Invasion attempt at Port au Prince halted
Haitian government says 85 ton rebel force fled after a clash at Cap Haitian. Two B25 bombers were captured as 10 of 35 invaders were killed. The attack followed a bombing on the capital with casualties, while exiles in the United States are named as instigators.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Papa Doc” Duvalier
Cap Haitian
Washington
Arthur Bonhomme
Francois_Duvalier
United States
Paul Magloire
Duvalier
Nouveau ‘Monde
Jamaica
Cuba
Bahamas
Havana
School Meal Price Hikes Planned For Next Year
Corry Area Joint School directors approve higher lunch prices due to rising food costs and losses at Columbus Spring Creek and Wright cafeterias. Grade schools see 2 to 2 cent increases with a 1.50 meal ticket for five lunches. High school prices rise from 30 to 33 cents for meal tickets and 40 cents for individual purchases.
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Corry Aréa
Columbus, Spring Creek and Wright
Rafe|terias
Conelway
Child Found Dead After Sand Pile Tragedy
Boston police officer Robert Scobie restrains Mrs. John P. McMahan as rescue workers recover 10 year old Mary Ellen from a ten foot sand pile where she had been playing. The girl toppled into the mound and vanished under the sand while playmates called for help. Neighbor Donna Keblinsky appears at right in AP Wirephoto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert Scobie
John P. McMahan
Mary Ellen
Donna Keblinsky
Senate votes to preserve confession admissibility limits
The Senate defeated efforts to curb Supreme Court review on convictions while voting 55 to 29 to preserve limits on admissibility of confessions and eyewitness testimony in federal trials. The crime control bill also touched police funding and draft board hearing counsel rights.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
John L. McClellan
Dark
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
McClellan
Joseph D. Tydings
Dmd
Shafer Backs Ban on Out-of-State Auto Insurers
Gov. Shafer proposes a bill to ban mail order auto insurance sold by companies not licensed in Pennsylvania. He says current oversight lacks control of policy forms and rates and would protect citizens from unlicensed carriers. An exception would be made for large corporate buyers.
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Shafer
Harrisburg
State Insurance Department
North Vietnam Signals Talks Could Fail in Paris
North Vietnam warned that Paris peace talks might fail and said the United States would bear full responsibility. W Averell Harriman reported the four hour session featured Xuan Thuy pressing the American side and urging a change in attitude. The next meeting is set for Monday after a four day pause.
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Paris
North Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Harriman
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Hungarian refugee Jozsef Simon jailed for three bank heists
Jozsef Simon, 31, a Hungarian refugee, was sentenced to 60 years after pleading guilty to robbing Union Federal Savings and Loan in Indianapolis for 425 dollars on August 24, Cleveland Trust in Evelid, Ohio for 32 025 on July 31, and Boatmen's National Bank in St. Louis for 1 000 on August 9. He said he robbed the banks to go to jail and had worked as a tool and die maker in the United States since fleeing Hungary in 1957. A pre sentence report noted brain damage from a 1960 auto accident and subsequent surgery needs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.S
Cale J. Holder
Jai
Jozsef Simon
Union Gy
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association
Cleveland Trust Co
Evelid
Ohio
Boatmen's National Bank
St. Louis
Simon
Hungary
United States
Corry Instrument Co
Corry Mfg
Holder
De Gaulle Censure Vote Delayed Amid Widespread Strike
In Paris the censure motion against President De Gaulle faced likely defeat as deputies argued over education issues delaying the vote. A nationwide strike disrupted major industries, transport and services with 2 million workers participating, while Paris and several other cities faced empty banks, garbage piles, and limited public utilities.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Reyalt
Les Halles
France
Bordeaux
Brest
Clermont-Ferrand
Lille
Lyon
Marseille
Poitiers
Rennes
Toulouse
Jacques Duhamel
Duhamel
de Gaulle
Democratic and Socialist Left
George Pompidou
City to Rename Turnpike Road West Columbus Avenue
City officials discuss reverting the historic Turnpike Road name to Turnpike or Pike Road on the old stretch now called West Columbus Avenue due to Route 6 bypass changes. The move honors local history linking to the turnpike era and stagecoach past linking James Town Meadville Erie.
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Old Corry
Route 6
West Columbus Avenue
David Johnson
Cornell
West Columbus
Jamestown
Meadville
Union City
Erie
Abner Miles Gordon
Butch M. Gordon
East South Street
Gordon
Kansas House
Turnpike
Pike Road
Bloodmobile arrives in Corry on May 29
The American Red Cross bloodmobile will come to Corry at the YMCA from noon to 3 30 p.m. on May 29 aiming to collect 114 pints to meet the year end quota. Blood program chairman Robert Grice notes the holiday eve may reduce donor turnout.
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American Red Cross
Corry
Robert Grice
Grice
Corry ]Ymca
Tulip Trip Fails For 700 As Train Delays Spark Frustration
Harold Hayes and 700 tulip enthusiasts faced a chaotic Tulip Festival trip from Akron to Clymer New York. Delays and mis-scheduled trains forced detours via Corry and Erie with multiple crew changes and a rain soaked arrival. Hayes summed up the mood with a final vow never to see a tulip again.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clymer
Harold Hayes
Ellwood Avenue
S.W
N.Y
Midwest Railway Histories Foundation
Akron
Cleveland
Youngstown
Hayes
Corry
Erie
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