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Dtily UtpvkUwu IfonpcssKela, P. Herald Ataerkw Doesra, -MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1970 fAGE 2 Now Officials To Talco Office Other Ibctns Hospital Notes World Vcr II Vctcrcn, Diss Municipalities Schedule Reorganization Meetings Helen Byerly of SOS Henry Belle Vernon. Kenneth Mori of RD 4, Box 49A, Belle Vernon. Sandra Newman of RD 2, Eighty Four! Michael Morgan of RD 1, Finleyville. Republican Harry Clark admin I Hospitality Shop Voluntarily Staffed by Women's Auxiliary Auxiliary meets uuru A 1LI.J Friday of Jainary, April 1 and September.

Births The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3nthony Russo of 104 Meadow Charleroi, born Jan. 2, 4970, at 2:14 p.m. Z.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray -targe of RD 3, Monongahela, lorn Jan. 3, 1970, at 2:10 p.m. Admissions Jack Cole of 421 Williams Honongahela.

Robert Duncan of 231 Poplar Monongahela. 2, Thomas Howard of 788 Main Monongahela. Peacock of 915 Law "rence Mcongahela. Earl Thomas of 621 Hancock Monongahela. Atilio Day of 1121 Lilac 'Monongahela.

Cornelia Palmer of Mar-Rick Manor, RD, Monongahela. George Triscik of 484 Eighth Donora. Harold Hornbeck of 424 Second Donora. John Stout of RD 1, Finleyville. Three Treated MM Hospital For Injuries Three Monessen residents Iwere treated at the Mononga-hela Memorial Hospital Sunday morning for injuries sustained an auto mishap on Rt.

51, a hospital aide said today. All were released following treatment. The aide identified the injured Harriet Lieber, 42 of 40 Colonial Drive, who sustained an injury to the forearm; I ian Lieber, 46, of 1326 Ros-traver injury to the eye; Herschel Li2ber, 52, of 40 Colonial Drive, abrasions. The hospital also reported 'that Frances Mesher, 16, of RD Belle Vernon, was treated Friday for an injury to the left sustained in an auto accident on the old Finley Webster. The patient was released after treatment, the hospital spokesman said.

Ground Fire (Continued from Page One) wounding five Americans but causing light overall damage 'and casualties. A U.S. Marine unit lost one man killed and five wounded in ia battle Sunday south of Da Nang. Headquarters the Leathernecks from the 1st Marine 'Division clashed with a North Vietnamese unit near An Hoa, 24 miles south of Da Nang, on Sunday but were unable to determine whether they had caused any guerrilla casualties. It was the latest in a series fights that began early Saturday between Da Nang, a major Allied bastion on the northern coast, and An Hoa, a long-time target of the 2nd North Vietnamese army divi-1 sion.

The weekend of fighting in that area, according to Allied fstimates, killed 12 civilians and wounded 72, killed' eight Americans and minded 30, and left at least 50 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead. Military spokesmen said the civilian casualties came in two guerrilla mortar barrages into refugee settlements at An Hoa late Saturday and early Sunday. Records showed the weekend flareup was the heaviest 'I fighting in the northern war zone, known as I Corps, in two months. Troops stationed in the area south of Da Nang had been expecting an increase in CECIL W. PERKINS, 71, of RD 1, Clarksville, died Satur day, January 3, 1970, in the Washington Hospital.

He was the father of William H. Perkins of Bentleyville. THE REV. RICHARD O. BUCK, 32, formerly of Eliza beth, died Wednesday, Dec.

31, 1961, in a sky diving accident at Ryan Airport near Tucson, Ariz. Mr. Buck was pastor of the Dell Notre Baptist Church in Tucson. He was the son of Mrs. Dora E.

Buck of Elizabeth and the late Richard N. Buck, and the brother of Mrs. Ruth Mathews of Belle Vernon. MRS. HANNAH D.

RUSSELL, 77, of Weigel Hill Elizabeth died Friday, Jan. 2, 1970, in the McKeesport Hospital from injuries sustained more than two weeks ago in an auto mishap on Route 51. Her sur vivors include Mrs. Lillian Puckey of Forward daughtei, HENRY FAIT, 77, of 649 Main ML Pleasant, died Satur day, Jan. 3, 1970, in H.

C. Frick Community Hospital, Mt, Pleasant. He was the father of Donald Fait of Elizabeth. WILLIAM C. McCLOSKEY, of McKeesport, retired general superintendent of the Christy Parks Works of the U.

S. Steel died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1969, in the McKeesport Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. McCloskey, who served with U.S.S.

for 51 years, supervised the manufacture of the bombs first requested by "Billy" Mitchell to demonstrate that the airplane could carry missiles powerful enough to sink a battleship. Funeral services were held today. THOMAS N. DAVIS, 54, of Vine West Newton, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1969, in his late home.

He was the brother of David Simmons of Finley ville. HAROLD SAMPLE, 55, of Pasadena, died unexpectedly in his home on Thursday, Jan, 1, 1970. He was born in Donora on Feb. 21, 1914, a son of the late William and Stella Bumbaugh Sample. E.

H. McCLEARY, 86, of Or chard Park, N. died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1969, in Millersburg Hospital, near Orchard Park. Mr.

McCleary, a star quarterback at Penn State, from which he was grad uated in 1910, numbers among his survivors, his wife, Marion Dainty McCleary, formerly of Charleroi, and two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Argenson of Maple View, Charleroi, and Mrs. Blanche Gillingham of Donora. MRS. MARY R.

MAYER-CHAK, 57, of 103 Rear Lincoln Charleroi, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1970, in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Her husband is Steven C. Mayerchak of Charleroi. She is survived by her mother, Mrs.

Charles J. Regula of Charleroi, a daughter and several brothers and sisters. BERNARD J. BLY, 39, of 514 Donner Monessen, died Friday, Jan. 2, 1970, in Prebyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a lingering illness.

His survivors include his wife, Julia Jaworsky Bly of North Charleroi, and two sons, Bernard and Clarence, both of North Charleroi. WILLIAM E. SUTHERLAND, 52, a native of Charleroi, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1970, in Clovis, Calif. He was the son of the late Sherman Sutherland and Mrs.

Louetta Brown of Speers. C. L. MICK IF, 74, of 4267 Bryn Mawr Pittsburgh, died Friday, Jan. 2, 1970 in Braddock Hospital.

Amcng his survivors are Mrs. Anna Aurelia Crump and Elaine Bertha Mickle, both of Donora, daughters. MRS. ANNA K. LUBINSKY, 67, of 524 Washington Charleroi, died Thursday, Jan.

1, 1970, in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was the wife of Frank Lubinski Sr. PRINCE DIES EBELTOFT, Denmark (UPI) Prince Biggo 'of Denmark died in a Jutland hospital Sunday, the Danish royal court said. He was 76. He had been admitted to the hospital Dec.

27 suffering from bronchitis. A brother to former Danish King Frederik VII, Prince Viggo married Eleanor Margaret Green during a visit to the United States in 1924. She died in 1966. They had no children. Robert "Scotry" Hall of 465 Seventh Donora, died Saturday morning in Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a two- week illness.

Born March 28, 1114, in Fay ette City, he was 55 at the time of his death. Mr. Hall was a veteran of World War II and a member of Ernest E. Jobes Post 212, American Legion; Donora Nest 247 of Polish Falcons; and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He had been retired from the Donora Works o' United States Steel Corp.

as a craneman. He leaves his widow, Eliza beth Muia Hall; a son, Robert Hall at home; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Janet Rose) Garland of RD Charleroi; his mother, Mrs. Janet Muir Hall of Pittsburgh; and three grand children. Also surviving are five sis Mrs.

William (Isabel) Roak of Levittown; Mrs. Ear (Robina) LaClair of Grandview, RD 1, Monongahela; Mrs. John (Christina) Karcesky of Far mington; Mrs. Mack (Stella) Miller of Murrysville; and Mrs Francis (Margaret) Dauer of Pittsburgh; all in Pennsylvania, Friends are being received at the Philip L. DeRienzo Funeral Home, 782 Thompson Donora.

JAMES GIANNANGELO Word has been received in Monongahela of the death of Jams Giannangelo, 41, of Fort Huachuca and Yuma, a former Monongahela resident. Mr. Giannangelo died unexpectedly Sunday morning, Dec. 14, 1969, after he collapsed at a party at the Sierra Vista VFW Club. He was Ft.

Huachuca's first professional director of Army Dependent Youth Activities and was in charge of the sports and recreation program for 5,000 youngsters on the military post. Mr. Giannangelo was born Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1927, in Monongahela. He attended Monongahela High School and graduated from Friends University in Wichita, in 1952, with a B.A degree in the field of physical education.

He is survived by his wife, Jeannine, of Yuma, a sister, Floriene Harris of Wichita, and three brothers, Dr. E. F. Giannangelo of Pratt, Emory Giannangelo of Beatrice, and Dr. Frank Giannangelo of Prescott, Ariz.

Funeral services were held in Yuma, with interment in Kansas. JAMES R. JONES James R. Jones, 78, of 400 Fallowfield Charleroi, died in his late home at 4:10 p.m. Saturday, Jan.

3, 1970. Born in Donora on Sept. 27, 1891, he was the son of the late William Henry and Clementine Gollick Jones. Mr. Jones was a retired employe of the Wheeling Pitts burgh Steel Monessen Works.

He is survived by six nieces, including Mrs. Gladys Bautz of Charleroi and five others in Ohio. Friends will be received this evening only from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Harold L. Schrock Fu neral Home, 226 Fallowfield Charleroi.

Elizabeth Twp. Woman Dies Of Mishap Injuries A 78-year-old Elizabeth Twp. woman, who was injured in a traffic mishap more than two weeks ago on Route 51, died Friday in the McKeesport Hospital. Mrs. Hannah Russell of Weigel's Hill Rd.

died multiple injuries sustained when she was struck by an auto as she was attempting to cross the four-lane highway near Payday's Supermarket on Dec. 18. Elizabeth Twp. police quoted the driver of the car, Bruno Menozzi of 100 Baird Monongahela, as saying the woman stepped directly into the path of his auto and he was unable to avoid hitting her. SEVEN KILLED VERCELLI, Italy (UPI)- Five persons, including a parish priest and two children, died Sunday when a car skidded across an icy road and slammed into a line of mourners entering a church for a funeral.

Authorities said the driver of the car, Mario Borzoni, 51, was beaten and kicked by survivors of the accident. He was hospitalized with cuts, bruises and shock. Reoreanizational meetings will be held this evening in a number of area communities, as municipal officers with some new faces among the incum bents are sworn into office. Charleroi Charleroi Borough Council. which meets tonight at 8 dock, will attend to one item of business in addition to the formalities of reorganization.

It will act on a proposal sub mitted by Councilwoman Olga Woodward that 150,000 be borrowed as needed to meet payrolls and other current expenses. Incumbent Mayor Adrian V. Sannier, who won a second term of office as a Republican, will be 'administered the oath of office, as will new Democrat councilmen Edward Fear, Fra'nk Pucci and Peter Celaschi. They will be joined by another new face, Republican councilman Edward M. Paluso.

Also slated for swearing in ceremonies are GOP tax collector W. Ross Allen, auditor Louise George and assessor Joseph O. Federer. Carroll Township Carroll Township will admin ister the oath of office to in cumbent supervisor Ernest Gross, incumbent tax collector William McCollum. auditor Philip Vignoli, and assessor George Cipa.

New Eagle Incumbent mayor George Bu- gaile will embark on his third term in that capacity following administration of the oath of office in New Eagle. He will be joined at 7:30 o'clock this evening by in-coming councilmen Robert Trunzo, Francis Downer, Raymond Furiea and Louis Pianetti. Oscar Martello and William Hoskin, both in- cumbents, have won additional terms as tax collector and assessor, respectively. Finleyville In Finleyville. Rov E.

Han cock, a Republican and former Ringgold School director, will be administered the oath of office as the new mayor beginning at 8 p.m. Councilmen who will be seated include Charles S. Crayton and Frank A. Price, both Democrats, and Henry W. Garland and Russell E.

Gadd, both Republicans. McGregor In GOP Dace For Governor HARRISBURG (UPI) State Sen. Jack E. McGregor, 35, of Pittsburgh, today announced his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination and coupled it with a determination to stay in the race whether or not he receives GOP organiza tion support. McGregor, who is completing his second four-year term in the Senate this year, said while he was seeking the endorsement of the party hierarchy, the action of its leaders in the matter "will not determine my judge ment." He said if he fails to win the organization support, "I will run at that time in the pri mary against th3 endorsed can didate." McGregor became the third announced candidate fcr the Republican nomination.

Previous ly, W. Crawford Murdoch Hershey, director of the state Bureau of Workmen's Compen sation, and James D. Logan, executive director of the Gen eral State Authority, announced they would seek the GOP nod. Body Of Slain Nun Is Found Near Baltimore BALTIMORE (UPI) City and county police homicide detectives joined forces Sunday to investigate the murder of a Roman Catholic teaching nun, whose badly decomposed body was found at a trash-dump. Sister Catherine Cesnik, 26, who had been missing for near ly two months, died of severe blows tb the head and body, ac cording to Dr.

Werner Spitz, state deputy medical examiner. The autopsy was unable to determine whether she had been sexually attacked. Positive identification was made by comparison of denial Irene Timko, a Democrat, will be tax collector, while Betty Bores, a Democrat, will be auditor. North Charleroi North Charleroi will find Flaherty Takes Over As Mayor Of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (UPI)- Peter F. Flaherty, the center of a controversy already plaguing his new administration, takes over as mayor of Pittsburgh today.

Daniel DeGregory, president of Teamsters Joint Council 40, said the union would stage a demonstration during the ceremonies to protest the removal of lames W. Slusser as police superintendent. "Flaherty is not really making a choice by naming an as sistant to Slusser," DeGregory said, referring to the appointment of assistant superintendent Stephen Joyce to succeed Slusser. Slusser called on police to stay on their jobs and refrain from any demonstrations in his behalf. "I hear there will be 'blue blu' and-or demonstrations and picketing by members of the Bureau of Police," Slusser said.

"I ask and must demand that members of the Bureau of Police live up to the high level of professional competence the cit izens of Pittsburgh have come to expect from them over the past years." There were indications city council might balk at confirmation of Flaherty's reappointment of Safety Director James A. Cortese unless Slusser is also retained. Flaherty said he expects criticism but intends to pursue the changes he promised the people of Pittsburgh. "When I ran," he said, "I expected the next four years to be rough. The people know this.

They know I have to make changes. If I didn't, I would be criticized for that too." Holiday Road Traffic Toll Passes 450 By United Press International The New Year's holiday weekend traffic death toll was headed today toward the "lower range" of 450 to 550 deaths estimated by the National Safety Council. The holiday period began 6 p.m. local time Wednesday and ended at midnight Sunday. Americans died at the rate of four an hour in traffic accidents during the 102-hour weekend.

"It looks like we'll be in the lower range of our estimate of 450 to 550 deaths," a council spokesman said early today, before the count was completed. A United Press International count at 6 a.m. EST showed at least 454 persons killed in traffic. A breakdown of accidental deaths: Planes 11 Fires 93 Traffic 454 Miscellaneous 70 628 California led the states with 4i traffic deaths and Texas had 31. Florida had 26, Illinois 24, Michigan 21 and Georgia 19.

Two states Alabama and Montana and the District of Columbia reported no traffic deaths. Unfinished (Continued From Page One) two major fiscal bills into posi tion for final passage later this week: A $54 million appropriation to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to fund and administer the state's scholarship-loan program. A five cent increase in the state cigarette tax, from 13 to 18 cents per pack, to provide some $21 million for the current fiscal year and $60 million for the full 12 months of fiscal 1970-71. An unresolved question coin cident with the new session was whether Shafer was empowered to make interim appointments lo fill eight judicial vacancies between the two sessions. Erma Yeager of Box 335, New Eagle Norma Bryne of Box 46, Coal Center.

Doris Agostoni of RD 2, Fin leyville. Rose Taylor of Box 365, Un-iontown. Irma- Martello of Sycamore New Eagle. Emma Nichols of RD 1, Belle Vernon. Norma Allan of RD 1 Char-leroi.

Mary Tonarelli of 1611 Look out Charleroi. Jobanna Hruby of 210 Ninth S.t, Charleroi. Alverta Beaver of Short Donora. Thomas Griger of 109 Kenric Donora. Donna Hallam of RD 1, Monongahela.

Maria Bartolotta of 813 W. Main Monongahela. Peter Micheli of Box 329, Mo nongahela. Charles Large of RD 3, Monongahela. Michael Anthony of RD 3, Mo nongahela.

Albert Gaglia idi, 4, son of Albert Galiardi of Box 778, Monongahela. Dolores Price of RD 2, Monongahela. Melissa Hammers, 829 E. Main Monongahela Kenneth Lusk of 520 High Monongahela Marjorie Fernandez of Box 484, Monongahela. Discharged (Friday) Thelma Polonoli of Monon gahela.

Barbara Hofmeister of Monongahela. Margaret Toretti of Monon gahela. Ralph warren of Mononga hela. Robert Zippay of Mononga hela. Elliott Gilpin of Monongahela.

Margaret Johnson of Browns ville. Susan Stimak of Donora. Raymond Edwards of Finley- ville. (Saturday) Albprt Hill of Donora. Erma Yeager of New Eagle.

John Stout of Finley ville. Sheila Lott of BeLe Vernon. Stanley Sala of Monongahela; Martha Myers of Monongahela. Paul Lazzari of Monongahela. Barbara Lenzi of Monongahe la.

Christine Karabin of Monn- Laura Karabin of Monongahe la. Linda Karabin of Monongahela. Ruth Rusco of Monongahela. Gergory Boyd of Monongahela. (Sunday) Sandra Newman of Eighty Four.

Gary Myers of Rices Landing. Mary Alice Fynes of New Eagle. Carol Sweeney of Belle Vernon. Steve Gay of Belle Vernon. Catherine Boyer of Belle Ver non.

Carolyne Kidzinski of Donora. Noah Smith of Donora. Jane Eraser of Monongahela. Rachael Widmer of Mononga- ihela. Deaths George Brounce 46, of 86 Pacific Monessen, admitted January 2, 1970, at 9:10 p.m., died January 3, 1970, at 1 a.m.

Charles Simon, 60, of RD 1, 1 a a Finleyville Elrama, admitted Dec. 22, 1969, died Jan. 4, 1970, at 5:45 p.m. Emergency Room Friday: Twenty-one treated and six admitted. Saturday: Thirteen treated and one admitted.

Sunday: Twenty-four treated and six admitted. (Continued on Page Five) (Column One) Funeral Notice HALL Robert "Scotty" Hall, 55, of 465 Seventh Donora, in Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, Saturday, Jan. 3, 1970, 9:50 a.m. Friends received at the Philip L. DeRienzo Funeral Home, 782 Thompson Donora.

Funeral services there Tuesday Jan in charge of Elder Wilford D. Gaskill, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Carroll Township. (D 1-5)1 istered the oath of office at p.m. as the Borough's new mayor.

Republicans Georce Hogan and William Metz will join Democrats Joseph Huscroft and Victor Hladik as council men. Democrat incumbent Dorothy V. Sowden will be tax collector, while Anna Harcarik, an incumbent Democrat, will serve as assessor. Democrat Lloyd Lutes will be assessor. Fallowfield Township In Fallowfield Township.

Republican John Ross, will administered, the oath of office as supervisor. Incumbent Republican Ben Cooper will be seated again as tax collector. Democrat incumbents John Careatti and Thomas Baker will seated as auditor and assessor, respectively. Union Township Daniel Nurnbereer. thf? En cumbent Democrat who lost tje May Primary but gained victory in the November general elections through a vigorous sticker campaign, will be sworn into office as super visor in Union Township this evening.

Repubhcan N. Merle Vanderslice will serve as tax collector, Democrat Charles E. Taylor will be auditor and Phillip Kennel, a Democrat, will be assessor. Newly-Elected (Continued from Page One) chambers a -ecepticle for com plaints. Inserra that it will be an honor to serve the city alongside the mayor and tha members of council.

Mayor Wilson and Councilmen MacDougall and Mentzer all ex pressed a willingness to assist the new officials in any capacity they might care to name. Council commended former Councilman Peter E. Rocco. who did not seek reelection in November, for his performance as a councilman. Mayor Wilson said the city owes Rocco a debt of gratitude, and Councilman MacDoucall moved that a resolution be drafted and sent the former councilman thanking him for his service to the city.

Mayor Wilson pointed out that -it has been a practice for many years for politics to stor at the doors of the city counci cham bers. He said it is a good idea. and he expressed the hope that the tradition would continue. Following a request by Coun cilman MacDougall that all department chairmen work diligently to stay within the 1970 departmental budgets, Mayor Wilson opened the meeting to comment from those in the audience. Noticing State Assemblyman Austin J.

Murphy of Mononga- hela in the audience, Mayor Wilson asked the legislator if he cared to address tha gathering. Murphy said he and his wifio considered it an honor to be present for the oath-taking cere monies. Monongahela businessman Robert Pirchesky accepted the mayor's invitation to speak and said he hoped Monongahela could find some way to bring back youngsters to the city. Monessen (Continued From Page One) portion of the binlding was filled with smoke, but occupants of the apartment below were not at home and the chief did not know their names, he said. Only minor smoke and water damage occurred in the lower portion of the building, he said.

Second Alarm An hour after ieturning to tha station, the Monessen com panies were called out again when fire broke out anew in two places in smoldering ruins. Another hour's work was involved in extinguishing the blaze. Monessen Laundry and Clean ing Co. has a number of outlets in the Monongahela Valley where cleaning and laundry is picked up for daily processing. It is now yet known how much loss to clients will be repre sented in the fire.

Now You Know By United Press International A statue of Popeye stands in the public snuare of Crvstal City, Tex. in recognition of the region's principal crop, spinach. John P. Conte MIIS Principal Is Appointed To Commission John P. Conte, principal of Monongahela High School, has been elected to the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, headquartered in Philadelphia, Executive Secretary William H.

Etsweiler Jr. has announced. Conte, who was nominated for the position by Dr. Etsweiler, will serve a three-year term. He previously had served as a member of the State Advisory Committee of Pennsylvania for the Middle States Association.

The Commission on Secondary Schools is made up of fourteen members from states repres ented in the association, including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The duties of the commission are to establish policies, conduct the final review of new schools evaluated for accreditation, review progress reports of member schools, and review the re-evaluation of member schools. Inquest (Continued From Page One) Court. But it was left to Boyle to decide whether lawyers would cross-examine witnesses and present evidence of their. own.

Edgartown Police Chief Dom- inick J. Arena told a packed news briefing Sunday night tight security would be en forced at the inquest, with uniformed police guarding each entrance to the century-old Courthouse. Information about what hap pens inside the red brick Courthouse probably will be restricted severly. Witnesses have been instructed not to discuss the case. Boyle has kept silent about the case, and Dims also has had no comment for months.

Miss Kopechhe, 28, a Wash ington secretary and one-time campaign worker for Kennedy's brother Robert, drowned when a car the senator said he was driving plunged off the side of a plank bridge on nearby Chappa- quiddick Island into a tidal pond. The inquest was expected to last three to four days, and it appeared likely the 37-year-old senator might complete his testimony today. Also ready for questioning were five young women and five male asso ciates of Kennedy who, along with Miss Kopechne and the senator, attended the cookout on the night of the July 18 accident. The are Nance Lions, 25, and her sister, Maryellen, 27, both of Milton, Rosemary Keough, 24, of Washington; Susan Tannenbaum, 24, of Washington, and Esther New-burg, 27, of Arlington, Va. All are former campaign workers of Robert Kennedy.

The five men are Joseph F. Gargan, 39, Kennedy's cousin; Paul F. Markham, 39, a close friend and former U.S. attor ney; Raymond S. Larosa, 34, New England Civil Defense coordinator, and Charles Tree- ter, a former Kennedy aide, and John B.

Crimmings, 63, a Kennedy- friend and sometime- chauffeur. FLU! EPIDEMIC PRAGUE (UPI)-The Ce choslovak news agency CTK reported Sunday that more than 25,000 persons in the Slovak- speaking part of the nation are suffering from the flu. The Slovak capital of Bratislava was said to be hardest hit. Xommunist attacks for several weeks. American headquarters this morning reported 10 overnight shelling attacks during the night, four of them causing casualties or damage at Allied targets.

I One of the barrages, a salvo of three mortar rounds, killed three Vietnamese civilians and wounded 10 others at Ben Cat, i 25 miles north of Saigon, the government reported. Another, five mortar rounds into a U.S. 4th Infantry Division bivouac 315 miles northeast of Saigon, caused light American casialties but no damage, according to reports from the field. 1.

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