State Sets Mapping Of County Areas
State official John K Tabor announces mapping of Erie County s 21 townships using original land grant information. The Bureau of Land Records will prepare track maps for deeds clerks lawyers and historians, aiding local land searches and regional planning.
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John K. Tabor
Department of Internal Affairs
Department
Tabor
Bureau of Land Records
Recorder of Deeds
Erie County
Meadville Plans 70-Unit Elderly Housing on Pomona Hall Site
Meadville Housing Authority confirms purchase of 2.6 acres south of St Marys Roman Catholic Church for an eight story elderly housing project. Target possession in 60 days, with construction set to begin April 1, 1968. Purchase price listed at 52000 dollars. Plans near completion after Federal HUD loan approval. project aims to use park like grounds and trees of Pomona Hall site. Larson notes sixth anniversary of Meadville public housing occupancy.
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Meadville
Meadville Housing Authority
St. Mary's
Madge Larson
Market and
Water Streets
St. Mary's Church
Pomona Hall
Larson
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ece
Steam Powered Warren Tourism Train Considered to Dam Route
Warren businessmen back a steam powered tourist rail from Glade Bridge to Kinzua Dam. They say the Pennsylvania Railroad blocks purchase of 130 pound trackage, threatening a daily two to three coach excursion. A 1965 Chamber of Commerce effort and other local figures support reviving rail tourism as a regional draw.
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Warren
Glade Bridge
Kinzua Dam
Russell Templeton
Templeton Funeral Home
Pennsylvania Railroad
Templeton
Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Knabenshue
Tom
Glade
Dam
U.S
Midwest
Travel Department Bureau of Pennsylvania
Everett Historic Railroad Company
Mt. Dallas
Tatesville
Bedford County
Reading BR
Lives To 91 In Conneautville Area Car Crash
A 91 year old Crawford County man, Frank Alles of Conneautville, died after a one car crash near Conneautville. The vehicle driven by Brewer Patton, also of Conneautville, went out of control, hit an embankment and pole, then rolled and stopped upright about 3:45 pm three miles west of Conneautville. Alles died at 6:05 pm at Spencer Hospital. Patton sustained unspecified injuries.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Conneautville
Frank Alles
Alles
Brewer Patton
Patton
Spencer Hospital
Spencer
Unattended Hook and Ladder Truck Crashes Down Hill
A Warren borough hook and ladder truck rolled 200 feet down a steep hill after answering a 6:15 am fire call. Police chief Edward E. Peterson said the vehicle rolled backward with brakes locked, smashing into a tree and lawn. Damage was listed at 35 125 with additional losses to fire gear. no passenger train context.
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Warren
Warren Borough
Edward E. Peterson
News Notes From a Loyal Navy Family Hint Fresh Letters
Evelyn Merkle shares reader submissions plans for a weekly column starting Monday with her mother writing the news and a contact number 654 2406 for item submissions. The note mentions upcoming days away and August 14 as a return date, asks readers to mail or hand in updates, and lists local events including a birthday party for Rodney Wiedner, a FC paper drive, Little League results, Spartansburg calendar sales, and notices about birthdays, clubs, and church dates. A mine accident in Bentleyville, Pa., kills a worker and injures three at a US Steel mine near the town, with several others treated or released from Monongahela Memorial Hospital. Shop Your Corry Stores.
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Evelyn Merkle
Navy
R. D
Rodney Wiedner
Russell Eastman
Gary Crosby
Ronald Patterson
Dale Cook
Norman Bloomfield
Rodney
Marjorie Huff
Wynne
Wood
Philadelphia
Glenn Steadman
Huff
W. P. Titzel
Erie
Nellie Steadman
Aya Trifenberick
Mildred Halfast
Faith Wallace
Joy Wallace
Titusville
Nellie McCray
Raymond Straites
Lynford Jackson
D. V. Kinney
Isaac Sherlock
Clute
Union City
Spartette
Northast
Spartansburg
Tiaac Sherlock
Bentleyville
Frank McKulka
Uniontown
Us, Steel Corp
Washington County
Monongahela Memorial Hospital
James Nagy
Connellsville
John Burns
New Salem
John Evancheck
Beating Suspects Arrested After Teen Trio Assault
Three Emlenton youths aged 16 and 17 were arrested by county officers on second degree assault charges for allegedly beating three 15 year olds camping on a Forest Park beach near Barcelona. Victims treated and released for minor injuries at Westfield Memorial Hospital. Suspects appeared before Justice of the Peace Roger Hammer in Westfield on Monday.
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Unauauque
Emlenton
Barcelona
Chautauqua County
James E. Rapp
Gregory A. Sloan
Patrick T. Murray
R. D
Forest Park
N. Y
Sheriff's Deputies
Westfield Memorial Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Roger Hammer
Westfield
Drunk on Horseback Freed After Highway Stop
AP report from surgea Gaul lists two rodeo enthusiasts freed after being charged with drunken riding on a public highway. Jack Leroy Erwin, 69, Hydesville California, pleaded guilty and fined 56 dollars. Gilbert Dias, 44, Petro Ha California, posted 23 dollar bail. They had attended a Fortuna rodeo Sunday night and were returning to Hydesville, nine miles away, on Erwin's horse and mule.
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Surgea
Gaul
Jack Leroy Erwin
Hydesville
Calif
Gilbert Dias
Petro- Ha
California Highway Patrol
Fortuna
Erwin
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Allegheny Airlines
WITH
Marine’s
Marine
Four Point
Marine Bank
Marine National Bank
Corry, PA
Firestone
Fed Frei
Barney
South Center Street
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