What Election Needed Was A Good Fight
Corry voters in six districts cast only 818 votes by closing, about 24 percent turnout. No petitions were contested. The mayor faces no opposition in November. For the four-year seats the race is split between Calderons Cross on the Republican side and McKetn Bolan on the Democratic side. Three newly appointed members will join council next January.
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Corry
Benjamin Calderons
Donald Cross
Thomas McKetn
John Bolan
Ard
Miranda Goes To Supreme Court Again
Ernesto A. Miranda, the Arizona truck driver whose 1963 arrest sparked the Miranda rights rule, seeks reversal of his rape conviction in a new Supreme Court appeal. The challenge centers on whether his 1986 confession to Twilla Hoffman, made after police questions and without advised rights, should be considered valid alongside the earlier confession.
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Washington
Ernesto A. Miranda
Arizona
Supreme Court
Miranda
Phoenix
High Court
Twilla Hoffman
Hoffman
Arizona Supreme Court
State Court
Auer Wins Corry Justice of the Peace Election
Auer defeated T A Hubley 342 to 285 to become Corry’s first justice of the peace under a new constitutional program. The light 24 percent turnout marked the city vote as the era of district based courts begins. Auer will serve at $6 067 annually with county funded office and clerical support.
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Porter Auer
Corry
T.A
Ted) Hubley
Auer
Hubley
Ayer
Norbert Bachemer
Merle Ottway
Auer-Hubley
Aver
Urge Stores Limit Hours May 3 To Honor Memorial Day
The American Legion urges all city businesses to close May 3 from 10 30 a m to noon for Memorial Day. Major grocery and department stores are being asked for response. A Corry Vet group plans activities at Mead Park Memory Lane with announcements later. A work bee for the amphitheater area is set for 6 pm with help sought.
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Erican Legion
Corry Vet
Mead Park
Memory Lane
Truck Downhill Crash Kills Driver in Beaver Falls
A trailer truck loaded with steel rolled downhill and overturned in Hanover Township, Beaver Falls, killing Ralph E. Jones, 24, of Sharon. State troopers said the brakes failed on Pennsylvania 18 while descending the grade and Jones tried to steer toward U.S. 30 at an intersection.
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Beaver Falls
Ralph E. Jones
Sharon
Pennsylvania 18
Hanover Township
Jones
Glasses Slip Cause Teen Driver Crash on Maple Avenue
William J. Miller 18 of 65 West Columbus Avenue lost control of his car as his glasses slipped while driving east on East Park Place. His vehicle struck two parked cars on Maple Avenue, damaging the Peck and Vannoy autos with total losses of 150, 200, and 150 dollars respectively.
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Maple Avenue
William J. Miller
West
Columbus Avenue
East Park Place
Miller
Mattie A. Peck
Peck
Wayne P. Vannoy
Vannoy
New Smoking Ad Rules Consider Tougher Warnings
The FTC plans to require a stronger health warning on all cigarette ads including TV radio and print if Congress does not extend the 1965 labeling law. FTC Chairman Dixon favors tying the warning to all advertising while FCC weighs bans or limits on radio and TV commercials. The tobacco industry asks Congress to keep the milder package warning.
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Federal Trade Mission
FTC
Congress
Paul Rand Dixon
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Trio Cleared in Malt Beverages Case at Preliminary Hearing
Three men were discharged on charges of furnishing malt beverages to minors after a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Justin Butters. Richard Trisket was held for next court term on $300 bail. A raid on an April 20 party on a Corry farm led to the arrests of 11 teenagers who paid $25 fines and costs.
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Justice of the Peace
Justin Butters
Elwin Gates
R. D
Corry
Harold Buckman
Marion Street
Larry Campbell
West Frederick Street
Butters
Richard Trisket
Columbus
Greenville Steel Workers Strike Begins
Negotiations start today between Greenville Steel Car Co officials and 1,200 production workers who walked off yesterday over production schedules. The workers are not represented by a union.
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Greenville
Greenville Steel Car Co
Justice Douglas Paid $500 Daily By Santa Barbara Center
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas received a $500 daily fee from the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, a portion of which comes from the Albert Parvin Foundation linked to Las Vegas gambling interests. Center officials say payments totaled about $4,000 in 1968 and this year. Ashmore notes $100 for an article and $182 travel expenses, with four days attended at a seminar. Senators seek ethics rulings on Douglas and Parvin Foundation ties amid Fortas resignation fallout.
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Washington
William C. Douglas
California
Douglas
Center For the Study of Democratic
Santa Barbara
Calif
At Center
Albert Parvin Founda
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Louis E. Wolfson
Parvin Foundation
Santa Barbara Center
Harry S. Ashmore
Ashmore
Sens
J. William
Corry Voters Back Amendment Defeats Judge Selection Plan
In Philadelphia voters favored the change by 271 to 241 in six precincts, but statewide results showed 607077 yes to 62349 no with only 45 of 904 precincts reporting. The measure would have shifted statewide judge selection to governor from a panel, with retention votes after two years.
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Philadelphia
Supreme
Superior
Commonwealth
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Corry
William W. Scranton
George M
Pennsylvania Bar Association
League of Woman Voters
Milton J. Shapp
Commonwealth Court
Harrisburg
Allegheny County
Bucks
Dauphin
Delaware
Erie
Lanaster
Lehigh
Northampton
Fayette
Lackawanna
Lawrence
Luzerne
Lycoming
York
Apollo 10 missions scouts Moon orbit ahead of historic landing
Apollo 10 crew led by Stafford Young and Cernan push toward lunar gravity in a 69 mile high circular orbit to pave the way for Apollo 11's July moon landing. The maneuver includes a 5 4 second engine burn to insert into orbit and possible TV pictures of the alien surface.
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Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Earth
Moon
Mission Control
Houston
Stafford
Young
Cernan
Sea of Tranquility
Malti
Rural Districts Stir Up Races Of Sorts
The Corry area held restrained elections for justice of the peace and tax collector amid mixed results. In the principal aldermanic race Justin Butters won the district including Union Township and Union City with 477 votes to Ber nice M. Rockwood 422, both vets for JP.
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Corry
Justice of the Peace
Justin Butters
Union Township
Union City
Elgin
Concord Township
Wayne Township
Butters
Bernice M. Rockwood
Justices of the Peace
Wayne
Henry M. Williams
Rockwood
Carl Fullom
Ruth Marsh
Wanda Sanders
Susan Higgins
Mary Williams
Ruth McChesney
Hubert Watrous
Robert Joy
Rex Webb
Ronald A. King
Maud Follett
Roosevelt's Wife Held In Stabbing Case
Mrs James Roosevelt faces holding charges after allegedly wounding her husband at the Lake Geneva villa. Her lawyer told a Swiss court she was under great stress and believed her husband planned to leave her for another woman. The elder Roosevelt son was hospitalized with a back knife wound as the preliminary hearing opened and bail set at 50 000 Swiss francs.
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Geneva
James Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
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