Driver falls asleep in Warren County crash near Youngsville
State Police report a 600 damage crash at guard posts near Youngsville at 2 am. John Gregory, 46, of Orwell Ohio, drove away uninjured. Police also note a girl’s 24 inch purple and white bicycle missing from Concord School and other local incidents including a high school ring loss and a silver wrist watch reported on South Center street. A divorce decree was granted in Warren County court between LaVerne Messinger and Helen Mes singer. A partial finger amputation after work at Corry Jamestown left Lawrence Craker hospitalized in satisfactory condition. A track overturned near Emlenton caused 6000 damage. driver George Zacheral sustained minor injuries. Police reported keys on a wire belonging to Mattie Smith and a stop sign citation for Robert Wynn. Norman Burkett cited for reckless driving after speeding from Silvis Mobile Station.
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Orwell
Ohio
Youngsville
Warren
John Gregory
Emlenton
Venango County
Franklin
George Zacheral
Clarion
Zacheral
Silvis
North Center Street
Norman H. Burkett
Duane Street
Porter Auer
Boy Given 10 To 20 In Slaying Of Officer
Ronald Hardin aged 16 of West Mifflin near Pittsburgh received a 10 to 20 year prison term from Judge John Q. Stranahan for the murder of Greenville Patrolman Rodney Wentling age 22. Hardin had pleaded guilty earlier this year to a general murder charge for the March 21, 1966 shooting.
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Mercer, Pa
Ronald Hardin
West Mifflin
Pittsburgh
Greenville
Hardin
Rodney Wentling
John Q. Stranahan
Mercer County Criminal Court
Greek King Resists Endorsement of Greek Junta
Athens reports King Constantine refuses to suspend the constitution or publicly approve the military coup. Diplomats say he swore in the new government to avert executions but resists declaring a state of emergency. The king is reportedly near Ta toi Palace, with pressure from army leaders and foreign diplomats weighing on Greece.
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Athens
Constantine
Greece
London
Athena
Ta~toi Palace
Anne-Marie
Stock Exchange
Kypros
Stylianos Patakos
Patakos
Cyprus
Nicosia
Panayiotis Canellopoulos
George Papandreou
Center Union Party
Andreas
Papandreous
Salonika
Jourter
Soviet cosmonaut Komarov dies in spaceflight tragedy
The report states the Soyuz 1 mission ended in tragedy with Vladimir Komarov dead. Tass and Soviet officials mourn his loss after a crash during reentry. Komarov, Hero of the Soviet Union, was cited as a pioneering cosmonaut and tester of space craft. His death prompted plans for a monument and posthumous honors. He left behind a wife and two children. Earlier statements noted high secrecy about the mission’s fate.
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Komarov
Soviet Union
Tass
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Auto Hits Gate Post At Fish Hatchery
Corry state police report three weekend accidents with no injuries. David Herman 19 of Erie lost control on Route 6 and hit a hatchery gate post causing about 500 dollars in damage. John Taylor 18 of Corry had a tire blowout on Route 77 near Spring Creek, hitting two parked cars for about 1,050 dollars in damage. Dorothy Thomas 44 of Corry struck a horse on Route 6 west of Corry, minor auto damage. NURSERY VISITING HOURS Dallas Texas two Robins born at John S Armstrong School prompt birth announcements from Mrs. Robert Melvin’s sixth graders.
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Corry
David H. Herman
Erie
John H. Taylor
Spring Creek
Taylor
D. Robert Markle
Dorothy Thomas
Ohio Street
Route 6
R. Marsh
Elgin
Nusery
Dallas
Tex
Robert Melvin
John S. Armstrong School
R. Redbreast
Area Solon Says LBJ Betsey Won't Hurt Him
Four Democratic congressmen from Pennsylvania see no harm to their 1968 re elections from the Vietnam War policy. An Associated Press survey of 132 Democratic lawmakers found 88 expect no effect, 55 warn the war could impact re election. Other quotes cite minimal influence on their races and Johnson's bids. Also, Terry Bell, 27, is charged with murder in New Castle after a Saturday shooting.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Vietnam
Johnson
Congress
Associated Press
House
Senate
George M. Rhodes
Reading
Elmer J. Holland
Pittsburgh
Erie
Joseph J. Vigorito
Daniel J. Flood
Wilkes-Barre
New Castle
Terry Bell
Lawrence County
Dee Ann Currie
Bell
Robbery at Pleasant Grove Church Targets Girls in Griffin
Four armed white men robbed members of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church during Sunday services in Griffin Georgia. Two 18 year old Black girls were abducted and later found injured, bound and liberated. Local deputies launched an immediate search. Cash from the collection plate and several individuals were robbed.
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Snider
Parachutist Survives 2000 Foot Fall in Tree
Pat Kierstead of Dunkirk Indiana narrowly escaped disaster when his parachute partly failed during a jump. He fell from 2000 feet, landed in a tree, and sustained only a bruise and a cut after a 30 second free fall. The reserve chute fouled on the instrument panel preventing inflation. Later, Edinboro State College named Dr Chester I McNerney as president replacing Dr Harry Earsley who died last year.
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New Castle
Ind
Pat, Kierstead
Dunkirk
Edinboro
Edinboro State College
Chester I. McNerney
Harry Earsley
Death notices for Foster and Evans survivors and services
Two obituaries detail deaths in Corry and Warren. Foster, aged about 70, longtime grocer turned city firetruck driver, survived by two daughters and two sons, wife predeceased. services set at Bracken Funeral Home with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery. Evans, 60, World War I veteran born in Greenville, with siblings and nieces, to be honored at Spitser Funeral Home in Clymer with final rites by Rev. Blish. Donations requested to Corry Memorial Hospital Building Fund.
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Mr. Foster
Washington
Shest
Corry Memorial Hospital
Spring Creek
Corry
East Washington Street
Corry Ells
Elmer Ortner
Pine Grove
Evans
Pennsylvania Avenue
West
Warren
Greenville
Service Oil Company
Glen
Lawrence
Léonard
Clymer
Ruth Wright
Fairview
Margaret Evans
Tonawanda
N.Y
Middletown Man Faces Hearing on Johnson Threat
Ned Wilson Thoman, 47, of 28 Nelson Manor Middletown, is slated for a Friday hearing in Harrisburg on Secret Service charges. Authorities say he phoned the White House, identified himself, and threatened President Johnson. Thoman, a helicopter mechanic at the New Cumberland Army Depot, was arrested at home and jailed in Dauphin County after a brief, nonresistive arrest.
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Middletown
U.S. Secret Service
Johnson
Secret Service
Ned Wilson Thoman
Nelson Manor
U.S
Sebastian Natale
Harrisburg
Thoman
New Cumberland
Vietnam
Swatara
Robert Herr
Herr
Dauphin Paney
Natale
White House
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Corry Area
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Norman Penoyer
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Clinton Street
Warren County
LaVerne Messinger
Helen Luiza Messinger
Lawrence Craker
Corry Jamestown
Mattie Smith
Pittsfield
Robert C. Wynn
Encino
Calif
Maple Avenue
M. S. Cobbett
Wentling
Journal
Johnston
RAI
Bellefonte
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Centre County
Western Auto Supply Company
Western Auto
Ron Barstow
Solon
Lbj
Betsey
W. Washington St
Corry, PA
Jane Parker
Ann
A&p
Rob Negro Church
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Merle E. Evans
Ralph A. Foster
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Mere Ca Ahi
Kitchen Village
Craig Hyer
Columb
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