Erie street signs installed without budgeted funds
An Erie activity report shows 800 wooden street signs were installed in 1963 by streets bureau employees when no money was budgeted for metal signs. Total cost was 2144 dollars. Separate items note a Warren man killed in an auto crash on the Northwest Bridge near the North Carolina line, and other local incidents including a counterfeit $20 bill found in North East. A Mayville plastics firm begins operations with a 7500 dollar loan and a $25000 plant purchase. YMCA day camp registration continues, and a girl’s camp is planned. James Guth remains in critical condition after a two car collision. his cousin Judy is seriously injured. A new state rule requires annual physical exams for school bus drivers.
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Streets Bureau
Erie
Warren
Chilton
Norfolk
Carlina
William A. Henry
Henry
Virginia
Beach
James Guth
St. Vincent's Hospital
Judy
Corry Memorial Hospital
Sunset Lake
N. J
Sir Cedric Hardwicke Dies at 71 in New York
Sir Cedric Hardwicke the English born actor died at age 71 in University Hospital after a three week illness from emphysema. A lifelong stage and screen star he shuttled between London New York and Hollywood and was knighted in 1934.
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New York
Cedric Hardwicke
Hardwicke
University Hospital
Cedric
London
Hollywood
England
America
Lye
Worcestershire
Sir Cedric
Shakespear
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Scott Backs LBJ Viet Nam Move But Criticizes Tardiness
AP says Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania endorsed President Johnson's Viet Nam steps but called the administration tardy. He told about 300 Erie County Republican Women at a picnic in Washington via phone from the Senate building, while a loudspeaker carried his remarks.
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Hug
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Johnson
Viet Nam
Scott
Erie County
Republican Women’s Council
Senate
Washington
UN considers inviting both Vietnams to debate naval attacks
United Nations diplomats expect the Security Council to invite both North and South Vietnam to participate in a debate on North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. warships. The council paused to gauge delegates positions, with U.S. Adlai Stevenson urging inclusion of both governments and Morozov opposing Western involvement. Stevenson framed U.S. actions as self defense in line with the UN charter, while Morozov and other Soviet and British delegates debated expansion into Southeast Asia.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Viet Nam
U.S
Council
Sivert A Nielsen
Norway
Nielsen
United States
North Viet Nam
Red China
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Platon D. Morozov
Adlai E. Stevenson
North Vietnam
Morozov
Stevenson
Gulf of Tonkin
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Asia
U.N
Roger W. Jackling
Britain
Peking
New China News Agency
China
United Nations
Soviet Union
Security Council
Man held for murder in fatal shooting of wife in Butler
Charles C. Graham Jr. 59 of Center Township was held for court on a murder charge after confessing he killed his wife Helen 51. He pleaded innocent at a hearing before Alderman Harold C. Armstrong. Police said he phoned in early Sunday to report the killing. Americans eat about 35 million sandwiches daily.
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Butler
Charles C. Graham Jr
Center Township
Harold C. Armstrong
Graham
Helen
Two Warwick youths buried alive in cave-in rescue ends
In Warwick Rhode Island a cave-in buried two boys age 15 and 14 as three others escaped. A 14 year old William E Underwood Jr was exposed and rescued after two hours 17 minutes. Kasek Jr and Laprochina Jr died at the scene. Underwood survived and later viewed the recovered bodies.
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Warwick
R. I
Bruce Charon
Michael
J. Kasek Jr
Frank J. Laprochina Jr
William E. Underwood Jr
Kasek
Laprochina
Underwood
U S Ponders Red China Plans At Global Tension Peak
The article reports U S military moves toward North Viet Nam including airlifted troops and jets to Da Nang and Thailand. President Johnson warns Red China against aggression as bipartisan support grows in Congress for retaliation. McNamara details carrier strikes against patrol boats and torpedo boats, and two Navy pilots are listed as missing while UN debates engage.
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Viet Nam
da Nang
U.S
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Bangkok
Red China
Syracuse University
Johnson
United States
Americe
Senate
House
Robert S. McNamara
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
McNamara
Gulf
CBS
NBC
Sivert Nielsen
Norway
J.g
Richard €. Sather
Pomona
Everett Alvarez Jr
San Jose
Gulf crisis cools as U S forces brace for Viet Cong actions
U S and South Vietnamese troops prepare for possible retaliation after U S air strikes against North Viet Nam. Ambassadors Taylor and military leaders monitor developments as Hanoi claims capture of an American pilot. field reports show limited Viet Cong activity and heavy combat at Ba Ring in Ba Xuyen Province.
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South Viet Nam
Hel
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
United States
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Gulf of Tonkin
Ba Ring
Ba Xuyen
Saigon
Getting Stale She Teaches Music Then Drives Truck
Jeanie Manning, 26, a former music and English teacher from Oceanside, New York, switches to trucking with National Auto Renting Co. after saying she was getting stale. On her first week she drives a 20 foot truck, recounting close calls in the Midtown Tunnel and traffic in Manhattan. Manning, a Kingsville Texas native born in San Antonio, studied at Texas College of Arts and Industries and changed her name from Meurer after moving to New York six years ago to pursue theater.
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New York
Jeanie Manning
National Auto, Renting Co
Sofe
Midtown
Manhattan
Queens
10Th Avenue
Kingsville
Tex
Meurer
San Antonio
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Oceanside
Long Island
U S Forces Boost Viet Nam Front Amid Crises
Six U S Air Force 102 interceptors landed at Da Nay near the front in a major buildup. Another six F102s arrived in Saigon to defend the capital as U S personnel face gray alerts after two Saigon bomb incidents. Premier Khanh called for national unity as North Viet Nam strikes escalate with torpedo boats and U S retaliation.
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U.S. Air Force
da Nay
Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
North Viet Nam
North
Red China
Vietnam Conflict Statement Cited by Khanh Broadcast
In a broadcast Khanh declared the war of aggression in Southeast Asia as the principal objective, emphasizing Vietnam's central role in the conflict. The remarks frame Hanoi as guiding regional actions and U.S. opposition to the war aims in the area.
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Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Khanh
Pa Man Skipper Of Attacked U S Destroyer
Commander Robert C. Barnhart Jr., 43, a 1944 Naval Academy graduate from Johnstown, commands the USS C. Turner Joy, one of two destroyers attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. His wife Jeanie Gay and four children live in Sunset Beach California. Neither he nor his sister have heard from him since the area was reinforced after the Maddox attack.
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Joensiown
Robert C. Barnhart Jr
Johnstown
C. Turner
Gulf of Tonkin
Barnhart
Maddox
Robert C. Barnhart
U. S. Naval Academy
Jeanie Gay
Balboa
Calif
Los Angeles
Sunset Beach
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