City council weighs fate of federal aid and urban renewal
In Our Opinion argues Corry faces red tape and frustrations over Fourth Ward urban renewal and a 100 unit housing project funded by federal money. It urges persistence, noting Corry may gain long term benefits while contending Washington keeps funds, and calls for keeping a stiff upper lip to secure needed grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Corry
Erie
Oil City
Franklin
Meadville
Titusville
Personal Property Tax Seen as Untapped in Harrisburg
Harrisburg report notes many Pennsylvania counties overlook or evade the personal property tax on stocks bonds and other paper assets held by residents. Montgomery County leads in collection but overall effort is weak with critics calling the tax inequitable and suggesting scrapping it for a broader county levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Internal Affairs
Keystone State
Internal Affair Department
Montgomery County
Chinery
Valle of Stoaks
Che Guevara Documents Reveal Cuban Links and War Plans
Bolivian troops recovered Guevara documents plus messages to Fidel Castro and Gulf Oil that CIA classified top secret. The papers detail Cuban officers with Guevara, calls for a second front, and a request for $100,000 to fund the revolution, ending with a fatal October 1967 confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidel Castro
Gulf Oil
Ileda
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Guevara
Castro
Bolivia
Che
South America
Juan Chang
Peru
Gulf
People's Revolution
Bertrand Rus
Mansell Foundation
Blind Getting Federal Brushoff
The article details the 425,000 legally blind Americans with only 11,000 in regular jobs and 9,000 more needed within five years. It profiles the National Industries for the Blind and its 78 factories, noting industry resistance, training shifts, and the push for broader blue collar employment through private enterprise and worker-owned ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Goodpasture
National Industries For the Blind
NIB
Goodpasture
How to Contact Your Elected Officials in North East Area
A fragmented notice lists state and federal officials with contact routes. It names STATE REPRESENTATIVE Forest Hopkins in North East, STATE SENATOR James Willard of Mercer County, U S SENATORS Hugh Scott and Joseph Clark, and CONGRESSMAN Joseph Vigorita of Erie with addresses to Capitol or Washington offices for communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Affairs Department
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins
North East
State Capitol
Harrisburg
James Willard
Pulaski
Mercer County
U. 5
Hugh Scott
Joseph Clark
Philadelphia
Senate
Washington
D. C
Joseph Vigorita
Erie
Addresing House
Ifins
Washington, D.C
Reporter Wanted to Find Where We Lost God
Jim Bishop seeks a stick salesman who can sell religion with a sincere tone. Applicants must be well dressed and patient and demonstrate no prior experience required.
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God
The Boy Who Sees No Wrong In Crime
A reflective column describes a 15 year old youth who questions obedience to law and religion. The author contrasts his nihilistic view with personal memories of morality, citing rising crime, church attendance shifts, and the idea that moral support could deter such youths. The piece weighs faith, judgment, and the pull of rebellion.
Corry Paving Start Planned After City Grant
City to begin the summer paving project covering two and a half miles of streets with the start set for July 28 after preliminary grading next week. Salamanca Merchants defeat Corry 6 3 under lights at Loveland Field in a game where pitching outshined hitting and fielding.
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Tiuly
Salamanca Merchants
Corry
Loveland Field
On This Date in History July 17 1968 Highlights
The column recalls events on July 17 across years including 1945 Potsdam meeting among Truman Churchill and Stalin to plan postwar policy, 1898 Spanish forces surrender at Santiago, 1965 Arco Idaho gets power from atomic energy, 1962 Senate kills Kennedy Medicare bill, and 1965 B 52 strikes in Vietnam from Guam. Other notes mention Jordan troop deployment and an SEC study on the NYSE.
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Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Potsdam
Berlin
United States
Santiago
Cuba
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arco
Idaho
U.S. Senate
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Guam
Vietnam
Jordan
Hussein
United Arab Republic
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Stock Exchange
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Sam
Mason Denison
Pennsylvania
Drew Pearson
Tender
Tough Commie
Ernesto
Che’ Guevara
Bolivian
Leche
Mario Monje Molino
Moscow
Havana
Estanislao
Monje
Juan
Lechin
Hilda
Hildita
John J. Wilson
Wilson
John Cunniff
AP Business Analyst
Jim Bishop
Bishop
Santa
Junior
Tamarind Drive
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
First Methodist Church
South Center and
Pleasant Street
Board of Education
Concord Community Club
Con
Tecold Community House
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