State Police In Erie County Report March Accident Toll
Erie County State Police report 49 accidents in March 1947 with three fatally and four dead, 39 injured, and $29 000 in vehicle damage. Fourteen other crashes brought yearly totals and patrols to 560 with 302 arrests for traffic violations. Cooperation and radio patrols expected to cut future crashes. In Brookville a Knox township girl testifies prompting arrests of seven men for morals violations and ongoing probes.
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Erie County
James F. Maroney
Toop
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Park
Radio N
Brookville
Knox Township
Jefferson County
Burns to become U S District Attorney in western Pennsylvania
In Erie County, Owen M Burns plans to resign as Democratic Committee chair to become U S district attorney for western Pennsylvania. Zurn slated to head local Democratic campaign after Burns acceptance. Uhl to retire due to illness. nomination sent to Senate with confirmation anticipated this week.
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Erie County
Zurn
Owen M. Burns
U. S
Pennsylvania
Burns
U. S. Senate
Harry S.truman
Senate Committee On Executive
Cren Saruiuniy
Erle
Charles Uhl
Somerset
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Uhl
Burny
Democratic Party
Andrew Mashank
Pittsburgh
City council moves on sewer work and town budgets
The council to seek bids for a paying program and tackle sewer repairs on Wright Elk Hast Wayne Irving streets and Raymond avenue. A resolution authorizes payment for required state permits. The clerk will contact the school board about unpaid city property taxes from years taxed by other bodies. Brewer named streets commissioner for remainder of year. Health officer to study Bear Creek flood causes and declare junk a nuisance. Grange opposes shifting clocks on April 27. Snow removal ordinance to be tabled until next winter. Solicitor to draft an ordinance against bogus solicitors. Addition permit granted for North Center dwelling. March receipts total 10 333 with 8414 bank balance. parking meters yield 703 and 3711 in meter fund.
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Irying
Raymond Avenue
Orey Brewer
Brewer
Bear Creek
Crete
East Branch Grange
Grange
North Center Street
Lawrence Eisenman
Man rescues wife from flames in Kiantone blaze
In Kiantone April a husband awakening from nap carried his ailing wife to safety as a large building on Riverside road burned and a two story barn was gutted. The fire destroyed a century old creamery cheese factory cooperative and warehouse nearby. The wife recovering from a broken leg could not move. Their three daughters were at school at the time. The origin of the fire was undetermined.
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Kiantone
James Fairbanky
Riverside Road
Fairbanks
Missing Philipsburg Boy Feared Dead In Mountain Search
Four year old Jim My Sener vanished Easter Sunday in central Pennsylvania. Searchers, led by Philipsburg Fire Chief Thomas Ginnick, extend efforts to nearby farms and shacks hoping he survived the night’s winds. A red sweater and bare footprints are the only clues found near the boy’s home. John Distintle of Johnsonburg died in a motorcycle crash near Ridgway.
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Jimmy Sener
Pennsylvania
Thoms Ginnick
Philipsburg
Uerchild
We Mountains
Jimmy
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