Pennsylvanians declare seven drought disaster areas
Gov. Scranton designates Tioga Bradford Susquehanna Wayne Sullivan Lackawanna and Luzerne counties as drought disaster areas in northeastern Pennsylvania. Rain briefly falls but officials say only sustained showers will ease the three year drought. Agriculture Secretary Bull notes prolonged dryness limits hay reserves and raises ongoing hardship for farmers.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Boster
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Leland H. Bull
Record Verdict Grants $73 645 To Area Firm
A Mercer County court awarded Gustave Paul Inc of Wheatland $73 645 plus $6 664 interest in a one day trial over faulty slag from Standard Slag Co of Youngstown. Cement blocks made with the slag allegedly failed in 66 building foundations, leading to replacements after 1 231 pages of testimony.
Polish ex-chief of police dies in fall from seventh floor
Marian Kozielewski aged 66, former chief of police of Warsaw, Poland, was killed yesterday when he fell from the seventh floor of a downtown office building. The incident occurred in the city center and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall.
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Washington
Marian Kozielewski
Warsaw
Poland
Local Corry Sailors Enlist in Navy Training
Navy recruiting in Erie announces enlistment of Corry residents David J. Mitchell and Charles W. Perry. Both 194 graduates of Corry Area High School were sworn in at Pittsburgh and train at Great Lakes for nine weeks with instruction in first aid, seamanship, weapons, fire fighting and hygiene before 14 days leave.
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Navy
Erie
Corry
U.S. Navy
David J. Mitchell
John Mitchell
North Center Street
Charles W. Perry
Howard Sperry
Lemon Street
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Ill
Corry Area
Ted Kennedy Transferred After Road Crash
Ted Kennedy leaves Cooley Dickinson Hospital Northampton for a 100 mile ambulance trip to New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. The Democratic senator from Massachusetts suffered a broken back in the private plane crash on June 19. the pilot and a Kennedy aide were killed. Doctors expect six to eight months of hospitalization with Kennedy in a Foster frame for protection during transport and recovery.
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Northampton
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Thomas F. Corriden
Cooley Dickinson
Boston hospital to receive Foster frame patient
Carriden indicated the patient would be returned to the Foster frame orthopedic bed at the Boston hospital to continue recuperation and be closer to family. His wife and children will split their time between hospital visits and their home in Boston and Squaw Island off Cape Cod. A special ambulance with Stryker frame capability was brought from Westover Air Force Base for the journey.
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Boston Hospital
Carriden
Boston
Squaw Island
Cape Cod
Westover Air Force Base
Initials on 1965 license plates cost more
The State Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced on Wednesday that initials on new 1965 license plates will cost double. Car plates are $20 and wagon plates $24. Applications are available for special registration plates under 1989 legislation. Plates may carry up to five characters in any mix.
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Danni Shunuarj
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Service Held For Lee D. Baker At Bracken Funeral Home
Funeral services for Lee D. Baker were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Lems Ri of Union City Nazarene Church and Rev. Russell Lewis of Oil City Nazarene Church officiating. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included Glenn McKean and several Baker relatives. Out‑of‑town mourners attended from Union City, Woodstock, Oil City, Franklin, Cass, Cooperstown, Rocky Grove, Youngsville, and other nearby communities.
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Lee D. Baker
Bracken Funeral Home
Lem Ri ‘S
Union City
Edwin Patmore
Penny Sue
Woodstock
Ontario
Elmer Schuler
Sharron Schuler
James Hagan
Joseph Hagan
Elda McKean
Winifred Daws
Jean West
Oil City
Merle Baker
Polk
Ellsworth Baker
Edward Baker
Clifford Baker
Louis Baker
Myctle Brown
Louis L. Baker
Richard Larson
Charles Groves
Ann Burgett
Mary. Dunlap
Donald King
Clarence Ritchy
Doner Ritchy
Clair Ritchy
J. E. Mason
Harolder
Jessie Davis
Jack Weaver
Henry Wice
William Mott
Harry Anderson
Elbert Boughner
Glenn McKean
Franklin
Fishkill
N. Y
Richard Patmore
Quincy
Mass
Ted Schuler
LaVerne Huffman
Cass
Mich
Barton Black
Youngsville
Leota Minnick
Thelma Heffernan
Cooperstown
Frank Sutley
Rocky Grove
42 More Flee To U.S. From Cuba
Forty two Cuban refugees arrived this week in five small boats despite intensified fortifications along about 100 miles of the north coast. Fishermen from Havana Province reported the coast heavily fortified with concrete, wire trenches, cannon, machine guns, and tanks. The Cuban Refugee Center said total small boat escapees since June 1961 reached 7,000.
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Aloms
Mla
Cuba
Havana
Area Man and Son sue railroad for $201000 damages
Franklin Venango County suit filed by Edward J. Dumres and son Terrence seeks more than $10,000 on each of two counts after an August 24, 1962 explosion and fire along the Allegheny River near Oil City. They allege negligence by Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and mention $874.95 in medical expenses and 31 days of hospitalization.
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Franklin
Ranvil City
Venango County
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Edward J. Dumres
Terrence
Pennsylvania Railroad. Co
Roy Nelson
Prathonitsny
Allegheny River
Torrence
Oil City
Noted Doctor Dies in Bethesda at 58
Dr. Joseph Jay Bunim, 58, clinical director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and a leading authority on rheumatic diseases, died yesterday from a heart attack in Bethesda Maryland.
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Bethesda
Joseph Jay Bunim
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
Eye Nomination On First Ballot Contested at Convention
Delegates debate the convention platform with Goldwater camp edging toward a neutral stance and no floor fight expected. Scranton urges civil rights plank and anti Sescrentism rhetoric while Eisenhower’s possible late entry looms. Miller pursues a vice presidential choice with Scranton as preferred second on the ticket, sources say.
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Govs
George Romney
Michigan
A. Ruckdell
Henry Cabot Lodge
Arizona
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Scranton
Convention Platform Committee
Goldwater
7 Tower
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
William EF. Miller
New York
GOP
National Committee
Upstate
Willef
Political shifts and a 1868 vice presidential bid
The text hints at politicians reconsidering during convention stress. It notes Scranton as a potential vice presidential nominee, allowing him to stay influential for two more years without term limits, and suggests a path toward the presidential nomination if Goldwater fails.
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Nelol
Serantorm
Tern
Voalites
Goldwater
Scranton
Pa Woman Killed In Two Car Crash
A Pa woman died in a two car collision on Route 83 when her husband’s vehicle skidded on rain and struck a second car. Paul Carpenter, 46, and John D. Chokran, 24, of Lower Paxton Twp., were involved. Chokran escaped injury. The accident occurred near a median strip and the northbound Chokran car. In a separate incident, James H. Shearer of Deposit died when his car ran out of control on Route 283 and plowed into a wheat field.
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Hantusecuny
Jar —Ry
Alura
Paul Carpenter
John D. Chokran
Lower Paxton
Carpenter
Troop 80 Scouts Plan Week Camp With Sept Eligible
Scoutmaster Newell Beckwith announced Troop 80 will spend the first week of August at Washington Trail Council Camp Sequoyah. He urged all expected attendees to join Saturday’s meeting for final prep details. The camp marks Beckwith’s 12th summer with Curry unit scouts. Open to current members and 14 year olds seeking to join, with invitations extended to scouts from other Corry units if their own troop isn’t camping then. Separately, a fatal accident occurred two miles north of the accident site, with autopsy indicating heart attack as the cause for 57 year old Shearer.
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Troopso
Washington Trail Council
Sequoyah
Newell Beckwith
Beckwith
Curry
Council
Corry
Carpenter
Thomas J. Fritchey
Dauphin County
Shearer
Artist and writer Hugh Troy dies after long illness
Hugh Troy, 54, a Washington artist and writer famed for his practical jokes, died yesterday after a prolonged illness. He was known for his versatile output and community humor.
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Mugh Troy
Washington
Hugh Troy
Practical Joker
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