American Jet Bombers Hit Viet Cong Staging Area South of Border
American bombers saturated a Viet Cong staging area just south of the border after barracks north of the border were heavily damaged. F4 Phantoms and F105s attacked My Due and Phu Qui, followed by B52s near Hue, as Johnson signed a new $4.8 billion war aid package. A Navy Albatross helicopter rescue was hit. one crewman was killed and another missing. Da Nang saw a large protest against Gen. Thi’s ouster with calls for elections and government reshuffle. Buddhists led the demonstrations, while Gen. Chuan downplayed their impact.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
My Due
Phu Qui
Guam
17Th Parallel
Ham
Hanoi
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
1St Corps
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thi
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Nguyen van Chuan
Open House Planned At New Boswell Jennerstown Schools
A dedication and open house are set for April 17 at Boswell and Jennerstown Elementary Schools which opened in January. Boswell will be dedicated at 1 30 p m and Jennerstown at 3 00 p m. The Joint School Board will move to dispose of the abandoned Gray School to the Gray community via the district solicitor.
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Boswell
Jennerstown
Gray
Schultz Project Aids Vietnam Telephone Expansion
General Telephone and Electronics International announced a five month study of the South Vietnam telephone system. It recommends more than doubling the in service telephones by 1968. South Vietnam will have 166 400 telephones by mid 1966 and 21 700 more within two years.
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General Telephone & Electronic International Incorporated
South Vietnam
Gt&e International
Agency For International Development (Aid
U.S. State Department
Schultz
Gemini 8 mission clears for Wednesday launch
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott receive approval for a Wednesday launch into a three day mission featuring a dock with an Agena target and a space walk. Technicians rush safety checks and a borrowed life support unit is installed amid countdown concerns.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
William C. Schneider
Gemini
Neil A. Armstrong
Spacewalker
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
Schneider
Houston
Atlas
Agena
Miss Nancy Maust Named Youthpower Delegate in Harrisburg
Miss Nancy Maust daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Maust Somerset RD 1 was chosen by the Somerset Business and Professional Women's Club as youth representative to the state wide Youthpower Conference in Harrisburg May 6 and 7. She was selected from five contestants from Somerset area youth groups after each gave a speech on her activities. The conference aims to enlighten youth on contributions to business industry and public service.
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Nancy Maust
Guy Maust
Somerset
RD 1
Somerset Business and Professional Women’s Club
Somerset RD 1
Youthpower
Harrisburg
Nancy
Miss Maust
Sloan Seeks Complete Records On Confidential Fund
Harrisburg AP Grace Sloan state audit chief demanded full disclosure of all information on the confidential fund used by state police. She urged records be supplied for audit to verify proper expenditures while warning she will use all powers of her office to obtain them.
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Harrisburg
Grace M. Sloan
State Auditor General
Perrin Hamilton
House
E.wilson Purdy
Laurel Highlands to Install Three Tourist Information Trailers
Laurel Highlands will establish three information trailers at interchanges to guide travelers. Trailers, leased from Serro Trailer Company of Irwin PA, will offer tourism details on stays swimming vacations and dining and include telephones for area reservations. Committee led by Robert G Shoemaker includes Lawrence Shaffer Oren Hopkins Vincent Jacob with Somerset partners from the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Laurel Highlands
Serro Trailer Company
Irwin
Robert G. Shoemaker
Donegal
Laverance Shaffer
New Stanton Oren Hopkins
Somerset
Vincent Jacob
Chamber of Commerce of
Spacewalk Will Carry Dust Sample Capsule for Life Search
Spacewalker David R. Scott will place a small capsule on the Gemini craft to collect space dust and trap micro meteorites for study on Earth. The box includes dormant microbes and a virus to test life’s potential in space and was devised by researchers from Dudley Observatory and New York agencies.
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Schneider
Armstrong
Earth
Cape Kenedy
Fla
David R. Scott
Gemini
Space
Scott
Curtis Hemenway
Royce Coon
Dudley Observatory
Albany
N.Y
John Hotchin
New York State Department of Public Health
Dudley
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Sunny and mild Wednesday in Western Pennsylvania with highs in the 50s. Variable cloudiness and mild conditions expected Thursday.
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Pennsylvania
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Phyllis J. Heist
Nancy Weber
E. Marie Brant
BPW
Marcia Ream
Janora Swoodurier
Mering
Hue
Johnson
Washington
Peking
Quest
Thomas J. Shultz
AP Science
R. Scott
Strong
Air Force
U.S
Moon
Lunar
Confab
Sloan
Fuller
Paul E. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Salisbury
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