Local youths charged with disorderly conduct in Corry
Police arrested two youths on East Main street after sighting them fleeing the Journal building following a tip at 9 30 p m. Stolz 19 of Marion street and a 2 year old juvenile pleaded guilty before Alderman Merle Ottaway and were fined 25 dollars plus 4 50 costs. A separate report notes a motorcycle crash near Wattsburg left Ronald Danks 4 with serious facial and limb injuries and a 150 dollar motorcycle damage estimate. Weather outlook calls for cooler western Pennsylvania days with showers and 50s to near 60s highs and 35 to 45 lows through the period. A Spring Street woman reported children in a vacant house. officers found the front door unlocked. Mayor Peiffer reported a knocked over mailbox but the culprit vehicle eluded police until off duty officer Wotus traced ownership. Other items include petty thefts from a parked car and a purse left at a laundry, a roaming dog pack, a rubbish fire in West Columbus, a false fire alarm, Kiwanis film donation to Warren Public Library, and a two-vehicle collision on Route 6 with no injuries.
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Journal
Merle Ottaway
East Main Street
Olawhy
Paul Stolz
Marion Street
William A. Peiffer
North Center Street
Julius
Gus) Wotus
Frank Carnegie
Year Long Study Of Pa Liquor Control
Harrisburg AP Gov Shafer signs an executive order for a year long survey of Pennsylvania’s liquor control system. Atty Gen Sennett will chair a nine member panel with members to be named soon. Findings due May 1 1968 with periodic reports and recommendations to Shafer.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Atty
Gen. C. Sennett
Peacemakers Killed While Trying to Stop Fights in Cleveland
Cleveland police report two weekend killings: John Pinkston, 20, died after attempting to defend his aunt Rebecca Hannon 53 from an assailant. she suffered facial cuts and a concussion. An 18-year-old, Charles Dixon, was shot in an early incident over a car accident as he intervened. A 23-year-old laborer was held.
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Cleveland (Ap
Cleveland
John Pickston
Pinkston
Rebecca Hannon
Forest City Hospital
Charles Dixon
Britain to Seek Common Market Entry Again
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson won cabinet agreement to retry joining the European Common Market, with secret conditions to protect British trading interests. The plan faces opposition from about seven to eight of 21 ministers wary of economic risks, agriculture rules, higher food prices, and transition terms.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Brussels
Charles de Gaulle
Wilson
New Zealand
British Commonwealth
West Indies
Europe
Douglas Jay
Board of Trade
Barbara Castle
Commonwealth
Herbert Gowden
Fred Peart
William Rose
Anthony Greenwood
Thieves Take Advice in Odd Barnard Castle Heist
Peter Murton’s taxi office in Barnard Castle reports two armchairs stolen after he published a humorous plea in the local paper asking the thieves to return the sofa. He had gone on a call that night after locking the office. The sofa disappeared when he returned.
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Barnard Castle
England
Peter Murton
Maggie Valley Driver Cited For Expired License
Clyde Ramsey, 52, of Maggie Valley North Carolina, was cited after a minor traffic mishap when Highway Patrolman Coggins found his license expired for decades. Ramsey faces a charge of driving without a valid license as authorities note the document had not been valid for about 90 years. The report also mentions ongoing discussions on Britain’s economic integration and cabinet positions, but Ramsey’s incident stands as a separate local record.
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Maggie Valley
N.C
Clyde Ramsey
North Carolina
VC. Coggins
Ramsey
Dairies and Drivers Reach Three-Year Pittsburgh Contract
Five major Pittsburgh dairies Otto Sealtest Meadow Gold Country Belle and Isaly s reached a three year contract with Local 205 of the Milk and Ice Cream Salesmen Drivers and Dairy Employes Union averting a strike. The pact guarantees drivers 108 a week first year 10 second year and 112 third year plus commissions and a five day work week. Union president William Lickert called it not an exorbitant agreement and said demands were met. Negotiations continued through the night after a Sunday vote to strike passed overwhelmingly at Soldiers and Sailors Hall.
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Pittsburgh
Otto
Sealtest
Meadow Gold
Country Belle
Isaly's
William Lickert
Lickert
Soldiers & Sailors Hall
If You Read It In The JourNAL You Know It's True
A quirky item attributes rumor as truth based on the JourNAL column header. It plays on reader trust and newspaper branding, suggesting tongue in cheek that column promises are gospel. No concrete events or names are provided.
Survivor Ready To Fly Again In Same Plane
Otis Air Force Base reports the lone survivor of the Nantucket radar plane crash is ready to fly the same type again once recovered. Lt. Joseph Guenet, 29, describes a midflight explosion and fire, diving, surfacing amid flames, and ditching in the open sea. He recalls Col. James Lyle instructing a ditching as rescue efforts unfold.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Nantucket Island
Joseph L. H. Guenet
Island Pond
Otis
Congressional
Guenel
Guenet
Nantucket
Body Of Franklin Area Man Found In River
The body of Leon Melat, 55, of Seneca, was recovered from the Allegheny River near Route 8 between Reno and Franklin after a week-long search halted by severe weather. Melat was last seen April 16 weighing in on a motorboat, presumed drowned. coroner expected to rule accidental death. The body was taken to Morrison Funeral Home in Oil City.
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Franklin
Leon Melat
Seneca
Allegheny River
Melat
Reno
Route 8
Bend
Maurice Dinberg
Venango County
Morrison Funeral Home
Oil City
Extend C and M A Evangelistic Services One Week
The Spiritual Life crusade at Corry Christian and Missionary Alliance Church is extended another week. Rev. Robert Heffer announced services run nightly at 7 30 except Wednesday and continue through next Sunday. The evangelist is Rev Clarence Shrier of Ottawa Canada.
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Corry
Coppolino Ruling Sensible Says Prosecution
Bradenton Florida AP The prosecution calls Dr Carl Coppolino s second degree murder conviction sensible while the defense calls it a flat compromise. Coppolino sits in Sarasota County jail awaiting an appellate battle. Bailey says the verdict will be thrown out, but State Attorney Frank Schaub rejects the claim. Coppolino 34 was convicted Friday of second degree murder and life for the death of his first wife Carmela 32 in August 1985. Prosecutors alleged the anesthesiologist drugged her with succinylcholine paralyzing agent once deemed undetectable after death.
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Bradenton
Fla
Carl Coppolino
Coppolino
Sarasota County
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Frank Schaub
Schaub
Cappolino
Carmela
Hold Rites For C. E. Haskell
The Requiem Mass for Charles E. Haskell was celebrated at St Elizabeths Church at 9:30 am with Rev Cyril Cooper as celebrant. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. A family service was held at Bracken Funeral Home. Bearers were W Sweet Merrill Patterson Michael Lynch George Lawson William Johnston Thomas McMullin. Out of town attendees included Mrs Pearl Haskell and several others from Erie Needham Sharon Mass Wallpol Mass Warren Cleveland.
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Charles £. Haskell
St. Elizabeth's Church
Cyril Cooper
Pine Grove Cemetery
Bracken Funeral Home
W. Sweet
Merrill Patterson
Michael Lynch
George Lawson
William Johnston
Thomas McMullin
Pearl Haskell
C. McBrien
Florence Lovell
Maj
Howard Burr
Erie
Mildred Popeneau
Needham
Miss
Phyllis Little
Sharon
Mass
Mest Dortald ‘White
Wallpol
Raymond Seastead
Warren
Virginia Pearson
Cleveland
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Ronald Danks
Wattsburg
Danks
Corry Memorial Hospital
Spring Street
Donald Bauer
Corty
the Journal
John Shira
Mead Avenue
Charles Cornish
West
Columbus Avenue
Cornish
Wright and
East Bond Streets
Kiwanis International
Warren Public Library
James A. Blomquist
Conneaut Lake
Cambridge Springs
Millcreek Township
Corey
Meadville
Youngsville
Blomquist
Yall
D. A. Porter
Mill Village
Larry M. Jewell
Lene
James Carrig
Center
William Zafiropulos
Corry Chamber of Commerce
Zafiropulos
Greece
Johnston
Richard II
Jim
Freeman ST
Clymer, N
Franklin Area
C&ma
Albany
N. J
C. E. Haskell
Solumbus, Pa
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