Private Plane and Airliner Crash Kills Four in Hickory
Four victims aboard a private Cessna 310 died when it collided with a Piedmont Airlines jet near Hickory North Carolina. The airliner with 40 aboard landed safely. Names include Julius Berestina 44 Imperial Furniture Co. Grand Rapids and Earl Gordon Krombeen 41 Imperial executive vice president, David Frank 66 West Coast sales manager, and Frederick James Frieswyck company pilot.
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Michigan Furniture Company
Piedmont Airlines
Grand Rapids
Othe Furniture
The
Hammary Manufacturing Co
Lenoir
S.C
Earl Gordon Krombeen
Imperial
David Frank
West Coast
Frederick James Frieswyck
Pilot
State orders rest breaks compliance for female teachers
Pennsylvania officials urge school systems to enforce a law granting females a half hour rest during an eight hour day. The crackdown targets teachers who care for children from morning through afternoon with little personal time. Deadline for enforcement is September 1960. superintendents say arrangements can be made to fit schedules while meeting the rule.
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Pennsylvania
Childre
William Rodemeyer
Rodemeyer
Corry
Columbus
Conelway
Wright
Harding
Concord
Swan Corry Area
Department of Labor and Industry
Hospital To Be Firm In Bill Collection
Corry Memorial Hospital directors discussed firmer bill collection to cope with rising costs. They plan to study options but offered no concrete plan. Also approved sending a representative to the Erie institute on May 18 and 19. The meeting covered committee program lineups for the coming year. Hospital stats: 252 patients, 1186 days, average census 38. 23 births, 6 deaths. 26 major operations, 55 minor. Directors present included Elston, Puller, Gates, Hillistrom1, Sill, Slattery, Shitzer, Young.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Hospital Association
Institute of System and Procedures
Erie
Elston
Puller
Gates
Hillistrom1
Sill
Slattery
Shitzer
Young
City Seeks Petitions For Summer Street Paving
City urges property owners to file petitions for a summer blacktop paving program by May 16 at the city engineer’s office. State law allows paving by the city or by petition requiring 50 percent of property owners and 60 percent of street frontage to approve. A separate report notes 12 month old Kimberly Skees drowned in a bathtub in suburban McKees Rocks. mother briefly left the infant unattended.
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Statis
Tot
Pittsburgh
Kimberly Skees
McKees
Bocks
Yesterda
Bkees
Timberly
Alte
Bomb Threat Triggers Evacuation at Fisk University
More than 4,000 students and attendees, both Black and white, evacuated Fisk University in Nashville after an anonymous bomb threat. Firemen and ambulances stood by as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr addressed the crowd from Atlanta amid ongoing civil rights demonstrations. Police traced the threat to the previous night. a search found no bomb. King urged nonviolence while the nation faced wider sit-in protests spreading to Beaumont, Texas.
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Eres
Fiske University
Nashville
Tennt
Necro College
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlant
Nero Integration
Ineli Couriters
WP. Donolio
Audiens
King
Alexander Looby
Looby
Jury
Beaumont
Tex
South
Unrest in Korea House votes on rights bill for president
Washington AP reports supporters brace for a push to send a national voting rights bill to President Eisenhower by nightfall. The House reconsiders Senate amendments, seen as weakening the bill, while civil rights forces press past Southern opposition. Key provisions include federal referees to enforce state voter qualifications and preserved registration records, with penalties up to $1000 fine or one year in jail.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Justice Department
South
Senate
Little Rock
Coed Escapes Peak Death Lost Students Reported Missing
A University of Colorado sophomore Lonys Bendixen and two male students David L. Jones and Prince Willmen went missing after a snowstorm on a Colorado Peak trek near Rocky Mountain National Park. Bendixen later staggered to safety with frostbite wounds and described a brutal night in a snow cave. Rescue teams resumed search for the others as weather cleared.
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Sites Park
Colo
Collee
Coed
Lonys Peake
Jane Bendixon
University of Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park Rangers
David L. Jones
Webster Groves
Prince
Willmen
Fort Smith
Ark
Bendixen
Umberine
Willinon
Jones
Davenport
Lows
N. L. Sutherlan Allens Park
Gore
Prk
Rebels flee as troops advance on Caracas stronghold
Venezuelan rebels abandon their San Cristobal base as government tanks and planes press toward the border. Betancourt vows to crush the revolt already failing to gain support while authorities claim to repulse rebel units attempting escape toward Colombia.
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Caracas
Veucefeld AP
Romulo Bolancatnt
Colombyart
Bolivar Regiment
San Cristobal
Ofi Tavhirs
Betanicourt
Bolly
Ures
Curgents
Rubio
San Crisoba
Andes
Airae
Jesus Marta Castro Leon
Unemployment in Erie County At 10 Percent In April
About 46 400 in the labor force with 2 100 unemployed yields a 10 percent jobless rate in Erie County. Unemployment compares with 10 600 in January and 19 500 a year ago. Factory hiring rose 600 from January to March while non factory jobs total 50 400, or 58 percent of employment. Over 5 900 filed for unemployment benefits at Corry and Erie offices as of April 7.
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Erie County
James Rose Deny
Cory Office
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Rosqberty
Corry
Erle
Production Firm May Stage 1961 Centennial Here
Corry centennial plans shift to a professional producer Ma terialize to stage a week long event without taxpayer cost The John B Rogers Production Company of Fostoria Ohio demonstrated capabilities and testimonials at a Municipal Building meeting The committee approved a survey and a tentative budget by May 11 to form incorporation with three members named to study the plan Roper Brown Dallas Smiley and Willum Pelffer will serve to protect the city against liability
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John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Ohio
Simt
Daniel Brennan
Roper Brown
Dallas Smiley
Willum Pelffer
Italians Boycott Naples Opera Over Martyrdom Debussy Work
More than 1000 Neapolitan music lovers protested a Naples opera performance last night, boycotting Debussy's work titled Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. The crowd gathered outside the theater expressing disapproval of the piece's subject matter.
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Naples
Italy
Debussi
St. Sebastian
Pennsylvania Referendum Debate Drives Primary Voting
Voters across Pennsylvania’s counties debate whether legalizing pari mutuel betting is a moral issue or economic boon. Church leaders oppose it, while Governor Lawrence and Mayor Barr back it for revenue and sports appeal.
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Pennnsylvania
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Parente Peachers Assn
John J. Wright
Pittshired
Bishop Wright
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh Hotels Assn
Pittsburgh Paves
Sterest
Pittsburgh
Joseph Barr
Mlegheny County
Addjing
Unemployment Reaches Nine Hundred In Corry Area
The Corry area shows more than 900 workers unemployed amid optimism fading from the 60s era. Figures include surrounding townships and workers who commute to Erie Union City and beyond. Raymond division of Associated Spring reports recalls offsetting layoffs, with outlook below normal. Continued on Page Five.
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Corry
Elgin
Concord
Wayne
Columbus
Spring Creek
Erie
Union City
James Roseberry
Cory Area
Raymond
Associated Spring
William Helmintoller
Foes Of Rhee Demand New Presidential Elections
Seoul AP report says foes of President Syngman Rhee, unsatisfied by the cabinet’s resignation, renew calls for new presidential elections. After violent riots and martial law, opposition labeled Rhee’s promised redress insufficient amid continuing turmoil and mass casualties.
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Rhee
Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Chang
Lee Ki-paong
Liberal Party
Democrat Party
Grass Fire Destroys Two-Story Barn at Cowell's Station
A two story wooden barn on the Frank Cowles property at Cowell's Station burned to the ground this morning despite efforts by Corry and Elgin-Beavardam fire departments. About 50 firemen battled wind whipped grass as the blaze spread. Mrs Cowles reportedly started the fire by discarding refuse. W L McCray across the street used a tractor to pull out equipment before the barn was lost. The barn, owned by Catherine Cowles of Williamsport, suffered an indeterminate loss.
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Frank Cowles
Cowell
Corry
Elgin-Beavardam
Piremen
W. L. McCray
Cowles
Catherine Cowles
Williamsport
Clock face fragments from old high school clock sold for scrap
The remains of a clock once in the high school tower are now fragments. The clock, installed in 1938 as a gift from Mrs. Martha Smith in memory of Jason Smith, was dismantled when the building closed. Attempts at a salvaged sale did not materialize as the clock came down with the structure.
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Bill Johnston
Martha Smith
Jason
Elwood Measter
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Pravda Today
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Solons
Manila
Philippine
South China Sea
Venezuela
San Cristobatl
Betancourt
Mayo
Castro
Leon
Luis ”Aveaga
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominica Republic
Hujilo
Corry Centennal Committee
Associated Press
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