Rioters and guardsmen stage Ridgway mock riot drill
A Ridgway riot control exercise drew about 200 volunteer youths plus 60 National Guard members and local agencies. The drill included fires looting and smoke bombs with 28 simulated injuries treated at local hospitals. Police dispersed the crowd by 3 pm though the planned finish was 4 pm.
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Nicholas Leone
645Th Light Maintenance Company
Pennsylvania National Guard
Bradford
National Guard
Elk County Sheriff's Department
Ralph Himes
Elk County
Andrew Kaul Memorial
Genevieve Blatt To Speak At Warren Courthouse Event
Genevieve Blatt assistant director of the Office of Economic Opportunity Department of the Aging in Washington will speak at the Warren courthouse Saturday at 2 p.m. The public meeting address will target elderly residents to clarify programs improving living conditions. She will meet local groups and elderly Project FIND participants during her day’s schedule in the area.
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Warren
Genevieve Blatt
Office of Economic Opportunity
Department of the Aging
Washington
Local clubs host mix of meetings and a charity open house
Six women from the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church traveled to Laurelville Pennsylvania for a missionary prayer band retreat. Grange meetings and Friendly Neighbor Club gatherings are planned with a Gay 90s Night at Sparta gym. An anniversary open house for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Alsdorf follows a busy week of community events and fundraisers.
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Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Laurelville
Clyde May
Roger Reiner
Char
Eles McCray
Richard Vanderhoof
Susan Stranahan
Grange
Sparta Grange
Hydetown
Friendly Neighbor Club
Gladys Rogers
Lucy Morris
Sparta
Marion Alsdorf
Jerry Alsdorf
R. D
Spartansburg
Bates Aupil
Chat Yay Peborg
AEE
Truck Driver Foils Auto Theft Ring With Police Aid
Erie AP reports Patrick Roach, a tow truck driver, spotted a car carrying three youths and followed it after remembering a prior stolen vehicle. He blocked a dead end, alerted police who found the car stolen. three youths were arrested or referred to juvenile court. In California a stolen GMY Trucking Co truck carried 19 tons of liquor and 2.5 tons of peaches, suggesting theft for a new drink.
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Carnapers Erie
Patrick Roach
Roach
EL Monte
Calif
G.M.Y. Trucking Co
Seek Word On Renewal In Titusville
Titusville City Council will invite a Redevelopment Authority representative to a special meeting next Monday to explain delays in the urban renewal project. Councilman Chester C. Hampton criticized the Authority for lack of progress and urged a definite public update on plans for the vacant Beller Days area to recover lost tax revenue.
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Yusville
Redevelopment Authority
Chester C. Hampton
Hampton
Beller Days
Retired Colonel Raps Latrine Placements at Arlington Graves
Arlington National Cemetery draws protest from Col. Zebulon Strickland who denounces the placement of portable latrines near graves. He says the plan risks desecrating the nation’s final resting place and vows new tactics after talks with cemetery officials and a developer. Authorities offer few comments as negotiations continue on a $2 million project slated for this year.
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Raps
Arlington Graves
Wallington
Arlington Natural Cemetery
Col
Zebulon
Strick
van Jist Yong
Fran Montgomery
Ckland
Strick Jan Sul
Army Air Corps
Ohio
Arlington
Alabama National Guard
Mailing Of State Scholarships For 1968 Graduates
Pennsylvania state scholarships totaling about 80 to 35 percent of costs will be mailed around May 6 to several hundred local high school graduates. Forest Hopkins, district representative, notes new applicants in college second year have not yet been issued.
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Pennsylvania
Forest Hopkins
Hopkins
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
PHEAA
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