Erie County Schools Seek Court Challenge to State Board
Erie County school officials consider Dauphin County Court action to overturn capricious state board rulings on district reorganization. Fort LeBoeuf and Sparta Merged Schools sought changes, while the Corry Area Jointure faced lost incentives as the 1953 act would auto approve plans with no new districts. The plan’s fate hinges on continued legal action and potential mergers.
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Erie County
Dauphin County
State Board of Educaton
Corry Area Jointure
State Board of Education
Kenneth D. Frantz
the Journal Today
Fort LeBoeuf Jointure
Sparta
Corry Jointure
HUD Opens Door For Corry Funds
HUD approved Erie County's Regional Planning Commission under the Metropolitan Development Act of 1985 and set the stage for funding Corry's Fourth Ward urban renewal. The commission awaits 15-member appointments and bylaws for a Municipal Advisory Board and 15-member Executive Committee, enabling federal funds processing once operational by fall.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Erie County
Regional Planning Commission
Corry
Fourth Ward
AUD
Christopher Capotis
Capotis
Commission
Child Hurt and Damages in Clymer Stop Sign Crash
A Clymer area man Dell L. Gates twenty one ran a stop sign at West Pleasant street and collided with Mrs Cecil Chadwell age forty five. A boy David Chadwell eight was treated for cuts at Corry Memorial Hospital. Gates pled guilty before Alderman Norbert Bachoffier and paid a thirty five dollar fine plus five dollars costs. Chadwell car suffered four hundred fifty dollars in damage while Gates car sustained two hundred fifty dollars. The article also notes the death of Paul R Abbott four of Springfield Missouri a leader in postal supervision from a heart attack.
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Clymer
Dell L. Gates
First Avenue
West Pleasant Street
Cecil Chadwell
Union Street
Gates
Chadwell
West Pleasant
David
Corry Memorial Hospital
Norbert Bachoffier
No Millage Charge City School Tax Notices In Your Mailbox Today
City residents receive annual school tax notices detailing millage and per capita charges. The millage remains at 20 percent with a $15 per person cap for those over 21. Real estate levy targets $427,186 and per capita $6,780, per Assessor William Miller, with ward by ward land and building assessments.
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William Miller
Tug of War Develops Over Jayne Mansfield Funeral
In New Orleans the body of Jayne Mansfield lies in a morgue as a family and ex-husbands battle over her funeral. Matt Cimber arrives to plan the service while Mickey Hargitay flies in with their three children hospitalized after a highway crash. Mansfield’s mother and stepfather travel from Dallas to join the arrangements.
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New Orleans
Jayne Mansfield
Matt Cimber
Across
Mickey Hargitay
Njured
Miss Mansfield
Hargitay
Harry L. Peers
Dallas
Tex
Miss Manafield
Riots in Buffalo injure 20 and lead to 100 arrests
Buffalo police with 400 helmeted officers fought to quell a third night of rioting in the East Side as roaming youths exchanged rocks and shots. About 1,000 participants, including teens, sparked roughly 150 fires, with 20 fires set Thursday night and homes bombed with makeshift gasoline devices. Police reported looting less severe than the prior night.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Niagara Falls
Mile
Jefferson-Ferry-Madison Ave.nues
Alice McClure
Methodist EUB Merger Given Final Okay
Final approval was given to the union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The merged body will be known as the United Methodist Church and begin with a uniting conference in Dallas next April. announcements came from Bishop Donald H. Tippett of San Francisco and Bishop Ruben H. Mueller of Indianapolis.
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Methodist Church
United Brethren Church
United Methodist Church
Dallas
Donald H. Tippett
San Francisco
Council of Bishops of
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Air Support Accident Hits U S Position
Air actions near Hanoi Haiphong report heavy sorties by U S planes with 152 missions over North Vietnam. Navy bombers targeted Loi Dong fuel storage and Cong My transshipment points near Haiphong, triggering fires and secondary explosions. Ground fighting in the south was light as operations continued along the coast.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
South China Sea
Kua Kam
Loi Dong
Cong My
Sireas
Hoa Lac
Thailand
Alert Trooper Nabs Pair Of Car Thieves
A trooper from the Cor Ty State Police captured two fugitives and recovered a stolen car in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Gardner Crocker and Almond Meeks were stopped on Route 6 near Mill Village after the vehicle matched a statewide alert. They admitted stealing the car in New Hampshire and switching plates after entering Pennsylvania. They were arraigned before Justice Floyd Beaverdam and handed to the FBI in Erie for action.
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Portsmouth
N.H
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Mill Village
New Hampshire
Eyanko
Gardner L. Crocker
Arcadia
Texas
Almond C. Meeks
Springfield
Illinois
Evanko
Crocker
Erie
Holly
Cpl
John Hornick
Elmer Schiko
Pennsylvania
Justice of the Peace
Floyd Marshal
Beaverdam
FBI
Hospital Goal In Sight With 509933 Tallied
The Corry Memorial Hospital fundraising drives toward a $550000 target, with $500033.45 raised and about $40000 more needed. Campaign chairs Feldt and Bracken report progress from headquarters, noting volunteer house-to-house efforts and a notable appeal from 9 former residents yielding 96000.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
W. Feldt
Robert Bracken
Bracken
Corry
North Center Street
Meerhoff
Corry Youth Undergoes Surgery After Crash Near French Creek
A 19 year old Corry area resident, Michael Butchko, remained in satisfactory condition at St Vincent's Hospital Erie after arm surgery from an auto accident near French Creek yesterday. A passenger, William Silvis, 20, sustained minor injuries and was treated there. Police report the car skidded on a wet curve and rolled into a ditch. both were transported by Findley Lake EMS. Also, vet Dr Joan Holzworth warns cats face overpopulation amid misguided kindness.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Erie
French Creek
Michael Butchko
Findley Lake
Sherman
William Silvis
St. Vincent's
Chautauqua
May‘ile
Butchko
Turnpike Crash Kills 3 in Pennsylvania
Everett Pa AP four injured in two car crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike claimed three lives Thursday. Victims named include Nancy Witter 71 of Bradenton Florida William Crumplen 33 of Tarboro North Carolina and his daughter Susan four weeks.
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Nancy Witter
Bradenton Fla
William C. Crumplen
Tarboro
N.C
Susan
News Agencies Probe Warren Report Finds No New Refutation
The Associated Press CBS and NBC examined the Warren Report and its critics and found no evidence disproving the finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in President Kennedy's murder. AP released a 20000 word report. CBS broadcast four one hour parts this week. NBC noted Garrison's conspiracy claims lacked lie detector support and alleged misconduct by his staff.
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Associated Press
Columbia Broadcasting System
Warren
Les Harvey Oswald
John ¥. Kennedy
CBS
National Broadcasting Co
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Bers
Warren Commission
Commission
U.S. admits second Haiphong ship hit during bombing run
The Defense Department says American bombers may have damaged the Soviet merchant ship Mikhail Frunze while targeting Haiphong oil installations, amid a Moscow protest. Officials review flight paths and post-strike photos to gather all facts.
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E Shipping
Washington
Pentagon
Haiphong Harbor
Defense Department
Moscow
Haiphone Petroleum J
Haiphong
Mikhail Fronze
Halphong Harbor
United States
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Mead Park Association
Norman Edinger
Walter Casler
Climax, Engine Committee
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Chamber of Commerce
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Maude Barnes
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Sweden
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