Brumbaugh Leaves Reelection Bid in Redistricting Reform
Blair County State Senator Emmett Brumbaugh announces he will not seek reelection due to Supreme Court redistricting into the 30th District. He notes harmony in the party to back Republican Governor and ticket, leaving the district served by Stanley Stroup and Hawbaker while vowing continued service until December 1966. In separate dispatch, Johnson faces pressure on a new anti inflationary tax plan as May decision nears and a 4.8 billion Viet Nam emergency tax bill awaits Senate action.
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Emmett Brumbaugh
Claysburg
Stanley G. Stroup
Brumbaugh
Supreme Court of the
Blair County
Coun
Stanley Stroup
Senate
Hawbaker
Washington
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Johnson Pushes Plan for Three-Stage War on Crime
President Johnson urged Congress and the nation to intensify the war on crime with a three-stage national strategy linking local state and federal efforts. He backed immediate action to curb interstate gun traffic and reduce sales to unknown out of state buyers, while calling for broader knowledge and local action to tackle poverty, urban decay, segregation and illiteracy.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Nation
National Crime Commission
U.S. Camp Near Laos Attacked by Viet Cong
Viet Cong launched a heavy assault on a U.S. Special Force camp 60 miles northwest of Da Nang. About 200 Viet Cong soldiers attacked, with 12 Americans and 300 Montagnards present. four Americans were killed when a transport plane was shot down. Air and naval strikes followed, with fighter-bombers operating against Viet Cong targets and Viet Cong sampans sunk by carrier aircraft. Casualty reports varied amid chaotic radio communications.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Laos
U.S. Marine and Air Center
da Nang
Hue
Quang Ngai Province
North Viet Nam
21St Regiment
Quang Ngai City
U.S. Air Force
Marine
Navy
Guam
Viet Nam
Arms Train Blows Up In Arkansas
A munitions packed freight train exploded near Corning Arkansas early Wednesday. One injury reported minor. Damage over 200000 with 150000 to a grain elevator. Gas line ruptured prompting evacuation of 259 residents. Fire burned wreckage as officials feared further blasts.
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Corning
Ark
R.W. Rice
C.M. Rupert
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
John Hutchinson
Rip Engle Honored by Pennsylvania House on Retirement
The Pennsylvania House approved a resolution recognizing Charles A. Rip Engle, longtime Penn State head football coach, for a 16 year tenure culminating in retirement effective July 1 1966. Engle, Salisbury native and former Waynesboro and Brown coach, compiled 104 wins 48 losses and 4 ties with post season bowls and Lambert trophies. The measure, sponsored by Assemblyman Peter T. Dumbauld, lauds his influence on youth and football education.
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Charles A. “Rip” Engle
Salisbury
Pennsylvania State University
Peter T. Dumbauld
Somerset County
Charles A
Rip’ Engle
Engle
Western Maryland College
Waynesboro High School
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
Brown University
Rip” Engle
Nittany Lions
Penn State
American Football Coaches Association
NCAA
House of
of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
France Plans 1969 Withdrawal From NATO Bases
President de Gaulle announced France would pull all troops from the NATO integrated command and regain sovereignty by 1969. About 26,000 U.S. troops in France would come under French control or leave, with talks on consequences to follow.
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David Mason Paris
Johnson
France
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
de Gawle
NATO
United States
Harland Cleveland
NATO Council
Council
Cleveland
Canada
West Germany
Senate OKs Viet Nam war tax bill by wide margin
The Senate approved Johnson's Viet Nam war tax bill by 79 to 9, trimming revenue provisions to about 6 billion dollars. Internal changes reduced Social Security coverage and local residential telephone levy while preserving broad rate structure, with a house conference looming to reconcile differences.
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Senate
Washington
Johnson
House
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Senate House
Red China Reviews Foreign Policy Amid Setbacks
State Department officials said Red China appears to be conducting a broad foreign policy review after setbacks abroad. Peking has recalled ambassadors and Chen Yi reappeared in public as officials noted shifts while declining to predict whether policy will soften or harden.
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Washington
State Department
Red China
Peking
Chen Yi
United States
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania sees fair skies and warmer temperatures on Thursday with partly cloudy conditions. Friday remains mild as high temps reach the mid fifties to near sixty.
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Pennsylvania
Top State Detective Refuses Tap Inquiry Testimony
Harrisburg AP The chief of state police detectives Maj Willard J Stanton denied knowledge of illegal wire tapping by his men in a House probe. An internal summary by Lt Col Frank McKetta after interviews with nine top officers found no evidence of tapping and no improper procurement.
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House
Willard J. Stanton
Angelo Carcaci
Stanton
Frank McKetta
E. Wilson Purdy
McKetta
Detective Bureau
Purdy
Carcaci
Shapp Seeks Purdy Suspension In State Police Inquiry
Milton Shapp, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, calls for the suspension of State Police Commissioner E Wilson Purdy until the state House inquiry resolves its findings. The request comes from Harrisburg in a Wednesday statement.
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Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
E. Wilson Purdy
State House
Tax assessment hearing held for seven Somerset owners
Hearings yesterday on tax assessment appeals for seven Somerset township and borough property owners. Board members Warren K. Hay Ivan Lambert and Chief Assessor John L. Mack attended. Dwane Ringer was absent ill. Decisions on some appeals will come at a later meeting with eight more hearings scheduled today from 10 30 am to 8 30 pm at the County Commissioners office. All hearings are open to the public.
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Somerset
Board of
Warren K. Hay
Ivan Lambert
John L. Mack
Dwane Ringer
Denise Coal Co
J. Harvey Parson
Wilbur F
Delores J. Ravyman
Earl <A
Alice B. Deal
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Charles I. Knepper
Queen Insurance Co. of America
Royal Globe Group
New York City
Clark T. Schrock
Special Leason Committee
Trinity Lutheran Church
Kenneth E. Reed
Knepper
Schrock
Lynn Reiking
Roland Renkel
Trinity
Reed
George John Gessner
Leavenworth
Kan
LBJ
Ranger
Kitty Hawk
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Arkansas
Red
China
By Lewis Gulick
Indonesia
Sukarno
Col. Untung
Achmed Sukarno
Jakarta
Radio Jakarta
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