D A Hillstrom founder of Corry Jamestown dies at 93
David A Hillstrom founder of Corry Jamestown Corp died at his East Congress street home aged 93. He built the firm from modest beginnings into the citys largest employer. Born in Sweden he came to America in 1900 and later steered the steel office furniture maker through postwar growth before its sale to Singer Corp for 10 million. The Corry Jamestown production area will close 2 to 5 pm tomorrow and the office 2 to 3 30 pm as a tribute.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Erie Railroad
Salvation Army
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Smaland
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Jonkoping
Technical Institute
Business College
Corry
Watson Mfg. Co
Jamestown
Singer Corp
Ajax Nears Decision On Cupola Pollution Cut
Ajax Iron Works moves toward a pollution control plan for the cupola foundry process. Engineering studies and a wet cap system aim to reduce emissions, with total outlay near $150,000 and annual operating costs around $3,000. Regulatory clarity and guarantee of performance remain unresolved.
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Ray Scheffer
Erie County
Philip Sample
Raymond G. Weber
Ajax Iron Works
Sample
Weber
Blizzard shuts schools as 14 inches bury Erie area
The Northeast’s first blizzard strand Erie County residents with 14 inches of snow in Corry and more than a foot in Erie. Schools statewide closed, the airport halted, and police reported multiple car crashes with about 1900 dollars in damage. Salt and plows fought ice as buses ran late and a safe return for homebound children was later confirmed.
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National Weather Service
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New York
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Port Erie International Airport
Stanley Dombrowski
Icy Streets Spark Four Crashes In City
Glazed roads yesterday sparked four accidents with no injuries but about 1900 dollars in damage. At 4:55 p.m. Gary A. Giacoma, 17, East Main Street, lost control and hit a utility pole. At 5:30 p.m. John W. Byers, 37, Jamestown, and James L. Fish Sr., 27, Richmond Ky., rear ended near North Center and East Columbus. Fifteen minutes later Narcy Yenchak, 46, Corry, and Robert E. Patten, 32, Union City, collided at Delaware and Mead. Patten’s car hit a pole. Yenchak’s sustained $500 damage and Patten’s unknown. Later, Dennis G. 2, East Main Street, struck a parked car on Fourth.
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Gary A. Giacoma
West Park Place
East Main Street
John W. Byers
Jamestown
James L. Fish Sr
Richmond
Fish
North Center Street
East Columbus Avenue
Byers
Delaware Street
Meadavenue
Narcy Yenchak
R.D. 2
Corry
Gamma Road
Delaware
Mead Avenue
Robert E. Patten
Union City
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Patten
Yenchak
Dennis G. 2
Supreme Court signals Nixon era criminal law stance
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court, in its first major criminal case of the term, upholds guilty pleas despite defendants' claims of innocence. The three liberal justices from the Warren Court, Douglas Brennan Marshall, formed a losing bloc, signaling potential shifts in criminal jurisprudence.
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Supreme Court
Nixon
Warren Court
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Court Toughens Crime Plea Deals in Alford Case
The Supreme Court upholds Henry C. Alford plea for second degree murder avoiding jury death penalty risk. The decision, joined by Burger and Blackmun, narrows plea bargaining concerns while stirring debate on voluntariness and earlier 1968 rulings.
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Warren 5. Burger
Winston Salem
N.C
Henry C. Alford
Alford
Supreme Court
Plane and helicopter collide near Saigon killing 17
In the Mekong Delta near Binh Thuy air base, a U.S. light plane and a South Vietnamese helicopter collided in midair. Four Americans and 13 Vietnamese perished. no survivors reported. The Beaver aircraft had just taken off and an investigation is under way.
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Saigon
Army Beaver
$1 Billion Boost Planned for Slumping Mortgage Market
The Federal Home Loan Bank plans over 1 billion dollars to lower mortgage rates next year, while the Committee for Economic Development urged voluntary wage price policies. Preston Martin said 85 million dollars will be allocated soon to break the high interest chain, amid concerns about housing aid versus ordinary lending.
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Nixon
Federal Home Loan Bank
Committee For Economic Development
National Commission On Productivity
Business Research Organization
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Preston Martin
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