Dean School Pair Tie Win Spelling Bee
Loren Stockton and Helene Christensen, Columbus School pupils, tied early then Helene won a spelling bee at the Erie Times News sponsored event. The duo earned county finals spots at the Erie YMCA on April 2. Helene received a Thorndike Barnhart dictionary. Loren got a Paper Mate pen. Kathleen Skelton also earned a dictionary and finals berth.
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Columbus School
Erie Times-News
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Edinboro
Kathleen Skelton
Paul M. Skelton
Cambridge Springs Road
Kathleen
Gail Benn
Edinbore
Gerald Salhof
Springs Road
Balnbore
Cinda Jamison
Robert Ieckers
Robert Cail Sn
Francis Cariel
Blue Eye
Pamela Trisket
Jenkins
American Piloted Plane Downed Over Laos in Drop Mission
An American piloted transport plane with four Lao detachments aboard crashed east of the Plaine des Jarres during an air drop to government forces. Both American crew members and all four Lao uplanders were killed. The C 6 aircraft was operated by Air American, a civilian firm formed by the U.S. government for Baotian army air support. No immediate verdict on the cause, with possibilities including enemy fire or anti aircraft defenses from North Vietnamese or rival Lao forces.
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Plaines Des Jarres
Plaine Des Jarres
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Souvannia Phouma
Sixth Graders to Compete in Summit Center Spelling Bee
In Erie, students from Summit Center School will join other sixth graders for a spelling bee starting at a.m. The event showcases youth spelling skills and school participation.
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Erie
Summit Center School
Pennsylvanias agricultural system may be revised under Kennedy plan
Secretary Freeman outlined the Kennedy farm program aiming to remove 50 million acres from production by 1980 to curb surpluses and create recreation space near urban areas. He linked Pennsylvania’s reform to Project 70, a $70 million plan for parks and reservoirs to meet rural and city needs while boosting farmer income.
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Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Lawrence
Commonwealth
Kennedy Submitted Plan to Congress on Agriculture Program
Freeman cited four facts the administration recognizes including permanent technological advances in agriculture and ongoing surplus production. He said agriculture cannot adjust problems by itself and that the public cannot pay for surplus production. He added the program excludes marginal lands and implies removing more than marginal land from production to encourage the plan.
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Freeman
Pittsburgh Man Kills Self In Front Of Mother
Nell McKenzie, 92, witnessed her son Ivy kill himself with a 293 caliber revolver at their Saline home. He reportedly planned suicide after sleeping and preparing to gamble with Russian roulette. The pistol fired instantly, ending his life.
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iKills
Pittsburgh
Burnell McKenzie
State Police Probe Crash West of Spartansburg
State Police continue investigation into a two car crash west of Spartansburg Saturday night at 10 30 pm. Drivers Stanley Orzepowski and Robert Ormsbee, both uninjured, faced minor damage to their vehicles with costs estimated at 25 and 125 dollars.
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Seig W Twin
Toca
Stanley Orzepawski
Set Trwin
Orzepowski
Ormsbee
Meadville Man Killed By Erie-Lackawanna Train
Meadville shop laborer John C Appel, 64, of Meadville, was killed at 4 30 pm Saturday when struck by an Erie Lackawanna freight train near the One Mead avenue crossing. Coroner Dr Daniel Maloney ruled accidental death. officials say Appel had no yards job or connection to the train. The body was found about 30 minutes after the incident, lying with the upper body between the rails. Appel, who would have turned 65 on March 27, was to retire next month and is survived by an aunt and three cousins. This was Meadville’s first pedestrian fatality this year and Crawford County’s third vehicular death in 1962 96.
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Mauville
John C Appel
Meadville
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Erie
Appel
Television Review Highlights Forgery and Footnote to Fame
AP reviews NBC The Forgery based on Han van Meegeren’s art fraud trial, praising Arthur Kennedy’s portrayal but finding the drama flabby. CBS Footnote to Fame is praised for its dramatic script about political pressure and a pivotal vote, with a strong cast and clear central theme.
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Han van Meegeren
van Meegeren
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Perry Mason
Perry
Arthur Kennedy
College Prof Dies in Johnstown Heart Attack
Elmer S. Osberg aged 61 an English professor at Johnstown College a Pitt affiliate died of a heart attack yesterday. Osberg began teaching at Johnstown in 1936 after earlier posts at Pitt Erie center and Pitt.
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Elmer S. Osberg
Johnstown College
Osberg
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Erie
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