Protest Rallies Across Nation Mark Indochina War Protests
The Associated Press reports thousands joined rallies and marches nationwide to protest U.S. involvement in Indochina and honor Kent State and Jackson State victims. Amid scattered disturbances, crowds varied from 1,500 to 25,000, with clashes in New York and tense scenes in Washington and San Francisco.
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Ohio
Jackson State College
Mississippi
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Boston Common
New York
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Huey Newton
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Washington
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White House
San Francisco
Standard Oil of California
Kent State
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Madison
Army-Bound Youth Receives Suspended Sentence
Nathaniel Sonny Warner, 19, pleaded guilty to larceny and received a partly suspended sentence as he prepared to enter the Army. The court ordered $100 fine and costs, with probation suspended to permit induction Friday after passing pre induction tests.
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Confluence AD 1
Nathaniel Sonny Warner
Charles H. Coffroth
U.S. Army
Warner
Dwaine Elwood McClintock
Confluence
AD 3
Alexander Ogle
Norman Gotz
Coffroth
Mud Hides Victims Of Quebec Cave-In
In Quebec near St. Jean Vianney rescue workers labor through deep mud and rising floodwaters seeking survivors of a massive earth cave-in that wiped out about 35 homes and may have claimed up to 30 lives. Police report 28 missing and two bodies recovered as rain and runoff hinder the operation.
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St. Jean Vianney
Riviere Des Vases
Sanguenay
Quebec
State City Revenue Sharing Plan Urged
Philadelphia Mayor James H. J. Tate urged a plan to let the state give municipalities 72 million dollars with no cost to the Commonwealth by extending personal property taxes. Mayors from Pittsburgh Erie Scranton and others testified at a Senate hearing while drafting the measure.
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Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Tate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Peter H. Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Louis J. Tullio
Erie
City of
Flaherty
Tullio
Meyersdale Area Hires New School Superintendent
Meyersdale area school board named David W. Duppstadt as superintendent, after serving as high school principal since 1966. He signed a three year contract at $18,000 for year one with 5 percent raises in years two and three, succeeding retiring Ray L. Bright.
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Meyersdale Area School Board
David W. Duppstadt
Duppstadt
Ray L. Bright
Doppstadt
Donald Shockey
Walter Witt
Craig Faulkner
Johnstown
Indiana State College
Windber Man Seeks Appeal Release From Jail
A Windber resident, Joseph Orawiec, 28, was jailed on vagrancy and parole violation convictions since April 18. Public Defender Yelovich petitioned for release during his appeal arguing lack of justice of the peace jurisdiction and vagrancy statute problems.
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Windber
Joseph Orawiec
Justice of the Peace
Edward Sendek
Orawiec
James Yelovich
Squire Sendek
Yelovich
Charles Coffroth
Paint Township
Windber RD
Viet Reds Shell Civilian Centers Across South Vietnam
Saigon charges North Vietnamese forces have shifted to shell civilian sectors to avoid casualties at defended military sites. A Foreign Ministry note to the International Control Commission cited 151 shelling attacks last week causing 20 deaths and 75 injuries as B52 raids hit northern South Vietnam and Laos.
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South Vietnam
Laos
International Control Commission
Foreign Ministry
Namese
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
A Shau
Hue
Banks Stem Dollar Rush
European government banks halted dollar purchases as a rush to sell dollars gripped markets. Officials met to head off what was described as Europe’s worst monetary crisis since 1969. The U.S. government planned to ease pressure by bringing dollars home as markets eyed the mark, franc, and guilder for gains.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
Washington
U.S
Shapp Delivers Budget Plan Without Third Public Plea
Governor Shapp said he will submit his 1971-72 budget in writing next Tuesday totaling about 3.2 billion dollars and will not make a third appearance before a joint session. He expects no major surprises in welfare education and state services and will address House and Senate leaders Monday night. He notes fewer patronage jobs since taking office, opposes revenue sharing, and plans a Bureau of Labor Bargaining led by Christ J. Zervanos earning 21,672 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
House
Senate
Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Pensylvania
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Labor Baltions
Office of Administration
Christ J. Zervanos
State Bureau of Personnel
Zervanos
Clean uppers Near Windup
Borough workmen start at 7 30 a m to collect refuse from Wednesday section including Edgewood Cannel Drive Crestview Acres and part of the Davis Addition. Six truckloads were taken to the landfill with a resident pruning apple trees causing space issues. Trucks return today and Friday crews finish collecting east of Center Avenue on streets such as Saylor Missouri Fuller Willard Stoystown Road East Catherine East Fairview and Sanner.
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Edgewood
Cannel Drive
Crestview Acres
Davis Addition
John Stoy
Stoy
Center Avenue
Saylor
Missouri
Fuller, Willard
Stoystown Road
East Catherine
East Fairview
Sanner
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