Corry Annexation Plans Move Ahead
The Erie County hearing before Judge Lindley R. McClelland determined Corry has a case to annex part of Wayne Township. A three member commission, Norman H. Stark, Charles A. Agresti and W. Richard Cowell, will study the annexation’s relative advantages, township debt, existing public improvements and tax impacts within 60 days.
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Lindley R. McClelland
Erie County
Douglas Rozelle
Corry City
Barney Bernard
Erie
Township
Corry
Bernard
McClelland
Norman H. Stark
Charles A. Agresti
W. Richard Cowell
Corry Man Sues To Get Farm Back In Wayne Township
In Erie County court Astor E. Robbins sues to eject John Krasa family from Robbins 226 acre Hereford Road farm. Robbins alleges Krasa sold cattle worth about 10000 and damaged or disposed of machinery without authorization. Oral agreement reportedly made Krasa a partner with Robbins to care for livestock and farm upkeep.
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Erie County
Hereford Road
Here
Astor E. Robbins
Grand Street
John Krasa
R. D. Corry
Robbins
Krasa
Krasal
The
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Senate Hears push for mail ban on rifles and registration
Washington AP reports shifting public opinion as Johnson presses for a ban on mail order sale of rifles and shotguns and calls for universal gun registration. Senate Judiciary Committee weighs the measure while House leaders resist tacking registration to the bill. Rebukes by House chairs slow floor action ahead of July 4 recess.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
House
Emanuel Celler
DNY
House Judiciary Committee
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
House Rules Committee
North Clymer Man Arrested For Unauthorized Vehicle Use
A North Clymer man, Jacky Bressler, 28, was arrested in Chautauqua County and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after operating a Kling Furniture Factory tractor-trailer for about five hours last Saturday. He was arraigned before Village Justice A. Newton, with bail set at 500, and case adjourned to June 29 before Justice Edwin Seaton. In a separate note, Payson Sawyer in Falmouth Maine plans to dump 10,000 toy guns and stop distributing toy weapons to stores.
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North Clymer
Mayville
Chautauqua County
Jacky Bressler
Kling Furniture Factory
Bressler
A. ©. Newton
Edwin Seaton
Falmouth, Maine
Payson Sawyer
Maine
Attorney Appointed for UC Slaying Suspect in 1965 Case
Robert J. Kelleher was named to defend Ronald Hamerick in the murder and assault with intent to kill charges. Preliminary hearings are set for July 9 before Justice Floyd Marsh. Hamerick, 29, of Centerville, has been detained at Farview State Hospital since his arrest for the April 29, 1965 Union City murder and stabbing until a recent release for trial.
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Erie
Robert J. Kelleher
Ronald €. Hamerick
Hamerick
R. D
Centerville
Justice of the Esate
Floyd Marsh
Corry
Thomas W. Barber
Kelleher
Farview State Hospital
Union City
Abandon Level Base At Khe Sanh In South Vietnam
U S troops are abandoning and leveling Khe Sanh base to free defenders for mobile combat against increasing enemy forces in the northern provinces. Brig Gen Winant Sidle says the base will be bulldozed and bunkers closed as part of a new mobile warfare concept. In battles east of Quang Tri City and near the DMZ, South Vietnamese forces report 195 enemy killed with 7 Vietnamese dead and 50 wounded. a large weapons cache was found near Saigon, including rockets used against the capital.
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Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Winant Sidle
Sidle
Quang Tri City
Dope Ring Car Seizure Tops U S History
U S and French authorities halted a major drug probe after a 1962 Citroen carried 112 kilograms of heroin in its body. The seizure, valued at 224 million on illicit markets, followed seven transatlantic round trips and led to five arrests, one in New York and four in Paris, with U S Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark announcing the case.
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New York
Atlantic
Frince
U.S
Ramsey Clark
New York City
Paris
Ray Denies Slaying Dr King in Bow Street Hearing
James Earl Ray testified at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London that he did not kill Dr Martin Luther King Jr despite fingerprints on a rifle and binoculars found after the assassination at the Lorraine Motel. Ray, held under extradition to the United States, faced questions about political crime grounds and declined to sign a court recording.
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Lyndon
James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther King
Tha’ Prisones
Ray
King
Lorraine
Memphis
Tenn
Bunebrike
James Ear] Ray
Los Angeles
Bow Street Magistrates Court
Roger Prisby
Frisby
David Calcutt
U.S
Mai
London
Dr King
Dr. King
Bow Street
Clergyman Attacks Ecumenical Movement at Baptists Meet
The Rev. G Arthur Woolsey leader of Bible Baptist Seminary Clark's Summit Pa told 2000 delegates at the Regular Baptists 37th annual convention the ecumenical drive toward a super church is Satan's plan and will fail as foretold in the Bible The General Association of Regular Baptists claims 200000 members nationwide
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Rochester
N.Y
Ecumenical Movement
Pennsylvania
Area Schools Position May Be Clarified
State Senate moved toward resolving a logjam in courts over district mergers by approving Senate Bill 1245 48 to 1. The measure shifts appeals of mergers from Commonwealth Court to the State Board of Education with 90 day plan filings and 30 day appeal windows. Corry Union City and Spartansburg districts face restructuring as hearings continue.
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State Senate
Corry
Union City
Spartansburg
Senate
Commonwealth Court
Raymond Shafer
Corry Area
Department of Public Instruction
Sparta
State Board of Education
Penn Central to end Chicago Washington rail service
The Penn Central Co plans to discontinue its direct Chicago Washington passenger route due to falling ridership and losses. Reservations through July 6 remain, with service ending July 7 requiring passengers to change trains at Baltimore and Harrisburg. only the Baltimore and Ohio will offer direct service thereafter. In other news, Vermont shoppers must wear clean hosiery when trying on shoes in state stores per the health board order.
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Washington
Chicago
Penn Central Co
Penn Central
Washinton
City
New York
Montpelier
Vermont Board of Health
Union City Dam Start Soon As Hood Project Advances
In Pittsburgh AP report the Army Engineers awarded a 11 million contract for Union City Dam as part of a 33 million Hood control project on French Orel. Construction should start in 10 days and finish by late 1970 per Rep Joseph P. Vigorito. The general contract went to S. J. Groves & Sons Co. of Ann Arbor Michigan. Debate continues on converting the area into a federal recreation lake for boating fishing and swimming with a 600 acre water body proposal and questions about summer water levels.
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Pittsburgh
Army Engineers
Union City
Joseph P. Vigorito
Dfria
Arbor
Mich
Vigorito
Republicans Fight Johnson Picks For High Court
Eight GOP senators have signed a petition opposing President Johnson’s Supreme Court appointments, a sign of Senate division as Fortas and Thornberry await confirmation. The effort, led by Griffin and Murphy, aims to block a lame duck president from filling court vacancies, with Dirksen notably silent amid mounting pressure.
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Senate
Johnson
Supreme Court
Eltough
GOP
Abe Portas
Homer Thornberry
Fortas
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
California
George Murphy
Griffin
Murphy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thornberry
Tsaix
Howard Baker Jr
Congress
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J. Groves & Sons Co
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