Mortgage Burned as Corry YMCA Passes Drive Milestone
The Corry YMCA celebrated burning its mortgage ending three years of fundraising and announced the 1969 membership drive surpassed its goal by 54 percent with 155 new members. Divisions Columbia and Intrepid led with 259 and 206 members, while Rangers reached 154, and awards were given to retiring directors and Mrs. Clifford Buesink.
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Corry
Peet
Kenneth Burr
Burr
Cochairman
Olin Bracken
Bracken
Columbia
Rangers
Century Clubland Y
YMCA
William Hayes
Robert Seel
James Hileman
Buesink
PAC Meeting Relocation Group Discusses Renewal
The Project Area Committee held its second session in the relocation office of the former Wing-Willi building to plan the orderly shift of residents and businesses from the Fourth Ward renewal area, focusing on human aspects of the process.
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Fourth Ward
Project Area Committee
PAC
Wing-Willi
Shafer Visits Campuses Over Growing Generational Gap
Harrisburg governor Shafer launches campus visits to address the widening gap between older and younger generations. First stop at California State College in California, Pa., where he spends five hours with students, tours facilities, and discusses relocation amid urban renewal efforts led by project administrator M. Cobbett and PAC members from the Fourth Ward.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
California State College
California
Supervision Lacking On Pueblo Destruction Claims
Navy testimony shows two USS Pueblo crewmen questioned destruction of secret material. J C Ritter and J D Lay testified no supervision during planned destruction as North Koreans seized the ship. The court of inquiry reviews 1700 pages of testimony while considering the Pueblo crew’s imprisonment.
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Woronado
Calif
Uss Pueblo
J.C. David L. Ritter
Melo Park
The
J.C. James D. Lay‘on
Binghamton
N.Y
Harris
Navy
Layton
Ritter
Pueblo
Omdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Egypt Gives Arabs Bases For Guerrilla Support
Israel accuses Egypt of aiding guerrilla fighters against Israel and cites nine Bedouin refugees captured in the Sinai who allegedly were sent there by Egyptian military intelligence. U Thant's UN briefing notes heavy firing along the Suez Canal with observers deeming the situation serious and unable to verify Egyptian claims of Israeli fire.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Group of Arab Nations
Israel
United Nations
Yosef Tekoah
Security Council
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Jekoah
Armand Berard
U.N
U Thant
Odd Bull
North Korean Defector Hoax Ends with Arrest in Cambodia
South Korea's CIA said the much publicized defection of North Korean newsman Lee Soo keun was a Communist hoax. Lee, 45, was arrested while attempting to reach Cambodia to report to North Korean officials after slipping out of Seoul on forged documents. Pae Kyung ok, 29, linked to Lee, was also repatriated. Lee had been hailed in 1967 after escaping Panmunjom.
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Seoul
South Korea
Central Intelligence Agency
Lee Soo-keun
Cambodia
Lee
Panmunjom
T Lee
Central
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Pyongyang
Pae Kyung-ok
Pae
Kim Ibsung
South
Lee Kang Woi
United States
Shafer to Campaign for Tax Plan Amid GOP Split
Gov. Shafer moves to public meetings across Pennsylvania to explain why a personal income tax is needed as GOP leaders push an alternate budget to hold line on spending. Lt. Gov. Broderick and House Republicans express opposition and seek a $2.19 billion proposal.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Raymond J. Broderick
House
Lee A. Donaldson
R-Allegheny
Donaldson
Postman recalls alias letters in Clay Shaw trial
James Hardiman testified he delivered Clem Bertrand letters for Shaw in 1966 to a forwarding address in the French Quarter. He noted he recognized the name but said return addresses were rarely recorded. The testimony marked the 20th witness for the prosecution in the Kennedy assassination case.
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New Orleans
Clem Bertrand
Clay Shaw
James Hardiman
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Ferrie
Oswald
Asst. Dist. Atty
James L. Alcock
Crimi
Hardiman
Jefferson Biddigan
PUC Hearing Probes EL Crossing at Scotts Crossing Road
A Warren PUC hearing on February 27 will examine safety at the EL Crossing on Scotts Crossing Road where a summer accidents killed five from one local family. Representatives from Erie Lackawanna Railroad Columbus Township Warren County State Highway Department and State Police will present arguments on potential alterations relocation or abolition of the crossing or its approaches.
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Scotts Crossing
Public Utilities Commission
Warren
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
PUC
Columbus Township
Warren County
State Highway Department
Commonwealth and Corry
Elgin TV Shop Fire Quenched By Volunteers
The Elgin Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company fought a blaze at Francis McCray’s Pleas ant Street TV repair shop last night. Two gas stoves overheated, a partition burned, but extensive damage was avoided. contents and building repairs may total several hundred dollars. Fire Chief Arden Earl will review the incident today. Elmer Betz, 50, of York County died in a two car crash on U S 90 east of Hellam yesterday.
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Elgin-Beaverdam
Elgin
Francis McCray
Pleasant Street
McCray
Arden Earl
Hellam
Elmer Betz
York County
U. S. 90
County districts vote to dissolve Girard Fairview merger
Members of the infant merged school board of the Girard Fairview districts voted to dissolve the union which would have made the two districts one. If approved, Corry Areas Jointure would be the county's only district not allowed to stand alone as Corry faces possible forced merger with the Sparta district due to population criteria.
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Girard-Fairview
Corry
Sparta
Girard
Fairview
State Board of Education
Harrisburg
Bomb Scare Forces 50 000 Students Home in Cambria County
An anonymous call triggered evacuations across Cambria County schools and colleges affecting about 50 000 pupils. No bomb was found after searches by police, firemen, and administrators, and several schools allowed students to return to class.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
Schout
Knife Wound Through Man's Skull In Mexico City Incident
Humberto Vazquez survived after a friend allegedly rammed a knife through his skull during a Cuernavaca dispute. He walked to a bus stop, rode to a police station, then was transported by ambulance to Mexico City for treatment.
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Mexico City
Humberto Vazquez
Cuernavaca
Here
Vazquez
Sirhan's Plea Of Guilt At Opening Of Trial
Sirhan Sirhan's trial begins with a pivotal plea question as to whether he will plead guilty to assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. The judge and jurors, including six alternates, prepare for a high stakes decision and potential life or death sentence.
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Sirhan
Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kenly
Lincoln
Eent
Noor
Biltmore
California
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