Gun Blast Spurs Hearing For Wattsburg Man
Joseph Griffin of Wattsburg was released on $1,000 bond for a January 10 hearing after a Saturday night shooting outside his home. State Police say Griffin fired a shotgun into the ground at Erie resident Steve Vargo during a beer dispute. Vargo remains hospitalized with pellet wounds. Griffin faces aggravated assault and battery charges. he says Vargo advanced with a tire iron.
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Wattsburg
Joseph Griff
R. D
Arthur A. Moore
Lawrence Park
Griffin
Steve Vargo
Erie
Vargo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ronald Lococo
Lococo
Two Men Nabbed After Central Bank Holdup in Pittsburgh
AP reports two young men were arrested after a New Year’s Eve holdup of Mellon National Bank on Stanwix Street. Kenneth Owens Jr., 19, was found with a thigh wound at his North Side home and hospitalized in fair condition. Ronald Brown, 25, was arrested in Homewood. A third suspect remains sought as $2,500 was taken. Owens faced another case for a jewelry store theft last September.
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Pittsburgh
Kenneth Owens, Jr
North Side
Ronald Brown
Homewood
Brown
Owens
Stanwix Street
Mellon Nationial Bank
Sam Aer
Pat
Westmoreland Named Time Man of the Year 1965
NEW YORK AP Gen William C Westmoreland commander in Viet Nam is Time Magazine's 1965 Man of the Year. Time bases the choice on dominating the news and leaving an indelible mark for good in history. The selection was announced Sunday.
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New York
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Time Magazine
Time
Westmoreland
Phone Bill To Be Less Thanks To Tax Cut
General Telephone customers will save about 1 766 000 annually as the federal excise tax on telephone service drops from ten to three percent starting January 1. The law begins a phased repeal with further one percent cuts on January 1 in 1967 1963 and 1989 until total elimination. The tax applies to local and long distance service and some business lines are also exempted.
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Congress
Johnson
General Telephone
Veterans Protest War To Viet Nam Veterans
A group of about 56 veterans who fought in prior wars marched to the Gettysburg battlefield to protest U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. They carried signs demanding a halt to American participation and there were no incidents.
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Letrysbung
Gettysburg
U.S
Viet Nam
Students End Peace Fast in Cathedral Vigil
Pittsburgh AP report notes Charles R. Strain a 23 year old from Duquesne University and John Robinson 28 from Ohio State University ended a seven day peace vigil. They sat in St. Pauls Cathedral from Christmas Day to New Years Day eating only bread and water with no ill effects. Presley H. McCance former president of Duquesne Light Co died Friday at 72 and funeral services set for Shadyside tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Charles R. Strain
Duquesne University
John Robinson
Ohio State University
Viet Nam
St. Paul’s
McCance
Shadyside
Presley H. McCance
Duquesne Light Co
S Hospital
Fire destroys trailer leaving Wattsburg family homeless
In Wattsburg a family of eight escaped injury when an oil stave exploded and fire destroyed their trailer about a half mile north of Lowville. Edward Billsworth and his wife and six children were evacuated at 1:30 p.m. Firefighters could not save the trailer. The family sought emergency quarters with relatives as Wattsburg volunteers collect food and clothing for them.
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Wattsburg
Lowville
Edward Billsworth
Ellsworths
Ellsworth
Clarabelle Allen
Area Couple Died From Carbon Monoxide In Mud
Clarence and Arbuela Vegas, both 44, of Franklin, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after their car bogged down in mud on a rural Cornplanter Township road eight miles south of Titusville. Police say the exhaust was clogged, they tried to free the vehicle, then waited for help before succumbing to fumes.
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Tetusville
Venango County
Clarence
Arbuela Vegas
Franklin
Cornplanter Township
Here
Maurice Dinberg
Bank Christmas Club Interest To Be Proposed
New York banks would have to pay interest on Christmas Club and similar accounts under suggested bills by Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz. Surveys show about 500 banks hold Christmas club deposits totaling near 300 million dollars, with only 14 percent paying interest. One bill would apply to balances of 200 dollars or more, the other without a minimum. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for William B. Freeland, 62, a state deputy adjutant general during the Leader and Lawrence administrations, who died Saturday in Halivax Pennsylvania.
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Albany
Atty
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
New York
Freeland
Halivax
William B. Freeland
Lawrence
Dauphin County
Husband Killed Widow Sues For $800,000
Mrs. Charles Grove of Franklin filed in Erie Federal Court seeking 800000 in damages after her husband, a carpenter for a contractor for Venango Savings and Loan Association, was killed when the Exchange Hotel wall collapsed on June 28. The suit names multiple defendants including Klapec and Sabol Construction Co and local officials. The claim includes 450000 for wrongful death and 350000 for survival. Trial tentatively set for May term.
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Franklin
Old Exchange Hotel
Charles Grove
Franklin, R.D. 1
Erie
Robert T. Grannis
Sara
Venango Federal Savings and Loan Association
J. Bernard Klapec
Oil City
Andrew Sabol
Union City
Klapec and Sabol Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Allan H. Cohen
Grove
WFSLA
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