GOP Grabs 2 Commission Posts Handily
Erie County voters gave the Republicans a strong win in the county commission race. Lea Weir led with 36 491 votes edging incumbent Republican Fred Lamberton 35 401 and Democrat William Hill dy 29 850 while Louis Rzymek drew 28 185 after 16 years on the board. The result ends Democratic control and returns a GOP majority for four years.
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Lea Weir
Erie County
Dem
Applevart
GOP
Weir
Fred Lamberton
William 0. Hill Dy
Louis Rzymek
Board of Commissioners
Lamberton
Hill
Rzymek
Register of Wills
Roger Fischer
J. Howard Essick
William E. Pratt
Erie
Dems
Fischer
Pradt
William Sennett
U.S. Supreme Court
Pratt
Robert J. Kelleher
Republicans Retain Grip In Rural Balloting Near Corry
Rural vote results show Republicans winning most local offices in the Corry area with Democrats taking a few seats. Constitutional Amendment A for police and fire pay dispute panel passed widely. Notable results include winners Shreve Fish Reed Hajec for council and King for school director, with mixed counts across positions.
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Spartamsburg
Helen E. Gates
Harriet Weaver
R. V. Shreve
Guy M. Fish
Paul Shambaugh
James R. Reed
Thomas L. Eastman
James R. Wagner
John J. Hajec
Shreve
Fish
Reed
Hajec
Raymond J. Morris
Record results show incumbents held in township elections
In Wayne and Columbus townships the ticket mostly stayed intact with unopposed incumbents and several winners. Mrs. Margaret Crossley preserved her streak of voting in every election since 1920, identified as a Republican voter in Williamsport.
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Wayne Township
Orval Titus
Richard Querreveld
Morgan C. Peck
Carroll D. Crowell
LeRoy Ladd
Columbus Township
Bertha E. McCray
Herbert M. Heidler
Gerald A. Deutschlander
Thaddeus Pondel
McCray and Heidler
Roy M. Swart
Williamsport
Arthur E. Ayling
Margaret A. Crossley
Jordan Christree
Jensen
Basil Po
Kosh
Ross 0. Bailey
Raymond M. Knaur
Donald E. Chase
Crat
Crossley
P.S
Chrysler walkouts threaten 24,000 union workers’ production
More than 24,000 Chrysler workers staged a midnight strike deadline walkout across eight plants as UAW and Chrysler negotiators passed 24 hours in marathon talks for a new three year contract. The stoppages could grow, with 100 of 131 units unsettled, while 6,000 more at Jefferson plant in Detroit idle over a parts shortage.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
UAW
Jefferson Assembly
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Thieves Nab 250000 Art Heist Darkens Elgin Local Races
New York reports reveal paintings valued at over 250000 stolen from APF Frames after a truck carrying 37 works left galleries over the weekend. Police found 17 paintings missing including Picasso s Children in a Luxembourg Garden and Females Mother and Nurse along with a Lautrec poster.
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New York
APF Frames, Inc
East List Street
Picasso
Luxembourg
GOP Wins Corry City School and Treasurer Seats
Pennsylvania Republicans win control of the constitutional convention with 81 of 150 delegates elected, plus seven ex officio leaders, totaling 88 votes amid a 50 district ballot. Democrats gain 69 delegates with six leadership votes. Scranton appears among delegate winners.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
William W. Scranton
GOP
Corry Ballot Shows Low Turnout In Lightest Election In Years
Voters in Corry heavily backed Republicans in local races with Mary Hubley defeating Fred Kinley for city treasurer 1183 to 164. Council seats went to Ned Johnston Clare Capwell and John Lutz Paul Taylor. School board winners were Robert Davidson Darwin Wolcott and Rita Downey. Voter turnout was 55 percent with strong support for binding arbitration amendments from police and firemen. A full rundown appears on page 3.
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Corry
Mary Hubley
Fred Kinley
Kinley
Infantry Marines Clash with North Vietnamese Near Da Nang
U S infantrymen and Marines battled Communist forces in the Dak To highlands and near Da Nang. Reports say two U S 4th Division companies faced heavy ground assaults. Marines fought fierce actions in the coast area with 22 killed and 58 wounded. Loc Ninh and Dak To saw additional heavy casualties as air strikes continued against North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Dak
Dake Rane
North Vietnam
da Nang
Loc Ninh
Dak To
Highlands
Two Cars Collide on Route 6 Near Corry
Two motorists escaped injury when their vehicles collided at Scott's Crossing and Route 6 two miles east of Corry at 8 15 pm. Miss Ann Baressi of Stopped for a stop sign and entered Route 6 in the path of Henry J Burleigh of North Western NY. Estimated damage 1200 total with 700 to Baressi machine and 500 to Burleigh's. Police continue investigation.
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Scott's Crossing Road
Route 6
Corry
Ann Baressi
East Smith Street
Henry J. Burlesh
North Western
N. Y
Burleigh Auto
Baressi
Burleigh’s
Cleveland elects first Negro top mayor's post
Carl B. Stokes, a slum-born candidate, becomes the first Negro mayor of a large American city by defeating Republican Seth C. Taft in Cleveland by a 2,501 vote margin. Taft acknowledged awaiting official tally. Stokes called for unity and progress. The campaign saw strong East Side Black support and rising white vote share. Also, UN Security Council to discuss Congo mercenary invasion complaint.
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Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
America
Stokes
Seth C. Taft
Taft
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Negro East Side
Bean
Ralph
Locher
Delegates named for 50th Senate District convention posts
Republicans Pelletier and Scott Johnson win three convention delegate posts for the 50th Senate District serving Mercer Crawford and part of Erie counties. Johnson a Thiel College professor and Scott Sharon mayor led county tallies. Wenner edged in Crawford but finished poorly in Mercer. Ballot results show Pelletier 13 773 Scott 18 307 Wenner 11 852 Johnson 15 531. The district includes Mercer Crawford and a part of Erie.
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Lawrence L. Pelletier
Basil C. Scott
Roy H. Johnson
Erie County
Carry
Union City
Wayne Township
William Wenner
Cambridge Springs
Johnson
Crawford County
Mercer County
Thiel College
Greenville
Pelletier
Allegheny College
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Leo Welr
Charles Wetherbee
Ralph E. Davis
Sparta
Jean M. King
Ronald M. Penoyer
Margearite Skiff
Joel W. Alsdorf
William Hill
Syracuse
John Kerwin ‘Jr
St. Joseph's Hospital
Elgin
Cpl
Joe J
Richland Center
Wis
Leathernecks
Meg Peeneagaine
Corry City
Scranton
Ned Johnston
Robert Davidson
Care Capwell
Darwin Wolcott
U.N
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Angola
Neil McLaughlin
Adele Ward Bole
Pfadt
Kelleher
Richard F. Brabender
Lindley R. McClelland
McClelland
Common Pleas Court
Brabender
Scott Johnson
Plan Flight
Dallas
Texa
American Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth
Neds Seawell
American
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