Storm Boils In Colombia Over Lynda Bird Visit
In Bogota protests erupt as El Tiempo clashes with guards accompanying Lynda Bird Johnson in Barranquilla. Journalists file charges of attempted homicide theft and destruction of property amid U S relations tensions tied to Punta del Este talks.
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Colombia
Lynda
Daniel Harker
Bogota
Lynda Bird Johnson
Johnson
el Tiempo
Texas
United States
Liberal Party
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Colombian Congress
Tam-O-Shanters Win In Virginia Parade
The Tam-O-Shanters, known as the Tammies, won first place in the special marching unit of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester Virginia. The grand feature parade lasted four hours and included 216 units during the festival’s 40th year.
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Somerset
Winchester
Virginia
Florence Emerges From Floods As City Rebuilds
Six months after the Arno floods Florence shows two faces. The tourist city gleams with booming hotels and shops reopened. the hidden city struggles with mud and unrepaired homes. Art treasures are drying in a specialized hospital while museums resume normal hours by June.
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Florence
Italy
Arno
Piero Bargellini
Haute Couture
Ponte Vecchio
Weather Outlook for Southwestern Pennsylvania Saturday
Variable cloudiness and mild conditions expected in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Saturday. Cloudy skies with occasional rain Saturday night and Sunday. Highs Saturday in the 60s.
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Pennsylvania
World Journal Tribune Closes After Eight Months
The World Journal Tribune ceased publication ending an eight month run amid union pressure and a new wage pattern. President Matt Meyer cited rising payroll costs and lack of buyer interest as losses mounted to about 8.4 million dollars yearly while 2,600 jobs were cut.
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Arthur Everett
NEW York
World Journal Tribune
Matt Meyer
Meyer
Manhattan
New York Post
the Times
The
Daily News
Hearst Organization
Journal-American
Scripps Howard World-Telegram
the Sun
Red Smith
Walter Lippman
Jimmy Breslin
Walter Winchell
Bob Considine
Jim Bishop
Joseph Alsop
William Buckley
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Bertram A. Powers
State Hospital Open House Draws Large Crowd
A panel discussion on the church role in mental health drew a good sized audience at Somerset State Hospital Dietary Building. Speakers urged ministers to listen, promote counseling, and address family factors while interfaith input highlighted confession as counseling. Dr. William Ryan reported about 600 attendees, with another well attended open house held Wednesday.
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Dorothy Kantner
Somerset State Hospital
Hillis G. Berkey
Donald F. Hursh
Meyersdale
Gary T. Bilbie
Wills-Mizpah Lutehran Church
Albert A. Gartland
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Frank A. Bodner
Clavary Methodist Church
Uniontown
Hursh
William Ryan
Laying Of Cornerstone At Trinity This Sunday
The cornerstone for Trinity Lutheran Church on West Tayman Avenue will be laid Sunday May 7 at 3 30 pm Rev James L Lumadue former Trinity pastor now at First Lutheran Church Shelby Ohio will preach The building designed by J Alfred Hammer Associates York Pa will seat 428 and include an 18 room education block with chapel and library If weather turns bad the service moves to St Paul United Church of Christ parish halls West Union Street with only the cornerstone laying at the new site
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Trinity Lutheran Church
West Tayman Avenue
James L. Lumadue
Trinity
First Lutheran Church
Shelby
Ohio
J. Alfred Hammer Associates
York, Pa
Wilson Construction Company
Johnstown
Lutheran Church In America
St. Paul United Church of Christ
West Union Street
Major Marine Victory Foils Communist Plans
US Marines won their final objective in the 12 day Battle of the Hilltops foiling a Communist plan to wipe out the forward American command post at Khe Sanh. Leathernecks secured Hill 881 North after heavy fighting. 160 Marines dead 745 wounded. 577 enemy dead with 610 more killed by air and artillery. General Westmoreland cited heavy casualties for the enemy and hinted further combat near the DMZ.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
Leathernecks
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
325Th
Laos
U.S
Radio
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S. Marine
U.S. Army
Adinolfi
Plans To Honor Dodd Put Aside
New Haven Connecticut AP A Connecticut political ally of Sen Thomas J Dodd on Friday suspended plans for a testimonial dinner tied to a Senate ethics committee censure recommendation New Haven Democratic Chairman Arthur T Barbieri bowed to Dodds insistence to drop the event while leaving open a future discussion for permission to sponsor it Ribicoff urged against proceeding saying the idea should not go forward
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New Haven, Conn
Connecticut
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
New Haven
Arthur T. Barbieri
Barbieri
Tom
Sen
Abraham A. Ribicoff
New Ambassador to Vietnam Delivers First Report to Johnson
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker sent a nine page report noting encouraging election conditions in Vietnam, price reductions, less congestion in Saigon port, and declines in civilian casualties and kidnappings. He reported 77 percent voter turnout and noted Viet Cong disruptions were limited to threats.
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Vietnam
Johnson
Douglas B. Cornell
San Antonio
Tex
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Bunker
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
George Christian
Lodge
Christian
LBJ
Bockel Heads Tableland Community Association
George Bockel of Conemaugh Township was elected president of Tableland Community Association at its annual meeting in the Scull building. Other officers named include Donald Kaufman vice president, Ruth Fisher secretary, D. P. Clark treasurer, and Patricia Stone assistant treasurer. Beverly Fisher of Somerset County spoke on the Upward Bound program at St. Francis College describing its educational and cultural impact on 14 local youths. The program featured three months of intensive training followed by nine months of follow up. only two of the 14 participants are reportedly not planning to pursue further education.
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George Bockel
Conemaugh Township
Tableland Community Association
Donald Kaufman Confluence
Ruth Fisher
Somerset
D. P. Clark
Mao proposes Liu presidency in exchange for confession
Posters in Canton claim Mao Tse-tung offered Liu Shao-chi the presidency if he confesses sins against Mao and commits to support him. Travelers report pro Mao Red Guard signs. experts doubt the offer and caution fake messages may aim to sow dissension amid power struggles.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Canton
Mao Tse-tung
Liu Shao-chi
Red China
Liu
Mao
Red Guard
China
Deal
Key Club Officers Elected For 1967 68
John R. Johnson was elected president of Somerset Area High School Key Club for 1967 68 on May 1. Other officers named were Wendell Miller as vice president C Martin Beech as treasurer and Barry Day as secretary. Barry Day and John R. Johnson are juniors while Wendell Miller and Marty Beech are sophomores.
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John R. Johnson
Ernest C. Johnson
R.D. 2
Somerset Area High School
Roof Garden Folk Singers
Wendell Miller
Wilbur D. Miller
Tayman Avenue
S. Martin Beech
Marty
Elwood Beech
James Street
Johnstown
the Fourmost
Quill and Scroll
Somerset Church of the Brethren
Somerset High School Press Club
Barry Day
Robert H. Day
West Garrett Street
Barry
Pennsylvania
Eagle’s
Echo
Somerset Association
Marines Rest After Victory on Hill 881 North
Marine Company E of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines rests after a 12 day drive that cleared three peaks of North Vietnamese regulars. The unit suffered heavy losses but helped blunt a major assault on Khe Sanh near the Lao border, with 577 enemy soldiers killed and many more wounded.
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Hill 881
South Vietnam
3Rd Marines
Jack Adinolfi
Greenville
N.Y
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Miss Johnson
Secret Service
Washington
Barranquilla
US. Ebassy
Lynda Bird
Gerald Miller
Stoystown
Blake Lohr
Karl Duppstadt, Jr
Stoystown Church of Christ
Stoystown Lions Club
Powers
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Hearst Corp
Jack Howard
Scrips
Howard Newspapers
John Hay Whitney
Old
Herald Tribune
Whitney
State Hospital
Thorvaldsen
Copenhagen
the Chance
Major Marine Victory
Edwin Q. White
Pedernales
George McGhee
Bonn
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
G. Bockel
Tableland
Bockel
Boswell
Lui
Key Club
United Church of Christ
Kiwanis
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