Investment of County Funds Earns $15,000
Erie county plans to end the year with a 15000 dollar interest bonus from invested funds. Treasurer A J Gehrlein credits GOP Controller Byron Clapper with key role in moving funds into short term U S Treasury bills. The effort aims to save taxpayers money as tax returns fall, with earnings also foreseen from a 120000 dollar GEIDC investment and other short term loans to cover early year operations.
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Erie
A. J. Gehrlein
Gehrlein
GOP
Byron Clapper
Clapper
Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation
GEIDC
Spele Spede
Noted Chinese Actor Sammee Tong Found Dead at Home
Hollywood police report veteran Chinese character actor Sammee Tong, 63, committed suicide at his Venice residence. An empty sleeping pill bottle was found nearby and an autopsy was ordered. Tong, who lived alone, left notes for his landlady and attorney warning of final actions. He had a 25 year screen career and was appearing in Pac Sun Tonight.
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Sammee Tong
Furthem
Tong
Venice
de ‘Tong
Willie Cracking
Hold Menace To President Free Another
A suburban Pittsburgh man William E. Fisher Jr. 24 of Bellevue was arrested in his car on the Penn Lincoln Parkway West near Johnsonburg route of President Johnsons motorcade. He faced 4 hearings on uniform firearms violations after two rifles and a pistol were found in the vehicle. In Jacksonville Florida Bruce Lee Cornell 23 Wyandotte Mich was freed from a vagrancy charge after police found an unloaded carbine and a loaded pistol he carried near the presidents speaking area.
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Johnson
Dot
William E. Fisher Jr
Bellevue
Greater
Johnso
Jacksonville
Fla
Bruce Lee Cornell
Wyandotte
Mich
Cornell
Navy
Michigan
St. Augustine
Johnsons to Vote in Texas for election returns
President and Mrs. Johnson will travel to Texas to vote or cast absentee ballots next Tuesday night. George Reedy says they will fly to Austin Monday night and stay overnight, with possible travel to Johnson City early Tuesday morning to vote. The Johnsons plan a television appearance and will be accompanied by daughter Lynda Bird and Luci Baines.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Johnson
Texas
White House
George Reedy
Reedy
Austin
Johnson City
UBJ
Gillespie County
Blanco County
Lynda Bird
Luci Bales
Johnson Won't Play War Game With Opponent
President Johnson urged voters in New Mexico and California that the election hinges on responsibility versus recklessness and said he would not engage in a war game of bluff and bluster. He criticized Goldwater on civil rights and jobs while emphasizing progress in security, education, and space.
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Los Angles
Calif
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Albuquerque
N.M
West
California
New Mexico
Goldwater
Pittsburgh
Civic Auditorium
Disabled urged to check Social Security disability benefits
Bernard A. Farnbaugh, Social Security district manager, announced that residents of Erie and Crawford counties may qualify for disability insurance or receive increased benefits under a new amendment. The change allows recognition of the disability date for workers who met five of ten years in Social Security before becoming disabled and who applied after July 2, 1962. Local former workers are urged to contact the Erie office promptly for guidance and benefits.
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Erie-Crawford County
Bernard A. Farnbaugh
Farnbaugh
Erie
Austin
Civic Auditorium
Stowaway Found Aboard Johnson Press Plane in Pittsburgh
A bespectacled Negro stowaway, neatly dressed, was arrested aboard the White House press jet in Pittsburgh during President Johnsons campaign stop. He claimed to be a Boston radio rep and even a fictional Seminole leader, but authorities found no weapon. no charges were filed after a brief inquiry.
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White House
Presient Johnson
Johnson
Boston
Secret Service
Oceola
Press Corps
Greater
Pittsburgh Ai
Malcolm Kilduff
Gordon du Bois
WBCN
Kilduff
Pennsylvan ia Railroad presses cutoff of Corry trains
Public Utilities Commission heard arguments on discontinuing the last Erie to Emporium passenger trains 540 and 581. Attorney Donald A. Bringworth cited five years of declining ridership and annual losses over $150000, noting many days had fewer than six passengers and staff aboard.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Emporium
Donald A. Bringworth
Public Utilities Commission
Brinkworth Walia
Brinkworth
PRI
Warren
Ridgway
United States
GM Strike Updates Leave Many Plants Idle Across Nation
The United Auto Workers ended a 1 day nationwide strike against General Motors while bargaining continues. Seventeen GM plants remain shut or partially operating amid unresolved contracts. Notable sites include Pontiac Michigan Buick division and Flint Michigan assembly lines with major plants in Oklahoma City and Willow Run Michigan also affected.
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General Motors
Jeast
United Auty Workers Union
Plart
de Manila
Dlupy
Allthesplapt
Hydra-Matic
Willow Run
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