Witnesses Report Turbulence Breakup of Jet Over Mt Fuji
A witness saw two twisting columns rip wings from a British BOAC Boeing 707 over Mt Fuji, causing a crash that killed all 124 aboard. Investigators note violent turbulence as a probable cause amid related air disasters in Tokyo area.
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Mt. Fuji
Tokyo
Yoshiharu Tachihara
Fuji Motorcycle Speedway
British Overseas Airways Corp
Fuji
London
Fred Mulley
House of Commons
BOAC
Hong Kong
Gotemba City
U.S. Tachikawa Air Force Base
Canadian Pacific Airlines
All Nippon Airways
Tokyo Bay
Japan
School Board Cancels Spring Vacation Sets Summer School
The Somerset Area School Board approved a loan not to exceed 55000 for March to cover expenses due to delayed state funds. Spring vacation March 18-21 is canceled to make up weather days. Summer session runs June 20 to August 1 for secondary and June 20 to July 18 for elementary.
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Somerset Area School Board
Uled
Brenda
Senate Okays LBJ S Viet Nam Aid Bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved an emergency foreign aid bill totaling 275 million dollars for South Viet Nam after stripping war policy amendments. Secretary Rusk defended limited objectives and unity in policy while debates over broader war expansion continued. The panel also backed a total 415 million for Viet Nam and other trouble spots amid tax plan discussions.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secre
Tary
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Rusk
Congress
Executive
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Rockingham Area Rate Cut Proposed by Power Company
Harrisburg AP reports Rockingham Light Windber seeks a 2126 reduction for 108 Somerset County customers. If approved, changes take effect May 2 and affect 843 county customers mainly commercial and industrial users. Residential savings total 581 across 35 customers. Minor cuts apply to four municipalities as PUC studies revisions.
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Harrisburg
Somerset County
Rockingham Light, Heat and Power Co
Windber
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Weather for Western Pennsylvania Tuesday and Wednesday
Mostly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday with a high of 30 to 35. Clear Tuesday night with little temperature change. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Johnson links pay raise to 3.2 percent ceiling
President Johnson tied a federal civilian pay hike to a 3.2 percent productivity guidepost. The 3.2 percent average includes fringe benefits with 2.85 percent as direct salary. the rest funds retirement and health benefits. Effective date would be January 1 next year, projected annual cost 485 million dollars with varied increases from 1 percent to 4.2 percent across Civil Service grades.
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Washington
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
House Passes Redistricting Bill in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania House after long debate approved a redistricting bill 154 to 47 to reapportion 27 congressional districts. Gov. Scranton supports the measure which extends candidate filing deadlines to 5 p.m. March 15 for major party nominees and March 30 for independents.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
New Rulings Announced For Schools
Washington AP reports the government tightens desegregation rules for public schools especially in the South with a target to end dual systems by fall 1967. Rep. Powell says nine Northern cities will be probed for de facto segregation and a June 30 1970 compliance deadline set with possible loss of federal funds for noncompliant districts. Public Health Service outlines hospital compliance procedures tying Medicare participation to antidiscrimination rules.
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Washington
South
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
U.S. Public Health Service
William H. Stewart
Stewart
China warns against panic over possible twists in revolution
In a Peking editorial reprinted by Tokyo monitors, China cautions its people not to panic if twists and turns appear on the revolutionary road. The piece notes possible setbacks, admits leaders may err, and argues global forces still favor the east wind over the west.
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John Roderick Tokyo
China
Peking People’s Daily
Communist Party
New China News Agency
Tokyo
Ghana
Congress of the
Soviet Communist Party
Calls For Controls Over Uses Of Devices
Harrisburg AP Commissioner E Wilson Purdy testified wiretapping is illegal under state policy but urged court supervised wiretapping to fight crime. He denied a detective's claim of illegal taps, noting a $20,000 confidential fund for informers and that listening gear exists though legal use is unclear.
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Harrisburg
E. Wilson Purdy
Angelo Caraci
Philadelphia
House
Carcaci
Martin Heller
Heller
Riddle Memorial Hospital
Purdy
United States
Grace Kenner
Frank McKetta
J. W. Stanton
US Marines Start Mopping Up On Central Viet Nam Coast
A 6000 man force of U S Marines and South Vietnamese began mopup and pursuit on the central coast after three days of fighting that knocked out about half a North Vietnamese regiment. They pursued Highway No 1 disruptions near Quang Ngai as air and ground operations continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mopup
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Viet Nam’s Vital Coastal Roadway, Highway No. 1. For the U.S
Viet Nam
da Nang
Quang Ngai
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights Law Ruling
The Supreme Court declares constitutional key sections of the 1965 voting rights law and allows Congress to ban literary tests and deploy federal registrars in the Deep South. Chief Justice Warren calls for equal participation by nonwhite Americans, while Justice Black dissents in part. The decision also clears other lower court actions and related cases.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Deep South
Earl Warren
High Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Dora Surowitz
Brooklyn
Hilton Hotels Corp
Chicago
Theodore Robinson
Tom C. Clark
Illinois
Robinson
U.S. Dist
Stephen S. Chandler
Oklahoma City
Texaco, Inc
Chandler
Central City Fire Co. appoints officers and plans activities
Andrew Schanko, chief, named assistants William Nosel and Le Roy Wilson. Fire police listed: Richard Fleegle and others. Paul Fleegle named equipment foreman with three assistants. Delegates to Pennsylvania convention named. Fire Queen planned for July 26 in Somerset. Two new oxygen masks to be purchased. 1965 alarm report shows 86 calls with $10,840 total loss and $57,900 saved. Continued on Page Two.
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Andrew Schanko
Central City Fire Department
William Nosel
Leroy Wilson
Richard Fleegle
Paul Fleegle
Andrew Barnatt
Paul Wahl
Mike Lamm
Eugene Shaffer
Robert Bulger
Steve Criscuola
Nicholas M. Bruno
Maurice Manges
John Kushner
Rob- Robert Bulger
Schanko
Mr. Manges
Volunteer Firemen’s Association of Pennsylvania
Manges
Somerset
Shade Township
Hooversville
Shanksville
Central City
City Editor Forecasts More Snow Around March 12
City Editor Paul FE Fuller predicts at least ten inches of snow between March 6 and 12 in Friday's paper. State highway dept reports six inches total since Sunday by 6 pm Monday. Last night continued to snow as he forecasts four more inches or more before March 12.
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Paul FE. Fuller
State Highway Department
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Robert Rhodes
George A. Zerfoss
Mable Ogline
State Department
Haiphong Harbor
Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
Robert H. Fleming
Fleming
Rockingham
Roslins
LBJ
RED
Venus
Venera 3
U.S.S.R
Nists
7Th Fleet
Hancock
Vinh
Supreme Court UK
Central City Fire Co
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