Nine Injured in Series of Auto Mishaps Citywide
Five persons sustained minor injuries and property damage exceeded four thousand dollars in a sequence of motor vehicle accidents over two days. Incidents included a Route 6 three car crash near Corry and several icelike road mishaps on city streets, with only minor injuries reported and police continuing investigations.
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Corry
Donald A. Carter
Bear Lake
Shady Avenue
Carl J. Peterson
First Avenue
Peterson
Carter Auto
Miss Smith
Charles Blakestee
Union City
Richard Dingle
Carlyle
Blakeslee Auto
Barbara Smiley
Union City Memorial Hospital
Route 6
William Sprovers
East Irving Street
Wayne Street
East Freder
Page Four
Erie
Hamot Hospital
Barbara Randolph
Have To Trace Fire Call Find Man 57 Dead
In Manhattan Beach California a caller told the fire department I am on fire and then hung up. Tracing the call, firefighters found Vernon Sharum, 57, dead in an old frame apartment building. The fire was blamed on a faulty electric extension cord. In Columbus Ohio the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation announced a name change to Bureau of Employment Services effective January 1, after a misprint in a news release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Fire Department
Vernon Sharum
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Bureau of
Bureau of Employment Services
Bureau of Employment Security
West Side gangs transform to Santa helpers for 6000 toys
Fourteen members from the Roman Saints Conservative Vice Lords and Egyptian Cobras, once violent West Side gangs, wore white beards and red suits to deliver 6000 donated toys to 35 Lawndale settlement houses and youth centers. Leaders say they are now groups, not gangs, after a year of change aided by police guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Side
Lawndale
Garland Hunter
Hunter
Husky Edward Nash
Nash
Martin
George Sims
Eworth Lawndale
Edward Nash
Charles Curry
Living Cost Rises Tied to Groceries as Inflation Grows
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent rise in living costs in November, led by hospital and medical care increases. Grocery prices narrowly fell 0.3 percent, helping keep the yearly CPI around the prior year's 3.3 percent rate. Over 215000 workers with cost-of-living clauses will receive pay hikes due to the November jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Union City Hikes Borough Tax by Three Mills
Union City Borough Council adopted the 1968 budget raising general tax to 22 mills and library tax to 2 mills, a total three mills increase for general borough purposes. The library fund was added to the general budget pending need evaluation, with future funds to be drawn from the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Union City Borough Council
Union City Library
Purose
Johnson Heads For Papal Audience Amid Vietnam Quest
President Johnson, en route through Australia to Asia, planned a Rome audience with Pope Paul VI to explain U.S. Vietnam actions. He assured troops at Cam Ranh Bay that their sacrifices would not be in vain, while the Vatican urged peace talks and North Vietnam bombing pause.
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Rome
Johnson
Paul VI
Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Vatican
Madrid
Australia
Harold E. Holt
Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Air Force Base
Khorat
Thailand
Cam Ranh
Paul
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
Ainner
U.S
Canberra
Thieu
Fines Levied for Nonpayment of City Income Tax
Howard Jordan, operator of the former Jordan's Used Car lot on East Columbus Avenue, was fined $50 the largest under the city income tax ordinance. Alderman Porter Auer imposed the penalty after a complaint from the city tax collection office, following a hearing Thursday about the tax due April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jordan
Jordan's
East Columbus Avenue
Porter Auer
City Income Tax Collection Office
White Christmas Brings Cold Front Into Corry
Snow fell as a frigid air mass moved in ending a brief warm spell. Temperatures dropped from 60 degrees on Thursday to a 45 degree plunge yesterday with a low around 18 above. Corry area forecasts clearing skies and rising temperatures for tomorrow and Christmas Day.
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Vorrynes
Corry
Christmas Truce Tugs Vietnam War News to Quiet
Fighting in Vietnam slowed as holiday truce periods approached. President Johnson visited U S troops at Cam Ranh Bay and promised a victory of confidence from allied efforts in Asia. A 24 hour Vietnamese government truce was set to begin while air raids continued against suspected positions in the DMZ. Two Navy pilots were reported missing after missions over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
President Johnson
Bay
Harold E. Holt
Thailand
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Johnson
Australia
Asia
Vietnam
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Navy
North Vietnam
Letters on teachers pay stir Corry area debate
The December letters from Eileen Dunbar and David Tanner spark a debate on teachers pay and educational welfare. Tanner rebutts and asks for data, noting teaching hours, required degrees, and salary contrasts with engineering jobs.
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Darlene Smith
Warren
Journal
Johnston
Black Santas
Santa Claus
LBJ
Pope
Erie County
Merle Wood
Hamet
James Randolph
Randolph
Frank B. Robaskey
R.D. 2
Albion
John
James
Rebaskey
Aldsven
Erry R. Pabrizi
Man Pabrizi
Ro ©Ey
Wood
Robaskey
Mr. Tanner
Eileen Dunbar
Corry Area
David Tanner
Miss Dunbar
Eileen E. Dunbar
Mr. Eaton
Eaton
Pennsylvania
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