Corry Warren track meet called off amid rain delays
The Corry vs Warren track and field meet at Sheen Field was postponed with no new date set by Principal Leroy Peck of CAHS. Also canceled was the Section Two golf tournament at Cross Creek near Titusville due to persistent rain. Nearby, five area motorists faced license suspensions or revocations per the Harrisburg Bureau of Traffic Safety.
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Corry Vs. Warren
Sheen Field
Leroy Peck
CAHS
Peck
Cross Creek Course
Titusville
State Bureau of Traffic Safety
Harrisburg
Glenn King
Lemon Street
Roger Lacey
R. D
Corry
Edward Miller
Union City
Harry Silvis
Second Avenues
Stephen Fahey
Coast Guard delays Russian fishing ship entry to Drake’s Bay
The Chernyakhovsk has waited days to dock at Drake’s Bay north of San Francisco for engine repairs. Treasury told Washington it granted permission, but Coast Guard San Francisco deemed it advisory and would not relay until Teletype confirms. The Soviet vessel, part of a fleet off California, did not claim grave emergency rights under international law.
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Coast Guard
Drake’s Bay
Treasury Department
Washington
Chernyakhovsk
Drake's Bay
California
Oregon
Nine States Have Held Primary Elections
AP report notes nine states have held primaries with little sign of protests over Vietnam or rising living costs affecting turnout. Despite discomfort, incumbents mostly survived primaries. strategists see fall congressional races shaped by Viet Nam and price concerns. Analysts cite Bailey and Dirksen on potential seat shifts as parties seek House control, with only two Senate incumbents contested in the primaries.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Ins
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House of Representatives
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House
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Hold Rites For Dessie Powell
Services for Dessie Powell were held at 2 p m yesterday at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Floyd Martin officiating. Burial followed in Sanford Cemetery. Bearers included Alva Fuller Paul Reynolds Marshall Daniels Fay Eastman Emmitt Young and Stephen Cobb. Several relatives travelled from Pittsfield Grand Valley Tryonville Meadville Woodcock Warren and nearby towns to attend.
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Powell
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Floyd Martin
Grand Valley
Sanford Cemetery
Alva Fuller
Paul Reynolds
Marshall Daniels
Fay Eastman
Emmitt Young
Stephen Cobb
Carl Garber
Carl L. Garber
Connie Garber
Pittsfield
Arthur Garber
Sanford
East Branch
Harry Sterling
Centerville
Rex Halsey
James Ricketts
Tryonville
Clifford Sterling
Raymond Sterling
Walter Hollabaugh
Bernice Geiger
Raymond Marsh
Townville
Mildred Ricketts
Elsie Richardson
Shirley Richardson
Meadville
Manford Johnson
Lizzie Flick
Woodcock
Herman Marsh
Titusville
John Vanderhoff
Franklin
Florence Atkins
Warren
Casey Shapp Both Boast Of Support
Pennsylvania candidates Casey and Shapp touted backing for their Democratic gubernatorial bids. Casey avoided a specific margin projection while affirming his vote on rape-penalty amendments. Shapp claimed the vast Pennsylvania labor bloc backs his campaign in a formal statement.
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Casey
Shapp
Han Histunn Yar
Robert P. Casey
House
Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
1816 Recalled As Farmers Face Cold May Frosts
Lancaster AP reports Baer's Almanac notes the legendary year without a summer, 1816, with May records of buds frozen ice inches thick and crops killed. In 1966 May frost spreads across eastern and midwestern states damaging fruit and vegetable crops, prompting recall of past frigid seasons.
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Lancaster
Baer
Deeply Grateful for Labor Movement Backing in My Candidacy
A public statement expresses gratitude for broad labor movement support within the state, highlighting extensive worker organizing and active campaigning as crucial to the candidate's campaign effort. The speaker emphasizes unity with unions and the impact of labor on advancing policy goals.
Almanac notes a bleak 1916 with early cold and late warmth
The midwest endured a harsh year with June frost and widespread crop losses. Baer's almanac cites a cold June, frost and ice in July, and an even bleaker August, then a mild December. It predicts a hot spell from May 28 to 31 and storms across the nation, with warmer conditions in the West.
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Midwest
Baer
Almanac
Atlantic
Oregon
Washington
California
Radar pioneer Bourland dies at 63 in Washington
Langford T. Bourland, 63, a noted electronics researcher who contributed to radar development, died Wednesday of a heart attack in Washington. Bourland helped advance early radar technology and served in related defense research roles.
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Washington
Langford T. Bourland
Bour
Armed Stranger Abducts Peggy Ann From School Bus
James and Peggy Ann were among children on a school bus when a man wearing a mask and gray coat stepped from the woods and grabbed Peggy Ann, dragging her away. The suspect wore an orange cap and tall boots, had ties to the Naval Research Laboratory, and a large belt. Police, aided by a helicopter and bloodhounds, and officers from Harrisburg and Bedford searched the area for Peggy Ann and the missing child.
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Peggy Ann
Deborah
Donald
Mary Louise
Carol
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Bedford
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