City notices work on trees and local outages
The Chamber of Commerce warns homeowners to call the city engineer before tree work along sidewalks and curbs. A Congo missionary Rev. Kenneth Enright will visit First United Methodist Church February 20 and 21. A two car crash near Warren on Route 95/69 caused $700 damage. Police handle stray dogs and a found diamond ring. A speeding citation and Malicious Mischief report surface. A bomb threat evacuates Beaty Junior High School. a 10 year old suspect is arrested. Planning Commission discusses traffic lights and bypass. Sparta Alumni plan 1971 gathering. A German shepherd wanders to the Balfest home. Carter involved in a noninjury crash. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gilliland
First United Methodist Church
Kenneth Enright
Cua
Congo
Enright
Beaty Junior High
Warren
Bell Telephone Company
Willard H. Zerbe
Richard L. Poorman
Roger Thelin
Dems Urged To End Nixon's Stagnation
Washington AP report on Lawrence F. O'Brien urging the Democratic National Committee to adopt reforms for an open 1972 nominating process. He argues for procedures to ensure a fair, representative convention and to challenge Nixon’s stagnation. Debate centers on delegate allocation and expanding participation to include women, youth, and minorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic National Committee
O'Brien
Richard Nixon
United States
National Committee
Executive Committee
O'Hara
Executive
Police report on vehicle damages after collision
Police said damages to the Carter car were estimated at 350 dollars while the Proctor car sustained 50 dollars in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Proctor
Mamie Eisenhower funds Vietnamese servicemen families aid
President Eisenhower's widow Mamie contributed $1,000 to a South Vietnamese welfare group aiding families of Vietnamese servicemen. The association's chairman, Mrs. Nguyen Van Vy, published a thank you note in the English language Vietnam Guardian. Mrs Vy is the wife of South Vietnam's defense minister.
GE Shakeup Reshapes Space Center Workforce Near Philadelphia
General Electric announced a major reorganization of its space center near Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The plan, disclosed at a 1 400 person meeting, includes pay cuts and job losses for several hundred employees though officials denied mass layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
General Electric Co
Space Center
Dan Fink
Philadelphia
Walter R. Trosin
Maxwell Smart Pleads To Fraud In New York Court
RENEVA New York Thomas Tongyai pleaded guilty in City Court to collecting unemployment benefits under the name Maxwell Smart while working undercover for the Ontario County Sheriff He received one year of strict probation and was ordered to repay 1065 in benefits The sheriff Ray Morrow disclosed Tongyai alias Tommy the Traveler appeared on vouchers showing Maxwell Smart as a recipient for about nine weeks starting last March totaling 75 per week
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Reneva
N.Y
Thomas Tongyai
Maxwell Smart
Myaorie
Sheriff's Department
Tongyai
Tommy the Traveler
Joseph G. Cairo
Ontario
Ray Morrow
UPI
Three Pittsburgh Officers Suspended in Witness Fee Flap
Pittsburg authorities suspend three policemen over unearned witness fees paid in a murder case. Officials say the probe may expand, tracing the scandal to a long standing record keeping flaw at the county level and a chain of court agencies involved in listing witnesses and paying vouchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Public Safety
Robert Gildea
Clifford Baxter
Ronald Dunne
Inter-Bureau
Robert Colville
The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Woman Cleared Of Child Neglect Charge
MEADVILLE Charges of abandonment of an infant against Mrs. Carolyn Rigby of Meadville were dismissed in Crawford County Court by Judge P Richard Thomas after a December 17 fire left her 6 year old son Randy alone in a second floor bedroom. The judge said the commonwealth had not shown intent to wholly abandon the child. District Attorney Paul Shafer said he would appeal to the State Superior Court to settle the abandonment question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Carolyn Rigby
Crawford County
P. Richard ‘Thomas
Randy
Rigby
Thomas
Commonwealth
Paul Shafer
State Superior Court
Shafer
Four Dead After Rest Home Fire Near Taft California
Four persons were killed and five others missing when a fire engulfed the Desert Air Rest Home outside Taft. Twelve guests and two attendants were inside as flames destroyed three quarters of the two story building. Two victims burned beyond recognition and two died of smoke inhalation. Firefighters fought the blaze for over an hour and only north end of the structure stood. An attendant named Jack Armstrong reported his wife woke to the fire and found flames at the south end.
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Taft
Calif
Kern County
Oliver Watson
Desert Air Rest
Watson
Jack Armstrong
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Chamber of Commerce
Judith A. Keefer
R.D. 2
Sugar Grove
Edwin Erskin
Corry
Charles A. Sandburg
West Park Place
Porter Auer
Paul Porter
Sciota Street
Porter
Fred Lamberton
Lamberton
Leo Weir
Dave Forsythe
Warren County Planning and Zoning Commission
Youngsville
Planning Commission
Sparta Alumni Association
Joel Alsdort
Association
Sparta
Philip
West
Washington Street
Bennett
AD. 1
Dems
Nixon
Malling
Mikkelsen
Denmark
Farflung
Germany
Mamie
Fund For Viets
P.S
Chicago
Columbus
U. S
Bethlehem
South Africa
West Main Street
Aero-Flow Dynamics, Inc
Corry, Pa
WEB Machinery CO
Jamestown
N. Y
MG Tares Village, Inc
Phone ‘Wean
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