Local insurance office to hear inquiries in Erie
Niles Gross, complaint specialist for the State Insurance Department, will visit the Bureau of Consumer Protection in Erie tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to hear and process local insurance inquiries and complaints. Insurance Commissioner George F. Reed noted these mobile visits are made where a regional office is absent.
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Niles Gross
State Insurance Department
Bureau of Consumer Protection
State Street
Erie
George F. Reed
North side eyesore fire page prompts city questions
Readers ask why a hole near North sier street remains unfilled and graded. City engineer David Johnson says the slope is gradual and no eyesore ordinance exists. Questions on weed enforcement, trailer taxes, and a delayed suede coat remedy lead to guidance from Erie Bureau of Consumer Protection agent John Barber.
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Northsier Street
David Johnson
Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection
State Street
Erie
John Barber
Barber
Charged For Murder In Political Hassle
PITTSBURGH AP Gus Jordan aged 69 was charged with murder in the shooting of Nelson Reed 56 after a political argument. Homicide Inspector Ralph Pampena said Jordan was arrested in Washington County hours after the incident and held without bond. Reed was shot three times near their Northside homes following a heated street dispute. SALISBURY Rhodesia Alf Dellow posted a sign Beware of Large Python on his lawn noting he keeps four dogs and a bird as pets.
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Pittsburgh
Gus Jordan
Nelson Reed
Ralph Pampena
Jordan
Washington County
Read
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Alf Dellow
Poppy Days Drive Kicks Off In Corry Tomorrow
Mrs. Keith Orn of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 385 announced that the annual poppy days drive starts in Corry tomorrow and Friday. Poppies are made by veterans in convalescent homes to fund veterans hospitals and aid disabled veterans, with volunteers selling them in the business district and donations welcomed.
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Keith Orn
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 385
Corry
France
Mark Anderson
Anderson
Soviet Defector Natalia Makarova Tours America
New York AP Natalia Makarova the Soviet ballerina and defected dancer arrived for a United States tour as principal with the American Ballet Theater. At Kennedy Airport she avoided a firm answer about staying, noting only We shall see. She left the Kirov Ballet in London in September citing greater artistic freedom in the West. Also a Taipei note reports 372 Nationalist Chinese scholars in the United States with 5 percent planning to return to Formosa and about 77 percent preferring to remain in America.
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Natalia Makarova
United States
American Ballet Theater
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Kennedy Airport
Kirov Ballet
London
West
America
Taipei
Formosa
Democrats Triumph In Key Gubernatorial Races Coast to Coast
The article details party shifts in 1970 races with Lucey winning Wisconsin, Gilligan defeating Cloud in Ohio, Shapp ousting Broderick in Pennsylvania, and gains for Democrats in state houses. It notes Santions for Nixon and Agnew and varied Senate outcomes including Gore losing Tennessee, Hartke clinging in Indiana, Beall upsetting Tydings in Maryland, Weicker winning Connecticut, and Buckley's New York third party bid.
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Jale Bumpers
Reubin Askew
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
Jack Dison
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Roger Cloud
GOP
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Raymond Broderick
Nixon
Agnew
Senate
Tennessee
Albert Gore
William E. Brock TI
Indiana
Vance Hartke
Richard Roudebush
Maryland
Joseph D. ‘Tydings
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Tydings
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Thomas Dodd
Robert Taft Jr
New York
James L. Buckley
Youth in Critical Condition After Erie Train Crash
An Erie youth, Stephen Eng 17, remains in critical care at St Vincent Hospital after a collision with a freight train while allegedly trying to beat the crossing warnings. He suffered extensive head injuries and underwent emergency surgery.
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Erie
St. Vincent Hospital
Stephen Eng
Eng
Warren Eng
Norfolk & Western
H. Dalrymple
St. Vincent
Shafer Hints He May Get Washington Job
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, returning to Meadville to vote, tempered talk of a handling public office again while acknowledging discussions with President Nixon about joining Washington. He said he is honored to be considered for the Environmental Resources Commission as he steps down in January and noted Pennsylvania’s leadership in conservation. The governor was due to fly to Europe Friday to lead a 15‑member state business delegation on a trade mission.
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Meadville
Raymond P. Shafer
Federal Environmental Resources Commission
Shafer
Meadville Tribune
Nixon
Washington
Environmental Commission
Pennsylvania
Europe
LBJ and Wife Cast Absentee Ballots in Texas
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson voted by absentee ballot on election day and spent the day at his ranch in Johnson City Texas. A spokesman said he and Mrs Johnson chose absentee voting because she would be away. Mrs Johnson has been promoting her book A White House Diary with appearances in New York and other cities.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
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