Local aids fund sewage plant in Tionesta and state projects
Gov Shafer approves 46610 from a 500 million bond for a sewage treatment plant in Tionesta to curb Allegheny River discharge. Warren State Hospital gets 126425 for library renovations and roof work. Corry group raises 400 for Up With People activities. Car crash near Spring Creek injures William Jewell. Senate panel backs 4.7 billion for public works including Union City dam 2500000 and Weadcork Creek 1200000. third dam in French Creek plan. Real estate transfer filed in Erie County court.
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William W. Allen
Raymond P. Shafer
Tionesta
Allen
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
Senate
House
Union City
Thy Wis
Muerty Creek
French Creek
Elmo Smith Former Oregon Governor Dies of Cancer
Albany Democrat-Herald publisher Elmo Smith died yesterday at age 58 after a cancer battle. Smith, who became governor in 1956 following Governor Patterson's death, served until January of the next year.
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Cancer Claims
Albany
Ore
Elmo Smith
Albany Democrat-Herald
Oregon
Smith
Oregon State Senate
Paul Patterson
Two Newborn Sons Reported at Corry Memorial Hospital
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kent of Union City R D 4 this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Kent is the former Shirley Wright. A son, Todd Douglas, was born Friday evening to Mr. and Mrs. John Middleton of 359 Marion Street. Mrs. Middleton is the former Janetta Spaulding.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Paul Kent
Union City
Todd Douglas
John Middleton
Marion Street
Middleton
Janetta Spaulding
Solons Approve Huge Pay Increases For State Boards
Legislation proposing salaries hikes from $1,500 to $7,000 for seven state commissions and boards moves toward final Senate action. A late amendment added $2,000 to Turnpike Commission raises, boosting the chairman from $17,000 to $22,000 and two members from $15,000 to $20,000. Additional boosts apply to Liquor Control Board, Arbitration of Claims, Securities Commission, Workmen's Compensation Board, and referees, with new chair and member salaries outlined. A separate measure would raise Athletic Commission chair to $10,000 and members to $9,500, while Civil Service Commission per diems rise. Also, bills on Athletic Commission and Civil Service per diems head to the House. Killed in Crash A year-old Norristown woman, Sandra Ritzman, was found dead in Lower Providence Township after apparently falling from a car, which then ran up an embankment and overturned.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Turnpike
House
Public Utility Commission
Liquor Control Board
Board of Arbitration of Claims
Pennsylvania Securities Commission
Workmen’s Compensation Board
Penney's Athletic Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Athletic Commission
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Sandra Ritzman
Lower Providence
GSA
State Highway and Bridge Authority
Senate Insurance Committee
Shafer
Judiciary Committee
Education Committee
Board of Regents
Boards of Trustees
Senate State Government Committee
Council Debates Housing Inspections and Federal Aid
City engineers discuss using federal powers to demolish or rehabilitate substandard houses. Council considers hiring a housing inspector with a $6000 starting salary to obtain federal funds for the Fourth Ward urban renewal and related housing projects. The matter pauses as council reviews specifications and funding.
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Johnson
Fourth Ward
Russell Brant
Brant
Ned Johnston
Council
Thermometer Breaks as Heatwave Conflicts with TV Readings
Greenville residents faced sweltering heat when a TV channel reported 50 below zero while the actual temperature stayed in the low 80s. A quick check showed the thermometer was broken and later repaired as people searched for cooling.
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Greenville, Pa
Greenville
All Weather
Legislature Advances Bingo Bill Amid Pension and Debt Measures
The Senate Rules Committee sent an amended legalized bingo bill to the floor for a final vote after removing the need for local referendums. The bill allows nonprofit groups to hold bingo with licenses and caps prizes, while 5 percent of proceeds go to the state and admission tops at 1. Other bills authorize pension reforms and direct state borrowing via existing agencies to fund bonds under a new constitutional article.
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Harrisburg
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
House
Clifford warns aid cuts could derail Paris peace talks
Defense official Clifford told Rep. Morgan that drastic curtailment or a moratorium on foreign aid would have immediate calamitous effects on Southeast Asia, risking progress toward Paris negotiations and U.S. objectives. The warning comes as Congress debates the foreign aid bill amid other policy moves and a House vote margin.
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Washington
Jary
Clark
M. Clifford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Paris
Clifford
Vietnam
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Korea
Thailand
South Vietnam
Laos
Southeast Asia
Morgan
House
Joe Pool
City Police seek nine concessions in pension talks
City police negotiators submit a nine item list for 1969 negotiations under a new state law. Included are a 10 percent raise or $600 flat, longevity raises up to six percent, pay for hearing time, eight holidays, 21 day vacations after ten years, 105 days sick leave, a definite pension plan by 1969, medical plan review, and a 40 hour week. Also reported, veteran showboat Captain William Menke died at 88 after 70 years on Mississippi River stages.
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Warren State Hospital
State Department of Property and Supplies
Medigal
Judy Dwyer
Corry
William Jewell
West Pleasant Street
Blue Eye Road
Spring Creek
James H. Armstrong
John F. Whealon
Erie
Erie County
Elgin
Solons
Sregn Jampg
Deerfield
Fordhook
Baby
BOF
Wuick
Raggedy Ann
Sugardale
Smokies
I. Svd
David Johnson
S. A
Doc) Long
Chamber of Chamber of Commerce
Mathias Kanda
Rhodesia
Mexico
Gwelo
Selukwe
Lifetime
Maple ST
Erie, PA
Pool
Texas
Congress
City Police
ST. Louis
William “Bill” Menke
Corry Savings and Loan American Legion Team
Dick Steves
Mrs
Harold Steves
Gamms, Road Corry, Pa
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