Unemployment Drops in Erie County Amid Rise in Jobs
Erie County shows the lowest jobless total since November 1954 with 9,300 unemployed and 96,700 on benefits. Manufacturing employment edged up to 40,200 as overall nonmanufacturing payrolls held at 43,000, while week averages and hour totals climbed slightly. Local forecasts anticipate seasonal factory reductions and ongoing construction cutbacks.
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Erie County
William Michael
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Michael
Corry
Erie
Department of Labor
Skiff Herd Tops Butterfat in Monthly Holstein Test
Skiff Farm of Corry led in average milk and butterfat per cow for a month with 1187 pounds of milk and 46.7 pounds of butterfat from 818 cows across 26 herds tested by Leonard Swanson. The top rivals included Gerald Schweitzer Wattsburg, Mrs. Catherine Gates Corry, Clifford Aikens and son Clymer, and Kenneth McCray and son Corry with figures showing strong production across the region.
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Saleil Duttertat
Corry
Gerald Schweitzer
Wattsburg
Catherine T. Gates
Clifford Aikens
Clymer
Kenneth McCray
Skiff Farm
Harl Schweitzer and Sons
Leonard Swanson
Does He Believe In Gremlins
Byron Gambulos, owner of an Oklahoma City liquor store, reports his fortified pillbox atop the building survived two bombings and a robbery before a fire destroyed the structure while a guard attempted to light a heater. He plans to rebuild another pillbox to deter future attacks.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Byron Gambulos
Gambulos
YMCA To Sponsor Junior High Table Tennis Tourney
The Dirry YMCA will sponsor a junior high table tennis tourney for youth in grades six to nine. It will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 p.m. at the Y. Participants should register before Christmas and pairings will be made during the holidays. Players must wear proper shoes. the YMCA will supply tables paddles and balls. A trophy will be awarded to the winner at the Beaver Club sports banquet in early spring.
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Dirry Ymca
Sterling Wees
YMCA
Wees
Beaver Club
County Officials Debate Merging Erie and County Offices
The assessment office should stay separate from politics as Hill advocates merging Erie and county offices to meet this goal. The change could affect Corry little, but the new County Planning Commission will include Corry’s Alen Kuhn, Corry district manager for Pennsylvania Electric Co., replacing Earl Cherry. Controversy centers on Joseph Crawford who Hill and planner Capotis won’t reappoint, while Mayor Williamson plans to endorse Crawford.
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Corry
Hill
Erie
County
Elie County Planning Commission
Commission
Alen Kuhn
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Kuhn
Earl Cherry
Cherry
Penelee
Joseph 8
Luke) Crawford
Christopher —Capotis
Crawford
Charles B. Wilyliamson
Bear Lake Christmas Lights Draw Visitors
Bear Lake Borough remains the major town on the map for holiday displays as locals and visitors tour the Christmas lights. Recent social notes include visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Manwaring to the Hawkins sisters in Jamestown and Mr. and Mrs. Fern Morton with Mo and Mrs. Hollis Morton planning a Texas trip for the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller.
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J. C. Manwaring
Bear Lake
Bear Ake
Hawkins Sisters
Jamestown
Fern Morton
Hollis Morton
Texas
Ralph Miller
Hele Blythe
Watts Flatts
Gladys Volk
Warren
B. Skinner
J. P. Peterson
F. Lister
J.C. Manwaring
Jim Smith
Houghton
Douglas Cable
Allegheny College
Meadville
Erie County Commission Power Shift Faces Corry Opposition
Capotis backs a Democratic auxiliary to back a plan increasing Erie’s representation to three seats, Corry to one, and five from the rest of the county. Kuhn would confront many potential no votes in projects aiding Corry, requiring extensive lobbying to push benefits to his area.
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Capotis
Erie
City of
Corry
Kuhn
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