Memorial fund rises as Ridgefield leads with $375 gift
The Stanford Hose Company Memorial Fund reached 17046 with many donations. Ridgefield New Jersey volunteers gave 375, the largest single pledge, others sent 50s 240 anonymous gifts and 100 20 11 300 from Betts Foundation plus a letter pledging support for a child’s higher education. News also notes U S losses of five aircraft and 15 Americans and six wounded with crashes near Pleiku and Tan Son Nhut.
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Stanford Hose Company
Ridgefield, N.J
Volunteer Hose Company
Ridgefield
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Pleilu City
Tan Son Nhut
Crotty
Warren
Betts Foundation
Sample
Corry
Gannon College Study Pushes County Executive Government
Erie County commissioners Leo Weir Fred Lamberton and William O Hill Jr face recommendation to replace their three member board with a county executive system. The Gannon Institute report argues for separating legislative and executive powers and cites St Louis Baltimore and Milwaukee as models. The study notes urbanization political demands and rising service costs justify restructuring.
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Erie County
Leo Weir
Fred Lamberton
William O. Hill Jr
Gannon College Institute For Community Development
Gannon
St. Louis
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Gannon Institute
Erie
County study cites urbanization forcing government overhaul
A county report warns that rising urbanization will require a shift from the current county government structure to a more centralized, mayor council style similar to Erie. It argues the present system cannot meet future urban needs and will demand greater administrative responsibility. (Continued on Page Six)
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Commission
Erie
City of
Shafer Submits State Budget 113 Million Below Last Year
Gov. Shafer unveils a $24 billion budget with sweeping cuts in health, education and welfare, citing a grim economic context. He asserts no new taxes and emphasizes balancing the budget with existing revenues, noting the start of the new fiscal year is near and promising a tax reform plan.
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Shafer
Harrisburg
Times
Capitol
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Study Reveals What Telephone Customers Know
FCC data show New York customers face worse service than most, while Los Angeles generally posts better results. The study covers 20 major markets with nine service metrics, indicating longer installation times, dial tone and operator access difficulties in New York, and fewer callbacks for repairs in L A. Unofficial district rankings place Los Angeles, Nebraska and Arizona near top with Washington and Georgia lower in the tally.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Los Angeles
FCC
Bell Telephone System
Commission
Common Carrier Bureau
New York City
New York
Morida
Nebraska
Arizona
Washington, D.C
Dallas
Georgia
Detroit
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Washington State
Nixon Won't Press For Rusing Ruling On Segregated Schools
The Nixon administration will not seek a Supreme Court ruling on legality of segregation caused by housing patterns. Justice official Jerris Leonard said there are no administration remedies to offer if the Court bans de facto segregation. He noted the court has not required bus integration and that voluntary compliance may avert state desegregation suits.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
High Court
Leonard
South
Florida
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Harlem
Fourteen Drivers Cited In City Traffic Crackdown
City police cited six drivers for motor vehicle code violations with one receiving four charges. Darrell Blakeslee earned reckless driving stop sign red light and wrong way on a one way street. Burlingame cited for driving too fast for conditions after a noon crash on Columbus Avenue injuring no one. Other drivers cited include William Newhouse Andrew Froman Dennis Proper and Eric McCray for various infractions.
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David L. Burlingame
West
Washington Street
Burlingame
Columbus Avenue
Marian Cmiel
Park Street
Blakeslee
Porter Auer
William A. Newhouse
Clymer
Auer
Andrew M. Froman Jr
Corry
Dennis M. Proper
West Bend Street
Information Auer
Eric F. McCray
B.D
Scout Slain While Sleeping At Campout
PHOENIXVILLE PA AP Police scoured a pond and campsite for a small knife believed used in the sleeping bag murder of Terrence Bowers Jr 11 of Darby as he slumbered during a church yard campout with 20 scouts and nine adults. He was stabbed four times in the chest between 5 and 7:30 am. No witnesses and no quarrels reported.
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Phoenixville
Terrence Bowers Jr
Darby
Terrence
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Arthur Litz
Pennsylvania Moose Association
William Halfast
Butler Legion of the Moose
Butler
Journal
Endsley
Firemen Swell Memorial Fund
Richard T. Betts
Gannon College
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bowers
St. Basil the Great Church
Here
Bellaire
Ohio
Carnegie
Dale Allen Strahl
Beverly Sue
Bridgeport
Charles A. Strahl
Lorrie
Buffalo, N
Frank Podsladle
Ralph
Backes
Charlotte Ellis
Buffalo
Podsiadio
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