Driver 33 Re T ires Sort Of
North East resident David Batts 33 was driving a tractor trailer owned by Albert Trott of Erie when a runaway truck wheel and tire struck a hill and rolled about 175 feet before slamming into a house at 149 West Smith Street. Police noted the wheel traveled at roughly 35 mph.
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David Batts
North East
Smith Street
Batts
Albert Trott
Erie
West Smith
Essex Street
Mead Avenue
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Five Juveniles and One Adult Nabbed in Camp Burglaries
Corry State Police traced a stolen 1959 truck and a 1957 auto to waterford and Union City, leading to the arrest of adult Jack E Powers and five Mill Village Waterford youths. The group admitted 14 camp burglaries, stealing fishing poles tools beer bedding copper pipe axes and causing about 516 in damage. Juveniles were sent to Erie County authorities for action.
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Corry
Mill Village
Gary Troyer
Pittsfield
Sane
Union City
Thomas Carr
Richard Wargo
Margaret. Lesik
R. D
Waterford
Erie County
Pittsburgh
Three Rapists Sentenced to Death by Electric Chair
An all male Miami area jury sentenced three youths John F. Smalley 19 Samuel Choice 20 and Robert Gissendanner 18 to death for rape of an 18 year old Miami Beach girl who urged the maximum penalty. The jury did not recommend mercy and the sentence is automatic. The crime occurred January 13 when the victim was forced into a car and assaulted in an empty house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Miami Beach
John F. Smalley
Samuel Choice
Robert Gissendanner
West Hollywood
Corry Doctor In Denver Hospital In Critical Condition
Dr. Joseph Seitz a 27 Stock Street local chiropractor is listed in critical condition at Spears Chiropractic Hospital in Denver after a seizure during a week’s treatment. His wife was notified Tuesday as officials released the hospital update. Newark Sunday News Raises Price To 20 Cents Beginning November 18.
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Joseph Seitz
Stock Street
Spears Chiropractic Hospital
Denver
Colo
Seitz
Great Society Hobbled by GOP House and Gov Wins
Washington AP reports a GOP midterm surge reshapes power bases with eight new governors and a strengthened edge in statehouses. The shift may affect Johnson's plans and 1968 reelection prospects as Reagan and Kirk ride voter discontent over welfare costs and Viet Nam, while Tower survives in Texas amid party realignment.
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Washington
Johnson
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Herbert Hoover
House
Texas
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Florida
California
Ronald Reagan
Claude Kirk Jr
John G. Tower
Waggoner Carr
John Connally
Michigan
George Romney
Carson And His Infernal Meddling
A blackout anniversary recalls a 1965 East Coast power failure when a lightning arrester on East Pleasant street near Concord School failed cutting power to parts of the city. Johnny Carson referenced the event on the Tonight show as Penelec linemen fixed the fault within about a half hour.
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Johnny Carson
Corry
Carson
East Pleasant
Concord School
Penelee
Allen H. Kuhn
Pennsylvania Elecrt Co
Kuhn
Penelec
East Pleasant Street
Lunar Orbiter 2 set for delicate 3:30 p.m. burn
Pasadena scientists plan a 10 minute rocket burn to lock Lunar Orbiter 2 in lunar orbit. At 3:30 p.m. EST the 100 pound thrust firing will aim the craft toward the moon for a precise capture. The orbiter will then photograph 13 potential landing sites with a dual lens camera as initial orbit covers 125 to 1150 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Moon
Lunar Orbiter
Death Toll Climbs in Viet Nam War
AP report shows U S casualty toll rising after Tay Ninh fighting. Last week 127 Americans killed, 605 wounded, eight missing or captured, vs 66 dead and 493 wounded the prior week. Also notes a French wharf collapse near Cam Ranh Bay killing possibly 20 Vietnamese and injuring about 100. U S Marines press Operation Pawnee north of Da Nang underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Johnson
U. S
Viet Nam
da Nang
Thief Steals Car Kidnaps Baby by Mistake
A thief stole Suzanne Cope's car with her month-old baby in a crib behind the seat. After hours and a massive police alert, the vehicle was found abandoned six miles away and the infant was found unharmed sleeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby London
Suzanne Cope
Baby Bartholomew
Wall collapses dumps 15000 bushels of spuds
A 100 foot wall at Troyer Potato Storage near Waterford collapsed onto a parked car, pinning Mrs. Carl Leib momentarily. About 15000 bushels of potatoes spilled onto the Lot as workers covered and loaded spuds for shipment while the wall is rebuilt. Two other cars were trapped but no injuries reported.
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Troyer
Waterford Jon
Carl Leib
Cletus
Clifford Troyer
Waterford-Union City Road
Leib
Ohio
Indiana
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William Malec
Johnston
Newark
Newark Sunday News
Troyers
Carl Selb
Journal
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