Corry Area News Briefs and Local Updates
State Senator James Willard will meet constituents at the Municipal Building in Corry next Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. An Army sergeant back from a holiday earned Soldier of the Month was killed in Vietnam. Margaret Grassi of Bradford said her son Gary, 21, was killed in action Monday. Police report hubcaps and a wedding band found. home break in, two radios stolen valued about 450. Aero-Flow Dynamics declares a 10 cent dividend paid March 15 to stockholders of record March 1. Firemen report a grass fire. a Wisconsin visitor reports $200 in clothing stolen from a car in Erie while on honeymoon. Welfare payments for December show 557 medically needy Warren County residents and inpatient care costs. Last rites for Minnie E. Pounds of North East set for tomorrow. Junior high dance at the YMCA tonight 7 to 10 with Spectrum providing music. Postage changes include Valentine rates and overseas service. Mrs. John East admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital with a fractured hip after a fall. Eva J. Larson of Lawrence Park dies at 70 from a heart attack. Requiem Mass for Cyril P. Florek of Erie set for tomorrow. Lowell John Thomas, 31, loses extradition battle to Missouri. returned to Springfield. Tiffany Dawn Bayle infant burial held at North East Cemetery.
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Vietnam
Margaret Grassi
Bradford
Gary
Minnie E. Pounds
North East
John Marks
Sherman Valley
Pounds
Hamet Hospital
North East Township
Man Serious Assailant In Area Jail
Warren County jail confined 3é year-old Allen R. Lyon of Youngsville in default of 4000 bail on aggravated assault and battery charges. Victim Douglas A. Walker, 34, of Youngsville, was injured in a fray in front of the Youngsville American Legion and is listed in serious condition after transfer to Jamestown hospital.
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Warren
Youngsville
Warren County
Allen R. Lyon
D. B. Allen Jr
Lyon
Raymond E. Gilmore
Allen
Walker
WCA Hospital
Jamestown
Warren General Hospital
No Juggling In Selection Of Area Jurors
A judge rejected a racial discrimination charge in Erie County jury selection. Judge Lindley R. McClelland said Erie Pennsylvania could not be equated with the Deep South. Defendants Benny Wail Earl Bennett and Samuel Carroll faced riot charges from Erie facial trouble last July with trials scheduled this year and next.
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RIE (Ap
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Deep South
Lindley R. McClelland
Erie
Benny Wail
Rial
Earl L. Bennett
Samuel Carroll
Sears recalls 6000 gas baseboard heaters over safety risk
Sears Roebuck and Co recalls about 6000 gas baseboard thru wall heaters identified as four Harmot model numbers. Most units sold 1962 to 1966 with some in 1967. Sears will locate and replace them and warns owners to shut units off and contact the nearest Sears store or catalog office. The recall follows a field investigation showing defects and occasional carbon monoxide production despite passing tests.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Homart
Sears
U.S. Public Health Service
American Gas Association
Button
Erie Man Found Guilty in Strangling Case
An Erie man, 23, was convicted of second degree murder for strangling 12 year old Comie Rae Cars near Albion. The judge upgraded to first degree murder noting the killing occurred during robbery and attempted rape. Cars’s death followed a two day manhunt after she vanished from a rural store. Her body was found in woods August 8. Beaze Bearce’s brother, 15, was convicted as an accessory after the fact and given an indefinite term at Camp Hill Correctional Institute.
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ERIE
Raymond Lee Bearce
Edward H. Carney
Comie Rae
Cars
Albion
Beazee
Jerry
Camp Hill
Ohio Man Charged With Three Erie Armed Robberies
A Cleveland, Ohio man was charged with three armed robberies in Erie with one incident ending in a police confrontation. Authorities said the suspect linked to the crimes through investigations and surveillance footage.
Abrams to Direct Vietnam War Effort from Phu Bai HQ
U S military leaders indicate General Creighton Abrams will assume personal charge and establish a headquarters at Phu Bai north of Da Nang as the Khe Sanh area faces a major North Vietnamese push. Reports note tanks at Lang Vei camp signaling intensified combat west of Khe Sanh.
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U.S
Creighton D. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Phu Bai
da Nang
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Lang Vei
Unionizing of Small Mine Stirs Coal Strike
Officials fought to avert a deadlock in a union drive at Solar Fuel Co. mines near Hooversville Somerset County amid a five state strike. Solar pressed to reopen the mines while the United Mine Workers push to keep them closed until a contract is signed.
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Somerset
United Mine Workers Union
Solar Fuel Co
Hooversville
Somerset County
Pittsburgh
David Wier
Solar
Clammer Berkey
Harrisburg
Union
Weir
New York City Mediation Efforts Face Deadlock Over Pay Increase
Governor takes charge of talks with a five member panel voting 4 to 1 on a mediation proposal praised by Rockefeller as fair. Mayor Lindsay rejects the plan urging a $425 annual raise, while union leader De Lury returns to jail after presenting the panel’s report. The union seeks a $600 yearly raise for workers earning $6424 to $7956 after three years.
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Rockefeller
Lindsay
John J. de Lury
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Corry Journal
FEE
Tuar
James Willard
Corry
Charles Munn
Airport Road
James Smith
Snyder Gircle
First Avenue
John Silvis
Second Avenue
Silvi
Aero-Flow Dynamics, Inc
Bradford Township
Ronald Dexheimer
Sheboygan
Wis
Dexheimer
State Department of Public Welfare
Warrer
Progam
YMCA
Richard Dittman
R. C. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
John East
North Center Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Eva J. Larson
Lawrence Park
Spartanssburg
Clyde McCray
Spartansburg
Donald Smith
Lakeside Cemetery
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Cyril P. Florek
St. Vincent's Hospital
Francis V. Kloecker
Florian Florek
Holinboro
William Zaphiris
Lowell John Thomas
Franklin
Titusville
Missouri
William E. Breene
Venango County
Thomas
Springfield
Greene County
North East Cemetery
Tiffany Dawn Bayle
Merton A. Bayle
Bayle
Betty Jean Alcorn
North Fast
Turner Funeral Home
Cae
Russell Stover
Los Angeles
Mexico
James W. Button
Bob Church
Canter St
Bonanza
Mrs. LaRue Hamilton
Shady Avenue
Journal Daily
Joseph Yablonski
William J. Hart
Nyc
Mark Twain
Marine Bank
Marine National Bank
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