. Tass reports Hanoi attacked for the second day. no official U.S. comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Q. White
Saigon
US Air Force
Hanoi
Red China
North Vietnam
Tass
Somerset County Fair Moves Through Busy Midweek
Weather favors the Somerset County Fair in Meyersdale as dairy judging and county organization displays draw crowds. Wednesday features Children’s and Merchants’ Day with livestock judging at 9 a.m. and a 2:30 p.m. performance by The Great Parkers Circus. Thursday hosts Senior Citizen’s and Merchants’ Parade and events including a 2:30 p.m. Horse Pulling Contest and an 8 p.m. Farmers and High School Band Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Meyersdale
Parker
America
Washington and Wall Street push curb on tax free IDB financing
Washington and Wall Street seek to choke off tax free municipal development bonds used to fund private plant expansion. IDBs flood the market with large issues like Port of Astoria's $140 million loan to Warrenton aluminum plans, benefiting firms such as Yawata Iron and Steel. Critics say lost tax revenue totals tens of millions yearly. reforms unlikely before 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and Wall Street
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Washington and
Wall Street
Astoria
Ore
Warrenton
Yawata Iron and Steel Co
Japan
Treasury
Investment Bankers Association
Congress
White House
IDB
U.S. Treasury
Johnson
Mississippi
Helena
Ark
Cherokee
Ala
Nevada
Salisbury School Opens With New Schedule Anounced
Salisbury Elk Joint School District sets August 29 as first day with full schedule. High school adopts new times with tardy at 8 40 a m and dismissal at 3 11 p m. Bus routes unchanged and Grade 1 pupils from West Salisbury attend Springs School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury-Elk Joint
West Salisbury
Springs School
Salisbury
Elk Lick
County Institute
Charles R. Dunn
Robert Hoover
Bernard Liscik
Hugh Friend
Friendsville
Maryland
Patricia Butts
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Milksquirts 4-H
Jane Knepper
Jane
Ellen
Harold Wilson
George Brown
British Broadcasting Corp
Ded
Somerset County Fair
Shade
Central City
Lee Shade
By Jack Bell
Somerset County Development Council
Somerset Country Club
D. P. Clark
Development Council
Henry B. Reiley, Jr
Jobs For Tomorrow
Robert Romesberg
Douglas Smith
Hanoi-Haiphong
Farmers’ and High School
Idbs
James Panther
James Stevenson
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