Mail burning probe in Millcreek draws penalties
Postal investigators and Millcreek Police pursue a case of 100 to 300 letters burned in a West Erie Plaza collection box the second such act this year. Postmaster Dombroski warns of up to 10000 dollars fine and two years imprisonment. Authorities seek information while confidentiality is guaranteed. In Pittsburgh, Erie housewife Laura Conner urged a national highway safety program, saying women can drive safety efforts as protectors of families.
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Millscreek
Millcreek
Aar
West Erie Plaza
Stanley Dombroski
Dombroski
Pittsburgh
Erie
Lund
Laura Conner
Western Pennsylvania
Conner
National Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders, Inc
Erie May Join Utility Hike Suit
Erie plans to join Pittsburgh in a suit against the Public Utilities Commission over a five percent rate hike to cover a recent utility tax. A Philadelphia Superior Court hearing was set for this morning as Pittsburgh seeks a writ of prohibition to force hearings before rate decisions. Mayor Louis Tullio learned of the move from Pittsburgh Mayor Peter Flaherty and called the ruling outrageous and harmful to Erie and its residents.
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ERIE
Pittsburgh
Public Utilities Commission
Superior Court
Philadelphia
Commission
Louis Tullio
Peter Flaherty
Flaherty
Tullio
Titusville Plans 60 Units Housing Project
Titusville will break ground next month on a 60 unit housing project for low and middle income residents. Construction aims for completion by mid August following a housing authority meeting approving the development program. Warren Nieper of HUD oversees the project with reviews in Philadelphia and Washington.
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Titusville
John MacDonald
Titusville Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Warren Nieper
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Two State Sailors Among 22 Killed in Vietnam Crash
AP reports 22 U.S. Navy personnel died when an EC121 plane crashed at Da Nang airbase in Vietnam. Among the dead were two sailors from Pennsylvania, identified as Jean P. Souzon of Philadelphia and Joseph Laukaitis of Danvis. One sailor remained unidentified pending kin notification. Seven crewmen were injured and one was unharmed.
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Atsugi
Japan
US. Navy
Navy
da Nang
Vietnam
Byt
Jean P. Souzon
Philadelphia
Joseph $. Lau
Woman Practices Controlled Birth Climax Va Birthday Party
In Climax Virginia AP reports a family celebration for three Worley children ages 7 6 and 1 all born March 19 between 7 and 8 am at Danville Memorial Hospital with the same doctor present.
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Climax, Va
Wayne Worley
Danville Memorial Hospital
Swallows Return Just As Song Says
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. AP reports the swallows return on St. Joseph's Day March 19, fulfilling legend. Early arrivals are called scouts while later ones are laggards as the birds resume nests under the mission eaves after their winter in South America.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Capistrano
South America
St. Joseph's Day
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A&p
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