Push Search For Payroll Bandits In Erie
Erie police and seven agencies joined in the largest manhunt in city history for three gunmen who robbed Urick Foundry of $13,000 payroll on Friday noon. The robbers used mainly $20 bills, with more than $9,000 in those bills likely spent before capture. Chief Edward Williams urged vigilance at service stations and stores for customers paying with $20s. Agencies statewide and federal joined the probe, including State Police from PA, OH, NY, County Detectives Roy Mong and George Woekner, the FBI, state and federal parole officers, and burglary insurance agents. Detectives Harkins and Bagnoni released several suspects after positive employee identifications. Captain Nowak said no comment on revolver details.
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George Woekner
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Frank Hoetzel
Thomas Harkins
Mario Bagnoni
Frank Nowak
Fn Erie
Edward Zatynski
FBI Ballistic Laboratory
Washington, D.C
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Waterford
Police probe payroll robbery tied to Erie gun sale
Erie investigators link a retailer to a gun used in a payroll holdup. They report a getaway car possibly hidden, with license digits varied by witnesses. Ballistics were sent to the FBI lab. witnesses described the gang as Italian descent and Swedish or Polish, with differing car makes and plate clues.
Chapel at Emmanuel Corry Rededicated for Murray Bliss Memorial
On the Feast of the Annunciation the Emmanuel Church side chapel in Corry was redecorated and furnished with an oak altar and silver cross. Mrs. C. F. Bliss funded the chapel in memory of her son Murray R. Bliss. A memorial service and rededication began at 10 o'clock, with Holy Eucharist offered for Murray Bliss.
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Murray Bliss
Fire damages Sewickley office building in suburbs
Pittsburgh report says firemen probe cause of a Saturday night blaze that damaged a three story brick office building in Sewickley. Assistant Fire Chief Bertil Neely estimated losses between 50 000 and 75 000. The building housed Green Engineering Co a state liquor store and several other establishments. State police noted two tall and short men as possible suspects.
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Erie Peninsula mock invasion marks Armed Forces day
An Erie area reserve force drill simulates an invasion of the peninsula as part of the Armed Forces day observance scheduled for 2 PM on Sunday May 20. About 200 personnel from Army Marine Navy Coast Guard and Air Force reserves participate with Lt Col Robert Willis coordinating planning at Gannon College and Col Willis meeting regular officers to outline invasion details. Marine units land by Navy amphibious craft to clash with the 112th Infantry as aggressor forces, with artillery and tanks planned for use.
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Erie
112Th Infantry Regiment
Recover Body Of Airman In Crash
Pittsburgh police recovered the body of Capt. Jean H. Inghrum of South Charleston West Virginia from the Monongahela River. The bomber ditched en route from Nellis AFB Las Vegas to Olmstead AFB Harrisburg with six aboard. four swam ashore while Staff Sgt Walter E. Soacey Palmer Alaska remained missing along with the aircraft.
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Monongahela River
Jean H. Inghrum
South Charleston
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Olmstead Air Force Base
Harrisburg
Inghram
Walter E. Soacey
Palmer
Alaska
Spacey
National Study Conference on Church and Economic Life
Four hundred churchmen meet next Thursday to Sunday for the third national study conference on the church and economic life. Sponsored by the Department of Church and Economic Life of the National Council of Churches, delegates from Protestant denominations will discuss faith, thrift, sacrifice, freedom amid big tech and big business, employment, distribution of opportunity, and aid to underdeveloped nations. Speakers include Paul G. Hoffman, Brooks Hays, and Robert E. Wilson.
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Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Robert E. Wilson
Standard Oil Company
Notable Labor Leaders Attend Conference
Indiana figures Elwood P Swisher of the AFL CIO Ol Chemical and Atomic Workers Union and Murray Lin of the Cooperative League of America and Nationwide Insurance Inc participate in a joint administrative view conference highlighting labor and cooperative interests.
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Elwood P. Swisher
Afl-Cio Ol, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
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Co-operative League of America
Nationwide Insurance, Inc
Corry Boy Faces Deferred Sentence After Church Burglary Admissions
Erie County Court in session Saturday heard that a Corry youth admitted to breaking into several churches last year. A guidance center evaluation will guide the court, with reports sent to Judge Roberts and probation officials for a suitable action.
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Erie
Erie County Court
Samuel Roberts
Harley Drake
Drake
Senate Votes On Sales Tax Changes Continued
Senate actions on salaries and public official pay dominate a busy session. Proposals raise governor salaries to 86000, cabinet heads to 20000, and judges’ pay, while a House backed 9000 salary faces conference. Aimed at widening federal social security coverage for state workers, the plan links retirement systems, with House passage unlikely before April.
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Pittsburgh
Clyde N. Mays
Readinger
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chinery Throgh
Grafton
W. Va
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