De Gaulle asks referendum to reform France amid renewed riots
President de Gaulle urged a June referendum to grant him powers for sweeping reforms while riot and arson violence spread from Paris to Lyon Bordeaux and Nantes. He warned the nation of civil war if crisis remains unresolved as labor and student groups demand change.
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Louis Nevin
Associated Press
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
Stock Exchange
Pierre Mendes-France
de Gaulle
France
Lyon
Nantes
General de Gaulle
Bordeaux
Place de la Bastille
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Bourse
Flood forecast rises as Monongahela overruns banks in Pittsburgh
Heavy rains push the Monongahela River above flood stage with crests from two to eight feet, prompting Civil Defense and Red Cross alert. Six legislative routes and several state highways are closed as water reaches downtown parking wharves and underpasses. Vernon Haughton warns communities may not take forecasts seriously.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Federal State River Forecasting Service
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Ross Webb
Western
Molotov Cocktail bill signed into law with penalties
Gov Shafer signed the Molotov Cocktail bill making sale use or possession punishable by a 500 dollar fine or one year in jail. The act takes effect 60 days after signature. A second measure bans operating vehicles on public roads without original front or rear bumpers with penalties of 25 dollars and up to 15 days in jail. A third law allows counties to use liquid fuel tax funds for traffic control devices like stop and go signals.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Shafer
Swift Claims Robbery Work Of Companion
The trial of John Wilbur Swift Jr. continued at the Somerset County Courthouse as he testified that a man named Hennie Hinton from Ohio committed the Thorofare Market holdup. Swift described meeting Hinton, receiving $1000 to show him around, and helping secure a car before the robbery.
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Somerset Thorofare Market Jaw
Somerset County
John Wilbur Swift, Jr
Hennie Hinton
Ohio
Swift
Hinton
Edward Foust
Berlin
R.D
Foust
Bakersville
Edie
Thorofare
Somerset Shirt and Pajama
South Center Avenue
Herman L
Mitchell
Somerset R. D
Thoroughfare
Central City crowns Fire Queen and Coal Queen for Jubilee
Donna Lane 18 and Cynthia Sciranko 17 were named Fire Queen and Coal Queen as Central City marks its 50th borough jubilee. Lane will represent Central City in the County Fire Queen Contest in June. Sciranko wins Coal Queen with a $350 beauty school scholarship and a $25 bond.
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Central City
Queens
United Mine Workers of America Hall
Donna Lane
Lloyd Lane
Cynthia Sciranko
Andrew Sciranko
Miss Lane
Helen Cravec
Ladies Auxiliary
Sharon Soblesky
Shade
Shade High School
Lee Hospital
Johnstown
Westmont Presbyterian Church
Schanko
Harvey Younkins
District 2
UMWA
Tri-County School of Beauty
Somerset
Eleanor Strenski
William Strenski
Cairnbrook
Nicholas Bruno
Joseph
Mary Charnego
Carol Patinchak
Alex Lapinsky
John Charnego
Helen McCuck
James Rizzo
Windber
Patricia Stahl
Friedens
Mary Miller
Cynthia Schanko
Dona Lane
Wayne Kiehl
Mild Crime Control Bill Faces Senate Clash With Supreme Court
The Senate passed a broad crime control bill by large margins 55 29 58 27 and 63 21, reversing Supreme Court interrogation rulings. Proponents expect impact on the Court though the bill does not curb justices directly.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
State Highway Bids Lead in Major Bid Lot of $38.96 Million
The State Highways Department opened the year's largest bid lot totaling 38.96 million dollars. Somerset County unofficial low bidder New Enterprise Stone & Line Co. submitted 88 cl for resurfacing Rt. 219 near Jennerstown to near Thomas Mills. Senate leaders discuss judicial tenure and constitutional limits on lifetime appointments.
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State Highways Department
Somerset County
Rt. 219
Jennerstown
S. A
Senate passes bill expanding law enforcement powers and curbing Supreme Court rulings
The bill authorizes federal wiretaps under court orders, bans interstate handgun sales, and grants grants to improve local police. It faces a House conference struggle. It preserves Supreme Court limits in state trials but allows admissibility of eyewitness IDs and voluntary confessions in federal cases.
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Griffin
Congress
Bill Griffin
Supreme Court
Senate
Senate House
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House
Mallory
Miranda
Wade
Coroner Holds Inquest Into Pritts Death
Coroner Robert H. Halver will conduct a coroner's inquest Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the Grand Jury Room of Somerset County Court House into the March 10 death of John Stephen Pritts of Somerset. Pritts died in a single vehicle crash on East Main Street near the B and O railroad tracks. Passenger Carson Lynn Bruening of Somerset RD 1 was in the car.
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Robert H. Halverson
Somerset County Court House
John Stephen Pritts
Somerset
Pritts
East Main Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Carson Lynn Bruening
Somerset RD 1
Weekend Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Saturday brings mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures with highs in the 60s. Sunday remains sunny and warmer with highs in the mid to upper 60s to 75. Winds will be east to northeast at 8 to 15 mph Saturday and north to northeast at 5 to 10 mph Saturday night.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania GOP congressmen split on presidential choice
A survey of Pennsylvania's 13 GOP congressmen finds four noncommittal. four back Shafer as a favorite son. four lean Nixon or back Nixon. Rep Hermann Schneebeli backs Rockefeller. One unidentified member privately believes Rockefeller has eight supporters.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Raymond P. Shafer
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Hermann T. Schneebels
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Stratofortresses Strike Suspected Red Positions in Central Highlands
U S B52s conducted a major saturation bombing in the central highlands northwest of Kontum to disrupt a possible North Vietnamese offensive. The missions dropped nearly 1,000 tons of bombs as Hanoi plans an attack ahead of Paris peace talks while Viet Cong leadership warns of a large regional assault.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Kontum
Laos
Cambodia
Paris
Highlands
Dak To
Dak
Moscow
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Hieu
Central Committee
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Hieu
State seeks federal aid to curb mine drainage pollution
Pennsylvania officials urged the federal Water Pollution Control Advisory Board for funding to fight stream pollution from old coal mine drainage. They cited a 1965 law banning pollution and sealing mines, but noted abandoned pits remain a problem. A $150 million state bond issue will seal some old mines.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Georges
State Secretary of Health
Maurice K. Goddard
Pennsylvania
Georges
Republicans jockey for delegates in Pennsylvania fight
In Harrisburg the 64 member Pennsylvania GOP delegation tightens a race for the Miami August convention. Nixon aides push for support to Shafer favored son plan while Rockefeller backers open hospitality suites and court key figures like Hugh Scott and Scranton.
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Nixon
Rockefeller
GOP
Pennsylvania
Schneebeli
Vincent P. Carocci
Harrisburg
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Miami
Raymond P. Shafer
Hubert
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Charles Rhyn
National Citizens For Nixon Committee
New York
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
U. S
Hugh Scott
William W. Scranton
Burglars Steal School Items Valued At 1500
Jerome Elementary School was burglarized early Friday with entry via a coal chute. Police report damage to the building and blood stains in several rooms. Missing items include a slide projector a movie projector a record player and a controlled reading machine.
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Jerome
R. J. Lefchick
John Chobany
Conemaugh Township Union Schools
Marine Colonel Questions Khe Sanh Battle Strategy
Marine Colonel David E. Lownds defended the Khe Sanh plan saying the siege was mainly a set piece battle though he would have preferred more counter attacks. He noted Westmoreland did not consult him on strategy. Lownds said his 26th Marine Regiment held critical terrain and patrols extended 1 500 meters from the base.
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Washington
Khe Sanh
David E. Lownds
Westmoreland
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Lownds
Pentagon
South Vietnam
26Th Marine Regiment
Welfare Crisis: Porter Analyzes Proposed Social Laws
Columnist Sylvia Porter examines the welfare crisis as America faces possible major social welfare reforms. Beginning Monday May 27 she analyzes proposals from presidential hopefuls business labor and welfare experts in an important series on the Welfare Crisis.
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America
Sylvia Porter
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