14 Dec 1964
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Newspaper
Somerset Daily American
Location
Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
1
A Komsomolskaya Pravda feature printed a youth's antiwar stance and letters showing official concern about the Soviet younger generation. Writers questioned calling American GIs enemies while others criticized censorship of jazz and Western culture. Officials responded to sustain control and calm.
At Belgrade, President Tito urged youth loyalty to socialism amid concern they favor money over ideology. Rankovic cited youth share dropping from 23.6 to 13.6 percent since 1958 and warned of a widening gap between intellectual and working class youth. Tito noted most youth remain loyal but warned of negative trends and economic disparities shaping attitudes.
The State Department of Public Welfare reports $18,000 spent on Purchased Hospital Care for 168 Somerset County residents under age 65 in October. Of the total 79 received direct cash grants and 89 via vendor payments to facilities.
Pat Mulloy, 74, lost false teeth four years ago and a Glasgow doctor located them lodged in his throat. Mulloy recalled throat pain, unaware the teeth remained inside.
A truck rigged with a gas balloon device exploded outside the Negro First Baptist Church in Montgomery. Three white men were arrested and charged with setting off explosives in or near an inhabited building. Names: Henry Alexander, James White, Donald Landers.
The Electoral College will meet Monday to cast the formal vote for president. Voters chose 538 electors in November. Johnson is forecast to win about 486 votes to 52 for Republican Barry Goldwater.
New York AP Ernesto Guevara Cuban minister of industry urged closer economic ties with the United States amid protests by about 150 anti Castro Cuban refugees who shouted assassin at him outside a television studio. He said Cuba would accept no conditions for resuming normal relations and could import spare parts directly to its plants. Governor Rockefeller spoke to refugees in Spanish and offered sympathy.
North Pole Alaska residents call Santa Claus the town mayor and postmaster Don Miller reads 300000 letters yearly from children worldwide. Miller has served native Alaskan villages since 1949 and answers many letters, aided by his wife and three children. The story notes the town adopted its post mark ten years ago. The bill amounts to 75 dollars.
A U S paratroop transport, likely on a secret mission, crashed into Son Tra Mountain near Da Nang after takeoff in fog. Thirty Vietnamese Special Forces, two U S advisors, and 36 Vietnamese died. Two American officers are named among the dead. The crash ends a high risk, covert training operation linked to counterguerrilla efforts.
In Norton Massachusetts a 31 year old mother Mrs Richard L Berg and her sons Lawrice 6 and George 5 drowned when they fell through Barrowsville Pond ice while she tried to save them. A neighbor Joseph Cabral held Mrs Berg then fell in and was rescued by Crawford Archer who was later hospitalized for exposure alongside three firemen and another neighbor.
Generally fair and colder conditions prevail in western Pennsylvania Monday with highs around 32 to 40. Cloudy skies bring snow flurries Monday night and Tuesday with cooler lows from 15 to 25.
The body of 57 year old Charleroi area hunter Frank A C Yoho was found Sunday morning in Black Two after an intensive search begun Saturday night. Coroner Robert H Halverson said it appears a heart attack caused his death with no sign of struggle. The search involved 207 volunteers from five fire companies, Civil Air Patrol, jeep club members and radio clubs, aided by planes and jeeps.
State police reported a 3:15 p.m. Saturday accident on Route 601 Jenner Two involving David H. Reffner and Wayne R. Brennan. Reffner, 21, tried to turn left into a driveway and was rear ended. Brennan, 44, attempted to pass on the right but struck the other car. Damage valued at $300 and $400 respectively.
Pittsburgh AP reports basic steel contract talks start with preliminary sessions Monday and Tuesday. Formal bargaining begins Tuesday afternoon after union leaders meeting with company heads. If no agreement by May 1 the union may strike, giving 4 1/2 months to negotiate.
Los Angeles AP report says film actor William Bendix 58 is critically ill with pneumonia at Good Samaritan Hospital after a year touring in the road show Never Too Late. His wife Tess and daughters Stephanie Lorraine are at his side.
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