Boxing Greats Visit Somerset for Scout Fund Drive
Boxing legends Rocky Marciano Joe Louis and Billy Conn attended a Boy Scouts of America dinner in Somerset County hosted by Judge Thomas F. Lansberry at the White Star Inn. The trio urged support for boxing clubs as a factor in the sport's decline, with Louis praising Conn as his toughest opponent and recalling their early Louis Conn battles.
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Somerset County
Boy Scouts of America
Rocky Marciano
Boy Scouts
Rocky
Brown
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Thomas F. Lansberry
White Star Inn
South County
Robert E. Peary
New York City
Billy
Pittsburgh
Conn
Lansberry
County Commission
Dwane Ringer
Mickey Bodes
Johnson and Khan End Major Far Ranging Talks
Washington AP report states President Johnson and Pakistani President Ayub Khan completed two days of discussions with an agreement to directly engage on common interests in the future. Moyers noted improved communications, while noting no agreement on resuming large scale U S aid tied to the Kashmir conflict. The leaders issued a brief communique calling for peaceful resolution of India Pakistan differences and discussed Southeast Asia stability.
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Washington
Johnson
Mohammed Ayub Khan
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
U.S
Pakistan
India
Kashmir
Altaf Gauhaur
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ayub
Viet Nam
China
Cologne
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Southeast Asia
U S Expands War To Haiphong Power Plant
In Saigon, U S jet pilots targeted the Uong Bi steam power station near Haiphong, claiming a direct hit and multiple secondary explosions. The raid, part of broader actions, left the plant rubble while officials cautioned on its broader political impact.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi Haiphong
Uong Bi
Haiphong
Washington
State
Defense Department
United States
Ia Drang Valley
National Liberation Front
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Cloudy and cool Thursday with occasional very light rain or snow. High near 40. Friday remains cloudy and cold with occasional snow flurries.
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Pennsylvania
Rep Whalley to Undergo Gall Bladder Operation
Irving Whalley of Windber Pennsylvania representative of the 12th Congressional District was admitted to Walter Reed Army Hospital Washington. The Associated Press report says he will probably have a gall bladder operation, expected to be performed Friday. Whalley recently returned from a trip to Vietnam Pakistan and other countries as part of a congressional delegation.
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Irving Whalley
Windber
Congressional
Dstrict
Pennsylvania
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Associated Press
Whalley
Vietnam
Pakistan
Congress
Rendezvous Mission Perfect Gemini Six To Splashdown Today
Four U S astronauts achieved a historic rendezvous in space as Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 came within 10 feet during a five hour, 185 mile high formation above the Pacific. Schirra and Stafford extended the chase to a six hour loop before Gemini 6 aimed for an Atlantic splashdown at 10 29 a m EST Thursday, while Gemini 7 planned return on Saturday.
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Gemini 7
James A. Lovell Jr
Frank Borman
Pacific Ocean
Gemini 6
Walter M Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Stafford
Earth
Atlantic
Gemini G
United States
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Borman
Lovell
U S Warns Of Chinese Nuclear Threat To NATO
The United States warned NATO ministers that China aims to stockpile medium range nuclear weapons within two years and possibly intercontinental missiles within ten. McNamara urged allies to plan now to meet the shifting threat as Beijing expands its nuclear and conventional forces and seeks influence in Asia Africa and Latin America.
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Paris
United States
Red
China
McNamara
Defense and Finance
Peking
Soviet Union
Asia
Africa
Latin America
NATO
Congo
Cuba
Space Talk Gemini Face to Face in Space Meeting
At NASA's Manned Space Center Houston two crews of Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 conducted history’s first in-space rendezvous. Schirra and Lovell exchanged light banter while reporting visibility and proximity as the craft passed within view.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Frank Borman
Schirra
Cmdr
James A. Lovell Jr
Lovell
Frank
Wally
Control Over Electricity Asked By FPC
Washington AP reports Federal Power Commission Chairman Joseph Swidler urged Congress to grant the agency broader authority to regulate the electric industry arguing for connected power grids and pools to prevent large scale blackouts. Rep. Oren Harris questioned the plan citing sabotage risks and chain reaction failures in a Northeast blackout. Swidler defended stronger grids and uniform standards through FPC powers.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Joseph C. Swidler
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Harris
House Group
Swidler
Northeast
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Kahn
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Kraft
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Moon
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Sup
Britain
Holland
Norway
Rusk
Namara
Red China
Brown Bomber
Clay
Jack Dempsey
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