Erie Boy Drowns as Storm Hits Western Pa
Corry escaped with minor damage while storms in western Pennsylvania caused injuries and power outages. An Erie youth drowned in Walnut Creek and another was hospitalized in serious condition. Lightning struck lines, trees fell, and about 50 customers lost service in Corry area. Union City industries faced outages but power was largely restored. Coroner identified David Gustafson, 10, as the drowning victim.
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Corry
Pennsylvania
Erie
St. Vincent Hospital
Richard Mountain
Mountain
Pennsylvania Electric Co
West
Columbus Avenue
Union City
Mill Village
Edward Zarger
Jack Nason
General Telephone Co
Nason
Sixth Avenue
Union of
Molded Fiber Glass Boat Company
True Temper
Union City Chair
Shop-Tite
Tri-State Lumber
John Chillock
Penelec
Rmet
David Bradley Gustafson
Willard and
Ila Lewis Gustafson
Walnut Creek
Erie County
Merle Wood
Michael
David
Vernon Lindmuth
Perry Hi-Way Hose Co
Wood
World Trade War Seen On Horizon
Washington AP reports then House Ways and Means Committee finished basic decisions on a protectionist bill to limit imports while preserving oil quotas. State Department official Nathaniel Samuels warns of a possible trade war as protectionist sentiment grows worldwide and fears of retaliation by the European Common Market loom over textile and soybean quotas.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
State Department
United States
Nathaniel Samuels
Samuels
European Common Market
Congress
Ways and Means ‘Committee
Pfadt Confirmation Blame Game Delays Senate Nomination
In a partisan clash over Erie County District Attorney William Pfadt's bid for a common pleas judgeship, Senate Democrats blame Republicans for stalling and Republicans retaliate with the same charge. Erie Senator Lesler pressed for Pfadt's early confirmation as a fourth Erie County judge vacancy looms, while Scranton Senator Piasecki notes delays persist due to committee disputes and a looming deadline.
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Erie County
William Pfadt
Common Pleas
William Sesler
Erie
Arthur Piasecki
Scranton
Senate
Lesler
Pfadt
Thomas Barber
U.S
Henry Cianfiani
Bill Pfadt
Piasecki
Journal
Dauphin County
Bus Crash Kills Seven Children in Allentown
Seven children died and 52 were injured when a bus chartered by Hillel Country Day School of Lawrence slid off a wet road near Allentown Pennsylvania. Personal belongings lay scattered in a roadside gully as screaming youngsters were thrown from the vehicle. The bus veered off U S Route 22 plunging end over end down an embankment.
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Hillel Country Day School
Lawrence
U.S. 22
Hershey
Pennsylvania
Philip Gaar
Hillel
Anthony L. Schmieg
National Transportation Safety Board
Two Die In Plane Crash After Fire Near Conneaut Lake
In Meadville three youths from Pittsburgh area died after a light single engine plane crashed near Conneaut Lake Airport and burst into flames. The sole survivor remained in very grave condition as investigators joined state teams to probe possible mechanical failures on the flight to Hershey and the Pennsylvania Dutch country.
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Meadville
Robert Hixson
Conneaut Lake
Meadville City Hospital
Eugene Carlini
Pittsburgh
Blair Hixson
Randolph Carlini
Long Island
Lawrence
Victor W. Andkaitis
Pennsylvania
Polluting Fee Moves Up State Pollution Powers
Harrisburg AP reports a bill to expand state power to combat water pollution cleared final passage in both houses and heads to the governor. The measure, praised by conservationists as tougher than the House version, allows payment in lieu of treatment only when large facilities are more effective than individual efforts.
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Sov
Shafer
General Assembly
Senate
House
Senate Conference Committee
House Democrats
John F. Laudadio
Westmoreland
Laudadio
Conservation
Robert D. Fleming
Allegheny
United States
Pennsylvania
Vietnam War View From Capt. Snodgrass Faces the War
Capt. Robert Snodgrass, a Coast Guard veteran? No, a Corry officer with Silver Star and Combat Infantry Badge, offers one of the first veteran interviews on the Vietnam War. He recalls his 1967 68 mechanized infantry tour with the First Cavalry, talks to every new man entering his unit, and contrasts officer and enlisted perspectives while noting questions newcomers asked on arrival.
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Bill Eaton
Robert Snodgrass
Vietnam
Bob Snodgrass
Snodgrass Corry
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tee Alee Mervedt
Bob An
Snodgrass
Corry
First Cavalry Division
Corry Memorial Board names new trustee to fill vacancy
The Board of Trustees of Corry Memorial named Louis Miller to fill the vacancy created by James Foley, who moved to California. The post is reserved for a labor representative. The board also appointed nominating committees for the upcoming incorporators meeting on September 16.
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Corry Memorial
Louis Miller
Corry
James Foley
California
Ajax Iron Works
Onte Ominenti
Frm
Robert Ae
Paul Howe Slattery
R. Elwin Fuller
Frater Joseph Pitcar
Josevage Vaughn
Oftcare
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