Vandalism at water tank noted. multiple local incidents reported
Police investigated vandalism on a water storage tank early yesterday with a top fire and paint. A 24 year old man was cited for reckless driving after a March crash. Theft of six bike tires linked to area youths, valued at seventeen dollars. A fatal head on crash on U S 1 near Oxford killed three Delaware County residents.
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Filesville
Larry W. Davis
Oxford
U.S
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
John Neider
Prospect Park
Donna
Donald Kristman
Clifton Heights
Six Hurt in Corry Area Highway Crashes
Multiple injuries reported after two separate crashes near Corry on Route 6 and Route 89. Victims include Mrs Peterson and her daughter Teres Heminger with facial injuries and head bruising, plus Nancy Heminger with cuts. A second collision involving Walter Royek and Ronald Triscult left Walter with scalp lacerations and bruises. Frederick LaJohn crashed into Peter Stutzman’s car causing a skid. Mrs Stutzman sustained head lacerations. Total property damage listed at 3600.
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Corry
Walter
Walter Royek
R. D
Ronald Triscult
RD. 1
Corry Memorial Hospital
Stutzman
Corry Hospital
YMCA Schedule Week of April 8 1968
Calendar lists daily YMCA activities for April 8 to 13 1968 including swimming sessions for beginners advanced and family swims. Also notes TOPS classes bridge and life saving and a note that advanced beginners include both boys and girls per instructor.
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Duplicate Bridge
United Band Board
Spartansburg Girl Scouts
Mr. Cochran
Court strikes down Lindbergh Law death penalty rule
The Supreme Court ruled the Lindbergh kidnapping death penalty provision unconstitutional in a 6 2 decision. Justice Stewart said the goal may be legitimate but harm to jury trial rights remains, with dissents from White and Black and Marshall absent. The case recalls the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping and Hauptmann’s execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Byron R. White
Hugo L. Black
Thurgood Marshall
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
Pittsburgh Telegram Reports Riot Calm and City Measures
Cyrus Vance calls Washington’s calm hopeful as Mayor Washington enacts emergency steps to meet human needs. Loosely timed riots leave six dead, up to eight possible, nearly 1,000 injured, 4,000+ arrested, and 750 fires. Chicago sees nine dead and 300 homeless. Detroit enforces curfew after two deaths. New York calm in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Joliet suffers warehouse fires. Des Moines records acts of violence during King memorial events. National guards and police tensions persist nationwide.
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Cyrus Vance
Johnson
Washington
Walter E. Washington
Chicago
Detroit
New York City
Harlem
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Joliet
Des Moines
Iowa
King
Up With People Moveed to CAHS Gym for Show
The Up With People musical at CAHS shifts from the high school auditorium to the gym due to high ticket sales and expected large attendance. Max Bennink says 1000 seats in the gym plus 200 on the floor will accommodate Erie visitors and local attendees. cast arrives mid evening for dinner at Moose Lodge and a 7 20 reception precedes guests to the show.
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Max Bennink
Erie
Moose Lodge
Benninks
Aged Woman Falls Into Old Well Fatally
Washington Pennsylvania AP reports Miss James Wishart Acheson, an elderly woman living alone, died after falling about 14 feet into an abandoned dry well that had been boarded and bricked over. The top gave way due to rotted boards and bricks as she walked Saturday. her niece and nephew found her the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
James Wishart Acheson
Governors mobilize 1000 guards amid King unrest
Guardsmen patrolled streets as Gov Dan Moore orders 1000 more troops for potential duty. Memphis and other cities report one death but remain quiet after Kings killing. Local authorities keep watch in Tennessee Florida and Minnesota.
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Dan Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Tallahassee
Fis
Minneapolis
King
Mock riot in Bradford ends with eggs and chaos
National Guard units staged a downtown anti riot drill in Veterans Square Bradford that degenerated into a chaotic egg and veggie melee as students and bystanders joined the spectacle. Capt Shade noted the riot was premature and a reschedule was probable with no injuries reported.
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Bradford
National Guard
Veterans Square
Bradfond
1St
Batcalon
Pennsylvania National Guard
Warren
University of Pittsburgh
Ellsworth Shade
Aree Sunewae
Erek Coe
Shade
Donald Swarts
Pitt
Kiwanis Circle K
King Assists 1300 Sanitation Workers Strike In Memphis
Civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr visited Memphis as the strike by 1 300 city sanitation workers entered its ninth week. Federal mediator James Reynolds acted to settle the dispute directed by President Johnson. The core issue remains Mayor Loeb’s refusal to grant a dues checkoff for the sanitation workers union. Edward Crocker, 72, former U S ambassador to Iraq and Tokyo war declaration recipient, dies after long illness.
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King
James Reynolds
Johnson
Henry Loeb
Sanitation Workers’ Union
New York
Edward Crocker
U.S
Iraq
Tokyo
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Sorry Journal
East Side
Richard Lane
Shippensville
Kane
Steve Whitten
Tionesta
Kane Community Hospital
Lane
Douglas
Robert Lloyd
Meadville
Meadville City Hospital
Gail
Edward Pass
Hillcrest Drive
Paul Orner
Inglmetor
Fast Main Street
Swanson
West Washington Street
First Avenue
West Main Street
Morris Atlantic
East Main Street
Dean Vanderhoot
YMCA
Corry Savings & Loan Assn
Center Street
Corry, Pann
Desmond Electric Company Electrical Contracting
Carlos
Pittsburgh
CAHS
ED Pennsylvania Electric Company
Bob Church
North Center St
Russell Steven
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