Marine Tops $60 Million In Assets
Marine National Bank reported first quarter 1966 assets at $60,822,021, up from 59.8 million. Deposits rose, loans grew to $26.6 million, and total deposits hit $54.3 million while trusts reached $36.5 million. The Erie bank opened a Liberty Shopcenter Office, expanded vaults, and board changes included Dr. James F. Walker joining and dividends rising to $1.60 annually, paid quarterly.
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Charles H. Bracken
Marine
Emillion
Bracken
Liberty
James F. Walker
Erie
L. L. Salsbury
A. W. Vollmer
Trask
Prescott Reponhe Company
Edward P. Junker
Marvin G. Porter
Central Mall
Moscow chess title duel ends in draw after 37 moves
Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky, both long-time masters, battled to a 37 move draw in the first game of the world chess championship match in Moscow. Petrosian has held the title since 1963, with Spassky seeking the crown.
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Moscow
Tigran Petrosayn
Boris Spassky
Jury awards $150000 for MER-29 injuries in Seattle suit
A Seattle resident and three others won $150000 in compensatory damages from Richardson Merrell Inc in a federal Seattle court verdict over alleged MER-29 injuries. The plaintiff claimed cataracts from the drug in 1961 left him legally blind, though contact lenses help his vision. An appeal is planned by the company.
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San Francisco
Seattle
David Golden
Richardson-Merrell, Inc
Richardson- Merrell
Golden
Richard Kelleher
Mobs Demand Execution of Hijacker in Havana
Cuban radio reports mobs in Havana called for the immediate execution of An el Betancourt after the flight engineer attempted to hijack a Cuban airliner bound for Miami. He was captured inside a Havana Roman Catholic convent after the plane landed at Rancho. The craft carried 61 people and the hijacker killed the pilot and an armed guard during the failed attempt.
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Radio
Havana
Anel Betancourt
Betencourt
Betancourt
Rancho
Titusville Loses Grant for Oil Creek Watershed Plan
Titusville faces a rejected Appalachian Program grant for the Oil Creek Watershed project. Officials say funds may be possible if the application includes recreational uses. current funds cannot cover local acquisition costs or a phase with 100 percent local cost. The plan spans six floodwater detention structures to protect about 60 square miles north and east of the city.
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Titusville
Appalachian Program
Oil Creek
John K. Tabor
Secretary of Commerce
Joseph G. Zainea
Tabor
Appalachian Commission
Church Run
Crawford, Ven
Affluent Society Needs No Help
In Grand Rapids the Youth Opportunity Center reported zero applicants for an antipoverty program to hire jobless youths. The $221,650 project would fund part time city employment for school dropouts at 20 hours weekly at $1.25 per hour, covering Anglo Erie and Warren counties with total costs near $1.935 million and annual costs about $70,000. The program hoped for an annual benefit around $102,400.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Youth Opportunity Center
Ango
Erie
Warren
Philly Cops Face Investigation Into Payoffs
Philadelphia acting Police Commissioner Edward J. Bell will launch a new probe into reports that city officers accepted payoffs to cover a gambling operation. A confidential study allegedly sent to the U.S. Justice Department claimed gamblers paid as much as $1,000 weekly to policemen tied to a wire net linked to FBI activity that relayed horse race results to bookmakers in 17 cities. U.S. Attorney Drew O'Keefe in Philadelphia commented on the matter.
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Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Edward J. Bell
U.S. Department of Justice
FBI
Drew O'Keefe
Police investigation expands after South Philadelphia raid
Neither his office nor W. Ton was aware of the study. He said his office was investigating the raid in South Philadelphia. Tate noted a prior review of similar reports and said former Police Commissioner Howard R. Dow told him there were no payoffs. Bell will determine who, if any, police are involved.
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W. Ton
Philadelphia
Tate
Howard R. Dow
New York
Bell
McCord Resigns as Air Brake Co President. Walkley Elected
Air Brake Co announces A King McCord resigns as president and six weeks after reelection as chairman of the board. Lawrence E Walkley, vice president, is elected to succeed him as president. The firm issued the notice yesterday.
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QUTS
Pittsburgh
We House Air Brake Co
A. King McCord
Lawrence E. Walkley
McCord
Driver Charged In Road Death In Uniontown
Uniontown man George Kazimer age 39 faces involuntary manslaughter charges after a pedestrian Albert D. Bellas of Continental No. 2 was killed in Uniontown. Police say Kazimer was released on bond. Former University of Pittsburgh chancellor Dr. Rufus H. Fitzgerald died at 76 in Pittsburgh. He led Pitt from 1945 to 1955 overseeing major buildings and the $15 million health sciences complex.
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Uniontown, Pa
Uniontown
Albert D. Bellas
Continental
Pittsburgh
Rufus H. Fitzgerald
University of Pittsburgh
Fitzgerald
Pitt Field House
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Philly
Harry
Junior
Lil
Penelec
Iqne
Honeywell
Pennsylvania Electric Co
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Johnstown
Dapi
Pennsylvania Electric Company
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