Multiple Local Incidents Reported in Meadville Area
A car fire near Meadville injures none as flames explode a cargo of canned items. A Long Beach memorial notices a Corry resident’s death, with survivors listed and funeral plans set. Suspensions and revocations appear in Harrisburg notices, detailing penalties for three drivers. Two youths set a small tree ablaze near St Welburgas Church, quickly extinguished, with discipline to come. A Union City tractor and Utica car collision causes no injuries. $150 damage reported. A boy is bitten by a dog in Corry. another youth suffers a possible ankle fracture after a scuffle on East Main. A Corry man sustains a severe hand injury from a fall and is treated at Corry Memorial Hospital. David McClemens injures his hand using a saw in Clymer.
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Depuy
Long Bese
Cali
McCray
Corry
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Jus Wile Marie
Jessie Nowak
Chula Viet
Calif
Darrie McCray
North Center Street
Webb McCray
R. Dr
Long Beach
St. Welburgas
Titsville
Millsville
David B Leech
Union City
Marian L. McDivitt
Utica
Leech
McDivitt
Pallice
John Pless
East Main Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Humphrey IIIs son backs Ted Kennedy as running mate
Hubert H. Humphrey III said in Boston he would like Senator Edward M. Kennedy as his father's running mate if Kennedy strengthens the ticket. He noted the final choice rests with the Democratic convention but stressed his preference for the man who best helps the ticket.
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Boston
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kemnnedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey III
Ted Kennedy
Dick Gregory Returned To Jail Cell
Olympia AP report says Dick Gregory, minor party Presidential candidate in Pennsylvania, is back in jail to finish a 90 day sentence for illegal salmon fishing after seven days in Tacoma General Hospital. He fasts, consuming only distilled water, and was returned in good condition. His ballot status remains for November as Peace & Freedom Party candidate.
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Olympia
Wash
Dick Gregory
Pennsylvania
Tacoma, Wash
Tacoma General Hospital
Wailer
Gregory
Peace & Freedom Party
Escapee Captured After Car Holds Family At Gas Station
A New Jersey prison escapee, Cortez Navaro, 37, was captured by Pennsylvania state troopers after forcing a woman and her three children into a car and fleeing. The car was stopped near Garrett, police found a loaded revolver and other weapons, and Navaro faced firearm charges with $3,500 bail. The woman and children were unharmed and returned to Falls Church.
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Somerset, Pa
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Cortez Navaro
Cincinati
Ohio
Frank S. Benini
Navaro
Essex County
Cincinnati
Retta
Navara
Parls Church
Garrett
Falls Church
Jewelry theft at Mosbacher's in Meadville linked to three men
Meadville police report reveals a $14,000 jewel theft at Mosbacher's Jewelry Store during June 20 business hours. Three white men in their early thirties are suspected to have taken 16 diamond rings in a larceny by shoplifting incident. Investigation ongoing as police chief John Holt explains the concealment. Also noted is the death of Frank Lane, 63, Oklahoma Broadcasters Association executive secretary and KRMG general manager, after a long illness.
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Meadville
Mosbacher
John Holt
Holt
Tulsa
Cla
Frank
Lane
Okahoma Broadcasters Association
KRMG
May Drop. Union City seeks to save CWT program
The Union City secretary contacted Assemblyman Forest Hopkins to reverse plans to cancel the Community Work Training program. Hopkins pledged to try all means to keep CWT alive, noting North East already runs a strong CWI program. The Welfare Department proposes a new WIN Work Incentive program aimed at urban areas, likely limiting benefits for rural Corry Union City and North East.
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Union
Forest Hopkins
Hopkins
North East
Welfare Department
Corry
Union City
CWT
Tulsa
Tennessee
Florida
Hippies Lose Bid for Parsonage Near Harmonsburg
Meadville AP report: Crawford County commissioners revoke building permit for Anthopodeic Church parsonage after local officials warned the group, nicknamed a hippie colony, about moving from their farmhouse to the church site. The plan proposed a 25 acre Pennsylvania Route 14 site near Harmonsburg with a scrap lumber parsonage valued at 300 dollars.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Harmonsburg
Pennsylvania 14
Area Cyclist 11 Killed By Car Near Cochranton
An 11 year old area youth William Holben was killed when his bicycle was struck by a car two miles south of Cochranton. Keith Shrout the driver, swerved to pass and the car veered into his path. Crawford County Coroner Dr Wilbur Thomas cited extensive head injuries as the cause. State Police continue investigation.
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Cochranton
William 1. Holben
Here
William Holben
Keith A. Shrout
Titusville
Court Upholds Powell Contempt Conviction
New York AP report states former Rep. Adam Clayton Powell’s 1966 criminal contempt conviction, a 30 day jail term and $500 fine, was upheld by a 3-2 vote of the Appellate Division. Powell, a Harlem Democrat, faced years of litigation over a defamation judgment by Esther James.
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NEW York
Adam Clayton Powell
State Supreme Court
Henry R. Williams
Fon
Court of Appeals
New York State
Powell
Esther James
James
House of Representatives
House Committee
Congress
GenTel union talks open at Downtowner Motel
A new round of negotiations between GenTel officials and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers locals 1695 36 and 7 begins Tuesday at the Downtowner Motel. Union spokesman Lee Doehrel says the three locals representing about 1500 workers statewide will present a consolidated package addressing salary and job progression. A federal mediator is not seen as necessary at this time. GenTel employees have been without a contract since June 30.
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Erie
General Telephone
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Downtowner
Lee Deohrel
M. P. Murphy
Lb.ew
Harrisburg
Doehrel
Federal Mediation Service
GenTel
Empany
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