Firemen Harassed and Grass Fires Burn in Erie County
A hectic morning in Erie County as grass blazes erupt near Union and Witney Kul areas. Firefighters battle rekindles, police pursue prowlers after a home intrusion on East Columbus. Easter weekend traffic patrols urged to curb high highway deaths.
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Paul R. Dearbeck
Corry Savings and Loan Association
South Street
Erie
Un-i County
Ton Street
Pennsylvania
Hold Rites For Sidney Elston
Funeral services for Sidney B. Elston Sr. were held at Bracken Funeral Home with Rev. Clifford Crook officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers included Pine Grove Cemetery Association officials and Corry Memorial Hospital Board members. relatives and friends from Newton Square and Meadville attended.
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Sidney Elston
Sidney B. Elston Sr
Bracken
Clifford Crook
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Bine Grove Cemetery
C. A. Hillstrom
E. E. Hawkins
Blot Dahl
Samuel Antrim
Wallace Young
Hubert Vaughn
A. G. Postlethwait
Pine Grove Cemetery Associaton
Corry © Memorial
Hospital Board of Trustees
Sidney Elston Jr
Sidney Elston III
Scott Elston
Janice Elston
Newton Square
Cassius Elston
Christy
Cassius Elston Jr
Franklin Shuman
Thomas Smith
Thomas Klden
Meadville
Ben Shuman
James Allyn
A.G. Postlethwait
Eric
Sale Of Newark News To Time Called Off
The Newark News directors canceled plans to sell the paper to Time Inc after failing to agree on terms. Time would have gained its first daily newspaper if the deal had closed, ending negotiations announced yesterday.
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Newark
Newark, NJ
Newark News
New Jersey
Time Inc
Time
Erie Easter Bunny hops through town delivering joy
Nick Mospan, 29, a Pittsburgh art instructor, dresses in a velvet rabbit suit and travels by truck to an Erie florist shop to surprise children. Parents snap photos as youngsters stare in awe and some ask for good behavior baskets on Easter Sunday.
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Erie
Nick Mospan
Mospan
Pittsburgh
Joe Wolf
Wolf
Stolen Truck Case Leads to Bradford Man Arrest
The article details a pursuit at a dairy bar where Trooper Evanko joined Sheriff Reynolds to question the driver Reed. Reed, unfamiliar with a brake locking device, drove a rig with locked brakes causing overheated drums and flat tires. Reed was arraigned, placed under bond, and sent to Erie County jail awaiting bond.
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Reynolds
John Evanko
Evanko
Reed
Corry Motor Lodge
Bradford
Merle Ottaway
Erie County
Pittsburgh Safety Director Called Ouster Amid Riots
Reports circulated that about half of Pittsburgh’s police signed a petition to remove Safety Director David Craig over handling of racial disorders. WIIC TV cited 650 to 1,200 signers, with the city force at 1,579. others urged police to stop United Fund donations over support for the ACLU. Mayor Barr defended Craig, while the governor ordered guardsmen out, as a citizens task force prepared to address the violence’s causes.
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Pittsburgh
David Craig
Wiic-Tv
Craig
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
the Post-Gazette
United Fund
American Civil Liberties Union
Joseph M. Barr
James Slusser
Fort Pitt
Fraternal Order of Police
Barr
Shafer
Negro Hill District
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Ournal
Witney Kul Ruut
Union Street
Debbie Mulleton
Irving Straet
East Main
Summer Streets
Martin Keppel
East Columbus Avenue
Ledlay Afer Keppel
Keppel
Meadow Lam
Sparta
Pollew
Hammond Distributors
East Main Street
Hamemonds
Hammond
John
Tony Amoroso
Sherman Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Lang Vei
Doc
Desmond Electric Company Electrical Contracting
Marine Bank
Marine
Mar
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