Community briefs and local notices from Corry area
Ministerial luncheon at Hotel Corry honors Rev and Mrs Hostetler who leave for Goshen Indiana. Columbus Community Church picnic at Mead Park runs 11 am to 5 pm with 12 15 pm dinner at Elk's pavilion. Bermuda Hop for junior high students Friday 7 to 8 16 pm in all purpose room. City taxes due with 5 percent penalty after July 1. Police cite Terry Daniels for excessive speed after crash last week. Pekinese dog missing leads to search. jail warrant for John T Layman in Mead Avenue burglary case. Boy Roy Fogel, 12, killed at Beaver Falls township in Marion Township. Continuous local notes.
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Corry
Richard Hostetler
Beaverdam Mennonite
Goshen
Ind
Columbus Community Church
Mead Park
Elk's Pavilion
Richard Dittman
Reds Map Plan To Block LBJ In 68
The American Communist party proposes a leftist front to oppose President Johnson in 1968, seeking alliance with labor and civil rights groups. Gus Hall says there would be no party label on the presidential candidate as the convention opens in Manhattan. About 700 delegates attend with 50 pickets outside the Lower East Side ballroom.
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New York
American Communist Party
Johnson
Gus Hall
Hall
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Johnstown Man Convicted In Club Killing
George T. Fisher 22 of Johnstown was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a jury for the December 26 killing of a man outside a Johnstown club. Sentencing deferred pending a defense motion for a new trial. Fisher also faces assault with intent to kill charges from the wounds.
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Wunya
Semi Kills Man 66 in Pittsburgh Farm Incident
A tractor trailer fatally struck Clarence Plate, 66, of Pittsburgh's North Side, yesterday on his family farm after he was thrown from the tractor. The accident occurred near his home and authorities investigated the scene.
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Pittsburgh
Clarence Plate
Market Violence Follows Slapping Incident in Racial Tension
A Florida city of 16,000 faced days of unrest after a white owner, Arthur Marks, 42, allegedly slapped a 10-year-old boy at a market. About 3,000 local Black residents sparked protests, then violence flared from Tuesday night into Wednesday. Police deployed riot gear and patrols as authorities prepared for trial set Saturday and a possible moratorium proposed by Black leaders. Kentucky tobacco output referenced in passing.
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Arthur Marks
Marks
Negro Leders
Hammondville Road
Miami
Peace Riot Truce Sought as Police Recede from District
After 24 hours of sporadic violence, Negro leaders proposed a truce with the 150 plus officers policing the district. Rioters refused steady crowds and the riot squad marched the streets twice before departing. one patrol car window was shattered and no arrests were reported.
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Two Jamestown babies die in blazing home fire
A Jamestown fire killed two infant children of Richard Walls 24 and left his wife Carol 23 injured. The blaze began in the master bedroom and spread, trapping the upstairs apartment’s occupants. Both parents suffered burns and were treated as two other Walls children aged three and four were elsewhere during the fire.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Richard Walls
Walls
Carol
Jamestown General Hospital
Michael Walls
Annette
Suits Total $1 Million In Boat Collision
Federal Court in New York sees claims exceeding $1 million after the collision of two tankers and the tugboat explosions in Kill van Kull. Coast Guard inquiry continues as 33 dead, two missing, are feared dead after two more bodies are recovered.
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NW York
van Kull
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Staten Island
New Jersey
Panama City Colon High Schools Resume After 16 Day Closure
Classes resumed quietly in Colon high schools after a 16 day shutdown following a bloody student clash. Officials reported no further unrest as students returned to classrooms with heightened security and briefings on the incident.
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Panama
Colon
Negro March Broadens In Scope
The Mississippi march to promote Negro voter registration expands to federal court and Philadelphia rally plans. Lawyers seek swift injunctions to prevent interference with the Philadelphia event, with 75 marchers led by nonviolent activists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Floyd McKissick. Stokely Carmichael may be kept back with the main column.
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Benton
Miss
Philadelphia
Canton
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Floyd B. McKissick
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Williams
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Charles Cornish
West Columbus Avenue
Sheriff's Office
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Mead _avenue
West Frederick Street
Aia Hs
Reds
Johnstown
Vanguard
Fanfare
G—Blossom
Corbin
Worth Coner
Corey Powa
Fou Jeweler
Kentucky
Verna Bennett
Indiana, Pa
The
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Albert Pechan
Armstrong
W. Stuart Helm
Bennett
William Scranton
Prank Costanzo
Fogle Lumber
Walder
Tropix
Genten
Corry Area
Erie Commercial School
Erie Commercial School Palace
State Street
Erie
Corry Savings and Loan
American Legion
Summit
Ainsworth Field
Mark Chase
Red Cross
Cory Chapter
American Red Cross
Caribbean
Panama Canal
East Main Street
Carrig's
North Center St
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