U S Seeks To Save Life Of Diem Brother
U S diplomat Lodge said Washington tried to save Ngo Dinh Can, brother of the late President Diem, from execution by guillotine in Saigon. Can, 53, was convicted of murder and extortion after a Hue coup and beheading was ordered under a military junta.
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Roy Elsoyan
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Can
Viet Nam
U.S
Hue
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Can
Diem
Lodge
Manila
Cuban Stand Reaffirmed by Defense Chief
Secretary McNamara reaffirmed that U S aerial surveillance flights over Cuba will continue whether or not the Soviets turn over antiaircraft missiles as Soviet troops withdraw. He spoke to the Advertising Council and commented on internal stability in Cuba and U S weapons edge over the USSR.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Cuba
Soviet Union
McNamara
Advertising Council
China
Red
U.S
Air Crash Kills 4 Commandos at Hurlburt Field
Four Air Force commandos were killed and four others injured when a twin engine plane crashed at Hurlburt Field near Fort Walton Florida on Wednesday, AP reports.
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Fort Walton
Fla
Air Force
Hurlburt Air Force Field
Here
Goal Set On Tariff Parley
Geneva talks move toward freer trade with a 50 percent tariff cut as the goal for the Kennedy round. U.S. chief negotiator Christian Herter says there should be no winners or losers, only gainers, despite France balking on a firm 50 percent pledge. Sept. 10 set for offers and lists of exceptions as committees take over the negotiations.
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Geneva
Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
Johnson
United States
France
Trade Negotiating Committee
Grand Jury Probes Somerset County Properties
A Somerset County Grand Jury submitted a report to Judge Thomas F. Lansberry after touring county buildings. They noted roof and plaster damage at the courthouse and urged open viewing from the exterior balcony. They called for razing the old county home, maintaining the new home in prime condition, and urged attendance at the June 28 dedication and open house.
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Somerset County
Grand Jury
Thomas F. Lansberry
Lansberry
William E. Glessner
Berlin R.C
Somerset Courthouse
Ray Sembower
Board of Commissioners
Alexander Ogle
Norman F. Walker
Dwane E. Ringer
Ivan Lambert
Grand
$28 Million Highway Program Planned In Six County Area
District Engineer Victor B. Leopold announced a $28 million highway improvement program in six counties, covering Bedford Blair Cambria Fulton Huntingdon and Somerset. He noted 35 federal aided and state funded projects underway on 97 miles costing over $26 million with several $1 million plus segments including Interstate 70 in Fulton and Bedford counties and the Johnstown Bypass relocation of Route 219. The Geistown to Solomon Run link may open in July with further work on the Geistown South Fork segment and right of way condemnations planned for Mundy’s Corner and an interlocking section later this year.
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Victor B. Leopold
Pennsylvania Highway Information Association
Altoona
Leopold
Bedford
Blair
Cambria
Fulton
Huntingdon
Somerset
Wilbur C. Webb
PHIA
Pennsylvania
Bedford Counties
Crystal Springs
Breezewood
Johnstown
Geistown
Solomon Run
South Fork
Mundy’s Corner
Bedford County Route 220 segments cost over 32 million
In Bedford County two Route 220 segments south of Bedford totaling about 12 miles cost more than 32 million to advance travel. One leg progresses while the other starts. contract awarded April 17, 1964. Leopold reports final link on U.S. 30 between Everett and Breezewood to connect with Interstate 70 and is due early next year.
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Bedford County
Bedford
Leopold
Everett
Breezewood
Cambria County
Summerhill
Wilmore
Windber Plumbing and Supply Co Incorporated
The Secretary of the Commonwealth approved articles of incorporation for Windber Plumbing and Supply Company Inc located at 1224 Graham Avenue Windber with capitalization of 5000 to buy and sell plumbing heating air conditioning materials fixtures equipment and related items. Incorporators are G William Klemstine Mary Jane Klemstine Oliver F Klemstine and Dasie M Klemstine all of Windber Pennsylvania.
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Secretary of the Commonwealth
Windber Plumbing and Supply Company, Inc
Graham Avenue
Windber
G. William Klemstine
Mary Jane Klemstine
Box 34
Oliver F. Klemstine
Dasie M. Klemstine
Grove Avenue
Senate Defeats Civil Rights Bill Jury Trial Amendments
After 49 days of debate the Senate defeats two amendments to the civil rights bill. Morton’s plan for jury trials in all contempt cases fails 46 to 45, and Cooper’s for criminal contempt tied to public accommodations fails 74 to 19. Johnson hopes for final passage by month’s end or early next month.
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Washington
Senate
Thruston B. Morton
D-ay
John Sherman Cooper
Johnson
Appalachian
Congress
Thurston
France Pushes Reform of NATO Command Structure
Paris reports France seeks a shake up of NATO political and military command to boost independent forces with France in a top tier alongside the United States and Britain. De Gaulle aides doubt formal proposals will be presented at The Hague meeting.
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Paris
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
United States
Britain
de Gaulle
Hague
Maurice Couve de Murville
Destroyer Damaged In Ocean Collision
The destroyer Decatur suffered heavy structural damage after colliding with the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain at sea on Wednesday. The carrier sustained minor hull damage.
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Norfolk, Va
Decatur
Lake Champlain
Two Famous Names Earn Senate Nominations In Lively Primary
In Washington AP report Gov. Matthew Welsh won Indiana Democratic primary backing Johnson while George Wallace polled near 30 percent against civil rights legislation. Rep. Robert Taft Jr. won Ohio Republican Senate nomination as Stephen Young and astronaut John Glenn Jr. vied for the Democratic bid. Bud Wilkinson also captured Oklahoma Republican nomination with Democrats to run off. Goldwater led Indiana Republicans winning 32 first ballot votes.
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Washington
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana
Johnson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Senate
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Stephen M. Young
Taft
John H. Glenn Jr
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Harold E. Stassen
Goldwater
Johnson hints at recalling Congress for civil rights bills
President Johnson suggested he might call Congress back to Washington if civil rights and other priority bills lag before party conventions. He said he would consider a special session after the Republican and Democratic gatherings, stressing the people’s business must come first.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House South Lawn
Senate
Mother of Year Chosen
The wife of a South Dakota college president was named American Mother of the Year for 1964. Cora Hjertaas Stavig, 63, wife of Lawrence Stavig, president of Augustana College in Sioux Falls, has raised four sons and fosters many foreign students at the college. The selection is by the American Mothers Committee from nominees across the states, DC and Puerto Rico.
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Virginia Barron
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Joyce Lape
Somerset American
New York
South Dakota
Cora Hjertaas Stavig
Lawrence Stavig
Augustana College of
Sioux Falls
Hong Kong
Sierra Leone
Augustana College
American Mothers Committee, Inc
States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Stavig
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Widely scattered showers or thundershowers possible Thursday afternoon or night. High around 76 to 84. Low 55 to 63. Friday remains partly cloudy and cooler than Thursday.
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Pennsylvania
Railroads Face Milestone On Comeback Trail
AP reports the nation’s railroads reach a milestone on their comeback path despite strikes risks. The first concrete result is cutting a few thousand locomotive firemen, possibly half a percent of the workforce, amid a $600 million annual modernization effort.
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Roger Lane
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
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