Rural Poverty Hearings Planned Across Three Pennsylvania Counties
The Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs and Agriculture along with Governor Shapp and State Senator Stapleton plan hearings in Indiana Greene and Northumberland counties in June and July to assess rural poverty. The Erie OEO survey from 1969 already documented rural hardship, suggesting state officials should use those federal figures rather than duplicating costly local surveys.
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Pennsylvania
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Erie Office
OEO
Greater Erie Community Action Committee
Corry
Union City
Shoulder patches in Vietnam era army stir memory and meaning
Veterans recall how shoulder insignia marked unit identity from World War I onward. The piece notes the 42nd Rainbow Division, 12th Keystone, and Big Red One, and recounts how patches were managed when soldiers transferred between units during the Vietnam drawdown. It also mentions Audie Murphy attending Arlington and ties to Hoffa testimony and legal intrigue.
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Vietnam
Esprit de Corps
Pennsylvania
High Point
Europe
3Rd
2Nd
2Nd Armored
Hoffa Case Partin Letter Forgery Claims Surface
The article details Audie Murphy Hoffa associate Persuade Partin allegedly recanting his 1964 testimony with a forged letter bearing the President's signature praising Partin. Partin later dictated a statement under pressure from the Justice Department, which Hoffa allies doubt as fake. The piece notes Teamster scrutiny, efforts to obtain sworn statements, and political involvement, amid broader tensions including Dayan diplomacy and Cairo’s unrest and inflation.
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Partin
Nixon
Murphy
Parti
Hoffa
Dalton Smith
Denver
Justice Department
Partineos Eter
Ifa
Romance of Jim Sullivan and Millie in Sea Bright
A narrator recalls Jim Sullivan a Sea Bright New Jersey saloonkeeper and Millie a backroom hamburger cook. Millie dies of cancer after planning a future house, leaving Sullivan alone in a big house by New York harbor and still chasing their shared dream.
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Jim Sullivan
Millie
Sullivan
Sea Bright
New Jersey
Jim
Yorkshires
Horbrau House
New York Harbor
Corry High School grants diplomas to 93 graduates
The seventy eighth Corry Senior High School class received diplomas in a June 7 ceremony with Rev. John DeSanti leading the invocation. Relatives attended as 93 graduates completed 12 years of public schooling. A juvenile party honored a three year old birthday boy at a related home gathering. In sports, Bill Turner pitched a one hitter for Vern Group as the Elks beat Corry Jamestown 4 to 1.
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Corry Senior High School
John DeSanti
Bill Turner
Elks
Vern Group
Corry Jamestown
What is the law What is meant by Letters Testamentary
Letters Testamentary is the formal authority given the executor by the Orphans Court in Pennsylvania permitting him to carry out duties. Decree of Distribution is the court award after the account is audited showing how estate proceeds are distributed to creditors beneficiaries or heirs if no will exists.
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Orphan's Court
Pennsylvania
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Teamster
George Murphy
Calif
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Kramer
Mideast Report
Israel
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Bill Rogers
Dayan
Joe Spear
Cairo
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Jim Bishop
Romeo and Juliet
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Wally Simpson
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Antony and Cleopatra
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