Renewal push moves Fourth Ward project forward in Erie County
Corry and Erie County officials press the long renewal route with a $72,812 federal planning grant confirmed by the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs. Contracts with Blackson and Associates advance the effort while HUD review of the consultant contract awaits. Route 277 relocation plans and a new housing authority housing project for low income and elderly renters shape the early stages.
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Corry
Erie County
Fourth Ward
Thority
Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs
Redevelopment Authority
Blackson and Associates
Erie
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Corry-Sparta
House OKs Federal Pay Raise and Postal Hike
The House approved a federal pay raise bill while pressuring President Johnson to cut spending for a tax hike. Postal employees would gain 6 percent, other federal workers 4.5 percent, with additional future boosts debated. Cost is about 1.9 billion next year and 2.6 billion the year after. Johnson urged passage of a 10 percent income tax surcharge amid concerns over tight money.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
White House
Jewish Stores Close For Yom Kippur
Local Jewish shops will close tomorrow and Saturday for Yom Kippur. Six families will travel to other cities as services are unavailable. Closed are Rossin's Zalzneck's Shoe Store Stahl's Jewelry Leed's and the office of Joseph Cohen.
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Tuys
Rossin’s
Zalzneck
Stahl's Jewelry
Leed’s
Joseph Cohen
Thieves Take One Item From Boston College Summer
A Springfield girl, Helen Austin, drove to Boston for a World Series switch game and dinner. She left a fur coat, an expensive camera, and a Red Sox pennant in her car at a hotel. Only the pennant was missing on return.
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Boston
Springfield
Helen Austin
Red Sox
Ford and UAW Extend News Blackout Amid Stalled Strike
In Detroit the Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers prolonged a secrecy driven news blackout to hasten an end to the nation’s fifth longest auto strike. The blackout began Tuesday night and was extended indefinitely, with officials claiming intensified secrecy and ongoing near talks. The strike has idled 160,000 Ford workers across multiple states since September 5.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ten
Ford
Ford Board of Directors
Hannold Proves Ability Despite Hearing Speech Handicap
Roger Hannold, deaf and mute, sought work at Corry Jamestown Corporation in September 1963. Despite skepticism, he was hired as a sub assembly operator for desk drawer suspensions. Supervisors report he works carefully and follows instructions.
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Roger Hannold
Hannold
Corry Jamestown Corporation
Corry Jamestown
FBI Paid Witness Tells Of Klan Plot To Remove Rights Leaders
DOJ summoned more Ku Klux Klansmen to testify in the 1964 slayings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. Meridian sergeant Carlton Wallace Miller testified he received 2400 from the FBI for information. He linked the murders to a Klan elimination plan approved by the imperial wizard of the White Knights. Jordan, indicted, was moved to a Georgia federal district.
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Meridian
Miss
Justice Department
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Miller
Klan
FBI
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
James Edward Jordan
Jordan
Georgia
Asst
U.S. Atty
John Doar
Edgar Ray
Killen
Schwerner
Neshoba County
Court orders Times Mirror to divest San Bernardino Sun
U S District Court in Los Angeles rules Times Mirror Co. must sell the San Bernardino Sun newspapers bought for 15 million dollars in 1964. Judge Warren J. Ferguson says the Sun Co. acquisition violates Clayton Act Section 7 and gives 60 days to file a divestiture plan. Times Mirror plans to appeal to the Supreme Court if needed.
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Los Angeles
Times Mirror Co
U. S. District Court
San Bernardino
U. S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times
The
Sun Co
Morning Sun
Evening Telegram
Sunday Sun-Telegram
San Bernardino County
Los Angeles County
Ferguson
Times Mirror
California
Blair bill targets glass container openings in food packaging
Harrisburg lawmaker Representative Stanley Blair proposes a measure to prohibit food sold in class glass containers with openings smaller than the base. violators face up to 100 fine and 20 days in jail. The bill awaits action in the Law and Order Committee.
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Harrisburg
Stanley L. Blair
Albion
Law and Order Committee
House of Representatives
Blair
Thieu proposes weeklong bombing pause and talks with Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu outlined a plan for a one week halt in bombing and a face to face meeting with Ho Chi Minh. U S officials said they had no prior knowledge of the initiative. The war showed slackening activity with scattered flareups and casualties including four civilians killed in Chau Doc and 102 Americans killed in action last week.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
Mili
Chau Doe
U.S
Navy pilots face possible third Vietnam tour
Washington sources say some Navy pilots may be required to serve a third tour if the air war against North Vietnam lasts 14 to 18 months. A tight pilot supply and rising resignations threaten staffing, with the Pentagon denying a shortage amid Senate concerns.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Congress
Pentagon
Senate
Air Force
Army
John P. McConnell
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Cigarettes To Cost 5 Cents More Monday
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue moves to implement a five cent cigarette tax increase before Gov Shafer signs the bill. Wholesalers and retailers receive notices while vending operators agree to tax 60 percent of cigarettes. The consumer price rises to reflect a 13 cent state tax, second highest in the nation. Senate Democrats question constitutionality and warn of possible court action.
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Harrisubrg
Department of Revenue
Shafer
Department
Ronald Regar
Bureau of Cigarette and Beverage Taxes
Pennsylvania
New York City
Senate Democrats
Musmanno argues Italians first to America in Columbus Day speech
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Musmanno claims new evidence shows Italians discovered America before the Vikings. He cites pizza foundries from the 15th century and links spaghetti to Columbus era ships. A group dressed as Vikings protested from the Monongahela River.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
New
Foundland
Musmanno
Columbus
Leif Ericson
Leif
Ericson
Santa Matia
Monongahela
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Johnston
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Basil Pokosh
Robert Long
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