Ritchie confirmed as Warren County Prothonotary
The Senate approved Robert L. Ritchie, a Republican and Warren’s Tenth Ward committeeman, for prothonotary and clerk of courts. The post has been vacant since January after the death of Warren G. Lowe. Ritchie’s term expires the first Monday of January 1970. He currently works for the State Revenue Department in the Warren National Bank building.
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Robert L. Ritchie
Warren County
Senate
Warren G. Lowe
Ritchie
Republican
Warren
State Revenue Department
Warren National Bank
PUC Sets Hearing on Paving Project Financing
The Public Utilities Commission plans a hearing in July to decide cost sharing among the city state and utilities for street paving work across railroad tracks. Field investigations will set a cost estimate and a completion target of July 1908, with no current railroad or highway department problems.
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PUC
Johnson
Highway Department
Still Lack Jurors In Murder Trial
Fayette County sheriff ordered to subpoena 40 people for jury examination in the murder case of John Galayda. The trial paused as lawyers ran out of prospective jurors. judge Munson recessed jury selection until Thursday. Nine jurors seated of 85 examined since June 4, amid a ruling that exclusion based on opposition to capital punishment is not allowed. Galayda, 32, of Monessen, is accused of shooting Tony Scotehell, 33, of Westover, and hiding the body in a car trunk.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
John Galayda
John J. Munson
Munson
Rusing
Ruing
Galayda
Monessen
Anthony Scotehell
Westover
W.va
Shafer Signs Pollution Control Bill in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg Governor Shafer signed a new air pollution control measure that reorganizes the State Air Pollution Control Commission, expands its regulatory powers, and raises penalties to 500 dollars per infraction. The law strengthens the commission and broadens citizen rights to file complaints about suspected pollution sources.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shafer
State
Air Pollution Control Commission
Shafer weighs endorsement amid delegate talks in Pa
Pennsylvania Governor Shafer defers a public endorsement of Nelson Rockefeller while consulting 64 GOP delegates. He has met with delegations at his Capitol Gap retreat and plans another before meeting Tuesday. Fellow Republicans Schweiker and Scott weighed in as Shafer heads to Tulsa for the Governors Conference. Hawaii air travel also rose in 1967 with 2,117,557 interisland passengers, up 20.7 percent from 1966.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Nelson Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Besa
New York
Indaintown Gap
Rockefeller
James G. Fulton
Pittsburgh
Hack Hockefeller
Fulton Igatt
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
U.S
Richard S. Schweiker
Rockafeller
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Fulton
Philadelphia
Tulsa
Ohlo
Hawaii
Honolulu
Airports Division
State Department of Transportation
Six killed as jet lands short at Calcutta airport
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashed and burned while landing in monsoon rain at Dum Dum airport Calcutta. Six of 83 aboard died including a stewardess. 48 passengers and nine crew survived. Notable passenger Anglican bishop Gilbert Baker escaped unharmed. The flight originated in Los Angeles with stops in Honolulu Tokyo Hong Kong and Bangkok. A cyclist dies in Johnstown crash while the car driver is hospitalized after a PA 68 collision.
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Calgutea
Anaua
Calcutta
Pan American World Airways
Hong Hong
Gilbert Bak‘er
London
Dum Dum
Tames
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Karachi
Beirut
Istanbul
Frankfurt
New York
Efforts Begin to Reignite Poor People Campaign Protests
In Washington the Poor People's Campaign resumed demonstrations after a week with about 350 protesters marching to the Department of Agriculture to pressure hunger relief. Two youths were arrested for shouting near the Washington Monument while organizers, led by Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and Sterling Tucker, aim to sharpen focus and prepare for a June 19 mass rally, with Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr as a likely speaker. A contingent of Resurrection City residents then marched on Capitol Hill, singing freedom songs, as police managed the crowd to comply with Capitol grounds rules.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
America
Park
Washington Monument
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Interior Department
Sterling Tucker
Martin Luther King Jr
Resurrection City
Capitol
Agriculture Department
Capitol Hill
Capitol Grounds
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Cheford Loewes
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James A. Palmer
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Guy L. Swart
George P. Barr
West Smith Street
William H. Speck
Leola M. Cole
East South Street
Ilon Stufflebeam
Park Avenue
Kundracik
Maurice Moore
State June Road
North Center Street
Meuilville
Moore
Slace
Cleveland
Corry Motor Lodge
Richard Kimmy
Wilma
Kimmy
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Rita Nichols
Kenneth Nichols
Centerville
Jen O'Brien
182 York Steel
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Bob
Carrig
North Center St
Rocky
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Johnstown
Leonard W. Walsh
Josephine Hueceri
Hammonds
Hammond's
Eagle Street
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Z. Scall
E. Winner
G. A. Bortz
Fort Pitt
Squirrel Hill
State Highways Department
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Cologne
Monsieur Houbigant
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