DC Crime Reaches New High
Washington crime rose to a 1969 peak with murder rape and robbery up since 1963. Officers blame Court rulings Escobedo Miranda bail reform and lax docketing for delays. Bank robberies fell in 1969 but officials urge Congress and House action on crime control wiretaps and warrants.
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Washington
Congress
Jerry ¥. Wilson
Supreme Court
Escobedo
Wilson
Nixon
Senate
House
Snowfall Here Edges Above 100 Inch Mark
Corry sees over 100 inches of snow this season with 68 inches in December bringing the total to 95 inches by month end and a 1.34 inch add today. City crews struggle as a failed snow blower two weeks ago forces reliance on rentals and a highlift, slowing removal beyond one night.
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Corry
Richard Mountain
David Johnson
Johnson
Movie Camera Films Real Stabbing Death
Oakland sheriff says a professional movie company filmed the final stabbing of Meredith Hunter, 18, during a Rolling Stones concert last month. The footage, shot at the group's request by a New York based producers, may provide the first real lead in the case. The sheriff will review the reels to determine identification prospects.
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Oakland
Calif
Frank Madigan
Madigan
Meredith Hunter
Berkeley
New York
Hunter
Corry Hits New High in 1969 Building Permits
Corry building activity for 1969 topped the 1.5 million dollar mark with total permits at 1,575,570. Major boosts came from Route 6 Bypass plaza 500,000 West Smith Street plaza 350,000 and Presbyterian Church 350,000. New housing dropped to eight permits 139,500 while city police building reached 60,000. housing study under way with federal state support and a 1.50 per employee levy.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Firestone
Shady Avennue
First Presbyterian Church
Route 6
West Smith Street
Presbyterian Church
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Corry Area
Critics Say Pollution Fight Lacks Needed Tools
Washington AP Critics charge President Nixon’s push to curb pollution faces blunt tools and broken handles. A Democratic Study Group report says federal efforts are scattered, under funded, and largely ineffective, claiming no national environment policy exists and public protection remains weak.
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Washington
Nixon
Democratic Study Group
House
Snowmobile Bill Nears Approval in Pennsylvania Senate
Pennsylvania House Bill 23 to regulate snowmobiles advances out of committee with a $6 registration, required lights, horn and muffler, speed limits and intoxicated driving bans. It moves to a Senate third reading before potential signature by Gov. Shafer.
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Harrisburg
House
Pennsylvania
Senate
Forest Hopkins
Raymond Shafer
Parents Drop Lunacy Charge Against Son
John Perch, 21, a member of the Children of God, was released from Harris County Psychiatric Clinic after his parents in Pittsburgh dropped lunacy charges. He plans to return to Pennsylvania with them. The family said he refused cataract surgery due to religious beliefs.
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Houston, Tex
Children of God
Harris County
John Perch
Michael Perch
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Perches
Perch
U S Hitters Implicated in National Gambling Ring Probe
Detroit AP report details a 24 man federal grand jury probe into a nationwide gambling conspiracy. Investigations yielded wagering records, slips, and money, implicating sports figures including Dizzy Dean and others across baseball and football, with arrests in Michigan and Las Vegas.
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Detroit
U S
James H. Brickley
Jerome
Dizzy
Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Michigan
Las Vegas
Brickley
Phoenix
Ariz
Fritz Lindstrom
Birmingham
Donald J. Dawson
James E. Ritchie
U.S
United States
Ritchie
Government weighs changes to balance draft quotas nation wide
Draft officials consider modifying monthly manpower calls to local boards to ensure uniform lottery number calls across states. The plan would preserve annual proportional quotas while allowing month to month deviations to keep boards at similar lottery positions, though no definite action is planned yet.
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Washington
Defense Department
Own
Pentagon
National Selective Service Headquarters
Historians Prophets? End of Corry Train Era Nears
In Corry Pennsylvania the long era of passenger trains faces ending as Erie Lackawanna plans to drop two NYC to Chicago services. Supreme Court denied a stay. trains 5 and 6 pass Meadville Corry Sharon Greenville in PA. A 78-year-old woman, Hannah Russell, dies from injuries from a December car collision.
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Corry
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Ruamer
Washington
Supreme Court
Polter Stewart
Erie
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
Chicago
Ohio Public Utility Commission
Stewart
Interstate Commerce Commission
PUC
AALS
PAC
Meadville
Sharon
Greenville
Pennsylvania
Mckeesport
Hannah Russel
Elizabeth
Negro Soldier Buried in Formerly White Cemetery
In Birmingham a Black Vietnam veteran, Jerry “Pfe” Bill Forry, is reinterred today in Elmwood Cemetery after his mother and his wife obtained a court order. The family chose a plot near his boyhood home as Father Farrell, the church pastor, supported their lawsuit seeking equal burial rights. The scene reflects a broader fight over access to burial grounds and racial segregation in cemetery contracts.
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Airmingham
Ala
Pfe
Bill ‘Forry
Vietnam
Burhl Plo
Our Lady of Pathan Borean Catholic Church
Alb Negra Shadow Lawn
Eugene Warrell ‘Ferry
Southlawn
Elmwood
Cametery
Tney
Father Farrell
Jerry
Uni One
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Endsley
Appropriations
Council On Environmental Quality
Leonard Farbstein
D-N.y
DSG
U.S. Government
Squaw Valley
Hans Vor Norde
van Norde
Devi
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Great Western Railroads
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