Pennsy Owners Approve Merger With New York Central
Pennsylvania railroad stockholders voted overwhelmingly to merge PRR with New York Central under ICC conditions, creating the world’s largest privately owned transportation system. The merger, expected to take effect Sept. 30 with operations beginning Oct. 1, aims to save about 80 million dollars yearly and boost earnings.
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Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Central
New York City
Stuart J. Saunders
PRR
Penn Central Transportation Corp
Saunders
Pennsy
New Haven
Delaware and Hudson
Boston and Maine
Penn Central
Eastern
Erie Attorneys To Await Candy Decision
Erie distributors of the novel Candy withdraw their injunction appeal to the State Supreme Court and will await the Philadelphia court ruling on a similar injunction. Lakeport Distributors Inc. petitioned to challenge a county court ruling that the book is obscene after police confiscated 70 copies in January 1965 on DA orders.
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Erie
State Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Ps Erie
Lakeport Distributors Inc
Dunkirk Man Shot By Girl In Mishap
Bohdan Pamas, 20, was accidentally wounded in the upper arm by a rifle shot from a 14-year-old girl, Janet Taylor, while target shooting in Dunkirk. He was taken to Brooks Memorial Hospital after the mishap in the back yard when the gun fired as the girl turned following a question.
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Brooks Memorial Hospital
Bohdan Pamas
Janet Taylor
Pamas
Three Pennsylvanians Die in Viet Nam Action
Washington AP reports three Pennsylvanians died in Viet Nam. Air Force Capt. John R. Bottesch of Munhall was killed in hostile action. Army Specialist 4 James Radzelovage, Archbald, died from nonhostile action, and Army Major Edwin J. MacNamara, State College, reclassified from missing to dead. Boost Corry- It’s Good For You.
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Viet Nam
Defense Department
Air Force
John R. Bottesch
Munhall
Army Sp
James Radzelovage
Stanley M. Radzelovage
Archhbald
Army
Edwin J. MacNamara
Ann C. MacNamara
State College
Bear Lake Community Notes and Funeral Remembrances
Mrs J C Manwaring and Miss Nancy Jukes visit Tennessee relatives for a week. Merle Crosby funeral at Clymer funeral parlor last Monday with burial in Town Line Cemetery. Larry Parker funeral in Bear Lake Church on Wednesday. burial Bear Lake Cemetery. WSWS meeting at Mrs Jane Nagle's Town Line Road home Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs J Reed and family vacationing in California and other places.
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Nancy Jukes
Tennessee
Clymer
Merle Crosby
Town Line
Floyd Smith Srv
Earl Bangle
Collins
Larry Parker
Bear Lake
Shipping save hinges on Erie port use for GE locomotives
Congressman Joseph P. Vigorito pushed to ship ten GE built diesel locomotives for Thailand from the Port of Erie rather than New York. He said eight would move from Erie with assured US flagships, saving about 8000 dollars overall. two must depart from New York by July 18 due to lack of Erie ships. A separate Chilean blizzard threatened the World Alpine Ski Championships starting August 4 at Portillo, isolating the resort.
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Joseph P. Vigorito
Erie
U. S
Vigorito
Ned V. Collander
New York
U. S. Army Material Command
Department of the Army
Thailand
Robert C. Moot
Department of Defense
Great Lakes
U.S
Portillo
Chile
Andes
Pa. Plane Crash Suits Family of Bergen County Leader
A $775000 damage suit was filed in U.S. District Court by the family of the late James E. Staudinger of Norristown Pa against the estate of pilot Melvin E Ladin over the mountainside crash last May 8 that killed Montgomery County Republican leader Staudinger and also claimed negligence by Ladin.
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Philadelphia
U.S
James E. Staudinger
Norristown
Montgomery County
Melvin E. Ladin
Walter E. Alessandroni
Alessandroni
Ladin
Library bids total $1.6 million for Shippensburg plan
The General State Authority reports unofficial bids of 1.6 million dollars for a new Ezra Lehman Memorial Library at Shippensburg State College in Cumberland County The facility will seat 1200 and hold 250000 volumes with construction expected to begin soon.
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Harrisburg
General State Authority
Shippensburg State College
Cumberland County
GSA
Ezra Lehman
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