Scranton Maintains Distance From Republican Nomination Bid
Harrisburg governor Gov Scranton reiterates disinterest in a national run while accepting a Johnson invitation to brief candidates on national security and foreign policy. He proposes a May 12 or 13 meeting with Sec. of State Rusk in Washington.
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Snow Job: PA Highway Dept Costs Hidden in Winter Storms
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania spent 29 million on weather operations last winter to keep traffic moving through four major storms. Snowfall ranged from 100 to 150 inches while total costs ran 4.5 million below 1962-63. The department plowed, spread 300000 tons of ice melting chemicals, and applied 1.4 million tons of anti skid material.
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State Highways Department
Consumers Get Food Price Break
The March consumer price index rose 0.1 percent to 107.7, with food prices down 0.3 percent and meats and eggs dropping yet overall living costs up. Fruits and vegetables rose 1.1 percent due to Florida crop damage, while clothing transport and medical care edged higher and gasoline prices pushed transportation costs up.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert J. Myers
Bureau
Myers
Florida
Bishop Wallace Push Prayer Ban Reverse
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen urged Congress to overrule the Supreme Court and permit school prayers, proposing the phrase In God We Trust as a possible prayer. Gov. George C. Wallace backed a constitutional amendment undoing the court rulings, while defending states rights in the prayer debate before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Officials See Soviet Plea For U S Help In Red China Tangle
Washington officials note evidence that Moscow may seek U S aid to ease its feud with Red China. Pravda defends Soviet image while Moscow broadcasts argue for peace and limit Western arms, urging restraint on West Germany.
Kennedy Family Tours World Fair in Five Hour Visit
Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy spent a busy five hours at the World’s Fair in New York with Secret Service and security staff screening them and arranging private showings. Included in the party were Mrs. Kennedy’s sister-in-law Mrs. Stephen Smith and her two children Steve Jr. and William.
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Mrs. Smith
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Castro warns of war over U S flights in Cuba
Fidel Castro told foreign reporters in Havana that Cuba will defend its sovereignty and may use force if American reconnaissance flights continue. He signaled readiness for a peaceful solution but warned that if the United States seeks war there will be war. He also indicated ground to air missiles would be handed to Cuba, aligning with Soviet support amid the crisis.
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Atlanta Women Push Desegregation Efforts in City
About two dozen white women organized as Partners For Progress seek peaceful integration in Atlanta. Through dining out at desegregated restaurants and letter campaigns, they aim to dissolve barriers in health, education, housing, and employment. The hospital desegregated its emergency room two weeks after outreach.
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Atlanta
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Family Week Set Scranton Issued Proclamation
A proclamation issued Thursday designates May 3 to 10 as Pennsylvania Family Week in Scranton and calls for observance by families and communities.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania mostly cloudy Friday and Friday night with occasional showers and mountain drizzle. Temperature little changed with a high of 55 to 60 and near 50 in the mountains. Low in the 40s Friday night. Saturday partly cloudy and slightly warmer.
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Blatt Maintains lead in Democratic Senate race in Pa
In Philadelphia with 10 precincts missing Blatt led Musmanno by 3,144 votes for the Democratic nomination. Absentee ballots, count to begin May 8, could determine the result as remaining precincts favor Musmanno in Allegheny and Westmoreland. Both sides cautious on victory claims.
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Michael A. Musmanno
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Associated Press
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Dedication Plans Made For Korean Memorial in Somerset
A platform rises on the Somerset County Courthouse steps for a Sunday dedication of the Korean Memorial on the courthouse lawn. The 2:30 p.m. ceremony features main speaker James E. Van Zandt, with George Cassett as Chief Marshall and Dwane Ringer as master of ceremonies. Local groups provide music as the memorial, listing 29 Somerset County veterans, was erected by Hoburn Memorials.
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James E. van Zandt
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George Cassett
Marshall
Dwane Ringer
Board of Commissioners
Urges End To Curbs On Raiders
A Republican council urged an end to U S curbs on anti Castro raiders and the formation of a Cuban government in exile in Latin America to rally 300000 Cuban refugees for liberation. It called for warning the world of possible U S military action to remove international communism from Cuba.
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Republican Council
U.S
Latin America
Cuba
GOP Critical Issues Council
United States
Johnson visits Luci at Shenandoah Apple Blossom coronation
President Johnson drove 75 miles from the White House to Winchester to attend daughter Luci’s coronation as queen of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. He addressed about 4,500 spectators and called her a queen, praising his daughter as a proud moment for him and the nation. Luci shed tears as she greeted him, while the ceremony used The Eyes of Texas in place of Hail to the Chief.
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Johnson
White House
Luci
Handley High School
Texas
Khrushchev to Visit Egypt by Ship for Nile Dam Dedication
Premier Khrushchev will travel with his family and official party by ship through the Black Sea and Aegean to Alexandria arriving May 9 to attend the dedication of the Nile River high dam at Aswan.
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Meyersdale School Board Sets Budget For 1964 65
Meyersdale Area Schools board tentatively approved a 770 999 08 budget for 1964 65 at a special meeting led by supervising principal Harry O Wolfe. Final approval is planned for May 20 with consideration of a new Meyersdale borough earned income tax of 1 percent and a potential relinquishment of half of that tax to the borough. A regular board meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday.
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Harry O. Wolfe
Meyersdale Area
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