City Again Debates Ambulance Service Subsidy Fate
City officials weigh a subsidy to Corry Ambulance Service as owner Clif ford Holcomb warns the service could fold without help. Council backs hospital board responsibility and ponders a meeting with Corry Memorial Hospital directors to resolve city support. The matter has stalled for weeks with no action.
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Corry
Clifford Holcomb
Corry Memorial Hospital
William A. Peiffer
Holcomb
Council
Jack Downey
City Police Candidate Exams Set by Corry Civil Service
The Corry Civil Service Commission announces police force candidate exams on Saturday at 10 a.m. An additional officer will join the force soon to reach full strength. Men planning to take the exam must file forms with the city engineer on the municipal building’s first floor by Saturday.
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Corry
Youngsville GI, Father Of 5, Killed In Vietnam
A 25 year old Youngsville native Spec 4 Willis Michael Sullivan was killed in Vietnam on a helicopter crash caused by small arms fire and a grenade. He served since 1964 as a military policeman and leaves a wife Mary Bullock Sullivan and five children, including two one month old twins. Survived by parents Willis Sr. and Mary, a sister Barbara, a grandmother Mrs Rose Sullivan, two nephews and several aunts and uncles. Services by McKinney Funeral Home will be announced later.
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Oungsville
Youngsville
Vietnam
Willis Michael Sullivan
Brown Hill
B.D
Sullivan
Defense Department
101St Airborne
Richard
Youngaville
Mary Bullock Sullivan
Kath
Tean Marie
Robert Michael
Roger Dale
Crystal Ann
Rodney
Willis Michael Sullivan Sr
Barbara
Rose Sullivan
McKinney Funeral Home
Corry proposed as backup center for Erie nuclear defense
Erie County Civil Defense Director told City Council that in a nuclear attack the county would need a backup communications center. Corry is named as the most likely location with a Municipal Building basement considered. Federal funding could cover half the cost.
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Erie County
Erie
County CD
Corry
David Parmenter
Parmenter
Civil Defense
Federal Civil Defense Department
Council
Detroit Police Off Jobs Demand Higher Pay
Detroit's police force was reduced by about one third as 800 patrolmen were off work seeking higher pay. City officials sought a permanent injunction to stop the strike after a temporary restraining order. The DPOA demands a raise from 8335 to 10000 annually, with Michigan National Guardsmen and State Police offered for duty if needed.
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Detroit
al Leggat
Michigan National Guardsmen
Michigan State Police
Leggat
Detroit Police Officers Association
DPOA
General Traffic Bureau
Robert Reese
City to condemn six junk houses as starting step
The city housing officer posted condemnation signs on six vacant substandard buildings to set a precedent in a program targeting roughly 400 derelict structures. Owners were notified to repair or tear down. some may be burned under fire department supervision if releases are signed. Properties include 280 Sciota Street and 61 West Columbus Avenue among others.
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Carl Hixson
Sciota ‘Street
William and Mary Warathh
Columbus Avenue
Marjorie Bensinik
Mound Street
Helen L. Conners
West Pleasant Street
Erie County
U S Presses Israel Recognition At U N General Assembly
U S Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg outlines President Johnson's peace plan at the United Nations, insisting Israel must be recognized and ready to negotiate before Arab forces withdraw. He rebuts Kosygin's charge of U S incitement and sets the record straight ahead of any summit talks. De Gaulle and Wilson discuss Middle East issues in Paris amid doubts about UN diplomacy.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Johnson
Middle East
U.N. General Assembly
Goldberg
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Alexei N. Kisygin
United Nations
122 Nation Assembly
Kosygin
United States
Johnso
Washington
Johnnson
Wilson
City Backs Firemen In Split Vote
City council approves letters to state lawmakers urging parallel pension treatment for firemen in third class cities. Dorr Clarke opposes, citing cost and lobbying options. mayor and three others push to present the issue to six legislators.
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Firemen’s Pension Board
Dorr Clarke
Clark
William A. Peiffer
Jack_Downey
Gerald Staples
Pension Board
Downey
Staples
Russell Brant
Old-Fashioned Street Dance Sought At Hotel Corry
Hotel Corry seeks city consent to block West Park Place from North Center to the hotel rear on July 15 and 16 for a Pro Am archery tournament drawing hundreds of archers and fans. City Council requested hours and fire access details before approval.
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Corry
West Park Place
Harles la Rocca
North Center
Council
Delta battle kills 169 Viet Cong as 28 Americans die
An American task force near Saigon reported 169 Viet Cong killed in a night battle about 19 miles south of the city. Twenty eight American infantrymen were killed and 126 soldiers and sailors wounded. four American helicopters were shot down. The fight, amid flooded fields along the Rach Hui River, involved heavy artillery, air strikes, helicopter gunships, and river monitors.
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Saigon
Mekong
U. SS
Rach Hui
U.S. Sth
1St Corps
U.S
Binh Dinh
North
Vietnam
Hanoi
Leeway Granted for City Occupational Tax Due Date
City Council voted to push the occupational privilege tax due date from July 15 to July 31 to align with fiscal dates of industrial plants. An amendment will state taxes received by July 31 are not delinquent. Solicitor Douglas Rozelle to draft the ordinance change after tax collector R El win Fuller requested the shift.
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Douglas Rozelle
R. Elwin Fuller
Fuller
Council
$400 Million Work Undone in Vietnam Repairs
A Senate subcommittee finds U S funded repairs in Vietnam left undone with equipment rusting in place. Six hearings set for July 27 probe unfulfilled repair contracts tied to a 400 million Agency for International Development program across Asia and Europe.
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Washington
Senate
Vietnam
United States
Subcommittee On
Agency For International Development
Asia
Europe
Joseph Lippman
Lippman
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Kosygin Rejects Johnson Invite Dims US Soviet Summit
United Press reports Kosygin turned down President Johnson’s offer to meet in Washington or nearby sites. Officials say Kosygin cited U.N. Middle East session as the reason, leaving summit prospects uncertain as Rusk attends U.N. talks.
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United l Ed
Alexei N. Kosygin
Johnson
Washington
Kosygin
United States
U.N
Middle East
Camp David
U.S
United Nations
Mosygin
Wader
New York
Sahiday
Moscow
Dean Rusk
U.N. General Assembly
Rusk
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