Corry Hosts First Evening Journal Appreciation Day for Vigorito Hopkins
About 120 well wishers from Corry Wattsburg Union City North East and Erie gathered at the Venture Inn to honor Congressman Joseph Vigorito and Assemblyman Forest Hopkins at the First Annual Corry Evening Journal Appreciation Day dinner. The event highlighted Vigorito s work on the French Creek dam and recreation area at Union City and Hopkins effort to install crossing gates and lights at Scotts Crossing Road. Plaques were presented by Journal officials marking the community s esteem for each legislator.
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Corry
Watt‘sburg
Union City
North East
Erie
Venture Inn
Joseph Vigorito
Forest Hopkins
Corry Evening Journal
Erie County
Vigorito
French Creek
Hopkins
Scotts’ Crossing
Pennsylvania
William S. Eaton
Journal City
Stewart A
Doc) Long
Community dinner honors local officials and welfare bill talks
The event brought Erie County officials and Corry leaders to applaud a welfare work bill drafted by Hopkins. Dignitaries included Judge Edward Carney and County Controller-elect Jake Gehrlein among others. Sample praised community support and signaled a planned continuation of the appreciation dinner.
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Sample
Erie County Court
Edward Carney
Jake Gehrlein
County Register of Wills
Robert Dailey
Leo Weir
Corry
Joseph Furst
Wayor
Edward Zarger
Hopkins
Viet Cong ceasefire pauses amid high enemy tolls and air limits
Reports say American and South Vietnamese forces halted combat for a 24 hour New Year truce. In the prior hours the Viet Cong were blamed for a unilateral ceasefire with more than 20 enemy killed. Allied air and artillery support were suspended except for reconnaissance and essential security measures. The Viet Nam war continue to show heavy activity near the A Shau Valley and Laos border.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
A Shau
Titusville
Agnew Plans Tour Stop In Saigon
Vice President Spiro Agnew schedules a ten hour Saigon visit amid security blackouts. He arrives from Manila on New Year’s Day to meet U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders and visit troops as Saigon Radio plans limited transmissions.
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Saigon
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Asia
Philippines
U.S
I¢ Radio Corporation of America
New York
Agnew
Manila
Nguyen van Thien
Thieu
Usis
Offi
State GOP leaders retry as tax vote stalls in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the Senate rejected a pared down 145 million business tax package with 23 Republicans in favor and 20 Democrats opposed. Leaders planned to try again later to pass a form of new taxes before midnight. House had approved a 5 cent cigarette tax to join the 480 million package. Senate debate warned that failure to pass retroactive taxes could invite court cases for years.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Ernest P. Kline
D-Beaver
Kline
House
Robert D. Fleming
R-Allegheny
Thomas F. Lamb
D-Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Driving Public Sparks State Insurance Rate Hikes
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner George F. Reed blamed rising auto insurance costs on drivers rather than insurers. He cited a seven year period showing accident increases while driver and car growth stayed modest. Companies Nationwide Mutual State Farm Mutual Aetna Erie Insurance Exchange and the Industry's Insurance Rating Board proposed substantial rate increases. BE Steel Corp announced a Jan 12 price rise for reinforcing bars to 5.40 cents a pound, up $6 per ton from 5.10 cents.
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Harrisburg
George F. Reed
Pennsylvania
Reed
Commonwealth
Nationwide Mutual
State Farm Mutual
Aetna Casualty and Surety
Insurance Rating Board
Erie Insurance Exchange
Be" Steel Corp
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Warren County
George Sample
Journal
Long
McMichael
Ole
Eaton and
Waterbury
Conn
Frank Williams
Williams
Archie Mendillo
Tred Williams
Mendillo
John J. Casale
Burton J. Hollahaugh
Crawford County Community Action Association
GOP
Warren Reynolds
William Halfast
West Pleasant
Lemon Streets
Jerome Davis
Endsley
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