Blatt Holds Slim Lead In PA Democratic Senate Race
In Harrisburg AP report with 10 precincts uncounted Blatt leads Musmanno 455088 to 451955 as absentee ballots loom. Recount and certification deadlines stretch to May 18 amid calls for delays and possible party leadership shifts. Musmanno supported by the state party. Blatt backed by Senator Clark.
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Blatt
Miss Blatt
Musmanno
State Elections Bureau
U.S
Joseph S. Clark
Clark
Another Hotel Bites The Dust
WAYNESBURG Pennsylvania AP reports the Fort Jackson Hotel in Greene County is closed, leaving the town on Route 19 without a major lodging option. The three story red brick hotel with 70 rooms, built in 1927 for 500000 during the gas boom, failed to draw buyers after months of seeking a sale.
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Pennsylvania
Judge Noon Dies at 58 in New Rochelle
Federal Judge Gregory F. Noon, 58, who presided over the 1953 treason trial of ex-Army Sgt. John David Provoo, died yesterday of a heart attack in New Rochelle.
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New Rochelle
Gregory F. Noonan
John David Provoo
Walton charged in Meadville air pistol accident
MEADVILLE An Allegheny College student Brian Lee Walton of Saegertown was released on $500 bond after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and battery from an air pistol accident at Bousson Camp in East Mead Township. Paul Martin of Meadville was treated at Greenville Hospital for a shattered kneecap. Walton identified himself as president of a college organization and returned with the pistol after discovering occupants in the lodge. Police list the incident as accidental shooting and Walton awaits May port of court.
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Meadville
Allegheny College
Brian Lee Walton
Saegertown
Paul Martin
Greenville
Bousson
East Mead Township
Walton
Justice of the Peace
Wesley Sliter
Sliter
Martin
May
Kidnaper Confesses Killing Boy in Florida and South Carolina
AP reports Joseph Francis Bryan Jr. admitted kidnapping cases across Tennessee and South Carolina and confessed to killing Lewis Wilson, a 7-year-old from St. Petersburg. Wilson’s body was found Thursday in a palmetto thicket near Yenite, Pla. Robison, 10, of Mount Pleasant, SC, was found dead March 31 north of Miami. Bryan is linked to his disappearance and to Dennis Burke, 8, Humboldt, Tenn., who was with Bryan when arrested in New Orleans.
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Yenite
Pla
St. Petersburg
John David Robison
Mount Pleasant
S.C
Miami
Bryan
Robison
Dennis Burke
Humboldt
Surrenders in Hit-Run Fatal Near Pittsburgh Suburb
Clyde Sample, 30, of Pittsburgh North Side, faces charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene after turning himself in yesterday. The fatal hit run occurred when 60 year old William Schrepfer was struck near his Millvale home. Sample said he believed he hit a bump or puddle in an earlier incident.
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Ristepmmunary
Clyde Samge
Pittsburgh
North Side
Sample
William Schrepfer
Millvale
Officials List Reasons for Sparta School Millage Jump
Sparta merged district directors voted for a 23 mill increase to 66 mills to cover a 10 000 coming year need. The 1965 budget totals 187 000 up 10 000 from last year with state aid at 118 000 up 9 000. The explanation details penalties from merger with Corry, loss of wage tax revenue, and notes on millage mechanics and market value concepts.
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We Sparta
Roland Putnam
Sparta
Imy Sparta
Corry School
Sparta Township
Pennsylvania
Crawford County
Reds Back Down In Berlin
At the East German border Communist authorities yielded under U.S. pressure and allowed two U.S. troop trains to proceed to West Germany without flags after a four hour delay over a May Day flag dispute. Trains carried 144 passengers to Frankfurt and eight to Bremerhaven.
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West Berlin
Frankfurt
Bremerhaven
Potsdam
Protest Gradual Integration of Methodism in Pittsburgh
About 1300 Methodist churchgoers from across the United States staged a protest in downtown Pittsburgh against the church’s slow move on integration. Participants from Chicago and Detroit joined locals to kneel and sing outside the Civic Arena as the General Conference approved a plan to transfer Central Jurisdiction’s 375,000 Negro members to five geography based jurisdictions over four years, without enforcement. Some delegates called it insufficient while integrationists pressed for a stronger timetable before next Friday’s session.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Detroit
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Jackson
Miss
Methodists For
Civic
General Conference of the Methodist Church
General Conference
Ralph Roy
New York City
Methodist Church
Blackfoot Chamber names Tisha-Mur ray Sorehson decorating chair
Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce appoints Tisha-Mur ray Sorehson as chairman of the Christmas decorating committee. His first duty is to remove lingering Christmas lights that still adorn city streets from last winter.
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Blackfoot
Tisha — Murray Sorehson
Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce
Driver Runs Over Cop Who Stopped Him
In Brooklyn a driver killed Patrolman Edmond G. Schrempf after the officer stopped a car to check licenses. The speeding vehicle dragged Schrempf for blocks, then crashed into a bus, fatally injuring passenger Adrian Valentine. Driver Oscar Vazquez, 22, faces vehicular homicide and drunken driving charges.
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New York
Parohan
Brooklyn
Edmond G. Schrempf
Cornelius Blackshear
Schrempf
Adrian Valentine
Oscar Vazquez
Corry Man Hospitalized After Crash
A Corry motorist drived off Route 426 east of Corry and crashed into a parked auto. Glen King 59 and Mrs Ruth Earls 22 were in the Earls car. King was hospitalized with nose and chest injuries. Jeanette Lindsey 21 and Gaylord Lindsey 13, passengers in the Earls car, incurred minor bruises. Damages were about 1000 dollars total. Possible charges are pending.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Glen King
Lemons Street
Ruth Earls
R. D. Il
Haris
Sportangburg
Lindseys
Pasengers
Dems Dont Want GOP Pennies in White House Light
AP reports press secretary George Reedy said Republicans can keep their pennies, noting the White House has never been brighter. Johnson ordered leaving no bulbs off while cutting unnecessary interior lighting since December, prompting GOP quips labeling him Light Bulb Johnson.
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Washinglun
White House
George Reedy
Johnson
Reedy
Republican National Committee
Goldwater Accuses Reporter, Shoves Microphone at Atlanta Visit
Senator Barry Goldwater, arriving at an Atlanta airport, shoved away a newsman's microphone and demanded it be removed. He apologized to a crowd in Columbus, Georgia, and to a several hundred gathering at Dekalb County airport, saying he was tired and did not expect such a reception.
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Atlanta
Gator
Barry Goldwater
Hiis
Lumbus
Ga.a
Dekalb County
State reports record average weekly earnings in Pa factories
Harrisburg The State Labor and Industry Department said average weekly earnings for Pennsylvania factory workers rose to 100.30 dollars in March, an all time high. The figure topped February by 65 cents and was up from March 1963.
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Harrisburg
State Labor and Industry Department
Pennsylvania
AOL
Sinking of USS Card in Saigon harbor shocks Navy
The USS Card, a World War II aircraft ferry, was sunk by an explosion in Saigon harbor with 73 crewmen escaping injury. Divers found a hole in the hull and pumps fought to keep water out of the engine room as authorities investigated whether the blast was external or internal.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Card
U.S
U.S. Military Sea Transportation Service
Navy
Atlantic
Borie
Goff
Barry
Cameta Enterprise
United States
Burglars Steal 67 Suits at Robert Hall Store
James town police issued a 13 state alarm after burglars stole 67 suits valued at 3350 from the Robert Hall Store. Intruders took only size 40 short and 39 43 and 44 long suits, averaging about 500 each. Similar thefts were reported in Buffalo this week as investigators suspect a single team prowling Chautauqua County. The burglary, believed to have occurred early yesterday, focused on select garments while the safe was left intact.
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Jamestown
Robert Hall
Earl Thies
Buffalo
Chautauqua County
Alderman Delays Kickback Hearing for West Mead Aide
MEADVILLE AP Alderman Donald W Ladner granted a continuance for West Mead township secretary treasurer yin R Bailey amid charges of accepting kickbacks. District Attorney Robert L Walker said a key witness Miles E Russell failed to bring records. Testimony linked income tax case in Pittsburgh to kickbacks paid to local government employees in five Western Pennsylvania counties. Bailey allegedly received two payments in 1958 totaling $505.
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Meadville
Yin R. Bailey
West Mead Township
Bailey
Donald W. Ladner
Robert L. Walker
Crafford County
Walker
Miles E. Russell
Russell Standard Corp
Russell
Pittsburgh
Bailey, Russell
Pennsylvania
Parachute Pioneer Allen C. Scott Dies at 81
Omaha Neb. Allen C. Scott, 81, inventor of a parachute system allowing bailouts, died yesterday. His 1918 design used a smaller pilot chute to pull out the main canopy, a method still in use.
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Omaha
Neb
Allen C. Scott
Scott
Pennsylvania moves to set minimum age for volunteer firefighters
Harrisburg AP reports a proposed fix to the child labor law aims to set volunteer firemen minimum age. The plan, backed by the state departments, would require 46 hours of training and set a 17 year old minimum, though many rural companies oppose it citing local practice and enforcement concerns.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Labor and Industry Department
Marjorie D. Tibbs
Bureau of Women and Children
Potinsy
Tibbs
Departments of Public Instruction
Foresta
Waters
State Fir School
Lewistown
Feof Mmany Rural Companies
L State
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Berlin
Barry Barks
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West Mead
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