Storm wallops Corry area as roads clear but hazardous
Corry and surrounding region endured a severe blizzard with winds up to 50 mph and about 10 inches of snow, creating three to four foot drifts. By Sunday all roads were open yet driving remained hazardous, with deep ruts and lingering frigid conditions. County plows and crews worked to clear routes while utilities faced disruption from a home fire and increased long distance calls.
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Corry
Wendy
le New York
City Streets Department
Walter Floss
Trees Department
Twents County
Pennsylvania Electric
Lottaville
Sugar Grove
General Telephone Company Exchanen
Byndte
Heavy Fatality Toll During Long Thanksgiving Weekend
The nation mourns a heavy death toll during the Thanksgiving period as violent accidents spiked. Traffic remains the leading cause, with forecasts of around 470 highway deaths over the four-day span, while cold weather and a major snowstorm contributed to fires and other fatal incidents. New York led states with 56 violent deaths, Rhode Island reported none.
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Courine Ebs
Rena
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Pawl
New York
Mabuma
California
Illinois
Rhode Island
Six killed in Canadian air force helicopter crash
AP reports a Sikorsky helicopter carrying 14 aboard crashed on a snowy frozen lake near Winnipeg Manitoba killing all six aboard. A badly burned Indian woman and her two year old daughter were transported to a hospital. Moscow Radio says the Soviet Union rest day was moved from Sunday to Saturday by official decree.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Air Torre
Frozen Lake
London
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Driver Follows Tracks Into Ditch In Snowy Route 89 Crash
Corry state police report a snowbound Route 89 collision when Robert Wiggers followed fresh tire tracks from a car that had slid into a ditch. No injuries. two vehicles damaged an estimated 5000. The incident occurred near Beaverdam as visibility dropped to near zero amid a heavy snowstorm.
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Beaverdam
Robert
Wigpers
R. D
Corry
Wiggers
Wikers
Dennis Ethridge
R.D
Joyriding Youths Held After Bulldozer Rampage
In NaSmYtLle Tennessee AP reports three boys learned from an old Navy Seabee manual to start a bulldozer and rammed a house while joyriding. The vehicle crashed into two homes while four residents slept. no one was hurt. Names withheld pending hearing.
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Nasmytlle
Tenn
Martial law ends as Jordan lifts restrictions
Jordan lifts martial law after nineteen months of military rule allowing citizens to resume near normal life. The government announces an end to curfews and restrictions as security and civil freedoms return to normal operations.
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Amman
Jordan
Family Of Four Loses Home In Fire
A family of four, the Wrights of Spring Creek, fled their one story frame home at 12 30 yesterday morning as fire spread under bitter sub freezing conditions and a howling storm. Corry and Spring Creek fire crews arrived too late to save the building owned by Wallace Sickler. The family, aided by Red Cross, Salvation Army, and local churches, seeks new quarters with furniture and clothing donations invited at the Salvation Army citadel and a benefit planned at the Grange Hall Friday night.
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Warren Wright
Spring Creel
Corry
Wright
Stewart
Qte
Jeffrey
Wallace Sickler
Spring Creek
Marc Wright
Norbert Buchomer
Cobbs Cotan
Excelsior
Grange Hall
Familly
Salvation Army
Cony
Hardy Hunters Out For Deer
Thousands of Hardy Hunters entered the big woods despite a severe storm. Traffic was heavy in northwestern Pennsylvania as autos streamed in. Hunters faced deep snow up to 15 inches with rough walking. About half of the state’s one million hunters were expected out today. Corry students had the day off. Game Commission officials pursued a kill near last year’s record of 19,25.
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Thy
Horthwestern Pennsylvania
Corry
Game Commission
Corry Motorist Unhurt In Crash With Second Auto
An 11 year old girl escaped injury when her car was struck while entering a private driveway five miles east of Corry on Spring Creek road. Marilyn Fish of Brook Street was driving east on Route 426. damage to the Williams car was minor. Noted doctor Edward M. Gans, 82, former AMA General Practitioner of the Year, died in Harlowton Montana.
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Gir
Fist of
Corry
Spring Creek
Marilyn Fish
Brookstreet
Charles Williams
Girard
Willams
Harlowton
Mont
Edward M. Gans
American Medical Association
Gans
Corry Woman Dies Of Burns As Clothing Catches Fire
Mrs Ella Walker of Corry dies after clothing ignites from an open gas heater in her dining room. She was rushed to Corry Memorial Hospital and died an hour later. Born October 14 1870 in Kearny New Jersey she lived in Corry 46 years and was a registered nurse. She is survived by two sisters in law and two sisters. Funeral services are set for Bracken Funeral Home with burial to follow at David Curtis Cemetery.
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James St. George
Ella Walker
Ohl
Mott Strest
Corry Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Walker
Kearny
N. J
Corry
Roy E. Walker
Walker
Siely
Nhieces
C. Peters
Mabel Mahimichel
Newark
David Amidon
Bloomfield
Frank McGavin
Cadiz
Ohio
Settlement Of Strike Against TWA Expected
Air travelers had cause for optimism as a quick settlement of a 10 day machinists strike against Trans World Airlines appeared likely. Key talks in Kansas City and New York City could influence the outcome as District 142 chair Cliff Miller said the question is how soon, not if. Negotiations resumed after midnight following a Sunday dinner meeting.
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Trans World Airlines
Lake
Kansas City
New York City
Cliff Miller
District 142
International Assn. of
Machinists
American Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Ceut
Isbor
American
Airine
Assi Pan American
State Supreme Court
Transport Woters Union
Lake Central Airlines
Indianapolis
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Minois
Michigan
De Gaulle Forces Sweep To Victory In French Assembly
Paris dispatch reports Premier De Gaulle led the Union for a New Republic to a strong victory in the National Assembly elections. Communists won about 22 percent but only 10 of 149 seats. UNE captured 188 of 485 seats, with rightists holding a clear majority after combining with independents and peasant deputies. Soustelle emerged as a key figure as the Fifth Republic forms.
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Paris
Rugnewinger
Charles de Gaulle
Iet
French National Assembly
National Assembly
France
Sannaer jJacques
Edgar Faure
Socialist Disarmament Neaoratoy
Jules Moeh
Christian Pineau
Robret Lacoste
Justice
Francois Mitterand
Jacques Soustelle
Fifth Republic
Soustelle
Algeria
Fourth Republic
Union For A New Republic
UNE
UNR
Lari
Assembly
Catholic Popular Republicans
MRP
Special Ista
wesliKhlly Huhl
Counter Group
Volo
Pierre Mendes-France
East Sun
Fom Bruce
Sahara
de Gaulle
Guy Mollet
Pierre Piimini
President Eisenhower vows Western duty on Berlin
In Augusta, President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles reaffirm the United States will defend West Berlin. They discussed countermeasures to Soviet plans, rejecting Moscow’s demilitarized city proposal and pledging to uphold freedom and security with Britain and France.
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West Berlin
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
France
Dulles
Berlin
Augusta National Gal Club
Washington
Congress
Hisenhower
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Moscow
U.S
Russia
East Berlin
Weatam
State Department
Civilian Charged In Attempt To Steal U S Jet
Boston AP report says Donald B. Litman 35 of Bound Brook New Jersey was arrested at Hanscom Air Force Base after attempting to start a Ta Jet trainer to fly to India. FBI cites Litman seeking to reach Hindu leader Thakur and describes his prior World War II service in India.
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Boston
Air Force
India
Donald &. Litman
Bound Brook
Hanscom Air Force Base
Bedford
FBI
Littman
Thakur
Litman
Lutman
Lutvian
Four die in South St. Louis in apparent mass suicide
Four related residents in a South St. Louis apartment apparently took their own lives after prolonged illness. Arthur Forrester aged 62 along with Lucille 65 Mrs Forrester, Mary Conkling 26 and Blanche Conkling 66 were found by brother Tilton Conkling after several days of failed contact. Notes and signatures were found at the scene.
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Mary Conkling
Blanche Conkling
Adenauer and foe discuss Berlin amid crisis
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met Socialist Erich Ollenhauer to talk Berlin as a rail delay stoked tension. The incident drew Soviet linked explanations and spurred talk of a grand EastWest conference to reopen Germany unification talks. Khrushchev urged free German elections and a peace treaty within a neutralized federation with Soviet influence.
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Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Erich Ollenhauer
Ja Bon
West Berlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Germany
Khrushchev
Nine Early Deer Kills Reported
Nine hunters were reported successful in opening morning deer season in Pennsylvania. Notable kills include Jack E. Lloyd on Baker Hill with a six point buck, 100 pounds, at 7:15 AM, and Shorty Doan nearby with a six pointer at 7:30 AM, 108 pounds. Other hunters on West Spring Creek and Corry areas recorded multiple bucks ranging from five to eight points and weights from 90 to 150 pounds.
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Corry
Irea
Tust
Pennsylvania
Jack E. Lloyd
Mead Avenue
Baker Hill
Shorty Doan
Golum
Bil Graybill
West Spring Creek
Six Point
Joe Balog
Eight Point
County Line Road
Wiliam Mitchell Sr
Richard Clark
Baker the Wickwire
Corry Five Point
Merton Kenhiston
Kane
Robert Macko
Three Point
Picadilt Hill
Eight European Nations Meet Over Common Market Frictions
Eight nations of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation met in Geneva to plan joint action against discrimination by the European Common Market. Swiss Foreign Minister Max Petitpierre convened the two day talks after free trade talks collapsed. Britain Austria Norway Denmark and Sweden attended as outside members. The group aims to avoid a clash with the Market and explore possible free trade alignments. In other news, Glenn ay of Akron died when his car collided with a tractor trailer in Pa.
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Organization For European Economic Co-operation
Max Petitpierre
Petitpierre
Britain
Austria
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Cannd
Ueain
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