National commission splits on decriminalizing marijuana use
The 13 member National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse urges ending prosecutions for private marijuana use while keeping penalties for growing or selling pot. Reactions vary from praise to concern with warnings of national repercussions. Key figures include Harry Anslinger who calls findings terrifying and Walter Richter who hails a sane humane approach. San Francisco Undersheriff Reuben Greenberg backs restricting use but not banning it.
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Associated Press
National Commission On
Harry J. Anslinger
U.S
Walter Richter
Texas Program On
Nixon
San Francisco
Reuben Greenberg
Nixon Pay Board resignations spark bitter wage fight
Washington AP report says three AFL CIO Pay Board members quit in a clash over Nixon wage price controls. Meany and others accuse administration of anti worker bias while White House counters that a few labor leaders threaten inflation fights. Meany claims controls favor big business and banks as workers face unemployment and zero wage growth.
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White House
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Aflcio
George Meany
Meany
I. W. Abel
Afl-Cio United Steelworkers
Floyd Smith
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Corporation Financial Report
Arrest Youth 18 in Fifth Caper Over Past Month
An 18 year old Corry youth, William C Barr of 123 North Center Street, is jailed in Erie County charged with burglary and larceny in a cascade of incidents over the past month. A 14 year old juvenile is charged with accompanying him in the latest cases and a petition to juvenile court is filed. Barr allegedly entered a home on March 12 at 320 South Center Street stealing a piggy bank with $30 to $50 and cash from an upstairs room, plus a separate larceny at Buyer's Fair on March 16 stealing a $40 watch and a denim jacket. He faced prior charges for auto larceny and jewelry theft from Taylor's Jewelry, with the juvenile involved in the ring theft. He escaped on bond after the jewelry theft, then was jailed again after the ring theft, later freed again using his relief check. The haircut incident helped police connect him to the burglary and the Buyer's Fair theft. The piggy bank was discarded near Lehman’s Tire Service. the watch and jacket were tossed onto the roof of the Blue Room.
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Corry
Erie County
William C. Barr
North Center Street
Barr
South Center Street
Taylor
Blue Room
Corry Youth Center
Pay Board Faces Walkout Clouds and Possible Reconstitution
Washington AP report on the Pay Board coping with resignations from three labor members. Chairman Boldt says the board may continue in some form while proposals to drop wage controls and aid low earners proceed. Options include adding members or reconstituting with public appointees, as White House weighs future shape and whether to disband.
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Washington
George H. Boldt
Cost of Living Council
White House
Price Commission
Corryites Collect $660 In Lottery
The Corry area saw improved returns in this week’s lottery with at least 680 dollars reported. State Store officials tally one 400 dollar winner, one 100 dollar winner, and four 40 dollar winners who have submitted numbers. Meadville reports a 4000 dollar winner, Donald Johnson, a Channelock machinist.
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Corry
Meadville
Donald Johnson
Channelock
Easter Egg Hunt Ready To Go In City Park
The Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce announced an Easter Egg Hunt Sunday in City Park. Chocolate eggs and money eggs will be hidden. The area is divided by age groups. Civil Defense police will supervise and meet at 1 p.m. for instructions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Civil Defense Police
Missing Trailers Roil County Tax Roll Cleanup
County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin plans to wipe from the tax rolls 639 missing trailers valued at 1.40 million dollars after 304 in 1970 vanished. He notes an annual savings of about 99,931 dollars in taxes while warning owners may face legal action if the trailers are found. The move aims to close a mobility loophole affecting several municipalities.
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Neil McLaughlin
McLaughlin
The
Journal Today
Nab Erie Man In Drug Case
PREDONIA-Fredonia State Police arrested James Thomas, 41, of Erie, on charges of possession of dangerous drugs in the second degree after stopping him on I 90 in Hanover. A car inspection found 496 bags of heroin valued at about $5,000. Thomas was en route from Buffalo to Erie.
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Predonia
Fredonia
Erie
Hanover
N.Y
James Thomas
Thomas
I-90
Buffalo
Lottery Winners Spark Pair of Pennsylvanian Dreams
Two Pennsylvania residents each won fifty thousand dollars in the Pennsylvania Lottery. Louis Scamuffa of Coatesville plans to pay off his car, buy furniture, and fix his home while his wife battles asthma. Andrew Kosnosky, a Somerset County bricklayer known as Slim Buxton, aims to visit Nashville after also collecting forty dollars from another ticket. Both men received the news by phone from relatives.
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Louis Scamuffa
Coatesville
Lukens Steel Corp
Scamuffa
Kosnosky
Somerset
Bedford Counties
Slim Buxton
Trailblazers
Body of UC Woman Found in French Creek
The body of Union City resident Mrs. Dorothy Jane Shroyer, who leaped into French Creek nearly four weeks ago, was recovered by Corry youths George Jewell and Paul Brown. The youth spotted the body on an island in the creek and alerted authorities. Firemen and deputy coroner Mark Glenn responded, and the body was taken to Glenn Funeral Home.
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Union City
French Creek
Corry
Dorothy Jane ‘Shroyer
George Jewell
Victor Jewell
Liberty Street
Paul Brown
Marvin Johnson
R.D. 2
Jewell
William Durfey
Durfey
Union City Volunteer Fire Department
Mark Glenn
Glenn Funeral Home
Court Orders Renewal Plot Vacated in Erie County
Judge Fred Anthony signed an order forcing Mr and Mrs George Hartley to vacate Second avenue land taken by eminent domain for the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal Project. The Erie County Redevelopment Authority aims to acquire the property west of the Boston House for rerouted Route 277. Hartleys rejected a 6500 dollar offer for the building and two parcels. A 35 foot boat must be moved with removal costs capped at fair market value. Authority will seek competing bids as PennDOT plans to bid the road project upon transfer. Virginia Nuzzo notes Hartleys prefer to end involvement.
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Erie County
Fred Anthony
George Hartley
Second Avenue
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Fourth Ward
Hartleys
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Highways Department
Hartley
Virginia Nuzzo
YMCA Blaze Kills Four in Midtown Fire
A YMCA blaze in midtown Manhattan on a Wednesday night killed four people and injured 29 while hundreds fled into the street. Fire departments used aerial ladders to rescue 22 people clinging to ledges sills and a chimney at the Sloane House on West 34th Street.
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Sloane House
Ymca
34Th Street
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