London closes gold pool as individual buying halted design
Nine nation gold pool ends as individuals denied access to pool stocks. The London market will stay closed until April 1 as the price for central bank and international authority trades remains at 35 dollars per ounce. France holds about 5 billion while U.S. stocks fall below 12 billion.
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Washington
International Gold Pool
London
International Monetary
United States
U.S
France
Paris
St. Patrick's Day Dinner Half Stolen in St Louis
St Louis tavern owner Tony Zivic prepared his corned beef and cabbage for a Saturday party when a thief took 36 pounds of the well cooked corned beef and left the cabbage behind. The event drew patrons from Croatian Dutch and Polish descent.
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ST. Louis
Tony Zivic
Zivic
Maple Festival Draws Thousands to Sugar Bush Tours
The Somerset County Maple Festival attracts visitors from cities to learn how maple syrup is made. Scheduled tours over the festival weekend include a B and C maple train from Washington and buses from Pittsburgh Port Authority. About 500 train visitors and 300 bus visitors are expected with meals, tours of Wagner and Blocker camps, and a film shown at the elementary gym.
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Somerset County
Washington
D. C
Lions Building
Keim’s
Kamp
Pittsburgh Port Authority
Meyersdale
Frenzied shooter kills six in Ironwood area rampage
In Ironwood Michigan a 56 year old janitor Eric Pearson opened fire with a high powered rifle killing six people and wounding three as he moved between a home a second residence and a tavern before a patron subdued him.
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Ironwood, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Ironwood Township
Eric Pearson
Gogebic County
Chester J. Prebish
Pearson
Seven Year Old Poster Child Leads Somerset Coffee Day Drive
The Somerset County Society for Crippled Children and Adults sponsors a Coffee Day Button sale starting March 28 with buttons at $1 sold by waitresses in participating restaurants. Proceeds mainly stay in Somerset, aiding 500 patients over five years with braces shoes and treatments. Johnny Maurizio, seven, is this year’s poster child, a first grader at Woodvale School, who enjoys church, checkers, and baseball.
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Somerset County Society For
County Society
Somerset County
Johnny
James Maurizio
Maple Drive
Windber
Woodval School
Gail Leckey
Rummel Church of Brethren
Wrong Name Lands Teenager In Jail
An Oklahoma City teen worried about two unpaid traffic tickets gave police his brother s name during a traffic stop. He was jailed anyway. Upon confessing the switch, officers explained the brother had three unpaid tickets.
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Oklahoma City
Meyersdale Student Wins Third in Safe Driving Essay
Dick Stratton of Meyersdale a Meyersdale High School junior and son of veterinarian Sanford R. Stratton earned third prize in the Safe Driving Essay Contest. The award includes a 25 dollar bond and his piece was written from a sign post by his country home.
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Dick Stratton
Meyersdale
Sanford R. Stratton
Meyersdale High School
The
Insurance Information Office of Pennsylvania
Stratton
Joanne Temyer
Conemaugh Township
Davidsville
John P. Watkins
California Teachers’ College
Somerset County
John Hartle
Hazel Beck
Nancy Stoner
Rockwood High School
Harriet Wagner
Conemaugh High School
Marshall W. Ritchey
Everett
North Bedford High School
Fog Lifts. Monday Warmer with Sunshine in Pa
Western Pennsylvania fog clears to mostly sunny skies and a warmer high in the 60s on Monday. Clearing overnight with a milder low. Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness and possible showers by afternoon or evening, with highs again in the 60s.
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Pennsylvania
Company C Members Recognized for Air Crash Search Service
Sixty three members of Company C were awarded the Pennsylvania Service Ribbon for Active Military Service of the State for their search work after the 1966 lost aircraft in Somerset County. Attending included state officials and the group patrolled Johnstown area and helped locate the wreck near Scullion on Route 653, aiding in body removal.
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John N. Covers
Parng
Pennsylvania
Cpl
Wayne Barkman
Johnstown
Walter E. Alessandroni
Sgt. Mankamier
Company C
Armory
Somerset County
Uniontown
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
Connellsville
Altoona
Everett
Maryland
Scullion
Kennedy McCarthy Two Pronged Attack Faces LBJ
In Washington the Kennedy and McCarthy challenge shows a two pronged bid that has chipped at Johnson's defenses while his renomination prospects remain intact. Rockefeller eyeing a candidacy and Nixon widening the Republican lead shape a tense early campaign with battles likely in state conventions and key primaries ahead of Chicago.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
McCarthy
Chicago
South
Organized Labor
McCarthy Rejects Kennedy Aid in Wisconsin Primary
Sen McCarthy declines Robert F Kennedy campaign aid and warns Kennedy's bid could split Democratic strength. Kennedy pushes for a Wisconsin campaign. both focus on Vietnam policy and Johnson leadership amid ongoing Democratic primary contest.
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Sen
McCarthy
Kennedy
Johnson
New York
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Swingwing F111 Makes Vietnam War Trial Debut
The U S Air Force introduced the swingwing F111 bomber fighter into combat trials over North Vietnam. Six aircraft landed at Ta Khli base near Bangkok after flights from Nellis AFB and Guam. Pilots voice skepticism, noting F111's complexity and prior losses from North Vietnam combat.
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Peter O’loughlin
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Ta Khli
Nellis Afb
Nev
Guam
Ymir
Thaiand
Vietnam War
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
US and Vietnamese strike near Saigon and Khe Sanh
US and Vietnamese forces pressed operations around Saigon and the DMZ with mounting casualties on both sides. Near Gio Linh the Marines routed North Vietnamese regulars from bunkers and trenches while a counterattack at Khe Sanh was repelled by South Vietnamese Rangers. The seven day toll: 659 enemy dead, 30 Americans killed, 224 wounded.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Gio Linh
Dmz
South
London Riot Dispersion at U S Embassy by Mounted Police
Demonstrators estimated over 10 000 formed outside the U S Embassy in Grosvenor Square after an antiwar rally at Trafalgar Square. Police say about 300 arrests were made as mounted units and unarmed bobbies fought to disperse the crowd without using batons.
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David Lancasstire
London
U.S
Grosvenor Square
Trafalgar Square
Vanessa Redgrave
Vietnam
Scotland Yard
Kennedy Aide Offered Vietnam Commission Suggestion
Senator Robert F. Kennedy urged President Johnson to appoint a commission with authority to reshape Vietnam war policy. Johnson rejected the idea, and Kennedy pressed ahead with his bid for the Democratic nomination. The disclosure followed similar reports from CBS ABC Time and Newsweek.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Kennedy
New York Democrat
CBS
ABC
Time
Newsweek
Frank Mankiewicz
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