Flood Waters Crest and Recede Across Five Midwest States
Floods raged across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois as rivers crest and then recede. Governors urged relief and the Red Cross reported thousands homeless while levees held or failed amid sandbagging and evacuations. The Mississippi and other rivers inundated farmland and towns from Minneapolis to Davenport as 21 000 people sought shelter and a disaster declaration loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minnesota
Murhssissouri
Otto Kerner
Warren FE
Hearnes
Ashelter
Mitr
Neenla
Cairo
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Hannibal
St. Paul
Nawastream
Wabasha
Wineng
Karl Rolvaag
Red Cross
Chaska
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Johnson
Obituaries Bellwether of Hagerstown Area Death Notices
Multiple obituaries from the Hagerstown area report deaths of Thomas A. Jett 88, Williamsport, and Tony Karamanos 42 Athens, Greece, among others. Included are service details, survivors, and funeral arrangements at Norment Funeral Home, Mt Olive Cemetery, and Minich Funeral Home. Additional notices reference Reuben Engle 91, Walter Delosier 47, and Kaston Kesster, with details on churches, cemeteries, and local honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spottsylvania
Jilsen
Laura Faircchild Jett
Jett
Baltimore
Alice M. Burger
Mr. 2
Angerstown
Ales. Bethel Waldner
Baltinore
Sydney Jett
Virgince
Tony KF. Karamanos
Armstrong
Vupors
Kaston Grant Kesster
Cacapon
Wear
Virginia
Maryland
Williamsport
Park Johnson
Paw
W. Va
Furecal
Churel
Woodrow
W.va
Bawlal
Prayer Today Lord Desis Christ in Cross death
Prayer today asks for guidance to die to self and live for others. It reflects on transformation from withered to glorious life, seeking comfort in faith and the belief that life can be renewed through spiritual change. Bernard F E Michel, a minister from Water town Wisconsin, signs the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desis Christ
Bernard FE. Michel
Watertown
Wis
Ebenezer Moravia Chareh
Hitchhiking Slayers Seek New Trial in Georgia
In Summerville Georgia two West Virginia youths Ray Dale Chatterton age 21 and Woodrow Whisman age 18 convicted of killing textile executive Billy A Copeland 47 were granted motions for a new trial. Judge Robert Coker who sentenced them to death will hear the motions amid delays to their March 19 execution date. The defendants from Huntington West Virginia picked up Copeland a Lafayette supervisor and father of four while hitchhiking.
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Summerville
West Virginia
North Georgia
Superior Court
Robert Coker
Ray Dale Chatterton
Woodrow Whisman
Chatterton
Whisman
Huntington
W. Va
Billy A. Copeland
Afayette
Copeland
Deaths in Greencastle and environs reported
Area obituaries list Alice L. Martin 44 and Erma C. Gelsinger 70, both of Franklin County. Also noted are Austin Twyman 63, Robert H. Elser 65, Ida Katherine Snyder 83 with family details and funeral plans in Greencastle Chambersburg Martinsburg and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
S'y
Alice L. Martin
Greencasle
Waynesboro Hospital
Franklin County
George and
Cora {Smith) King
Antrim
Christ Church
Here
Ira J. Martin
Iliva HL
John W
Johnstown
David
Richard
James
Laretta Ashway
Naydean Mar Fin
Donald King
Alfree
Robert King
Town
Edith Stone
St Antrim Brethren In Christ Chuirch
Marvey
Musser
Norman
Martin Nf
Minnich
Erma C
Statter] Gelsinger
Williamson
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
He Jatstlerod
Lila Stumbaugh
Statler
Leonard Gelsinger
Stanity
Greencastle Rt. 2
Leonard
Edgar Weller
Chambersburg
Violet
Nitter
Prank Statler
Market Prices Edge Up In Early Trading
New York AP reports stock market prices nudged higher in early trading as activity remained uneven, with gains seen across several sectors and cautious optimism prevailing among investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Easter Peace Theme Echoes Worldwide in Easter Observances
Easter joy and calls for peace echoed across the globe. In Vatican City Pope Paul VI urged negotiating an end to war, while Christians in New York, Atlanta, and Philadelphia celebrated with parades and church services. In Korea, U.S. servicemen and local orphans prayed beside a white cross. West Berliners gathered for Easter Sunday with families separated by the Cold War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peace Reynolds Tobacco
Ptauctice
Liggett
Korea
I Alyers
Aic
Peter’s Square
Vatican
Fohagen
Uny Episcopal
Jehured
Tie
Voxian Bee Motors
Ftae-Lee Toven
Planet
New York
Atlanta
Philadelphia
St. Porter's Square
Pope Paul VI
Viet Nam
Avery
Steel strike uncertainty shifts prices on trading floor
Steels imchanged to a Hille lower amid uncertainty over May 1 strike extension. Colorado Fuel & Iron held, Gained on a 19,304 share block. United Fruit rose on a 12,000 share trade. CHS moved up on a 19,304 share block as the market firmed.
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Securie
Colorado Fuel & Tron
Menbigh
CHS
United Fruit Rose Jo Tn
Easter Hunt Held Underwater Lights Mystery Solved
Edmonds police were baffled by reports of underwater lights near the ferry dock last weekend. Patrolman Norm Sedor found the lights were manned by members of the Marker Buoys Diving Club, ending the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonds, Wash
Edmonds
Reals
Norm Sedor
Marker Buoys Diving Club of
McNamara To Join Honolulu Viet Parley
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara will join a Honolulu conference on South Vietnam for a one day visit With U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and military officials to review plans for expanding South Vietnamese forces and U S military support A Pentagon spokesman said no crisis prompted the meeting after Taylor's Washington visit and decisions earlier widened the South Vietnamese military by about 169000 and sent in additional American troops
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roberts
Mc‘Namara
Honolulu
Defense Department
McNamara
Kav-ing
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Pentagon
Taylor
Seagulls Seen Again in Washington County
Mrs Evelyn Mills of 1011 Pennsylvania Ave reports a flock of 40 to 50 seagulls in the Miracle Mart parking lot about 30 a m today. The AMIS sighting confirms birds returning to the area.
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Washington County
Evelyn Mills
Pennsylvania Ave
Miracle Mart
Filipino Crux Rite Draws Crowds in Pampanga
In Pampanga Province north of Manila a Filipino man in his early thirties was nailed to a wooden cross for about half an hour last Thursday. Companions released him and a crowd of men women and children witnessed. He said it was his fourth time and that recovery from an incurable disease prompted the act in imitation of Christ.
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Manila
Pampanga
Manila Times
Picketing at White House over Viet Nam policy endures
Washington AP reports thousands of Students for a Democratic Society gathered near the White House and at the Capitol to press U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Spokesman George Waywood of Indianapolis said the protest started a national movement as demonstrators stood for about 11 hours and handed a petition to Congress. President Johnson, in Texas, was to return soon.
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Washington
Viet Nam Mall
White House
Students For
U.S
Nam
Viet Nam
SDS
Fel
League For Industrial Democracy 3
George Waywood
Indianapols
T Hey
Johnson
United States
Texas
Met Nam
Geri Ranch
Capitol 0
Congress
Cosa Nostra Info Flow Expands with Valachi Testimony
Washington AP Justice Department official says government receives steady information on day to day operation of the Cosa Nostra. Miller cites high level informants in prison and out. Major breakthrough via Joseph Valachi who broke oath to reveal syndicate details.
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Washington (Ap
Aop
Justice Department
Cosa Nostra Crime Syndicate
Kosygin warns US on napalm and gas use in Vietnam
Soviet Premier Kosygin condemned U.S. actions in South Vietnam during a Moscow rally with Mongolian President Tsedenbal. He warned that napalm and phosphorous bombs and poison gas by anti communist forces could invite retaliation in kind and lead to unforeseen consequences.
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Sluolun
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Viet Nam
Kosygin
South Viet Nam
Kasygin
Yumchagin Tsedenbal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Midwest States
Mureau
East Motine
Rock Island
Motine
East Molin
Nock Island
Pavenport
Tawa
River Paints
Ilinois
St. Croix
Paul
Stillwater
Joseph Strub
Thomas A. Jett
Walnut’ Point Rd
Rt. 2
Ruth E. Je. Candless Jett
Williams Rorl Sanitarium
Tony E. Karamanos
Reuben L. Engle
Walter Alfred Delosier
Walter Alfred (Scott) Delosier
Jefferson Blvd
Hancock
Reuben Lorensa Engle
Freda McMablen
Fulton County
Lorenga
Te Berea (Peck) Engle
Frilly
Ile
Jerusalem ‘Christian Church
Inieces
Newhews
Aid ‘Capah
Woltell
Jerusalem Christian Church
Wil
Alvin Kyle
Christ Lutheran Church
Fairchild Maing
Hiller Carp
Haverstown
Striier
Abs&am
Ghan Temple
Cumberland Lodge
Pertee- Hateack
Hag Forts
Tall Cedars
Lebanon
Ilo
Anna Catherine (Brard) Dejosier
Virginia Fahrney
Opal Delosier
Bessie Printz
Mes
Annabell Miller
Nancy Bruce
Dandalk
Withian Delosier
Harry Delosier
Philip Delosier
Wallace Delosier
Uiness
Easton Grant Keasner
William S. Wasser
A. K. Coffman
Cleveland Ave
Ronald MeChing
Rosa Hill Cemetery
Christ Futheran Church
Hagerstown Vantge No
Ronda Kay Miles
Barney Mies
Patamac Sh
Kailua Oahu
Hawaili
Ironton
Summit Ave
Magerstown
Mall
Eac Iear
William 5. Wasser
Mellie
Thomas Vassar
Yawnsville
Welzel
Willow Grove
Harry A. Campbell
Harry Asbury Campbell
W. Franklin II
Roeder
Taray
Sarah Jenkins Campbell
Mildred Thomas Campbell
Donald E. Campbell
David Campbell
Mansfield
Ohio
Lenton Campbell Stancuek
A. K. Goff’ Man
Harry H. Hoffman
Harry Henry Hoffman
M. Harris Hoffman
Maryland Ave
Morgan County
Berkeley Springs
Fulton Canary
Monty 1
Wid
Lucy E. Bishan Hoffman
Methodist Church
Tonoloway
Hoffman
Michael
Wat
Maude M. McKenzie
Leota Jay
LaVale
Hope Allen
Frostburg
John Eroffman
Springfield
Mass
Eall
Monera
Methodist
Robert Hartlet Sr
Roger Heights
HFC
Vera
Mowiney
Nationwide
Wapeetlow
Public Square
Cor, E
Washington St
Joseph W. Barr
Inihamapolis
Fur
The
Treasury
Barc 5
House
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Gelsinger
Minoich
Myrtle (Posey) Twyiman
Katsie Mae Green
Martinsburg
Dorothy Jackson
Ballimore
Milton
Charles
Halltown
Ihildren
Maggie Clinton
Mary Tall
Bolivar
Parthenia
Washington, D.C
Willard
Martinsville
Robert H. Elser
T A
Route 2
Green Village
Hoe
Mallce C. (Householder) Elser
Pines
John W. Elser
King Street United Brethren Church
Mead and Grocery
Dora E. Saunders
Elser
Robert W. Elser
Hoy
Theodore E. Elser
Boonsharp
Louise Elser
Lynn Ramsey
Russell Birdsall
Mudsey
Ind
Lawrence Ganble
Chambershure
Daniel Misner
Shippensburg
Paul Tate
Pia
Aut’ B. Baker
Norland Cemetery
Sellers Pa
Chandersburg
Mrs
Ida Snyder
Ida Katherine Snyder
Raleigh St
Walter P. Snyder
King's Daughters Hospital
Christie Ann (McGowan) Barker
Snykler
T ‘Trinity Methodist Church
theRose
Pennsylvania Railroad
Raik Todd
Addree
Shutcher & Sherrerd
First Federal Building
Hagerttown, Md
Joseph H. Dagenais
Mgr
New York Stock Exchange
Chrysler
St. Michaels and All the Angels Church
Blanco
Tex
Edwin A. Thayer
God
Jesus
Cosa Nostra
Waport
Montgomery Ward Service Department
W. Antietam St. Hagerstown, Bid
N. Potomas
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