Local incidents report injuries and property damage across Mead and Titusville
Mrs Warren Reynolds reports her son injured by a rock thrown by a youth. Jay Gentilman reports his car damaged in Ajax Iron Works lot with $25 estimated damage and green print smudges. A dog whet is turned into city patrolmen. owner may claim at the city round. Julie Robbins obtains a divorce from Martin Robbing at Irie County courthouse. Titusville City Council approves a 100000 bond issue for airport, streets, redevelopment, water project, park, and fire truck over 20 years. Plumbers Union in Meadville calls a strike affecting local contractors. Major highway bids of 41 million expected May 24 for 32 projects across 27 counties. Don Hull seeks police help recovering 80 and a wallet. Real estate exchange recorded. Cancer Society unit relocates to 549 West 8th Street Erie. Public band concert at Area High School this evening. Grass fire at Guy Madison home causes no damage. ten firemen respond.
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Jay Gentilman
West Washington Street
Ajax Iron Works
Susquehannier
Harrigeburg
New Castle
Lawrence County
Butler
Armstrong Counties
Rear Eliza- Jwsthtown
Lancaster County
Dauphin County
Mill Village
Miss Irene Mullen Dies. Former City Treasurer
Miss Irene Mullen longtime Copry resident and former city treasurer died yesterday at Corry Memorial Hospital at age 91. Born August 20, 1830 she served as clerk in the treasurer office before rising to treasurer and was a St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church member. Funeral services are set at Bracken Funeral Home and St. Thomas Church with a rosary at the home and high mass at 9 50. Burial in church cemetery.
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Irene Mullen
Mullen
Corry Memorial Hospital
Copry
Missy Mullen
West Bond Street
Corry High School
St. Thomas Romain Catholic Church
Mary Mullen Bratt
Lockport
Bracken Funeral Home
St. Thomas Church
Tomorro
City fills vacancy and reappoints officials at meeting
The council filled a vacancy at the next meeting and reappointed three officials for four years. John R. Nichols, 69, longtime educator and former U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs, died Sunday after a stroke. He led Idaho State University as president for 14 years.
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Page One
Johnson
Rozelle
Percy Corbin
New York
John R. Nichols
U.S
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to News Chain and Journalists
The 1968 Pulitzers honor William Styron for The Confessions of Nat Turner and award three prizes to Knight Newspapers staff, including Detroit Free Press for local riot reporting. Riverside Press-Enterprise wins public service for court corruption exposure. Other winners include Kennan for memoirs, Morabita for news photography, Sakai for feature photos, and James and Kotz for national reporting.
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New York
William Styron
Nat Turner
John S. Knight
Knight
Eugene Gray Payne
Charlotte
N.C
Observer
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Riverside
Calif
Press-Enterprise
California
George F. Kennan
U.S
Soviet Union
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Board of
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York World
Fitor Frans Angelo
Rocco Mor
Toshio Sakai
United Press International
Howard James
Christian Science Monitor
Nathan
Nick" Kotz
Des Moines Register
Church Graduation Party Plans To Travel To Buffalo Center
Corry Area High School juniors and seniors may join a church graduation party on May 2. The group travels from Corry to Buffalo for a banquet at the Youthtime Center then enjoys bowling, skating, swimming and gym use before viewing a film and returning by 6:20 p m Memorial Day. George Fox chairs the event with Carl Marsh as treasurer. tickets cost 1 50 and breakfast on the return is extra.
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George Fox
Martin Klingensmith
Dobbs Corners
First Baptist Church
James Grove
Assembly of God Church
Endsley
EUB Church
North Center Street
Youthtime Center
Buffalo
Corry
Carl Marsh
Corry Area High School
Governor Wallace’s Influence on Mental Health Efforts
The article recalls Mrs Wallace’s focus on mental illness, her 15 million bond issue approved for new facilities, and her recognition with the William Crawford Gorgas award accepted by her daughter Mrs James Parsons in Birmingham. It notes her death with family at her side and mentions Janie Lee Wallace’s birthday.
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William Crawford Gorgas
Medical Association of the State of
Alabama
James Parsons
Birmingham
Parsons
Miners 15 Resume Wait at Sloped Shaft Passage
The article describes miners trapped in a shaft on a mountain with a 20 degree slope and a gentle roller like passage. Ten miners at the shaft's lowest end were not heard from. Attempts were made to drill holes from the top to admit fresh air and perhaps lower food to the trapped group.
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Ett
Driver Given 30-Day Jail Term For No License
James Nadolny of Spartansburg was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in Erie County jail after pleading guilty to driving without an operator's license. It was his second offense, and Judge Thomas Barber ordered the jail time.
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James Nadolny
Erie County
Nadolny
Spartansburg
Thomas Barber
Water rising floods challenge rescue pumps
Rescue units faced difficulty draining water as fast as it rose in the flood scene. The text notes pumps lagging behind the rising water level and mentions local shop advertising.
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Warren Reynolds
Mead Dverie
City Polit Tat
Joseph Kablach
South Coneter Street
Irie County
Julie A. Robbins
KR. Dy Corry
Martin A Robbing
Navy
Thusville
Wesr
Titusville Aiport
Oil Creek
Burgess Park
Plumbers and Steamfiters Union
Meadville
Don Hull
Raymon! Avenues
Raymond Avenue
Bruce Thomas Ux
James P. Maloneux
Second Avenue
M. Lee Tarno Jr
D.dl
American Cancer Society
West 8Th Street
Erie
Dr. Tarno
Area High School
H. Lynn Rice
Ronald Rairie
Guy Madison
West Main Street
Comey
Penna
Kerth Comer
Mary Carter
Abita
Jacksonville
Buffalo Center
Ford
America
Ford Dealers
Theatahe
Eis
Liberty
Ry En Stamal Postal Oc
Fail
iLee Manvin
Giverbal
Seanne Coot
Voris
Baran
Josie
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