In Our Opinion on Pennsylvania Motorists and Pills
A Pennsylvania editorial lambasts the state highway dept for poor road conditions and rising fees while contrasting Pennsylvania with more finished states. It remands official tours and calls for practical road fixes. In Washington, a column reveals FDA files showing 88 birth control pill poisonings of children from 1968 to 1969, noting underreporting and corporate concern over profits.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Highways
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Journal
Corry
Clymer
Columbus
New York State
Robert Bartlett
Cloud 9
Ortho-Novum
Ortho Pharmaceutical
OrthoNovark
Poison Pills and Ghost Pupils in Mississippi Education
A column accuses the state of inflating school enrollment to hide neglect of black students and to pressure compulsory education. It cites ghost pupils, inflated attendance, and doctored census figures, linking them to officials and state education leaders while noting drug poisoning secrecy and regulatory lapses.
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Mississippi
National Education Association
U.S
Neshoba
Tallahatchie
Lawrence County
Education Department
Paul Johnson
Booze Allen and
Hamilton
Johnson
John Bell Williams
Garvin Johnston
Politics and Photo Frenzy in Erie Pennsylvania
A photographer heavy week follows Candidate for U.S. Senate Bill Lesler at the airport with around 200 shots. Attendees include Al Wicks and Attorney Sherwood Jones. a meeting with the Liquor Committee is planned. The week also covers 4-H Club breakfasts, a Corry firemen memorial, tax reform talks, and Governor Shafer announcing no new tax requests next year.
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U.S. Senate
Bill Lesler
Bill
al Wicks
Sherwood Jones
Liquor Committee
Phan
Phillips
John Phillips
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
Ernie Kline
Ernie
Donna Braswell
Corry
Jim Osborne
Fairview
Kay Kennerknecht
Wattsburg
Tellow
Ways and Means
Union City
North East Boroughs
House
Senate
Conference Committee
U.S
Wit
Raymond Shafer
Corry Board weighs superintendent search and property plan
Fourteen educators have filed applications for Corry school superintendent. The board tabled purchasing two East Pleasant street properties as too indefinite for the 1950 61 budget. Democratic candidate Richardson Dilworth will visit Corry Wednesday afternoon with a stop at the Hotel Corry. Doris Joanne Stowe birthday party held on Wright street with 20 children. Erie conference churches represented at Spring convention opening at St Pauls Lutheran.
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Concord School
East Pleasant Street
Corry Board of Education
Richardson Dilworth
Corry
Jess Juliante
Doris Joanne Stowe
Lloyd Stowe
Wright Street
Erie
Pittsburgh
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Big John and the Doctors and a Wall Street Turn
A nostalgic column recalls Big John’s hospital trials from a bleeding ulcer to surgeries on age and teeth amid jokes about doctors. The narrative shifts to Wall Street sentiment with grim news as Chrysler, GM, and Ford report quarterly losses and earnings declines.
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Englewood Hospital
Trish Kisser
New York
Wall Street
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Firms face sales drops and market pains hit 1960s giants
Declines ripple through major players as last year’s three firms accounted for 40 billion dollars in direct sales and fueled billions in glass, tires, fabrics, and oils. Boeing reports severe deterioration in the commercial airplane market while IBM signals a tough year ahead and stock prices slide.
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Boeing Company
International Busines Machines
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Food and Drug Administration
Searle
Hari
Norlestria
Parke-Iavis
Provost
Upjohn
Wyeth
Ortho- Novam
Russia
Johnston
Ruby Thompson
Anita Kelly
Erie County
General Assembly
Matt Cappalino
Philadelphia
Raymond “Bud” Deplatel
Lawrence Park
R. Budd Dwyer
Budd
Bill Piper
C.S. Monroe
Board of Education
Big John
Dick Merrill
Merrill
John
Hine
Doe
Dad
Eastern Airlines
Louis Bennett
William Glantz
Bucky
Lucky
John Cunniff
IBM
Coray Evening Journal
Anth Street
Uban
Correj Cor
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