Woman Driver Pinned In Crash At Colta
A Corry woman, Ruth Bretherton, 35, escaped serious injury when her car left Colta Springs Creek road near Memorial Hospital and crashed at about 1 a.m. The vehicle pinned her inside after striking an embankment. She suffered back injuries and minor bruises and will be charged with driving too fast for conditions. Police and ambulance crews needed minutes to free her, hoisting her up a 10 foot embankment to the awaiting ambulance.
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Corry
Gorry Spring Creek Road
Ruth Bretherton
Richard Gambine
Terance Haskins
Comry State Police
Bretherton
Youth for Truck Joy Ride In Corry Area
A 16 year old Corry boy was petitioned in juvenile court after allegedly stealing a Meadow Brook Dairy milk truck for a joy ride with his girlfriend. He entered via a skylight, drove to Spartansburg area, returned with a flat tire and damaged wheel, clearance light, and side mirror. the entry point was believed to be a roof skylight. Witnesses seen the truck and driver. the vehicle was found damaged at the plant the next morning.
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Liy Police Nave
Meadow Brook Dairy
Dale Mason
Spring Creek
Mason
Spartansburg
Ie Toss
Rae
West Watched Far East Voting, And Vice Versa
Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph M Barr invited an Asian observer, Chaios Tung Hung secretary general of Nationalist China’s Provincial Assembly, to watch the Pennsylvania primary process while he observed the South Vietnamese election during President Johnson’s era.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Barr
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Chaios Tung Hung
Nationalist China
Mexican police detain man resembling King slay suspect
In Mexico a U S citizen believed to resemble James Earl Ray is being questioned on suspicion of involvement in the King assassination. Authorities say the man holds a Daniel David Kennedy passport and claims Baltimore roots. His mother in Baltimore disputes the likeness and says the family has heard little from Mexican officials. FBI agents are dispatching to Hermosillo as Sonora police prepare to transport the detainee to the capital, with conflicting reports on their plans.
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Mexico City
Mexico
U.S
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Baltimore
Robert Fletcher
Judicial Police Investigation Office
Caborca
Daniel David Kennedy
Fletcher
King
Pearl E. Kennedy
FBI
Daniel David
Mrs. Kennedy
Pletcher
Sonora
Caborsa
Hermosillo
Arizona
Phoenix
John Mull
Ino Arizona
Notheing
Observers Split On Part Peace Issue In Vote
Observers in Pennsylvania split on whether the peace issue powered Sen. Eugene McCarthy’s primary victory or if his name alone on the ballot drew the votes. McCarthy’s peace platform drew support from 400k local votes, with about 8 percent of Democratic ballots going to him and the rest split among Kennedy Humphrey. He campaigned in Pittsburg and Philadelphia, backed by 30k youthful volunteers and over 100k spent, possibly adding 15k peace votes via write ins on the Republican side.
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Philadelphia
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Pennsylvania
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Pittsburg
Repubican
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevensen
Johnson
Shafer predicts Pennsylvania will pass income tax in 1969
Gov. Raymond Shafer predicts the general assembly will approve a state income tax perhaps in 1969. He says new revenue must support services beyond teachers and that an income tax is the most realistic source. He notes a tax study commission has examined options and plans to send three messages to the legislature next week on consumer protection, plan unrest, and highway safety.
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Shafer
Pittsburgh
Raymond Shafer
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Corermission
Harrisburg
Paratroopers Move to Sever A Shau Valley Supply Route
South Vietnamese paratroopers near the A Shau Valley launched Operation Lam Son to cut North Vietnamese supply lines along Highway 547 and the Ho Chi Minh trail. The push aims to disrupt the vein feeding Viet Cong incursions toward Hue as B52s pound the area and intelligence signals a possible large allied operation.
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Saigon
A Shau
Laos
South Vietnam
U.S
Lam Son
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hue
Uber Persuul
Bay We
Bas
A Shan
Township OKs New Apartments in Joint Session
Wayne Township Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission approved the New Holly Apartments project, an eight unit development near Mverdam Hill Road. The plan, already approved by Corry's Planning Commission and City Council, lies in both city and township boundaries. A final zoning adjustment vote in Corry is expected by May 1, with the township Board of Adjustment set to meet this afternoon to follow suit.
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Wayne Township Board of Supervise
Planning Commission
Mverdam Hill Road
Corry
New Holly Apartments, Inc
Buffalo
Ronald Willman
John McLean
Board of Adjustment
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Boston U. Yields To Students
Boston University faced a 12 hour sit in as about 300 Negro students seized the administration building. President Arland F. ChristJaner pledged to boost Black enrollment and faculty, create an Afro-American history course, reserve the Martin Luther King Jr chair for a Negro professor, designate King scholarships for Negro graduates, and pursue recruitment of Negro scholars at all professional ranks.
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Boston
Boston University
Arland F. Christ- Janer
Christ Janer
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Robbery Attempt at Seattle Variety Store Fails
A gunman threatened a Seattle variety store owner, demanding the victim to kill him so she would not have to walk anymore. The assailant fled empty handed after the tense confrontation with the rib gun in hand.
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Seattle
Gary ~ Ie
Theresa Suave
Blast Injures 26 at Ohio Edison Plant Construction
An explosion at an Ohio Edison plant near East Liverpool injures 26 workers, none seriously. The blast in a dust collection chamber of a new unit at Stratton 5 miles south of East Liverpool may have been caused by leaking gas during duct work. Ambulances rush to East Liverpool City Hospital and Ohio Valley Hospital in Steubenville. four admitted locally and two at Steubenville hospitals.
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RAST
Liverpool
Ohio
Ohio Edison Co
Here
Stratton
East Liverpool
Ohio River
East Liverpool City Hospital
Ohio Valley Hospital
Steubenville
Steubenville Hospital
Town Cracking Down On Noise
Medina Washington deputies enforce a strict sound ordinance with an 85 decibel limit at 50 feet. A patrol car measured highway traffic at 90 decibels on average, with an Oregon truck reaching 99 decibels and a $25 fine issued, prompting a review of the limit.
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Medina
Wash
Seattle
Orégon
State Phone Workers Meet To Talk Pact
The 13 000 member Federation of the Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania and Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania plan a 2 pm meeting with federal mediators to end a wage strike begun at 12 01 am. The meeting was urged by Federal Mediator Rex Marlowe after talks broke off Wednesday night just before a wage reopener clause deadline in a 36 month contract that expired at midnight. Bell faces nationwide CWA strikes against Western Electric Co. and federation president J C Glendenning says 13 000 members will reinforce thin local picket lines across Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
the Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania
Rex Marlowe
Af Bell of
Pennsylvania
Tons Workers of America
AFLMC
Western Electric Co
Bell
J.C. Glendenning
Independent Federation
CWA
Renewal area eyed for new Erie County housing plan
The Housing Authority heard a recommendation from John Blackson Associates to designate an urban renewal area as the site for new low income and elder housing. Authority members passed a resolution signaling intent to use the renewal area if timing aligns with current housing plans. Rep Joseph Vigorito reported HUD funds are exhausted for this fiscal year and will be reconsidered after July 1, with renewed lobbying efforts.
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Usis
Unaik
John Blackson
Blackson
Joseph Vigorito
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Corry
Bethalf
Vigorito
Try Juveniles As Adults Says Pa High Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled juveniles must be tried as adults in Quarter Sessions Court when preliminary murder charges exist. Dwight Gaskins, 16, faces stabbing death of Douglas Min nay, 15, in a 1966 Philadelphia case. Chief Justice Bell said county courts would shift murder case power away from Quarter Sessions.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Dwight Gaskins
Douglas Minnay
Supreme Court
Gaskins
John C. Bell
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