Platt To Start McInnes Shop In 3 Weeks
Platt Construction Co of Erie will begin a new machine shop for McInnes Steel Co within three weeks. The Grby 300-foot building should finish in four months. The plant, specializing in forgings in exotic steels, will add 25 to 30 jobs and consolidate operations in Corry.
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Platt Construction Co
Erie
McInnes Steel Co
A. Bruce Smith
McInnes
Focal
Corry
Smith
Youth Wins Major Injury Award in Gym Accident
Stanley Miller 17 wins 1 215 140 from Chatham Borough Board of Education and gym instructor Joseph C Cloidt after a January 1982 high school gym accident left him paralyzed from the neck down with limited arm movement. The Superior Court jury found negligence, awarding his parents Mr and Mrs Stuart Miller the verdict.
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MOB Austansy
Stanley Miller
Stuart Miller
Miller
Chatham Borough High School
Chatham
Mother slain in train collision near Lewisburg
A 28 year old mother, Mrs. Joanne Ricker of Lewisburg, was killed when her car was struck by a train at a farm lane crossing to Route 45. Her five year old son witnessed the crash from the barnyard as she was returning from the mailbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LB Wisbung
Joanne Ricker
Lewisburg
Ricker
Reds End U.S. Tour in Denver Trout Fishing Stop
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and his wife concluded a West Coast sightseeing trip with a trout fishing outing near Denver yesterday. The visit followed talks and included a road tour of regional sites.
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REDS
U.S
Denver
Anatoly Dobrynin
West
Holiday Traffic Fear 500 To Meet Death By AP
The nation faces a busy Fourth of July weekend as millions take to highways. Officials expect 450 to 550 traffic deaths across the three day period starting 6 pm local time and ending Sunday midnight.
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Associated Press
Spearfish
Portland
Ore
South Dakota
U.S
National Safety Council
Delayed Day Camp Starts July 1 With Lower Fees
YMCA officials delayed the day camp start to July 1 in response to weak enrollment. Member price drops from 8 to 3 while non member price falls from 11 to 7. Minimum age reduced from 10 to sight years. Camp at a Shady avenue wooded area offers 35 acres for woodcraft camping and nature study under Sterling Wees. Bethlehem crash kills James Moodrey aged 14 in Allentown with five others injured.
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YMCA
Shady Avenue
Sterling Wees
Scouten Youth Improves After Lightning Bolt Tragedy
Corry Memorial Hospital reports Scouten youth 19 greatly improved after being struck by lightning that killed his father Clayton Scouten 43 and Glenn Caldwell 13 near the Scouten farm three miles south of Corry. Two others in the barn survived. the younger Scouten is expected to be discharged soon.
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Games Scouten
Corry Memorial Hospital
Young Scouten
Clayton Scouten
Glenn Caldwell
James Caldwell
Spartansburg
Corry
Scouten
FBI Probes Oswald Diary Origin At Dallas Morning News
FBI agents visited the Dallas Morning News newsroom to question publisher E. M. Dealey and president Joe Dealey and reporters Carl Freund and Hugh Aynesworth about how Oswalds diary appeared in print. The probe also sought plans to publish further information after the Warren Commission request.
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Dallas, Tex
FBI
Dallas Morning News
Lee Harvey Oswald
Manning C. Clements
James Wood
E. M. Dealey
Joe M. Dealey
Carl Freund
Hugh Aynesworth
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Cradle-To-Grave Tax Smackdown Targets Titusville Infant
Crawfurd County pursues a $3 per capita tax from John Pop es kie of Titusville, age 19 months. City treasurer Norman J. Canada cites inability to explain the notice as the boy offers no response.
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Vilusvillar
Crawfurd
John Popeskie
Titusville
John
Norman J. Canada
Rights Bill No Magic Carpet To Negroes CORE Hears
Kansas City CORE delegates at the 22nd annual convention heard James Farmer announce the civil rights bill is not a magic carpet to the promised land. He urged testing the bill in public accommodations and to enforce laws if voluntary integration fails. An impromptu test occurred as 13 year old Gene Young from Jackson Mississippi was denied a haircut in a nearby barber shop, prompting a sitin by CORE demonstrators.
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Kansas City
Congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer
Farmer
CORE
Floyd B. McKissick
Gene Young
Jackson
Miss
McKissick
Barbers Union
Now They're Fighting In Holy Land Now They're Fighting In Holy Land
Guns rattle for hours along the Syrian Israeli frontier north of the Sea of Galilee in the first major incident since Israel began testing the Jordan River water project in May. An Israeli army spokesman said two soldiers and a worker were wounded in five hours of cross border fire in the Hulk eh reclamation area. A Syrian army spokesman in Damascus claimed five Israelis were killed or wounded. Both sides accuse each other of starting the fighting in a demilitarized zone long troubled by incidents. Israel's Arab neighbors oppose the Jordan River diversion for irrigation after a Cairo summit plan to cut off the river headwaters was approved.
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Klayiv
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
Hulkeh
Jin Damascus
Jordan
Cairo
Eleven-year-old in Garland hits hayfield restitution
An Erie youth received a one day sentence in a Garland hayfield for damages after his car ran off Route 27, hit a pasture fence, and damaged tombstones and flower pots. He paid $10 to the Cemetery Association and settled with John Wojtowicz. no formal charges were filed.
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Warren
Erie
Garland
Warren Sheriff's Department
John Wojtowicz
Route 27
Wojtowicz
Garland Cemetery
Cemetery Association
Garland “Iainting
Civil Rights Bill Signed as Tests Begin Nationwide
President Johnson signed the civil rights bill while civil rights groups moved to test its reach. CORE and SCCC actions began immediately in Kansas City and Albany as African Americans sought access to hotels, barbers, and restaurants. Officials expect widespread compliance but prepare for court battles and a larger Justice Department legal staff.
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Washington
House
White House
Johnson
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Resistance In South Remains Testing Civil Rights Law
The new civil rights law is tested across regions including the South with leaders planning broader public accommodations checks. Segregationist vendors vow to resist, while CORE and SNCC coordinate in Kansas City Albany and Atlanta. Governor Johnson warns of trouble in Mississippi as a 13 year old Negro seeks a haircut in a Jackson hotel basement barbershop.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Washington
South
Lester Maddox
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Kansas City
Civil Rights Legislation Faces Immediate Tests Across Cities
Johnson appeals for justice and hope as the civil rights law meets early tests in cities with past racial demonstrations. NAACP and other groups plan further actions while some Southerners stay defiant. NEA votes on desegregation. teachers in 11 Southern states face potential delay. Senate avoids election year clash over a new U.S.-Soviet consular treaty. De Gaulle visits West Germany to press for independence from the United States and Britain.
Help Murder Question Sparks Dallas Police Call
A service station man pleas for help as armed robbers threaten him during a confrontation. Police arrive to find Internal Revenue Service agents seizing the man’s books in progress, prompting a tense scene and urgent dispatch.
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Dallas
Tex
Internal Revenue Service
Elks urge city to ring bells for Independence Day
Corry Elks Lodge leads a July 4 program to raise national awareness of freedom. At 2 p.m. tomorrow the lodge will trigger a city wide bell ringing for the Declaration of Independence anniversary. Citizens, churches, factories, schools, and individuals are urged to join using any bell.
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Corry
Guy Davis
Plks
Lodge
Davis
Gorry
Goldwater Warns Civil Rights Issue Could Spark Explosions
Sen. Barry Goldwater fears the presidential race may ignite a civil rights backlash fueled by fringe supporters. He urges clergymen and advisers, including some Black leaders, to help avert trouble while promising vigorous, impartial enforcement of the civil rights act. He worries white backlash could drive portents of violence.
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Barry Goldwater
Washington
Arizonan
Goldwater
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Tinois
San Francisco
New York Bans Outdoor Fires and Smoking in Drought
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller issued a first time ban on outdoor fires and tobacco smoking in 11 drought plagued eastern New York counties starting at 6 p.m. today as the July Fourth weekend begins. Scattered overnight thundershowers offered slight relief but did not fully break the drought, which Rockefeller described as a highly inflamable woods condition.
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W. x
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
New York State
Rockefeller
Graham Formally Named County Property Administrator
Erie County commissioners appointed Charles W. Graham to run the County Owned Property Office. The post pays 4210 a year but Graham will be paid per day until the salary board sets his official salary. Fred J. Trost, administrator since 1961, received two weeks notice. The office handles sale and redemption of seized property for delinquent taxes. Ruth Strong was replaced by Monica Bulla in a $2800 three year post.
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Erie County
Charles W. Graham
East Main Street
Theounty
Graham
County Salary Board
Fred J. Trost
Trost
State Tax Equalization Board
Ruth Strong
Monica Bulla
De Gaulle Woos West Germany in Bonn Visit
President Charles de Gaulle visited Bonn to persuade West Germany to align with his policy of independence from the United States and Britain in world affairs. A high West German official predicted no sensational outcomes from the talks with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard.
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de Gaulle
West Germany
Erhard
United States
Britain
Bonn
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Ludwig Erhard
Three PRR Crewmen Killed in Freight Wrecks Scene
Police and firemen removed the body of one of three Pennsylvania Railroad crewmen killed yesterday when a PRR freight rammed the rear of a train. A 49 year old injured crewman was freed from the wreckage but died moments later. Pronounced dead in the wreckage were Hhundy, 5%, and Edward A. Smith, both of Ohio.
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Haylroaders
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Cook
NM. Hhundy
Edward A. Smith
Ohio
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Conef
Mueklebach
Albany
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
South Georgia
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