Auto Industry Seeks Limits on Federal Safety Power
The auto industry urged Congress to restrict federal authority to set motor vehicle safety standards. Proposals include requiring standards align with innovation and gradual model changes, and that implementing rules allow four years to take effect. Some revisions target only new cars, with used cars covered later.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
Detroit
House Commerce Committee
James A. Mackay
D-Ga
Lloyd N. Cutler
Secretary of Commerce
House Committee
Congress
National Safety Council
Auto
Commerce Committee
Purge in China Pushes Toward Dual World Communist Movement
A wide anti Soviet purge in the Chinese Communist Party signals Peking aims for a permanent split in world communism and a separate revolutionary movement led by China. Beijing escalates anti Soviet propaganda amid Viet Nam tensions and criticizes Teng To and Khrushchev era revisionists as obstructing its path to revolutionary leadership.
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Chinese Communist Party
Peking
Viet Nam
United States
China
Albania
Communist Party
Europe
Teng To
People’s Daily
Khruschev
Sheep and Wool Growers Elect Two Directors
George Keim of Buckstown and L. J. Stairs of Westmoreland County were elected directors for the coming year at a Somerset County Sheep and Wool Growers Association dinner in New Centerville. The meeting drew growers from Somerset and neighboring counties and Maryland. President Jack Shober presided as reports noted bids from Pennsylvania State College were rejected except for Elliott Bicknell whose bid of 65.12 topped the Penn State offer of 64. Top grade wool this year reportedly outpaced last year. See page 2 for details.
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George Keim
Buckstown
L. J. Stairs
Westmoreland County
Somerset County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
New Centerville
Somerset
Westmoreland
Bedford
Fayette Counties
Maryland
Jack Shober
Berlin
Tom Calvert
Calvert
Pennsylvania State College
Elliott Bicknell
Penn State
Development Meeting Planned Here May 18
Area leaders meet with Pennsylvania Electric Company officials and consultants in Somerset on May 18 to review economic growth prospects. Participants include Somerset Central City Meyersdale Berlin and Jennerstown representatives as part of a 14 one day seminars across 33 counties.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
Somerset
Central City
Meyersdale
Berlin
Jennerstown
Penelee
Pennsylvania
Chamber of Commerce
Central Economic Development Organization, Inc
CEDO
Washington, D.C
Penelec
TEDO
Hidden Valley Country Club
Ernest L. Petersen, Jr
GIs Find Bras In Viet Cong Tunnel Complex
In Saigon AP report from the 4th Battalion 23rd Infantry GI troops seized Viet Cong supplies and found three bras. Lt. Col. Michael Barszcz said they sent the items to division HQ for guidance and were told to solve their own problems.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
23Rd Infantry
Michael Barszcz
Cornerstone Box Will Be Opened at Trinity Lutheran
A cornerstone box set in 1872 at Old Trinity Lutheran will be opened Sunday after the 11 a.m. service. Participants include Carl M. Friedhofer Jr., vice president. Lynn J. Reiking, secretary. Minter C. Jones, demolition supervisor. and Pastor Renkel. Contents will be examined and displayed to the congregation.
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Trinity Lutheran Corner
Carl M. Friedhofer, Jr
Lynn J. Reiking
Minter C. Jones
Pastor Renkel
Quail Eggs Prove Capable of Communicating Before Hatching
Miss Margaret Vince of Cambridge University reports that quail eggs synchronize hatching by embryo signals. Over three years she found embryos click and emit signals to adjust hatch timing, likely via breathing rather than shell knocks, requiring eggs to be in contact.
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Margaret Vince
Cambridge University
Listie Post Office To Remain Open
Rep. Peter T. Dumbauld announces, based on a Washington letter from the Assistant Postmaster General, that no changes will be made to the Listie Post Office at this time. The decision follows a completed study of the office and its services.
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Listie
Peter T. Dumbauld
O'Brien
Post Office Department
Washington
New Pumper To Be Shown By Firemen
Somerset volunteer firemen seek funds for equipment with a recently acquired American LaFrance pumper costing over 30000 dollars. They will display the truck on the Diamond this evening from 6 to 9 provide demonstrations and accept contributions by mail or at the event.
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Somerset
Somerset Volunteer Firemen
Tom Brown
Somerset Firemen
la France
Brown
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Purdy Testifies At Court Martial In Wiretap Case
Former state police commissioner E. Wilson Purdy appears before a three-member board in Hershey as Maj. Willard J. Stanton faces charges of ordering illegal wiretapping and misconduct. Purdy says he had no knowledge of any wiretap probe and declines comment on his testimony.
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Hershey
E. Wilson Purdy
Purdy
Special House
Judson Ruch
Ruch
Angelo Carcaci
Florida
Huette F. Dowling
Arthur Goldberg
Grace E. Kenner
Paul E. Rittelmann
Raymond Kish
State Police Academy
US Engages Communists In Viet Nam
U S troops fought three sectors with combat deaths exceeding South Vietnamese losses for a second time this spring. May 17 saw 82 American fatalities and 61 allied deaths, raising the U S toll since January 1, 1961 to 3,234.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Nuuyen Cao Ky
dleiSee U.S
Weather Summary for Western Pennsylvania Showers Friday
Western Pennsylvania sees cloudy skies with continued cool conditions and light showers Friday. Highs mid fifties, Saturday looks partly cloudy with a chance of light showers and little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Invasion Foiled By Area Teen
Somerset yesterday morning saw a claimed landing of aliens thwarted by reporter Larry Holladay. He says beings with antennae on their heads fought back, twisted their antennas, and fled, leaving predicted mass abductions unfulfilled.
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Outer Space
Larry Holladay
Mars
Earth
Somerset
Holladay
Americal
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Mak AN
Mongolia
Red
Red China
AP News
Red Chinese
Dorothy Kantner
Cornerstone
London
Tokyo
Defense Department
New China News Agency
NCNA
Makwan
Yunnan
Hanoi
Ministry of National Defense
Johnson Administration
North Viet Nam
Kwangsi
Kwangtun
Liuchou Peninsula
Gulf of Tonkin
Makwang
John L. Taylor
Stanton
Paul A. Rittelmann
Thomas F. Lansberry
Area Teen
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