Parked car fire spurs alarms in Corry area
A series of local items details traffic mishaps and city actions. Raymond VanGuilder reported a collision with a cyclist on Fourth Avenue. Borough council signed a $2,600 street resurfacing contract with Harry Werling of Townville. Miss Ann Baress will receive a master’s degree from Penn State College. Titusville police arrested a man for being too drunk to drive a team of horses after an attempt to interfere with a dog catcher. A bill to decentralize public health to county boards moves toward Senate debate. State police fined a Centerville motorist for illegal lighting. Firefighters battled a car fire in the Journal parking lot. The Air Force pauses officer callups from reserve units. Agricultural forecasts predict a near record cotton crop. A bill on rear mud flaps for trucks moves to Gov. Fine. Cpl. Jack Armitage returns from Korea on furlough. Hagen Brothers Big Top arrives for local performances. Remodeling at Corry Senior High shifts labs to make space for students. A baseball injury case and wage talks at Swanson Machine are noted. Pat Miller, 19, suffers a head injury after a fall and regains consciousness.
Talks Set in Chicago On Steel Strike Impasse
Chicago Aug 8 The Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company and the CIO United Steel Workers will meet Thursday to discuss the dispute that has idled about 5,000 workers since July 2. Plants at Butler Pennsylvania Bessemer Alabama and Hammond Indiana have halted production.
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Pullman-Standard
Butler
Bessemer
Ala
Hammond
Ind
New Rules HHT Home Building Restricts New Homes
Associated Press reports August restrictions on steel copper and aluminum limit new construction to the smallest houses. The M 4A order freezes starts on industrial commercial buildings and several large projects to conserve metals for national defense. A one family dwelling may only be started if using under specified weights of carbon steel and copper.
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Flying Saucer Calls Expected Across States
Baltimore wires report air force plans to launch weather balloons from Wilmington Ohio to study winds at 50 000 to 100 000 feet. NYU scientists will monitor via radio transmitters. Balloons range from 7 to 80 feet in diameter. Eight flights planned this month. Emphasis on science and saucer mania.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Air Force
Research and Development Command
Louis G Kirch to be buried Friday
Louis G Kirch died at Corry Memorial Hospital at 12 30 am after a long illness born September 18 1876 in Concord township Erie county married Bessie D Brown November 27 1901 he worked at several local plants before retiring in 1950 he was a member of First Methodist Church and Corry Lodge I C C F survivors include his wife three sisters two brothers and other relatives service set for Friday at 2 pm in Bracken Keating Funeral Home burial in Pine Grove Cemetery Casualties reach 80430 Korea war fatalities rise 351 last week
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Erlé County
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U.S. Calr Company
Elgin
Shreve Ghalt Company
Union City
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Ida Ross
Stephen Brooks
Clarence Kirch
Charles Kirch
Danville
Bracken- Keating
Tatermens
Pine Grove Cemetery
Four Destroyers Back From Korea Return Home
Newport R I reports four Atlantic Fleet destroyers returning from the Korean fighting with 1 200 crew members aboard. Heavy seas and winds battered the J P Kennedy Jr flagship against the Yosemite destroyer tender causing minor damage. No injuries. a polio scare touched the Fiske during the voyage as Lt jg William A Nickerson of South Brewer Maine was among the five men stricken.
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William A. Nickerson
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Fiske
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