Riots in Somaliland as De Gaulle Faced Independence Demands
Angry crowds demanded independence from France in Djibouti's Somaliland and clashed with police and troops at Place Lagarde. Two people were killed and many were injured. De Gaulle postponed a square speech, then spoke to the Territorial Assembly and warned about global dangers of war in Viet Nam.
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Djibouti
French Somaliland
France
Place Lagarde
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Territorial Assembly
Africa
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Fifty-Seven Tractor Contest Winners Crown County Fair
Fifty-seven tractors with up to 12 000 pounds pulled weights at the County Fair grounds in a multi class contest. Winners include Louis Maust John Deer 1020 Frank James John Deer 2020 Merle Barron Oliver 1550 Larry Saylor John Deer 3020 William Merrill Farmall 5600 Elwood O Bri an Melvin Hetz John Deer 4020 Lee Emerick Farmall 806 with distances from 154 to 275 feet.
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Louis E. Maust
John Deer
Frank James
Merle Barron
Oliver 1550
Larry Saylor
William Merrill
Farmall
Elwood O’brian
Melvin Hetz
Lee Emerick
Guards Dissolve Non Communist Parties
Tokyo AP report says young Red Guards in Peking ordered all non Communist parties to dissolve, first the Democratic League, once influential, then the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang. The move aims to purge opponents of Mao Zedong while constitutional guarantees for party existence fade.
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Tokyo
Red Guards
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Red China
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
China Democratic National Construction Association
China Association For Promoting Democracy
Chinese Peasants and Workers ‘Democratic Party
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
China Chih Kung Party
Chiu San Society
Democratic League
Kuomintang Committee
Tsai Tingkai
Chang Chien
Northwestern and Southwest Pennsylvania Sunny and Warmer
Weather outlook for Northwestern and Southwestern Pennsylvania calls for sunny skies and rising temperatures into the weekend. Saturday is expected to reach the mid to upper 70s with gradual warming continuing into Sunday. Targeted highs around 76 degrees are anticipated on Saturday.
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Pennsylvania
Lunar Orbiter detects pear shaped moon in flight
NASA reporters say the Moon is slightly pear shaped with a bulge at the north pole and a dip at the south pole, each about a quarter of a mile, plus a smaller bulge midrange. Gravity appears close to the expected one sixth of Earth’s.
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Lunar Orbiter
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shafer Pledges Highway Plan To Aid Farmers In Pa
Lt Gov Raymond P Shafer pledged a two part program to aid farmers by improving transportation. He called for a survey of Pinchot roads used by school buses and a broad resurfacing and widening effort. Pennsylvania must have good roads to move products to market swiftly. In Washington, Pennsylvania's senators voted with the majority as the Senate passed the minimum wage bill 57 to 17.
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Shafer
Belleville
Raymond P Shafer
Mifflin County
Pennsylvania
Washington
Hugh Scott
Joseph S. Clark
Senate
Scranton's Saturday Schedule in Windber and Johnstown
Harrisburg AP reports Governor Scranton visits Pennsylvania towns on Saturday. He will arrive at Johnstown Airport at 4 p.m. and attend a reception at Windber Country Club at 4 15 p.m. A 6 p.m. barbecue is planned at Windber Recreation Park.
Talent Show Brightens Somerset Fair With Wide Variety
The Somerset County talent show drew 6000 to the fairground last night. Karen Boger Meyersdale won with My Fair Lady medley, while Robert Fisher Garrett placed second with How Great Thou Art. Third went to Douglas Weicht Somerset on piano. Consolation prize went to Melodiaires from Somerset. Guest artists included Highland Folk Singers Two Tones Al Homburg and Cordial Fours. Royalty guests and a flag presentation to J Irving Whalley marked the event.
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Somerset County
Fairground
Karen Boger
Meyersdale
Robert Fisher
Garrett
Douglas Weicht
Somerset
The
Melodiaires
Beth Morocco
Nancy Miller
Jane Neilan
Kathy McClintock
Highland Folk Singers
Two Tones
Springs
al Homburg
Cumberland
Cordial Fours
Debbie Bittner
Berlin
Donna Mosteller
Friedens
Joyce Boyer
Stoystown
Gary Engle
Falcons
Carmichael
Diane Pasquale
Jackie Lafferty
Gary DeVoe
Debbie Brown
Rebecca Philson
Maple Valley Park
Vicki Stoner
Laurel Highlands
Suzanne Commons
Paula Werner Maple
George Foy
J. Irving Whalley
Whalley
George S. Fisher
John Gnagey
Elaine Mercer
Pittsburgh
Don Schadler
Senate approves wage bill expanding coverage to millions
The Senate passed a measure raising the minimum from 1.25 to 1.60 an hour, covering about 7 million more workers. The vote was 57 to 17 and the bill heads to conference with the House, with the 1968 effective date urged by President Johnson.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Afl-Cio
House
Ralph W. Yarborough
Dtex
World Journal Tribune Nears Tentative Labor Pact
World Journal Tribune Inc and the AFL CIO Pressmen's Union reached a tentative contract settling a four month stalemate. Affected workers vote Sunday on the agreement with possible publication of a new afternoon daily and Sunday World Journal Tribune after Labor Day weekend.
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Arthur Everett
NEW York
The
World Journal Tribune Inc
Pressmen’s Union
Manhattan
Matt Meyer
World Journal Tribune
Daily
Sunday
Post
Sunday Times
Sunday News
Aflcio Pressmen
Sunday News and Times
Meyer
Second Allegheny Mountain Tunnel Opens to Relieve Turnpike Traffic
Harrisburg reports a second tunnel through Allegheny Mountain to ease Pennsylvania Turnpike congestion. The $4 million tunnel opened after midnight, joining the $12 million previous tunnel now in use for 17 months. Renovations included $319,000 lighting, $97,950 ventilation, and a $3.46 million contract for old-tunnel rehab. The project, designed by Michael Baker Jr., advances a broader $100 million modernization plan with new four-lane sections and future tunnels toward the Ohio border.
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Harrisburg
Allegheny Mountain
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Turnpike
Latrobe Road Construction, Inc
Nager Electric Company
Mid-Atlantic
Bayley Blower Company
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Michael Baker, Jr
Rochester
Beaver County
Laurel Hill
Ohio
Ray’s Hill
Tuscarora
Kittatinny
Blue Mountains
Dideling Hill
Irwin Hotel in Irwin Burns in Large Early 1900s Fire
The historic Jacktown Hotel dating to wagon era era lay in ruins after a Thursday fire about 11 30 a m. Damages estimated at 500000. An annex collapsed within 30 minutes as flames consumed the interior and firefighters from multiple towns battled the blaze using a bubble machine and pool water. Salvation Army relief units aided at the scene.
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Jacktown
Irwin
Circleville
Artford Heights Larimer
Hahntown
Irwin Greensburg
McKeesport
Greensburg
Salvation Army
Jeannette
North Huntingdon
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Dale Glessner
Ken Saylor
Gerald Kennell
Harold Hay
Dillion Gnngey
Edwin Yoder
Lloyd Zehner
Dale Brant
Leonard Miller
Dale Hersch
Homer Boger
John Popovich
W. Buttler
Gerald McLaughlin
John Edward Hay
Floyd Hoffman
Clifford J. Knepper
Robert Stahl
Leon Knepper
Harry Broadwater
James Ceary
Lewis Berkley
Earl Croner
Alton Hoffman
Carl Flamm
Debbert Valentine
John Saylor
William Ringler
Ezra Yoder
James Brant
Paul Lohr
Clyde Platt
Earl Schrock
An Olen Magruder
Milton Hershberger
Dillion Gnagey
Beachey Brothers
Matt Luce
Calvin Will
John W. Croner
Louis Sredy
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Raymond Shafer
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