Police seek 200 more troopers to ease strain on state force
The Corry Journal reports Commissioner Frank G. McCartney asking for 200 additional state police members to be authorized by the legislature next January. The plan would add two more troopers at each of 98 stations, expanding duties that include investigations, peacekeeping, warrants, licenses, and highway safety tasks. Radar usage is urged to reduce fatalities while arrests remain scarce.
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Frank G. McCartney
MacCartney
Altoona Mirror
Erie County Voters Face Purge Over Inactivity
Erie County voters will be purged this week for not voting in two years. Registrar Alexander Madyer notes mailed notices allow reinstatement by returning a stamped card. An estimated 1,600 may retain registration. others must visit the Registration Office before March 27 to vote in the primary.
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Erie County
Alexander
Sandy) Madyer
Maclyer
MacIvor
Young Chiefs Rise Fast in Industry and Politics
New York AP notes a surge of leaders under 50 in government and business. Figures include Robert S. McNamara at 44 becoming Ford president and defense secretary nominee, Norman E. Alexander at 46 leading Sun Chemical, and other rising executives from Itek Corp to Hawthorne Aviation. The piece highlights rapid climbs, entrepreneurial paths, and the mix of youth with executive power across sectors.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Ioser
Nixon
Robert S. McNamara
Qiil
Ford Motors
Youme
Porminghe Tomire
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Oer
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Ford
Clls
Norman E. Alexander
Sun Chemical
Ansbacher- Slegte
Sears
Alexander Wisi
KXLY
Spokane
Wash
el Paso
Texas
Cinemat
Ohio
Miles B. Lane
Citizens’ and Southern National Bank
Atlanta
Stel Worth
Richard Leghorn
Itek Corp
Waltham, Mass
Henry Albrecht
Waco-Porter Corp
Minneapolis
Beverly Howard
Hawthorne Aviation
Feh
Ed White
Bowmar Instrument
Fort Wayne
Ind
Corry Briefs Highlight Crime, Sports and Local Notes
Yesterday's Memories of Corry recalls Howard Hopson's five year sentence on 17 counts of fraud as his tilities empire collapsed. A Corry youth, Khlat Daye, 45, faces selective service act charges. In sports, Jack Kinney scored a late field goal to lift Gary High over Girard High on the Edinboro floor. Raleigh H. VanTassel wins a third term as Corry Rod and Gun Club president. William Knowlton says the 20 piece Corry High pep band will perform in the Twelfth Night program if weather allows. Robert E Brown resigns his commission in Company A prompting permanent changes in the Gr Lennization.
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Jack Kinney
Beaver
Gary High
Girard High School
Edinboro College
Raleigh H. VanTassel
Corry Rod and Gun Club
William Knowlton
Corry
Titusville Man Hurt As Auto Hits Pole and Rolls
Titusville man David N. Yost, 32, of Titusville, was injured Saturday when his car ran off Route 8 four and a half miles south of Titusville, struck a Pennsylvania Electric Co. utility pole, and rolled over, coming to rest upside down. He was admitted to Titusville Hospital with possible injuries.
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Velusville
David N. Yost
Tittsville
Titusville
Pennylvania Electric Co
Frost
Tinsville
Fire Levels Home in McKean, Four Residents Absent
A McKean two story frame house was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin yesterday while its four occupants were at church. Owner John Farrell and his mother Mrs Myrtle Farrell were listed, one man was injured with minor burns. Fire crews from McKean West Ridge West Lake and Lake Shore battled flames for almost six hours.
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Mckean
John Dylewski
John Farrell
Myrtle Farrell
Treman
Ronald Stuck
Fire Department
Red Cross
Dytewski
West Ridge
West Lake
Lake Shore
Shenango Valley Forms Plant Drive to Raise $50000
Shenango area residents organize the Shenango Valley Industrial Development Corp to launch a spring bond sale drive for $50,000 to aid industrial growth. Bonds will be $125 each, with $100 par value at 2 percent interest repayable in 20 years and a $25 donation for working capital.
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Meadville
Avsuen
Shenango Valley
Shenango Valley Industrial Development Corp
Pralvkky
Frost
Cherrytte
Titusville
Veterans honor at Lafayette Park amid locked gate and prank wreath
A humorous American humor page item describes Harris placing a wreath on a spike after climbing a locked Lafayette Park gate near Andrew Jackson’s statue in Washington. The piece riffs on feigned news, jokes about ears and telephones, submarines, elephants, and travel tricks, ending with a quip about snow and poetry.
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Nashville
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Lafayette Park
Hal Boyle Americana: moths, meals, and misprints
New York based Hal Boyle essays trivia from mail and daily life. Notable items include moths devouring fabrics, a 1834 Delmonico bill of fare, a Scotland village named Peace and Plenty, and fires damaging churches. A note on astigmatism and a quip about growing children’s feet closes the column.
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Delmontco's
Eugene O'Neill
Scotland
U.S
Alexander Graham Bell
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