Book Drive Opens With Roots Autograph At Sea Lifeboat
ANNA HALEY daughter of Roots author ALEX HALEY presented an autographed Roots to Mel Barish at Rockefeller Center during the American Merchant Marine Library Association book week. Cornelia Otis Skinner joined a small group of friends as books were dropped into a lifeboat under Atlas statue.
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New York
Anna Haley
Alex Haley
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Mel Barish
Atlas
Rockefeller Center
U.S. Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Clean Up After Area Flash Flood Begins
Venango County Civil Defense Director J. Leon Kean said the area along Route 8 south of Titusville saw the worst flash flood in over 30 years. About 20 families fled Cherry Tree Run but none were left homeless as cleanup got underway and damage could exceed 500000 dollars with no injuries reported.
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Titusville
C and
Kaneville
Here
Venango County Civil Defense
J. Leon Kean
Kean
Sportsmen
Ruth Walker
Venango County
Ting
Richard Fox
Fox
Cherrytree
Rouseville
Charles Murcko
St. Boniface Parish
Richard Tellers
St. John the Baptist Church
Oil City
Erie
Father Murcko
Marcke
Father Tellers
911 Approved For Emergency
Harrisburg AP The House approved a statewide 911 emergency system to connect residents with police fire and EMS. Each county would implement within seven years and funding options remain under study. Bill sponsor Rep Joseph Kolter cited California as a model using phone line taxes to fund such systems.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Joseph Kolter
D-Beaver
California
Kolter
Sauna Fire Kills 6 in Manhattan Bathhouse
In midtown Manhattan a four alarm blaze at the Everard Baths on 28th Street killed six people and sent at least 19 to hospitals, with two in critical condition. Fire Commissioner John T. O Hagans said the cause was unknown and rescuers would search 100 cubicles as portions of the top floors collapsed. The bathhouse had been ordered to install sprinklers last August but failed to do so.
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New York
Manhattan
John T. O'Hagan
Everard Baths
28Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Extradi tion decision due after two week extradition hearing
Deputy Attorney General Glenn Gillman said it will be a couple weeks before Governor Shapp decides whether to sign extradition papers for Erie County deputies charged with false imprisonment in Florida. The case centers on Sgt Tony Mucci and Special Deputy William Zimmerman who arrested former jeweler Lester Rudolph on October 7 without proper notices, leading to a kidnaping mischaracterization.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Glenn Gillman
Milton Shapp
Erie County
Florida
Gillman
Shapp
Tony Mucci
William Zimmerman
Erie
Lester Rudolph
Robert Chase
Rudolph
Winter Park
Fla
Reuben Askew
Armand Chimenti
Fawn Jessica Returns to Wild at Nature Center
Erie fawn Jessica, orphaned when her mother died in an I 79 accident, is moved to Asbury Woods Nature Center in Millcreek Township for outdoor life with other deer. Game protector Andy Martin notes she may never be fully wild but is strong and ready to adapt under instinct and care.
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Erie
Jessica
Lawrence County
Andy Martin
Martin
Franklin
Doe
Asbury Woods Nature Center
Millcreek Township
Raymek Retires After Last Hurrah in Erie Politics
In Erie, Louis Reymek concedes his last political run after a 21 vote margin loss to A J Gehrlein for county commissioner. Pensioned and unemployed, Reymek says he likely will not run again and hopes for a job with the aged. He reflects on a near 30 year political career and vows to remain honest.
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Erie
Louis Reymek
Raymek
A.J. Gehrlein
Gehriein
Rzymek
Reymek
Democratic Party
Millcreek
Lower East Side
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