City and Vicinity News Highlights and Local Incidents
Local government considers banning heavy trucks in residential areas as safety director Cannavino references an 1,800,000 gallon tank project at Dunn Boulevard and notes ongoing discussions. Read about specials at Connie's, a traffic accident involving Eric James Markham, the early bird mower sale at Cherry Hardware, and council approval for 25 parking meters in North East. Also coverage of three juveniles charged with burglary at multiple local sites, a liquor code fine, new four star cleaning service at H and H Dry Cleaners, and a two car crash in Harborcreek Township with injuries. Community events include a Dodd's store sale, a four-person injury report, Ritz Restaurant Sunday dinner offer, Meadville CLU endorsement of low rent housing, a pancake supper at McCray MH YF, and a garage fire at Edward Raff home with $300 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle
Michael A. Cannagino
Gulf Oil Co
Cannavino
Dunn Boulevard
Connie's
Eric
James Markham
St Vincent's Hospital
Philip Pedano
Cherry Hardware
Corry
Monday Night Council
Wesleyville
K. Mans
Mans
North East
Ginnie’s
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Camp Hill
Charles Whipple
Edward Campbell
Joseph Pretmuth
Whipple
Campbell
Ut Tell’s
R. D
Waterford
J. ¥. Brittan Co
Summit Township
Hideaway Club
Richard Wheeler
Lake City
H&h Dry Cleaners
H&h
Hospital Admissions and Local Notices From Meadville Area
The hospital report lists several admissions and discharges including Mrs. Donald Walters junior daughter of ROD, John Nelgon, Amy Curtis, Lucille Churen, Snyder Chet Alberta, Mrs. Harry Paulson Jr, Mrs. Lawrence McCray, Ronald Damcott, Archie Powern, Lynden Yoder, and Edith Orzechowski with addresses in Union City, Clymer, and Meadville. Discharged: W. Roy Kerstetter, Mrs. Harold Bkinner, Mrs. James Krone and Dane Jack, Edith Orzechowski, and Donald Beach. Meadville mayor’s flood committee urged congressional hearings on food control for April 20 and May 1, with delegation from Rev development, Chamber of Commerce, and others. Stores to close Wednesdays afternoons starting May 1 by A & B Distributing, Corry Beverage, and H. H. Hammond. Erie notes delay in St Lawrence Seaway opening to May 14 because of ship Alstertinl arrival delay. Gov. Lawrence may attend the festivities and ship traffic moves to Chicago then Duquesne Marine Terminal for oil product cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mix John Nelgon
Spring Crook
Amy Curtis
Columbus
Lucille Churen
Snyder Chet Alberta
DeForest Douglas Sr
Union City
Harry Paulson Jr
West Pleasant Street
Lawrence McCray
West Smith Street
Ronald
Maynard Damcott
Clymer
Archie Powern
R. D
Lynden
John Yoder
West Fredletick Street
W. Roy Kerstetter
Spring Street
Harold Bkinner
East Main Street
James Krone
Dane Jack
Edith
Richard Orzechowski
Sherman Street
Donald Beach
North East
Meadville
George X. Simonetta
Washington, D.C
Chamber of Commerce
Erie
St. Lawrence Seaway
Calvin Dingtor
Aiight
Alstertinl
Chicago
Duquesne Marine Terminal
David L. Lawrence
Escapees Hold Man 20 Hours In Car Theft Kidnapping Case
Henry J. Landry, 52, a furniture designer from Ashburnham Massachusetts, was forced to drive for 20 hours by four escapees from a mental hospital. He fled during a gas stop in Amherst New York and notified police. The four suspects Carl Kasper James Robinson Frederick Ahearn and Roland Cole faces kidnapping and auto theft charges after being captured following the incident.
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Landry
Amhert
Carl Kasper
James Robinson
Athol
Mass
Frederick Ahearn
Chelsea
Roland Cole
Gardner
Gardner State Hospital
Fou
Soviets Score West Germany in Nuclear Weapons Alarm
Moscow censors accuse Bonn of undermining East West talks as West Germany's postwar recovery and reserve weapon plans prompt new Soviet protest. The note to Ambassador Hans Kroll warns that rearma ment with US supplied nuclear weapons heightens war risk and leaves Germany militarily hopeless in any conflict.
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Moscow
West Germany
Bonn
Thessay
United States
Hans Kroll
German Federal Republic
Soviets protest arming West Germany with nuclear missiles
The Soviet Foreign Ministry delivered a note to U.S. Ambassador Thompson in Moscow opposing arming West German forces with nuclear weapons, especially missiles. Diplomats say the protest mirrors earlier Soviet concerns over NATO plans to base U.S. nuclear warheads in Western Europe, with Geneva talks likely to revisit the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
West Germany
Andrew Lemngke
Geneva
North Atlantic
Conneil
Paris
NATO
Europe
Lauris Norstad
Britain
Italy
Man Burned To Death In Hotel Fire
Waorunuiun, cook Frank W. Hodge aged 77 of Burgettstown, was burned to death in his hotel room at the Chirk Hotel yesterday when his clothes caught fire from an electric hot plate. Guests rushed to help, dragged him out, and doused the flames before they could fully spread. The blaze in the room was extinguished and investigators noted the fatal accident occurred during a period of international tension over a peace treaty with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waorunuiun
Frank W. Hodge
Burgettstown
West Germany
United States
Rock n Roll Attacked By Music Clubs
East Diego Calif report on the biennial National Federation of Music Clubs meeting where leaders call rock n roll a passing fad. Ada Holding Miller cites member clubs and Parade of American Music as evidence. Sigmund Spaeth notes publishers agree the jungle beat is ending and even youth are moving on.
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East Diego
Calif
National Federation of Music Clubs Today
Brant Buford
Dallas
Tex
Sigmund Spaeth
Progvath
Vera Wardner Dougan
Beloit
Wis
Federation
Ada Holding Miller
Providence
R.I
Spaeth
Rescue 5 From Sewage Tunnel Near Rankin
Five sandhogs trapped for nearly five hours in a pressurized Rankin sewage tunnel when water surged in. Pumps drained the 10 foot deep shaft, averting danger as rescuers worked by phone with workers above. They reported adequate air and no injuries. An explanation for the sudden influx remained unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Open Letter to a Teacher About Language and Time
Hal Boyle writes from New York in an Americana column letter to Miss Wolfson praising old class days at Central High in Kansas City Missouri. He recalls grammar, Roman history, Hiawatha and window essays, and asks about a book to help his secretary spell sour apples as he signs off as a loving pupil Roger Priest. The piece ends noting the death of The Very Rev Benigus Gallagher, 73, in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania.
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New York
Miss Wolfson
Caesar
Slash
Crash J
Empire
Hiawatha
Seckertary
Roger
Local official notes 1947 appoints and community roles
Mr. Hammond is listed among 1947 appointees as director and assistant treasurer with involvement in BPO Elks Shrine Zem Zem Temple Scottish Rite bodies and local clubs. He operates Hahicond Elevator Company while the Corry Business Dean celebrates a community milestone this year.
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Hammond Wa
B. PO
Masons
Shrine Club
Zem Zem Temple
Oriental Band
Stanford Hose Company
V. W. Club
Corry
Hammond
Hahicond Elevator Company
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Midtown Motors
Edw
Hartwell
C. D
Dodd's
Thomas Maloney
Hugh Muckinhaupt
Harborcrerk
Hamot Hospital
Robert Martin
Hery Martin
Clayton Cass
Robert Cass
Martin Brothers
Clayton
Robert
Ritz
Crantora
Edward Raff
A. N. Goldfinch
Washington St
Corry, PA
Corry Memorial Hospital
Donald Walters
Rod
A & B Distributing Co
Corry Beverage Distributor
H. H. Hammond Distributing
Sunroser
Columbus Milling CO
Columbus, PA
Germany
Pittsburghap
Seal
Hal Boyle
Hollidaysburg
Benigus Gallagher
Immaculate Conception
North Center Street
Corry Savings & Loan Association
Davis
B. P
Thone Ho
Celebride
Ieve Thisear
Surgice
Corey
Ti. J. Davis
W. W. Hammond
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