WPIAL Chief Calls For Return Of Sports To Students
PITTSBURGH AP The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League must be cleaned up says president Robert A McNamara principal of Quaker Valley High School He calls for the league s 151 members to return sports to students insisting a searching reevaluation is needed to stop abuses and preserve the educational value of athletics He cites outside pressure evasion of rules gambling and attendance falsifications at games and says some schools resist playing others after incidents while large athletic treasuries and coach prestige drive improper actions
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League
WPIAL
Robert A. McNamara
Quaker Valley High School
Leetsdale
Mc ‘Namara
McNamara
League
Aliquippa High School
Pineapple Plantation Featured In Mekong Delta Sweep
A U S 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldier bites into two pineapples on a plantation in the Mekong Delta about 16 miles southwest of Saigon during a lull in Operation Shelby. The area was a joint U S and South Vietnamese Ranger operation targeting suspected Communist supply routes. The plantation, once French owned, was said to be providing fruit to the enemy.
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U.S. 199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Mekong Delta
Saigon
U.S
Fire Damages Irwin Manufacturing Co in Garland
An early morning blaze at Irwin Manufacturing Co in Garland caused about 1500 dollars in damage. Fire Chief Harold Williams said the fire started around 6 am in the boiler area of the central Garland factory known for making furniture.
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Garland
Harold Williams
Williams
Irwin Manufacturing Company
Mainufactury
Seek Information On WWI Vets In Corry Area
Corry barracks of the Veterans of World War I join a nationwide roll call to compile a complete list of WWI veterans. The aim is to inform vets about eligibility for various benefits and asks Corry vets to mail name, address, service branch, marital status, and veterans organizations to Paul L. Porter at 557 Sciota Street R D 4 Corry. Porter's request is for immediate responses. Niels Friedberg of Denmark won the 1000 meter time trial in 1 08.63 at the World Cycling Championships in Amsterdam earning the first of 15 gold medals.
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Corry
Paul L. Porter
Sciota Street
R. D
Porter
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Niels Friedberg
Denmark
Local families share visits and travels in weekend rounds
Barden family moved into a new home and rents another to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sullivan a Clymer Central School teacher. Numerous gatherings include Mr and Mrs Walter DeShazer at Tallmadge Ohio and Mr and Mrs Gordon Gravint of Warren dining with Mr and Mrs Amos Vanarden. Arthur Goggins plans retirement after long service as mail carrier on the Clymer route.
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Barden
Kenneth Sullivan
Sullivan
Clymer Central School
Alice Camp
Findley Lake
Richard Smolk
Edward Prugar
Erie
Joseph Nakoski
Tallmadge
Ohio
Charles McCann
Gordon Gravint
Warren
Amos Vanarden
Ray Hunt
San Diego
Calif
Pearl Bemis
Merle Tewinkle
Pearl Tewinkle
Sherman
M. J. Wallace
Clifford Aikens Jr
Corry Memorial Hospital
Ronald Willey
Carl
Harold van Barden
Little Falls
N. Y
James van Barden
Harold
Zern Aikens
Dennis
Lisbon
Clifford Aikens Sr
Langworthy
Norman Aikens
Sher Iman
Donald Willey
Hap
Pearl Willey
Harborcreek
James Carpenter
Townville
Sibley Wright
Donald Moody
Boston
Mass
Corning Glass Works
Grace Ober
Cecil Humphrey
of Sherman
May ‘Sweet
Lee Hopkins
North East
al Watrous
Pittsfield
Fred Wallace
Amos van Barden
George Morton
Bear Lake
Max Bemis
Allegany State Park
Arthur Goggins
Clymer
Myron Wallace
George Schramling
Corry
Arthur Wallace
Gail Alcorn
Thomas
Grand Valley
Everett Reynolds
Lucricia Reynolds
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Wpial Head
Garland Wood Firm
Lehman’s
West Main Street
Corry Savings and Loan Association
H.A.P.P.Y
Sam
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