Miss Gale Romesburg Named Pennsylvania Poultry Queen
Miss Gale Romesberg of Berlin RD 4 won the Pennsylvania Poultry Queen title at Hershey Park Bandshell, adding the Maple Queen crown to her honors. Runner up was Jo Ann Louise Pratt New Freedom RD 2. She will represent the Poultry Federation at events including the State Farm Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Romesberg
Berlin
Pennsylvania
Hershey Park
Romesberg
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
Mary Sachs, Inc
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Retailers Association
Pennsylvania Grocers Association
Kathlee Hickerwell
Newsmanstown RD
The
Poultry Federation
De Gaulle Disappointed By Soviet Moves In Prague Crisis
Paris reports President De Gaulle faces a setback to his detente strategy as the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia shocks European policy. Officials say France will not alter its political line but may rethink East German recognition and options about leaving NATO.
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Paris
Czechoslovakia
Charles de Gaulle
Prague
de Gaulle
Europe
Soviet Union
Western Europe
France
Gaulle
East
East Germany
Fugitives Captured After Jail Break In Pennsylvania
Three last escapees from Northumberland County Jail are arrested in Binghamton New York. Suspects Robert Pfeife Wallace Mitchell and William Ziefel identified with ages 39 27 27. Other escapees were captured earlier including Rene Greenwood Peter J Ryan Joseph P Sullivan Robert Lee Carr and Arthur Badman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury, Pa
Northumberland County
Binghamton
N.Y
New York
Shamokin
Robert Pfeife
Ithaca
Wallace Mitchell
William Ziefel
Pittsburgh
Pfeife
Mitchell
Ziefel
Robert Martz
Sunbury
Forksville
Sullivan County
Martz
Pennsylvania
Here
Peter J. Ryan
Ontario
Canada
Joseph P. Sullivan
Auburndale
Mass
Robert Lee Carr
Arthur Badman
Rene Greenwood
Los Angeles
Calif
Pleasant Two Day Outlook in Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania enjoys mostly sunny pleasant conditions on Monday and Tuesday with daytime highs in the 70s. Winds shift west at 10 to 20 mph Monday aiding a bright start to the work week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Musser Re-elected to Head Somerset Hospital Medical Staff
Dr. Harold E. Musser of Somerset is re-elected President of the medical and dental staff at Somerset Community Hospital. Also reelected are Vice President Dr. Arthur E. Orlidge and Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Jan R. J. deVries. Additional members join the Joint Conference Committee and 1968-69 staff appointments span active, associate, courtesy, honorary and consulting ranks across Somerset, Boswell, Jennerstown, Shanksville, Confluence, Mount Pleasant, Berlin, Norvell, Sipesville, Johnstown and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Musser
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Arthur E. Orlidge
Shanksville
Jan R.J. deVries
Boswell
Harold §. Hay
Robert V. Jacobs
Steven Y
G.P. Gourley
D.D.S
W.O. Hershey
D.S
G.W. Peiffer
D. D.S
S.G. Watterson
M.D
Selim el - Attrache
Mount Pleasant
J.L. Killius
P.L. K
Pope Paul VI Urges Help for Latin Poor on Return
Pope Paul VI, returning from a three day Colombia trip, urged aid for impoverished Latin Americans, calling them poor and laborious. Crowds greeted the papal party at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport as he spoke from Castel Gandolfo, praising the journey as happy and the world as the pope’s scope.
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Jose Torres
Associated Press
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pope Paul VI
Colombia
Latin America
Rome
Fiumicino
Bogota
Name New Manager For Coleman Plant
Cecil R. Boone named manager of The Coleman Company plant here succeeding James Howe who moved to the Outing Products Division. Boone has served since 1962 in roles from production foreman to plant manager at Cedar City Utah and Wichita facilities. He and his wife Velma have four daughters Myrna Lori Janet and Carolyn and two granddaughters.
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Cecil R. Boone
Coleman Company
James Howe
Outing Products
Boone
Coleman
Wichita
Cedar City
Utah
Velma
Myrna
Lori
Daugh
Janet Eager
Carolyn Eckhardt
Boone’s
Prince Charles to receive heightened security for investiture
Queen Elizabeth II requested extra Scotland Yard guards to shield Prince Charles amid threats by Welsh extremists ahead of his investiture as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle. Detective Inspector Jock Wilson will assist the Wales Chief Constable in securing the event.
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Lonon
Elizabeth II
Scotland Yard
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon Castle
Wales
Harold Wilson
Norman Lucas
Sunday Mirror
Wilson
Home Office
Britain
Secret Service
President Johnson
Czechoslovaks Resist Warsaw Pact Occupiers
Angry Czechoslovaks resisted Warsaw Pact forces in Prague with paint and radio broadcasts while occupation troops opened fire on vehicles. Reports said several were killed and clashes continued as authorities and underground networks pressed for withdrawal and faster Moscow talks.
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Prague
Moscow
Slovak Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Dubcek
Kremlin
London
Provocateurs
Democratic platform writers battle over Viet Nam plank
In Chicago the 22 member drafting committee struggles to finish domestic planks and avoid a Vietnam showdown. They aim to complete two thirds of domestic issues and none of the foreign section before Monday ahead of Hale Boggs presenting the 1968 platform to the Democratic National Convention and a potential floor fight on Vietnam. The kerner report conflict fuels delays as delegates face a possible Wednesday nomination clash.
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Chicago
Riots Commission
Vietnam
Hale Boggs
National Commission On Civil Disorders
Kerner
Otto Kerner
Illinois
New Retirement Law Sets Police Pension Plan in Pa
Somerset County towns will be able to provide police retirement via a new state administered system. A Municipal Employees Retirement Board will oversee the program with contributions from officers and benefits starting at age 55 based on the last five years pay. The act allows existing plans to join if 75 percent of members approve and guarantees credit for prior service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset American
Harrisburg
Somerset County
Municiple
Shafer
Criticism of Prime Minister Gandhi Hits Indian Parliament
Critics within India's Congress party assail Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after India abstained on a United Nations Security Council vote condemning the Soviet led occupation of Czechoslovakia. The move sparked uproar in Parliament with walkouts and sharp rebuke from party leaders, including Congress President Nijalingappa.
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Myron Belkind
New Delhi
India
U.N. Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Gandhi
U.N
Soviet Union
Congress
Sidhavanahalli Nijalingappa
Nijalingappa
Security Council
Five Injured In Two Car Crash West Of Somerset
Five people were injured Saturday in a two car collision on Route 31 eight miles west of Somerset. Robert H. Weister and Anita Taylor and her children Elizabeth James and Sharon were treated at Somerset Community Hospital after the Taylor auto, driven by James Taylor, struck Weister from behind and burst into flames. Both cars sustained about $3,200 damage.
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Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Robert H. Weister
New Kensington RD
Anita Taylor
Elizabeth
James
Sharon
James Taylor
Kane Road
Aliquippa
Weister
Taylor Auto
Security Tops At Demo Confab Says Dumbauld
Peter T. Dumbauld an alternate at large from Pennsylvania reports at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago that security is extreme. About 12,000 Chicago police on 12 hour shifts and 5,500 National Guardsmen at four armories guard the area around the Sherman House where the Pennsylvania delegation stays. He notes threats to halt proceedings and that Senator Eugene McCarthy is gaining strength among delegates with talk of a possible draft of President Johnson.
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Peter T. Dumbauld
Chicago
Dumbauld
Pennsylvania
Sherman House
Mr. Dumbauld
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Allied Defenders Hold Duc Lao Special Camp
Allied defenders at the Duc Lao Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border repelled an estimated 3000 enemy troops for a third day despite outnumbering forces. Lt Gen William Peers pledged to hold, as air power and reinforcements aided 15 Green Berets and Montagnard units amid ongoing bombardment and evacuations.
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Edwin
Associated Press
Saigon
Duc Lao
William Peers
South Vietnam
Friay
Due Lap
Joe Holloway
Holloway
Ban Me Thuot
Ramon C. Reed
Duc Lap
Major Yoder Helps Open New U S Army Hospital in Vietnam
Major Dolores E Yoder oversees operating room duties at the 400 bed 29th Evacuation Hospital near the Mekong Delta. The facility, built in under five months by 800 Vietnamese and American workers, features Quonset buildings with air conditioned surgery and X ray sections, a 500 man mess hall, power plant and self contained water and sewer systems.
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Saigon
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Roy J. Romesberg
Berlin- Brothersvalley High School
Shippensburg State College
Rainbow Girls
Colorado
Rural Electric
Washington
Miss Gale Romesberg
By Stephens Broenig
Musser
J.M. James
Hooversville
C.I. Shaffer
C. B. Korns
Sipesville
J.N. Arthur
W.L. Chapman
F.J. Gregg
J. Hamilton
E.M. Kent
P.J. Rosenthal
All of Pittsburgh
L.L. Trigiano
W.F. White
Johnstown
Pope Paul
Prince
By Michael R. Cdel
Peter Rehak
Stockholm
Mt. Klinovec
Slany
Zvolen
Vaclav Square
Svoboda
Martin
Antonin Novotny
Swift
Sterling F. Green
Yoder
Mekong River
U.S. Army 29Th
Army
29Th
Fort Devens
Republic
Vung Tau
Dolores E. Yoder
Owen H. Yoder
Berlin RD
Major Dolores E, Yoder
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