Anti Beatles Medal Protest Set By British Colonel
In London Colonel Frederick Wage, 74, returns 12 medals to Queen Elizabeth II in a protest against the MBE awarded to the Beatles. He resigns from Labour leader Harold Wilson’s party and cancels a 33400 pound bequest. He keeps only the Croix de Lorraine. Hundreds of letters flood No. 10 and Buckingham Palace as public reaction grows.
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London
Frederick Wage
Order of the British Empire
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
M.B.E
Buckingham Palace
Wage
Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
No. 10
Downing Street
Students Swell Job Applications at Corry PS Employment Office
The Corry office of the Pennsylvania State Employment Service logged 190 applications in May, mostly from high school and college students seeking summer work. Office manager William Michael reported 49 high school counselees, 20 commercial students tested, 90 referrals to 50 openings, and 34 placements with three handicapped applicants.
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Corry
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
William Michael
PSES
Michael
Elgin Lab
Waterford
North Center Street
Newspaperman William G. Chandler Dies at 82
William G. Chandler, 82, longtime general business manager for the Scripps-Howard papers, died Wednesday in Rye New York. The notice notes opposition from rival pop group supporters.
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Rye
N.Y
William G. Chandler
Scripps -Howard Newspapers
Local scholarships honor Corry area graduates at annual banquet
The Corry Ellis Lodge awards scholarships to James M. Carrig who will study at Edinboro Martha Houser who will attend Hiram College and Thomas C. Bidwell of Union City Area High School bound for Edinboro. Houser receives a college grant from Hiram plus is salutatorian. Other grants go to Belle Anderson John Claypool Dennis Dyckes Jane Parver David Gilliland Janet McQuiston and Gary Swanson. Local loans come from eight groups including Kiwanis Rotary and the Corry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
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Page One
Tricia Brant
Meadville City Hospital
Ann, Hansen
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bonnie Vance
Meyer Memorial Hospital
Judith McGregor
Temple University Hospital
Corry Ellis Lodge
James M. Carrig
Edinboro
Martha Houser
Hiram College
Thomas C. Bidwell
Union City Area High School
Miss Houser
Hiram
Belle Anderson
Mercyhurst
John Claypool
Western Reserve
Dennis Dyckes
Titusville
University of Pittsburgh
Jane Parver
Seton Hill
David Gilliland
Taylor University
Janet McQuiston
Gary Swanson
Pitt
Virgil Curtis
Corry High School Alumni Association
Excise Tax Cuts Postponed and Phased Relief Details
The article outlines retroactive and future excise tax reductions including a May 1 retroactive 6 percent and staged drops to 1 percent by January 1, 1969 for auto taxes. It also notes repeal of 10 percent taxes on jewelry furs and many consumer goods and a phased ending of the 10 percent telephone levy by 1969. Shop Your Corry Stores.
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House
Senate
Service Held for Mrs. J. Hassett at Bracken Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Sue Hassett were led by Rev. Earl Docherty at the Bracken Funeral Home with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bearers included Russell Brant Louis Hanna Almon Harmon Robert Mulvin Carl Selberg and A Bruce Smith.
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Joseph Sue Hassett
Bracken
Earl Docherty
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Russell Brant
Louis Hanna
Almon Harmon
Robert Mulvin
Carl Selberg
A. Bruce Smith
Corrye
James Proper
Niles
Ohio
Kenneth Smith
Sharon
Louis Allen
Lawrence Park
Rodney Matteson
Wattsburg
William Scott
Zion
Ralph Williams
Clymer
Frank Hassett
Marie Gookin
Mary Rita Gookin
Paul Gookin
John Dolan
Margaret Lyons
Arthur Rowland
Meadville
Mark Cukrow
Maxine Hassett
Cathrine Hassett
Cleveland
Harold Hultman
Eric
Roger Thompson
Phillipsville
Lulu Spencer
CMA
Car kills 6 year old in Indiana Pennsylvania
A car struck and killed Joseph Dougherty, 6, in downtown Indiana Pennsylvania. He was the son of Owen Dougherty, head baseball coach and an assistant football coach at Indiana State College.
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Indiana
Joseph Dougherty
Owen Dougherty
Indiana State College
McNamara Details Vietnam Force Buildup and Authority
Secretary McNamara outlined a Viet Nam troop increase totaling about 71 000 with 21 000 in combat roles and 27 000 aboard 7th Fleet ships. He noted General Westmoreland has authority to send troops for urgent defense and discussed the possible formation and deployment of new divisions in the future.
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Page Oneham
C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Army
Marines
Air Force
Navy
7Th Fleet
McNamara
Army to form new airmobile unit named 61st Cavalry Division
McNamara announced an authorized airmobile division forming from the 61st Cavalry lineage. The Ft. Benning unit would number about 15,787 soldiers and be transportable by 434 aircraft, roughly four times a conventional division’s air assets, and could be ready in eight weeks if needed. He declined to say if it or parts would serve in Vietnam.
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61St Cavalry
McNamara
Ft. Benning
Viet Nam
Scouts Honored For Heroism
Five Boy Scouts received heroism medals from the National Court of Honor. First Class Scout Thomas E. Oakes, 13, of Jackson Center, saved 15 year old James King from drowning at Stoneboro on June 28 1964 by pulling him to safety after King panicked in the water.
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CW Brunsmuir
N. J
Pennsylvania
National Court of Honor
Thomas E. Oakes
Jackson Center
James King
Stoneboro
Oakes
King
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Britain
Washington School Fund
Bagley Fund
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Dr. G
Corry Elks
James Carrig
Elks Aid
Thomas Bidwell
Union City Grad
J. Hassett
THE
Chamber OF Commerce
Buyer's
Hoover
LAMB
Barney
Corry, PA
South Center Street
Cohen Auto Supply AutomOtive
Franklin ‘St
Corry Pharmacy
General Auto Repair
Frank's
Thomas Motors
E.F.M
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave
Concrete and Gravel CO
Center
BUICK
Dodge
Corry Area
Citizens Coorry Office
Marine National Bank
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