British Brace For Trouble In Guiana
In Georgetown British Guiana an uneasy peace followed rioting that left six dead scores injured and 11 million dollars in damage Labor leaders halted a week long general strike against Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan while his East Indian supporters were said to be planning reprisals in the hinterlands British armed forces were flown in from Jamaica and London to brace for trouble as racial tensions between Negroes and East Indians rose after the violence.Jagan drew most support from East Indian farmers and workers outside Georgetown while Negroes backed Forbes Burnham leader of the People's National Congress. Labor calls to return to work followed negotiations with Jagan though disputes over import taxes and a compulsory savings plan were cited by the Trades Union Council as harmful to workers.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Jamaica
London
Japan
Jagan
Forbes Burnham
People’s National Congress Party
Trade Union Council
Trades Union Council
Vets To Honor Firing Squad At Public Meeting
VFW Post 204 of Erie hosts a public meeting on February 27 to honor its 20-man firing squad and invite the community to learn the VFW story. Speeches by post officers cover VFW work while inviting local industrialists, Mayor Zaleneck, and State Senator William Lesler to attend. Visitors will tour the building and be served refreshments. the event aims to showcase military rites at graveside ceremonies and the squad’s service to veterans.
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Uly Post
Rence
Foreign Wars
VFW
Westfield
Philip Zaleneck
William Lesler
Erie
Shere Wood
Sanlel
Johia
McNamara consults leaders on Viet Nam role in Hawaii talks
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara meets top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Honolulu amid questions on direct involvement in Vietnam. Kennedy says advisers only, while fireback rules allowed if fired upon. Ho Chi Minh era context noted with Diem government aid coordination and Saigon command creation. Later, publisher H. D. Meister of Yoakum Daily Herald dies at 92.
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Honolulu
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Ment
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Washington
United ‘States
Kennedy
U.S
Korea
Viet Nam
Hawaii
Ngo Dinh Diem
Paul D. Harkins
Saigon
New Yorkers Held For Area Tavern Fracas
Merlin v Derby of Ashville and Paul Ross of Stowe were refused drinks at Paageralds Pine Woods Inn Route 6 west of Corry. They tore up the inn, breaking chairs and bottles. State Police arrested them. arraigned before Justice Arthur Watson and committed to Erie County jail for hearing. They face charges of disorderly conduct and malicious mischief.
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New York State
Paagerald
Pine Woods
Route 6
Corry
Merlin v. Derby
Ashville
Paul Ross
Stowe
Justice of the Peace
Arthur Watson
Union City
Erie County
Former Minister Named New Secretary At Corry YMCA
A former minister and Army chaplain was named the new secretary of the Corry YMCA by the board at the Hotel Corry at noon. Sterling Wees, 47, has trained YMCA experience since 1955 and will relocate to Corry later. He replaces Gerald Lane who left for a state YMCA post in New Hampshire. Wees currently heads membership enrollment and public relations at the Indianapolis YMCA and previously directed youth work in Racine Wisconsin and Indianapolis. He studied theology at Glasgow and Butler, and has served as a Disciples of Christ minister while teaching radio Bible lessons in Indiana. The unanimous board selection followed in-depth interviews and a recommendation by the committee.
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U.S. Army
Corry
Hotel Corry
Sterling
Wees
YMCA
Gerald Lane
New Hampshire
Indianapolis
Aétiot
Watte
Jamestown Council Asked To Fluoridate Water Supply
Jamestown Health Board unanimously urges City Council and Public Utilities to fluoridate the water. Local plumber Will R. Guy offers to install the system free of charge if the program proceeds. Health, Life Underwriters, and Pediatric Society endorse fluoridation to improve dental health for residents.
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Jamestown
Board of Health
City Council
Board of Public Utilities
D. Donald Zeelle
Health Board
BPA
Will R. Guy
Guy
Zeelle
Tne’ of Health
Jamestown General Hospital
Jamestown Life Underwriters Association
Chautauqua County
Jamestown Pediatric Society
Jamestown Life Underwriters
Pediatric Society
C. O.lindbeck
Society
NYS Health Department
Elusive car sought after erratic West Church street drive
Police pursue clues to identify a driver of a dark green older model car that zigzagged through West Church and Lemon streets on Saturday. The vehicle allegedly struck a lawn wagon wheel, a bank, and drove into deep snow before disappearing. Corry residents were asked to share information, with authorities reviewing parking lots and taverns for prints or witnesses.
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West Church Lemon Street
George Tinko
West Church Street
Tinko
Northwest Street
Tinko Yard
Lemon
West Pleasant Street
Corry
Harley Drake
Set Up Flights Over Germany Defy Soviet Air Rights
Berlin dispatch reports Western powers set up flights of military transports over East Germany in defiance of Soviet claims to air space. United States Britain and Orange were said ready to send fighter patrols as transports were ordered to fly deliberately low for an hour to avoid Soviet control.
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Berlin
Dulies
East Germany
United States
Orange
Britain
Autopsy finds Thomas Peltier died after perforated appendix
An inquiry in Buffalo into the death of 17-year-old Thomas D. Peltier of Kensington High School’s 1961 Harvard Cup football team began yesterday. He died on arrival at Deaconess Hospital after suffering generalized peritonitis from a perforated appendix and pneumonia with pleurisy. His father, who had sought chiropractic care and did not trust a family doctor, provided details to the Homicide Bureau. The case is being investigated by Erie County coroner Dr Milton Schulze.
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Borra Alu
Kensington High School
Buffalo
Thomas D. Peltier
John 5. Peller
Deaconess Hospital
Milton J. Schulze
Erie County
Schulz
Peltier
Albert Vingae
Frank Deubell
Homicide Bureau
Thomas
Dog Attacks Spur Public Call to curb stray packs
Police report a stray dog pack in Corry endangering children as Mrs. Allie recalls her year old daughter knocked to the ground and dragged briefly. Police Chief Hurley Drake urged residents to help capture strays and call authorities to prevent further incidents. Meanwhile Erie spelling bee results see Linda Burrows of Bawaru and Christine Walker of Erie Day School among top finalists, with awards for high school dictionaries and finals qualification.
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Ane Ciy
Perom
Richard Allie
Snyder Circle
Allie
Hurley Drake
Bawaru
Scovel Attedent
Linda Burrows
Walter Burrows
Elgin
Erie
Miss Burrows
Christine Walker
Erie Day School
J. F. Walker
Lorraine Weiner
Mount Calvary School
Leo B. Weiner
Sharlene Kane
St. Edward's School
Norberta Kane
East Main Street
Mary Jean McCloskey
St. Ed‘ward
Sally McCloskey
West Pleasant Street
Marlene Kane
Sharlene
Janelle Splesman
Paul Splesman
West Washington Streets
Edward
Betty Jo Malone
Jack Malone
Ridge Treet
Freezing Rain Grips Corry and State
A mix of snow sleet and rain left Corry and much of the state icy with glazed sidewalks and hazardous travel. City crews deployed salt spreaders in the early morning to counter the conditions as rain continued and a chance of more snow loomed in northern sections.
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Project Mercury
Atlantic
Glenn
Atlas
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Cape
Corry
Exiled Cuban group plans invasion army from Guatemala
A group calling itself the Army of Liberation of Cuba organizes to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba. Gen. Jose Pedraza Cabrera heads the group, which says it has men ready but no U.S. weapons. Officials say no active training or mobilization is underway and attempts to secure arms from the United States have not succeeded. The directorate of about 30 figures oversees efforts while members are scattered across the continent awaiting a signal to train.
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Guatemala
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Onle
U.S
Amy of Liberation of
Jose B. Pedraza
Cabrera
Pedraza
The
Cubs
Unite States
Meiearay
United States
Coaching Great Harlow Dies
Dick Har slow a topnotch college football coach for 36 years died today at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 72. He was voted Coach of the Year in 1936 and elected to the Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
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Sernsson
Dick Harslow
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Track coach Mor tensen dies at USC in Los Angeles
USC athletic director Jess Hill reported the death of track and field legend Mor tensen in Los Angeles. The coach, famed for building top college teams, died today at Good Samaritan Rolla Los Anais Ba. Death attributed to blood clots.
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Jesse
Mortensen
University of Southern California
DSC Athletic
Jess Hill
Good Samaritan
Rolla Los Anais
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