Paragraf recounts weekend police actions in town
A Wright street woman corralled a dog with no license and police disposed of it. Officers handled routine calls, a caregiver sought aid for a nonworking husband, and youths faced warnings about safety near a snowplow and in the park. A milk can theft was reported, farm equipment deaths rose to 15 in 1954, and Titusville fined a man for spitting. Foremen conference headlined by Victor Riesel was announced for Meadville. Eight died and six injured in weekend Pennsylvania traffic. A car bumped a youth on West Main. the youth was uninjured.
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Wright Street
East Columbus
Salvation Army
Alton Nichols
East Main Street
Nichols
Pennsylvania
West Washington Street
William Bettes
East Smith Street
State Department of Public Instruction
Samuel L. Horst
Clair Jones
Mead Avenue
Spring Street
Victor Riesel
National Association of Foremen
Meadville
Foreman’s Club
Allegheny College
Ohio
Riesel
Inside Labor
Margaret Bartholme
West ‘Smith Street
West Main Street
William Gross
West Pleasant Street
Bartholme
City police issue bench warrant for Fred Clayton
City police hold a bench warrant for Fred Clayton for non compliance with a support order issued weeks ago. Police halted Harold Christman of Erie for running a red light at Center street and Columbus avenue. Christman cited for turning off Center onto Columbus while red. James MacInnes of 12 East Congress street is in fair condition at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital after major surgery last week.
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Fred Clayton
Clayton
Harold Christman
Erie
Center Street
Columbus Avenue
Christman
James MacInnes
East Congress Street
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
William Peiffer
South Center Street
Robert MacGregor
R. D
Corry
Chautauqua Institute
Peiffer
MacGregor
Don Wharton
Rainfall Provides Relief Amid Drought Across Pennsylvania
The Associated Press notes scattered showers alleviate drought in southeastern Pennsylvania, with Gratz and East Waterford recording 1.40 and 1.11 inches respectively. Other towns report lighter totals while showers continue. In Pittsburgh, 97 year old Rachel Ann Beckett dies at Pittsburgh Hospital, daughter of Frederick Elk, a Pittsburgh coal pioneer.
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Pennsyllvania
Weather Bureau
Gratz
Dalphin County
Waterford
Juniata County
Allentown
Montgomery County
Bucks County
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Blairsville
Altoona
Cresson i
Carrolltown
Mahaffey
Madera
Philipsburgh
State College
Huntingdon
Lewistown
Selinsgrove
Middletown
York
Lancaster
Safe Harbor
Holtwood
Rachel Ann Beckett
Pittsburgh Hospital
Frederick Elk
Elk
Man Fined For Speeding Partially Pays Fine
A motorist named McKenzie paid $8 of a $15 fine after he was cited for speeding. The justice of the peace accepted the partial payment as full settlement. He withholds the remaining $7 until he receives word from the attorney general.
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Justice of the Peace
McKenzie
Navy to aid evacuation of anti Communist natives in Viet Nam
Washington reports the United States will assist in moving more than 100000 anti Red nationals from North Viet Nam to the southern region still under the French Union. State Department says ships will be supplied and material aid provided to help refugees resume existence in the south and bolster the Viet Nam government.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Viet Nam
State Department
United States
Poisoner kills eight seeing eye dogs in Minneapolis
Sheriff officers chase tips as they seek the person who fed stynchnine laced wieners to a kennel. Deputy Eric W. Stephens leads the probe with no decisive results. John L. Sinykin, training director of the Master Eye Foundation of America, fears about seven of 15 dogs struck by the poison may not survive.
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Minneapolis
Eric W. Stephens
John L. Sinykin
Master Eye Foundation of America
Sinykin
National Champion’s Dogs Die in Suspected Poisoning
Singkin described the incident as the most inhuman act he had seen and noted no known enemies. The dogs killed included Sir Lancelot, the national champion, valued at about $20,000.
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Sir Lancelot
Dad's car kills 21 month old in Sunbury driveway tragedy
A 21 month old baby, Clinton G. Walker, died after being struck by a car backing out of a Middlebury father Glenn O. Walker's driveway in Sunbury Pennsylvania. The incident occurred at the Walker home Sunday.
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Sunbury
Clinton G. Walker
Glenn
Walker
R. D
Middlebury
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Dennis Rusiewicz
Franklin
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Paul McKennie Jr
Star Route
American Automobile Association
Harrisville
Butler County
Jon
Associated Press
Ford
America
Powell Motor Company
North Center Street
Corry, Pennsylvania
U.S. Navy
Mather
Dodd
Topp’s
Alcpac US
Barney
Fife
Esa Canter
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