Two-car crash east of Corry injures Russell woman
Trooper Joseph Robyak at the scene of Saturday evening’s Route 6 collision reports 66 year old Elsie Campbell of Russell Pa suffered multiple facial and head cuts after her head struck a windshield in a car driven by 87 year old Carl Merkle of Tidioute who rammed into a vehicle ahead of him near Corry Memos Hospital treated most injured.
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Joseph Robyak
Corry
Corry Memoirs Hospital
Elsie
Congress Back At It After Dem Conclave
Congress resumes work after a brief recess from the Democratic National Convention. The Senate debates elderly health care under Social Security while House plans to expand benefits and fund increases. Senate majority leaders press to attach health measures. Rep. Mills opposes. A separate fight looms over delaying court ordered reapportionment.
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Washington
Congress
House
Representatives
Senate
Bat
Johnson
Supreme Court
Mike Mansfield
D-Monn
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ii
Beatles Hide From Females In Atlantic City Stay
In Atlantic City the Beatles hid in their hotel rooms after a single Convention Hall appearance as nearly a thousand screaming fans gathered. They plan to stay put until Wednesday before traveling 60 miles to Philadelphia. eight fans required hospital treatment for hysteria.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Convention Hall
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
George Harrison
Philadelphia
Derek Taylor
Taylor
Atlantic City Hospital
Where Have All The Coins Gone in Erie County
A coin shortage hits Erie County with 78 390 000 coins missing from pennies to half dollars, blamed on coin collectors, machines and speculators. H Harrison Keppel of National Bank and Glen Donaldson of Citizens Bank describe frantic efforts to relocate coins for customers and new sourcing. Data shows pay phones and vending machines straining as scarce coins circulate amid ongoing shortages.
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Erie County
Treasury Department
Horan Corry
Citizens National Bank
The
National Bank
H. Harrison Keppel
Keppel
Citizens Bank
Glen Donaldson
Journal Today
New York
Sgt. Alvin York in grave condition at hospital
World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York, aged Medal of Honor recipient, showed worsening health as medical reports listed his condition as critical then grave then very grave. His wife, son, and daughter were summoned to Pall Mall, Tennessee, bedside as he battles an acute urinary infection and long hospitalizations.
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Nashville
Senn
Alvin York
Veterans Hospital
York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Here
Millcreek School Uses a Nonbiblical Good Book for Readings
Millcreek public schools plan daily readings from a 220‑item inspirational book compiled by Elsie Culbertson. The volume includes passages attributed to Matthew and Luke alongside works by Ayn Rand, Confucius, Nizer, Shakespeare, and Riley. Superintendent James Wilson defends the approach as not reading from the Bible and argues it lacks direct references to God.
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Millcreek
Supreme Court
Washington
Milleresk
Ayn Rand
Confucius
Louis Nizer
Shakespeare
James Whitcomb Riley
Elsie Culbertson
James Wilson
Culbertson
Wilson J
Journal Today
Bottle With Note Found 39 Years After Launching
In 1925 eleven year old Jeanne Lackart placed a message in a bottle and sent it down the Columbia River. Forty years later two teenage boys found the bottle near Florence Oregon. The sender, now Mrs Jeanne Onslow, calls the discovery amazing.
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Vancouver
Wash
Jeanne Lackart
Columbia River
Oriente
Florence
Jeanne Onslow
Ajax Votes Not To Strike In Labor Peace Pact
Union employee of the Ajax Tron Works reversed last week's strike vote by voting 150 to 4 percent not to strike at noon today. The one hour session at the union headquarters on North Center street produced an agreement extending two years of labor peace for Cooper Bessemer's local division. It provides over 16 cents in pay increases and fringe benefits, dues checkoff, trainee wage progress, and pension and hospitalization improvements.
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Ajax Tron Works
North Center Street
Cooper - Bessemer
43rd Annual Sparta Fair Opens at Sparta High
The 43rd Sparta Fair runs September 10 to 12 at the high school grounds Spartansburg. Gates open at 9 a.m. Thursday for exhibit entries with Mike Monroe headlining as the trampoline act. Queen crowning, booster badge drawings, and a Saturday lineup of ox roast parade and fireworks mark the festivities. exhibits are open to Crawford Erie and Warren counties. The fair participates in the National Wool Needlework Contest with ribbons awarded for top places and a best of fair trophy. Amusement rides by American Funland. advance booster badge tickets sold for 10 for $1 at Stranahan’s Snack Bar before opening day.
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Agra
Sparta
Spartansburg
Mike Monroe
Crawford
Erie
Warren
Fair Association
American Funland Amusements
Stranahan's
Are There People In Outer Space
A British physicist at Southampton University suggests life may exist in other solar systems. Dr D M A Mercer notes intelligent beings might contact us via unmanned spaceships carrying computers and science data to exchange information.
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Suuinameinn
Ingland
D. M. A. Mercer
Southampton University
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Dir. Mercer
Philadelphia rioting eases as police clash with crowd
In North Philadelphia over the weekend policemen used clubs on a man amid rioting. Hundreds of storefronts were damaged and looting continued as more than 1,200 police and park guards patrolled. Officials say juvenile gangs are exploiting the unrest in the Negro section.
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Philadelphia
Uneasy Peace Restored In North Philadelphia Curfew Remains
In a four square mile area of North Philadelphia a curfew stayed in effect after a weekend of violence. Police reported 38 looters arrested overnight bringing total arrests near 400. Mayor Tate said the streets order would stay for another week or 10 days as 225 stores were looted and 247 injuries reported with no deaths. Cecil Moore of the NAACP criticized enforcement in the heat. Roy Wilkins urged federal probes into riots in Philadelphia and other northern cities.
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Philadelphia
H.J. Tate
Cecil Moore
NAACP
Moore
Tate
Robert Green
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pageight
Runaway Girls Wander 16 Days Before Detention
Three teenage girls from the Gilmary-Training School for Girls in Corapolis wandered the countryside for 16 days in northern Crawford County, staying at various places. Corry State Police detained them near Biel's Corners and transported them to Meadville jail until school officials could assume charge.
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Corty
Rome Township
Vincent Trentini
Biel's Corners
Trentini
Gilmary
Coraupolis
Craysford County
Cuyahoga Palls
Ohio
Hyatttstown
Youngsville
Crawford County
Meadville
Church Leader McKay Recovers Amid Hospital Stay
President David O. McKay of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows considerable recovery from a throat thrombosis and is expected to remain hospitalized for at least another week. He will turn 93 on September 8 and was admitted to the after-day Saints Hospital following an illness.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
David 0. McKay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
McKay
After-Day Saints Hospital
Woman Kills 3 Children and Self in Fire
In suburban Chamblee Georgia a 26 year old Kathleen Martin allegedly doused her four children and herself with gasoline and set the blaze. The mother and three daughters died, son Steven survived in critical condition after flames spread during a late night incident as the husband delivered newspapers. Neighbors and firefighters aided victims while police investigated the divorce claim noted by a neighbor.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Kathleen Martin
Martin
Steven Sub
Fivemen
Mrs. Martin
Tie
Man Denies Fornication Charge After Beating Incident
A 2 year old McKean man pled not guilty at arraignment on a fornication charge after being beaten by the husband of the woman he visited. Police found William G. McCommons in a bloodied condition in a McKean bathroom, admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital with multiple injuries and a concussion. He was discharged and will face bail arrangements and a later hearing before Alderman M. Cobbett. The husband reported the couple had been missing overnight and discovered them in the bathroom after returning home. Police noted a disturbance at a local hospital involving youths in a doctors’ parking area and mentioned Wayne F. Caskey, chief economist, in association with the incident.
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McKean
William G. McCommons
McCommons
Corry Memorial Hospital
Cobbett
VA Economist
Washington
Wayne’ F
Caskey
Keating Gets Party Backing In New York Rally
Republicans meet in New York to renominate Senator Kenneth Keating and bolster his bid against U S Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Clare Boothe Luce’s Sunday withdrawal reduces a third party threat and eases GOP unity, keeping Keating aligned with the Goldwater Miller national ticket.
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New York
Kenneth B. Keating
U.S
Luce
Suppes
Barry Goldwater
Rep
William &. Miller
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