War deaths, local officials, and community notices
Paragraf Hill 21 of Erie County died in Vietnam last week from wounds. A Kennerdell man died in a pickup crash in which Surrena of Harrisville lost control after avoiding oncoming traffic. Dr. Charles H. Walters resigns Cambridge Springs schools chief to become York City assistant superintendent, introducing innovations like TV lessons and a planetarium. A zoning hearing on John Sheehan garage plans was canceled to align with property lines. Half a million dollars funds begin a $7 million Tionesta Reservoir recreation upgrade, with changes to preserve natural beauty. Six motorists receive license suspensions for speeding and other violations, and Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas B. Kemerer died in Vietnam near Da Nang. The body of retired industrialist C. F. Bliss will be laid to rest in Pine Grove Cemetery. Five Jamestown companies plan a Midway Park picnic for about 2,600 workers. Titusville considers fluoridation. junior lifesaving classes at the Y start August 15. Sears truck-sale prizes awarded to Mrs. John Pfeiffer and C. M. Patterson. Local youths cited for noise after 10 p.m. A licensed collie is at the city pound. Loblaw talks with the strikers show no resumption yet. George A. Kurtich funeral set. Joseph M. Barr Jr. sworn in as head of the new Department of Community Affairs.
Blast Throws Boulder Kills Truck Driver Near Clearfield
A dynamite blast on the Keystone Shortway road project sent a boulder through a truck roof killing driver J. O. Whitaker 32 of Curwensville Clearfield County. In Sharon Pennsylvania an auto tractor trailer collision at an Ohio route intersection killed 78 year old William T. McComb of Sharon.
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Clearfield, Pa
J. O. Whitaker
Curwensville
Clearfield County
Whitaker
Clearfield
Sharon
Ohio
William T. McComb
Titusville Pursues Silent Probe Into Embezzlement
Titusville audits in the city treasurer and controller offices review a 20 year suspected shortfall in city service funds. Norman Canada asserts no cover up while seeking proof of loss and bond implications, as officials push premature publication concerns and note the implicated party is no longer employed.
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Titusville
Norman Canada
Gerald English
Canada
Police Solve Missing Woman Case In Somerset
Police in Somerset Pennsylvania solved a missing person case after nine reports in July of a woman's bathing suit by pools. At sunrise on Monday they found an 18 year old boy still wet at a poolside and turned him over to juvenile authorities.
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Somerset, Pa
Somerset
British Labor Faces Confidence Vote Over Wage Freeze
The article notes a Conservative motion expressing no confidence in the government and discusses Labor’s possible support breakdown. It highlights the Trades Union Congress stance on the six month wage freeze and the government plan to enforce a standstill period for future pay rises via the Prices and Incomes Board, with ongoing talks between Wilson, Brown, and union leaders.
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Labor Party
Wilson
Labor
Trades Union
Congress
Economics
George Brown
TUC
George Woodcock
Prices and Incomes Board
Pension Plan Nears Final Approval for Warren Borough Workers
Warren Borough moves toward a broad retirement plan covering all non police and fire employees. The 11 page ordinance sets 65 as normal retirement age with early retirement provisions for those under 50 and a 12 year service requirement to retire. Employees contribute one twelfth of annual salary while the borough funds as needed to maintain the plan. death or disability coverage is provided and a retirement committee is created.
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Warren
D. W. Winans
W. D. McElwain
Boat Explodes At Lakewood Marina Rescued Coast Guard
A $6,000 demonstrator boat exploded at Lake Bay Marina in Lakewood N Y last night about 8 30 p m. Co owner Joyce Marlon and employee David Price were rescued from the water by 18 year old marina worker Bobby Sulcher. The blast destroyed the boat 75 yards from shore.
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Lakewood
N.Y
Mape Bay
Lake Patrol
Stark County Sheriff's Department
Joyce Marlon
David Price
Charlotte
N.C
Bobby Sulcher
Farms In Erie County Getting Fewer
Erie County's 1984 agriculture census shows 2384 farms, down from 2511 in 1964, with average farm size 112.1 acres and land value 28188. Farm sales totaled 22776890, up from 16611448 in 1959, with crop sales and livestock figures provided. New data include farmer income for recreation and pest control chemical use. census runs every five years with end-in-4 and end-in-9 years.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Erie County
Explosion destroys new fiberglass boat on patrol report
Patrol could not immediately determine the explosion's cause from under the engine hatch. The demolished boat was a new fiberglass inboard outboard model valued at about $6,000, per patrol estimates.
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Patrol
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Pvt
David Hill
Willard
Hill
Kennerdell
Rena
Harrisville
Surrena
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Walters
Cambridge Springs
York City
Walters
Cambridge
John Sheehan
First Avenue
Sheehan
Tionesta Reservoir
Col
J. E. Hammer
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pittsburgh
Hammer
Tionesta
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Raymond George
R. D
Union City
Michael Matava
Zenas Bean
Corry
Carrie Huffman
R.D
Bear Lake
Harry Silvis
Second Avenue
Louis H. Sphon
Grove
Viet Nam
Marine Lance Cpl
Thomas B. Kemerer
Mount Pleasant R. D
Defense Department
Washington
Kemeter
da Nang
C. F. Bliss
Daytona Beach
Fla
Bracken
Pine Grove Cemetery
Charles DuBois
Corry Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Automatic Voting Machine Corp
Jamestown
Midway Park
Lake Chautauqua
Frank Walsh
Automatic
American Locker Co
Jamestown Metal Corp
Jamestown Metal Products
Bane Tool Co
Board of Health
Richard “Dittman
YMCA
William Cochran
Dittman
Sears Roebuck and Co
John Pfeiffer
Clymer
C. M. Patterson
South Center Street
Third Ward
Loblaw
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
North America
Amalgamated Food
Afl-Cio
Oil City
Franklin
Meadville
George A. Kurtich
Spitzer Funeral Home
Francis J Lubacz
St. Matthias Church
French Creek
Joseph M. Barr Jr
Secretary of
the Commonwealth
W. Stuart Helm
Department of Community Affairs
Barr
Richard C. Frame
Venango
Scranton
Blast
Corry Savings and Loan
American Legion
Erie County American Legion
D Mark Chase
British
J&f Mohara
Dacron
Reg
T.M. Pacific Mills Worsted Co
Morton's
Bach
Frigidaire
North Center Street
Rose D
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