Marine in Kidnap Case Sought Across California and Nevada
A 22 year-old Marine Thomas Fulton Scholfield is sought after a gunpoint kidnapping of a 2-year-old girl who was later returned unharmed by his wife Loretta. Sheriff Miller says Scholfield drove off with the child, ordering the girl returned home near Redding after a pistol blow to the head.
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Marysville
Calif
California
Nevada
Thomas Fulton Scholfield
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Vicky West
Scholfield
Loretta
Scholfields
Gary J. Miller
Yuba County
Miller
Johnson to Meet Thieu Amid Global Travel Plans
President Johnson agreed to meet South Vietnam's Nguyễn Văn Thụi in Honolulu around July 20, signaling a busy overseas schedule. He had just completed a five-nation Central American swing, visiting El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Honduras and Guatemala with swift airport arrivals and brief formalities.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Central America
Thieu
Saigon
Honolulu
Africa
Asia
South America
Europe
Moscow
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Honduras
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Texas
San Salvador
U.S
State Says Do It Long Range Study To Cost Schools Five Thousand Four Hundred
Corry Area Joint School Committee approved a resolution to fund a 10year building and curriculum study by Better Government Associates Inc Harrisburg. The plan estimates total cost around 5400 with each of 11 county districts sharing, pending agreement. The study, led by Dr Ralph Swan and Milton Ferguson, would aim to satisfy the state Department of Public Instruction.
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Corry Area Joint School Committee
Jointure
Corry Jointure
Ray Eisza
Better Government Associates, Inc
Ralph Swan
Milton Ferguson
State Department of Public Instruction
Bison
Erie County School Board
Harrisburg
Gunman Surrenders After Week-Long Sydney Siege
Wally Mellish, a 22-year-old former mental patient, ends a week of siege after agreeing to surrender following a 3 hour telephone conversation with chaplain Rev. Clyde Paton. He had forced authorities to marry him to his childhood sweetheart Miss Beryl Muddle while threatening to kill her and their infant son Leslie. The wedding was arranged by Police Commissioner Norman Z Allan, and Mellish surrendered with his 11 week old son, amid a festive feast and a $20 ring.
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Sydney
Australia
Wally Mellish
Mellish
Clyde Paton
Long Bay
Leslie
Beryl Muddle
Miss Muddle
Norman Z. Allan
Salaries Discussed at Jointure Meeting
The Corry Area Joint School Committee discussed raises for janitors cafeteria personnel and clerks during an open meeting. Teachers await next Monday night for term year salaries as other categories receive approved increases. Janitors average a hundred dollars a year with head janitors varying by position. Clerks at Columbus and Cone sway schools gain five cents an hour to 1.85. Cafeteria managers listed but cut off in text.
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Corry Area
Columbus
Conesway
School Board Votes to Pay 1951 City Assessment
The board unanimously approves paying 844 dollars to the city for Wayne Street paving and curbing. Members note a 1951 assessment previously rejected, but overrule that decision now to avoid harming relations between the School District and City Council.
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Wayne Street
Erie Girl Reunited After Abductor Held Her Prisoner
Sheila Oldach, 14, reported missing by neighbors, called from Harborcreek Township near Interstate 90, saying a man about 180 pounds held her captive. She escaped by kicking him, with minor scratches. state police say no connection to another missing girl case in the Corry area.
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Rib
Sheila Oldach
Harborcreek Township
Oldach
Karen Sue Cooney
Corry
Sharon Man Dies At Meadville Of Crash Injuries
Gerald Porch a 24 year old from Sharon died from neck and head injuries after diving from a boat into a shallow part of Conneaut Lake and striking his head. He was admitted Sunday to Meadville City Hospital and died early today.
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Sharon Man
Meadville
Meadville, Pa
Conneaut Lake
Gerald Porch
Rt. 2
Sharon
Meadville City Hospital
Porch
Girl Rescued From Liesure Lake Area Returns Safe
Karen Sue Cooney was found by air search near Liesure Lake on Crosscut Road after being missing since 11 am yesterday. Pilot Ray Custer landed, transported her to Corry Memorial Hospital where she is in good condition and not yet questioned by police.
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Karen Sue Cooney
Corry Memorial Hospital
Liesure Lake
Ray Custer
Blairsville
Karen
Custer
Journal’ Presstime
Kidnap Briefs: Karen Cooney Missing from Corry Area
Karen Cooney, 16, vanished from the family yard between 10:30 and 10:45 am after being last seen hanging laundry at home on the Corry-Cutting road three miles north of the city. Police, led by Rev Charles Palmer and relatives, say she was active in church activities and Bible quiz team at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. her father works at the Corry Jamestown plant and was called home at 11 am by her distraught mother.
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James Cooney
R. D
Corry
Karen
Karen Sue
Mike
Dean
Polly
Corry Jamestown
Corry-Cutting Road
Karen Cooney
Sopho
Corry Area High School
Charles
Palmer
Cooney
Will
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
AWOL Marine Davenport Escapes from Erie Constable
Gary L. Davenport an 18 year old Lebanon Pa marine in custody for larceny of a motor vehicle fled from Constable Byron Nichols in the Erie County jail process and was found later in a vacant lot after a struggle with a neighbor.
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Erie
Gary L. Davenport
Lebanon
Erie County
Byron Nichols
Search for missing Karen shifts to air sweep over swamp
Authorities weigh kidnapping as family recalls screams while helicopter joins a ground search of the back swamp behind Karen’s home. Trooper Evanko notes slim chances but says the air sweep is needed to locate the red jeans she wore as bloodhounds earlier uncovered only possible scents from days past.
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John Evanko
Blairsville
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Michael
Donald Thames
Lake City
LBJ
S. Viet Head
Corry Hospital
Mrs
Robert
Awol Marine
Constable
Marine Corps
Davenport
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