McSparran to attend Corry Chamber dinner with Bogart as speaker
Pennsylvania Grange leader J Collins McSparran, potential GOP hopeful, plans a Corry visit next Wednesday for the Chamber of Commerce dinner. Lt Gen Frank Bogart will headline the event at 6:30 p.m. with reservations open until Monday noon. A Soviet air launch system for manned rockets is reported by U.S. intelligence, suggesting possible use of manned planes as first stage for space shots.
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J. Collins McSparran
Pennsylvania State Grange
Pennsylvania
Corry
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Morton
North East
W. W. Waterhouse
James Hammond
S. A. Long
Chamber
McSparran
Erie
Frank A. Bogart
Washington
Long
Gen. Bogart
Sooviet Union
U.S
United States
Yels
Weather blamed for Sparta area crash involving pickup
Slippery conditions from snow and ice led to a collision between a Spartansburg pickup truck driven by Nancy Morris and a car, with both vehicles damaged but no injuries reported. The Morris truck struck a 1968 sedan owned by Coates and Felton Agency in Titusville after the car ahead stopped at a light.
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Spartansburg
Nancy K. Morris
Kenneth Mortis
Coates & Felton Agency
Titusville
Maxine Goodwill
Teachers Back Pease Donation From Corry Teachers Association
Corry Area Teachers Association approved a resolution supporting George Pease and donating to the Pease Fund. The move backs the fired Millcreek teacher who refused to chaperone a boys bowling club after hours, arguing such duties are not within standard educational responsibilities.
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Corry
Pennsylvania State Education Association
George Pease
Millcreek
Roger Hoover
Corry Area Teachers Association
Pease
Jong ‘Hassling
Charles Boehm
State Department of Public Instruction
Pease Fund
Bridge Replacement Planned Over Brokenstraw Creek
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways announced two bridge projects. Milano Construction Co. of Erie bid $181,371 to replace the bridge over Brokenstraw Creek between Corry and Spring Creek. Brodhead Construction Co. of Aliquippa was the low bidder at $130,872 for a bridge in Brokenstraw Township.
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Brokenstraw Creek
Corry
Spring Creek
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Milano Construction Co
Erie Ia
Brodhead Construction Co
Aliquippa
Brokenstraw Township
Veteran actor Rodney Hildebrand dies at 69
Veteran actor Rodney Hildebrand who appeared in silent era films and through the early 1950s died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 69 and acted in Broadway shows including Kild Elmer the Great and What Price Glory.
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Hollywood
Rodney Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Kild
Elmer the Great
Winter Storm Bags City With Three Inch Snowfall
A severe winter storm blankets the area with an estimated three inches of snow by 11 30 p m. City crews began operations around 4 a m to clear streets and driveways as wind driven snow created slick conditions. Police reported only one minor accident and urged travel only in emergencies while forecasts call for more snow and colder weather through the weekend.
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Ared
Keep and Sale Hghway Department
Corry
Ol' Man
U. S. Weather Bureau
Escape Thwarted as Refugees Reach Macao
Seven refugees from Red China report that Communists captured nine others fleeing with them to Macao. Four men one woman and two children escaped in a small boat but Reds intercepted another junk only 500 yards from Ma cao.
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Macao
Red China
Kennedy rejects new bid for summit with Khrushchev
Palm Beach AP reports President Kennedy turned down a fresh demand for a summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev to open the Geneva disarmament conference. The decision follows Khrushchev's 2500 word declaration urging top leaders to tackle disarmament, with a formal rejection expected to be relayed from Moscow.
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Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Pilot Falls Fixing Plane At 31,000 Feet
At 31,000 feet over Thule Greenland a B52 commander fell from the aircraft during an electrical repair attempt. The escape hatch was jettisoned accidentally and the identity of the fallen pilot was withheld pending next of kin confirmation. Co-pilot Lt. William B. Gilchrist of Buena Vista Iowa and Maj. Franklin C. Trumpeter Beaver PA were aboard as the plane landed safely at Thule after a Westover to Greenland training mission.
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Westover
Junus Base
Mass
Air Force
Thule
Greenland
99Th Bombardment Wing
William B. Gilchrist
Buena Vista
Towa
Franklin C. Trumpeter
Beaver
Miniature United Nations at area high school
Seven foreign exchange students visited the high school as guests of the school. Among them were Lennart Hammarberg of Sweden Corry’s exchange student. The girls in the photo include Wanda Tonkin of Australia and Helen My Angelaki, with other attendees from area schools.
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United “Navy
Ares High
United” Nations
Toal School
Lennart Hammarberg
Swedén
Corry
Wandy Tonkin
Australia
Helen My Angelaki
Glenn Family Holds Reunion After Space Flight Welcome
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Lt Col John H Glenn Jr and his wife Anna 41 and children David 16 Lyn 14 enjoyed a private reunion this weekend after public acclaim for the space mission. The family appeared relaxed and praised for simple kindness as Glenn shared stories of the voyage prior to the Arlington homecoming.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn Sal
Anna
David
Lyn
America
Arlington
Giéin
Glenn
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Glenn Returns From Mercury Mission At Cape Canaveral
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. ends a three month public spotlight with a triumphant return to Cape Canaveral and Pad 14. His family waits as Cocoa Beach students cheer. The nation follows newsmen lights and television coverage.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
United States
Pad 14
Mercury Control
Cocoa Beach
Anna
Patrick Air Force Base
Lyn
David
Police on alert after Torrington teacher firing
Police in Falconer issued a precautionary alert amid rumors of vandalism or demonstrations following the firing of High School Coach Herbert Torrington. Police Chief Ross Runfola said no concrete incidents or requests for social protection existed, but officers should stay vigilant as tensions rise and the school board prepares to state its position. A leading opponent warned of potential unrest if the board acts, while unconfirmed reports suggested actions by citizens, students, or teachers.
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Falconer
Herbert
Torrington
Ross Runfola
Board of Education
Runfola
Citizens’ Group
Citizens
Boy Loses Leg In Freight Train Incident At Tracks
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a 13 year old boy Neil Ross was found Friday night with his left leg severed between the knee and hip lying beside Jersey Central Railroad tracks. Police say a 60 car freight train ran him over. he was admitted in serious condition to Wilkes Bar General Hospital.
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Wikes-Barre
Jersey Central
Neil Ross
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Carbon Monoxide Kills Pa Father Son Revived
In Pennsylvania a man named Edgar Myer, 30, died from carbon monoxide fumes after being found at the wheel of his car in a garage. His four year old son Steven was unconscious, but policemen revived him by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Myer was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital after responders responded to the fume filled scene.
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Hmvissown
Edgar Myer
Myer
Steven
4 Hospital
You Could Call This A Smoke Ring
Nassau police questioned cruise ship crewman Basil Roland Peetes over a tiara ring found on shore. The ring, a dummy, concealed 24 pounds of marijuana. Peetes, a St Kitts native living in Santo Domingo, was sentenced to two months in jail and fined 100 pounds on marijuana possession charges.
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Nassau
Binns
Basil Roland Peetes
Peetes
Erie Firm Seeks To Eliminate WICU TV Channel
Great Lakes Television of Erie seeks FCC action to redraw channel allocations across Erie Olean City Sharon Butler Clymer and Jamestown. Proposed changes delete WICU channel 12 for Erie delete several other UHF and VHF channels and add new ones forcing Corry viewers to use adapters or cable.
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Great Lakes Television “Co
Erie
Corry TV
Erie Telecasting Company
WSEE
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Oi! City
Sharon
Butler
Clymer
Jamestown
WICU
Corry
Corry Cable Co
Great Lakes Television Co
PCC
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