Jamestown suit over false arrest seeks damages
The mother of 18 year old Douglas Bush sues Jamestown for $5,000 claiming her son was held 40 days in jail on a burglary charge that was later dropped. Other local items include traffic charges, a fatal heart attack, juror panels, divorce decree, YMCA board elections, and community notices from Corry and surrounding areas. The report covers municipal cases, court actions, and upcoming community events with several named individuals and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Douglas Bush
Forty Livestock Die In Meadeville Area Barn Fire
In Meadville area a barn fire killed forty animals on the Donald Hotchkiss farm near Saegertown. Thirty dairy heifers and ten pigs perished as firemen fought the blaze, saved grass silo stock, and battled through late afternoon flames. One pig survived and a heifer had to be shot due to severe burns. The barn, part of a Hotchkiss partnership with Charles Wetsell and Kenneth Mook, was insured with no early cause determined. Randy Hotchkiss, 10, spotted the fire around 4 15 p.m. near Venango Saegertown Road about ten miles from Venango.
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Meadville
Donald Hotchkiss
R. D
Saegertown
Venango- Saegertown
Venango
Cambridge Springs
Randy Hotchkiss
Joss
Hotchkiss
Charles Wetsell
Kenneth Mook
Youth in car race cleared in five deaths crash
In Pittsburgh AP report Michael J. Cassidy Allegheny County chief deputy coroner ruled the deaths accidental. Stanley Odoski Jr. 18 Wentworth Mifflin was freed as his car was not touched in the crash. Witnesses said his car raced another car that struck an oncoming vehicle December 2. Two occupants in the speeding car died and three in the other car perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Michael J. Cassidy
Allegheny County
Stanley Odoski Jr
Went Mifflin
Odoski
Ohio Boy 16 to Die in Chair for Murder
Painesville Ohio AP Fred Esherick 16 is to die in the electric chair May 15 for the bayonet slaying of his father last May. The former Painesville Harvey High School sophomore was convicted of first degree murder Dec 6 without mercy, making the death penalty automatic. The jury also found him guilty of assault with intent to kill his mother, Mrs. Aldona Esherick, who testified that he stabbed his father. Esherick questioned whether his adoptive parents were truly his.
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Painesville, Ohio
Pye
Fred M.esherick Jr
Esherick
Lake County
Painesville Harvey High School
Aldona S. Esherick
Fred Dr
Gets Probation For 66 Stabbing In Union City
Pattison, formerly of Union City, received two years probation after pleading no defense to assault with intent to kill for stabbing his estranged wife in 1986. The attack used three knives and occurred in Union City. His former wife Sarah bell F. Pattison, Union City, survived the multiple wounds and Pattison was sentenced by Judge Thomas W. Barber in Erie County court after being moved to Las Vegas.
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Stoyd Pattison
Union City
Pattison
Las Vegas
Sarah Bell F. Pattison
Thomas W. Barber
Erie County
Controversial Battleship Commander Reassigned to Shore Duty
Capt Richard G Alexander 45 who would have led the New Jersey to Vietnam was reassigned to the First Naval District in Boston as assistant chief of staff for naval operations after requesting reassignment. Capt Joseph E Snyder Jr takes command of the New Jersey the cruiser Arnheiter case sparked scrutiny over leadership and judgment within the Navy.
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Philadelphia
Alexander
Arnheiter
San Francisco
Vietnam
Navy
Paul Ignatius
U.S. Navy
The
New York Times
Fire destroys Normandie Retirement Club hotel in Philadelphia
More than 350 residents left homeless after a seven story fire. Emergency shelters opened across the city with aid from Divine Tracy Hotel English House University of Pennsylvania nursing residence and armory. Mayor Tate coordinated relief as offers of clothing, beds, food and medical help poured in from hospitals churches and charities.
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Philadelphia
Normandie Retirement Club
Divine Tracy
Normandie
English House
University of Pennsylvania
James H. J. Tate
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Saint Bernadettes Nursing
Home For
Atlantic
Powell Says Congress Cuts Away At Rights Gains
Los Angeles AP report on Adam Clayton Powell criticizing Congress after his expulsion, vowing to tour Watts and speak on the black revolution. He faces arrest on contempt for a libel judgment, plans lectures at UCLA and other universities, and aims to challenge Congress and the courts legally.
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Powell
Congress
Los Angeles
Adam Clayton Powell
House of Representatives
United States
Bahamas
Watts
All My Soul Brothers
New York
Harlem
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Miami
Boston
Bimini
Edward Bennett Williams
University of California At
University of Michigan
Duke
University of Florida
Britain blanketed by heavy snow halts Big Ben and travel
Britain faced a six inch snow and ice cover halting Big Ben at 6 28 a m and delaying rail and road traffic across 45 counties. Snow depth reached a foot closing London Airport and diverting international flights. Workers restarted the clock at 10 10 a m as heavy rains and wind threatened floods in the west. A commuter train reached Charing Cross by 8 a m and cars were abandoned across major roads. Edwin Lewis Dunham longtime producer of the Voice of Firestone on NBC radio died at 70 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Big Ben
Frankfurt
Germa
New York
Edwin Lewis Dunham
NBC
Dunham
Directors Hire Three Teachers At Mid-Term
Directors of the vorry Area School Jointure approved the hiring of Ronald E. Franks Robert R. Fontana andMiss Joyce Chisholm. Franks from California State College native of Edinboro will teach high school math replacing Elnora Wood salary 5100 prorated. Fontana from Edinboro State College native of Edinboro will replace Moonyean Devine as sixth grade teacher at Wright School starting salary 5100 prorated. Chisholm from North Allegheny Edinboro graduate will teach elementary grades at Lacoste Elementary near New Orleans salary 5100 prorated.
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Vorry
Moonyean Devine
Wright School
Miss Chisholm
North Allegheny
Lacoste
New Orleans
Edinboro
Brant studies explore class length flexibility and curriculum links
The board heard about experiments in adjusting class period lengths and how these tie into broader curriculum reform. Leroy Peck, principal, toured curriculum leaders in Harrisburg and discussed vocational training findings with directives. Ann Baressi reported higher academic achievement among Corry students, exceeding national averages and near Erie County levels.
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Brant
Leroy Peck
Elsen
Peck
State Department of Public Instruction
Harrisburg
Ann Baressi
Corry
Erie County
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Taylor's Jewelry
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Carl Chillock
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John Chillock
Snyder Circle
Lagerne County
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County Court
Betty Beckwith
Bear Lake
Clarence A. Baker
Spring Creek
Gerald C. Crosby
Mary Gincolt
Columbus Township
Fred 5. Bayer
Velma Dalrymple Scott
Pittsfield
Ward C. VanGuilder
Edgar Davis
RD. 1
Davis
James Scouten
Spartansburg
Spartansburg-Corry
Justice of the Peace
Justin Butters
Scouten
Corry Memorial Hospital
Patricia A. Titeh
R.D. 1
Columbus
Russell Titeh
West Church Street
Clymer
R.C. McLaughlin
First Methodist Church
Marlin Klingensmith
Dobbs Corners
Excelsior Full Gospel
Erie
Robert Kelleher
Helen Nicely
Pioneer Steam and Gas Engine Society
Pennsylvania
Guys Mills
Shaw
Jean Simmons van Johnson
Technicolor
Sidney Poitier
Clavelus
Ohio
Jenn
Air
Craig G. Hyer
P E.D
Ilo
Corry Journals
Shamburg‘s
Minnick’s
Felver
Nichols
Al's
Dodd's Farm Dairy
Ficcardi’s
Morris
Stutzman‘s
Palmer‘s
Tate's Gulf
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Benis
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Bob Church
IGA
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Sorry Savings and Loan
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