City Council in Brief Approves Salary Ordinance and Snow Ban
Regular session highlights include first reading of the 1965 salary ordinance raising pay for city employees from the mayor to janitorial staff. The council also approved a snow deposit ban with fines, reappointed the City Golf Commission to seek financing at 3.5 percent, planned a meeting with the Schools Superintendent to interview adult school patrol applicants, and began a program to tighten police uniform purchases and implement a personal inspection plan to ensure proper attire on duty.
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City Golf Commission
Thomas R. Shupe
Keep Golf Group Alive Council Votes to Reappoint City Golf Commission
Council last night unanimously reappointed the City Golf Commission to carry on in 1965 the work toward a nine hole municipal course. The panel, named temporary to explore options, faced a snag when advised funds might be borrowed at 3.5 percent. The commission seeks further financing avenues and to study other cities with municipal courses while remaining a constituted body.
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City Golf Commission
Pittsburgh
Golf Commission
Cornell
Plan To Polish Police In Uniformed City Force
The city council approved an immediate plan to improve the police force’s appearance with new uniforms kept in good repair and replaced when shabby. A $1,000 1965 budget funds uniform purchase and care, and officers will receive a personal allowance. Continued on Page Two.
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Council
Shovelers Debated Snow Dump Ordinance Passes 4 1
City council debates a snow dumping ordinance led by Councilman Dorr Clark. The measure passes on first reading amid mixed votes, with Councilman Weber opposing. The ordinance targets shoveling snow into streets, aiming to curb hazards and enforcement grows tighter in West Pleasant and East Washington streets.
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Dorr Clark
Ray Weber
Philip Zalyneck
Robert Grice
Guy Abbey
Clark
Weber
West Pleasant Street
Gielton de Las
Webber
East Washington Street
Zalzneck
City to Launch Patrol With Mayor and Police Chief Plans
Proceedings set for Monday morning to finalize plans for the citys first adult crossing gun patrol. Officials will interview candidates for the jobs and begin operations on January 4 with substitutes at pay per hour.
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Philip Zakmeck
Tha Sohon
R. Shipp
Pallee- Chingarte
Pi Carnegie
Flood evacuees rising as West storms lash states
More than two thousand people fled floodstricken homes in northern California as heavy rain and winds struck the Far West. In Oregon and Washington 50 Portland families and hundreds more in small towns evacuated while rivers rose toward record crests and highways flooded. Snow and blizzards snarled Idaho, Montana, and Washington routes with school cancellations and isolated communities amid cold conditions.
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Associated Press
California
Oregon
Washington
Portland
Orrick
Calif
Dureka
Redwood Creek
Warlier
Eel River
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
Pepperwood
Myers Plat
Phillipsville
Myers Mat
Plateau
Idaho
Monntana
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Yakima
Interstate 90
Moses Lake
George
Cascade Mountain
Cayuse
Weather Bureau
Johnson Creek
Dog Leads Police to Bronx Teen in Pie Theft Murder
In New York a Boxer dog guided detectives to 16 year old John Monk who confessed stabbing 56 year old Ramon Soto, a Bronx grocer, after Soto accused him of stealing a pie. Police followed the dog to a five story tenement where Monk surrendered.
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New York
Bronx
Thomas McLinskey
Frank Maye
John Monk
Monk
Ramon Soto
Block Purchase Of Radio Units Until Next Year
Council debated funding two mobile radio units for the streets department. Clarke pressed for immediate approval of a $950 purchase, but councilors cited budget timing with final passage set for December 30. The radios could be ordered now awaiting budget approval on December 20, but Clark briefly suspended action.
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Vouncilman Vorr Clark
Council
Clark
Guy Abbey
Douglas Rozelle
Abbey
Akron mother killed as car falls from downtown bridge
In Akron Ohio a mother of three, Garnet Okulovich 26, died when her car left a curve, broke through a bridge barrier, and rolled into a construction site. Passenger Martha Petty 25 was critically injured. The tragedy marks the fourth family death tied to Ray Gill, a 47 year old construction worker, within 14 years, including a daughter shot in Meadow Bridge West Virginia and a son killed in a traffic crash.
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Akron
Ohio
Garnet Okulovich
Martha Petty
Ion
Ray Gill
Okulovich
Gill
Meadowbridge
W.va
Bernard
Leadowbridge
Burglaries Loot Franklin State Liquor Store Raise Loss To 7000
Thieves struck the Franklin State Store on Franklin Brank ling Street stealing top shelf liquor valued between 5000 and 7000 dollars. Howard Maitland says 50 to 80 cases of high priced whiskey and champagne vanished. Police suspect a small team with a lookout and used a battering ram to enter the rear door. Auditors from Erie and Pittsburgh tallied the loss and checked inventory. The crime was discovered at opening time 8 30 a m after the 5 10 a m patrol check.
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Franklin
Brankling State St
Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Howard Maitland
Tas
Bigglars
Seagram's VO
Franklin City
Pees Brunton
Erie
Pittsburgh
Ruler
Warren Borough Names New Manager Victor Miller
Warren Borough Council appointed Victor L. Miller as manager to succeed the late George Geracimos in an immediate but delayed start. Miller, 29, comes from Mechanicsburg and holds a civil engineering degree from Penn State after graduating from Juniata High School. He is married with three children.
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Warren
Victor L. Miller
Mechanicsburg
Miller
George Geracimos
Juniata High School
Pennsylvania State University
LBJ Defenses Chiefs Review Pentagon Budget
President Johnson meets Defense Secretary McNamara and military chiefs for a final review of the Pentagon budget. Defense outlays approach half of federal spending with a predicted ceiling near 50 billion dollars. NASA and Interior Labor Commerce budgets also discussed as efforts to keep next year under 100 billion.
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John Don Ciyy
Tex. Cae
Johnson
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Pentagon
Lbj Ranch
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
James ©. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Najeeb E. Halaby
Agenc
NASA
John
Interior, Labor and Commerce Department
W. Willard Wirtz
Luether H. Hodges
South Viet Nam Purge Triggers Khanh Challenge to U.S.
Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh, South Vietnam commander, pledges armed forces support to civilian leaders while warning against foreign intervention. He signals readiness to change governments if needed, challenging U.S. demands for civilian supremacy over the military amid a chaotic purge of the High National Council. American officials report the purge halts plans to widen U.S. influence and midcourse actions against Viet Cong. Continuous power struggles among the Young Turks unfold as Khanh faces possible ouster and exile pressures.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Washington
High National Council
Khanh
Céar
Khenh
U.S
South
Viet Nam
United States
America
Hi National Council
Young Turks
Judges Take First Look At Homes In Light Contest
A local Christmas decoration contest previews its entries with 29 homes listed for judging. Ramsey Rogers chairs the committee with Laney Beck and other members among the organizers, as judges assess the decorative displays.
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Dudges
Anne Wile
Ramsey Rogers
Eetea
Heartbreak At Christmas Amid San Francisco Bay Bridge Panic
A family in San Francisco endures a frightening Christmas as a feared disease outbreak prompts a bridge scare and a dramatic emergency. A mother of four faces separation as police secure the area while the husband, in shock, fights to keep them together. The narrative recalls the holiday amid distress and a community rallying to support those affected.
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