Reapportionment Talks Stall as PA Legislature Briefly Sits
In Harrisburg the General Assembly planned only a light session for Yom Kippur. No progress on reapportionment. a 45 minute conference committee adjourned indefinite with roughly 15 districts in dispute. Democrats warn plans remain unsettled while other measures move forward.
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Council Considers Plant Growth Regulator Weed Control
The council discusses using plant growth regulators as a weed killer, citing tests at the University of Chicago Michigan State College Ohio State University and Penn State showing no harm to animals or humans. Amchem refutes public concerns and Penn-Lines Service outlines operation costs but could not specify final figures.
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Pennsylvania State University
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Pennsylvania Electric Co
Cancer Group Starts Final Study Check
Three hundred twenty seven Erie County volunteers will begin the sixth and final follow up of the Cancer Prevention Study. The project, the largest medical research effort, tracks participants since 1959 to analyze cancer risks and survival, with deaths confirmed and causes studied.
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Erie County
American Cancer Society
John C. McElhaney
CPS
City considers mapping cost for area treatment plan
City Engineer David Johnson will map areas needing treatment and estimate acreage. He will meet with Penn-Lines officials to develop a cost estimate. The council will decide if the figure fits the city budget.
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David Johnson
Penn-Lines
R D 3 Corry resident dies at 74 in Corry area
Mrs. Palmer aged 74 died yesterday at her home in R D 3 Corry. Survived by two daughters Miss Anna Palmer and Mrs. Clarence Gertrude McCray. three sons George Palmer Spartansburg Frank and Clinton Palmer. 16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow at Glenn Funeral Home Union City with Rev Richard Hostetler. Burial in Concord Cemetery Elgin. Dwight C. Ewer dies after brief illness at 68. Born Nov 18 1896 in Waterville Minnesota son of Abraham Lincoln Ewer and Viola Squires Ewer. Lived near Sugar Grove 28 years. former lineman for Pennsylvania Electric Co. World War I veteran. member Harmony American Legion Watts Flatts NY. Survived by wife Beulah Barton. five children Basil Ewer Ashville NY John Ewer Sugar Grove. Blanche Grimes Sinclairville Elsie Woodin Bear Lake Beverly Johnson Falconer. one brother Herbert Ewer Rochester NY. 20 grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Schoonover Funeral Home Sugar Grove. Burial Turnpike Cemetery Sugar Grove. Calling hours from 7–9 p.m. today 2–4 p.m. and 7–9 p.m. tomorrow.
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Waterville
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North Road
Sugar Grove
Busti
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Elsie Woodin
Bear Lake
Beverly Johnson
Falconer
Herbert Ewer
Rochester
N. Y
Schoonover Funeral Home
Edwin Armitage
Jamestown
Turnpike Cemetery
Ex Erie Man Beaten Buried Labeled Murder
The body of Benjamin Merritt, 58, of Arizona, was found burned from the waist up in front of L. C. Mackey Lumber Co. in Altoona. Detectives say all evidence points to homicide with robbery as the motive. His uncashed Social Security check was found partially burned. Merritt had been a GE Erie employee who retired in 1953 after a stroke.
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Erie
Yom Kippur Observance Starts At Sundown Tonight
Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, begins at sundown with Kol Nidre and ends with the shofar after a four hour service tomorrow. Beth Israel on West Church Street hosts services led by Rabbi Gewirtz at 6:30 tonight and 9 a.m. tomorrow, with Yizkor tomorrow at noon and Neilah tomorrow evening at 6:30.
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West Church Street
Gewirtz
Pennsylvania draft quota cut by 284 in November
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania will supply 284 fewer draftees in November, dropping state call from 2,578 to 2,094 as Navy withdrawals trim national totals from 36,450 to 32,450. Gen Henry M Gross notes the state quota reduced accordingly and the state remains within the revised national plan.
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Selective Service
Henry M. Gross
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BYU Bans Dances Amid Student Debate
AP report from Utah describes Brigham Young University banning the swim jerk and other suggestive dances that clash with Mormon standards. Students react with mixed views while campus leaders warn violators will be expelled. President Wilkinson outlines intramural dancing plans for instruction and form. John Connell, British author and journalist, dies of a heart attack in London.
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Chicago
Rod Allen
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Bob Christiansen
Ely
Nev
BYU
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London
John Connell
Increase In Gas Rate OK Increase In Gas Rate
Harrisburg AP Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Inc Pittsburgh has authorization to raise rates by 5 005 000 a year in 25 western and southern counties in Pennsylvania. The Public Utility Commission granted authorization Monday retroactive to April 28 affecting 259 000 customers. The PUC said the increase is 1 507 000 below the original request and could not determine immediate effect. The commission found a yearly net of 5 917.00 representing a 6 percent on a 97 million plant value with protests from industrial funds in Pittsburgh Allegheny County Ambridge and Canonsburg. Columbia serves Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Butler Clearfield Elk El ...
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Allegheny County
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Beaver
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Butler
Ter
Clarion
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Elkyette
Franks Indiana
Jeffer
McKean
Mercer
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Venango
Warren
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York
Letters to the Editor disparage local business influence
A Corry reader asks for transparency on two incidents this summer involving local businessmen and an Erie investor. He cites restraint of trade, conflict of interest, and zoning concerns, urging city officials to publicly account for alleged privileges and to distinguish progress from impropriety.
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Corry
Tollas
Free ticket promotion for BLATT'S Rex Theatre run
Advertisements invite readers to find their names on the avenue and call the store to receive a free ticket. The promotion runs for four days from Wednesday October 6 to Saturday October 9 to see The Sandpiper in Metrocolor and Panavision starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, with a Saturday matinee cartoon show.
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REX Theatre
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Panavision
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
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