Man Pushes Train With Land Rover at Crossing
Homer Whitling of Lebanon Church Virginia used a Land Rover to push a stalled Penn Central work train off the Center Street crossing in Corry. Guards and drivers watched as the tiny engine and rail car cleared the crossing twice and the gates rose, sparing a delay.
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Corry
Center Street
Penn-Central
Homer Whitling
Lebanon Church
Winchester
Whitling
Lloyd Whitling
Ridge Street
Penn Central
Haynsworth Backer Loss Signals Senate Shift on Nomination
Washington AP report notes Sen. Birch Bayh accuses Judge Clement Haynsworth of conflict of interest over Grace stock in a 1967 case. Sen. Griffin reportedly will vote against confirmation, signaling mounting opposition amid labor and civil rights criticisms. Context includes prior conflicts tied to Haynsworth’s rulings and a capacity stroke on Capitol Hill.
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Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Haynsworth
Senate
Detroit Free Press
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Nixon
Michigan
Sen. Bayh
Indiana Democrat
Graceline
W. R. Grace
Pennsylvania House considers DDT ban bill in epidemic exception
A bill to ban sale and use of DDT in Pennsylvania advances in the House with Herbert K. Zearfoss as author and John Laudadio among co sponsors. Penalties include fines up to 1000 dollars or up to one year in jail. An emergency DDT board would decide when exceptions apply amid concerns about residues.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Herbert K. Zearfoss
Delaware
John Laudadio
Westmoreland
Secretaries of Health, Forests and Waters and Agriculture
Commonwealth
Senate Mines Committee
House
Senate
Peking Warned Russia Over Possible China War Action
A letter to the Kremlin from China warns against warlike moves near the Sino Soviet frontier. Peking agrees to deputy foreign minister talks within two weeks to preserve the status quo and denies seeking land or conflict amid Moscow rumors of possible preemptive action.
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Associated Press
Peking
Moscow
China
Kremlin
Army bids on Erie urban renewal site for citadel
The Salvation Army offered to the Erie County Redevelopment Authority for two Fourth Ward parcels to build a new citadel if accepted. Bid amount not disclosed. Competing properties are either not for sale or only lease, affecting the Army’s plans. A land use variance is needed, now referred to Blackson Associates. A redevelopment authority meeting is planned tomorrow to discuss the proposal. The rest of the piece notes a separate education segment about teaching French using a film in Quebec schools.
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Salvation Army
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Fourth Ward
Army
M.S. Cobbe
Itme
Blackson Associates
Erie
Redevelopment Authority
Cleveland Man Charged Over $10,000 Stolen Card Use
A Cleveland man 30 identified as James Bond is charged with blackmail and fraudulent credit card use after allegedly forcing a service station operator to allow $10,000 plus in purchases on a stolen card. Bond is jailed in Pittsburgh on marijuana and fraud tied to the card. The Standard Oil of Ohio issued the warrant.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
James Bond
Allegheny County
Bond
Montreal police strike ends after violent protests
Montreal returned to normal after a one day police and fire strike over pay raises. A provincial officer was killed in a clash between taxi drivers and a limousine service at a West Side garage. Looting and bank robberies occurred as 800 police and 200 senior officers restored order with troops nearby.
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Montreal
Canada
Toronto
Jean Drapeau
Robert Dumas
West Side
Turner's Testimony Denounced as Lie by Chicago Police Chief
Chicago Police Supt. James Conlisk says Maj. Gen. Carl Turner lied when testifying that authorities gave him 397 confiscated guns for Army use. The claim ties to a Senate probe into a graft ring involving Sgt. Maj. William Wooldridge and enlisted men. Turner had testified about gun ownership, while investigators push a broader corruption narrative.
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Washington
Chicago
James Conlisk
Army
Carl C. Turner
Turner
Senate
William C. Wooldridge
Conlisk
Paul T. Duellman
Subcommittee
Wooldridge
Rotary and Jaycees Hear Scouting Decline in Corry
At a Hotel Corry Rotary Club meeting Paul Davis and Donald Amann warned that only 5.2 percent of Corry boys are in the Boy Scouts local program, far below the national 20 percent. They urged support as Jaycees discussed reviving Scouting with Pack 180 and Troop Bd, noting Cub Scout trouble and an inactive Rotary troop.
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Donald Amman
Paul Davis
Boy Scouts of America
Washington Trail
Corry
Washington Trail Council
Rotary Club
Hotel Corry
Davis
Donald Amann
LeBoeuf
Amann
Concord School
PTA
Corry Area
Jaycees
Robert’ Grice
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David
Goliath
Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
Bayh
Communist Party
Angela Davis
University of California At Los Angeles
Philosophy Department
Donald Kalish
UCLA
Charles Mebus
Montgomery
House Mines and Minerals Committee
Scranton
Soviet
Quebec
Earth
Orake
Rotary
Arnold Seastead
Dennis Frushone
Endsley
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