Meadville Airport Expansion Drive Reaches $108 700 Mark
Meadville pledges totaling 108 700 toward Port Meadville Airport Expansion. Committee chair George J Barco announced plans for a 351 875 project funded by 120 000 local, 165 000 federal, and 66 875 state dollars. City officials noted land purchases to extend runways to 4 500 5 000 feet. Major donors include Meadville city Talon Inc Crawford County commissioners and several local firms.
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Meadville
Port Meadville
George J. Barco
Meadville Area
Robert Christie
Hill & Hill Engineering
Barco
City of
Meadville and Talon, Inc
Crawford County
Spaulding's, Inc
FMC Corp
American Brake Shoe
Sunbeam Equipment Corp
Northwest Pennsylvania Bank & Trust Co
Merchants Bank & Trust Co
Townships Seek Vote On Liquor In Two Counties
Two townships in Titusville area plan to place liquor questions on May primary ballots. Oil Creek Township residents consider malt beverage legality while Plum Township voters weigh liquor questions for the first time. Petitions require 25 percent of last election voters, with Plum needing at least 74 signatures. filings due at county courthouses.
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Titusville
Oil Creek Township
Crawford County
Stella Machelski
George Donovan
Oil Creek
Plum Township
Venango County
Plum
Authority Sets Bids and Bills at Columbus School Restoration
The authority approved a 180 bill for teachers room furniture from Engle Furniture and Builders Supplies after Columbus directors bought locally, prompting a dispute over whether the furniture should have been funded by bond proceeds. The panel also discussed a 16,762 bill to Hunter Campbell and Rea for 75 percent of a six percent design fee on the burned high school restoration, noting concerns about cost and responsibility.
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New
Columbus
Engle Furniture
Engle’s
Biaance
Hunter, Campbell,and Rea
Altoona F
Authority
Frank McKnight
Fire destroys Freedom School in Indianola Mississippi
Fire destroyed the Freedom School in Indianola after a civil rights mass meeting. No one was inside as records, desks, banks, and equipment burned. Harris of COFO reported it as the second fire at the school amid ongoing school boycott protests.
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Shupe
Davis
Indianola
Miss
Sunflower County Court House
Doin Harris
Council of Ceded Organizations
COFO1
Harris
Jackson School
Birmingham
Ala
Employment Peaks in Pennsy Despite Seasonal Decline
The Labor and Industry Department reports total employment in Pennsy at 4,277,100, the highest for the month since 197. Despite a projected December dip of 115,000, the figure remains 40,000 below the year ago level.
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Labor and Industry Department
Pennsy
Decemea
Department Igures
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First National Bank
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Meadville Telephone Co
Keystone Construction Co
Conneaut Lake Park, Inc
Robert Bailey
Dad's Dog Foods
Channellock, Inc
Tribune Publishing Co
Coca Cola Bootling Co
Murphy
Bob Wente
Allan
Artie) Shaw
Corry
Walter Campbell
Jerome Davis
G. ¢. Murphy Co
Sansa
Boz
Firestone
Philco
Barneys S
Free School
Washington St
Corry, PA
Bennett
Domani
Bennett’s — Corry
House of Fashion
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