Corry area notices and local incidents recap
Firefighters battled a grass blaze on West Washington Street extension threatening young evergreens as fourteen men fought the flames. A string of local notices covers court actions, divorces, transfers, and a housing project removal plan, plus an Erie County crosswalk safety order costing ten thousand dollars for railway work, and a Meadville grant push for industrial facilities under Shafer’s new bill.
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West Washington Street
Meadville Area Industrial Commission
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Thomas Ward
MAIC
Probers Describe Bridge Collapse At Point Pleasant Testimony
James Britton of Wynne and Stephen Durst of Port Pleasant testified on the West Virginia bridge failure. Britton, aboard a barge 1400 feet downstream, saw the Obie tower twist and the deck break low before overturning and settling. Durst, waiting at a red light, heard a roar and reported the eyebars swaying while lamp posts bent as the deck buckled and fractured in one piece.
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James Britton
Wynne
Auk
Stephen Durst
Port Bleasant
Britton
West Virginia
Durst
Point Pleasant
Commander Arnheiter Says Mutiny On Vessel
Washington AP Commander Marcus A. Arnheiter told a special congressional committee there was mutiny aboard the destroyer USS Vance after being stripped of command in 1966 for serious judgment failures. He described a riveted, bedlam ship with cockroaches and low morale, saying he aimed to turn it into a fighting vessel.
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Washington
Marcus A. Arnheiter
Congressional
Arnheiter
Navy
Sort Varice
Rachard G. Alexander
Hattessyp
New Jersey
Defense Department
Joseph ¥. Resnick
D-Ny
Anhu
Congress
White House
Vance
Resnick
Ambeitre
Naval Academy
U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy Could Be Proud.” Arnheiter
Marvin Lewis
Pacific
Amsheiter
Demands Return Columbia U Warns Against Use Of Stolen Docs
Columbia University threatens legal and disciplinary action against any publication or repetition of documents it says were stolen from the president's office during recent student unrest. A telegram signed by President Grayson Kirk and VP David B Truman demanded immediate return as 600 students heard calls to tar the papers.
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NEW York
Columbia University
Grayson Kirk
David B.truman
University
Kirk
Ivy League
Upper Manhattan
Downplay Call on Possible Washington Violence During Poor People’s Campaign
Senate’s only Black member urged colleagues to downplay violent talk around the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington. Sen Edward Brooke cited subcommittee findings about radical leaders planning to steer the protest toward rioting, urging a peaceful, nonviolent march. The plan reportedly includes a shantytown near the Capitol Mall and use of children to draw attention, with a demand for housing, education, and jobs.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol Hill
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Seni
Charles H. Percy
Bell
McClellan
Brooke
Congress
Ralph David Abernathy
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alabama
Abernathy
Mecellan
Capital
Capitol
Washington Monument
Clellan
Fokmaga
House Public Workers Committee
White House
Mall
150 Guests and Castle Ghosts Attend Craigievar Wedding
The Craigievar Castle wedding will unite Kristine Forbes-Sempill and John Cable on June 1 with a guest list of 150. The event includes invitations to Sir John Forbes and other castle ghosts, kept on the mantlepiece as part of the ceremony in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Sir John Forbes
Craigievar Castle
Kristine Forbes-Sempill
Craigievar
Sempill
John Cable
John
Boyhood Dream Comes True Buys Firetruck
Ft Gordon specialist Ray Laski 20 of West Hartford Conn buys a 40 year old Louisville Ga fire engine for 200 dollars plus 25 for equipment. He now owns and drives the firetruck with a 25 pound solid brass bell six helmets including a chief's hat.
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Gordon, Ga
Ft. Gordon
Ray Laski
West Hartford
Parochial Aid Bill Heads for Final House Vote
In Harrisburg the House prepared for a final vote on a measure to grant state funds to nonpublic schools. Supporters, led by Rep. Martin P. Mullen, claimed passage is assured, while opponents questioned constitutional validity. A 113-70 House ruling deemed the bill constitutional, though nonbinding, as amendments were defeated. The plan would allocate about 27 million dollars annually from a 15 percent cigarette tax to private and parochial schools via a nine member board.
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Harrisburg
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
G. Sieber Pancoast
R Montgomery
House
Shafer
Erie Man Given Year at Workhouse for Lewd Telephone Use
Erie man Frederick J. Weist Jr pleaded guilty to malicious use of a telephone. Judge Edward H. Carney ordered one year at the Allegheny County Workhouse with six months to be served before probation, plus a $100 fine and costs. The case cites a January 22 call with lewd language to an Erie woman and notes the victim’s phone had been tapped since October 23, 1967.
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Énng — County
Edward H. Carney
Erie
Allegheny County
Frederick J. Weist Jr
Weist
Erie GI Pfc Willie Ponder Jr Killed in Vietnam
Pfc. Willie Earl Ponder Jr., 28, of Erie, was killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department said. Born March 24, 1945 in Wayne County, Mississippi, he joined the Army in September 1967 and had been in Vietnam since February. Details remain scarce.
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Erie
Defense Department
Willie Earl Ponder Jr
Vietnam
Pfc
Ponder
Wayne County
Miss
Academy High School
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