Memorial Edition Of The Journal For Firefighters’ Families
The Corry Journal will publish a memorial edition this afternoon to benefit the Stanford Hose Company survivors of the Easter Sunday fire. Proceeds go to families, with a $1 minimum per copy and no maximum donation. Sales occur Friday through Sunday on streets, at The Journal, local newsstands, and two fire stations, with Jaycees and local groups handling street sales.
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Corry Journal
Stanford Hose Company
Corry Civil Demese
Corry
Controllers in Court as PATCO Walkout Continues
Washington AP reports air traffic crippled as PATCO's F Lee Bailey faces contempt questions over the 25 March walkout. FAA says 378 controllers intend to return. unions demand third party negotiations. Snow disrupts Midwest travel with Chicago flights halted and delays at New York area airports.
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Washington
Midwest
PATCO
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
O'Hare
United
American
TWA
Braniff
Newark
Kennedy International
la Guardia
Justice Department
Brooklyn
U.S
Pittsburgh
U S General Dies In Viet Ground Fight
In Vietnam a U S brigadier general was killed by a sniper about 70 miles northeast of Saigon, the first U S general killed in ground fighting. Across 48 hours battles killed 61 Americans, 101 South Vietnamese and 552 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops.
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Saigon
High Point
USS
U.S
William R. Bond
Highlands
Song Mao
U S
That Road to Bear Lake Will Be Fixed Soon
The State Highways Department replies to Bear Lake residents petition by signaling reconstruction of sections on the Bear Lake Columbus road once funds are available. District engineer A R Rowles of Franclin says the highway is past routine maintenance and an immediate appraisal of critical areas is underway. He cannot estimate start timing until the State Highway Commission programs the project and the legislature funds it.
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State Highways’ Department
Bear Lake
Bear Lake- Columbus
A.R. Rowles
Franclin
Rowles
State Highway Commission
Stalemate at Korean airstrip drags on third day
A hijacked Japanese jetliner with 100 hostages sits on Seoul airport runway for a third day. Defense Minister Chung Nae-hyuk warned the hijackers that patience was wearing thin and urged them to release passengers in exchange for permission to fly out. The hijackers then demanded to meet Japanese officials and reporters, while authorities offered no response.
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Seoul
South Korea
Defense
Chung Nae-hyuk
Japan
North Korea
Pyongyang
pro-Peking
Zengakuren
Japan Air Lines
Tokyo
Fukuoka
Sibs
Shinji Ishida
Taps to Sound for Fallen Stanford Hose Company Men
A fire alarm test tonight will echo Taps in memory of five Stanford Hose Company members who perished in an Easter Sunday explosion at the Sherwin-Williams paint store. The 6 PM test will repeat the 2 2 pattern, honoring their final call in line with national tradition.
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Stanford Hose Company
Sherwin-Williams
Teamster Talks Progress In Nationwide Trucking Strike
Washington AP reports Teamsters and trucking industry negotiators haggle over about three billion dollars in wage demands during the national strike affecting 425,000 Teamsters. While most drivers stayed on the job, unions pressed for higher pay and expanded benefits as Kansas City drivers near a retroactive contract, with several cities seeing walkouts and others avoided.
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Washington
Teamsters
Ray F. Beagle
Trucking Employers Inc. Group
Nixon
Frank 5. Fitzsimmons
Beagle
David Halpenny
Teamsters Local 515
Chattanooga, Tenn
the International
The
International
Cards and Wires Pour In on Corry Fire Tragedy
Expressions of sympathy flood Corry after Sunday night fire that killed five. Messages arrive for The Journal, the Stanford Hose Company, the mayor, and fire chief, with poems from A J Breault and Marian Caldwell. Wires come from Ridgefield New Jersey Reading Pine Creek and letters from Suitland Maryland Ridgefield New Jersey Sunbury Milton Olean and Turtle. Sympathy items arrive from Brilliant Volunteer Fire Company Franklin Dunlo Washington County Volunteers Association and Bill Thomas family. More come in too rapidly to track.
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Journal
Stanford Hose Company
Corry
A.J. Breault
Marian Caldwell
Ridgefield
N.J
Reading
Pine Creek
Suitland
Sunbury
Milton
Olean
Turtle Creek
Brilliant Volunteer Fire Company
Franklin, Dunlo
Washington County Volunteers Association
Bill Thomas
Firefighting Heroism Across Regions Amid Easter Tragedy
Emergency responders mobilized at Corry Memorial Hospital as the Easter fire and related blazes drew more than 80 trained firefighters and 34 outside companies from Pennsylvania and New York. Local staff, with support from Warren General and Buffalo General, treated the injured and maintained water pressure, while onlookers praised swift action and intercity aid.
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Itis
Corry Memorial Hospital
Hugh O'Hare
Samuel Antrim
Antrim
Warren General Hospital
Buffalo General
Corry Water Supply Company
Eee
Pennsylvania
New York State
Titusville
Meadville
Erie
Edinboro
Columbus
McKean
Elgin Beaverdam
Wattsburg
Union City
Lake City
Girard
West Lake
West Ridge
Albion
Springfield
Lawrence Park
Crescent
Fuller
North East
Wesleyville
Waterford
Mill Village
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Franklin
Randolph C. Pyle
Dennis B. Umstead
James S. Dick
Kennerdell
Franklin Hospital
Pyle
Umstead
U. S
Lancaster
Helle’ Valley
Kuhl Hose
Platea
Cranesville
Sherman
Clymer
Lakewood
Celeron
Chautauqua
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Falconer
Buffalo
Citizens Band
Harry Drury
Ed Jones
Kuhl Hose Co
Jim Postlewaite
Bill Germak
Fairview
Ray Banister
Don Perry
Bob Chorney
Platea Hose Co
Don Clisby
Roy Bauer
Wattaburg Hose Co
Alton Phillips
Jos Hose
Robert Lang
John
Lee August
Ron Netzler
Flverett Frick
McKean Hose Co
Paul Keller
Don Trask
Art Fosburgh
Roger Allen
Charles Getto
Roger Kaeberlein
Charles Mcfudden
Hon Palmer
Celoron
William Doty
Richard Plank
George Brandy
Ted Groves
Chuck Smith
Gerald W. Clark
George Kranking
Wallace Cold
Jay Callan
John J
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