Police blotter reports varied local incidents and traffic crash
Police logged a string of everyday incidents from St Thomas Church car keys found by Mrs Rose Weldon to a state inspection sticker theft claim near Third Avenue. A youth shoplift at Buyer's Fair was questioned and released with parents. A drunken husband disturbance near North Center Street prompted caution. Two men fighting in a Loblaw’s parking lot were cited for disorderly conduct. A head on collision at West Pleasant Northwest streets caused $500 damage with no injuries. An 11 year old reported a Chevrolet driver offering pay to direct a route and then vanished. A Goodwill resident injured a knee in a ditch after a skidding accident. A welding class starts at Corry High School. Two teens loitering near Ross Mead’s yard failed to show. A YMCA meet bag theft or mix up involved an orange and black gym bag and gear.
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West Pleasant - Northwest Streets
Lewis A. Brown
Elk Street
Mary Balog
R. D
U S Planes Press Attacks On Barracks Area
The first of six flights over the barracks silenced three antiaircraft guns and destroyed buildings while starting fires. Spokesmen said the area trained antiaircraft crews and housed about 1,200 men. American pilots logged 113 missions against North targets Sunday, the highest since January, after a month of bad weather.
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U. S
Chicago Snowstorm Strands Cars in Northeast Illinois
Heavy snowfall left about 27 inches on the ground with blizzard conditions. A line of 56 cars stalled on Illinois Route 136 near Rantoul as two rescue plows were trapped by drifts. Three hours were needed to free them. Reports of deaths across the region include a South Dakota couple found icebound near their home after abandoning a car and a man, Walter Leidell, who died in subzero temperatures after wandering in a field.
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Tlinois
Indiana
Tlinois 136
Rantoul
Dakotas
Michigan
South Dakota
Walter Leidell
Seal Campaign A Success In Erie County
The Erie County Christmas Seal drive raised 873,304, surpassing last year’s 872,925 total. J. K. Richardson of Erie, president of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Tuberculosis and Health Society, congratulates Gordon E. Graves of Erie, executive director, on the campaign’s success. Crawford and Erie counties are noted in the report.
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Erie County
J. K. Richardson
Erie
Pennsylvania
Tuberculosis and Health Society
Gordon E. Graves
County Society
Crawford and
Johnson Planning Strategy Works On South For '68 Election
Johnson administration moves to shore up bases for 1968 including Southern states where Wallace may threaten. Officials target favorite sons in primaries to blunt Wallace at the Democratic Convention and plan a March 30–31 meeting of state leaders. Possible favorite sons include Gov. John J. McKeithen and Sen. Ernest Hollings. Ford rates Romney as front runner for GOP, with Nixon as main rival.
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Washington
Johnson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Arso
Wallace
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Ernest ¥. Hollings
South Carolina
MacKeithen
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Georgia
Lester G. Maddox
John WM. Bailey
National Party
Bailey
GOP House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
George Romney
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Vietnam
Titusville Ride Knocked From Plow By Car
Titusville city tractor driver Clifford L. Bedow aged 67 was plowing snow when he turned left to cross a street and collided with a car driven by Carl L. Barker 25. Bedow was knocked from the tractor and slid about 20 feet. He was taken to Titusville Hospital in satisfactory condition. Damage to Barker car about 400 dollars and to the tractor about 600 dollars.
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Titusville
Clifford L. Bedow
Bedow
Carl L. Barker
Titusville Hospital
Barker
Stolen Milk Truck Recovered Near Erie Woods
State Police recovered a Sanitary Farms Dairy milk truck missing since January 30 from Sampson Station road in state game lands about 10 miles south of Erie. The truck was stolen January 20 from in front of the Lake Restaurant while driver Robert Gunther serviced the restaurant. Found abandoned by Jack Costello and Len Vetrone of Erie after fox hunting, the vehicle held about $3000 worth of dairy products.
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Lawrence Park
Sanitary Farms Dairy Corp
Sampson Station
Erie
Robert Gunther
Jack Costello
Len Vetrone
Missing Newswoman Back After 21 Days With Viet Cong
Michele Ray, 28, a French newswoman and former Paris model, reappeared after 21 days in Viet Cong captivity. She walked into a village north of Quang Ngai, was picked up by a U.S. helicopter, and appeared in excellent physical shape. She declined to discuss her ordeal, saying only that she feels great.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Michele Ray
Paris
Hammond
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Phu Cat
Miss Ray
Bong Son
Saigont
Jean Ray
Nice
France
Quang Ngai
U.S
Fulbright and Dirksen debate on U.S.-Soviet consular treaty
Fulbright and Dirksen show cautious support for the U.S.-Soviet consular treaty as the major item in Fulbright's committee faces final moves. Vice President Humphrey predicted Dirksen would also back the pact, though reservations remain and commitment is undecided.
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Fulbright
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
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Rose Weldon
Gould Street
St. ‘Thomas’ Church
Harry Lindsay
Third Avenue
Buyer's Fair
North Center Street
Poiicé
Loblaw's
Rexford Messinger
Corry
Ronald Hepler
Franklin Street
Grace Street
Warren
Franklin
Fred Goodwill
Clymer
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry Area
Paul Orner
Ross Mead
East South Street
Richard Sutton
East Congress Street
YMCA
Natalie Wood
Penelope
David Niven
Fred Macmurray
Walt Disney
Dracula, Prince OF
D. D
Jane Fonda
Cary Grant
Chicago
Orthwest
Pennsylva
Crawford County
Richardson
Citizens Corry
Marine National Bank
F.d.i,c
Lathrop
Davis
Durham
N. C
Charles M. Williams
Asheville
UU Ley
Airway
America
Ea Ned
Cong
Sogle Lumber
Michigan Ladder CO
American Ladder CO
Tru Value Building Supply Center
Dubabarry
Beauty Bazaar
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