Sparta Students Attend Western Show and Convention
Spartansburg students from Cast-Offs and Sparta High School council members Mary Wills Daniel Boythe Jean Torrey and Bruce Allen attended a Western style square dance show at the Corry Moose building Saturday. They had recently joined a two day convention at Venango Christian High School with 36 Northwestern Pennsylvania schools and 22 exchange students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kinney
Spartansburg
Corry Moose
Mary Wills
Daniel Boythe
Jean Torrey
Bruce Allen
Sparta High School
Venango Christian High School
Pennsylvania
James Kinnane
FBI
Romulus Murphy
Homer DeWalt
Erie
Virgil Grumbling
Oil City
Richard Frame
Robert Fink
Manorville
McCray
Elgin
Fred Sargent
Fred
Sally McQueer
Trash Fire Sets Area Home Ablaze
A trash fire set by a moving Union City family near Turner Hill Road three miles southeast of Corry spread from a shrubs and burned into a vacant house rented by Frank Pless. Columbus firemen, aided by Spring Creek, fought the blaze for about two hours, destroying the wood shed and causing severe damage to the house after water was hauled from a storage tank.
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Union City
Turner Hill Road
Corry
Columbus
Frank Pless
Hollis Upperman
Turner Hill
Spring Creek
Groundbreaking Planned for Columbus Church Addition
Columbus Community Church members will attend a Sunday morning groundbreaking at the church after the 11 a.m. service. Rev. Walter Thoms, the pastor, will lead the program with church officers assisting. The $30,000 addition will add a large wing and new entrance, expanding space to meet growing membership. The Northwest corner will gain meeting rooms as construction begins soon.
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Columbus Church
Columbus Community Church
Walter Thoms
Polar explorer Dr James Marr dies at 62 in London
Dr James Marr 62 a renowned polar explorer and biologist died yesterday in London. His career included Antarctic and Arctic expeditions and significant scientific contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar Explorer
London
James Marr
Crisis in Santo Domingo Narrows as Ceasefire Talks Continue
U S ambassador Ellsworth Bunker pushed for a hemispheric peace committee to seek a ceasefire while the OAS plans a Washington meeting of foreign ministers. Fighting raged with roving bands and sniping as both rebels and loyalist forces clashed, late Thursday into Friday, amid a fluid, shifting front.
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Santo Domingo
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
OAS Council
OAS
Washington
W.tapley Bennett
Junta
Air
Navy
Erie man appeals $8466 award in truck crash case
Ralph Madden won an $8466 civil jury verdict after a August 10 1962 Erie truck crash on West Colum bus avenue. Defendants Michael Boccio and A A Samuels of Samuel Sheet Metal Co were held equally liable. Madden was a passenger trapped under the overturned pickup and rescued by on scene responders.
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Erie
Ralph Madden
West Columbus Avenue
Michael Boccio
A. A. Samuels
Samuel Sheet Metal Co
Madden
Samuels
Boccio
Square Dance Club Planned At Y In Corry May First
A western style square dance club will form at the Corry YMCA on May 1 at 8 30 p m with dancing to follow. Secretary Sterling Wees said the club aims to provide a social outlet and instruction for learners. Instructor James Motter, a Cleveland Square Dance Callers Association member, is noted for work in Warren, Oil City, Albion and Erie. Club guidelines and future meeting dates will be set at the kickoff. All interested are invited.
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Corry Ymca
Sterling” Wees
James Motter
Cleveland Square Dance Callers Association
Pennsylvania
Warren
Oil City
Albion
Erie
Wees
Lord Moynihan Dies at 88 in London
Lord Moynihan, aged 88, former Liberal party chairman and stockbroker, died today after collapsing at his home in London.
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Lord Moynihan
London
Liberal Party
IUC Widow and Suspected Slaying at Kurfess Home
In Union City police questioned Jacob Hamerick and others after the Kurfess slaying. Hamerick, renting the upstairs apartment, denied killing the girl and motive remains unknown. Sharon Kurfess testified to a struggle as Hamerick allegedly attacked her, injuring her with a knife before she escaped.
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Hamerick
Kurfess
Sharon
Merle Wood
Union City
Mark Glenn
Glennis R. Wheelock
Death of Union City woman linked to attic assault
Police indicated the victim, Mrs. Kurfess, was found bound and beaten in an attic, with evidence suggesting a struggle with an assailant. A possible sexual assault is being investigated as lab tests proceed. Neighbors link the case to the upcoming high school graduation of her daughter.
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Wheelock
Union City
Hamerick Faces Further Charges in Union City Assault
Hamerick, long linked to police cases in Union City, was arrested in Corry in 1963 for surety of the peace after beating a Union City woman. State Police plan more charges in the Sharon attack as Hamerick remains in Erie with psychiatric treatment noted by a Corry alderman and his brother in law.
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Hamerick
Union City
Peiffer
Corry J
West
Washington Street
Corry
Warren State Hospital
Sharon
Erie
Robbery suspects held in beating elderly couple
Three out of state men were held on robbery charges in the assault and theft of Leon Yeakel, 20, and Olga Yeakel, 77, of Fair Oaks. Arraigned on various counts, they faced $50,000 bond each and were jailed. Police say the couple were bound with tape and robbed of 7250 in bonds, 39 in cash, and jewelry. An autopsy was conducted on Mrs. Kurfess at Hamot Hospital in Erie.
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Pittsburgh
Leon Yeakel
Olga
Fair Oaks
James D. Canakis
John E. Frutschy
Canton
Ohio
Alexander H. Levy
Bronx
N.Y
Kurfess
Hamot Hospital
Erie
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Titusville
Brazil
Northern Area High School
Costa Rica
Townville High School
Pennsylvania State Education Association
R. T. Putnam
William Beisel
Esther Allen
Wei
Peter Allegretto
Tudlie Firth
Ethlyn McAninch
New York
Donald Allen
Elmview Jersey
Elmview Jersey Dairy
Columbus-Lottsville Road
Gramercy Park
Timely
Rossin
Weee
Square Dance Club
Iuc Widow
Pasi
Carney
Brabender
Fogle Lumber
Tru Value Building Supply Center
New England
Lana Turner
Lloyd Nolan
Terry Moore
Emialltown
Carol Lynley
Jeff Chandler
Peyton Place
Helena Rubinstein
ColorTone Shampoo Sale
RAT Bank Cor Td
THE
Corry Coin Club
Qndenartnes Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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