Janet Lucas Crowned Rockwood Maple Princess
Janet Lucas daughter of Richard Lucas of 421 Broadway Street Rockwood won the Maple Princess title at Rockwood High School sponsored by the Rockwood Rotary Club. She received a bouquet and a $50 prize from Rotary president Walter Gardner. Escort was James Trimpey. Event hosted by Harold Shawman WVSC. Judges included Llora Mayer Earleena Teessler and Herman Bashore. Janet aims for a nursing career and participates in Future Nurses Club, Rohistat, church choir, and St Luke's Luther League. Her talent was a Marilyn as Chauffeur monologue.
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Jerry Truvel
Rockwood High School
Janet Lucas
Richard Lucas
Broadway Street
Rockwood
Rockwood Area
Miss Lucas
Walter Gardner
Rotary
Earleena Teessler
Grantsville
Maryland
Herman Basehore
Meyersdale Republican
St. Luke's Luther League
Lucas
Marilyn
Nancy Stoner
Johnson Meany address AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco
President Johnson vowed to exhaust every prospect for peace in South Vietnam while pledging to confront the Communist threat. Meany urged higher wages for underpaid workers and signaled support for a pay raise to 70 000 a year if approved, plus a minimum wage increase from 1.25 to 2 dollars.
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Meany
Johnson
Labor
United States
Afl-Cio
Congress
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Civilians Asked To Watch Sat Parade Of Patriots
Civilians invited to march in the Parade of Patriots in Somerset Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Meet at 2 p.m. at the high school. Marchers to show support for men in Vietnam and demonstrate American patriotism. Bands veterans civic groups also participate. Parade routes from East Main to the Diamond then Union to the borough lot where it ends. reviewing stand on the Diamond.
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Somerset
East Main
Center
Union
Mine Explodes On Convoy Near Saigon
A Viet Cong mine detonated under a U.S. troop convoy near Ben Cat twenty five miles north of Saigon injuring casualties on one truck. U.S. B52s bombed a red target near Saigon while raids expanded. heavy fighting and attacks persisted around Da Nang and Tam Phuoc as Pleiku battalies arrived and U.S. planes mounted the day’s strongest anti VC assault since February.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
America
Ben Cat
Binh Duong
da Nang
Tam Phuoc
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Peace Search To Precede Stepup Of Viet Nam War
President Johnson told AFL-CIO listeners that every peace option will be exhausted before hard steps in Vietnam. He ruled out bombing Hanoi and Haiphong for now, urged patience with peace talks, and defended U.S. resolve to defend freedom. He appealed for wage price stability and support for repealing Taft Hartley Section 14B, and announced aid moves for India plus upcoming talks with Wilson and Erhard.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Congress
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
U.S
India
Soviet reshuffle elevates Podgorny to president role
In Moscow, Anastas Mikoyan resigns the ceremonial Soviet president post after a leadership reshuffle. Nikolai Podgorny, age 62, becomes president while remaining a Presidium member and No 2 party secretary behind Brezhnev. Mikoyan cites health for partial retirement as Podgorny gains more foreign duties. A new top contender, Shelepin, is urged to focus on party work.
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Moscow
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Podgorny
Nikita Khrushchev
Ukraine
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Mikoyan
United Nations
Turkey
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Nikolai Shvernik
Presidium
Brezhnev
Anastas Mikoyan
Alexander N. Shelepin
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Shelepin
Secret Police
People’s Control
Kosygin
Committee of People's Control
Pavel Kovanov
Gemini 6 Craft Gets Go-Ahead For Early Blast-Off On Sunday
The Gemini 6 hunter spacecraft received a go ahead to launch Sunday from Cape Kennedy in an early attempt to meet Gemini 7 in orbit. Gemini 7 already completed 80 orbits, eclipsing a Soviet endurance record, while the two craft prepared for a near 6 hour chase and potential rendezvous.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
U.S
Air Force
Frank Borman
Borman
Valerie Bykovsky
Lovell
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini 6
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Schirra
Maj. Stafford
Weekend Western Pennsylvania Forecast Even with Clouds
Friday brings mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change and a high of 45 to 52 degrees. Saturday stays mostly cloudy and mild with a chance of scattered showers, highs around 45 to 50 degrees.
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Pennsylvania
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Washington
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Erhard
Henry
Bradsher
Committee For Party and State Control
Long
Supreme Soviet
Andrei A. Gromyko
James A. Lovell Jr
Arcturus
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Atlantic
Turnpike
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