Local Red Cross names leaders in Titusville division
At a meeting of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Division of the American Red Cross in Titusville a local man was named to the Board of Directors and William Donaldson of the Citizens Corry Office of the Marine Bank was named division vice chairman. The Corry ARC chapter joins the new division.
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Northwestern Pennsylvania
The
American Red Cross
Titusville
William Donaldson
Citizens Corry
Marine Bank
Corry Arc
Auditor General Faults Shafer Admin on Harrisburg Hospital Books
In a weekend release Auditor General Robert P. Casey calls the Shafer administration’s handling of Harrisburg State Hospital finances deplorable. He cites missing reports since 1967, no clear accounts receivable controls, and says the department offered cursory help and failed to align with prior audit practice. A Revenue Department spokesman offered no immediate comment pending review.
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Harrisburg
Robert P. Casey
Shafer
Harrisburg State Hospital
Casey
Department of Revenue
Revenue Department
Auditor General
Meadville NAACP Election Disputed
The Meadville NAACP asked the national office to intervene in an officer election dispute after a petition from about 25 members claiming illegality. Acting president Bernice Bradwell said the executive committee approved the election, while larceny charges were filed against dissenter Earvin Hicks who left the meeting with ballots and the membership list. Vernon Township Justice Vernon Longo expects national mediation to yield a settlement.
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Meadville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
National Office
Meadville Group
Bernice Bradwell
National Organization
Bradwell
Earvin Hicks
Vernon Township
Justice of the Peace
Vernon Longo
Crawford County Cleared In Suit Over Fair Lightning Deaths
In Erie federal court Judge Joseph P. Wilson cleared Crawford County and the Crawford County Fair Association of negligence in the 1968 Meadville fair lightning deaths of James A. Hayes and Sandra L. McKinley. The defense argued act of God. plaintiffs lacked sufficient evidence. Also cleared were Pennsylvania Electric Company and Meadville Telephone Company.
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Crawford County
Crawford County Fair Association
U.S. District Court
Erie
Meadville
James A. Hayes
Franklin
Sandra L. McKinley
Chicago
Hayes
Joseph P. Wilson
U.S. District Court In
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Meadville Telephone Company
Funeral Rites For Bloss And Humphery Held At Bracken
Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday for Mr. Bloss at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. F Eugene Donelson of the Evangelical United Methodist Church presiding. Interment followed in Rose Hill Cemetery Spartansburg. Bearers included Merle Yoder John Hansen Edward Jerome Harry Miles William Pantle and Walter Ross. Out of town attendees listed from Spartansburg Greensburg and area. Funeral services for Mrs. Humphery were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. F Eugene Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery Crawford County. Bearers named George Appleby Russell Goodwill James Harold Joseph Lilley Kal Yarosh and others attended from away including Ray Humphery Styles Sparling Union City Centerville Cleveland Ohio and several others.
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Leon
Bloss
Bracken
F. Eugene Donelson
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Spartansburg
Merle Yoder
John Hansen
Edward Jerome
Harry Miles
William Pantle
Walter Ross
Allensville
John Yother
Cora Bell Humphery
Humphery
Mount Pleasant
Crawford County
George Appleby
Russell Goodwill
James
Harold
Joseph Lilley
Kal Yarosh
Ray Humphery
Styles Sparling
Lenora Bawd
Henry Dewey
Harold Lilley
Joyce Rowland
Union City
Mary Titch
Centerville
Gustave
Judy Sobol
Cleveland
Ohio
James Lilley
Butler
Waterford
James Filegar
Cambridge Springs
Edward Vernarsky
Warren
Glenn Wright
Conneaut
John Slickanich
James Young
Eric
George Appelby
Broadview Heights
Raymond Kerr
Saegertown
Guinea accuses outside forces after UN probe in Conakry
In Conakry the UN probe sighted fighters and four landing craft. Guinea's ambassador said Polgar’s message showed external attack, while Portugal’s chargé d’affaires blamed Guinea for internal troubles. Spinola denied invasion knowledge and linked anti-Portuguese activity to PAIGC.
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Conakry
Ibrahim Boye
Senegal
Polgar
Antonio Patricio
United Nations
Guinea
Portugal
Security Council
Portuguese Guinea
Antonio de Spinola
Bissau
PAIGC
African Party For the Liberation of
Cape Verde
Toure
Gregory Peck Wins SAG Award for Acting Ideals
In Hollywood AP reports Gregory Peck, 54, won the Screen Actors Guild annual award for outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession. Charlton Heston, re-elected guild president for a sixth term, presented Peck with a sculpture of black onyx and bronze.
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Hollywood
Gregory Peck
Screen Actors Guild
Charlton Heston
Guild
Peck
Khrushchev Portraits Stalin As Brutal Ruler
New York AP reports Life magazine serial excerpts quote Nikita Khrushchev portraying Joseph Stalin as brutal, murderous, and increasingly unhinged during World War II. The first of four installments notes Stalin’s paranoia, distrust within his inner circle, and Lenin’s 1923 warning of power abuse.
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New York
Soviet Union
Nikita
Khruschev
Joseph Stalin
Life Magazine
Stalin
Khrushchev
Lenin
U.S. Planes and a Reframed Cold War Narrative
Pentagon sources say weekend raids aimed to remind adversaries of the rules of engagement, potentially echoing Vietnam patterns. Mansfield indicates no definitive understanding with Hanoi. officials cite a two year old bombing halt as the basis for disputed accord. Khrushchev memoirs in Life recount Stalin era relics, criticizing whitewashing and stressing Soviet resilience against Western influence.
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Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
Hanoi
Lyndon Johnson
North
U.S
Mansfield
Little, Brown & Co
Tass
Khrushchev
Leonid L Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Ralph Graves
Ife
In Life
Stalin
Germany
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