Sparta and Corry News Briefs From City Council to Assemblies
A city council ordinance authorizes a triennial property tax assessment with William Miller to proceed. Mayor Joseph Furst commends the police for wrapping up a burglary spree. Sparta Youth For Christ holds Spring Thing fan night at 8 p m in the Sparta merged School gym. Jehovahs Witnesses plan a three day Dunkirk assembly with David White as chair and baptism highlight. A Corry man pleads guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct, fined $25 plus costs. Bruce J Matve, 22, was arrested after West Main street trouble and held for arraignment.
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Sparta Youth For Christ
Sparta
Corry
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Dunkirk
Ross Moody
Conference of Christians
Pennsylvania
New York State
David White
The
Witnesses
Porter Auer
Bruce J. Matve
R.D. I. Bear
Lake
West Main Street
FTC orders Curtis Publishing cash refunds for Post subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission instructs Curtis Publishing Co to offer cash refunds to Saturday Evening Post subscribers for the remaining portion of their subscriptions. FTC chairman Paul Rand Dixon said Curtis planned to substitute magazines, but subscribers must be clearly informed they can request cash refunds.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Curtis Publishing Co
Saturday Evening Post
Curtis
FTC
Paul Rand Dixon
Dixon
City mayoral race heats up with new appeal
Eileen Nora Anderson, 32, a red haired Los Angeles housewife and candidate in the April primary, campaigns with green stockings and miniskirts. She criticizes incumbents as asleep, pledges tax relief and smog reduction, and promotes legalized gambling under city control. Anderson is a mother of three and one of 13 hopefuls challenging Mayor Sam Yorty.
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LOS Awasibdis
Los Angeles
Eileen Nora Anderson
Eileen
Stoot
Sam Yorty
City Hall
Two North Huntingdon Officials Face Extortion Charges
Greensburg Pa AP two North Huntingdon Township officials Henry Croft 35 and C William Dick 99 charged with extortion for accepting 1000 each to grant zoning variance enabling an apartment building payments made by two Irwin developers Squire Margaret Bossart continued 1000 bonds for reefer chairman of the board of commissioners and Dick chairman of the board of adjustment on Monday
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North Huntingdon Township
Henry Croft
C. William Dick
Irwin
Squire Margaret Bossart
Board of Commissioners
Board of Adjustment
Oae
Viet Cong Attacks and US Counteroffensive Press On
Reports say Viet Cong ground assaults near Da Nang and Dien Ban were repelled while Saigon faced rocket threats. U S airpower joined the push as the Alas Wedge operation aimed to disrupt enemy preparations west of Saigon. An American plane was shot down in the Mekong Delta, killing its crew. In Philadelphia, Dist Atty Specter cites graft at the Redevelopment Authority and plans warrants for two former staffers amid corruption probes.
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Dien Ban
Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Iit
South Vietnam
Philadelphia (Ap
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
Dist. Atty
Arlen Specter
Specter
British Troops Land to Occupy Anguilla in Calypso Operation
A force of about 315 British troops arrived by ship and helicopter at dawn, paratroopers and marines sweeping the island of Anguilla for weapons. Acting President Ronald Webster appealed for submission, and rebels were reportedly dispersed with the leaders’ whereabouts unknown.
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Anguilla
Caribbean
Red Devil Regiment
Ronald Webster
Inlanders
Britain
Antigua
Rothesay
Minerva
Calypso
Bay of Piglets
Webster
Jailed Sheriff Seeks Back His Lycoming County Post
Lycoming County Court will hear Friday arguments over Charles E. Green a former sheriff who seeks renomination after serving prison time for fraud forgery and misconduct in office The Lycoming County Republican organization contends he is ineligible to run under state constitution three GOP officers said Green cannot seek the office again.
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Williamsport
Lycoming County Court
Charles E. Green
Green
Lycoming County Republican Organization
Lycoming County Gop
Army reconsiders mutiny cases at Presidio stockade
The Army will review mutiny convictions of 27 Presidio prisoners after clemency actions reduced sentences for Pvt. Negery Sood from 15 years to 2, then to 7. Lt. Gen. Larsen and Maj. Gen. Hedson led reductions amid concerns from Secretary Resor about public faith in military justice.
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Washington
California
Presidio of
San Francisco
Pvt
Negery Sood
Army
Stanley Larsen
Sixth Army
Sood
Kenneth J. Hedson
Army Board of Review
Stanley R. Resor
Presidio
Resor
Tally
Stockade
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Advocate General
Apollo 10 mission outcome shapes Apollo 11 moon landing plan
Apollo 10 success increases odds of a July Apollo 11 moon landing. Officials opted for additional lunar data from Apollo 10 before attempting the historic landing with Apollo 11. Astronauts Stafford Cernan Young, veterans of Gemini, led the mission amid tracking and altitude concerns.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Stafford
Navy
Eugene Cernan
John ‘Young
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