Red Cross Campaign Sets $12,000 Goal This Month
Luther P. Miller of Somerset leads a Red Cross campaign with volunteers toward a $12,000 quota. The listing explains what $5 and $10 gifts buy, including calls for veterans, meals for hospital visits, lodging for families, music and tape projects for Vietnam servicemen, and training in safety and first aid.
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RED Cross
George S. Cook
van G. Berkley
Arthur Nuss
Cambria-Somerset
The
Thomas F. Lansberry
Luther Miller
Somerset
Tom Shultz
Luther P. Miller
Vietnam
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross Clubmobile
Veterans Administration
200 Negroes Shorten S C Senate Day
More than 200 Negro college students from Orangeburg forced the South Carolina Senate to adjourn as shouting erupted in the gallery. Governor McNair met a small student group outside his office to hear grievances over demonstrations and rioting that left three dead in Orangeburg four weeks earlier.
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AL Lanier
Columbia
S. C
Orangeburg
South Carolina Senate
Robert McNair
Senate
Area Teacher To Receive Top Award
Mrs. Janet Lee Hay of Jennerstown has been chosen to receive the 1968 Good Teaching Award from the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat and Pennsylvania State University. The honor includes an all expense paid summer study scholarship at Penn State. Hay, a special education teacher in Somerset County schools, is the daughter of veteran Jennerstown teacher Mrs. Catharine B. Trible.
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Janet Lee Hay
Jennerstown
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State
Somerset County
Hay
Cambria County
Catharine B. Trible
Jenner-Boswell
Jenner-Boswell High School
Indiana University
University of Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook Sunny and Warm
The region shimmers with sun and rising temperatures into the 50s. Saturday brings partial cloud cover and warmth with a chance of showers Saturday night. Highs reach 55 to 62.
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Pennsylvania
Burglars Crack Carmichaels High Safe for Small Score
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania the safe at Area High School was dynamited. Burglars made a five dollar take in the hole about two by two feet, while officials estimate six thousand dollars in damages and repairs from the break in.
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Carmichaels, Pa
Carmichaels Area High School
20 Die In Bus Car Accident Near Baker California
A Greyhound bus and an automobile collided on Interstate 15 near Baker California. The bus overturned and caught fire, killing 20 people and injuring ten. Barstow Community Hospital reported three of the injured in serious condition. Nearby Lloyd's Restaurant owner Herb Hale recalled a roaring crash and a large flames explosion.
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Baker
Calif
Greyhound
Interstate 15
California Highway Patrol
Barstow Community Hospital
Herb Hale
Lloyd’s Restaurant
Cigarettes Change Lost In Robbery At Watkins Chevrolet
A burglary at Watkins Chevrolet Inc. on Route 601 near Boswell saw the theft of nearly 50 packs of cigarets and change worth about $10. Entry was gained by smashing doors and a window, with the burglar injuring a hand leaving a blood trail. Damages to three doors estimated at $100. Second break in two months.
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Watkins Chevrolet Inc
Boswell
David Watkins
Watkins
US War Death Rate Triples In Last Year
The report notes the first nine weeks of 1968 show American combat deaths in Vietnam nearly tripling the pace of the prior year. It cites 542 Americans killed last week and a total death roll of 3,254 since Jan 1, with ongoing air offensives around Khe Sanh and heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese resistance.
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Goorge
Esper Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
U.S. Marine Fortress
Khe Sanh
Korea
Girard College Admits Seven Negro Boys After Court Ruling
The 3rd U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that seven Black boys were denied equal protection when refused admission to Girard College, a private school created for poor white male orphans. The ruling upheld a 1965 district court decision ordering admission of those qualified.
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Philadelphia
3Rd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Girard College
U.S. Dist
Joseph S. Lord 3d
Stephen Girard
Gerald McLaughlin
City Board of Trustees
Orphans Court
Girard
Lord
U.S
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pittsburgh Teachers Strike Sparks Safety Charges Denial
Pittsburgh officials deny parents claims that school conditions are unsafe due to a strike by about a third of the city’s 3,000 teachers. Deputy sheriffs arrested four more teachers for violating a court ban on demonstrations. attendance remains mixed, with high schools hit by split shifts and reduced instruction quality.
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Pittsburgh
Bernard J. McCormick
Anne X. Alpern
John Hester
Pittsburgh Fed
McCormick
Federation
Sidney P. Marland Jr
Fire Deep In Salt Mine Hampers Rescue Efforts
Fire and searing heat deep in the Ravaged coastal salt mine stalled rescue efforts for 21 trapped miners. Three rescuers retreated from the shaft 1,200 feet below as cool air must be pumped down and a makeshift elevator used to reach the men.
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Associated Press
Calumet
Cargill, Inc
F. Clayton Tannamaker
Minneapolis
Cargill
Robert Fahs
Fabs
Tragic Canoe Capsize Near Quantico Claims One Body
At Quantico Marine base a canoe capsize in the Potomac River left nine men missing or dead. One body recovered as rescuers scoured the river with air sea and land resources. The group of Marines and a Navy man were expert rowers en route back to the base when the craft overturned.
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Quantico
Potomac River
Maryland
Herbert Harkey
Potomac
Virginia
Harkey
Thieu Faces Unrest In Saigon Government
In Saigon, a Senate rebuff of Thieu for more emergency powers and a petition for no confidence signal rising political strife. The push targets Premier Loc and his cabinet amid concerns over martial law and how the regime handles the Lunar New Year offensive and governance. Kentucky-based?
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Thieu
Saigon
Barry Kramer
Associated Press
Senate
Nguyen van Thieu
House
Nguyen van Loc
Democratic Bloc
Vicr
Nguyen Cao Ky
Lee
Central City Plans 50th Anniversary Jubilee
Central City Borough began plans for its 50th anniversary celebration in July. Chairman May or Nicholas M Bruno names co chairs and an executive committee including Charles Lewandowski Melvin Wilson and others. A March 21 meeting at the Fire Hall will finalize committees booster buttons and select a jubilee queen.
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Central City Borough
Nicholas M. Bruno
Charles Lewandowski
Melvin Wilson
Daniel Bulger
Helen Russian
Ivan Bowman
Frances Andrews
Andrew Shima
Ray Carmany
Robert Bulger
William Nosel
Mary Miller
Gurnza Carver
Dan Balya
Angelo Muro
Frank Land
Seizure Dumping Plot Aimed at Ending War Corruption
A U.S. civilian adviser urged a secret Vietnam plan to seize all contraband and dump it at sea to curb corruption. He warned no time to rectify injustices before elites react. Reports to the Saigon mission and hearings in April are noted. items include boots, cameras, marijuana, cigarettes, rations, fruit, goods, and petroleum.
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Washington
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Senate
Associated Press
Mekong
Gulf of Siam
International Women’s Day Shines in Soviet Union
Soviet women gain a day of rest on International Women’s Day as factories offices and schools close. Husbands shop for gifts while women redeem a hard earned equality, pouring asphalt and chopping ice to fill manpower gaps. women outnumber men and get less leisure and sleep.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Leningrad
County Groups Coordinate Somerset Development Efforts
The Somerset County Board of Commissioners met with officials from the Development Council Planning Commission and Office of Economic Opportunity to align programs and reduce duplication. About 300 invitations were mailed for a March 12 banquet at the Berlin Community Building to review available programs and foster countywide economic development.
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Board of County Commissioners
Development County
Planning Commission
Office of Economic Opportunity
Somerset County
Berlin
Somerset County Development Council
Board of Commissioners
Bedford Gets New Plant
Westinghouse Electric Corp will build a Bedford plant to manufacture electrical insulating materials replacing Trafford operations. The 56 acre site near the Turnpike at U.S. 30 and 31 will begin construction in two months with production by year end, employing about 100 workers, most locally sourced.
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Pittsburgh
Frank E. Spindler
Westinghouse Electronic Components On Specialty Products Group
Bedford
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