Meadville Kindergarten Listed In 1962 63 Budget
Meadville area school directors approved a public kindergarten program for the 1962 63 budget after a long debate. Five of seven directors supported inclusion, while transportation concerns and initial start up costs drew opposition from two directors and 225 signers of a letter calling the plan discriminatory without transportation.
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Meadville
Meadville Area
Abot
Parent-Teacher Association
H Is
Thone
East End
Jaywalkers Look For Grief In Titusville
Titusville city council approved a mayoral recommendation to enact or enforce anti jaywalking legislation. The matter was referred to City Solicitor Joni S. Kookd key for action.
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Titusville
Vn Tus Vinus
C. M. Sonne
Joni S. Kookdkey
Sonne
1604 Lancaster Governor seals a royal grant text
A formal colonial note records a free and clear grant reserving only the fifth part of all gold and silver ore for the Commonwealth. The document bears the great seal at Lancaster dated the fifth day of July, 1604, signed by Governor M M Thompson.
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Lancaster
Commonwealth
M.M. Thompson
Old Crawford County land grant deed reveals historic PA sacrifice
A weathered Sheepskin Corryite document documents a 1785 land grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Mary Swain widow of Edward Swain for 250 acres in Donation District No. 6 Crawford County. Signed by Governor Thomas McKean, the deed notes Lancaster as state capital in 1804 and traces the grant from Edward Swain to Mary Swain and heirs.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Edward Swain
Russell Graham
Corry Peat Products Co
West Columbus Avenue
Graham
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Ransfers
Thomas McKean
Young Commonwealth
Lancaster
Commonwealth of
Donation
Post
Bexin
General Assembly
Mary Swain
Mary Rockhill
Mary Madden
Erie County Plans Boost for Director Capotis and staff
Erie County increases pay for planning director Christopher Capotis to 105,900 with a 2,400 raise approved by the County Salary Board. The move, recommended by the Planning Commission, boosts salaries in the Planning Office including draftsman John Karp to 4,824.
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Erie
Christopher Capotis
Aise
Erie County Planning Conmission
Capotis
John Kar
Franklin Gl Shoots Self In Barracks
Private Paul H Shaffer 24 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Shaffer of Franklin Minnesota died by self inflicted gunshot in the basement of Unit Headquarters Fort Myer Arlington Virginia. Body found 11:65 PM by Special Agent John Gutaman. Medical examiner says wound occurred about 10 minutes earlier. Shaffer entered service last August and had four notes. no reason given. He attended Franklin High School class of 1955 and worked at General Manifold and Printing before enlistment. He shipped from Pittsburgh to Washington after weekend home visit. Funeral plans in Franklin being arranged by family.
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Paul H Styler
Paul C. Shaffer
Myer
Army
Py Shaffer
Third Infantry
Port Myer
Washington, D.C
John Gutaman
Unit
Steven Sheery
Arlington
Pvt
Shaffer
Fort Myer
Franklin High School
General Manifold and Printing Co
Fort Knox
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Fort, Myer
Schaffer
Pittsburgh
Washington
Rial Shaffer
Washington, DC
Franklin
Derailment in Harmarville Damages PRR Train Cars Locomotives
A Pennsyl vania Railroad derailment in Harmarville damaged 20 flat cars four locomotives and 33 piggyback trailers costing 661000 dollars in total. A PRR spokesman confirmed the loss and noted the incident occurred Sunday causing significant property damage.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Harmarville
Army Moves to Streamline Ordnance and Staff Units
Washington reports the Army plans a major reorganization to consolidate ordnance, quartermaster, and other technical services under two new commands. The general staff will shed some planning duties while training operations shift to Continental Army Command. The changes, awaiting Kennedy’s approval, aim to boost efficiency without altering combat structure. Aimed at creating Material Development and Logistics Command and Combat Developments Command to oversee equipment needs and procurement.
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Continental Army Command
Army
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Army Planners
Combat Developments Command
Two GOP Aides Quit Erie Advisory Committee
Two members of the 1961 Erie County GOP campaign committee resign from the FORD advisory panel in Erie to comply with EFFORT policy forbidding political office candidates from membership. C. G. Coughlin and A. F. Sampson left. Sampson seeks U S Congress, Coughlin seeks Erie County GOP chairman.
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the &Pfort Advisory Committee
Erie
C. G. Coughlin
A. F. Sampson
Effort
Erie County
John W. English
Sampson
Coughlin
U. S
D. Armour Hillstrom
Corry
Driver Dies in Monroeville Head-On Crash
One driver, Harry C. Imhoff, 55, of Reserve Township was killed instantly in a head-on collision near Pittsburgh suburb Monroeville. Larry Hill, 22, of Export suffered facial cuts and injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Monroeville
Harry C. Imhoff
Reserve Township
Larry Hill
Pa Boys Fail To Return From Hike In Mine Search
In Clearfield Pennsylvania volunteers firefighters miners and state police pressed a search for two boys missing after a Sunday hike near an abandoned clay mine. About 75 men scoured the area building fires to signal the boys while 150 searchers used rubber rafts in water five to 12 feet deep. James Anderson told authorities what happened after the other two boys failed to return. The mine’s condition prompted safety concerns and a possible injury.
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Clearfield
Larry Husted
West Decatur
Wesley Lowe
Morgan Run
James Anderson
Husted
Lowe
Anderson
James
Columbia Hospital
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