City Council Rejects All Summer Paving Bids
Meadville council in a special session rejected all bids for the summer paving program after solicitor argued Zalneck bid failed to include a proper certified check. Keystone Construction refused to waive objections, jeopardizing the award and potentially costing property owners thousands in 1952. Resurfacing on other streets will proceed, but the late bid denial risks higher future costs and delayed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyer Brown
A. Zalaneve and Son Thin
Lyeymount
Coniark
Corry
Keystone Contraction Co
Meadville
Salieisors
Kinley
Walter Sweet
Guy Abbey
Limesey
Wes
Couneil
Jao
Kinley Alley
Pennsylvania Avenue
West Church Street
Wayne Street
East Smith Street
East Irving Street
William Street
Brook Street
Chestnut Nltreet
Vic Zalzneck
Train wreck in Louisiana kills 12 and injures dozens
Reported in Simmesport Louisiana a Kansas City Southern streamliner and a troop train collision killed 12 and wounded 60 or more. State Police dispatched 100 officers as wreck debris and downed lines hampered communications.
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Simmesport
Lia
Kattsas
Morganga
Baton Bowne
Btale Folive
Wallroad
Kansas City
Helle
Marine Corps
N. A
West
McCarthy Ties 26 State Dept Figures to Reds in Senate Row
Senator McCarthy named 26 State Department officials as charged with Communist activities using his Senate immunity. He urged the McCarran subcommittee to decide the issue while urging open access to his files. Critics accused him of smear tactics and chiding Amb. Jessup as part of a partisan clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Brose Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Fay
State Department
McCarran
R-New
Senate
Internal Security
McFarland
D-Ariz
Carlisle H. Humelsine
McCarran Committee
Gall
Corry Man Alfred Receives State Department Appointment
Alfred Richart of 28 West Park Place received official notice from the State Department that he will serve in its elementary service division. A Sewanee graduate, he is to report to Washington DC on August 22 to begin training and schooling under the department before assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Richart
Alfred
West Park Place
State Department
Elem
Sewanee University
D.C
Ice Cream Price War Hits City As Stores Slash Costs
Local merchants report an ice cream price war after a Bradford producer cut half gallon rates to 75 cents. Several retailers followed, selling own brand mixes at the same price, while larger plants ship at 8.75 for five gallons. City officials were told there is no legal power to regulate truck sales. Only half gallon prices fall. pints and quarts stay unchanged. Local confectioners anticipate continued discounts as the Bradford firm shows no sign of stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Re- Valles
Bradford
Joe Crear
Assault charge to be filed in Bealings case
William Hudson of Corry says his son in law Bernard Robbing beat him at the Columbia Spring Creek road farm in Warren County. Hudson sought aid at a police substation and was later treated at Corry Memorial Hospital for injuries. He plans to press assault and battery charges and contact the Warren County district attorney today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hudson
Corry
R. D
Bernard Robbing
Wayne Street
Hudson
Corry Memorial Hospital
Javeraon
Warren Countly District Attorney's Office
ColumMs Spring Creek
Warren County
Progress Made An Oil Parleys
Britain and Iran set a first step toward ending the oil flow deadlock at Abadan. A committee will draft a receipts system for tanker captains in the Pars Gulf, with Education Minister Harun San Jabi signing the move as Sir Donald Ferguson explained nationalization principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insticnte
Tehran
Iran
Britain
Laigest
Ab Abadan
Parslaty Gulf
Harun San Jabi
Trajan
Donald Ferguson
Aero Supply Reports Six Month Profit Rise in 1951
Aero Supply Mic Co Inc reports six months ending June 20 1951 profit of 449 22 percent on sales of 2 401 202 up from 1950. President Bam Irvine says orders totaled 4 003 0 with most for national defense, backlog at mid year 821 200. Net earnings of 148 033 yield a per share of 4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Supply Mic Co, Inc
Associated Press
New York City
Tning
Bam J. Irvine
Eisenhower Seen Not Interested in Democratic Nomination
President Truman said Eisenhower is not seeking the Democratic nomination and he cannot help him win the Republican nod. Republican senators Carlson and Duff affirmed Eisenhower’s Republican status and suggested his potential nomination would depend on the situation in Europe. Taft remains Truman’s favored Republican candidate, with no comment from Taft himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Truman
Associated Press
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carlson
Eisenhower
Europe
White House
Senator Duff
Rpa
Eisenhoower
Kansas
Duff
Ifisenhower
Doomed Boy Observes His 13th Birthday in Bed
Waynesburg Pennsylvania reports a 13 year old boy named Bucky Stickles who is bedridden with malignant brain tumor. Doctors fear only weeks remain as he endures constant headaches and loss of balance and sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
Ohn
Bucky
Stickles
John
House Approves Major Military Construction Bill
Washington reports the House backed a 5.7 billion dollar military construction bill to bolster U S defenses at home and abroad amid Cold War tensions. The package would add about 13.6 billion to the peacetime military budget, funding domestic and overseas bases and classified projects across the Army Navy and Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Air Force
House
Senate
United States
Middletown
Bancusta
Lip
House T
Russia
Jion
Army
Navy and
Marine Corps
Navy
Defense Department
Coal Firm Sold In City To Wissinger Family
Harry Wissinger buys the Crystal Coal Co from Frank G. Whiteley. Mrs Ada Wissinger Foradora and Louis Foradora take over supervision on Maple Avenue, with trucks sheds scales and rail siding lease included. New owners plan to continue selling quality hard and soft coal coke and briquets to the public. The Wissingers have moved from St Petersburg to Union City and Mrs Foradora runs the Foradoro Flower Shop. Mr Wissinger avocation and prior roles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wissinger
Frank G. Whiteley
Crystal Ce and Coal Co
Fies
Louis Foradora
Maple Avenue
Wissinger
Whiteley
T He Lee
Crystal Coal Co
St. Petersburg
Fis
Iowl
Foradorn
North Center Street
Foracciora
Pennsylvania States Police
Wissineer
Carry
Inter
Raymond Myg. Co
Russia Tightens Iron Curtain Around Poland
Washington notes a Soviet led shift as Molotov visits Warsaw and Shvernik warns against Titoism. The State Department announces tighter controls on Polish cultural activities and closes the Polish information service in New York within hours, citing no formal charges against the US or its Warsaw operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Aim
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
New York
Michael J McDermott
Vyacheslav Molotny
Truman
Nikonji Shvernik Molotov
Manter
Marshal Tito
Blair to Stay On as Army Gridiron Coach
West Point news confirms Earl Blaik will remain Army football head and athletics director amid a cheating scandal that has reduced the squad. Gen. Truly praises Blaik while the White House weighs a broader inquiry into athletic operations at service academies and major colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pras
West Point
Earl Blais
Bridiron
Military Academy
Blaik
New York City
Fretietick A. Trying
Red Blaik
Bosch
Washington
Teberin
Nation Service Academies
Vic. Truman
White House
Blair
Army
Soi
Robert Blal
Drowns in Raccoon Creek at Gandy Beach
In Reek MonadA Pa on August 1 Ingin Fred Young 26 of Rochester township drowned yesterday in Raccoon Creek at Gandy Beach near here His bride Antohnele 20 stood on the bank helpless to aid him The couple had gone to wash their car and after the chore was finished Young entered the stream to swim
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reek Monada
Ingin Fred Young
Rochester Township
Assaulted By Wife, Spouse In Hospital
Leatur Gray of 117 West Bend was attacked yesterday and taken to Corry Memorial Hospital with three broken ribs after a vicious assault by his wife. Gray said he had only this week been released from hospital. He named Raymon Matta of Match as a possible witness and indicated the assailant may have headed for Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leatur Gray
West Bend
Newaren
Yi Tin
Giltewrs
Ter
Raymon Matta
Ohio
Gray
Corry Memorial Hospital
Spud Festival Tickets On Sale At Corry Event
An enthusiastic meeting led by local volunteers approved the Cove Chouler plan for the Potvin Spud Festival to be held September 12 13 14 and 15. Tickets on sale for prizes and a Square Dance caller David Curtis of Columbus will lead the Mead Park event with Slim Bryant and his Georgia Wed sats providing music. Three class tractor pull scheduled with cash prizes. dignitaries including State Senator Archie Blass will attend a hotel dinner September 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Divertupe
Frommittee Heatth
Westrick
Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association
Harry
Windele
Shiv Heirikeratar
Potala
Jilso
Carle
Meniers
Corry
Youngsville
Archie, Blass
David Curtis
Columbus
Mead Park
Slim Bryant
Georgia Widsats
Hoover Turns 77 In California Farm Birthday
Former President Herbert Hoover, 77, marked his birthday at his brother's ranch in the Santa Cruz mountains near Palo Alto. The ex-president, a Republican statesman and flier, planned no public statements for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hosiger
Republican Party
Santa Cruz Mountains
Cease-fire talks stall over buffer zone at sixteenth session
Negotiations on the Korean war cease-fire stalled as Communist delegates refused to discuss any point beyond a proposed buffer zone. The talks entered their 16th session with little progress noted, and UN forces pressed for concrete demarcation while Call for a pause in discussion persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nablone
Ranma
Red
Lier
Fox More
Thas Hull
Nam Il
Bates
Tien
United Nations Command
Bation
Ling
Nam II
Adm
Joy
Lion
Finuy
Mother Bloor Dies at 88 in Quakertown Home
Ella Reeve Bloor Omholt known as Mother Bloor and a longtime Communist activist died today at a Quakertown convalescent home at age 88 after months in care. Her career spanned decades of militant labor and political action, with ties to early investigations surrounding Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.
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Mother Bloor
Associated Press
Quakertown
Aux
Ella Reeve Bloor Omholt
Alger Hiss
Whittaker ChanWers
Copperburg
Philadelphia
Quakertown Hospital
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