Soviet Troop Movements Linked to Warsaw Pact Drills
Western military attaches report Soviet troops moving from Poland toward Czechoslovakia amid tensions over Prague liberalization. Prague officials say maneuvers planned in Czechoslovakia are limited. diplomats report possible Warsaw Pact connections.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Martin Czur
Krakow
Communist Party
Moscow
Prague
Soviet Union
Washington
Czech
Zakopane
Ludvik Svoboda
Alexander Dubcek
Hillcrest Grange Honors 50 Year Members Three Brothers
Hillcrest Grange honored Sherman B. Berkley Walter T. Walker and Guy H. Walker as 50 year members. All three are retired or semi-retired farmers, past masters of Hillcrest Grange, and longtime members of Hay's Mt. Zion United Church of Christ. A feature story on the celebration appears in the American on page three.
Prague Denies US Tanks Invasion Movie Plot
Czechoslovakia and American sources rejected a East German claim that eight U.S. and three German tanks entered Prague under the pretext of filming. Western embassies reported no evidence of Soviet troop movements toward Czechoslovakia and Prague showed no unusual activity.
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Peter Rehak
Associated Press
Prague
U.S
Poland
Czechoslovak
Czechoslovakia
Firemen's Fund Drive Reminder
The Somerset Volunteer Fire Department will park its squad truck on the diamond Friday from 5 to 9 30 p.m. to remind residents the department still needs funds to maintain protections and services. Fire Chief John Wilson urged contributions from those who have not yet given.
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Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Calef
John Wilson
Paris Opens Vietnam Talks as U S and North Vietnam Arrive
US and North Vietnam top negotiators reached Paris for preliminary talks aimed at ending the war. Xuan Thuy and W Averell Harriman led separate delegations arriving ahead of Friday sessions with French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville. Clark M Clifford also flew in for NATO meetings in Brussels.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Thuy
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Harriman
Maurice Couve de Murville
Washington
Defense
Cyrus Vance
Clark M. Clifford
NATO
Brussels
Reds Hammer Saigon Add To Civilian Toll
Viet Cong forces pressed on in Saigon amid heavy fighting with U S and South Vietnamese units. About 2 000 troops from the U S 9th Infantry Division fought to repel attacks on the capital while civilian casualties and refugees mounted. U S and allied losses were reported along with Viet Cong deaths as the battle intensified near the Kinh Doi Canal and southern Saigon. An official tally showed hundreds of enemy kills and increased civilian displacement amid looming Paris peace talks.
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Saigon
Paris
U.S
9Th Infantry Division
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Kinh Doi Canal
Canal
Gia
Plan Aired To Divert Corporate Income Taxes To Voting Public
Washington senator outlines the National Dividend Plan by John H Perry Jr to divert corporate income taxes as per capita payments to all citizens who vote in elections every two years. Morton says it would stabilize the economy reduce welfare and expand voter participation over a five year phased approach. The plan includes a 50 percent corporate tax ceiling and exempts corporate dividends from personal income taxes.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Senate Finance Committee
John H. Perry Jr
West Palm Beach, Fla
Ten Miners Believed Dead In WV Mine Flooding
Ten of the 25 miners trapped in a Hominy Falls coal mine are believed dead as flooding advances. Rescue efforts staggered by rising water in another section where 15 miners are safe, with pumps operating and a new tunnel planned to reach the trapped group.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
C. E. Richardson
Big Sewell Mountain
Richardson
Paratrooper Divisions Cut To One
The Army will convert the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam into an air mobile unit, making the 82nd Airborne the remaining paratrooper division. The move reflects growing helicopter use with 428 helicopters in an air mobile division and 1,600 helicopters lost in Vietnam.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Army
101St Airborne Division
South Vietnam
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry
82Nd Airborne
United States
U.S
PSEA sanctions Coraopolis School District in dispute
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania State Education Association announced sanctions against the Coraopolis School District over unilateral curriculum changes and arbitrary teacher assignments. Four district officials were also censured Supervising Principal Samuel Milanovich high school Principal Samuel La Ritz elementary Principal Norman Restaine and school board president Rocco Cuteri.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Allegheny County
Coraopolis
PSEA
Samuel Milanovich
Samuel la Ritz
Norman Restaine
Rocco Cuteri
Cuteri
CEA
Coraopolis Education Association
RFK cites UAW rally in Atlantic City says US cannot be world policeman
Kennedy tells United Auto Workers convention in Atlantic City the United States can no longer be the world’s policeman. Humphrey gains AFL-CIO United Steelworkers support. McCarthy predicts RFK will likely out-poll him in Nebraska primary Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
United Auto Workers Convention
Atlantic City
United States
Humphrey
AFL - Cio
United Steelworkers
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nebraska
Wanita Walters Named State Miss FBLA At Pennsylvania Convention
Wanita Walters daughter of Mr and Mrs Palmer G Walters Somerset RD 6 was chosen Pennsylvania's Miss FBLA at the state Future Business Leaders of America convention in Mechanicsburg. She stood among twelve regional winners and five finalists after an objective test and interview, representing 87 FBLA chapters.
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Wanita Walters
Palmer G. Walters
Somerset RD
Pennsylvania
Holiday Hotel West
Mechanicsburg
Vanita
Future Business Leaders of America
Fela
Somerset Area
Lilia Miller
Grand Ole Opry Originator George Hay Dies in Nashville
George D. Hay, founder of the Grand Ole Opry at WSM Nashville, died at 72. He launched the Opry in 1925 after earlier radio work at WMC Chicago WLS and WSM, naming it The Grand Ole Opry. His show helped spark Nashville’s country and western recording industry and featured stars such as Roy Acuff and Chet Atkins.
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Grand Ole Opry
Nashville, Tenn
George D. Hay
WSM
America
Ozark Mountain
Hay
Opry
Nashville
Memphis Commercial Appeal
WMC
Warren G. Harding
WLS
Chicago
WLM
Mid- South
Ole Judge
Walter Damrosch
Roy Acuff
Pee Wee King
Eddy Arnold
Chet Atkins
Ernest Tubb
The
Texas Troubadours
Red Foley
Jim Reeves
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Faron Young
Marty Robbins
Minnie Pearl
Grinders Switch
Baumgardner Named Bridge Surveyor for Somerset County
Baumgardner, a former superintendent of county highways, is appointed part time bridge surveyor for Somerset County. He will survey county bridges, be paid 100 dollars monthly, and report findings to the Somerset County Board of Commissioners Vernon Spangler Paul OConnor and Albert Hay.
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Lewis A. Baumgardner
Somerset County
Baumgardner
Somerset County Board of County Commissioners
Vernon Spangler
Paul O’connor
Albert Hay
U S Steel Cuts Prices in Face of Foreign Steel
Pittsburgh AP reports that U S Steel has pursued price reductions on select products to counter cheaper imports. Cuts focus on coated steels like galvanized sheet and items such as gas and water pipe, mainly in the Great Lakes and Florida regions. Bethlehem Steel says it keeps prices steady.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Mum U.S. Steel
Great Lakes
Florida
Rockwood Firemen Near Goal in Annual Drive
Rockwood Volunteer Firemen report about $3,000 raised of a $4,000 goal in the yearly fund campaign running through June 15. Fire Chief J. E. Miller notes continued plans and a barbecue pit project in the old community park aimed to finish by May end. Old Homeweek in Rockwood is June 10 to 15.
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Rockwood
J. E. Miller
Milford
Black
Old Community
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