No Night Campsites In Capitol
The House Public Works Committee approved a bill to bar use of federal property in the District of Columbia for overnight campsites. It would prohibit permits for camping sleeping or temporary buildings on parkland and would block renewals. The measure also creates a Joint Congressional Committee on Citizen Grievances to hear petitions.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Poor People’s
District of Columbia
Federal
Lincoln Memorial
Department of the Interior
Anacostia
Congressional Committee On
Whalley Seeks Review of M-16 Procurement Practices
Congressman J Irving Whalley urged a comprehensive review of Army M-16 rifle contracts noting an inconsistent process. He cited Hydramatic Division GM and Harrington Richardson awards totaling 480,000 rifles with ceiling prices of 56 and 42 million, raising per rifle cost to about 230. He questioned why Mareco nt Corp offered a lower ceiling price for the M60 and stressed prudent spending.
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J. Irving Whalley
Army
Hydramatic
General Motors
Harrington and
Richardson
Whalley
Congress
Maremont Corp of
Massachusetts
Marement
Memorial Day Services in Somerset and Rockwood
Major General Henry K. Fluck will deliver the Memorial Day address at 9 30 a.m. in Court House Plaza Somerset. Veterans groups joint program includes flag ceremonies bells, songs by Somerset High School band and Gettysburg address. In Rockwood parade begins at 9 a.m. with services at 10 a.m. at the Honor Roll chaired by Walter Gardner and features Rev. Mills speaker and Rockwood High School band.
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Henry K., Fluck
Court House Plaza
Somerset
Fluck
28Th Infantry Division
Pennsylvania Army National Guard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
American Legion Post
Spanish War Veterans and Somerset Memorial Day Committee
East Union Street
Somerset Sr
Paul R. White
Court House Bell
Jay Walker
David Weimer
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Pearl Foust
American Legion Auxiliary
Alfred Wilmoth
War Mothers Auxiliary
Marie Revello
Spanish Veterans Auxiliary
Pamela A. Urban
Daughters of American Revolution
Margaret Shaffer
Ralph Barnett
Eugene Lloyd
Robert Lloyd
Donald Zeigler
Norman Thompson
Lloyd Koontz
Somerset Senior High School
James Cascio
Henry K. Flack
Byron Connor
Husband Cemetery
Somerset Jr. High School
Austin A. Hurd
Court House
Diamond
Patriot St
Rosina Ave
Felgar Road
Edgewood Ave
Union St
George Cassett
Jack C. Urban
Jacob Ream
A. L. Brown
Company C
Veterans
American Legion
VFW
Ameri
Rockwood
Walter J. Gard
Ner
Market Street
G. Blaine Kimmel
Charles E. Critchfield
E. Charles Kaufman
Robert Morgan Sr
Henry Cadwell
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Virginia Vough
Verle Vough
Rockwood American Legion
Ralph Mills
Church of the Brethren
Tam-O-Shanters Parade in Stoystown and Jamesway
Somerset's Tam O Shanters join the Memorial Day parade in Stoystown at 2 p.m. They cannot take part in Somerset activities due to band commitments. After Stoystown they perform at Jamesway Parking Plaza at 4 p.m. A chicken barbecue is held at the Jamesway lot all day, sponsored by the Tam O Shanters.
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Somerset
Stoystown
Somerset County
Unknown Soldier Unknown Hero Tribute Poem
The piece honors an unknown soldier as a universal hero shared by all, a boy who answered the call and lies in a grave that becomes a shrine. It reflects on sacrifice, kinship, and collective gratitude across nations, framed by a personal dedication to Sara Roberta Getly.
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Tadaw
Solosko to Study in Jerusalem for Six Months
Deborah Solosko daughter of Dr and Mrs Alexander Solosko Salisbury has been accepted to study in Jerusalem for six months at the Jacob Hiatt Institute affiliated with Brandeis University. She will depart July 2 from Allegheny College Meadville where she majors in Studio Art and will take Hebrew Language Modern Jewish History Social Institutions of Israel and Political Institutions of Israel.
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Deborah Solosko
Alexander Solosko
Salisbury
Jerusalem
Solosko
Allegheny College
Meadville
Israel
Jacob Hiatt Institute
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Hiatt Institute
States
Ten Killed In Atlanta Gas Explosion At Day Nursery
A gas explosion at a day nursery in suburban Hapeville, near Atlanta, killed ten people including eight children. Police and rescuers searched ruins for a missing child as workers saved others. The nursery manager and an assistant were among the dead and twenty two escaped unharmed.
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Atlanta
Hapeville
Garrett Borough Names Leadership for Water System
At a special council meeting Garrett Borough took control of the Garrett water system. Donald Brant was elected president and Roy Bush vice president. Donald Glessner named bookkeeper. New rates were set.
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Garrett Borough
Garrett
Donald Brant
Roy Bush
Donald Glessner
De Gaulle Resignation Rumors Grow After Discreet Trip
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle secreted to his country home raising speculation he may resign. Mass antigovernment march led by Communist unionists drew about 100000 as calls for early elections echoed amid a nationwide strike that has crippled industry and transport.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Place de la Bastille
Place de la Republique
General Confederation of Labor
Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises
Elysee Palace
Xavier Deniau
France
Wet and Cool With Showers Through Thursday
Western Pennsylvania faces considerable cloudiness and cooler temperatures with scattered showers and a few thundershowers. Thursday highs reach 63 to 72 while winds from the southwest 10 to 20 mph. Friday turns partly cloudy and milder with highs 65 to 74.
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Pennsylvania
Missing Sub Scorpion Hope Fades After Orange Object Sighting
Navy searched an orange object sighting north of the Scorpion area as 99 crewmen remain missing. Capt. John F. Davis noted the report from a Navy refrigerator ship seaman but no other vessels confirmed it. Officials said the vast search, involving 50 ships and 30 planes, would continue as the Scorpion’s 2 760 mile route from the Azores to Norfolk remains unaccounted.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
John F. Davis
Davis
Scorpion
Davisaid
Norfolk
Azores
Inset
Comdr
Francis A. Slattery
Virginia Beach
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Marines Repulse Reds as Saigon Fighting Slows
U S Marines repulsed major North Vietnamese offensives along the northern DMZ near Khe Sanh and at Dong Ha, inflicting heavy casualties. In Saigon suburbs fighting eased for the first time in days. Reports say 230 NVA killed, 13 Marines dead and 44 wounded, with allied forces pressing operations to drive NVA from the Cua Ve River area.
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Saigon
U.S
Dong Ha
Cua Oo River
Hospital Linen Crisis at Pittsburgh Laundry Timeline
A labor dispute at Health Center Service Corp runs six hospital laundry operations into crisis as pickets from the Teamsters disrupt efforts to resume full service. Magee-Womens Hospital bans new admissions over linen shortages while University of Pittsburgh dorms and affiliated hospitals rely on limited supplies.
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Pittsburgh
The
Health Center Service Corp
Teamsters Union
Magee - Womens Hospital
Afl-Cio Laundry & Dry Cleaning International Union
Health Center
Teamsters
University of Pittsburgh
Mercy Hospital
University
of Eye & Ear
Magee-Womens, Children’s
Presbyterian University
Western Psychiatric
Pennsylvania Soldier Among 41 Killed in Vietnam
The Pentagon released 41 more names of service members killed in Vietnam on Wednesday. Among them is Spec. 4 James G. Collins of Pennsylvania, husband of Barbara Collins of Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Pennsylvania
James G. Collins
Barbara Collins
Pittsburgh
Steering Wheel Removals Traps Teen at Movie Night
Barbara Nelson 18 of Wilkinsburg slipped her finger into a hole in a custom steering wheel after leaving a movie with her boyfriend in McKeesport. Police could not free her, so they removed the wheel at the scene and took her and the device to McKeesport Hospital where a doctor unwound a string and slowly freed her finger.
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Pittsburgh
McKeesport Hospital
Barbara Nelson
Wilkinsburg
Miss Nelson
Gov Shafer Named Chairman of GOP Governors Policy Committee
Harrisburg AP Gov Shafer accepts post as chairman of the Policy Committee of the Republican Governors Association appointed by Gov John Chafee to succeed Gov Nelson Rockefeller. Shafer says governors unite to shape the 1968 Republican platform after leading a nine city hearings tour.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Republican Governors’ Association
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rocky
Rockefeller
Republican Governors’ Policy Committee
California Next Test For Bobby
Kennedy faces a decisive California primary after an Oregon setback to McCarthy. He vows to quit only if he loses but will debate McCarthy. McCarthy calls California tough and vows an all out fight as Nixon dominates Republican ballots and Reagan gains 23 percent.
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Jack Bell
Portland
Ore
Robert F. Kennedy
Oregon
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
Kennedy
Los Angeles
McCarthy
New York
McCathy
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Can Legion
Civil Air Patrol
Somerset Fire Dept
Somerset Jr
Somerset Memorial Day Committee
Thomas F. Lansberry
Oscar F. Sutliffe
Chester Singer
David J. Weimer
Reid Weimer
Harold P. Gates
Herbert G. Gnagy
Pat Ibinson
Fred F. Coffroth
George Gardner
Stoystown Parade
Debonair
Wuay
Sara Roberta Getly
Miss Solosko
Authori
Hal Gulliver
Over Water Co
By Louis Nevin
Associated Press
Country
Hyades
Lewis M. Simons
William C. Westmoreland
South Korea
Khe Sanh
Gov
Bobby
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