Schools Ask Probe Of Walkout
The Pittsburgh Board of Education asked Gov. Shafer to investigate a walkout by more than 1,000 black students at three city schools. Officials said other schools with large Negro enrollment had no significant walkouts. Herron Hill High School closed with 47 black students. Fifth Avenue and Schenley schools, heavily Negro, were also affected and closed.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Shafer
Bernard J. McCormick
Herron Hill High School
Fifth Avenue
Schenley
McCormick
Corry hospital notices and student boycott inquiry
Admits Edgar Miller and Dennis Driscoll while Jerry Cox Jr. is noted as a patient. Discharges include Mrs. Hutcheson and Mrs. Swarm. A student walkout at Gladstone High sparks a boycott call and a probe into organizers and funders, with McCormick signaling possible legal action.
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Edgar Miller
R.D
Corry
Dennis Driscoll
Wright Street
Dixie
William Rigby
R. D
Spartansburg
Jerry
Clarence Cox Jr
Spring Creek
Edwin Hutcheson
Fairview Street
Samuel Upperman
Columbus
Robert Swarm
Susan Marie
Henry Dart
Edith McCoy
East Congress Street
Charles Kromas
West Congress Street
Bessie Buesink
Findley Lake
James Lattimer
Tidioute
Ervin Foster
West Pleasant Street
Robert Grice
Judge rejects Bevel bid to aid Ray defense
The Rev. James Bevel, aide to Martin Luther King Jr., is denied entry to James Earl Ray’s defense by Judge W Preson Battle who notes Bevel is not a licensed lawyer. Ray’s trial remains set for March 3 at Shelby County jail where Bevel and Foreman met Ray to discuss proving Ray’s innocence. King was killed April 4 in Memphis during a march for sanitation workers.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Beyel
Martin Luther King Jr
King
W. Preson Battle
Beyel
Battle
Bevel
Tennessee
James Earl Ray
Ray
Percy Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Shelby County
Lorraine
New Agency Continued from Page One
Thomas Ostrowski heads the rural division of the Erie OIC office and says Bailey will work alone until the office grows. Bailey will make calls and leave word in the office for returns. The office operates 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays.
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Thomas Ostrowski
Erie Oic
Bailey
Ostrowski
Deaths of Mrs. Jack Stull and J Lawrence Finner
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Jack Stull 47 of French Creek and J Lawrence Finner 72 of North East. Stull's survivors include husband John A Stull daughter Jacqueline Messenger and extended family. Finner leaves Fern Way Finn wife four sons two daughters a brother and many grandchildren. Funeral details give viewing times and church services at St Matthias in Erie, burial in St Matthias Cemetery, with Rev Edward Synowiak and Rev Lincoln Pyle officiating. The piece also notes local housing shortage concerns voiced by Bailey and contact info for city officials and the Erie office.
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Stull
French Creek
Titusville
Erie
St. Mathias
St. Matthias Church
Edward Synowiak
St. Matthias Cemetery
J. Lawrence Finner
Finn
North East
Erie Osteopathic Hospital
Greenfield Township
Sunshine Packing Co
Church of God In
Fern Way Finn
Lee
Robert
Sherman
N.Y
Clifton
Archie
Meadville
Ruth Oleschak
Denville
N.J
Donald Thompson
Harold Finn
Corry
Turner Funeral Home
Lincoln Pyle
West Mina Cemetery
Regional jail plan unveiled for Northwest Pennsylvania
Erie County Prison Board reports state plans a four region regional prison system by 1972 with Northwest prison among them. No location chosen yet. A county jail addition may follow federal planning grant. A county bar committee to assist planners will be appointed.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Erie County Prison Board
William E. Pratt
William Sennett
Pratt
Pfatt
Pfadt
Andrew Henisek
Leo P. Weir
Piadt
Bureau of Corrections
Sailors recount hijacking near Key West and harassment claims
Jones and Coulter describe being harassed by Cuban officials during a hijacking attempt aboard a ship near Key West. They claim the attackers threatened jail for illegal entry while noting a crew member narrowly avoided being harmed as the incident unfolded before landing.
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Sete
Zalzneck
Sett
Cottle
Seateateate Diene
Peterson Furniture
Montgomery Ward
Frank
Don Sperry
Soteeios
Paul Paver
Mead Avenue
Sesto, Doetete Corry Beverage
Stf
Systemata
TOC
Aeria
News Today
Corry Memorial Hospital
Gladstone High School
Bid
Leseey
California
Indian River
Jack
Wanda) Stull
Ofice
Journal
Johnston
Farine Nationals Bank
East Main Street
South Center Street
Mull New Regional
Bureau of Cor Pradt
Jones
Coulter
Kim Tatum
Key West
Keystone
E. Main St
Dick Mountain
Reg
All Michaels-Stern
National Bank
Walter W. Gilliland
First United Methodist Church
Sylvester Harnish
Penna. Council On Alcohol Problems
Jesus
Travers Stohlberge
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