Record Week Brings 337 U S Killed In Vietnam War
Saigon AP reports the American Command records 337 U S personnel killed in action last week, with 2,282 wounded and 31 missing, as fighting around the demilitarized zone intensifies and the zone is cleared of allied troops. South Vietnamese losses reach 241 killed, plus 80 allied Koreans, while North Vietnamese casualties total 2.46 percent. The invasion of the southern DMZ portion begins after a surge in shelling and a shift to a buffer role under Geneva terms. Heavy air raids continue over North Vietnam, with a Skyhawk downed near Thanh Hoa but the pilot saved.
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George McArthur
Saigon
Viwcek
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Harp
South V Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
North
Girl Charged As Reckless By Police
Barbara Jean Harsh of Williamsport, 28, charged with reckless driving after an accident on N Mulberry Street at 1 am. Police said her car pulled from the curb struck a telephone booth and damaged the Pine Room front and a home on N Mulberry Street, causing about $1,000 damage.
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Barbara Jean Harsh
Williamsport
N. Mulberry St
Area Deaths Rush Stouffer Sr
Rush Stouffer Sr 3, retired banker and local leader, died Thursday at Waynesboro Hospital. He served as vice president and cashier of Citizens National Bank and Trust Co. and held roles with the Waynesboro Building and Loan, Cancer Fund, Coin Club, and Broad Street Gospel Chapel. Survived by wife, daughter, son, four grandchildren, and sister. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Broad Street Gospel Chapel. burial Burns Hill Cemetery. Visitation today 4 to 8 p.m. at Poe Funeral Home.
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Waynesboro
Rush Stouffer
West Main Street
Waynesboro Hospital
Chambersburg
Samuel K
Kate L. Greenawalt Stouffer
Stouffer
Chambersburg Business College
Mechanicsburg Bank
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company
Waynesboro Building and Loan Association
Sal- Nilson
Local Cancer Fund
Charter
Waynesboro Coin Club
Broad Street Gospel Chapel
Josephine Gower
Kingston, Fenn
Rush E. Stouffer Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Minnie G. Stouffer
Spa
Broad Street
JW. Bramhall
Burns
Hill Cemetery
Poe
Anna Winkelblec
Willamsport
Mabel Gabriel
Red Line
Charles I. Grimm
Hagerstown
Norment Funeral Home
ML. Zion Eub Church
Cearfuss
Swith
Warren J. Baughman
Rose Hill
Local Obituaries G P Beddow and Other Deaths in Area
Obituaries from Charlestown to Hancock report deaths including Virginia Nancy Mauck 56 of Williamsport and Silas Shipley 80 of Sharpsburg. Survivors include husband Ralph Mauck son three grandsons and multiple siblings. Funeral services, calling hours, and burial plans are listed with churches and cemeteries named. Additional notices cover Dr Joseph Roe biochemist, Charles Stinchaugh and Hillard Mills with service times and burial details.
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Virginia Nancy Mauck
Williamsport
Hounterington County
Hopital Folington
Peter
Rebecca Sweikter Ruffner
Bakersville
Warren Ruffner
Roansboro
Paul Ruffner
Blanche Bealefeld
Baltimore
Mildred Bartey
Waynes
Hero
Elsie Smith
Downsville
Dorothy Fauch
Leaf Funeral
Williamsnart
Charles Brix
Greenlawn
Eighty year old Clifford Shupp Found Dead At Home
Clifford Hollen Shupp age eighty was found dead at 7 15 am today at his residence 2416 Virginia Ave by his son Dallas Shupp. He had lived in Halfway for 35 years and was pronounced dead of natural causes by Dr. Howard N Weeks.
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Clifford Hollen Shupp
Virginia Ave
Dallas Shupp
Shupp
Halfway
Howard N. Weeks
Big weekend traffic death toll forecast in nation
Chicago AP report says Memorial weekend could see 650 to 750 traffic deaths nationwide per National Safety Council estimates. Officials caution drivers to exercise care during the four day holiday period.
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Chicago
Nation
Safety Council
Stock Market Recovers In Active Trade
New York AP reports a rebound in early trading as the market climbs after six straight sessions. Bargain hunting boosted values with IBM and Xerox up about four points, Polareld, Eastern, United, and other major movers posting gains amid higher steel, motor, and electronics shares.
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New York
IBM
Xerox
Polareld
Eastern
United Airlines
Ru Pont
Atgconda
Inith
Raytheog
Massey-Ferguson
General Motors
Viet Cong defectors rise past fifteen thousand this year
SAIGON AP Defectors from the Viet Cong to the South Vietnamese government's side under the Chieu Hoi open arms program have surpassed the 15,000 mark this year officials said today. A total of 583 persons turned themselves in last week compared with 591 the prior week.
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Saigon
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Herald
Cenes
Rush Stouffer Sr
Mra
Virginia
N. Mauck
G. P. Beddow
Charleston, Va
Miss D. Rae Grimm
Silas D. Shipley
Silas David Shipley
Jouth Mechanic Street
Sharpsburg
Jale Fanrose
Catherine Griffishipley
Shepherdstown
May Meshaw Shipley
Dora Randolph
Appomattox
Val
J.P. Love
Leaf Funeral Home
Charles Birx
Mt., View Cemetery
Joseph Roe
Winchester
Joseph H. Roe
Washington
DB. C
Roe
Julia Filsinger
Jeffferson Biv
Galdie| Canode
N. Potomac &J
George Washington U. School of Medicine
National Heart Institute
D.C. General Hospital
V. A. Center
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ror
World Health Organization
G. WU
Yale
War Department
Ree
Charles L. Stinchaugh
Charles J. Stinehaugh
E. Franklin St
Washington Sainty Hospital
John and
Agnes Leakway Stinchaugh
St. Paul's Ie.u.b. Church
Independent Order of Red Men
Pangbora Corp
Cld
Gladys Kline Stinebaugh
Dolores Stinebaugh
Marvin
Jol
Aliquippa
Minnich Funeral Home
Lester Kauffmie
Jing
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hillard Mills
Hillard W. Mills
Hancock Route 2
Dorothy V. Hall
Mary Weller
Mary Mills
Hancock
Routt
S.& N.katz
Ives You the
Racid
Westinghouse
Kate Soule
Washington St
Dupont
T&c
DuPont Lucite
Fedtro
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