Welsh Captures Indiana Primary For President
INDIANAPOLIS AP Democratic Gov. Matthew E. Welsh captured Indiana's presidential primary as Barry Goldwater won the GOP votes. Wallace drew protest votes but fell short of his Wisconsin showing. With 1,778 of 4,416 precincts counted Welsh led Wallace 155,804 to 72,750. Goldwater had 114,103 to 45,398 for Harold Stassen.
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Indianapolis
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana
Johnson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wisconsin
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Harold Stassen
Wallace
Welsh
Goldwater
Stassen
John W. Reynolds
Nine Americans Die In Viet Nam Caribou Crash
Smoke streamed from the port engine as the U S Army Caribou lifted for takeoff near Tan Hiep South Viet Nam. A mechanical failure sent the twin engine transport down in flames killing nine Americans and several Vietnamese crew and passengers.
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Viet
Tan Hiep
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
United States
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Boundaries Are Revised In Chester Public Schools
Chester public school boundaries for five elementary and three junior high schools were revised to better distribute pupil enrollment and foster integration. The changes, effective Sept. 1, were testified about during a Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission hearing into alleged de facto segregation. London B. Jones, a longtime Douglass Junior High teacher and former coach, testified about inadequate athletic facilities at the Negro school.
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Chester
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
John T. Vaul
London B. Jones
Douglass
Jones
Districts Challenge Constitutionality Denied In Pa Ruling
Four school districts in Montgomery and Luzerne counties sought to stall Pennsylvania's 1963 school reorganization act arguing unconstitutionality. A judge refused a temporary injunction, allowing the act to remain in effect while litigation continues.
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Harrisburg
Montgomery County
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Grand Jury Returns Eleven True Bills in Somerset Case Load
A Somerset County grand jury returned eleven true bills and seven non true bills after reviewing the Somerset County Home for the Aged. Defendants include Edward Ruder Johnstown for embezzlement and Gary Michael Stephens for burglary larceny and receiving stolen property. Other true bills involve John Sulosky Windber and Clarence Broadwater for deadly weapon charges and Karl I Murray for repeated license suspensions. Non true counts include Jack Barron Malicious mischief and assault cases Betty Lou Baker Meyersdale abandonment charges Paul Hay checks Gordon Lane and Leo DeLuca burglary larceny.
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Somerset County
Edward Ruder
Johnstown
Jonny Jax Co., Inc
Gary Michael Stephens
John Sulosky
Windber
Clarence Broadwater
Karl I. Murray
Jay McKinley Lape
John Emmanuel Emerick
Stanley Stets
Edmund H. Boland
Somerset
R.D
Jack Barron
Betty Lou Baker
Meyersdale
Paul Hay
Gordon Lane
Leo James DeLuca
Boswell
Havana Accuses U S of Behind Arms Cache Link
Cuban officials charged that a found arms cache near Vinales is tied to a subversive plot to destabilize Cuba with US backing. The report notes exiles in the United States lean toward plans to topple Fidel Castro, while Washington officials say they have no information on any such scheme.
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Havana
Vinales
Cuba
U.S
Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Key West
Fla
Castro
Johnson
Beaver River Drowning Claims Geneva Freshman
A Geneva College freshman, Donald Beatty of Allendale New Jersey, drowned while swimming the Beaver River at Beaver Falls with two fellow students. Joe Eldridge and Robert Remally began to cramp and aid, Beatty vanished mid river, divers located his body in ten feet of water near the Eastvale pier.
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Beaver Falls, Pa
Geneva College
Beaver River
Beaver Falls
Donald Beatty
Allendale
N.J
Beatty
Eastvale
Joe Eldridge
Penn Hills
Pittsburgh
Robert Remally
Harmony
R.D. 1
Eldridge
Remally
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Sunny and warm Wednesday with a high near 79. Clear to partly cloudy conditions Wednesday night with a low around 58. Thursday remains warm with partly cloudy skies and continued mild temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
Rights Bill Changes Discussed
Senate leaders from both parties met to refine amendments to the civil rights bill as voting nears. A second closed session was planned for Wednesday with Atty. Gen. Kennedy and Senate leaders noting progress and cautioning that tougher measures remain to be tackled.
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Washington
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Johnson
Appalachian
Congress
White House
Dirksen
Kennedy
Humphrey
Methodists Move Closer to Union with EUB Church
About 900 delegates at the Methodist quadrennial conference approved in principle a plan of union with the Evangelical United Brethren Church and set a special general conference for 1966. The merger would take effect in May 1968, with possible joint meetings in Wichita Kansas. The session was delayed as church law and racial segregation debates occupied the delegates.
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Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Methodists
EUB
Wichita
Kan
Commission On Church Union
Methodism
Conference
Commission On
Trade Talks Hit Accord
The United States and the European Common Market agreed to a 50 percent tariff cut as the base of Kennedy round talks on world trade. Britain joined the pact, and Sept. 10 was set for submitting lists of exceptions, signaling start of concrete bargaining on tariffs at a GATT plenary session.
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Geneva
United States
European Common Market
World Trade
Britain
GATT
Harrods Sells American Horseshoe Set in Royal Britain
An advertisement in London papers promotes a horseshoe pitching set from Harrods priced at 7.86 dollars. The store says horseshoe pitching may gain popularity but won t replace cricket. A spokesman jokingly notes the question about royal grounds is improper.
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London
Britain
Harrods
United States
State Income Runs Ahead State Revenue In 10 Months
Harrisburg AP reports the state office of administration shows revenues for the first ten months of the fiscal year at 841.2 million dollars, more than 8 million above the 833.15 million estimate. Corporate net income and sales taxes run ahead while cigarette and liquor excises lag.
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Harrisburg
State Office of Administration
Fire destroys Somerset dairy barn. 49 cattle perish
A Tuesday night blaze at Devon Coleman’s Somerset farm ruins a barn, dairy and grain, with 49 cattle killed and loss potentially reaching $100,000. Fire chiefs say the heat prevented saving cattle. emergency crews from New Centerville and Somerset fought flames with limited water supplies and hose lines.
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New Centerville
Devon Coleman
Somerset, R. D
Coleman
Nancy Shaffer
Cramer
Taft Wins Ohio Landslide in Senate Nomination Fight
Rep. Robert Taft Jr., 47, won a landslide in Ohio Republican senatorial nomination ballots, leading 61,594 to 18,448 as 1,541 of 13,311 precincts reported, while Sen. Stephen M Young narrowly defeated Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. in the Democratic race.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Republican
Senate
Sen
Stephen M. Young
John H. Glenn Jr
Taft
Ted Brown
Brown
Young
Glenn
GOP
James A. Rhodes
San Francisco
Rhodes
Blatt Lead Down in U S Senate Democratic Race
Official returns from six counties show Genevieve Blatt's lead over Justice Michael A. Musmanno for the Democratic nomination shrinking by 159 votes to 3001. Blatt led 3144 in unofficial tallies from most precincts. gains and losses are reported for Lackawanna Bucks Cambria Union Northumberland Snyder counties.
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Philadelphia
Genevieve Blatt
Michael A. Musmanno
U.S. Senate
Miss Blatt
Musmanno
Lackawanna County
Bucks County
Union
Cambria
Northumberland
Snyder
British Paratroopers battle Bedouin rebels in Yemen fields
In Thumair, South Arabian Federation, 120 British paratroopers fought hand to hand with Bedouin rebels, the Red Wolves of Radfan. After hours pinned down, they seized a hill position as RAF jets attacked rebel forts. Two paratroopers died, 10 wounded. at least six rebels were killed.
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Thumair
South Arabian Federation
Korea
Red Wolves
Radfan
Middle East
Aden
Yemen
Britain
Louis Hargroves
Turkey
Hargroves
Royal Air Force
Dhala
John Cubbon
Taiz
U.S
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U. S. State Department
U. S
Manolo Ray
Puerto Rico
Beaver River Claims
H.L. Schwartz III
Church Union
United Presbyterian Church
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United Church of Christ
EUB Church
Disciples of Christ
Centerville
Dale Cramer
Coleman Farm
Barry
Ray Bliss
Blatt
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