Cancer Drive Head Named In County
Morris G. Berenstain is named 1968 Cancer Crusade General Chairman by Erie County Unit of the American Cancer Society. A retired Isaac Baker & Sons Clothiers employee and Waddell and Reed representative, he led the 1967 Special Gifts phase to a record high and plans to place educational material in 50 000 homes urging seven warning signals and regular check ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lee Tarno Jr
Erie County
American Cancer Society
Morris G. Berenstain
Cancer Crusade
Berenstain
Isaac Baker & Sons Clothiers
Waddell and Reed, Inc
United Funds
Erie
Tenth Street Temple
Rose
Glenwood Park Ave
Erie County Unit
ACS
Convention Compromises To Put Judge Selection To Voters
Harrisburg AP The Constitutional Convention adopts a compromise to let voters decide how to choose state judges. A 108-37 vote endorses placing a merit selection question on the 1969 Primary ballot, with governor appointments from a list of 10 to 20 nominees and Senate confirmation not required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Senate
Gustave G. Amsterdam
Philadelphia
Judiciary Committee
Frank J. Pasquerilla
Cambria County
Pasquerilla
Jeng
Corry teachers seek day off amid pay dispute vote
The Corry school board debated granting a day off for teachers amid pay demands. Of 197 paid members, 92 attended the meeting when the vote occurred. Legal opinions cited potential firing or probation if no day off is granted, while directors warned of protecting students’ calendar and harmony. Some directors favored allowing Harrisburg action with substitutes paid by PSEA, but the idea was tabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKnight
McKnight
John Mohr
Jointure
Pittsburgh
Ray Elsen
Clifford Buesink
Corry
William Kafferlin
Spring Creek
Kafferlin
Kurtzman
PSEA
Harrisburg
Capitol
Bizarre Mishap Kills Greenville Area Woman
A 31 year old Greenville area woman Lyrel Jan Leox died after a car train collision near Greenville. The Erie Lackawanna line struck the stalled vehicle as the driver Robert G. Miller and Leox attempted to flee. Leox suffered fatal head injuries and was pronounced dead at Youngstown hospital. The Mercer County accident prompted state officials to report a March draft quota rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Greenville
Leox
Youngtown Hospital
Court Bars Eviction of Clarion Coeds
PITTSBURGH AP The rent strike by Clarion State College coeds prompted a judge to block eviction for now. Judge Arthur Wessel Jr. denied Arenze Inc plea for injunction to eject nonpaying residents from Shafer Hall North, while moving up a hearing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Clarion State College
Arthur Wessel Jr
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Arenze, Inc
Monroeville
Shafer Hall North
Wessel
Max H. Homer
Arenze
Homer
Clarion
Questionable meningitis outbreak reported at Warren County hospital
Believe zet 48 a resident psychiatrist died Saturday night from the disease. Two male patients have it and two more may be infected, hospital aides said. Dr Williams, for the hospital, said the institution is unlikely to spread into Warren County and surrounding areas. Physicians know which medicines prevent meningitis and who needs them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Robert Israel
Warren County
Warren
Israel
State Milk Head Admits Farmers Not Making Money
Harrisburg AP report says Pennsylvania dairy farmers may not be getting a fair return on milk. State Milk Control Commission chair J Lin Huber defended the agency at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. He sought 000,000 dollars for fiscal 1968 69 amid questions on the commission’s 11 year effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Milk Control Commission
J. Lin Huber
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Ernest P. Kline
Beaver County
Huber
Ohio
John K. Tabor
Internal Affairs
Tabor
Department of Internal Affairs
Firemen Pension Funds Sought to Equalize with Police Plans
Firemen seek to raise pension fund investments to match police benefits, with about $60,000 involved. Victor Dempsey, board member, led a petition urging out-of-state funds be brought to Corry and invested locally. Police Pension Board had pursued a similar move last summer, underlining tensions over pension equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Dempsey
Tetter
Corry
Police Pension Board
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Bruce W. Kauffman
Montgomery County
Ments
William W. Scranton
Robert P. Casey
Lackawanna County
David H. Kurtzman
Journal Daily
Jeep
Jerry Hoyt, Inc
Columbus, Pa
Wagoneer
Jeep Universal
Jeep’ Universal
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
Greenville Area
State Selective Service
Commonwealth
Clarion Coeds
Raymond Manufacturing Division
Associated Spring Corporation
Whittlesey Cup
Raymond
East Pleasant
South Center Streets
Marine National Bank
Marine Bank
Corry, PA
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