Corry Jamestown Corp Honored for Hiring Handicapped
The Corry Jamestown Corporation received the Employer Merit Award from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped for its ongoing efforts to hire handicapped workers. The CHEER group initiated the nomination, with local and state officials endorsing the firm’s 7 percent handicapped workforce, matching a historical PA employment office figure.
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Joseph Kablach
Corry Pses
Norman Tarbell
CHEER
Jack Downey
Fred Wilson
Corry Management Club
Jai
McMichael
Corry Jamestown Corporation
President's Committee On Employment of the
Corry
National Committee
Washington
Pennsylvania
Corry Jamestown
Ablach
Aid Opponent Says State Can Absorb Parochial Students
In Harrisburg AP report the Friends of the Public Schools say public schools could absorb all 600000 private and parochial pupils if state aid to nonpublic schools ends. They argue one system cheaper long term and note a transfer would take two to three months to adjust. The group cites $27 million yearly aid versus $350 million shutdown costs. Also reported a fatal crash near Clearfield as 52 year old Lewis W Peters died when his car collided with a train ten miles east of Clearfield.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
The
Friends of the Public
George S. Evans
Department of Public Instruction
Evans
Clearfield
Lewis W Peters
Penh Central
State Police To Attend Seminar Here
Troop E of the Pennsylvania State Police will hold a human relations seminar at the Hotel Corry tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner is planned at noon. Rev. Paul P. Martin of Erie’s Opportunities Industrialization Center and Erie councillor Lorenzo H. Grant will be main speakers. Martin speaks 10 to 11 a.m., Grant 11 a.m. to noon, lunch 12 to 1:30 p.m., then a panel discussion 1:30 p.m. until close.
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Pennsylvania
Hotel Corry
Robert Ly Hackett
Paul P. Martin
Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc
Erie
Lorenzo H. Grant
Hackett
Martin
Grant
Auto Theft Case Moved to FBI Probe
Trooper John Ivanko said the stolen auto found abandoned near a barn has been handed to the FBI. The 1969 car, stolen in Los Angeles on April 11, was traced after a serial number expert identified it. FBI agents continue the case as the vehicle was towed to a local garage.
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John Ivanko
Corry
Calif
FBI
Kennedy Tops Nebraska Vote Getter in Democratic Primary
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy won Nebraska's Democratic presidential primary with 51 percent, defeating Eugene McCarthy who took about 1 percent. Kennedy urged Humphrey to consider joining him, while McCarthy vowed to keep campaigning. In GOP ballots, Nixon captured 70 percent, Reagan 22 percent, with 16 Republican delegates at stake.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert F. Kennedy
Nebraska
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Johnson
Humphrey
Kennedy
Minnesota
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Begin Study For Salvation Army Fund Appeal
A Tephodimanus or the Plu bell Company of Williamsville New York is in Corry conducting a feasibility study to guide a capital fund drive for a Salvation Army Citadel. Paul J Weiss will investigate the potential for a drive tied to a new building on land under consideration. The current building is too small and deteriorating, Capt. Robert McCauley said. Weiss will assess the drive's extent based on economic factors, with no cost figure released yet.
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Tephodimanus
Plubell Company
Williamsville
Corry
Salvation Army
Paul J. Weiss
New York State
Army
Robert McCauley
Weiss
Viet Cong attack on Nui Ba Den camp kills 19 Americans
U S and South Vietnamese forces repelled a three hour assault on the Nui Ba Den Green Beret camp 55 miles northwest of Saigon after the Viet Cong destroyed the communications bunker and buildings. At least 25 Viet Cong were killed and 24 Americans wounded. The camp atop a 3000 foot mountain serves as a key radio station and observation post near the Cambodian border. In a separate report, 185 South Vietnamese troops and families were killed at Kham Duc after a three day siege by North Vietnamese forces. 125 wounded, 1,700 defended evacuations, and a large C130 transport with 150 South Vietnamese were lost.
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Saigon
Ohe U.S. Command
Mekong
U.S
America
Nai Ba den
Kham Due
Kham Duc
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Talks Resume as U S Awaits Hanoi Move in Vietnam Talks
Paris AP reports talks between the United States and North Vietnam resume after a one day break. Harriman says bombing could end quickly with mutual restraint while Xuan Thuy rejects any ransom. Observers expect broadened talks on a peace framework despite no immediate bombing halt. Washington hints a January Clifford statement may shape progress. In Oregon Linfield College to award bachelor’s arts to Grace Bennett 70, a house mother with seven Linfield graduates among her eight children.
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Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Vietnam
France
Britain
Australia
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
United Stttes
McMinnville, Orc
Linfield College
Grace Bennett
Linfield
Poor People's Campaign Builds Resurrection City in D.C.
About 300 marchers occupy Resurrection City as a festive, improvised settlement near the Lincoln Memorial. Volunteers note wooden shelters with skylights, and organizers expect more aid and tents as others travel from the South and Midwest. Reverend Abernathy joins supporters amid a large canvas tent ready to serve over 200.
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Washington
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Midwest
Lincoln Memorial
Ralph David Abernathy
Paige
Retired General Urges Blockade of Hanoi Ports
Brig Gen James D Hittle USMC ret spoke to Corry Management Club urging a blockade of Hanoi shipping ports. He argued North Vietnam relies on externally supplied weapons and that a blockade would not require ground troops or invasion. He cited 1967 shipping totals to North Vietnam and called for stopping war material shipments despite ongoing peace talks.
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North Vietnam
United States
Corry
Ho Chi-Minh
Russia
Red China
Ho Chi Minh
Skeleton Under Mormon Tabernacle Unearthed in Salt Lake City
Excavation beneath the Mormon Tabernacle uncovers a nearly complete human skeleton after bones are uprooted by a small tractor. The tabernacle, about 100 years old, prompts speculation the bones may belong to an Indian or early settler. In a separate incident, 19 year old Ronald E. B. Smith of Columbia is killed in East Petersburg when his motorcycle loses control on a rural road.
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Salt Lake City
Lancaster
Ronald EB. Smith
Columbia
East Petersburg
Stop group advocates apathy at Marquette campus
A group calling itself STOP at Marquette University in Milwaukee announced a campaign of apathy as a compromise between two rival campus protest groups, Respond and Reply. STOP circulated pamphlets urging listlessness, de escalation of involvement, and pursuit of nothing in particular.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Marquette University
Blaze Destroys Union City Home, $7,000 Loss
A blaze at John Fielding’s Union City home caused heavy damage to the structure and its contents estimated at 5,000 for the building and 2,000 for the contents. Fire official Larry Obert reported no immediate cause and said investigations were ongoing as the family was away at noon and fire detected at 1:45 p.m. The Corry Salvation Army is assisting the family.
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John Fielding
Larry Obert
Obert
Duminjgé
Corry Salvation Army
Witress Phow
Endsleyy
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Salvation Army Fund Appeal
Reds
Beret
U.S. Command
Gen. Hittle
Mormon Tabernacle
Union City
Walon City
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