Paragraf Recitation Hall Razed. Glass Plant Bid Sought Near Meadville
Edinboro State College plans to raze Just a Paragraf Recitation Hall this summer and erect a bronze plaque. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co invites bids by May 22 for a 7.75 million glass factory at Robert Industrial Park near Meadville. Rail spur funding drives to 256000 with 40000 short. A Corry two car crash caused 925 damage. no injuries. Real estate transfers include Ken neth E Yoder and Patrick G Cooney. Temperatures to run above normal across the state with a warming weekend ahead. A second two car crash near Corry caused 240 in damage. a man was seized by police but released after hospitalization found no injury. A missing New Mexico purse fragment and a stray dog found.
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Edinboro State College
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Rebert
Meadville
Thomas Jd. Ward
Meadville Area
Corry
West Main Street
Mike Kirik Jr
Union City
Kirik
Thomas L. Nichols
Titusville
Pittsburgh Police Officials Charged In Racket Case
Six Pittsburgh police officials including a former assistant superintendent and three inspectors face conspiracy to extort charges after allegedly accepting racket payoffs to protect numbers operators. The district attorney said more arrests could follow and noted other officers may be implicated.
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Pittsburgh
Dist
Robert W. Duggan
Allegheny County
Duggan
Lawrence J. Maroney
William J. Walsh
Vincent W. Dixon
Ignatius Borkowski
Thomas P. Flavin
James
Maloney
Justice of the Peace
William J. Ivill
Dormont
Adam Clayton Powell
David W. Craig
Craig
Joseph M. Barr
James W. Slusser
Clarence Cooper
Florida
Cooper
Skeleton found in Presque Isle park identified as Gurson
Coroner confirms Alfred A. Gurson Jr. 22 of Pittsburgh identified by family after a skeleton with a bullet wound was found in Presque Isle State Park. Investigators hold ruling pending further state police work. The case centers on a missing person last heard from August.
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Erie, Pa
Presque Isle State Park
Merle Wood
Erie County
Alfred A. Gurson Jr
Pittsburgh
Gurson
Wood
Alfred A. Gurson Sr
Erie
Lawrence Park
Garson
Harvard
John
Monk's Corners
S.C
Fisherman Hooks Drowning Baby in River Avon
Hamilton Scotland AP A fisherman hooked a drowning 20 month old boy in the River Avon near his riverside home. The baby Sam Rodgers was recovered and rushed to Hamilton Hospital where doctors said he was in serious condition but had a fair chance of survival.
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Hamilton
Scotland
John Culshaw
Sam Rodgers
Avon
Riverside
Culshaw
Hamilton Hospital
North Vietnamese forces breach Ben Hai bridge and clash near Quang Tri
U S planes report North Vietnamese troops crossed the Ben Hai bridge, forcing South Vietnamese police to abandon posts. South Vietnamese artillery hit the bridge eight times but traffic remained possible. The Reds also attack Quang Tri City, injuring ten American advisers and nine more, with 35 000 regular troops in or around the zone.
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North
South Vietnam
International Control Commission
United States
U.S
Ben Hai Bridge
Quang Tri City
Red
Humphrey arrives in Paris amid demonstrations and tension
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey landed in Paris amid anticipated protests over the Vietnam War and strained U S French ties. Demonstrators in West Berlin hurled flour beer glasses and a North Vietnamese flag, while French officials pledged protection and noted little prospect for new policy shifts.
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Humphrey Paris
Hubert H. Humphrey
Paris
Humphrey
West Berlin
Communist Party
Humanite
Vietnam
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
United States
Rare Bald Eagles Reported At Kinzua Dam
Harley Wilson, maintenance engineer at Kinzua Dam, observed three pairs of mature bald eagles flying around the reservoir. Birds were seen near Cornplanter Run, Hodge Run mouth, and Hook's Brook, with the dam’s water impoundment cited as attracting them.
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Kinzua Dam
Harley Wilson
Wilson
Cate
Cornplanter Run
Hodge Run
Hook's Brook
Jore
Udall
Baker Trial Details Tax and Campaign Fund Allegations
The jury found Baker guilty on all nonduplicating counts including evading $23,000 in 1961 and 1962 income taxes theft of campaign funds and conspiracy to defraud the government in its tax collection The trial centered on $100000 raised in 1962 by California executives for campaigns and Baker transferring funds to Kerr who died in 1983 Baker testified that then Vice President Johnson referred him to Kerr for his financial troubles.
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Baker
Johnson
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
California
Kerr
Discount rate cut sparks hopes of quicker credit
The administration backs a lower discount rate, hoping to ease credit and spur business expansion. Treasury calls the move desirable for easing credit availability while some experts foresee faster consumer borrowing as banks lower prime rates from 6 to 5.5 percent. In St Louis a pistol hold up at a bar was met with calm. the bartender disarmed the gunman and freed the scene.
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Proxmire
Treasury Department
Congress
New York
Federal Reserve
ST. Louis
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Kenneth E. Yoder
Patrick G. Cooney
South Center Street
Pennsylvania
Mary Peters
East South Street
Leonard J. Jukes Jr
Snyder Circle
East Main Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Peters
East Main
Jukes
Corry Memorial Hospital
New Mexico
Nancy McLaughlin
North Center Street
Erie Area
Oslo
Norway
U. S
Lor
Onsolette
RCA Victor
Meerhoff
North Center
TV and Appliances
North Main Union City
Ridsyn
Too
Bobby
Cohen Auto Supply
Franklin St
Tussy
Bonne Bell Eye Make-Up
St. Elizabeth’s Cemetery
W. Washington St
Corry, PA
Jane Parker
Rosedale
Santa Clara
Washington
Zin
Paul
America
Ogle Lumber
truValue Building Supply
Anil
Casi Uauty Sunuaromaling
Thongap
Yau Stent
Capp Homes Neer
Minneapolis
Minn
Wayne Woodwards
City
Rfd
Tor
Butte
Stone
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