Drownings in Somerset County Raise Search Efforts
A Johnstown man aged 27 drowned in Lake Stonycreek after an afternoon boating trip with John Theys and Josephine Strenko. Sheriff Norman Walker oversaw a multi-community search with divers, boats, and floodlights. Strenko’s body remained missing at nightfall. The incident followed a prior drowning at Fun City Park pool near Somerset.
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Fred Clampitt
Johnstown
Stonycreek
Sheriff’s Department
Richard Strenko
Strenko
Josephine
John Theys
Goutier St
Corone
Robert Halverson
Norman Walker
Shanksville
Hooversville
Berlin
Schellsburg
Somerset Ferndale
Meyersdale
Somerset American
Richard White
YMCA
Paul Straub
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Wallace Mundell
Halverson
Walker
Lake Stonycreek
Johnson hosts 29 Pennsylvanians on Rural Electric Youth Day
President Johnson greeted 29 Pennsylvanians at a White House Rose Garden reception as part of Rural Electric Youth Day. The group, part of a five day capital visit by 600 youths from 17 states, were chosen for all expense paid trips after winning essay contests on rural electric system contributions. The listed Pennsylvanians include Donald Roy Trulick, Kitanning. Julia Ellen Reep, Petrolia. William Corbett, Clarion. Jan Kunselman, Tionesta. Sherry Resh, Grantsville. and others from across the state.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Association
Chicago
Dorothy Evans
Clearfield
Donald Whitaker
Curwensville
Sally Lines
DuBois
Dorothy Brink
Berwindale
Cheryl
Warmth Persists in Southwestern Pennsylvania Forecast
Mostly sunny and warm and humid conditions continue Thursday and Friday in Southwestern Pennsylvania. An isolated afternoon or evening thunder shower is possible. Highs Thursday reach 78 to 84 degrees. Friday lows fall to 58 to 65 degrees.
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Pennsylvania
Stock Market Falls Sharply On Rumor
NEW YORK AP A rumor rattled the skittish stock market Wednesday causing prices to slump sharply before a partial recovery and renewed decline. A report of President Johnson's heart attack was denied by health officials who said he was in perfect health after meeting Iowa business leaders.
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New York
Wall Street
Johnson
Iowa
New York Spock Exchange
Elston Grimm
Walston & Co
White House Explains Order Of US Action In Viet Nam
U S combat engineers landed at Cam Ranh Bay to build a base for possible large scale U S involvement in Vietnam. Two advisers were killed at Gia Bay as guerrillas overran a training center, with 158 Vietnamese troops killed or missing. A Marine sniper killed in Da Nang, while jets attacked Viet Cong targets in Quang Ngai. Officials reported the week ending Saturday saw 530 Americans killed, 710 wounded, and 635 missing or captured.
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White House
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
State Department
Gia Bay
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Tay Loc
U S Troops Might Aid Regimes If Asked In Viet Nam
The White House defined U S ground forces role in Vietnam as defensive with the option to assist Vietnamese units if requested by commanders. Westmoreland has discretionary authority to use troops in support when essential and reserves are unavailable to prevent Viet Cong gains.
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Washington
White House
U.S
George E. Reedy
Viet Nam
Reedy
State Department
Final Rounds Begin In 38th National Spelling Bee
Washington AP reports thirty youngsters advanced to the final rounds of the 38th National Spelling Bee after a day of tough tongue twisters such as millesimal flocculent and diluvial. Forty were eliminated on day one. Sixteen girls and 14 boys remain, with 13 year olds Kathleen Archdeacon of Chester PA and Nicky Harris of Youngstown OH earning second chances after apparent eliminations.
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Washington
Kathleen Archdeacon
Chester
Nicky Harris
Youngstown
Ohio
Colombia Faces Possible Dominican-Type Civil War Threat
Washington dispatch notes Colombia teetering on collapse amid political strife bandit violence and kidnappings. Financial crisis deepens as peso value drops and deficit nears 20 percent. Authorities fear a return to civil war or Communist takeover if order isn’t restored.
Mountain Boy’s revolt on reapportionment falters in Harrisburg
In a brief session the House refused a quorum call maneuver by Rep. Erwin L. Murray as Speaker Hamilton halted the tactic. The chamber advanced 39 bills but took no final action while considering measures on workers compensation, restoring a 4 percent sales tax, a Pitt budget increase, and outlawing canned heat with over four percent methyl.
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Harrisburg
Cameron County
Erwin L. Murray
Robert K. Hamilton
D-Beaver
Herbert Fine
House
House Committee On
Senate
Francis Worley
R-Adams
Michael Needham
D-Lackawanna
Scranton
University of Pittsburgh
Thomas F. Lamb
D-Allegheny
Lamb
Burial for first Washington Parish deputy after fatal shooting
Oneal Moore, 54 and the first Black deputy in Washington Parish, was buried after an emotion filled service at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Bogalusa La. He was killed during a routine patrol when a pickup truck fired on his squad car. Ernest McElveen 41 faces murder charges. Creed Rogers survived injuries. The shooting followed racial clashes in Bogalusa with a large Negro church attendance and turnout.
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Bogalusa
Oneal Moore
Nightrider
Louisiana
Washington Parish
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Moore
John MacKeithen
Poplarville
Miss
Creed Rotgers
Varnado
Rogers
Ernest McElveen
Space Twins Get Note From Yuri Gagarin
Gemini 4 veterans James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II receive a congratulatory telegram from Yuri Gagarin. The message, translated aboard the Wasp off Florida, praises spaceflight and hopes for world progress. Doctors report modest weight changes and bone calcium monitoring continues.
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WASP
America
Gemini
Yuri Gagarin
Gemini Command
James A. McDivitt
McDivitt
Gagarin
Florida
Navy
Mayport
Fla
Edward H. White II
Houston
Tex
Scranton asks council for recommendation on Pitt relief
Gov. Scranton seeks a Council of Higher Education endorsement for a 5 million emergency grant to the University of Pittsburgh. Council chairman Simpson pledges an on the spot inquiry as Pitt trustees and House members push a bill to provide funds over 14 months within Scranton's larger education budget plan.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
Council of Higher Education
University of Pittsburgh
Council
Charles G. Simpson
Pitt
Gov. Scranton
Simpson
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Edward Wulff
Nicholson
Joyce Marie Casselberry
Leroysville
Dale Denison
Linesville
David Batuski
Cambridge Springs
Victoria Malinowski
Waterford
Mary Lee He Heway
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Kay Whiteford
Nina Kay Knaper
Utica
Fay Marie Hottenstein
Kenneth Lesher
John Leib
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