Memorial Fund Receives 468 Boost In Corry Fire Tragedy
Donations to the Memorial Fund for the five Corry firemen killed Easter Sunday night total 12000 plus. The latest 468 donation from Corry Foam Co employees topped a 50 check from Elkins Park Fire Company. A seven member committee led by Harold Bromley and George Ficcardi organized the drive. Senator James Willard sent 25 and a Senate resolution honored the fallen firefighters Richard Brigham Jon Miller David R Apps Lauren L Shreve and Dennis B Rockafellow.
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Journal
Elkins Park Fire Company
Corry Foam Co
Harold Bromley
George Ficcardi
George Gage
Warren McChesney
Rosie Ross
Karen Schweitzer
John Woodard
Elkins Park
Stanford Hose Company
James Willard
Corry
State Senate
Willard
Senate
Richard Brigham
Jon Miller
David R. Apps
Lauren L. Shreve
Dennis B. Rockafellow
Therfore
Apollo 13 Crew Prepares for Dangerous Reentry
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert recharged a weak battery and readied systems for Friday reentry after an emergency lunar module powered the craft toward Earth. They faced a 1:07 p.m. EST splashdown as mission control monitored temperatures, power, and oxygen while Iwo Jima steamed to the site near a Pacific splashdown point southeast of Samoa.
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Space
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Gerald Griffin
Lovell
Haise
Swigert
Pacific
Samoa
Iwo Jima
Lakewood Marine Killed In Crash
A 21 year old Lakewood resident and U.S. Marine on leave died when his westbound car on Route 74 left the road near Ashville and struck a house owned by Lawrence Parnnell. Passenger Coral Arters, 21, of Ashville, was hospitalized with multiple injuries including possible skull fracture. Firefighters freed Johnson from the wreck.
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WCA Hospital
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Avalanche Buries TB Sanatorium Killing Dozens
Seventy tubercular boys under 15 were feared dead as a 60 by 600 foot avalanche swept two dormitories and a nurses’ residence at a sanatorium near SALLANCHES France. Nine bodies found in 11 hours, rescuers dig with heavy gear. 14 children and three adults in the main wing survived. A second snow mass threatened the adults’ building as evacuation ordered.
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Geneva
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Penelec Seeks 20 Percent Rate Increase Across Markets
The Pennsylvania Electric Company asks a 20 percent rate hike effective June 16, aiming to raise 24.2 million in new revenue while noting taxes will cut net income. The filing also seeks to raise the State Tax Adjustment Surcharge from 5.24 to 5.61 percent. A typical 500 kWh two month bill would rise from 15.35 to 18.42, about five cents per day.
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Penelec
PUC
N. Gwynne Dodson
Fair Condition Columbus Girl Hit By Truck
A second 6 year old girl was taken to Corry Memorial Hospital in fair condition after being struck by a 1965 pickup truck on Route 957 in Columbus. Terri Lee Houghtling, 6, suffered a possible skull fracture and internal injuries. The driver Glenn Stufflebeam, 49, stated he did not see her until impact. The girl was thrown about 20 feet and transported by Corry Ambulance Service. Kay Lynn Eck, 6, was improving at Corry Memorial Hospital after walking into a car on East Pleasant street and sustaining a broken left leg and head and facial injuries. State Police investigated a Centerville two car crash at Route é. Edward Vigle and George Lewis were involved. Charges will be filed against Vigle.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Terri Lee Houghtling
John Houghtling Jr
East Main Street
Columbus
Main Street
Glenn Stufflebeam
R.D. 2
Corry
Stufflebeam
Richard Gambino
Kay Lynn Eck
East Pleasant Street
Route É
Centerville
Edward Vigle
Harold Eberhardt
George Lewis
Titusville
Vigle
Lewis
Eberhardt
Viglo
Husband Hunting A Tax Deduction in Pittsburgh
A well dressed woman visits the federal tax office in Pittsburgh seeking guidance on deducting European travels. She admitted four prior trips to hunt a husband with three failures and asks if the first three trips could count as gambling losses or travel and entertainment expenses.
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Pittsburgh
Federal
Europe
Six in One Day Grass Fires Plague Firemen
City firemen faced a busy start to grass fire season with five calls in one day. Initiations included fires at Herbert Rogers property on Corry Spring Creek road, Dr. Edison Harmon residence near Random road, and Embert Earle property at East Pleasant and William streets. Fire crews used booster lines, brooms, and multiple engines as they battled blazes and grew adept at rapid response.
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Elgin Beaverdam
Herbert Rogers
Corry Spring Creek
Edison Harmon
Random Road
East Pleasant
William Streets
Embert Earle
Corry Memorial Hospital approves raises and room rate hike
The CMH board approved about a six percent pay raise for all staff and a two dollar increase in room rates effective August and July respectively, with annual reviews for future pay and room rates. The meeting also praised volunteers after a city fire, approved facility improvements, a memorial plaque for C A Hillstrom, and Hill Burton funding for second floor modernization.
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Hillstrom
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