Canadian Pacific DC8 Crash at Tokyo Kills 63
A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC8 crashed while landing in fog at Tokyo International Airport, killing 63 people with nine crew members among the dead. Survivors include an American Broadcasting executive and a Hyster official. the jet wreckage sprawled along the runway and into Tokyo Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Isuit
Tokyo
Canadian Pacific
Tokyo Bay
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Jesse Zousmer
American Broadcasting Co
Hong Kong
E. R. Huebner
Miami
Frank Burdell
Jacksonville
Ore
Far East
Hyster, Co
Oregon
Burdell
Huebner
Vancouver
Mexico City
Lima
Santiago
Buenos Aires
South America
Kim Chong Dai
South Korea
Cement Association
Formosa
Fritz Dieter Breede
Cecil N. McNeal
McNeal
County Court Sentences In Somerset Detail Steps And Orders
Sentences handed down yesterday by Judge Thomas F. Lansberry include Joseph Milton May Jr fined 100 dollars plus costs for impersonation and hit and run related charges. James Swindell received 100 dollar fine and costs with probation. Wilbur Fleegle ordered to pay 100 dollars monthly for wife and two children and to post 1500 dollars bond. Upcoming cases include Ayvazian Luczynski Brant Shroyer unresolved. Several cases continued or awaiting final disposition. Appeals noted for license suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Lansberry
Somerset County Court
Joseph Milton May, Jr
Rockwood R.D
James Swindell
Large St
Meyersdale
Wilbur Fleegle
Windber
Edward A. Ayvazian
Rockwood
Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Luczynski
New Market
N. J
Chester L. Brant
Chevy Chase
Kenneth E. Shroyer
Fairhope R.D
Eldon Russell Henry
Acosta
Walter Earl Bittner
Oak St
Somerset
Kenneth Y. Chan
Louisville
Elmer Lane Rush
Pittsburgh St
Connellsville
Kenneth Eugene Warner
Scalp Ave
Scalp Level
William S. Greig
Frank R. Troy
Paul Woodrow
Robert S. Clites
Carl R. Blubaugh
U S Marines clash with Viet Cong in Quang Ngai Province
US Marines and Vietnamese troops fought hundreds of North Vietnamese forces on Viet Cong stamping grounds in Quang Ngai Province. Airpower and helicopter reinforcements supported ground operations as battles echoed across the Danang to Hanoi corridor with extensive air strikes and reported enemy casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Quang Ngai Province
Quang Ngai City
Hanoi
South China Sea
Quang Tri City
North
Dien Bien Phu
Red China
Winners Revealed In Handicapped Contest Held In Somerset
Dr. William C. Ryan announces winners of the Ability Counts and Poster Contests at county high schools. Winners include Carol Pyle Diana Ream Cynthia Rock Mary Jane Sperry Christine Statler and others. Awards will be presented by Thomas Shultz and Father Albert Gartland at a banquet March 10 at Town and Country Restaurant. James P. Mitchell will be guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Ryan
Somerset County Committee For Employment of the
Carol Pyle
Rockwood Area
Diana Ream
Cynthia Rock
Somerset Area
Mary Jane Sperry
Salisbury
Elk Lick
Christine Statler
Shade Central City Union
Robert Younkin
Turkeyfoot Valley Area High School
Daiva Rae Weyandt
Shanksville
Stonycreek
Marilyn Willkow
Katherine Shanks
Gary Bowers
Thomas Shultz
General Telephone Co
Albert Gartland
Somerset
James PD. Mitchell
Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center
Johnstown
Mitchell
Ohio University
Washington College
University of Pennsylvania
Ohio State
The
Berkebile Chosen President Of Funeral Directors Group
An officers election by the Somerset County Funeral Directors Association at Johnson and Son Funeral Home Berlin named Garner Berkebile of Hooversville as president succeeding Irvin Engle of Rockwood. Other officers include J Edward Blackburn Alum Bank as vice president Walter A Johnson Berlin as secretary and Walter S Hoffman Somerset as treasurer. Windber’s W Edgar Meek was named trustee for a three year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Funeral Directors Association
Johnson and Son
Berlin
Garner Berkebile
Hooversville
Irvin Engle
Rockwood
J. Edward Blackburn
Alum Bank
Walter A. Johnson
Walter S. Hoffman
Somerset
W. Edgar Meek
Windber
Antipoverty Funds For County Approved
Governor Scranton approved 37138 in federal anti poverty funds for Somerset County to be combined with 4592 local funds. A planning grant funds a director and staff to establish community action programs under the Economic Opportunity Act. Headquarters will be at the Rockwood Jaycee Building with supervision by the Tableloid Community Association. The director will likely be chosen at the March 16 meeting.
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Scranton
Somerset County
Rockwood Jaycee
Rockwood Borough
Henry B. Reiley
Turkeyfoot Valley
Confluence
Studebaker Ends Auto Manufacturing Amid Slump
Studebaker Corp declares the end of auto building after declining sales. The decision affects about 900 Canadian and U.S. workers as Hamilton plant shutters while dealers receive a support program to ease the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Cain
Detroit
Studebaker
Byers A. Burlingame
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Hamilton
Ont
United States
Studebaker Auto Division
Gordon E. Grundy
Studebaker of Canada, Ltd
Canada
Arbor Day Observance Plans Begun in Somerset
The Somerset Shade Tree Commission led by county agent James Bochy urges Arbor Day actions on April 29. The Somerset Maple Producers Association and Somerset Kiwanis will sponsor a sugar maple planting on the Courthouse lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Shade Tree Commission
James Bochy
County Maple Producers’ Association
Somerset Kiwanis Club
Bochy
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Commission
Kennedy Words Inspire Sydeman Musical Tribute
Composer William Sydeman plans a 20 minute memorial for John F. Kennedy using the late president's words. Commissioned by Ruth Kaufman for the Boston Symphony, the work will be two parts for full orchestra and narrator and targets a September completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Sydeman
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sydeman
Mannes College of Music
New York City
Ruth Kaufman
New York
Boston Symphony
San Franciis
Tag Day Appeals For Children Ward Aid
The Somerset area hosts a tag day to benefit the Children’s Ward of Somerset Community Hospital. Events run Friday March 11 from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday March 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Junior Hospital Auxiliary the drive aims for 1000 dollars this year. Last year funds bought a refrigerator and cubicle curtains. two new areas will be covered this year with the Brethren Lutheran Church youth group assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Community Children’s Ward
Jr. Hospital Auxiliary
Children’s Ward
Raymond Gates
Catherine Sechler
Andrew DeBakker
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Junior Hospital
Brethren Lutheran Church
DeArmy
New Jersey Rushes To Lure Wall Street With Offers
New Jersey communities compete to attract the New York Stock Exchange as a relocation possibility. Dover offers 50 free acres and a resettlement program. Elizabeth stokes a $39 million mall tax break. northern Jersey politicians promote sites among Newark Jersey City and nearby towns. The exchange could bring nearly 100 000 white collar workers and about 600 brokerage firms if it moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Rosenblum
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dover
Elizabeth
Exchange
Assembly
Maurice V. Brady
Richard J. Hughes
Jersey
Brady
Hudson River
New York
Keith Funston
New York City
John V. Lindsay
New York State
Connecticut
New Rochelle
N.Y
Stamford
Weather Outlook for Southwestern Pennsylvania
Mostly cloudy and cooler Saturday with a few snow flurries by late afternoon. Sunday remains mostly cloudy and cold with highs in the low 40s.
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Pennsylvania
Blizzard paralyzes North Central region leaving towns isolated
A three state blizzard gripped North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and nearby areas for days. Heavy snow and 70 mph winds caused widespread travel paralysis with 14 missing in the Dakotas two Minnesota deaths and hundreds trapped on trains. Power outages in Duluth and telecommunication delays compounded emergency response.
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Fargo
N.C
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Dakotas
Fort Yates
N.D
Sterling Corners
Albert Wolt
Duluth
David Coleman
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
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Mexico
Martin
NASA
US. S. Viet
Edwin Q. White
George Esper
da Nang
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
Tive Division
Essahs
Great Lakes
Montreal
Ontario
St. Lawrence Valley
Jek
North Central Area
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