Community notes and events in Sparta and surrounding area
After morning rain a tornado warning was issued from noon to five. Dennis Merkle and peers attended an eastern regional Youth for Christ conference in Washington PA. Singers and others from Union City joined a church quartet in Cochranton. Sparta Senior Citizens met at the firehall with 18 present and plan a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov 19. An amateur program for seniors is set for Nov 11 at Allegheny College Meadville with tickets. A surprise birthday party honored Nellie McCray in Union City with many relatives attending. Sympathy sent to Ray Diemer on the death of his wife Vivian. Florence and Isaac Sherlock visited in Union City. The Brenner siblings spent the weekend with grandparents in Sparta. Kinney and Northrop families visited. many residents headed south for winter. Rev Mattox, former Sparta pastor, improving after surgery in Corry. Getwell wishes to Esther Farley and others ill. National Symphony released a Bicentennial recording Be Glad Then America based on William Billings hymns.
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Dennis Merkle
Don
Evelyn Merkle
Edinboro State College
Youth For Christ
Campus Life
Washington, Pa
Dennis
Richard Perkins
Ralph Oatman
Maurice Bennett
Allegheny College
Meadville
Spartago
Leon
Nellie) McCray
Robert Fink
Union City
Nellie
Edwin Smith
Jaymie Sarah
Ray Diemer
Vivian
Corry Memorial Hospital
H. Richard Hays
Woodlawn Cemetery
Titusville
Florence
Isaac Sherlock
Lenah Clute
Mellissa
Marlene
Millie Brenner
Alvin
Ins) Brenner
Albert
Connie) Brenner
Craig Kinney
Findley Lake
Georgia Kinney
Phillip
Mildred) Northrop
Concord Corners
Florida
Billy Tillotson
Leon McCray
Mattox
Sparta Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Getwell
Esther Farley
U.S
Washington
National Symphony
America
William Billings
Great Lakes Ship Disasters Through the Years
A compact list of major Great Lakes shipping disasters from 1900 onward notes multiple freighters and vessels lost in storms, collisions, and fires. Key losses include the Daniel J Morrell in 1966 with 28 dead and the Noronic in 1949 with 119 dead, among others.
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Great Lakes
Daniel J. Morrell
Lake Huron
Cedarville
Straits of Mackinaw
Senk
Carl D. Bradley
Lake Michigan
Granny Policeman Retires After Years in Geriatric Mask
James McGrath, Philadelphia’s first granny cop, retires at 50 after decades wearing nylon stockings and old-lady attire. He patrolled for muggings, saying he arrested about three or four suspects weekly with a flawless conviction rate, recalling nerve wracking chases and a 1987 nab gone wrong. He plans private security work.
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Philadelphia
James McGrath
McGrath
Police Department
Would've Widened Probe Aide Says CIA Plots Might Have Expanded Kennedy Inquiry
Belin testified before a House subcommittee that if CIA plot data about foreign leaders had reached the Warren Commission earlier, the Kennedy investigation could have broadened. He suggested Castro links and Oswald’s CIA threats may have altered the commission’s conclusions and urged public release of related National Archives documents.
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Washington
Warren Commission
CIA
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Commission
Castro
Rockefeller Commission
Allen Dulles
David W. Belin
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Belin
House Government Operations Subcommittee On
National Archives
Bomb blast hits Scott’s restaurant in Mayfair. 1 dead 15 hurt
London police blamed the Irish Republican Army for a fifth blast in three weeks at the Scott’s seafood restaurant on Mount Street. One British man killed, James Howard and wife Louise of Georgia among 15 injured, including two Americans. Notable diners escaped unharmed, while witnesses described a fire and chaos. The IRA campaign targets Mayfair eating houses amid a spate of attacks since August. In other news, Sinatra to perform two concerts in Trana on November 23 and 24.
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London
West Adt
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Scott's
Mount Street
Hyde Park
James Howard
Louise
Georgia
Howard
Comdr
Roy Habershon
Mayfair
James Dowsdall
Evanston
Ill
Vivienne
IRA
Northern Ireland
West End
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Sparta
Dorothea Nichols
Chris Terrill
Frank
Evelyn) Nichols
David Lasher
Jack ‘Cochran
David Fink
Jean
Sue Fink
Unio
The
Associated Press
Henry Sieeeler
Lake Superior
Penobscot
Buffalo Harbor
Noronic
Toronto
Melverton
Translake
St. Lawrence River
Emperor
Olga
Lake Erie
James H. Reed
Admiral
Cleveco
Novadoc
Davock
Charles S. Prince
Regina
New York
S Steak House
Pra
Teen Vlan
F.5
L.1.c
United Nations
Brandeis-Harvard
Central America
Africa
Asia
Tahar
Caroline Kennedy
Edward Heath
Frank Sinatra
Tran
Berkey’s
Jefferson St
Spar
Bill - Rose
Eer Dennee
Christmas Club
Ben Dett
Santa
Corry
Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Persta Philadena Ro
Deatin Bhrash
Milwau
76Ers
Milwall
Rites Washir
Free Leadii
Rey the
Strevant
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