Unemployment Claims Edge Down. Local Officials Face Campaign Talks
Unemployment data show continued claims in Harrisburg at 106,043 a decline of 2,683 while initial claims rose 752 to 20,174. In politics, Clarion Republican George W Heap Alexander reverses course to seek re election to the General Assembly. John Kennedy Foster Jr a Meadville teacher enters Republican candidacy for the Sixth District. Real estate transfers include United Methodist trustees selling to Charles Earls. Warren General Hospital to begin master plan with cost review. Franklin Mayor appoints five new police probationary officers. Death notices recall Orrin and Oscar Kinney. School boards set mandatory retirement at 65. Franklin allows married students extra activities. Warren State Hospital bans visitors to Women’s Geriatrics until further notice.
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Bureau of Employment Security
Harrisburg
Meadville
John Kennedy Foster Jr
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Foster
Sewickley
Pittsburgh
The
University School
George Washington University
West Virginia University
Allegheny College
Allegheny
Hampshire County
Romney
W. Va
Deaths mark end of life in Corry and Columbus area
Obituaries report Mrs. Morton 83 of Corry RD 2 died at Corry Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She leaves a daughter Helen Rieck and son Raymond Morton, 12 grandchildren and 15 great grands. Also noted is Mr. Wickwire of Columbus Township who died yesterday in Narbarth, with survivors listed and funeral arrangements set. City housing officials in Hazleton seek elderly housing sites with federal HUD survey support as hospitals discuss visiting restrictions amid infectious illness.
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Morton
R.D
Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
West Spring Creek
Clyde C. Morton
Mayville
N.Y
Richard Morton
Bracken Funeral Home
Funeral
Joseph Bodie
Mr. Wickwire
Market Street
Columbus
Narbarth
Columbus Township
Wickwire
Ethel Goss Wickwire
Ray A. Wickwire
William
Elizabeth) Chain
James
Virginia) Roden
E. Morton Wickwire Jr
Pittsburgh
Warren D. Wickwire
Erie
Ronald Hershberger
West Lawn Cemetery
Hazleton
Hazleton Housing Authority
Joseph D. Marinis
Philadelphia
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
State Awards 1.4 Million to County Fairs and Youth Groups
Harrisburg State Agriculture Department announced more than 1.4 million dollars from the Pennsylvania Fair Fund will be disbursed to county and local fairs, youth activity groups and statewide farm organizations. The total exceeds last year by 67,163 dollars from harness racing income. County and local fairs receive 1,131,093 dollars. statewide groups get 39,924 dollars. youth groups total 232,685 dollars, with 4-H at 138,609 and FPA at 94,075. Disbursements list Erie County fairs and officers, Crawford County fairs, Warren and Youngsville shows, and 4-H development fund allocations among many local recipients. Treasurer-elect named at Lancaster event.
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Harrisburg
State Agriculture Department
Pennsylvania Fair Fund
Leland H. Bull
FPA
Erie County
Albion Community Fair
Robert Huston
Albion
North East
Ruth Allen
Waterford
Wattsburg
H.M. Burrows
A Association
J.C. Ondrey
Edinboro
Vivian Osborne
Fairview
Crawford County
Cochranton
Russell W. Mook
Harold B. Turner
Meadville
Spartansburg
Joel Alsdoré
Secretal Ffa Association
Charles Mosteller
4H Development Fund
J.L. Stright
Warren County
Bear Lake
Esther Morton
Youngsville
John Lyon
Russell
Dorothy Hagberg
Warren
Lancaster
Robert Wright
Valley Forge Military Academy
Wayne, Pa
Middle Atlantic Educational and Research Center
Israeli Air Raids On Cairo Area and Suez Radar Site
Israeli jets hit El Khanga and Jebel Awebed near Cairo and a Dahshur camp, claiming accurate hits in a tenth raid on Cairo targets since January. Gaza curfew imposed, Egypt and Jordan tension, guerrilla activity, and regional talks involving Nasser, Kadafi, and Numairi shaping a tense security scene.
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Tel Aviv
Cairo
Suez Canal
el Khanga
Jebel Awebed
Cairo-Suez
Dahshur
Galsaon
Nile
Canal
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Gaza
Amman
Hussein
al Fatah
Israel
Syria
Iraq
Baghdad
Jordan
al Ahram
Bahjat el Talhouni
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Muammar Kadafi
Sudan
Jaafar el Numairi
Kadafi
Jim Brown Leads Stars on Poverty Mission in Mississippi
Jim Brown headlined a group of prominent athletes and entertainers visiting Holly Springs Mississippi to spotlight poverty in Marshall County. Brown proclaimed adoption of the area to feed the hungry and help the unemployed, touring shuttered homes, a bombed school and impoverished neighborhoods with fellow stars. The visit began in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel after Dr. King's assassination.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Jim Brown
Cleveland Browns
Black Economic Union
Ntce
Marshall County
Brown
Lorraine
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
Mattie Horns
Brig Owens
Washington Redskins
Texas
Cid Edwards
St. Louis Cardinals
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Alexander
Clarion Republican
General Assembly
House
Clarion County
Plumville
Rouseville
Plum
Cherrytree
Oakland
Cornplanter
Ollcreek
President
Pinegrove
Venango County
United Methodist Church
Charles
Earls
Warren General Hospital
Franklin
George Scanlon
Ann A. Gravino
Orrin Kinney
Florida
Oscar C. Kinney
Franklin and Cranberry
Cranberry
Warren State Hospital
Earl M. Wickwire Sr
Gerald Hammond
Broly
Hawkins - Troyer Dodge, Inc
N. Center St
Tvposgoofics
Roosevelt, N.J
Roosevelt
Franklin and Marshall College
Rossin’s Men's Store
van Heusen
Truval
Wembley
Superba
Botany
Curlee
Martinalli
Rugby
Puritan
Cresco
Niagara
Sanion
Brentwood
Truvel
Burlinton
Buxton
Rossin
Tin
Iden Palace
Star Sare Ie
Caterten
Dracua
Prince OF
Darkness
Sven Arts
Hanorea PH
Land of
Solon
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