11 Killed In Blast At Ammunition Dump
A 105mm shell exploded while workers loaded it with high explosive at the Lone Star wing of the Texarkana ammunition depot. Eleven people died, thirteen were injured, and four remained hospitalized overnight. The explosion sent a ball of fire down the assembly line, singeing clothing of workers in a high security area. Names of the dead were withheld pending relatives' notification. Continued on Page Six.
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Texarkana
Tex
Britain
Sit Nation
Kiesinger
Charles de Gaulle
Duane Harris
Lone Star
Army
Meadville Eyes Fluoridation Vote After Petitions
Meadville Mayor Francis T. Rice signaled council action on water fluoridation after the Citizens Committee on Fluoridation presented petitions. Council had said a vote could occur with 2,500 names in favor. A committee member estimated the petition surpassed 2,000 names.
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Meadville
Francis _T. Rice
Rice
Citizens Committee On
Six In Traction CMH Occupancy Highest In History
Sam uel Antrim hospital administrator told the hospital board that occupancy reached 121 percent the past week at Corry Memorial Hospital. Six patients in traction will stay about 10 days, contributing to the high rate alongside other illnesses. Beds remain in solariums and maternity ward.
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Corry Memorial
Samuel Antrim
Antrim
York Train Cook Run Over By Switch Engine
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. Thomas Maietta 48 of Renovo injured when a Pittsburgh and Lake Erie switch engine ran over him in College Yards. Maietta a cook on a work train apparently walked into the engine’s path.
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Beaver Falls
Thomas Maietta
Renovo
Maietta
College
Beaver County
McNamara to Call Up Reservists to Enforce Draft Rules
Secretary McNamara says up to 31,000 individual reservists not satisfactorily fulfilling obligations will be called to active duty for 24 months starting next July. The move targets those joining units to avoid the draft and uses the 1967 Defense Appropriation Act authority.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Defense
Defense Department
Richard B. Russell
D-Gg
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Congress
Court to rule on fire inspectors access to Seattle warehouse
The Supreme Court faces a major privacy test over whether fire inspectors may enter Norman See's Seattle warehouse without a judge’s warrant or must obtain permission. A companion case from San Francisco involves a bookshop owner challenging health inspectors inside an apartment.
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Washington
Norman
See
Seattle
Supreme Court
Lee
San Francisco
Roland Camera
Baltimore City
Liquor Sales Rise in Pennsylvania PLCB Yearly Report
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board reports whisky and wine sales rose 5.42 percent statewide from 1985 to last year. Corry and Union City stores mirrored the trend with modest gains. State tax revenue climbed to 63.37 million, while December sales surged 5.98 percent to 48.42 million.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Boards
Corry
Union City
Cory
Uuion City
PLCB
General Fund
Oliday
Water Quality Hearings Set In Potomac River Basin
The Sanitary Water Board announced a hearing on water use and water quality of interstate streams in the Pennsylvania portion of the Potomac River Basin. It is the sixth of seven hearings statewide under the 1965 Water Quality Act, with a June 30 deadline for states to submit criteria and implementation plans to the federal government.
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Aarrisburg
State’ Sanitary Water Board
Pennsylvania
Potomac River
Hill Weir Gehrlein To Seek Post Of Commissioner
Two Democratic county officeholders filed nominating petitions for county commissioner joining other Democratic candidates for the May primary. Weir and Gehrlein seek commissioner seats. Hill seeks a second term. Adele Ward Bole and Richard Wisinski file for treasurer. Crises from a severe storm follow with damage across Erie including church roof loss and utility disruptions.
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Erie
Leo P. Weir
William C. Hill Jr
Board of
A. J. Gehrlein
Hill
Gehrlein
Adele Ward Bole
Richard A. Wisinski
D. J. McKean
Weir
Fred W. Lamberton
Mansfield Calls For CIA Probe
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield urged a Senate and White House review of CIA activities in student groups. He criticized CIA support for the National Student Association as unfortu nate and warned against government involvement in education. President Johnson ordered a careful review with Under secretary Nicholas Katzenbach to shape policy and divest key officials.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Sam
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Mansfield
Montana
CIA
National Student Association
Johnson
U.S
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Richard Helms
Fire destroys home near Union City in high winds
Fire swept a large frame house on the Tillotson-Rose Valley road about 10 miles south of Union City destroying the structure and its contents. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Blakeslee of Mt. Pleasant owned the home and fled unharmed. Firemen from Bloomfield Union City and Spartansburg battled wind-swept flames to save outbuildings. loss estimate not yet available.
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Corry
Nazarene Church
Essex Street
Harold Madison I
Grand Street
Dowell
Dow Chemical
West Mainstreet Extension
Ben Chisler
Chisler
Elgin
General Telephone
Charles Monaghan
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Dorr Clark
Clark
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Greater
Erie
Titusville
Page
Tillotson-Rose Valley Road
Union City
Gerald Blakeslee
Mt. Pleasant
Blakeslee
Bloomfield
Spartansburg
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Nazarene
Madison
Journal Photius
Johnston
Texas
Corry Ambulance Service
William F. Master Jr
Frances A. Slattery
Raymond G. Wiggers
Edward Feldt
Robert Bracken
Cochairmen
North Center Street
Sidney Elston
The
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
William Kafferlin
Nurses
York
Cook
High Court
Earl Warren
Shafer
Harrisburg
Democratic Party
Barczak
Department of Defense
Arlington National Cemetery
Stanley Barczak
Staten Fs Jong
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