Jamestown recruits apprentices and local tax bill debated
An electrician joint committee in Jamestown seeks applicants for apprentices with applications due by year end from B&E Electric Inc. in Jamestown. The State Labor Department sets age 18 to 24 rule, with veteran provisions and required tests. Also, State Rep R Budd Dwyer backs House Bill 2160 to exempt municipally owned utilities from a 30 mill tax on real estate, saying he will press for passage next session. If not enacted, city water and sewer bills may rise. Police took in a stray dog found at Clifford Wynn’s Warren street home. owner to claim with Erie County license. YMCA sauna complex to close 6 p.m. for minor improvements. A man pleaded guilty to drunkenness after an incident on East Main street. fined. Dr Charles E Mullen, 82, Cambridge Springs physician for 57 years, died at City Hospital Meadville. Oil City Council opposes a 20 percent Penelec electric rate increase.
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Jamestown
B&e Electric Inc
State Labor Department
R. Budd Dwyer
Dwyer
House of Representatives
Clifford Wynn
Warren Street
Erie County
Local Moose Host District Meeting
The Corry Moose Lodge will host the western state division meeting at the local home on East Washington street tomorrow. About 50 are expected to attend the session with an advisory board meeting at 11 a.m. a noon luncheon the executive board meeting at 2 p.m. A panel discussion and Q A will follow. Arthur Litz, past president, in charge of arrangements notes the western division includes seven districts and 126 lodges.
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Corry Moose Lodge
East Washington Street
Arthur Litz
Births Reported in Area Hospitals This Week
A son arrived this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs James Clark of 27 West Bond Street. Mrs Clark is the former Connie Wright. Union City Memorial Hospital reports the birth of a daughter yesterday to Mr and Mrs Michael Flick of Cambridge Springs. Mrs Flick is the former Susan Fisk.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
James Clark
West Bond Street
Union City Memorial Hospital
Michael Flick
Cambridge Springs
Flick
Susan Fisk
General Phase of SA Fund Drive Opens in Corry
The Salvation Army launches the general phase of its $100,000 capital fund campaign with a kickoff at 6 East Main Street led by Bert Williams. Cochairmen include Ann Baressi George Maloney Donald Engle L B Ball and Narcy Yenchak with staff from Erie County Plastics McInnes Steel and TAM Ledge 1097. Additional leaders and a plan to contact small businesses and homebound individuals were announced along with a four week lead into donor solicitation and urban renewal related memorial rooms.
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Salvation Army Capital Fund
Cochairmen
East Main Street
Bert Williams
Williams
Raymond
Associated Spring Corporation
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Central Labor Council
Ann Baressi
George Maloney
AeroFlow
Donald Engle
Engle Furniture
Columbus
L.B. Ball
Western Union
Narcy Yenchak
Corry Pharmacy
Beverly Kenniston
Erie County Plastics
Robert Kubiak
McInnes Steel Co
John Bolan
Corry Jamestown
TAM Ledge 1097
Erie County
Corry Corps
Challenge Gifts Division
Frank McKnight
First Avenue
Teachers Strike at Baldwin Whitehall in Pittsburgh Area
In Baldwin Whitehall School District near Pittsburgh, 9,500 students suspend classes as 382 teachers join a districtwide strike after mediation failed. Pickets appear at 14 schools from 8am while bus drivers honor the line and the board seeks to keep schools open. James Rush of the state mediation board could not broker a deal.
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Pittsburgh
Baldwin Whitehall
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Baldwin-Whitehall Education Association
Baldwin Whitehall Federation of Teachers
James Rush
State Mediation Board
Testing of exceptional children at church program
Testing of exceptional children is held every Wednesday morning at the Evangelical United Methodist Church under the Erie Exceptional Children's Education Center. In the photo, Miss Alta Postance and Mary Pooler sit, and Thomas Scully, Mrs Harold Messinger, president of the Corry Council for Exceptional Children, and Michael Herrman stand. All but Mrs Messinger are from the Erie center.
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Evangelical United Methodist Church
Erie
Alta Postance
Mary Pooler
Thomas Scully
Harold Messinger
Corry
Erie man arrested for attempted electrocution of daughter
William H. Reitzel Sr. 66 was arrested by Erie police for attempting to kill his daughter with a booby trapped device. He was booked at 3 25 p m at Erie Police Headquarters on charges of attempted murder.
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Rie
Erie
William H. Reitzel Sr
Miss Katherine Murphy 86 Dies in Phoenix Former Corry Resident
Miss Murphy 86 of Phoenix Ariz a former Corry resident died yesterday at home. Born July 12 1883 in Grove City she studied in Oil City and belonged to St Josephs Church She lived in Corry and Rochester N Y before moving to Arizona in 1969 Survived by four nieces Funeral home calling hours today and Requiem High Mass tomorrow at St Elizabeths Church Burial in church cemetery Also includes unrelated police case and a smoking aid novelty item unrelated to the death included in the same text
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Katherine T. Murphy
Murphy
Phoenix
Ariz
Corry
Grove City
Oil City
St. Joseph's Church
Rochester
N.Y
Arizona
Patrick Dallacqua
Detroit
Mich
Richard Read
Fontana
Calif
Albert Gibson
Las Vegas
Nev
Helen Lillie
Bracken Funeral Home
St. Elizabeth's Church
Erie Council Opposes Penelec Rate Hike
Erie City Council approved a resolution opposing a 20 percent rate increase sought by Pennsylvania Electric Co. calling it dictatorial and urging a nine month PUC suspension while studies on profit potential are conducted. Councilman Harkins says utilities will push more hikes, with Erie facing an extra $115,000 annually if approved.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Public Utilities Commission
Bernard Harkins
Penelec
PUC
Stay In Pennsy With 69 Plates
Erie County Motor Club official James R. Brown warns Pennsylvania motorists traveling out of state before May 31 to ensure their auto registrations are renewed for 1970. He notes cases of drivers arrested out of state for expired license stickers despite a statewide deadline extension to May 31.
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James R. Brown
Erie County Motor Club
Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue
Brown
Pennsylvania Aaa Federation
Tornado Rips Across South
A pre-dawn tornado roared across south Memphis and nearby Mississippi injuring more than 30 people and causing widespread property damage. The same storm center sent high winds through Oak Grove near Paragould Arkansas injuring five members of one family and destroying a house trailer. No deaths were reported.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Mississippi
Oak Grove
Paragould
Arkansas
Erie D A seeks obscenity ruling on 27 publications
Erie District Attorney William E Pfadt asked President Judge Edward H Carney to declare 27 publications obscene to obtain an injunction against sale in Erie County. Purchases were made by city and state police at three stores Packard Cigar Store Erie Corner Store North East and The Green Shingle Erie. The three stores’ attorneys will not oppose the petition. The material includes 15 magazines eight books three newspapers and one packet of pictures labeled hard core pornography. The Monday hearing tests the 1968 Commonwealth anti obscenity law per Supreme Court guidelines.
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Erie
William E. Pfadt
Edward H. Carney
Pfadt
Erie County
Packard Cigar Store
North East
Pradt
Pennsylvania
US Supreme Court
Pratt
City offers alternate pickup for 72 year exoneration forms
The board allows eligible residents to have forms picked up by another in hardship cases. Forms are available in William Miller's office Room 3 first floor Municipal Building. Return deadline is June 1 to start exoneration at the district fiscal year beginning July 1. 72 exonerations are permanent and require no annual renewal.
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William Miller
Tornado damages Memphis area with 73 mph winds
A tornado path traced from DeSoto County Mississippi through Coro Lake and DeSoto Airport into south Memphis. Wind gusts reached 73 miles per hour, injuring several people with minor injuries reported and substantial aircraft damage at Memphis International Airport. No total dollar damage determined.
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Memphis International
DeSoto County
Mississippi
Coro Lake
DeSoto Airport
Memphis
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Samuel J. Denardi
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Corry Savings & Loan Association
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Bevings
Aeon
North Center St
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Freeman St
Clymer
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