Erie Police Aide Admits Using City Funds
Erie police aide Robert Monahan admitted misappropriating about 365 dollars from police court fines during a two year audit by City Controller Arthur Gehrlein. Monahan waived preliminary hearing on charges of purchasing personal radio equipment with city funds and was bound over to court for sentencing after a police audit revealed discrepancies between ledgers and funds turned over.
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Arthur Gehrlein
Monahan
Police Department
Edward Williams
Gehriein
Herbert Johnson
Gehrlein
Williama
Williams
Merchie Calabrese
Michael McCann Dies in Union City Hospital
Michael McCann of R D 1 Wattsburg died yesterday in Stemn Memorial Hospital Union City where he had been a patient since April 1. He was 58 and worked for Corry Instrument Co. Formerly with Westinghouse Turtle Creek PA. Survived by wife Elizabeth three sons S Sgt Albert M McCann Calif Robert E McCann Spartansburg Edward Smith Erie two daughters Miss Evelyn Smith Turtle Creek Mrs Florence Diehl Erie and 11 grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Glenn Funeral Home Union City. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. with interment in Lowville Cemetery.
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Michael McCann
Wattsburg
R. D
Stemn Memorial
Union City
McCann
Corry Instrument, Co
Westinghouse
Turtle Creek
Elizabeth
Albert M. McCann
Calif
Robert E. McCann
Spartansburg
Edward Smith
Erie
Evelyn Smith
Florence Diehl
Glenn Funeral Home
Lowville Cemetery
Westfield Man Injured in Route 420 Crash
A 21 year old Westfield man, Robert Mosher, was injured yesterday when his car lost control on Route 420 three miles west of Mayville. He struck a road sign, crossed the highway 200 feet, hit a bank, then slid 100 feet along the south roadside before stopping with the right front wheel pinning him. He was taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital in fair condition with head and back injuries.
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Westfield
Mayville
Robert Mosher
Mosher
Westfield Memorial Hospital
Hold Rites For William Jacob Puneralse
William Jacob Puneralse funeral services were held yesterday at 2 p m from his Corry home with Rev. Earl Docherty presiding. Interment was in West Lawn Cemetery Columbus with bearers George Drobneck Joseph Ficcar di John Christopher Marshall Hughes John Lacey and C B Stockton. Attendees from afar included Irma Jacob Jamestown Mrs Lillie VanTas sel Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Hawley Mrs Virginia Hammel and children Eric Mrs Dorothy Rhodes Sugar Grove Mrs Clara Hartley Youngsville and Mr and Mrs William Coyle Saegertown plus many area friends.
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Willam H. Jacob
Corry
Earl Docherty
West Lawn Cemetery
Columbus
George Drobneck
Joseph Ficcardi
John Christopher
Marshall Hughes
John Lacey
C. B. Stockton
Irma Jacob
Jamestown
Lillie VanTassel
Ellsworth Hawley
Virginia Hammel
Eric
Dorothy Rhodes
Sugar Grove
Clara Hartley
Youngsville
William Coyle
Saegertown
Solon's leg amputated by hospital after gangrene
Pittsburgh state representative J. P. Moran, 72, is hospitalized at Braddock General after his left leg was amputated yesterday due to gangrene linked to diabetes. A hospital spokesman provided the update on Moran's condition.
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Solon
Pittsburgh
J. P. Moran
Allegheny
Braddock General
Four Men Face Dismissal of 1949 Murder Charge
Federal Judge Pierson Hall heard a motion to drop murder charges against four men linked to the 1949 slaying of Charlie William Taylor Jr. at Camp Cooke. The defendants John W. Lee Donora Pa William Douglas Barnes Nashville Tenn Clarence Earl Coons Jr St Louis and Richard Spasoff Grant Town W Va were previously Army court martialed and given life terms. Lee has been freed by the Supreme Court ruling that peacetime Army jurisdiction was invalid. The U S Attorney seeks to reinstate charges and has jailed the men pending action.
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Los Angeles
Pierson Hall
John W. Lee
Donora
William Douglas Barnes
Nashville
Tenn
Clarence Earl Coons Jr
St Louis
Richard Spasoff
Grant Town
W.va
Charlie William Taylor Jr
Army Disciplinary
Camp Cooke
Calif
Ufe
Lee
U. S. Supreme Court
Thirteen injured in Lake Hamilton bus crash
A Continental Trailways bus with sixteen aboard overturned on a Lake Hamilton causeway four miles south of Hot Springs Arkansas after the driver swerved to avoid a truck. Thirteen hurt four seriously. bus driver James D Crowell, 42, of Texarkana, said he braked when the truck approached in the wrong lane. Richard L Rankin, 26, of Springfield Ohio, crawled to safety after breaking a window.
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Ark
Continental Trailways
Lake Hamilton
Here
James D. Crowell
Texarkana
Dallas
Russians Blast U S Space Stand At UN Meeting
The Soviet Union accused the United States of damaging international space cooperation by insisting the UN Outer Space Committee meet on May 6. Soviet Delegate Arkady A Sobolev said Moscow would boycott the committee and refuse to join the International Council of Scientific Unions Outer Space Research work unless Communist nations get more seats. He did not rule out private talks. Incubator inventor dies in Cleveland Gordon Armstrong, 69, who created the first incubator for prematurely born babies, died of a heart attack. He led the Gordon Armstrong Co Inc and was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Soviet Union
United States
UN Outer Space Committee
Arkady A. Sobolev
Sobolev
International Council of Scientific Unions
Cleveland
Gordon Armstrong
Gordon Armstrong Co, Inc
Worcester
Mass
Storms Sweep Mid West Then Spread To East Coast
Storms eased in the central states but drenched broad areas from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Coast. Tornado sightings in Missouri and Arkansas ended without damage while strong winds and hail battered towns across Missouri Illinois and Kansas. A twister crossed Clinton Arkansas with minor injuries.
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Atantic
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Missouri
Arkansas
Midwest
St. Louis
Clinton
Ark
Sikeston
U.S. Highway 61
Dexter
New Madrid
Morehouse
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Ohio Valley
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Prospect
Chicago
Ilinois
Towa
Hall
Kansas City
Kansas
Liberal
Kan
Garden City
Pair Sentenced For Burglary In Butler Pa
A 30 year old Mercer County mother Thelma Eiler and her 31 year old uncle Charles Ostrander were sentenced for burglary in Butler Pennsylvania. Eiler received one to twelve months in jail while Ostrander was sentenced to one to five years in Western State Penitentiary for burgling a tavern near Wardale on the night of April 12.
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Butler
Pa Va
Mercer County
Thelma
Eiler
Shenango
Charles A. Ostrander
McKeesport
Western State Penitentiary
Warrendale
History instructor dies in Uniontown
Clarence G. Stark, 47, history instructor and faculty manager of athletics at Uniontown Joint Senior High School for 17 years, died suddenly at his home today. He had been in good health prior to a heart attack.
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Uniontown
Clarence G. Stark
Stark
Athleti
Bad Connection Blamed In Deaths
A pleasure craft Lois Ann swamped after a 110 boat centerion allowed sea water to enter a 48 foot hull. Seven drowned Sunday as survivors reported passengers moved toward the bow to escape rising water. Five of the deceased were inside the cabin. five others were rescued. In Amman Jordan the government signaled a purge of Reds and hoped the last Communist cell would soon be liquidated.
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Seati Ue
Lghten
Jordan
Amman
Area Woman Survives 30 Foot Fall From Window
Charlotte Steiner, 40, fell about 30 feet from a window in Wesleyville. Rushed by ambulance to Hammet Hospital, she suffered back injuries but initially felt fine. Firemen said she was opening a attic window when it swung outward, and rain softened soil cushioned the fall.
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Wesley
Eltas
Wesley Ville
Worrany
Hammet Hospital
Debates on Liquor Tax and Driver License Reform
Lawmakers circulated a compromise on liquor taxes and a plan to raise motor vehicle license fees from $1 to $5, with a three year validity. House bills backed by administration would allow state loans for college scholarships and cap state aid to one room school districts at $1,000, seeking about two million in biennial savings. Highway funds and a forthcoming budget were also noted.
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Senate
Sona
James 8
Berger Jr-Porter
Albert R. Pechan
R-Armalians
House
Park H. Martin
Posal
Iicrease
McCahn
Lax
Lawrence
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Fragmented Medley of Quotes and Tidbits From New York
A garbled New York AP piece mixes jokes, politics, and trivia about taxes, budgets, and public figures. It references McCann Johnson Lawrence and Mor an with notes on sales tax changes, hospital funding pleas, a lawmaker's surgery, and cultural asides.
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