Erie Motels To Cast 5 Mile Area Plans For Motel Growth
Erie area planning boards approve motel construction and improvements costing over 81.5 million in coming years. Major project a 100-unit two story motel at Cliff Park foot of Harvey Street in Lawrence Park with about 900000 outlay. Millcreek Township rezoning paves for at least 100000 in motel building. Several smaller motels and a 20 unit year round motel on Waterford Pike Road eyed, plus a 12 unit trailer park and restaurant features. Construction to begin May with openings targeted for 1957 summer season.
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ERDE
Millan
Norman L. Peters
RD. 1
Butler, Pro
Place Cliff Park
Harvey Street
Lawrence’ Park
Millcresk Township
Lloyd Dabney
Western
Sali
U. S. Army Engines Ta
Erie
Lawrence
Alte
J. 4. Root
Root Paaieare
Bomé 90 Scrée
Petera
Bochm Realtors
Waterford Pike Road
Richard Snyder
Snyder's
Perronatoné
Wack Sunt
Areas Stricken as Tornadoes Hit Great Lakes Region
Severe storms and tornadoes swept 13 states across the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley, killing 45 people and injuring nearly 400. About 15 million dollars in damage reported as communities begin mass cleanup. National Guard, civil defense, and Red Cross aid deployed. a 19 year old volunteer firefighter died in Virginia. 20 homes destroyed and 969 damaged across eight states.
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Itms
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York State
New England
Rochester
West Virginia
Rosynoke
New York
Maine
Virginia
John ©. Sullivan
Falmouth
National
Motel Project Along West Street Faces Uncertainty
Thorn Powell of Strong's Trailer Sales bought a 108 by 400 foot tract for a proposed motel site. Construction is not expected to start until next year, with estimated costs around 20000 dollars. The Town and Country Land Co led by Starry Lechtner obtained rezoning from residential to business for the Tracydale golf course area, but the business type remains undecided and the motel plan is indefinite.
Solons Hit Snag In Adjournment Plans
Lawmakers faced hurdles in adjournment plans amid stalled teacher pay hikes and a proposed 150 million dollar bond for Korean War veteran bonuses. A 100 percent tax refund for farmers on gasoline and a stamp use reform take shape, with constitutional approval required by 1955 and 1987 legislatures and voter referendum.
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Solons
Page One
Department of Revenue
Stadler
Alice
McCann
D-Greene
House
GOP
Smith
Senate
Lost Family Found Near Sparta After Disappearance
The Waterman family, missing two weeks from Panama-Biacville road, reappeared at the Sparta area after Glen Waterman surrendered to sheriff on charges of neglecting an animal. SPCA and State Police investigated. family now resided locally, wife and two young daughters accompanying him. Authorities explained he had taken a logging job in Spartansburg and left home abruptly.
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N Harmony Toyamip
Spartansburg
Glen Lee ‘Eee
Waterman
Chautauqua County
SPCA
Watermin
Sheriff's
Mayville
Hold Rites For Mrs Eva Merritt
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Merritt were held yesterday at 2 pm at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev J Emerson Low officiating. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery Mausoleum. Bearers included Robert Merritt George Chase Duke Pransky Harry and Leste Thomas. attendees listed relatives from Roulette Union City Warren Erie Findley Lake and Cutting Occupying the final lineup were extended family members with many Merritt relatives noted.
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Eve Merritt
Bracken
J. Emerson Low
Pine Grove Cemetery
Robert ‘Merritt
George Chase
Boat Dukes
George Pransky
Harry Ther
Leste Thomas
Merritt
Std
Roulette
Franklin Wood
Clifford Wood
Harry Poither
Leslie ‘Thoms
Paul Carr
Babcock
Union City
Rollin Merritt
Warren
Charles Bacon
Maude Rose
Youngeville
Wilbur Merritt
William Merritt
Erie
Andrew Roush
Findley Lake
Beatrice Grden
Cutting
Falconer arrests second Army deserter after eight years
Walter J. Frank alias William J. Fisher, 37, of Falconer, was arrested at 4:55 PM after eight years hiding from military authorities. Deserter escaped from New Cumberland on March 18, 1943, and later lived near Athans, nabbed in Falconer 19 months earlier. Fisher’s wife, unaware of the desertion, witnessed the arrest. the couple has no children.
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Walter J. Frank
William J. Fisher
Falconer Area
Fisher
Falconer
Harry Pennington
Robert O. Moore
Fort Jay
Arthur Athans
Joseph Trainer
Levant Road
Route 17
Athans
New Cumberland
New York
Proudman
Columbus Dam Project Faces Rule Hurdles and Delays
The Columbus Dam plan faces standard rules including a 50 acre minimum lake area, 30 feet depth limit, and a 200 foot land strip around the impoundment. Costs are estimated around 20,000 with a 250,000 ceiling, but private lakefront ownership could block the 200 foot requirement, delaying progress on the project.
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Columbus Dam
Voigt
Anold
Columbus
Commission
Thomas O'Hara
Albert Hazzard
Shore line footage control cited for Thermen access
The commission reaffirmed earlier requirements for a clean water supply free of pollution and good watershed management under soil conservation practices. It called for watershed protection by local township or county zoning regulations to safeguard access and activities.
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Thermen
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Eva Merritt
Clothcraft
S Aes
OLD
Hammond
Eagle Street
Dia
Coal Builders
LEED
Corry's House OF Fashion
Business Directory
Borstorff & Fitch Desoto
Frank Betis
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Justice of the Peace
Loveland’s Groce
Keystone Gas
OTL
Jordan
Shady Avenue
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Kinney
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G. E. Appliances
Youngstown Kitchens Builders ‘Supplies
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