Open Records Need Reform In Police Case Judgments
In Our Opinion the public must demand open coverage of police activities and criminal cases. Investigative reporters exposed a New York murder case where the DA and police arrested the wrong man, highlighting risks of pretrial publicity and urging guidelines to keep confessions honest. A Milwaukee judge ordered public police bulletins to test transparency while privacy rights face new eavesdropping threats from surveillance tech and gadgets sold to pry into whispered conversations.
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New York Herald Tribune
Philadelphia Bar Association
New York City
Milwaukee
Concerns Grow Over Mail Surveillance and Privacy Rights
The piece discusses local police seeking mail surveillance without court orders, noting 619 such checks by the Post Office in one day. Congressman Gallagher calls for legislation against eavesdropping devices, arguing for constitutional limits while not hindering crime-detection tools used by the FBI. It warns that surveillance erosion threatens Americans' privacy rights and questions the justification for nonessential snooping by agencies.
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Po|ice
Pocal
Cornelius Gallagher
Corry newspaper clarifies letters to editor policy
The Journal announces letters to the editor will not be published unless the writer’s name and address are included. It also states that opinions in letters are not necessarily those of The Journal.
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Notase
Drette
Liberation of Manila Proclaimed by General MacArthur
Twenty years ago on February 6 1945 General Douglas MacArthur proclaimed liberation of Manila and more than 5000 prisoners from three years of Japanese subjugation with the rallying cry On to Tokyo Russian siege actions around the Oder and a bridgehead northwest of Austria were reported as part of broader wartime operations. A fatal railway accident in Erie Pennsylvania claimed four year old Eugene D Rockwell. Local meetings included a BPW session with speaker J R Dearing on World Justice and Order. Junior High gym at Hatch Vocational School was broken into with sports equipment stolen.
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Tokyo
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Berlin
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Eugene D. Rockwell
Erie
Hatch Vocational School
Ernest Group
Corry Area
County Plastics Corp
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Airport Authority
Walter H. Greer
Centerville
Corry Jamestown
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Security Peoples Trust Co
Girard Battles National Bank
W. W. Waterhouse
Clift Buesink
Girard
Lough
Reserve Board
Leo Weir
Erie County
Weir
Andy Hanisek
Corry Ford
Drew Pearson Letters and Klan Violence in Mississippi
The piece recounts Ku Klux Klan leader E L McDaniel praising writing letters over bombing, describes a Mississippi chain letter targeting Drew Pearson and local papers, cites a 1957 castration of a Negro house painter by Klansmen including Bart Floyd, and notes Floyd's parole and related cases. It mentions FBI charges linking Loree White men to killings and notes newspaper cancellations and railroad union hearings around the issue.
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E. L
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Mississippi
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Dick Gregory
Grand Dragon McDaniel
Penvis
Hood
Jon Negroes
Bart Floyd
Judge Aaron
Birmingham
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McComb
Migley
Hlinois Central Railroad
Corry notes praise for school fire recovery effort
Insurers say Corry Area Schools Superintendent Thomas Shupe organized a swift reconstruction after a fire, taking about 75 days. The piece also mentions Navy background as aiding emergency handling, ongoing questions about the fire’s origin, and local items from band concert prep to council parking debates and other community notes.
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Corry
Thomas Shupe
Grand opening and fire strike Franklin area business scene
Dealer Carl Triola celebrated a large turnout at the Fordind Mercury agony in Franklin last Saturday while the garage suffered a disastrous fire that leveled it months earlier. Corry's Junior and Senior High School attendance remains solid amid city flu cases. Joe LaRocca, former newsman and W. W. Waterhouse aide, returns to Har risburg to manage Hotel Concord in North East. A transformation of the basement into a wrathskeller draws crowds and compares to city venues. Bob Garfield rediscovered after completing a University of West Virginia technical training in heat, air conditioning, and automatic controls.
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Carl Triola
Franklin
Corry
W. W. (Doe
What Is The Law Question On Partnership Residency
Two men seeking a business partnership need not both be residents of the state where the business is located. The Partnership Act requires no such residency in Pennsylvania or New Jersey. There are few restrictions on who may be a partner, including individuals, other partnerships, corporations, and various associations.
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Drew Pearson
Ncessary
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Fire Destroys Trailer Home in Pleasantville
The Ronald Burt family trailer home burned last evening in Pleasantville as firefighters from the Pleasantville Volunteer Fire Department battled the blaze. Burt and his wife with two children were in Oil City when the fire started about 6 p.m. Neighbors alerted, and the department, arriving quickly, had units back by 6:45 p.m. The cause was suspected to be faulty wiring or a defective heater.
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Oil City
Bill Emerson
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Emerson
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Rum
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