Viet Cong battle near Ba Dua halted by allied air bursts
Four U S Army advisers requested air burst shells that rained on Viet Cong attackers at Ba Dua in the Mekong Delta saving the hamlet. The clash left 12 Vietnamese dead and 19 wounded, with Viet Cong losses over 300 killed in the week alongside American casualties and missing.
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BA Dua
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Saigon
Cape Ca Mau
Gulf of Siam
U.S
Africans denounce U S action in Congo rescue mission
At the United Nations African foreign ministers Ousman Ba of Mali and Louis Lansana Beavogui of Guinea accused the United States and Belgium of bias against blacks over the Stanleyville rescue. They called for a Congo ministerial meeting in New York next Tuesday under the African Unity banner and cited past assassinations and crashes linked to Western leaders. Belgian paratroopers rescued about 1,700 whites in U.S. planes, with about 80 killed by rebels.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
Belgium
Stanleyville
Ousman Ba
Mali
Security Council
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
John Kennedy
Louis Lansana Beavogui
Guinea
West
Congo
New York
Organization of African Unity
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Lumumba
Katanga
Hammarskjed
U.N
Ndola
Rhodesia
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Council
Moise Tshombe
Algeria
Ghana
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
Paul-Henri Spaak
Tshombe
U.S
Six FFA Members to Receive Keystone Farmer Degree
Six Somerset County FFA boys will receive the Keystone Farmer Degree at the Forum in the Education Building Harrisburg January 13 1965. Recipients are James K Will Berlin RD 2 John J Will New Baltimore Brothersvalley FFA Chapter Werry Ream Markleton RD 1 Larry Saylor Rockwood RD 2 Rockwood FFA Chapter Rodney Barkley Somerset RD 6 and Russell Beam Somerset RD 3 Somerset FFA Chapter. The award is presented by J C Fink State Advisor. James K Will had the highest score of Region IV applicants and is the 1965 Star Farmer of Region IV. Region IV counties listed.
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Harrisburg
FFA
Somerset County
James K. Will
Berlin
John J. Will
New Baltimore
Brothersvalley
Werry Ream
Markleton
Larry Saylor
Rockwood
Rodney Barkley
Somerset
Russell Beam
Somerset Ffa
J. C. Fink
Association of Pennsylvania
Future Farmers of America
Berlin RD
Westmoreland
Indiana
Cambria
Washington
Greene, Fayette
Lawrence
Butler
Beaver
Western Pennsylvania Cloudy and Warmer With Rain Friday
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania. Friday will be cloudy and warmer with rain starting west portion Friday morning and spreading east by afternoon. highs 42 to 53. Rain and mild Friday night with lows 40 to 48. Saturday expects occasional light rain and mild conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Jobless Rate Up Slightly in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's unemployment fell to 4.7 percent in November, the lowest for any November since 1952, with 214000 people jobless. A slight seasonal rise from October 197000 unemployed is noted, while 294000 were unemployed in November 1963.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Employment Security
Breath Causes Flames as Man Blows Out Candles
London AP report says a man’s breath repeatedly caught fire when blowing out altar candles. Dr Stephen Power of the Royal Homeopathic Hospital in London explains the hazardous breath stemmed from gas buildup due to a duodenal ulcer. After surgery the parson could perform duties more decorously.
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London
British Medical Journal
Stephen Power
Royal Homeopathic Hospital
Power
Five Somerset accidents cause $800 in damages
Four crashes in Somerset on Wednesday and Thursday totaled about $800 in damage. Eugene Stayrock Jr. and Mary Hoff man collided on W Union Street. Lois Houpt and Nat Morocoo wrecked at S Center Avenue and W Church Street. Ann Tedford hit a utility pole on Route 219 at Route 31. Police logged two additional minor fender benders.
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Somerset
Eugene R. Stayrock Jr
Fuller St
W. Union Street
Mary E. Hoffman
RD 2
Hoffman Auto
Stayrock
S. Center Avenue
W. Church Street
Lois J. Houpt
RD 1
Nat Morocco
W. Church St
Morocco
Ann S. Tedford
Deal St
Duke of Windsor to undergo arterial surgery in Houston
The Duke of Windsor will enter Methodist Hospital in Houston on Monday for arterial surgery. Dr Michael de Bakey of Baylor University will perform the operation. Details on the ailment and duration of his trouble were not disclosed.
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New York
Duke of Windsor
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Tex
Michael de Bakey
Baylor University’s College of Medicine
Edward VIII of
England
Titan 3A rocket earns first complete test success in space
Cape Kennedy reports the Titan 3A marked its first fully successful flight with a third stage spinning into orbit and a satellite released. Brig. Gen. Joseph S. Bleymaier praised the result as affirming system confidence while NASA prepares an Atlas-Centaur orbital test for Friday.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Air Force
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Surveyor
Joseph S. Bleymaier
Trial Wraps Up For Nightingale Bond Case in Pittsburgh
AP reports closing arguments to follow in a $54 000 U S bond fraud trial in U S District Court Pittsburgh The defense won a count dismissal as Judge Rosenberg ruled the government failed to prove Nightingale impersonated bond owners The defense argued Nightingale represented co defendant Frank Stringi when using the loan to open a checking account in Stringi s name
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Pittsburgh
U.S
U.S. District Court
Vincent M. Casey
Ernest Nightingale
Garrett
Somerset County
Nightingale
Louis Rosenberg
Casey
Frank Stringi
Beechview
Stringi
Windber woman sues rink owner after January injury
Pauline Spickler and husband Glenn sue Laurence Murphy of Windber Recreation Hall alleging negligence at a roller rink caused Pauline a fractured left arm. The complaint seeks damages over $10,000 for Pauline and a similar sum for Glenn for loss of his wife’s services and companionship. Pauline was reportedly knocked down by two rowdy patrons while at the rink edge on January 3 and remains in a cast after four hospital visits.
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Windber
Pauline
Glenn Spickler
9Th St
Laurence P. Murphy
Windber Recreation Hall
Spickler
Murphy
Jagan Refuses to Resign Amid Election Dispute
Premier Cheddi Jagan said he will not resign after a disputed election in British Guiana. He claimed fraud in the vote that left his party short of a majority and warned the British government must force him out.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Peoples Progressive Party
Richard Luyt
Jagan
Luyt
Forbes Burnham
People’s National Congress
Burnham
Congress
Peter D’aguiar
United Force
D’aguiar
Cuba
Justice Bureau To Go To Grand Jury
A U S commissioner dismissed charges against 19 white men in the Neshoba County slayings and ordered bonds refunded. The Justice Department will present evidence to a federal grand jury, with potential action by U.S. District Judge Harold Cox. The arrests followed the discovery of the bodies of Michael Schwerner James Chaney and Andrew Goodman.
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Meridian
Miss
U.S
Neshoba
Justice Department
Esther Carter
FBI
Robert Owen
Miss Carter
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
Jackson
Ku Klux Klan
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Philadelphia
Mars Rocket's Course Excellent For Photos
Mars 4 should pass within excellent distance for photos on its seven month voyage to Mars. Weathered by meteorite streams and Canopus guiding-star fixes, the 575 pound craft aims to image Martian features down to 1.2 miles.
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Mars
Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Mariner 4
Moon
King Accepts Nobel Peace Prize for Civil Rights Movement
Dr Martin Luther King Jr, 35, won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He dedicated the award to the civil rights movement and pledged to use the cash prize to further the fight against racial injustice. He cited Birmingham and Philadelphia as brutal chapters and affirmed nonviolence as the path to justice.
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Oslo
Norway
Martin Luther King Jr
Olav
Harald
Stockholm
Sweden
King
Gunnar Jahn
Nobel Committee
United States of America
Birmingham
Ala
Philadelphia
Miss
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Robert C. Johnston
Greensburg, Pa
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Cole B. Whaley Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
7Th Division
John F. Odell
Reidsville
N.C
Gary
Ind
Richard S. Kaplan
African Nationship
U.S. Action
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Titan Rocket
Defense Department
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Justice Bureau
Project
Dan Schneiderman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Los Angeles
Yankee Stadium
Dr. King
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