Witness Tells Of Slayings Informers Reveal Klan Plot
Meridian report details testimony in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. Federal prosecutors near rest. Former Klan members described an organized group from Meridian traveling to Neshoba County to await the workers’ release. Jordan testified he helped round up suspects and fled after cooperation with the FBI.
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Meridian
Miss
Justice Department
U.S. Atty
John Doar
Ku Klux Klan
James E. Jordan
FBI
Mississippi
Jordan
Neshoba County
White Knights
PBI
Georgia
Philadelphia
Horace Doyle Bar
Welfare Checks Price Spike Probe widens to cities
A House subcommittee probes Safeway price practices in Washington and considers extending the inquiry to Los Angeles Cleveland and New York after the testimony of three women who alleged price hikes tied to welfare distribution. Safeway officials deny deviations from standard pricing and say any manager acting alone would be dismissed.
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Washington
AY House
Safeway
House
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Federal Trade Commission
Rosenthal
Basil Winstead
Washington Area
Trucking Executives Warn of Veto Ties to Steel Haulers Row
In Pittsburgh AP dispatch trucking executives vow to veto a peace plan to end the steel haulers dispute. William Kusley of Gary Ind says no one will return to work as voting begins across eight states with early returns seen as favorable. The 68 member Steel Carriers Association meets in Cleveland to act on a plan, while a mediation team authored it.
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Pittsburgh
William Kusley
Gary
Ind
Kusley
National Steel Carriers Association
Cleveland
George Gregory Mantho
Local and UC men nabbed during Lin-Van Lanes burglary
Titusville police on routine patrol arrested Stephen Farley of 19 East Sixth Street Corry and David Buell of Union City after they were found inside Lin-Van Lanes Hyde Town Road burgling vending machines. Officers Curtis Kalkbrenner and William Williams recovered the scene and took the suspects into custody with the help of Lin-Van staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Town
Tiusville
Titusville
Philip Farley
East Sixth Street
Corry
David Loyal Buell
Union City
Kenneth Willams
Donald Kallebrenner
Lin-Vany
Dames Linsted
Williams
Kalbrenner
Linsted
Donald Nicols
Lin-Van
Kalkbrenner
Nicols
Protruding pipe derails 15 cars near Fairview
An overhanging pipe on a freight train load snagged another train moving opposite, causing a 15 car derailment that blocked the New York Central main line east of Fairview for six hours. A brakeman suffered head and shoulder injuries and was hospitalized for observation.
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Fairview
Corry Area High Hosts AFS Workshop For Exchange Teens
A Corry Area High School workshop brought together 18 foreign exchange students from nearly 20 nations and officials from the American Field Service New York office and local chapters. Attendees spoke in at least 17 accents in Room 205 as representatives discussed AIS programs and international exchange opportunities.
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Corry Area High School
American Field Service
AFS
Area Afs
CAHS
APS
New York City
AFL
Pennsylvania
Japan
Vietnam
France
Ecuador
Bolivia
Norway
Brazil
Thailand
Denmark
South Africa
Venezuela
Italy
Colombia
Laos
Philippines
Peru
India
New York
AIS
Bomb Haiphong Harbor and Shipyards Hit by U S Jets
Waves of U S Navy jets circled Haiphong Friday striking two shipyards and an assembly plant. Targeted facilities suffered heavy damage while rail lines north of Hanoi were clouded but southern supply routes endured a pounding. Ground fighting in South Vietnam remained scattered with a civilian bus bombed near Hue and a spotter plane shot down.
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Baigon
Haiphong
U.S
Pentagon
Cat Bi
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Imperial
Hue
Firefighters Free Of Debt Not Long
The Elgin Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company ended its debt free status after paying off a ten thousand dollar truck loan over seven years. At the annual meeting officers were re elected and plans were made to purchase a new cab and chassis. New residents nearby raise fire insurance awareness and call for station proximity. A Sioux City report notes a road project hiring women laborers at two dollars an hour due to labor shortages.
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Elgin-Beaverdam
Joseph Wetmore
EBVHC
Firefighters
Arden Harll
William Lord
Wetmore
Forest Gates Jr
Donald Jones
Roger Barnhart
Jones
Howard Ladd
Barll
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
Couple Out On Bail In Las Vegas Check Case
Los Angeles County district attorney hunts $11,000 missing from an $19,065 accidental child support check issued to Jayne Shearer of Montebello. The Shearers, out on $1,000 bail each, faced a Nov. 16 preliminary hearing as investigators recover the car and funds. They spent a Las Vegas weekend after cashing the check and buying a car.
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Los Angeles
Shearers
Alfred J. Kalkiewie
Kalkiewicz
Las Vegas
Set Deadline For Christmas Mailing To Viet
Washington AP reports time is short for Americans sending heavy Christmas gifts to Vietnam soldiers. The Defense Department urges surface mail of parcels five pounds or more between Oct 16 and Nov 11. No special airlift planned. airmail and ecards should be mailed by Dec 11. lighter parcels under five pounds and under five feet combined must be mailed by Dec 1.
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Washington
Vietnam
Defense Department
Pentagon
Dee
Go Go Dancers Help Police Chief Lock Self In Office
Pittston Pennsylvania police chief Joseph Delaney was charged with obstructing justice after locking himself in his office for four hours with two go go dancers. The dancers Cora Andrews and Beverly Stewart of Baltimore pressed assault and battery charges against lounge owner Jeannette DeFalco and others. Suspects were held on 500 bond each pending grand jury action with no hearing date set for Delaney.
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Pittston
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Joseph Delaney
Asault
Cora Andrews
Beverly Stewart
Baltimore
Jeannette DeFalco
Peter Harris
Joseph Alitene
Ounge
William Howley
Delaney
Aliciene
DeWaleo
Harris
Alb Clene
Twa
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Ibe
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Pete Pri We
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Pho
Corfy
Thompson Maple
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Frank’s Auto Service
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Clymer
Erie
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Schaub
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Shirley Hammerlee
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Essex
Melvin S. Cobbett
Robert G. Tunnell
Vox
Journal
Norgel Reed & Sons, Inc
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al Sherman
Kimball
Black Top Hill
Spartansburg
Frank Clark
Arthur and
Laurence Scouten
Spring Creek
Blue Eye Blacktop
Brooks Rocks Road
International
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Tdea
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Corry Ambulance
Bracken Funeral Home
Lynnn Ostrander
Delbert Ploss Jr
Delbert Ploss Sr
Henry Boardman
Sparta
Helen Montoro
Bertrand R. Hover
Bertrand Hover
Saa
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State of Pennsylvania
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State Street
C. Conrad Pearson
Esquire
10Th Street
Cliff Buesink
Ford
Truetone Color Television
Rotthoff Farms
North End of Fair Grounds
Walisburg
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A. G. Post and Son
North East
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Philco
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East 10Th Street
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Nab
UC Man
Joann Laitinen
Betsy Krumrine
V.C. Sandberg
Jean Murray
Eaton
Haiphong Harbor
Mig
N. Allen Love
Burdick Builders Supply
Charles A. Aul
Samuel S. Brown
Cor-ry
Titusville-Corry-North East
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Saigon
Mobile
Ala
Chi Chi
Viet
Self
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