Duplex and rental listings scattered across city
A fragmented shorthand classified page lists multiple rental and sale notices. Items include 63 bedroom units with baths and fireplaces, 2 and 3 bedroom homes with gas heat and porches, a 2654 ft property with sales contact, and a 316 duplex investment. Contacts reference local brokers and phone numbers.
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James
Ax Building
Edroom
Dusouth Center
V. B
Y. Pa
Ato
Igton Street
Explosion rips WW II Canonsburg housing unit injuring ten
An explosion blamed on a gas leak tore through a five family Skyview Terrace unit in Canonsburg Pennsylvania. Ten people were injured including eight children ages 3 to 15. six were hospitalized with burns while two children and two neighbors were treated and released. Roof and two apartments suffered collapse with about 15000 dollars in damage. Fire officials said neighbors evacuated the injured and the blast occurred while residents slept. The eight injured children were said to be the offspring of Anna Sheppard with some details still pending on whether she was home at the time.
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Canonsburg
Canonsburg General Hospital
Skyview Terrace
Edward Briceland
Anna Sheppard
Charles
Janice
Randall
Annie
Sharon
Carol
Council Names Five for Housing Body in Noon Meeting
City Council approved five names for a temporary Housing Committee with a likely move to a permanent Housing Authority if formed. A formal announcement is expected next week after all are contacted. The Authority would pursue federally subsidized low cost rental housing possibly 100 units funded by a government backed bond. The project aims to remove substandard housing in several city areas. Thomas Bontempo of Bontempo Consulting met Mayor Peiffer and City Engineer Johnson and will return to discuss firm services for pursuing government backed housing. The temporary committee has no ties to the Urban Renewal housing committee.
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City Council
Permanent Housing Authority
Thomas Bontempo
Bontempo Consulting
Rochester
William Peiffer
David Johnson
Housing Committee
Johnson
New Temporary Housing Committee
Bill Would Allow Corry To Rebuild
Harrisburg special report notes that Corry and other third class cities and nearby boroughs could designate business improvement districts under a bill slated for public hearing. The measure would authorize bonds to fund improvements and assessments on benefited properties to repay the debt. Sponsor Rep. John Stauffer says it shifts redevelopment to local control, bypassing federal programs. Also backing the bill are Reps. Stanley Kester Max Homer Herbert Maack and G Sieber Pancost.
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Harrisburg
Corry
Erie County
Warren’ County
Crawford County
House Municipal Corporations Committee
John Stauffer
Ghester County
Stanffer
Stanley Kester
Delaware
Max Homer
Allegheny
Herbert Maack
Montgomery
G Sieber Pancost
PLCB Suspends Corry VFW License for 10 Days
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced the suspension of the Corry VFW Association license for 10 days citing noncompliant bylaws with the Liquor Code. The action also notes separate operations between the veterans’ organization and the VFW post, with other clubs in Brie facing suspensions or fines in the same batch.
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Corry Vfw Association
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
PLCB
Harrisburg
Veterans’ Organization
VEW Post
Brie
Photographer Killed Covering Viet War Near Saigon
Ronald D. Gallagher a 27 year old freelance photographer for Kansas and Missouri papers was killed today while covering a U S 9th Infantry Division unit in combat about 20 miles south southwest of Saigon He was the ninth correspondent killed in the Vietnam War
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Saigon
Ronald D. Gallagher
Kansas
Missouri
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Gallagher
Soviet Court Frees U.S. Youth From Labor Camp
American Buel Ray Wortham, 19, from North Little Rock Arkansas, was fined 5555.55 dollars on no criminal charges and released after three years in a Soviet labor camp. The Supreme Court upheld theft and black market currency deals convictions but allowed his release on bail, confiscation of his car and valuables denied appeal. Wortham expressed gratitude to North Little Rock officials and U.S. diplomats and hoped to return home soon.
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Moscow
Buel Ray Wortham
Supreme Court of the
Russian Federation
North Little Rock
Ark
Leningrad
Wortham
William) Laman
U.S
Harlan Moen
Moen
Hold Husband For Shooting Wife In Foot
An Erie man, 46 year old Harry Nelson Pontious, faces an assault with a deadly weapon hearing after his wife, Elizabeth Pontious, 50, was shot in the left foot during an incident at their Flats Road summer home between Mill Village and Waterford. She underwent surgery and remains at Corry Memorial Hospital. authorities note marital difficulties.
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Erie
Corry Memorial Hospital
Harry Nelson Pontious
Elizabeth Pontious
Flats Road
Mill Village
Waterford
Voter Registration Here Next Friday Schedule
Erie County announces a special voter registration drive next Friday in seven communities including Corry Girard North East Edinboro Albion Millcreek and Union City. Corry session runs 2 to 8 p.m. at the Municipal Building with Union City at the same hours in the Borough Building.
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Erie County
Corry
Girard
North East
Edinboro
Albion
Millcreek
Union City
Helen Gressley
Gressley
Thai Based Bombers Hit North Viet Steel Mill
Saigon AP reports Thai Nguyen steel plant near Hanoi was bombed by Thai based American bombers for the second straight day. About 42 planes in 14 flights hit the plant covering 2.5 square miles with bombs all on target. In South Vietnam a helicopter battalion clashed with Viet Cong near Saigon. four American soldiers were killed and eight wounded by friendly fire as U S helicopters were hit by enemy fire. The U S Command says Communists added two more powerful rockets and raids targeted a Haiphong ammo storage area as fliers broadened strikes in North Vietnam.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
ISS
Tweed
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
Haiphong
Beaten in Union Vote at Corry Plant Elgin Electronics
A bargaining election at Elgin Electronics on Route 6 West of Corry ended with the International Union of Electrical Workers defeated 112 to 27 after 18 months of organizing attempts at the Corry plant. About 149 of 200 employees were eligible for the bargaining unit.
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Elgin Electronics, Inc
Corry
Ternational Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
Waterford
National Labor Relations Board
CAIDC Loans $30,000 to Erie County Plastics
The Corry Area Industrial Development Corp CAIDC agreed to lend 30000 to Erie County Plastics Corp to cover payment for 11 injection molding machines stalled at the former tannery building. The loan is secured by the equipment. It will be repaid in 2000 monthly installments at 6 percent interest.
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Corry Area
CAIDC
Corry
Premature Octuplets Die in Mexico City Clinic
A 21 year old Mexican wife Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda gave birth to octuplets at a private clinic in a poor neighborhood. Four infants died within hours of birth and the remaining four died during efforts to save them at the 20th of November Hospital. The last infant died at 8 30 a m. The infants, four boys and four girls, died from dehydration and respiratory problems. The father Genero Sepulveda Boone said they expected triplets. Dr Enrique Estrada Sahagun delivered the babies. The hospital confirmed deaths and noted the tragedy continued into the early hours.
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Mexico City
Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda
Genero Sepulveda Boone
Mexico
Daniel Boone
Enrique Estrada Sahagun
Estrada
Government Hospital
Hector Villarnes
Escapees Safe After Flaming Bus and Truck Crash
Twenty five passengers on a Greyhound bus escaped unhurt as a 15 foot wall of flame roared toward them on the Santa Ana Freeway. A tanker truck and another truck collided, spilling 1,825 gallons of gasoline and causing a large fire. Marines on liberty from Camp Pendleton were among the passengers.
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Los Angeles
Greyhound
Santa Ana
Maboriss
Wilmer Turner
Turner
Liberty
Camp Pendleton
Four Killed In Head On Crash In Ohio
Four people died and three were injured in a head on crash near Amsterdam in Jefferson County Ohio early today. Highway Patrol identified the dead as Samuel Dubetz Sr. 39, his son Samuel Jr. 12, and brothers Robin 13 and Ronald Johnson 11 all from Bergholz about three miles north of the crash on Ohio 164.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Amsterdam
Jefferson County
Highway Patrol
Samuel Dubetz Sr
Samuel Jr
Robin
Ronald Johnson
Bergholz
Ohio 164
Mint Employees Taking Samples Of Work Home
The San Francisco Mint will close for an official audit and new security installations after four employees were indicted on charges of taking coins. Director Eve Adams said thefts could be detected by weighing metal used against coins and scrap, with the tally ordered from Washington.
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San Francisco
Eve Adams
Mint
Miss Adams
Washington
Johnson draft changes delayed beyond several months
Washington AP reports that the Johnson administration’s plan to call 19 year olds first in the draft will likely not take effect for months. Congress is poised to consider changes, with a lottery system proposed but not ready until January 1, 1969. Uncertainty remains about handling ages 20 to 26 and how to implement the impartial random selection.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Annual Wage Top Auto- Labor Issue
A UAW official says a guaranteed annual wage is not a cure all but could be pressed if needed. Irving Bluestone notes computer models test varied plans to shift auto workers from hourly pay. Reuther and Bluestone back the union’s search for options before negotiations with General Motors Ford and Chrysler when current pacts end September 5. Continued on Page Five.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Irving Bluestone
Reuther
Bluestone
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Sign With Shoulder $696,000 Award For Injury Largest To Living Person
James A. Doolan, 28, an Irish immigrant worker in Chicago, signed with his shoulder for a $696,000 personal injury settlement reported as the largest to a living person by an American court. Injured Aug. 20, 1964, a one ton tripod platform slipped from a truck hitting him, breaking his neck and damaging his spinal cord. He now uses a specially designed wheelchair guided by his shoulder after 20 months in hospital. His wife Sheila, 23, witnessed the signing. the couple married seven weeks before the accident and plan to return to County Cork, Ireland once affairs are settled.
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Chicago
James A. Doolan
Doolan
Case Foundation
Kenneyville
Sheila
Doolans
County Cork
Ireland
Arrest Trio In Bogus Check Spree
Three area men are free on bond awaiting a hearing on charges of cheating by fraudulent pretenses for cashing two bogus checks here. They also cashed a check in Erie and one each at Loblaws and the A P supermarkets. Frank L. Miles, 27, Richard E. Petty, 22, and Virgil Hebner, 23, were rounded up with help from local police and the Warren County sheriff's department. Earl Slayton, Quality Master Markets manager, identified the suspect after one man failed to provide ID. Police credited Slayton with rapid progress toward the arrest. Continued on Page Six.
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Erie
Loblaws
A&p
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Frank L. Miles
R. D
Spring Creek
Richard E. Petty
Bear Lake
Harrisburg
Frank Carnegie
Slayton
Carnegie
Miles
Citizens Corry
The
Marine Bank
Nichols’ Grocery
East Main ‘Street
Quality
Nichols
Kenneth Nichols
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Reed Air
Baker Hills
America
Omax
John
Rodney
Margaret Gostic
Ramona Thomas
Miami
Clyde Ottenberg
Ottenberg
Center
Center Street
Viet
Water Department
North Viet
Plastics
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