Police Officers Attend Two Week Course at State Academy
Three officers and the first sergeant of the Lawrence Park headquarters of the Pennsylvania State Police attend a two week course on supervision of police personnel at the State Police Academy in Hershey conducted by the Traffic Institute of Northwestern University. Also details on a YMCA movie, a Columbus wood chip fire, Bermuda Hop dance, fines for driving while suspended, dog control efforts, local injuries, Mercyhurst College leadership changes, real estate transfer, a burglary case and a former Flake board employee’s imprisonment are reported.
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Lawrence Park
Pennsylvania State Police
State Police Academy
Hershey
Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
Evanston
Russell K. Knies
Roger E. Plugfelder
Joseph Dussin
C. W. Irwin
Corry
Unions Agree to Admit Negroes as Members and Apprentices
Pittsburgh unions reached a plan to admit qualified Black applicants as members and apprentices, allow a neutral observer during examinations, enroll qualified applicants regardless of race, and meet apprenticeship standards under state and federal rules. The closed session followed days of hearings on discrimination, with unions naming Local 751, Local 5, Local 3, Local 2, Local 6, and Locals 27 and 449 as those involved.
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Pittsburgh 'A
Pittsburgh
State Human Relations Commission
Commission
Painters
Electrical Worker
Tronworker's
Insulators
Industrial Loan Powers Expanded Under New Law
Harrisburg AP Gov Scranton signs a law widening the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority lending powers. PIDA may fund up to 45 percent of research or development projects with at least 5 percent local match, and up to 40 percent for other plants with at least 10 percent local match.
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Harrisburgh
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
PIDA
Gov. Scranton
State Bill Would Fund Parochial School Bus Routes
A new Senate bill would require state funding for transportation of public school pupils to private and parochial schools within their districts. The measure targets non profit non public schools and would apply only if public school transportation exists, with July 1 1964 as the effective date. House opposition cites inadequate funds for public schools.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Clarence Bell
Delaware
Scranton
Edwin D. Eshelman
House Education
Senate Education Committee
Pari
Eshelman
Farm Roundup Outlook For Feed Grains Progress Slowed
Washington AP report shows corn production forecast at 3.249 billion bushels, near the 1960 record, with oats down 6 percent and barley down 1 percent. Farmers expand sorghum acreage 10 percent, aiming to fit feed grain demand of about 154 million tons next year into available supplies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Why Kane Is So Cold In Pennsylvania’s Icebox
The Weather Bureau notes Kane in McKean County lies in a parabolic valley in the Appalachian Mountains. Cold air drains into the basin, sinks to valley bottoms, and is trapped by surrounding peaks. Elevation and terrain shape make Kane one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania with frigid air events.
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Washington Lab
Kane
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Appalachian Mountains
McKean County
Helmut Landsburg
Final Rites For D. F. Kysor Held At Spartansburg Funeral Home
D. F. Kysor's final rites were conducted yesterday at H. Richard Hays Funeral Home in Spartansburg with Rev. Frank Wood of the Little Cooley Evangelical United Brethren Church officiating. Interment followed at Rost Hill Cemetery. Bearers included Robert McQuarrie, Clayton Mulvin, Wilbert Wright, Lee Relsinger, Louis Sweetland, and Raymond Conway. Veterans of Foreign Wars from Union City led the graveside military service, with John Dazzynicz, Kenneth Eddy, Merle Bedow, Alfred Tubbs, Guy Shamp, and Russell Hall participating. Rev. Wood read the 171st Psalm, the hymn God Understands, and the poem Faith.
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Variely
Kysor
H. Richard Hays
Spartansburg
Frank Wood
Little Cooley
Graveside
John Daszynicz
Kenneth Eddy
Merle Bedow
Alfred Tubbs
Guy Shamp
Russell Hall
Wood
God
Public Notice racks scheme use distress ads exposed
The Corry Chamber of Commerce reveals a new racket using official looking Public Notice mailings to push so called distress merchandise. Promoters claim huge price sacrifices to satisfy creditors while list prices are fictitious and the gimmick aims to fool the public.
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Corry
Long
National
Better Business Bureau
Chamber
Boating Laws Face Trouble in Pennsylvania Legislature
Pennsylvania's controversial boating laws face a new hurdle as House and Senate committees move to resolve differences next week. Both chambers have passed bills, but they differ in objective, prompting a scheduled meeting between the Senate Forests and Waters, Game and Fish Committee chair Sen. Z. H. Confair and the House counterpart to find common ground.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Z. H. Confair
R-Lycoming
Senate Forests and Waters, Game and Fish Committee
Bost
House Keeps Fish Commission Authority in State Hands
The House approved a bill backed by fishermen to retain the state fish commission and prevent stripping jurisdiction from the commission in favor of the Department of Forests and Waters. The measure aims to keep control local rather than consolidated under a different agency.
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Ers
The
Fish Commission
Department of Forests and Waters
House
State Fish Commission
Pope Paul VI Meets UN Secretary General Thant
Pope Paul VI received UN Secretary General U Thant in a 30 minute private audience in Vatican City. Thant is finishing a two week European tour and will depart soon.
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Vatican City
Pope Paul VI
U Thant
Thant
McNamara Reforms Cut U S Military Procurement
Defense secretary Robert McNamara said a restudy of military needs allowed cancellation of 700 million dollars in planned procurement. He reported redistributing 1.2 billion in excess inventories for current use and mobilization stock while warning against goldplating and citing cost comparisons between specialized and commercial equipment.
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Nanare
Battle Creek
Mich
McNamara
Navy
Subroc
Pentagon Cuts Costs with Competitive Procurement Push
McNamara touted procurement reforms reducing prices and shifting to competitive bids. In ten months of fiscal 196% Sovices from competitive contracts reached $195 million, with a man pack radio dropping from 2278 to 843 dollars under competition. The Pentagon also retires unneeded real estate, consolidates installations, and frees up 265,905 acres for civilian use while closing or consolidating 400 locations. Estimated annual operating savings rose to 316 million, expected to near 450 million in two years.
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McNamara
Pentagon
United States
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