Fishermen Hope For Million Dollar Lake Catch
About 200 Erie fishermen sign to fish this summer hoping to haul roughly one million dollars in catch. They warn Lake Erie's yellow pike and white fish stocks have fallen, blaming pollution and stocking declines while gizzard shad and smelt disrupt ecosystems and nets. Markets in New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago sustain hope for renewed profits.
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Erie
Lake Erie
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chica
Novelist Cites Value Of Books
A prose piece on reading argues that books are essential to life and civilization. It contrasts personal libraries, from three shelves to a suitcase, with the spiritual emptiness of a home without books. It quotes Plato on reading and civilization.
York church backs jazz mass despite mixed reception
About 250 people attended a special jazz mass at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in York. Rev. James B. Trost said more liked it than disliked, though few want the approach as a steady program. The service used jazz records from a well‑publicized Norwalk church.
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York, Pa
York Episcopal Church
James B. Trost
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
York Mass
Norwalk
Hal Boyle Americana: aging grandmothers and space talk
Hal Boyle surveys quirky facts from mail and daily life. He notes American grandmothers appear younger, average women have last child at 26 and grandchild at 44, and 8 percent of Soviet college students are government funded. He jokes about medicine costs, women in pharmacy, water consumption, and space rumors while tossing in aphorisms and trivia about building the Empire State Building, dental care spending, air quality, submarines, and labor in Congress.
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New York
Soviet Union
Milliow
Andrew Maureis
Bernard Shaw
Shakespeare
Shaw
Manhattan
Empire State Building
United States
U.S. Navy
Bradford Burglar Draws 5 To 12 Years In Prison
Bradford police arrested Thomas P Kerr after a December 16 service station burglary. He admitted burglarizing the Hermes Kendal Station and an Americanization Society room, taking cash and valuables. County Judge Charley Huby handed a five to 12 year sentence, likely to be served at Western Besviten-Lurry.
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Ord
Bretford
Thomas P Kerra
Bursglary
Sweeeny
Tallinn
Pattabureh
Bradford
Kerr Trong
Americanization Society
Sir Kove
Hermes
Arson Suspect 13 Is Held After Downtown Fire
A 13 year old boy is held by police as an arson suspect after a fire at the rear of the Erie Bible store in a downtown area. Neighbor John Ross chased and detained him as smoke issued from a doorway. The youth admitted another boy sparked the blaze at a downtown theater.
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Boy
John Ross
Erie
Daily Rate At Boys' Home Boosted
County commissioners informed by letter that the daily maintenance rate for boys sent to the Pennsylvania Junior Republic in Grove City has risen to 4.07 dollars per day starting April 1. The superintendent notes higher living costs and a delicate state of such institutions, with per capita maintenance rising nationally and affecting budgets in Butler County.
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William, Glidden
Newspaperman Dies in Spartanburg After Brief Illness
Charles Gordon Tlonton, longtime publisher and co owner of the Spartanburg Herald and Spartanburg News, died yesterday after a brief illness in Spartanburg. He led the newspapers for decades and was widely respected in the community.
County Studies Emergency Child Care Facility Plan
A proposed agreement between the county and the Sarah A. Reed Home would create emergency detention facilities for children to provide temporary placement outside operating hours. Children could stay up to four days with agencies paying seven dollars per day, involving Catholic Charities, Harborcreek School for Boys, St. Joseph's Home and other partners as the Welfare Council studies child welfare needs.
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Sarah A. Reed
Jacob Held
Bele Tatitation District
Juvenile Court
Family and Child Surgies
Catholic Charities
Erle ‘Nfant’s
Gannondale
St. Joseph's Home
Harborcreek School
Boya
Welfare Council
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Joanne Woodward
Joan Collins
Jack Carson
Hal Boyle
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Thousand Islands
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Worth Center
Center Street
North Center
Smith Streets
Corry
Columbus Railway
Hammond
Engle Street
Dial
Flye Rexall Drugs
Center St
Robert
Mobilgas
Studebaker
America
Kansas City
Studebaker Lark
RCA Victor
Pat Suzuki
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