Local Line-O-Ad Listings and Community Events
Local line ad rates are 25c per line with noon publication day deadlines. Ads include loans up to 3500 from Corry Consumer Discount Co and shoppers items from Katherine's and Dot's Cafe events with music by Larry and The Raiders. Also notices for WOTM meeting, Moose fish fry, and Black Horse beer at Cliff Carroll's.
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Corry
Corry Consumer Discount Company
North Center Street
Tom
Mabel
Steelworkers Negotiate as Labor Wages Dominates Talks
Amid wage talks, local and national steel unions push for substantive contracts. Abel backs rank and file vote while a 600 man conference holds power to approve settlements. Officials warn of possible strike if agreements stall, with cautious negotiation noted by veterans and sources close to talks.
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Abel
Anthony Tomko
McKeesport
Illinois
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Three U S Airmen To Be Released In Vietnam Talks
Paris AP report says North Vietnam informed the United States at the peace talks of three captured airmen to be released soon. Names released include Major James Frederick Low 43 captured December 16 1987 Major Fred Neale Thompson 132 captured March 20 and Captain Joe Victor Carpenter 87 captured February 5 with details surrounding their captivity.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
U. S
James Frederick Low
Fred Neale ‘Thompson
Joe Victor Carpenter
Viet Nam Front Lines See Shifts as Attacks May Reignite
Johnson and Vance discuss ongoing Viet Nam combat near Sai Gon with U S intelligence noting enemy units pulling back in places but still planning an attack. Washington observers cited the ebb and flow pattern of the war and warned military action could flare anew.
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Vance
Saigon
U.S
Washington
McCarthy Appeals to Voters in Pittsburgh Rally
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy pitched to Pennsylvania delegates and Black residents in Pittsburgh. He drew about 5,000 at Mellon Square addressing Vietnam and race, urged federal action to end segregation, and discussed housing policy before visiting a Hill District gallery for a 20 minute exchange with four young Black contesters.
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Pittsburgh
Gene
Eugene J. McCarthy
Pennsylvania
Mellon Square
Minnesota Democrat
McCarthy
America
Secret Service
Hill
Funeral Notices and Political Exchange Highlight City Briefs
Funeral notices report services for Mrs. Julia Ferry Green C. Einar Lindberg and William R. Edder with details on Bracken Funeral Home visitations and cemetery burials. Separate political remarks include McCarthy railing at presidential candidates over Kerner Report and Mayor Barr backing Humphrey.
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Green
Ferry
Julia) Green
Bracken
Beaverdam
Edder
William R. Edder
Bracken Funeral Home
New Bethlehem
McCarthy
Africa
Kerner
Joseph Clark
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Clark
Joseph Barr
Pittsburgh
Hubert Humphrey
Barr
City Faces Cancellation Of Its Gasoline Credit Card
East St. Louis faces a credit card crisis as Mobil Oil demands immediate payment on a $16,000 gasoline bill for police, fire, and garbage vehicles. Officials seek funds to avoid revoking the card while drivers are told to fill tanks while possible. The issue reflects broader municipal money troubles including a $60,000 payroll deficit.
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East ST. Louis, Il
East St. Louis
Mobil Oil Co
City finances under strain in East St Louis
East St Louis faces lean years as state aid wanes and the tax base shrinks. Officials cite 38 cents of every city dollar going to funding bonds and a debt ridden school district that borrowed 1 million from a bond issue for new construction. Local leaders blame political factors while seeking state annexation relief and federal funds to avert further cuts.
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George Washins
Alvin Fields
East St. Louis
Field
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the Raiders
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Emily
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Charles Koford
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Gould Street
Donald Simmonsen
Lemon Street
Orr's Meerdink
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Allen Adams Jr
R. D
Buland Greeley
Panama
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Harold Bensink
Clymer
Earl Kumball
Airport Road
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Elgin
Harry Wilcox
Nellie Koestner
Sixth Avenue
Dale Linebaugh
Spring Creek
William Melee
West
Smith Street
Dorothy McCray
Alvin Yoder
Bear Lake
Lorrie Johnson
Pittsfield
Luke Sherlock
Spartansburg
Russell Martin
C. Hiner Lindberg
Liberty Street
William Edder
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News Today
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Sugar
PUC
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Talor
Ihis
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de Bill Turben
Oldsmobile
the Y
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Turben’s Auto Service
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