Mayors Dunk in Oil City Canoe Race Chaos
Mayors from Clairton and Franklin plunged into the Allegheny River during a regional canoe race honoring urban renewal in Oil City. Clairton Mayor Robert F. Stokes, a novice swimmer, was rescued by Warren solicitor S Knox Harper after his canoe swamped by a motorboat. Franklin Mayor Guy Mammolite righted himself with help, while Erie official Quentin Orlando and Wesley Martin joined other city reps from Butler Titusville New Prospect Johnstown New Castle Clairton in the event.
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Oil City
Allegheny River
Pennsylvania
Robert F. Stokes
Clairton
Stokes
S. Knox Harper
Warren
Franklin
Guy Mammolite
Mummolite
Quentin Orlando
Wesley Martin
Erie
Butler
Titusville
New Prospect
Johnstown
New Castle
U.S. Jets Counter Chinese Threats Amid Vietnam Crisis
U.S. air strikes on North Vietnam shore bases respond to Viet Cong attacks on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. North Vietnam denounces UN involvement and warns against S? slander. Two U.S. reconnaissance planes reported over Red Soil amid Geneva control efforts. Viet Cong abducted civilian U.S. aid official Joseph Granger near Saigon. he is the first captured American.
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Nhan Dan
U.S
United Nations
North Viet Nam
Red Soil
International Control Commission
Saigon
Joseph Wgranger
Sumter
S.C
Granger
Hill seeks non political appointee to surplus post
Erie county officials consider replacing Raymond Martin with John Vrenna to head the surplus food department. Commissioner Hill praises two appointments for saving 5 000 to 13 000 yearly and notes better education helps recipients refuse excess staples. Martin may stay until after an audit and pension eligibility.
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Erie
Raymond H. Martin
William ©. Hill
Louis J. Reymek
Martin
Reymiek
Sure Plus Food Department
Hill
John Vrenna
Vrenna
Rzymek
Register of Wills
Sarah McQuitty
Can't Tell Turtles Without Numbers
Article describes a turtle named Timer painted with a new phone number on its back after the old number became obsolete. The turtle was found two miles from home and returned to the Richard Walker family, who had lived in Ukiah previously. The piece notes the Walker children urged updating the number with nail polish. It also mentions the death of church founder Rev. De. F. L. Sharp, 76, in Meridian.
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Richard Walker
Ukiah
Clear Meridian
Miss
de. F. L. Sharp
Christian Churches
International
End Of Summer Playground Season At Glenwood Zoo Trip
Last week marked the closure of Corry’s summer playground program with a trip to Glenwood Zoo. Winners were announced in croquet and kickball with Mead Park and Wright taking first in croquet and kickball respectively. The writeups name teams and point leaders across multiple playgrounds, plus contests in jump rope and dodgeball and a sand castle building event.
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Corry
Glenwood Zoo
Carole Turner
Mead Park
Wright
Henry McKinsey
Billy Seamens
Ronnie Lloyd
Bob Daniels
Sam Genco
Janice Genco
Dennis Consold
David
Timmy Lins
Washington
Harding
Fairview
Mary Jane O'Hare
Mary Frisina
Kimellyn Hanna
Sharon Wiley
Gary Duell
Danny Benson
David Benson
Lorin Craker
Bill Raupach
Bill Benson
Linda Fenno
Tim Amoroso
Harding Playground
Elaine Chillock
Debbie
Jeff Ferro
Debby
John Middleton
Harding - Concord Playground
Michael Williams
Jimmy Lamendola
Kaylene Bliley
Ruth Ann Lord
Tina Consolo
Mike Luamendel
Jeanine Quesch
Fastman
Lou Loveland
Iola
Jackie Hepler
Roger Williams
Joe Nichols
Jack Bennink
Patty Hepler
Janet Lilley
Washington Playground
Phillip, Knowlton
Mike Huff
Huff
Mike Muff
Tom Costello
CJ Burlingame
Theresa Messina
Debbie Reynolds
Karen Brant
Kay Simmons
Jessie Nichols
Debbie Ficcardi
Debbie Tobin
Mary Ficcardi
Sue Hooks
Sue Wurm
Mary Walsh
Michele Krupa
Chantal Krupa
Barb Sprovers
Mary Beth Jandy
Mary—Lee Brant
Michele Edwards
Jane Sprague
Vicki Sproveri
Patty Wetmore
Cathy Fox
Linda Wetmore
Donna Walters
Jane Emerson
Vida McCray
Lorraine Bogert
D'Arcy Markle
Donna Stec
Renee Morris
Norman Qraker
Mary Lee Sadowski
Christine Sproveri
Renee Edwards
Diane Ahlstrom
Martha Beckwith
Vickie Cragg
Cynthia
Cartoonist Fontaine Fox Dead at 80
Greenwich Connecticut AP reports Fontaine Fox creator of the Toonerville Trolley cartoons died in a Greenwich hospital age eighty. Fox drew the popular Toonerville Trolley series for 35 years earning over 2 million dollars. His work appeared in up to 200 newspapers from 1920 to 1955.
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Fontaine Fox
Greenwich, Conn
Toonerville
Fox
Greenwich
To Demolish Ancient Bank In Youngsville
The 1906 First National Bank building in Youngsville, later a federal post office, is being demolished after sale to Warren National Bank for a Youngsville branch. A new federal building will be erected nearby by the General Services Administration. Demolition began last week with removal of upper-floor partitions and windows. Bricks will be reused to extend a dyke toward the millrace and Brokenstraw Creek.
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Youuovinlle
First National Bank
General Services Administration
Post
Main Street
Hoover marks 90th birthday with public tributes
Former President Herbert Hoover turns 90 in New York as supporters hail his long career and moral leadership. Proclamations from President Johnson and Governor Rockefeller accompany a day of family meals, cables, and birthday moments while Hoover reflects on freedom and individual rights.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Jude Amerivagre
United States
Waldoct Towers
Hoover
Johnson
Guy Nelson A. Rockefeller
Merbert Monver
Michael Lepore
Hoove
Lepore
Alwiys
Yankee Stadium
Free Movie Ticket Offer at Blatt's Corry Drive-In
Advert reads find your name in advertisements and call the store to receive a free ticket to Blatt's Corry Drive-In Theatre for the feature How the West Was Won from Wednesday August 12 to Tuesday August 18, inviting customers to call for a free pass.
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BLATT
Corry Drive-In
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