Obituary and local notices from Findley Lake area
Arthur L. Cooper, longtime Findley Lake resident and former GE Erie employee of 45 years, died at home after a long illness. Firefighters extinguished a car blaze on York Street. cause undetermined. Matthew Simonoff, 46, fined for dis orderly conduct after a disturbance on Lemon Street. Crawford County license filed for Donald Hickerwell and Lucinda Witmer. Stanley Maines of Warren collided with a bear at 9:45 PM. $250 vehicle damage. bear fled. John R. Welch of North Weymouth, Mass. died. funeral at East Weymouth.
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Arthur L. Cooper
Findley Lake
General Electric
Erie
Mr. Cooper
Stanley Maines
Warren
Maines
John R. Welch
North Weymouth
Mass
Edward
Ellen
Hillcrest Drive
McDonald Funeral Home
East Weymouth
Eisenhower Enjoys Restful Night at Walter Reed
The former president Dwight D. Eisenhower reportedly had a restful night with his condition essentially unchanged. Doctors said his hospital stay should not be prolonged and noted he remained in his Walter Reed Hospital room after arriving last Saturday.
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Washington Yap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Hisenhower
Funeral Notices for Houser Tubbs Hillman Palmer
Funeral services announced for Grace V. Houser and Elizabeth Betty Tubbs at Bracken Funeral Home with multiple calling hours. Burial set in Pine Grove Cemetery and Spring Creek Cemetery. Additional services for Frank L. Hillman Sr. in Cambridge Springs with burial at Venango Cemetery. Wallace D. Palmer also listed with Bracken services and Spring Creek burial.
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Grace V. Houser
Bracken
Pine Grove Cemetery
Tubbs
Elizabeth
Betty) Tubbs
Bracken Funeral Home
Spring Creek
Disappearance of Connie Rae Stirs Erie County Residents
Connie Rae, a young girl who shopped locally, vanished prompting her mother Janet Rae to contact state police after she failed to return home two hours from a shopping trip. The case echoes a prior 1986 death of Christine Watson, 10, whose throat was slashed in Millcreek Two, marking a repeat of a young girl mystery in the county.
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Nie Rae
Connie Rae
Janet
Erie County
Christine Watson
Millcreek Two
Early Morning Blast Rips Lake Charles Refinery
A 4:45 am explosion at Cities Service Co refinery in Lake Charles LA injured 10 and left four workers missing. Fire hampered by intense heat as crews battled flames across a block. glass shattered in surrounding districts including West Lake and Sulphur. Officials blamed a ruptured butane line feeding an oil furnace.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service Co
Calcasieu River
Louisiana
West Lake
Sulphur
Texas Line
Record marijuana seizures hit twenty six thousand pounds years end
The Customs Service reported 26,919 pounds of marijuana seized in the year ended June 30, a record amount more than double the prior year. Officials said 1,081 seizures occurred in that period. Christine accompanied a man into the woods to see minnows. the boy fled and her body was found hours later. the killer remains at large.
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Washington
Customs Service
Customs
Lester D. Johnson
Christine
Protesters Clash After Vietnam War March in Los Angeles
A March in Los Angeles against the Vietnam War turned violent about an hour after it began when youths wearing armbands with insignia clashed with other marchers. AP Wirephoto shows the scene.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Vietnam
Fiery Route 22-322 Crash Kills Lewistown Teens
In Lewistown Pennsylvania a three car crash on Route 22 322 killed Darwin Cherry 16 and severely burned Mary Ann Kauffman 17 both residents of Lewistown. Cherry's car jumped a median barrier and burst into flames after sideswiping two vehicles. other drivers suffered only minor injuries.
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Lewistown
Darwin Cherry
Mary Ann Kauffman
Cherry
Leaves saga tests new law on fall cleanup rules
The piece notes a pending fall leaf disposal law and a dispute over its enforcement. It recalls a violent raid where guardsmen beat suspects and fired a .50 caliber weapon at an apartment, killing Tanya Lynn Blanding, with family attributing a cigarette lighter spark to the blaze.
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National Guard
Mortimer Leblanc
Tanya Lynn Blanding
Riots bring charges and investigations across Detroit area
Cahalan cites lack of evidence on Cooper being shot by a uniformed man as authorities pursue warrants based on 80 statements and a 30 page report. The National Guard defends actions after a machine gun death of a 4 year old Negro girl. The prosecutor charges two Negro youths with murder of a white patrolman. Fireman John Ashby is buried after riot injuries. FBI review follows.
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Cahalan
Cooper
Mondlay
National Guard
Detroit
John Ashby
August
Paille
Six charged in $1 million counterfeit roundup
A federal grand jury indicted six Cubans and a Puerto Rican in a $1 million counterfeiting ring linked to anti Castro activity. Defendants include Jesus Gonzalez Carta Severino Perez Cartil and Sergio Castro ringleader. Castanera printed notes for counterrevolution funds. Fake bills surfaced in Baltimore Miami and New York.
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New York
Jesus Gonalez Carta
Congress
Batista
Severino Perez Car Til
el Mundo Americano
Sergio Castro
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
German Castanera
Bergenfield
N.J
Puerto Rico
Alberto Cepert
Tamara Pinto
Nelson Sigler Oropesa
Charlie
U.S
Castanera
Meyer
Baltimore
Miami
Auto theft rings tied to Georgia crimes and regional rackets
Greenville police probe auto theft operations across Georgia. Detective J C Gillespie links the ring to Page. Georgia saw 7500 cars stolen in 1964 with three lawmen killed near Lawrenceville, stirring calls to curb crime. Local publisher urges action as bootlegging and theft linger in northeast Georgia.
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Page One
Greenville
Georgia
J.C. Gillespie
Page
Lawrenceville
Jefferson
Atlanta
Herman Buffington
Jackson Herald
Man Charged With Beating Wife to Death in McKeesport
Pittsburgh AP report says Peter Kaminsky age 98 was arraigned on murder charges after police say he beat his wife Mary 38 to death with his fists. Kaminsky was remanded to county jail for a hearing set August 15. Mary was found with multiple head wounds and the arrest followed discovery of the body Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Kaminsky
McKeesport
Alleghenyan
Kaminsky
Mary
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York Street
Joyce Green
York
Jerome Davis
Matthew Simonoff
Ridge Street
Lemon Street
Simonoff
Crawford County
Meadville
Donald C. Hickerwell
Lucinda A. Witmer
Spartansburg
Ike
Warren, Pa
Junie Shank
the Bandits
Midway Park
Iman Detroit Police Homicide Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pollard
Temple
Jim Hammond
Columbus
South Center Street
Crime
Aberdeen
Scotland
Mary Garden
Electrical Contracting
Sales and Service
Desmond Electric CO
West Church
Pole Lumber
Devoe
Tru Value Building Supply Center
Bob Church
Cantar
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