Nonlethal Tear Gas Used In Viet Nam Action Near Saigon
U S paratroopers launched a large operation near Ben Cat 30 miles north of Saigon using nonlethal tear gas to flush out Viet Cong. The 173rd Airborne Brigade moved in by helicopter as Australian forces supported the effort. Casualties were reported moderate and ground fighting described as heavy.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Guam
173Rd
Airborne Brigade
Highway 13
Ben Cat
Gas Co. Starts $35,000 Building for Centralized Operations
The Pennsylvania Gas Co. is rushing to finish a 36 000 building at East Smith Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to centralize local operations. The 46 by 50 foot facility will include a garage workshop and crew quarters with showers and lockers, replacing the old Maple Avenue facilities. Once done, most gas company operations will be housed there, with only the North Center Street office remaining. The old site will be razed and landscaped. The project aims for completion before year end and signals a modernization of local gas services.
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Pennsylvania Gas Co
Smith Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
LeRoy Hoyt
Maple Avenue
Hoyt
North Center Street
Smith-Penn-sylvania
Car Crash Endangers Sign Posts and Building in Corry
An 18 year old Corry driver Francis E Jaquith was eastbound on East Columbus avenue at 5 p.m. yesterday when his car passed a truck near the Jamestown carriage plant, struck loose stones and left the roadway tearing down a highway sign and four guard rail posts before ramming into a concrete block building on East Columbus avenue. Police reported no injuries to Jaquith.
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Corry
East Columbus Avenue
Francis E. Jaquith
Jacquith
Jamestown
Ready Citywide Appeal Drives For 100000 Pool
The Corry Recreation Committee moves to educate voters on funding an outdoor pool from tax money. A half mill levy over ten years would total about 100 000 dollars. A November ballot decision awaits, with a public meeting next Wednesday at 8 pm in the VFW ballroom to inform residents and students about the plan.
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Corry
Recreation Committee
Erie County Board of Elections
Republican Committee
VFW_ ballroom
Lou Hanna
Hariie
Hanna
Payment Of Fuels Tax Subsidy Here
State Highways reversed fuel tax subsidies effects payments to Erie Warren and Crawford counties municipalities including Corry and nearby towns. Payments use population mileage formula and follow the April instalment with Corry due 5553 dollars and other local shares listed for Elgin Union City Concord Township Spartansburg Sparta Township Bear Lake Columbus Township Pittsfield and Spring Creek.
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State Department of Highways
Erie
Warren
Crawford
Corry
Highway Department
Elgin
Union City
Concord Township
Spartansburg
Sparta
Bear Lake
Columbus Township
Pittsfield
Spring Creek
Lawyers Get Green Light On Insurance Hearings
Harrisburg AP reports Insurance Commissioner Audrey R. Kelly will allow ample opposition at public hearings on auto insurance rate increases. Opponents accuse the department of being company oriented while rates rise 15 to 20 percent, with aggrieved party Donald R. Johnson prompting the hearings. Paul Spots, representing the American Trial Lawyers Association, says the department approved rates well above projections.
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Harrisbunw AP
Audrey R. Kelly
Kelly
Aily
Edward O.spotts
American Trial Lawyers Association
Johnson
Department
Johnson highway beautification bill clears House during Johnson hospital stay
WASHINGTON AP The House passed President Johnsons highway beautification bill 245 to 199 while he was in Bethesda Naval Hospital for gall bladder surgery. Democrats supported 219 to 26 Republicans 49 to 89 opposed. The bill requires states to curb billboards and junkyards on interstates and primary roads outside commercial zones. Speaker McCormack and GOP Leader Ford wished the Presidents speedy recovery.
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Washington
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Tohnson
Johmson
House
Congress
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Senate
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
McCormack
Ford
Extend Drive For UF Funds For One Week
The United Fund Board of Directors voted to extend the UF fund drive one more week until next Friday due to late starts in some divisions. Dale Carlson of Beaver Associates was retained as campaign director. final report breakfast for UF workers moved to next Wednesday at Hotel Corry, 7:30 a.m. Cleanup days are set for next Thursday and Friday to end the drive on the 15th. The drive stands at a percentage of the $75,053 goal. The board thanks the Corty Jamestown Corporation for desks and chairs, Bracken Funeral Home for folding chairs, the Chamber of Commerce for mimeograph work, and Mrs. Joseph Sjogren for staff volunteer help.
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United Fund Board of Directors
UF Fund
Dale Carlson
Beaver Associates
Chicago
James Hallmond
Corry
Hammond
Corty Jamestown Corporation
Bracken Funeral Home
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Sjogren
Meek As Lambs Youths Held In Double Slaying
Two Connecticut youths aged 14 and 15 were held in Bellows Falls Vermont for the slaying of Ella Beaudry and her daughter Roberta Beaudry. They were tracked by a state trooper after being spotted at a traffic light and followed to a roadside restaurant in Chester. A gun cache was found in the suspects car trunk. the motive and full details remain under investigation.
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Bellows
Falls
Connecticut
Chester
Bellows Walls
Roger Beaudry
Gerald Lefevre
Beaudry
Ella Beaudry
Roberta
Conn
Roper Beaudry
M Beaudry
Game On Rain Or Snow Corry Bradford Football Tie Up
Corry Avenue High School and Bradford plan to play tonight’s football game at 8.00 pm despite weather concerns. Lou Hanna announces the game will proceed regardless of field conditions at Sheen Field. Bradford arrives with a 2-2 record, followed by supporters from both sides.
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Corry - Bradford
Lou Hanna
Corry Avea High School
Sheen Field
Bradford
200 Japanese Missing After Storm
Tokyo reports about 200 Japanese sailors missing after Typhoon Carmen tore through the South Pacific. An intensive air and sea search by Japanese patrol boats and U.S. planes from Guam focused near the Marianas, 700 miles south of Tokyo, as the storm moved north with winds over 190 mph and damaged Agrihan Island.
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Tokyo
South Pacific
Carmen
Wednesay
Maritime Safety Board
Marianas Islands
U.S
Guam
Iwo Jima
U.S. Trust Territory
Agrihan Island
Hope To Bar Cops Firemen From Politics
Bills in the State House seek to bar policemen and paid firefighters from any political activity. If passed they could be discharged for candidacy or helping another candidate, leaving only voting rights intact. The measures amend the Third Class City Code and are in the House Committee on Cities.
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House of Representatives
Ford E. O'Dell
Erie
Stanley Blair
Albion
Dominick E. Cioffi
Lawrence County
Charles D. Stone
Beaver County
Corry
House Committee On
C. Timothy Slack
Chester County
John E. Gremminger
Delaware County
Bernard F. O'Brien
Luzerne County
Robert E. Clarke
Blair
County
Dorothy Malone Expected to Return Home Next Week
Actress Dorothy Malone, star of Peyton Place, is improving at Cedars of Lebaron Hospital after a September 23 operation, with an estimated return home around the middle of next week. Malone, 40, had been in critical condition for a period following the surgery.
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Hollywood
Cedars of Lebaron Hospital
Dorothy Malone
Miss Malone
President Johnson undergoes gall bladder and kidney stone surgery
President Johnson had gall bladder removal and kidney stone removal in the ureter during a single operation. The procedure lasted 7 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. EDT with general anesthesia. Doctors report a complete, routine recovery and Johnson resting well, with possible 10 day to two week hospital stay. Vice President Humphrey acted as standby chief executive.
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Washington
Jahnson
House
Bill de Moyers
Johnson
Moyers
Mayo Clinic
Agcee
County to Help Corry Enforce Housing Code Next Year
Corry may gain a legal tool to clear eyesores as the County Health Department agreed to assume building inspections for the city on a vast scale. Dr. Felix Schubert will sign a contract allowing county inspectors to assess housing and commercial structures, with city hearings following owner orders to improve or tear down. County aides may seek federal aid to fund the program, while City Council reviews a tentatively drafted housing code for early next year use.
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Corry
County Health Department
Felix Schubert
County Health Direcor
Ings
Washington
Furus
Dave Johnson
Olty Health Department
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