City Department to collect Christmas trees beginning Monday
The streets department, via public works supervisor Carl Hixson, will start picking up discarded Christmas trees on Monday. Trees should be placed between the sidewalk and curb in front of homes. Also noted were funeral services for Thomas McMahon in Westfield, N Y, and several police incidents including stray dogs, a curfew violation, and a cat with a studded collar.
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City Streets
Carl Hixson
Hixson
Westfield
Thomas McMahon
Mr. McMahon
Corry
Sheridan
N.Y
Charles P. Donahue
Greenville
Greenville Meadville
SS Michael's Roman Catholic Church
Osborne Funeral Home
Judge Upholds Death Penalty For Three Teens
A Dauphin County panel refused new trials for three Pittsburgh teenagers Sharon Wingins Foster Tarver and Samuel Barlow all 18 who pleaded guilty to a December 1968 bank holdup murder. The court ruled the killings were first degree murder and upheld the death sentences.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Dauphin County
Sharon M. Wingins
Foster Leo Tarver
Samuel Barlow
Carl B. Shelley
Dison Herman
William W. Lipsitt
Party Politics Scramble First Chettagua County Board Meet
The Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors re elected incumbent Chairman Richard C. Evans in a party line vote at the organizational meeting. The new board stands 24 Republicans and 18 Democrats. The meeting adjournment attempts, the creation of salaried leaders, and the appointments of County Auditor Richard F. Frank and County Attorney Sumour Rollman highlighted partisan tensions amid debates on cronyism and political influence.
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Mayville
N.Y
Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors
Richard C. Evans
Ellery
Fivans
Klantone
Frank W. Bratt
Demoocrat
Joseph Gerace
Ngorenetieul
Gerace
Jamestown
Theodore Wimmerstedt
Erie County
William Arrison
Lakewood
John Foster Dunkirk
R. Theodore Smith
Alison
GOP
Daniel
Lincoln
Dunkirk
Anthony di Russo
Smith
Richard F. Frank
Wilmerstedt
William White
Winnerstedt
White
Chautauqua County
Immerstedt
Sumour Rollman
Sears Cuts Mail Order Prices 5 10 Percent
Sears Roebuck and Co cuts hundreds of items in its 1970 spring summer catalogue to ease inflation for customers. Most price cuts run 5 to 10 percent with some discounts over 25 percent. Ward says 80 percent of its prices are equal or lower after comparison. Millions of copies of both books are being distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Pittsburgh Firm Buys Corry Office
Moore Leonard Lynch Inc of Pittsburgh announced the January 2 1970 acquisition of Reynolds and Sumpany Corry investment office. George Orcutt will represent the firm in Corry with 10 other branches supported by Pittsburgh headquarters. The firm offers research trading pension and municipal bond services.
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Pittsburgh
Moore, Leonard & Lynch, Inc
Corrynvestment
Reynolds and Sumpany
Moore, Leonard & Lynch
Western Pennsylvania
New York Stock Exchange
Thomas Lynch II
Moore
Eonard & Lynch
Reynold
Warren
State College
George N. Orcutt
Corry
Lynch
Shapp cites GOP ambition over tax needs in Pennsylvania
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Wilton Shapp accused Republican legislators of prioritizing personal ambitions over tax reform and criticized Gov. Shafer for failing to advance a full tax package. He warned the state faces revenue shortfalls and potential loss of 4100 million if the 1969 tax plan cannot be retroactive. Shapp commended Democratic lawmakers for efforts toward a workable tax program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wilton Shapp
Shafer
Commonwealth
Shapp
Plane Repaired Hijackers Continue Flight To Cuba
A Brazilian airliner hijacked by five revolutionaries landed in Panama after remaining grounded in Lima for 27 hours due to mechanical trouble. The hijackers intended to refuel in Panama and continue to Cuba, escorting two young children of a Brazilian comrade detained at home. The plane, a Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle, carried 23 passengers and 7 crew.
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Panama
Cuba
Lima
Peru
Havana
Brazil
Silvio Eduardo de Carvalho Froes
Palmares
Evolutionary
Var Palmares
Montivideo
Uruguay
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Argentine
Antofagasta
Chile
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Southern Cross
Westinghouse Raises Prices on Major Home Appliances
Westinghouse Electric Corp announces price increases on cooking ranges laundry equipment and refrigerators due to higher manufacturing costs and labor rates. The hikes range from three to five percent depending on model and appliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
R. J. Sargent
Sargent
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Lester Gray
West Bond Street
Loblaw's
Lottie Henry
West South Street
Lucy Bloss
Wayne Street
Larry Dillinger
Titusville
Dillinger
Robert Weber
Grampian
Meadville Redevelopment Authority
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Water Street
Frank Wagner
Wagner
Oil City
George D. Loebetena
Loebetena
Oil
City Hospital
City
L. Gates & Sons
West Fox Trac
Chettagua County Board
Bloomin’ Lily
Roberts Furniture and
Columbus
N. Main St
Union City
Rossin
Frank’s
Jamestown Business College
Fairmont Ave
N. Y
Corry Savings & Loan
North Center Street
I. S. Corporation
Brentwood Professional
Glenstone
Springfield
Missouri
Ars
Richasford
Chris Ter
Familer
Ger of
Mrs
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