Memorial Day weekend traffic toll climbs with late reports
The known Memorial Day weekend traffic death toll stood at 374, in the low range of estimates, with late reports possibly raising the total. Fatal crashes occurred across Pennsylvania and Georgia, including a carplane collision near Atlanta. Notable victims included Harold Miller and Barbara Bailey of Chester, and Melvin Leif Glatt of New York. Polizei noted a local youth cited for possessing alcohol as a minor in Allentown.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Eee Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Atlanta
Florida
Richmond Hill
Greyhound
Pe Snar Eed
Kevin Bailey
Barbara Bailey
Harold Miller
Chester
Melvin Leif Glatt
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Carlisle
Matthew Pantaleo
Neptune City
Philadelphia
Allentown
Memorial Day Tribute by Corry Family in Mead Park
Mrs. George Tinko, Corry's first Gold Star Mother of Vietnam, placed flowers on the dead of all nations' wars during Memorial Day ceremonies at Mead Park. Her son fell in Vietnam aboard a river patrol boat. Hundreds of locals attended the solemn event on ideal weather.
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George Tinko
Corry
Mead Park
Tinkos
Vietnam
Holiday weekend auto crashes injure few people
Corry State Police logged eight traffic crashes over the holiday weekend with only three injury cases and one hospitalization for observation. Five crashes were Friday, two Saturday, one Sunday. An attempted truck theft occurred but failed. The report details a deer collision in Waterford injuring no one besides a deer, a separate Moore head injury from a Bear Lake crash, a Wattsburg accident with speeding charges, and a Wattsburg bicycle collision.
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Corry
James C. Dahlkemper
Erie
Waterford
Norbert Irish
Union City
Union City Memorial Hospital
Bear Lake
Woodrow W. Clayton
O'Dell Street
Irish
Clayton
Frank Mysnyk
Eight States Head Into Biggest Primary Day This Year
Eight primaries unfold across California New Jersey Montana Mississippi Alabama and three more states with House seats up. In Alabama George Wallace battles Gov. Albert Brewer as Wallace seeks to revive a third party bid. California features Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty versus Jesse Unruh for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and Norton Simon tops the GOP field. Senate races in California New Mexico and Mississippi shape up with Brown Tunney Montoya among contenders.
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Senate
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New Jersey
Montana
Mississippi
New Mexico
South Dakota
Wallace
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Serra Sociae
Brewer
Wood
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Assem Democratic
Jesse Unruh
Ronald Hagar
Ses
Norton Simon
George Brown
James V. Tunney
Gene. Tunney
Joseph M. Montoys
Richard Edwards
U S Blasts Cambodia Largest Attack in Vietnam War
U S artillerymen fired over 2000 shells from 20 howitzers into a suspected North Vietnamese staging area inside Cambodia near Krasang, five miles west of the border. The five hour bombardment aimed at a crescent shaped jungle area with reports of bunkers and stored munitions but weather hindered confirmatory air spotting.
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Saigon
U.S
Krasang
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Cambodia
Prey Veng
272Nd
Two Members Plan To Quit Shafer Cabinet
Harrisburg AP report says Atty. Gen. William C. Sennett and Highways Secretary Robert G. Bartlett will leave Gov. Shafer’s cabinet. Sennett may lead Hugh Scott’s campaign while Bartlett returns to private work. Gov. Shafer scheduled an 11 a.m. news conference to discuss cabinet changes. Sennett, Erie native, was appointed in 1967 and was the youngest Pennsylvania attorney general.
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Harrisburg
Atty
William C. Sennett
Robert G. Bartlett
Shafer
Sennett
U.S
Hugh Scott
Bartlett
Scott
Senate
Erie
Pennsylvania
Justice Department
State Liquor Control Board
Clifford L. Jones
Raymond J. Broderick
Penelec Here Awaits Word On Pact Talks
Supervisory and union staff of the Pennsylvania Electric Company await word from Johnstown headquarters as contract talks resume with a federal mediator present. Corry area reports limited trouble calls since the walkout, with management covering local facilities and union sites.
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Penelec
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Johnstown
Corry
Edward Zarger
Council To Meet On Light Agenda
City Council meets at 8 p.m. with a light agenda led by Mayor Edward Zarger opening discussion of the police Civil Service list. City engineer David Johnson will address sewer assessments and 1970 construction updates as others have no items. Power outages affect 2,700 customers in Indiana and Blair counties blamed on vandals. Tyrone area 700 homes affected by a damaged transformer pole. 2,000 customers in Clarksburg, Indiana see late repairs. Federal mediation starts today in Johnstown over an IBEW strike now in its second day. Clair Replogle to referee. The YMCA in Corry hosts a public discussion on a teen center with Steve Welch inaugurating but the Y plans minimal involvement. local groups will attend and donations may be held until concrete plans emerge.
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Edward Zarger
Police Civil Service
David Johnson
Indiana
Blair Counties
Tyrone Area
Tyrone
Clarksburg
Johnstown
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Clair Replogle
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
IBEW
Penelec
YMCA
Corry
Steve Welch
Welch
The
Jaycees
Painter 103 year old begins home study course
Dora Bray of Pasadena aged 103 pursues a three year correspondence painting course. She paints nature scenes, recently took a day off for her 103rd birthday, and recalls starting painting two years ago after being offered a free course by a New York correspondence art school.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dora Bray
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