December Draft Call Lower Despite October Peak
Washington reports the December draft will be substantially reduced to avoid holiday inductions. November calls total 43,700 and the October request rises to 46,200 after an 8,000 increase. May 1953 saw 53,000 drafted as the Korean War waned. peak monthly calls reached 90,000. Induction standards will be loosened October 1 to train 40,000 men unable to meet prior requirements. This month 37,300 are being drafted after September was raised by 6,000.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Army
Robert S. McNamara
Start Suits To Collect Fund Drive Pledges
Meadville lawsuits are filed against 20 persons who did not respond to notices to pay pledges for the Meadville Area Industrial Commission Fund drive. Alderman D W Ladner will have papers served, with about 20 more suits expected in 20 days. Some respondents did pay partial amounts or pledged later, prompting withdrawals or adjusted actions.
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Meadville
D. W. Ladner
Meadville Area
Pepicelli
No Man s Land Made Safe For Building
City council voted to hand over quitclaim deeds to thin strips of East Main street land forming a small no man s land between Shady Avenue and Avenue A. The 40 feet of frontage will be included in a lot owned by Miss Margaret Karkoski who plans to build a house there. The move clarifies future city interest claims and stems from sidewalk paving work that revealed disputed ownership.
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East Main Street
Shady Avenue
Avenue A
Margaret Karkoski
East Main
William A. Peiffer
Nab Boy 16 In Theft Of Corry Car
A 16 year old ward of Chautauqua County was arrested in Portville, New York, after a routine traffic check revealed he allegedly stole a Corry car on August 20 and a Philadelphia hospital car, then was stopped while driving toward Allegany. He awaits transfer to Pennsylvania authorities for further action. Police plan to question him further at Little Valley.
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New York
Portville
N. Y
Corry
Philadelphia
Cattaraugus County
Little Valley
Pennsylvania
Chautauqua County
Clymer
William Watson
Ohio
Naval Hospital
Donald Crawford
R. H. Reichelt
D. M. O’brien
Allegany
Watson Auto
John Evanko
Liberal ticket headed by FDR Jr challenges OConnor
In Buffalo NY the Liberal party ticket led by Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. joined Frank D O Connor in aiming to defeat Democratic governor hopeful amid pressure to split votes. O Connor vowed a mighty effort to unseat incumbent Nelson Rockefeller after clinching a decisive nominating victory at the base.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Frank D. O'Connor
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
O'Connor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Vention
Howard Samuels
Canandaigua
Rockefeller
Rochester
Roosevelt
Alex Rose
Annual Sparta Community Fair Opens Today
The 45th Sparta Spartansburg Community and School Fair opens today with a queen crowning 8 parade and an ox roast slated for Saturday. Exhibits and livestock on display from 9 a.m. today. queen crowning at 8 p.m. tonight. ox roast and parade planned for Saturday. Continued on page three.
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Sparta
Spartansburg
Gemini 11 Astronauts Ready for Doublehead Launch
Gemini 11 crew Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F Gordon Jr relax at Cape Kennedy as fueling proceeds for the planned 71 hour mission. They aim for rapid rendezvous with the Agena satellite on the first orbit, reach a record altitude of 863 miles, and conduct two spacewalks and a space stand during the flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Navy
Cmdr
Gordon
Agena
Bear mauls girl to death at Arizona trailer park
Prescott dispatch reports Phyllis Tremper, age 2, killed by a caged black bear at a trailer park. Deputy Duane Kingsbury said the child was walking near the bear cage when the animal reached through the bars, six inches off the ground, and fatally mauled her.
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Prescott, Ariz
Phyllis Tremper
Here
Duane Kingsbury
Corry couple booked aboard Hanseatic as ship catches fire
Two Corry residents, Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Stephen, were among 300 aboard the liner Hanseatic when a fire broke out in New York harbor just hours before its sailing to Germany. They were visiting Mrs. Stephen’s mother in Cuxhaven and will be rebooked on another vessel. The couple has lived in Corry since 1954.
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Helmut Stephen
Corry
New
York
Hudson River
Germany
Mr. Stephen
Cuxhaven
West Germany
New York
East Street
Stephens
Corry Jamestown Corporation
Corry Peat Products Co
Stephen
Robert G. Tynnell
Erie County Motor Club
Viet Cong Mine Attack Near Saigon Shipping Channel
Saigon reports a Viet Cong mine near a U S Navy minesweeper failed to detonate beside the main Saigon shipping lane. A separate million dollar warehouse fire near Saigon was investigated for sabotage or a short circuit as dawn broke. The day featured ongoing U S air strikes and Viet Cong strikes amid heightened election violence across the country.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
Vinh
Navy
War builds surge. 80 Viet Nam projects need 200 million more
AP reports expanding war drives up U S Viet Nam construction costs. RMK BRJ, a 800 million contracts group supervised by the U S Navy, sees an 200 million added funding need to complete current projects including Sai Gon port where costs rose from 10 to 50 million. The deputy construction chief says build continues as demands from Army Navy and Air Force grow.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Rmk-Brj
United States
Department of Defense
W. R. Rogers
Army
Navy
Air Force
Combine
Raymond International Inc
New York
Morri
New Englander Shines In Miss America Swim Suit Show
Miss New Hampshire Nancy Anne Naylor, 19, won the swim suit segment while Miss California Charlene Diane Dallas, 19, claimed talent honors with a piano performance. Nancy’s father Lt. Col. Harold Naylor, stationed in the Philippines, surprised the family by attending with her 15-year-old brother Steven. Nancy, from Nashua, NH, envisions a diplomatic career and is a UC sophomore who has traveled widely.
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Atlantic City
N.J
California
Charlene Diane Dallas
New Hampshire
Nancy Anne Naylor
Philippines
Prise
Steven
Nancy
Harold Naylor
Convention Hall
University of Colorado
City Ordinance 1065 Opens Funds for Building Improvements
City Council on first reading approved Ordinance 1065 to free about 11 000 from the 1964 municipal bond for capital improvements to city owned buildings. The bond total 140 000 earmarked for sewer work streets equipment fire gear airport and bond costs with substantial portions already expended.
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City Connectl
Raymond Avenue
Streets Department
Ex-Councilman Abbey Leaves Estate of 119000 Dollars
Former Corry finance director Guy Abbey left an estate totaling 119000 dollars per an inventory filed at the Erie County courthouse. Earlier reports noted 95000 in U S Savings Bonds found behind a wall at Starr Memorial Works on East Washington Street. The inventory lists 37902 dollars in California savings and loan holdings, 9000 in real estate, 2000 in vehicles, 2270 for a cemetery monument business, a 17000 dollar judgment note, and cash to reach the final total.
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Guy Abbey
City of
Corry
Erie
Abbey
U.S
Starr Memorial Works
East Washington Street
Saversee
California
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Nab Boy
Fdr Jr
Liberal Party
O’connor
Gemini Spacemen
U. S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Phuoc Tay
Warsaw
China
State Department
Peking
U.S. Blas
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
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