Benny Wall cleared of arson charge in July riots
Paragraf Bries militant Negro leader Benny Wall was cleared of arson after Alderman Samuel Bossier dropped the charge for lack of evidence. He still faces resisting arrest assault and battery and inciting to riot with a hearing set for Friday. Six real estate transfers and one article of agreement recorded in Erie County courthouse included transfers involving Reed Harrrington Wronek Magliarditi Merkle Swackhamer McWilliams and Borsa. The federal government provided 14 million dollars in matching funds for purchasing a private bus company and related facilities. A 35-year-old panhandler encountered at Serrin's Auto Parts was later denied lodging. Weather forecast calls for warm days and cooler nights with near zero rain chance through Monday. A 4:25 am disturbance near Marion and West Washington streets revealed two men firing a .22 rifle. no one found. Douglas Knapp 14 sustained lip laceration playing football and was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital. A 15-year-old Clarendon girl Linda Harriger died from a head injury in a one-car crash that also killed Charles W. Gerarde 17 and left driver Terry Littlefield in serious condition.
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Brie
Benny Wall
Samuel A. Bossier
Corry and
Erie County
Evelyn A. Reed
Thomas J. Burkhart
Third Ward
Leola G. Harrington
Daniel Wronek
Wayne Township
Paul B. Sonoski
Albert
Magliarditi
Corry
Edwin Merkle
WW. Hammond Jr
Alfred H. Swackhamer
Lawrence W. McWilliams
Sylvester W. Borsa
Charles A. Jewell
James L. Allyn
Marine National Bank
Corry Grange Elects Officers and Plans September Session
Members of the Corry Grange elected new officers at a Grange Hall meeting led by John Decker. A Pomona Grange session is scheduled for September 20 in Edinboro with a 10:30 a.m. start, noon dinner, 1:30 p.m. session, and 7:30 p.m. session. Ezra Snyder will oversee. Officers include Roy Swart as master and John Decker as overseer.
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Corry Grange
Grange
John Decker
Pomona Grange
Edinboro
Tidinboro Grange
Ezra Snyder
Edinboro Grange
Roy Swart
Eugene Powers
Charles Mulligan
Leonard Swan- 300
Stureen
UAW Demands Hit Ford GM and Chrysler in New Pact Talks
The DAW opened wage and benefit talks with GM Ford and Chrysler starting July 10. Reuther calls the package the longest and most ambitious in UAW history. Companies say the demands would cost over 3 billion dollars in three years and double current wages. Big Three propose 13 cent hourly raise plus 2.8 percent in later years. UAW rejects as inadequate and targets Ford to set industry pattern.
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Ford
DAW
Chrysler
Reuther
UAW
Fire in Yard Replaces Yacht Outing After Gulf Blaze
Dothan Alabama businessman Charles Woods, former gubernatorial candidate, abandons Labor Day yacht trips after a Gulf boat fire injured him and two sons last year. On a new Gulf trip a engines room fire was put out by Coast Guard. He plans a backyard barbecue next year. Writer David Cornel DeJong, 82, dies after long illness in Providence Rhode Island.
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Dothan
Ala
Charles Woods
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Woods
Gulf
Coast Guard
Mayor Criticizes Police Delay In Snyder Circle Incident
Mayor disputed newspaper timelines of the Snyder Circle damage case. He said police arrived about 35 to 40 minutes after the first 6:10 p m report, and that initial accounts were unsigned or incomplete. He urged faster response and questioned past reporting accuracy.
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Fire Department
Lucille Church
Staion
Snyder Circle
Dick Smith
Journal
Times
Peiffer
Mayor weighs action after wife beating report
Town meeting discussions focus on police response to a Lemon Street beating report. Council members debate accountability for Officers Emmanuel Robertson and Richard Huffman, police staffing needs, and potential hearings. Mayor indicates a hearing could proceed if council votes yes.
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Snyder Circle
Clark
Peiffer
Smith
Warren State Hospital
Corryelty
State Hospital
Good Thing They're Not Married Good Thing They're Not Married
De posed rolling pin throw champ Mary Jane Stone, 20, of Pittsburgh Texas, accepts defeat to Gail Ball, 16, of Carrick Pennsylvania. Ball used a southpaw sling on a softball team and threw her winning rolling pin 139 feet, with Stone’s best 104 feet noted from the Allegheny County fair.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Jane Stone
Miss Stone
Tex
Gail Ball
Carrick
Miss Ball
Allegheny County Fair
New York Schools Scale Back Classes Amid Reporting Gaps
NY reduces classes as only 300 of 920 teachers report to work while Broward County Florida closes schools through Sept. 25 after Classroom Teachers Association resignations. Gov Kirk forms panel on quality education but won t fund new money until study ends. Teacher disputes affect Newport Rhode Island Sroton Connecticut Randolph Massachusetts and McCracken County Kentucky. Negro protests disrupt Milwaukee Wisconsin and Woodville Mississippi schools.
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Cott
Broward County School Board
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Classroom Teachers Association
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Newport
R.I
Sroton
Conn
Randolph
Mass
McCracken County
Milwaukee
Wis
Woodville
Miss
Tools Equipment Sales Or Rentals Gravel Co
Concrete and gravel supplier advertises tools and equipment for sale or rent. Located at 1244 N Center with contact 665 3554.
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Concrete and Gravel CO
N. Center
Oil Tax Reform Seems To Spare Oil Depletion
Washington AP reports the Johnson administration nears a tax reform plan focusing on estate and gift taxes and other areas but likely ignores cutting the 27 percent oil depletion allowance. The package aims to shift burdens, with possible changes to elderly tax treatment and Social Security effects, while not touching depletion. In Ebensburg Pa three die in a crash at U S 22 and PA 160, Adolph Risaliti, Anthony Muscavish, and Jessie Morawski killed, two others injured.
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Washington
Johnson
Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Ebensburg
U.S. 22
Pennsylvania
Adolph Risaliti
Anthony Muscavish
Detroit
Muscavish
Jessie Morawski
Moran
Erie Banker Aboard Shafer Trade Mission Off To Shaky Start
Pennsylvania Governor Shafer’s European trade mission faced a rough start after a plane to Europe turned back near Washington due to a door warning. Charles N. Bracken, Erie resident and bank president, remained aboard the revived flight plan heading to London and Stockholm with stops in Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Milan, Madrid, and London to boost Pennsylvania business and tourism.
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Shafer
Shaky
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Europe
Charles N. Bracken
Citizens National Bank
Marine National Bank
Bracken
Erie
Gov. Shafer
London
Stockholm
Pan American Flight 106
Dulles
Washington
New York
Jack Conmy
Pan Am
American Airlines
Copenhagen
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Milan
Madrid
Philadelphia
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
America
United States
Defense Department
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Mead Avenue
Western
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Marion Street
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Donald Knapp
East Frederick Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Providence
E.L
David Cornel DeJong
Long Beach
Swope Park Zoo
Kansas City
Marine Bancardchek
Marine
Bancardcbek
Marine Bank Matine National
BAMIC
Eriefa, IE
SAE
Corry Tusviele
Ennett
Bennnett
Corr
House of Values
FBI
SUN
Marles Feldman Et
Bey Ty
Aoa
James Bond Movie
Panavisioic Technicolor
Adolumbla Pictures
Ieitltln
Ivan A Mia
Lee Maita
Robert Jak
Lance Aldi Delany
Cema Cardinal
Tae
Erie Banker
Marshfield
Jay Johnson
Marblehead
Willaim Lavery
Cohen Auto Supply
Franklin St
Barney's
Stearns & Foster
Bassett
Barney
Mac
South Canter Street
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