Parram and Dance Night at Corry YMCA for Juniors
A junior high dance titled Just A Paragram Just A Paragram will be hosted at the Corry YMCA tomorrow evening from 7 to 10. The Hed will provide music. Admission is 65 cents and school clothes is the dress rule. Also reports list divorce decrees in Warren County Court, plus a slow response to fire department vacancy applications and driver tests at the Municipal Building tomorrow. Michael Mead of Warren was confirmed to the State Fish Commission by Gov Shafer, succeeding Wallace Dean of Meadville.
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Corry
David Johnson
Johnson
Senate
Raymond Shafer
Michael Mead
Warren
Wallace Dean
Meadville
State Fish Commission
Dean
U S Spy Plane Shot Down By VC Near North Vietnam
An unarmed American RF4C reconnaissance jet was shot down over North Vietnam by antiaircraft fire. The two crewmen parachuted into the Tonkin Gulf, were rescued three miles from Dong Ho, one injured and taken to the hospital ship Repose. The incident marked the fifth U.S. aircraft downed in North Vietnam since last November.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Dong Ho
Demilitarized Zone
Repose
U.S
U.S. Command
United States
Dong Hoi
South Vietnam
Almost Turned Back On D-Day Omaha Beach
BAYEUX France AP Cornelius Ryan author of The Longest Day recalls how close Americans on Omaha Beach were to turning back on D-Day He notes Gen Omar Bradley's decisive one hour and Eisenhowers near misstep The scene shifted as tired troops faced hedgerows and measured gains with high stakes outcomes.
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Bayeux
France
Omaha Beach
Cornelius Ryan
Ryan
Normandy
Omar Bradley
Bradie
Omaha
Omahamas
Miss 1969 Warren County Dairy Princess Contest Planned
The Warren County Dairy Princess pageant will be held August 5 at 7 p.m. at the fairgrounds near Pittsfield during the Warren County Fair. Cochairs Ransom Riedell Jr. of Corry and Kenneth Loomis of Sugar Grove lead the event, sponsored by the Warren County Holstein Club. Contest rules require Pennsylvania dairy farm roots, state residency, age 17 to before July 1, high school graduation by June 30, parental consent if under 15, singleness, local and state eligibility, and no prior wins. Entry forms are at the Warren County Extension office or with the cochairmen and must be received by July 21.
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Warren County
Fairgrounds
Pittsfield
Ransom Riedell Jr
Corry
Kenneth Loomis
Sugar Grove
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Warren County Holstein Club
Snowmobile Licensure Bill Stirs Corry Area Interest
Hopkins outlines proposed snowmobile bill granting formal licensure and license plates for snowmobiles. The measure requires headlamps taillights and mufflers to curb noise with about 1 000 snowmobiles in the Corry region. Hopkins says the bill includes additional provisions as the discussion continues.
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Corry
Hopkins
Senate
Navy survivors recount Evans disaster amid swift explosion
Survivors from the Evans tell Navy investigators of fires and blasts after the destroyer broke in two near Pearl Harbor. Seamen recall thinking the ship grounded as chaos erupted, with 73 men entombed and one body recovered. Most survivors, 199 in total, later transferred to the carrier Kearsarge en route to Subic Bay as investigators gather testimonies.
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Cers
Naval
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Evans
U.S
Kearsarge
Subic Bay
Philippines
Cam Ranh Bay
S. Vietnam
Mark A. Gee
Port Angeles
Wash
Charles M. Prey
San Mateo
Calif
McLemore
Melbourne
Hold Rites For Gerald Knight
Funeral services for Gerald M. Jerry Knight were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at the Bracken Memorial Home with Rev HL Kenyon Leishman of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in Warren County Memorial Park. Bearers were Joseph Baressi Arthur Cochran Richard Gia coma Paul Kundracik William Mitchell and Mynterd Williams. Attending from away were many relatives from Warren Oil City Grand Valley Roselle Tidioute Philadelphia Spartansburg and other nearby communities.
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Gerald M
Jerry) Knight
Bracken
HL Kenyon Leishman
First Presbyterian Church
Burns
Warren County Memorial Park
Joseph Baressi
Arthur Cochran
Richard Giacoma
Paul Kundracik
William Mitchell
Mynterd Williams
David Knight
Anthony Parise
Albert Goodwill
Richard Johnson
Warren
William Muir
Oil City
Marshall Johnson
William Birchard
Grand Valley
Daniel Johnson
Roselle
William Beckwith
Philadelphia
George Nelson
Lillian Turner
Thomas Shoemaker
Richard Brown
Tidioute
Pearl Nichols
Anna L. Nichols
Spartansburg
JFK Memorial Plaza Map Out for Dallas Start Soon
Dallas county officials say construction of a John F Kennedy memorial plaza in downtown Dallas near the assassination site should begin in July or August and be finished by November or December this year. County Judge W L Sterrett announced the plan on Wednesday.
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JFK Memorial
Dallas, Tex
John F. Kennedy
W. L. Sterrett
Dallas
Kennedy
Corry 4 H youths head to Kanesatake camp
Three Erie County 4 H Club members Jeannie Lukas Pam Flick and Dennis Wade of Corry will attend Camp Kanesatake Spruce Creek next week to train as junior counselors. The Pennsylvania State University faculty lead activities such as aquatics folk dancing sports crafts and drama. Approximately 75 Erie County 4 H members will attend this Northwestern Pennsylvania camp in Marionville this July hosted by Camp Forest.
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Erie County
Spruce Creek
Jeannie Lukas
North East
Pam Flick
Dennis Wade
Corry
Kanesatake
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania
Camp Forest
Marionville
Smooth Area Change To Stamps
Federal officials expect an orderly shift from surplus food to the food stamp program in Warren County starting August 1. Representatives Freiler and E Artz discussed program details including residual disposal and record disposition. The Warren Board of Assistance said active public assistance recipients will automatically qualify for stamps and plans for applications will be announced.
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Warren
Warren County
Robert J. Freiler
Bureau of Government
Department of Property and Supplies
E. Artz
Cisumer
C&ms
USDA
William L. Kearns
Warren County Board of Assistance
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Spring Creek
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Arden C. Taylor
R. D
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St. First Avenue
Corty
Rexall
Ana
Corry, Penna
Crown Area Dairy Queen
Corry Fire Department
City of Corry
Mowe
Chin Wa Toadéamett
Ana Neon
Rf Mer
Craig ST
Pgh
Gerald Knight
Parole Board
Paul J. Gernert
China
Mit
Eis
Barney’s
Furniture Department
South Center Street
Barney's
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