County Officials Reap Generous Salary Harvest
Erie County officials salaries and commissions in 1962 produced hefty totals for Sarah McQuitty and Robert Dailey. McQuitty earned 7300 salary plus 8615.58 commissions as register of wills, while Dailey drew 9600 salary plus 8169.95 commissions as recorder. Combined pay surpassed most county offices, with judges being the notable exception.
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Erie
State Department of Internal Affairs
Erie County Register of Wills
Sarah McQuitty
Robert Dailey
Dailey
Register of Wills Post
Erie County
Register of Wills Office
Byron J. Clapper
Register of Wills
Recorder of Deeds
Blame Alcohol In Pa Fish Kill Blamed
Centre County fish warden Paul Antolosky said he met with Nease Chemical Co representative over a Spring Creek fish kill in College Township. The State Health Department reported an accidental spill of butyl alcohol about 1,850 fish died. The alcohol entered the stream from the Nease plant. A similar Nease incident last May resulted in $1,000 damages. The Health Department spokesman said Nease would likely be ordered to prevent recurrence.
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Bellefonte
Paul Antolosky
Centre County
Nease Chemical Co
Spring Creek
College Township
State Health Department
Nease
Health Department
Nesse
Flooded Buffalo suffers 35 million in damage and emergency orders
Torrential rains drenched Buffalo and suburbs causing $35 million in flood damage. More than 300 people fled homes as power and phone lines failed. Gov. Rockefeller sent aid. Mayor Enplain declared emergency. Cheektowaga saw boats rescuing families. zoo bears swam in a moat as water rose through lobbies. In Pennsylvania a 1 year-old girl died after being kicked by a horse at Mountain Lake camp near Fannettsburg. Charles D. Bierer died at 101 in Uniontown Hopwood.
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Chambersburg
Washington, D. C
Chambersburg Hospital
Jill Burwell
John Burwell
Mountain Lake
Fannettsburg
Here
John P. Manges
Franklin County
Buffalo
N.Y
East Side
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Cheektowaga
Buffalo Zoo
Clayton F. Fretheit
Zoo
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Grace Trautman
Pilot Killed in Laurel Mountain Plane Crash
In Ligonier Pennsylvania a single engine Cessna 172 crashed in dense fog on Laurel Mountain. Pilot Roy Shaffer died. passenger Philip Asher, 33, of Bethel Park, survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized. The aircraft was overdue en route from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. The crash occurred about 18 miles east of Ligonier near the Somerset-Westmoreland line. Asher walked to a residence at Laurel Summit Ski Lodge to summon help.
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Ligonier
Lattrel Mountain
Philip Asher
Bethel Park
Pittsburgh
McGinnis Hospital
Asher
Roy Shaffer
New Cumberland
Cumberland County
Harrisburg
Jack Bert
Greensburg Barracks
Laurel Mountain
Somerset-Westmoreland
Ralph Desraches
Laurel Summit
UN Ponders Worldwide Arms Embargo on South Africa
The United Nations Security Council urged a worldwide arms embargo on South Africa to end apartheid. The 9-0 vote had Britain and France abstaining, with fears of enforcement limits and debate over domestic affairs and defense commitments.
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United Nations, N.Y
South Africa
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Rudolph Grimes
Liberte
Britain
France
Rogier Seydoux
Patrick Dean
Dean
Charles W. Yost
United States
Council
Father and daughter crushed to death at New Jersey racetrack
At Garden State Park Race Track in Cherry Hill a 48-year-old father Patrick J. Sweeney and his eight year old daughter Peggy were crushed in a moving staircase opening after a repairman removed a protective plate. Ronald Haines was with them earlier. The stairway rose 35 feet to the mezzanine and revolved, trapping them between the casing and the axle as the machine jammed and stopped.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Garden State Park Race Track
Patrick J. Sweeney
Peggy
Marple Shade
Sweeney
Ronald Haines
Cherry
HMS
Frank G. Jones
Grandstand
Jones
Haitian Rebels Deny Report Advance Invasion Claim
In Port au Prince the Duvalier government says exile-led forces have been crushed after hours of fighting in north Haiti. George J. Figaro, Information Minister, says rebels were driven into the Dominican Republic and a state of order prevails. Cantave was not among the captured. private sources dispute government claims of victory and say Cantave remains on Haitian soil. Dominican sources report two rebel columns advancing past Cap Haitien with a third moving toward Gonaives.
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Port AV Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvelier
Dominican Republic
George J. Figaro
Duvalier
Leon Cantage
Adrien Raymond
Cantave
Port Au Prince
Santo Domingo
Cap Haitien
Gonaives
Kennedy Baby In Serious Condition At Boston Hospital
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy one day old son of the President remained in serious condition at Boston Children’s Medical Center. Doctors said the night offered some encouragement and the President visited this morning. White House spokesman Pierre Salinger said the diagnosis remained idiopathic respiratory distress and that information would be released by the White House only from the hospital. Jacqueline Kennedy rested well at Cape Cod as the baby’s birth was rushed from Otis Air Force Base Hospital to Boston for treatment.
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Boston
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
White House
Boston Children's Hospital
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Wednday
Cleveland
Joseph P
Police Probe Charges Against Teen-Age Girls
Police investigate alleged harassment of three 15 year old girls by older teens after walking home from Corty Area High School. The trio reported obscene names and a baton strike, one victim grabbed in City Park by a girl who jumped from a passing car. Police Chief Harley Drake says charges may follow if corroborated. A missing US Army plane with five officers and enlisted man aboard is also being searched.
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Corty Area
Drake
Hit And Run Deer Evades Arrest Near Corry Route 6
Corry police report a hit and run deer incident on Route 6 three miles west of Corry. Eugene Matson, 37, of 18 Raymond Avenue, said two deer bolted into the highway at 9:30 p.m. The first was avoided, the second struck the right front fender and fled. Damages to the Matson car totaled about $170. troopers said the deer culprit is unlikely to be found.
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Corry
Eugene Matson
Raymond Avenue
Matson
Charge Against Corry Youth Goes To Court
A 7-year-old Corry area youth, identified as R. D. 4, has pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 12-year-old Harry L. Whitford near Corry. William Stroup faces the charge after a July 19 crash on West Columbus avenue extension. Stroup is free on a $1,000 bond awaiting the next Erie County court session.
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Corry
Erie County Court
Justice of the Peace
Floyd Marsh
William Stroup
St. Marys
West
Columbus Avenue
Stroup
Harry L. Whitford
Whitford
Library Nears End Of Year's 63 Objectives
The Corry Public Library plans a grand opening in September after extensive redecorations and will complete its year long objective program by replacing 36 chairs at about 10 dollars each. Donors may memorialize chairs with names, and the board discussed accepting Mrs. David MacKenzie's resignation effective soon.
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Corry Public
Dallas Smiley
Lbrarian
David MacKenzie
Waterhouse Among State House Aides On Hawaii Trip
Nine members and officials of the Pennsylvania State House travel to Hawaii for a 10 day National Legislative Conference. Waterhouse of Corry and other leaders attend at state expense, with officials citing benefits like savings in printing. The August 16 start includes Helm Johnson Docherty Fetterer Moore Hocker Thompson and others.
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State House of Representatives
Hawaii
W. W. (Doe) Waterhouse of
Corry
House
Pennsylvania
Jremu
Stanley Blair
Albion
Ford O'Dell
Erie
O'Dell
The
Journal Today
Waterhouse
Stewart Helm
Albert Johnson
Charles Docherty
Mark Fetterer
Edward Moore
Blaine Hocker
Ronald ‘Thomp
Allegheny County
Wat
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Charles D. Bierer
Hopwood
Sylva
Pennsylvania State Police
Paul Dell
Dell
Pital
Kennedy Kels
Jean Smith
Boston Children's Medical Center
Kennedys
Jacqueline Kennedy
U. 5
Seoul
Korea
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