Corry Area Road Upgrades Face State Review
Corry plans for Route 277 relocation and a new Corry Watt sburg Highway advance as part of countywide upgrades. Erie County planner Capotis will present to the State Highway Commission in Meadville, while Route 6 bypass work nears completion and North Center Street widening is slated for early next year.
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Corry
State Highway Commission
Christopher Capotis
Erie County
Meadville
Commission
Corry-Sparta
Michael Baker, Inc
Rochester
Fourth Ward
State Highway Department
West Pleasant Street
West Main Street
Union Street
West Main
Lemon Street
Cascade Street
Wattsburg
Carter Hill
Erie
North Center Street
Columbus Avenue
Brush Fires Rage Across Five Southern California Counties
Six Southern California counties battled brush fires for a third day. Winds up to 100 mph drove flames that scorched 125000 acres, destroyed scores of homes, and forced thousands to evacuate. An 81 year old woman Abigail Blodgett was found dead in Riverside County. Lucille Fogel, 67, died during evacuation when an unattended car rolled downhill. Orange County saw 50 homes destroyed and 30000 students out of school. San Diego County reported 55000 acres burned and at least 26 buildings lost across multiple blazes.
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Orange
Calif
California
Abigail Blodgett
Riverside County
San Jacinto
Forest Rangers
Orange County
Los Angeles
Lucille Fogel
San Diego County
Ramona
Poway
Julian
44 Hour Terror Ends Captive Bride Ordeal Ends
In Cleveland a 44 hour siege ended when Robert Batch killed himself after wounding Charles Caldwell and abducting Lida Caldwell after their wedding. Batch held the bride for more than a day as police surrounded the kitchen attic. Caldwell and Batch died later at hospital. the husband recovering from facial wounds.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles
Caldwell
Lida Caldwell
Robert Batch
Detroit
Batch
University Heights
Bath
Police and Housewives Brace for Trick or Treat Scene
City police and Civil Defense units will be on high alert during UNICEF penny drive trick or treat events tonight after reports of late night activity. Mrs Merkle reported porch ring and soaped windows by youths, while Mrs Carnicke said she saw a leaf pile fire near a utility pole. Residents claim older youths and even adults are soliciting treats late at night. police urge stopping by 9 p.m. to reduce risk.
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Civil Defense
Unicef
John Merkle
East Washington Street
Journal
Tornadoes Kill Three In Gulfport Mississippi
A pair of tornadoes ripped through Gulfport and surrounding areas off the Gulf of Mexico, killing three people and injuring 52. Rescue workers combed a two mile swath of destruction as officials, including Mayor R B Meadows, assessed damage from twenty five homes and a church collapsed. Police report three deceased victims identified as Mrs Bille Jo Cragg 37 Delia Jones 81 and Patricia Brown 25 as guards sealed the scene and noted trailers reduced to frames and wheels.
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Gulfport
Miss
Gulf of Mex
Ico
R. B. Meadows
Bille Jo Cragg
Bakers Trailer Court
Delia Jones
Handsboro
Tence
Patricia Brown
Hl, Hobbs
Reading mother charged with murdering two children
Maryann Clark, 37, shouted I’m going to kill everybody before fatally shooting her son Jowen, 15, and daughter Linda, 18, in Reading, Pennsylvania. She was wounded, treated for a tranquilizer overdose, and jailed for murder awaiting hearing amid an unresolved motive.
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Reading
Maryann Clark
Jowen
Linda
Clark
Berks County
Reading Hospital
Arthur Reabuck
John
William
Robert
David
James
Reabuck
To Turn Old Cafeteria Into School Beer Hall
CLEAN New York AP reports a student group at St. Bonaventure University plans to convert an abandoned campus cafeteria into a traditional beer hall with administration approval. Steps are underway to obtain a license from the state liquor authority.
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CLEAN
N.Y
St. Bonaventure University
State Liquor Authority
Johnson anticrime bill would allow electronic bugging
Washington AP The subcommittee version of Johnson anticrime legislation cranks up police powers, permitting wiretapping with court orders and dropping restrictions on confessions. It would fund local police training, bar habeas reviews by federal courts below the Supreme Court, and let eyewitnesses identify suspects without attorney presence. Subcommittee chair McClellan hopes action this year. Ervin terms reforms needed to address Supreme Court rulings. Paris painter Yvette Alde dies after brief illness. she was 56 and held the Legion of Honor.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
FBI
National Institute of Law Enforcement
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Paris
Yvette Alde
Miss Alde
110 Reds Killed Beat Back Second Attack At Loc Ninh
U S and South Vietnamese troops repelled a renewed Communist assault on Loc Ninh and the nearby Special Forces camp. The government said 110 Communist bodies lay on the battlefield, raising total dead to 365 over three days. American air power hit Hanoi Haiphong area as Lt Gen Thieu took the oath.
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Saigon
U.S
Loc Ninh
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieuw
Hubert H. Humphrey
Thieu
Bids For Hatchery Wells
Rep Forest W Hopkins announced in Harrisburg that a New York State firm won a contract to drill two water wells at the Corry Fish Hatchery. The Wayne Township sites will be double eased with a bid of 15440 dollars. Drilling should begin in two to three weeks per hatchery supervisor Leroy Sorenson. He has not been officially informed of the contractor’s name.
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Harrisburg
Forest W. Hopkins
New York State
Corry Fish Hatchery
Wayne Township
Hopkins
Journal
Leroy Sorenson
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Highway Department
Mrs. Caldwell
Butch
Martha Smith
Mrs
Police
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Reds
Johnsten
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