Rain Arrives As Scheduled In Waynesburg Tradition
Waynesburg, Pa. records its 90 year rain day on July 29 as rain began at 3 08 a m per patrolman Dennis Fox marking the fifth time in nine decades the town has seen rain on this date. The Weather Watch tradition started in the late 1800s when Allison Dailey bet a farmer it would rain on July 29. He kept the wager until his 1940 death when his son John inherited it.
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Waynesburg
Dennis Fox
Allison Dailey
John
Rioting at Patterson Park Ends As Police Break Up Mob
Riot police and plainclothes officers moved in as crowds clashed near Patterson Park. A white mob attacked a Negro resident, cars carrying CORE demonstrators faced bottles, and several arrests were made. The States Rights party rallies fueled tensions. the park permit was revoked for Thursday night after violence surged.
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States Rights Party
Edgar Myerly
Patterson Park
Richard Norton
Maryland
Cleveland
Kinney Held On Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
Pittsburgh report states Allegheny County coroner Dr. William R. Hunt ordered Raphael S. Kinney held for grand jury action on involuntary manslaughter in the June 23 traffic death of Gladys Fitzgibbons and the death of her passenger Mary Gulag. Police testified Kinney drove the car that struck Fitzgibbons’s vehicle near Munhall.
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Pittsburgh
William R. Hunt
Allegheny County
Raphael S. Kinney
Whitehall
Munhall
Kinney
Gladys Fitzgibbons
West Mifflin
Mary Gulag
Two men convicted in auto theft case tied to SCLC
Federal juries convict Harold Belton Andrews and Morris Finley in separate trials for interstate transportation and receipt of stolen cars. Andrews admitted renting four new cars and rigging them with fake IDs to target people he believed linked to the SCLC. The SCLC denies involvement and calls the proceedings a test of the civil rights movement.
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Atlanta, Ga
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Civil Rights Movement
Harold Belton Andrews
Atlanta
Morris Finley
Andrews
Finley
Sidney 0. Smith Jr
FBI
Joe Salem
Moultrie
Johnny Dyer
Hosea Williams
Lester Handerson
Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Ala
SCLC car purchases questioned in Andrews deal
Williams contends they overpaid for vehicles and denies meeting Andrews while Rev. Andrew Young says 60 cars were bought for SCLC staff. It later emerged two cars bought from Andrews were stolen, casting doubt on the dealer's reputation.
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Andrews
Williams
SCLC
Andrew Young
Chicago
Young
Tropical Storm Ella Downgraded Near Puerto Rico
Tropical storm Ella weakened to a depression about 400 miles north of San Juan. no further advisories planned. Hurricane Dorothy also weakened with winds dropping from 75 to 60 mph as it moved northwest of the Azores.
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Miami
Fla
Ella
San Juan
Weather Bureau
Dorothy
Atlantic
Azores
Red China Envoy Defects Seeks U S Political Asylum
Syrian sources report a Red Chinese diplomat attached to Peking in Damascus defected and sought political asylum at the U S embassy in Damascus. U S and Syrian officials declined comment while Beirut based Al Hayat cited the defection. The U S ambassador in Damascus did not confirm details.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Peking
Damascus
U.S
Hugh Smythe
Washington
al Hayat
Bliss obituary notices funeral details and donations
The body of C. F. Bliss will lie in state at Bracken Funeral Home with viewing Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m. Committal service in Pine Grove Cemetery at the family’s convenience Saturday. Memorial contributions may go to Zem Zem Hospital for Crippled Children in Erie, care of Wallace Young, Corty.
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Corry
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Charles VanTassel
William Cochran
Bear Lake
Kenneth Hogan
Cor
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Maple Avenue
Lenore
Leonard Eliason
Findley Lake
Vincent Sexton
R. D
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Clymer
George Gage
Snyder Circle
George Wentling
East Main Street
John Leibegott
Ohio Street
Judith
Philip Sample
William Hecker
East Irving Street
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Fairview Street
James Braswell
Grand Valley
James Roden
West
Smith Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Erie
Frank Hrosko
Carrig’s
Pope Sis Hos
Prowlers
Corry Journal
Tge
Waterford Drive
Spook-A-Rama
Cathers
Dodd Farms
Elks
Brother c. BB Bliss
Turben
Chevrolet
Carrig’s Footwear
White
Willetts Bros
Tue Journal Daily
Victor Cragg JR
Franklin Street
Dong Ha
South Viet
Nam
U. S
DuBorny
Red China
Pretzels
Electra Sol
MR. Cola
NAI Roof Crafters
Hammond
Eagle Street
Citizens Carry Office
Marine National Bank
Corry Area
Citizens Corry Offic Marine National Bank
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