Weather and civic notices mix of town events
A paragraph of forecast and local notices reports possible snow may fall tomorrow with a 25 to 30 degree low, showers, and cooler temps. May 13 bingo referendum set in Ripley town hall 1 to 7 PM. Teener League baseball meeting at Love land Field and Corry Area High School if rain. W H Thompson Lumber reopens May 8 after closure. Civil defense director hospitalized after heart attack. Local hospitalizations and incidents described, plus Philadelphia port ILA dispute and related court pleas.
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Loveland Field
Wright School
Kenneth Harvey
Corry Area High School
Weather Hampers Search For Trio In Delaware Bay
The Coast Guard searches for three Pennsylvanians missing since Sunday after they went fishing in Delaware Bay in a one foot rented boat. George Grosser 45 Bechtelsville Edith 33 and Wallace S Kuser New Bethlehem Pa are identified. A station wagon with Pa plates unclaimed at Lewes Beach is linked to Grosser. Officials say high southwest seas likely swamped the boat.
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Wes
Pennsylvania
Name of Hanck: signature causes hotel check cashing woes
In Madden Massachusetts John Han cock of the Maiden Hancocks began practicing the signature of his namesake in fourth grade. Hotel clerks now refuse to accept it and the only checks cashable without trouble bear his imprinted name.
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Madden
Mass
John Hancock
Hancocks
Four Way Drive Against Juvenile Delinquency Planned
Philadelphia police action led by Commissioner Thomas Gibbons targets juvenile crime after the slaying of a Korean University of Pennsylvania student. Eleven youths faced arraignment. district attorney will seek Quarter Sessions trials. Gibbons ordered police rookies on weekend duty and patrols increased in late hours. He urged public complaints about court leniency and pressed for raising 16 and 17 year olds to adult status.
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Srulauelea
Royce
Thomas Gibbons
Philadelphia
Gibbons
University of Pennsylvania
Pair Fined For Climbing TV Tower Near Pittsburgh
William Briggs and Paul Schriver, both of Pittsburgh, were fined 50 dollars each for disorderly conduct after climbing Tele Vision Station WITC's 847 foot transmitter tower to measure sway. Magistrate EN Johnson ordered them held for court on malicious mischief. Mrs Schriver, 23, climbed about 50 feet but says she acted to persuade them down. The incident shut the station off air for 24 minutes amid high tension wires.
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WITC
EN. Johnson
William Briggs
Paul ‘Schriver
Pittsburgh
Earth
GLF Debate Over Stockpiling Lime On Pennsylvania Avenue
City Council hears GLF testimony from C. B. Osbeck and associates on alleged lime stockpiling since 1947. Don Williams letter cites violation of city ordinance, Redmond files claim citing uncovered lane at the Kurtz Brass Bed building area. Council orders GLF to recant after presenting 588 car loads of lime.
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GLF
C. B. Osbeck
Don Williams
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. A. Redmond
Wright Street
GLP
Redmond
Old Kurtz Brass Bed Company
Bulldeg-Dunton Display Company
SLF
Osbeck
Council
L. C. Lewis
Leader Opens State Campaign in Somerset Rally
The article notes Governor Leader praising the administration for passing farmer friendly measures, with Lt. Gov. Roy E. Furman criticizing Leader as a vindictive figure. Reading industrialist Clarence P. Bowers opposes Leader for the senate and accuses the governor of ineffective unemployment relief.
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Rence
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Roy E. Furman
Harrisburg
Leader
Anyox
Clarence P
Bowers
Reading
Furmat
Alate
Sixth grade geographer wins statewide award in Reading
Carolyn Calvin eleven daughter of Mrs Len Calvin of 234 Wright Street was the only northwestern Pennsylvania pupil to win a state wide geography prize. Her scrapbook Know Your State Better Geographically earned the most outstanding achievement in her class at Northwest Junior High School. She received a Rand McNally World Atlas at the Pennsylvania Council of Geography Teachers spring meeting in Reading.
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Pennsylvania
Junior Geography Club
Northwest Junior High School
Reading
Carolyn Calvin
Len Calvin
Wright Street
Rand McNally
Pennsylvania Council of Geography Teachers
Carolyn
Wright School
Special Luncheon Feature to Welcome National C of C Speaker
The Corry Chamber committee will host a special luncheon at Hotel Corry on Monday May Sth. Don A Goodall industrial manager Northeastern Division of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will speak. A Bruce Smith committee chair urges members to attend and assist in extending a welcome on Goodall’s first official Corry visit. A fixed menu is set and reservations are held for all committee members. Stewart Long chamber president to be notified of any cancellations.
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Legislative Action Committee
Corry
Don A. Goodall
Northeastern
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
A. Bruce Smith
Goodall
Stewart Long
Chamber
Smith Sail
Trapeze Star Pinito del Oro Injured In Fall
Pinito del Oro, famed trapeze artist, fell during a Stockholm show to a skull fracture and other injuries. An audience of about 3,000 watched in horror as doctors reported she would live despite the severity. The 21 year old planned to retire after this tour.
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Stockholm
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Crawford Couunty Mental Heart Center
Weaver
Theg Burgard of
Clymer
Corry Memorial Hospital
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Wayne
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Unon City
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Joe Dakota
Malta
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Ann Baressi
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Widmann and Teac
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