Downtown renewal study eyed by new city council
The City Council discussed funding for a downtown urban renewal study led by the Citizens Advisory Committee and the Parking Authority. The decision was deferred to the new council seated January 2, with estimates of 10 000 to 15 000 needed and no current budget provision. Anderson urged immediate study to protect tax base and attract shoppers, citing parking as a key factor.
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City Council
Citizens Advisory Committee
City Parking Authority
S. E. Anderson
Central Business
Joseph Furst
Jack Downey
Anderson
Citizens ‘Advisory Committee
City Ponders Construction For 1968
City council heard a briefing from city engineer David Johnson on 1968 construction plans centering on a commercial sidewalk program for downtown fringe areas. Property owners may be charged via liens if they do not complete work, with the city potentially tackling uncompliant cases and bidding complexity noted. Johnson warned the sidewalk effort will be tough and the final city cost unclear until owners decide who does their share.
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David Johnson
Johnson
Flames Destroy 73-Year-Old Area Church in Greenville
A fire fueled by heating oil destroyed St. Mark’s Reformed Church in New Hamburg near Greenville, collapsing the 73-year-old brick building. Pastor Theodore Scheifele estimated a $200,000 replacement, while eight fire companies saved the adjacent parsonage 20 feet away. No injuries were reported.
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Greenville
Theodore C. Scheifele
St. Mark's ‘Reformed
New Hamburg
Scheifele
Shenango
Missing Grows Small Boats To Drag Ohio River For Bodies
A flotilla of small craft begins a 14 mile dragging operation on the Ohio River to recover bodies from the Silver Bridge collapse. 19 bodies recovered since Friday, 42 still missing. Recovery will take days as boats sweep from the wreckage to the Gallipolis dam. federal aid promised to restore river traffic.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River
Civil Defense
Army
Silver Bridge
Gallipolis
Ohio
West Virginia
Johnson
Hulett C. Smith
Johson
West Virginia Road Commission
Burl A. —Sawyers
Harry Stephens
Road Commission
Ohio Highway
P. E. Masheter
St. Mary's
Kanawha
Pomeroy,Ohio-Mason, W.va
Pomeroy
Crash injures motorist in Corry. car hit tree hard
A Corry Ambulance Service vehicle responded after a one car crash in the 400 block of East Pleasant Street at 9 15 last night. Mrs Snyder's car sustained 31000 damage in a head on strike with a tree. Police have not questioned Mrs Snyder who remains in Corry Memorial Hospital for injuries to her lower body. The crash is under investigation.
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Union City
al Baressi
Franklin Street
Beverly Pollock
Joseph Prugar
Liberty Street
Baressi
Prugar Auto
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry
East Pleasant Street
First Heart Transplant Patient in Serious Condition
In SAPE TOWN South Africa doctors said Louis Washkansky is in a very serious condition but not hopeless. A drop in his white blood cell count and a planned transfusion followed lung complications introduced after the December 3 transplant from Denise Ann Darvall. Doctors consider possible organ rejection affecting lungs and white cells rather than the heart, with pneumonia emerging late Saturday and penicillin failure prompting renewed concerns.
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Sape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
MC. Botha
Washkansky
Botha
Wastekansky
Waskkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Christian N. Barnard
Barnard
Wipe Bad Debt Off City Books
City council unanimously voted to remove about 20,000 per capita taxes from 1947 to 1954 as an asset, arguing the debt no longer exists. Councilor Gerald Steples urged action, and city treasurer should be exonerated from converting the money.
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Couneil
Gerald Steples
Jet slams into crowded Arizona supermarket killing and injuring many
A fighter jet crashed into a Tucson area supermarket killing six and injuring twelve as flames engulfed the building and nearby homes. Nine people were missing, and two crewmen bailed out moments after takeoff from Davis-Monthan AFB. Names include Flight Lt. Jack R. Hamilton and Capt. Gary L. Hughes. An Air Force inquiry is pending.
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Ing
29Th
Alvernon Streets
Jack R. Hamilton
Perth
Ontario
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gary L. Hughes
Mt. Shasta
Calif
U.S. Air Force
Aireoff
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Air Force
Hit Blood Goal With 111 Pints in Corry
Corry residents totaling 126 donors met the 111 pint blood goal. Robert Grice praised the steady turnout and noted 25 first time donors alongside longtime contributors. The Buffalo bloodmobile will return in May for a final visit of the year, if turnout remains strong.
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Corry
Robert Grice
Grice
Harrisburg Senate approves $150 million supplemental tax package
The Senate completed action on a $150 million supplemental tax package, approving seven bills and sending them to Shafer without debate. The sales tax hike to 6 percent, the highest in the nation, is valued at $65.6 million for the remaining six months of the fiscal year and passed 27 to 20. Spain tourism up 3.5 percent with 16,969,008 visitors in the first 11 months, announced by Information and Tourism Minister Manuel Fraga Iribarne.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Shafer
Spain
Madrid
Manuel Fraga Lribarne
Stormsend Navajo disaster area appeal for aid
Storms continued to blanket the Navajo Nation in Window Rock Arizona with heavy snow as officials ask federal and state help. Tribal Chairman Raymond Vakai urged President Johnson to declare the 16 million acre reservation a disaster area amid mounting fatalities and worsening conditions.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Raymond Vakai
Johnson
Arizona
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
California
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Air Force
Corry Man Sentenced in August Larceny
A Corry man, 23, was sentenced in Erie County court by Judge Lindley McClelland alongside three others. Fred Whitmeyer, 23, of 405 South Second Avenue, part of a seven inmate spree in September, received 1 to 23 months in the Allegheny County Workhouse and a $100 fine plus costs. He pled guilty November 9 to stealing cash and blank checks on August 19 from his grandfather William H. Whitmeyer of 926 North Center Street.
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Lindley McClelland
Erie
Fred Whitmeyer
South Second Avenue
Allegheny County
Whitmeyer
William H. Whitmeyer
North Center Street
Five Planes Lost As Monsoon Halts Air Strikes
Monsoon clouds over North Vietnam halt U S air campaigns after a brief surge in raids on Hanoi Haiphong. U S Command reports five planes lost, one pilot killed, six missing, three rescued, and reports heavy damage to Ha Noi bridge. North Vietnam says at least 22 U S aircraft down since last Thursday.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Paul Doumer
Red China
Doumer Bridge
Tonkin Gulf
North
U.S. Army
Haiphong
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Crash
Frank Snyder
Thcson
Es Air Paree
Tomes
Ebris
Roswell Burk
Fred Cirillo
Ernest Sanchez
Sanchez
Sherry Tilton
David Burr
Kenneth Burr
Lois Schiffner
Buffalo
Johnston
Bulletin
St. Michael's
Flagstaff
Frank Chambers
Chambers
Pinon
Corry Man
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