Five day forecast for Western Pennsylvania and local police notes
Western Pennsylvania temperatures will run four to six degrees above normal for five days with a cool start and weekend warmth followed by a cooler close. Rainfall will average a half to three quarters of an inch across most days. A two car crash on North Center Street yesterday afternoon caused minor damage with no injuries. A voting machine will replace paper ballots in Townville elections after a 127 to 16 vote. A wallet was reported stolen at Corry Area High School during gym class. A Jamestown woman reported her estranged husband took their 11 1 2 month old daughter after leaving three weeks ago. Police advised seeking legal help.
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Pennsylvania
North Center Street
Gary W. Kostreba
Park Street
Lorraine Ricketts
Marion Street
Townville
Edward Weidner
Elk Street
Corry Area High School
Jamestown
State Employment Office
Lunar Orbiter 2 Launch Corrected With Steering Rocket
In Pasadena California a short burst from a steering rocket corrected a minor aiming error on Lunar Orbiter 2 during its near quarter million mile flight to identify potential Apollo landing sites. The 850 pound space camera was launched from Cape Kennedy Monday and gained a 47 mile per hour kick to adjust its trajectory.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Corry Ballot Results Show GOP Leads In Key Races
Corry voters backed John E. Tabor for secretary of internal affairs with 1 297 votes to 1 023 for Blatt while Forrest Hopkins defeated Gene Heuser 1 412 to 901 for the state assembly seat. In other returns judge candidates G Harold Watkins and Theodore Spaulding led Republicans, Clinton Palmer trailed Democrats, and state senator race favored James Willard over Joseph Walton.
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John E. Tabor
Genevieve Blatt
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Corry
Tabor
Blatt
North East
Forrest Hopkins
Gene Heuser
Joseph Walton
Navy recruit Max E. Smith completes nine weeks basic training
Seaman Recruit Max E. Smith age 19 son of Mr and Mrs Max Smith Union City graduates from nine weeks of Navy basic training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois The program covered military subjects living conditions survival techniques drill and other fundamentals for early service assignments.
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Max E. Smith
Max Smith
Union City
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Local and Township Election Results Snapshot
Townships and districts report voting tallies with candidates Sharer Shapp Broderick and Tabor leading various races. Amendments on private corporations and minor judiciary pass with strong margins in several townships, including Concord and Spring Creek with notable totals.
Delay Gemini Launch and Eclipse Photo Postponed
Grounded 2 percent hours by a faulty rocket part, the Gemini mission team studied the plan on earth. NASA set a new launch for Thursday at 3 55 p.m. EST atop a Titan 2 with Gemini 12 targeting an Agena rendezvous, delaying the sun eclipse photo from space and ending Aldrin’s hatch photo attempt. A Tuesday power failure in the Titan 2 secondary flight control system halted any today launch.
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Cape Kainedy
Fla
Gemini
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Atlas
Agena
South America
Aldrin
Post Office Move in Croton Disputed by Village
In Croton on Hudson New York villagers court order seeks halt to Ottaviano Realty use of a building now housing the Post Office. Justice Gerald Nolan set a hearing for the next day after denying an immediate stop though officials asked for immediate court action.
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Croton
N.Y
U.S. Post Office
Croton-on-Hudson
Supreme Court
Gerald Nolan
Ottaviano Realty Corp
Nolan
Elgin Borough Returns Highlight Local Ballot Results
The report lists close votes in Elgin Borough with Shafer 55 to 20 over Shapp and Tabor 55 to 19 over Blatt. Other figures include Watkins 51, Spaulding 53, Palmer 22 and Stout 17 for judge of the superior court. The private corporations amendment carried 27 to 17 with a 36 to 9 tally on the second amendment. The piece ends with a reflection on spoken versus printed word.
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Wayne Township
Sharer
Shapp
Broderick
Stansey
Tabor
Blatt
Watkins
Spaulding
Palmer
Stout
Judge of Superior Court
Weaver
Vigorito
Thompson
Lesler
State Senate
Hopkins
Heuser
Concord Township
Sha
Spring Creek
Shafer
Johnson
Mitchell
Congress
Frame
Kunselman
Fuellhart
Donnelly
General Assembly
Second
Sparta Township
Staisey
Superior Court
Willard
Walton
Dwyer
Grasso
6Th District General Assembly
Elgin Borough
Staney
Judge
Shafer Sets Changeover Panel and Early Priorities
Gov elect Raymond P. Shafer announced a three-person transition panel in Pittsburgh to ensure a smooth handover from Gov. Scranton. He outlined three early goals including a new state constitution, restructuring government with transportation finance and public safety, and expanding human services. He noted no cabinet picks are set, then said he would vacation Friday and hinted Scranton would not take an active role.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond P. Shafer
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Shafer
John K. Tabor
Commerce
Raymond Broderick
Jack Conmy
William Sennett
Arthur Sampson
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Polls Show Rooney Edges Lehigh DA for Third Term
With 23 of 286 precincts tallied Rooney leads George J. Joseph 75,532 to 69,404 in unofficial counts. In other races Democrats sweep 11 to Republicans 9, while three newcomers join Eilberg in winning sizable majorities. Incumbents Schweiker and McDade post large margins in key districts as Edwin D. Eshleman tops Charles by 43,500.
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Ney
Lehigh County
George J. Joseph
Rooney
Eilberg
Richard S. Schweiker
Ofce
Edwin D. Eshleman
Richard F. Charles
William A. Barrett
Robert N. C. Nix &J
James A. Byrne
Ard
William J. Green
George M. Rhodes
Daniel J. Flood
William 5. Moorhead
Elmer J. Holland
John H. Dent
Frank M. Clark
Thomas E. Morgan
G. Robert Watkins
J. Irving Whalley
Peace Corps Ordered Out Of Guinea
Guinea’s President Sekou Toure orders the Peace Corps and Pan American World Airways to leave within a week in retaliation for Ghana’s seizure of a Guinean delegation from a Pan American plane. Officials in Washington are surprised as Ghana accuses U.S. complicity.
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Dakar
Senegal
Sekou Toure
U.S. Peace Corps
Pan American World Airways
Guinea
Ghana
Conakry
Pan American
Accra
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Organization of African Unity
Toure
United States
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Montgomery County
Edward S. Searle
McDade
Walter Alessandroni
Neil Tr
Clairton
Donald Craven
Peace Corps
Chicago
Cook County
Jack Johnson
Stanley Bass
University of Chicago
Norman Bonds
Herman '. Schneebeli
Robert J. Corbett
John P. Saylor
Albert W. Johnson
James G. Fulton
Lawrence G. Williams
Edward G. Biester Jr
Coniern
Carry Evening Journal
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Jay W. Chanics
Champit Steer
David Mercer
Champi Farms
Montgo
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