Smith Executed in Pennsylvania for 1959 Schoolgirl Killing
Lee Smith, 41, a Bridgeport handyman, was executed in Bellefonte for raping and killing 4 Philadelphia schoolgirl Maryann Mitchell in December 1959. Described as unusually calm, he faced the electric chair at Rockview, praying with chaplain Rev. Kenneth Anderson, bowing his head as the sentence was carried out at 9:04 p.m. after a two-year delay.
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API
Emc
Lee Smith
Bellefonte Manay Nieht
Philadelphia
Smith
Bridgeport
Pennsylvania
Rockview State Correctional Institution
Death Row
Kenneth Anderson
Anderson
F Little
Maryann Mitchell
Whitemarsh
Montgomery County
Maryann
Crash Kills Two Women Near St. Marys
A highway crash on Route 120 three miles west of St. Marys killed two women and injured three others. The driver Miss Shirley Gwan 14 lost control and the Gnan car and Berfield pickup collided. Passengers included Rhoda Whitcomb and Sally Jo Lund among others.
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ST. Marys
Gerald Haynes
Sinmamahoning
Cameron County
Melvin Gardner
Dagascahonda
Elk County
St. Marys Hospital
Shirley Gwan
Dene Berfield
Driftwood
Gnan
Sally Jo Lund
Ridgway
Berfield
Rhoda Whitcomb
Local man charged in Titusville temporary plate case
Titusville police charged Ivan Bennink of Wiggers Garage Inc and Justice of the Peace William Ensle with unlawfully issuing a temporary auto registration plate and card after stopping George McClure who claimed he traded cars. McClure faced no charges. Bennink and Ensle will be heard before Alderman II. Allen Love.
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Pleasantville
Justice of the Peace
Titusville
Ivan G. Bennink
Wiggers Garage Inc
William P. Ensle
JP. i
George
W. McClure
McClure
Harrisburg
Justice of the Peace Bagle
Cor
Bennink and
Ensle
Allen Love
Sparta Hotel avoids suspension with $200 payment
The State Liquor Control Board accepted a $200 promise offer in leu of a 20 day license suspension for Sparta Hotel in Spartansburg. Charges included permitting gambling and violation of the Bar Maid Act. The board may approve or disapprove such petitions based on offenses, prior citations, and other factors.
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Harrisburg
State Liquor Control Board
Sparta Hotel
Spartansburg
Youths Admit Burglary At Corry Bleacher Company
Three Corry men aged 18 to 23 pled guilty to burglarizing the Bleacher Company on East Main street, admitting theft of about 600 dollars in copper wire, tools and motor gauges. Authorities say damage may reach 3000 dollars as suspects burned insulation and pulled fuse boxes while scenes of the crime are investigated by state and local police.
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Corry
Erie County
Corry Bleddher
East Main Street
John E. Foster
East South Street
Melvin J. Darnicke
Most Street
Ford H. Sargent
York Street
West Main Street
Fire victim dies after nursing home blaze in Yeadon
Susan Lena Berry died at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital about 18 hours after a fire at Wart-Hahn Nursing Home in Yeadon. She was among evacuees treated for smoke inhalation after the Monday blaze.
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Philadelphia
Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
Susan Lena Berry
Berry
Wart-Hahn
Yeadon
Elisabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher to divorce
New York AP reports Elisabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher have separated after a three year marriage. Lotta Niemi, a famed divorce attorney, issued a formal announcement in Rome stating that divorce proceedings will be instituted. The split follows Taylor’s interest in Cleopatra costar Richard Burton and Fisher’s denial of any imminent break. Burton’s involvement and the couple’s personal turmoil prompt questions about future marriages and family dynamics.
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New York
Elisabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Lotta Niger
Liz
Miss Taylor
Cleopatra
Richard Burton
Fisher
Will Burton
Elizabeth
Burton
Marc Antony
Misa Saylor
Fishery
Nines
Mallywood
East Main Eyesore Draws Council Fire Once More
G E Korb requests action on a long standing East Main street eyesore. He cites junk cars a billboard and an exposed brick wall as unsightly and asks the council to intervene. Councillors concede the problem and recall past billboard contracts tied to the site near South Center Street and Maple Avenue.
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Wtp
G. E. Korb
Grand Street
Korb
Council
East Main Street
South Center Street
Maple Avenue
Council Faces Sidewalk Plans Amid Ongoing Street Debates
At last night’s regume meeting the council discussed sidewalk paving and street work amid long standing local beefs. The proposals, including Ordina nt and Ordinate OBA sidewalk paving, sparked new outcry even as officials hoped to progress.
City moves to begin paving program with Ordinance 982
City officials outline a staged plan to pave and curb deteriorated streets using stabilization and limited paving this year. Mayor Zalmeck aims to show progress on at least one street to win owner support, while avoiding a full $200,000 bond issue by layering sidewalk and street work across 1462.
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Aso
Philip Es Peek
Kalzneck
Marth Sth
Zalmeck
Teen Williams Joavini Fatally Shoots Parents Then Walks On
A 14-year-old freshman Williams Joavini allegedly killed his father and mother after disputes over his tactics. Police report he fired when they nagged him to improve, and he then walked away as officers arrived.
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Williams Joavini
Council Seeks Retailers Aid In Streets Task
City Council discussed a spring cleaning plan as a full street sweeping operation begins on a second shift to handle winter dirt. Streets commissioner J. R. Dearing noted a snag in the downtown area where merchants sweep walks in the morning and leave debris for the sweeper to pick up later, prompting a call for downtown merchants to sweep at closing time so the sweeper can clean during its 4 am downtown run.
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J. R. Dearing
Dearing
Kennedy to Confer With Brazil Head
President Kennedy welcomes Brazil's Joao Goulart as the two leaders plan talks on the Alliance for Progress and recent expropriation of a U.S. owned telephone firm. The visit aims to foster cooperation on a major development program with U.S. and Brazil funding totaling about 13 million and 145 million dollars respectively.
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Washington
Kennedy
Joao Goulart
Brazil
U.S. Alliance For Progress
Goulart
Braal
Janio Quadros
Red China
United States
Warren Borough Inches Real Estate Tax Increase
Warren Borough residents face a six mill boost in real estate tax after the Borough School Board approved the annual budget raising the levy from 19 to 25 mills. The board will vote on the proposal at the April 30 meeting citing higher teaching costs as the reason.
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Warren
Warren Borough
City approves sidewalk paving ordinance for 16 streets
City Council on first reading approves Ordinance 983 to pave sidewalks on 16 streets as weather permits. Residents may be assessed if they do not build or city may install and bill owners. Bids start June 1 if unfinished, with concrete walks four to five feet wide on East and West Columbus, Wright, Smith, Pennsylvania, Main, Mead, Washington, Wayne, South Center, Pleasant, Summer and Snyder Circle.
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Columbus Avenue
Twist Too Vulgar Banned By Acushnet PTA Board
Acushnet Mass authorities ban the Twist at the junior high record hops after the three member Board of Selectmen denounce the dance as vulgar. School officials agree to discontinue weekly record hops following the ruling.
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Acushnet
Mass
Allied Garrison Tests Combat Alertness In West Berlin
West Berlin saw ten thousand Allied soldiers stage an early morning alert exercise. American, British, and French units mobilized across the city for the largest drill since the Berlin wall was erected. Units including three British battalions and a French brigade moved with tanks and armored cars, testing mobility and reaction to scenarios while some units returned after about five hours.
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OAS gunmen strike Algerian clinic in brutal attack
In Algiers a band of Secret Army Organization gunmen stormed a Moslem clinic killing nine patients and fatally injuring three pedestrians. Eight others remained gravely hurt as a charge damaged the European director's office. Five Europeans and five Moslems died. most wounded were Moslems. Separate raids on rail offices yielded $320,000 in Algerian currency. Five more soldiers were killed or injured in clashes with deserters nearby.
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Algiers
Secret Army Organization
Secret Army
OAS
National Liberation Front
Mossent
Oran
Prognosis On Paret Grievous Brain Injury By Dr. Kask
In Madison Square Garden Benny Paret, welterweight champ, collapsed after a savage beating by Emile Griffith. He underwent immediate brain surgery at Roosevelt Hospital but died shortly after. The article explains subdural hematomas and brain hemorrhages and notes the brain damage from the brutal bout.
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Howard A. Kask
M.D. Tex
Benny
Kid) Paret
Madison Square Garden
Benny Parett
Emile Grifith
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Edward Pasi
State Police
Corry Bleacher Co
Pasi
Carew
Mountain of Suspense
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West Berlin
Griffith
Paret
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