Deer Day fatalities and hunting accidents in Forest County
A 44 year old hunter, Victor Costanzo of West Kittanning, died of a heart attack while guiding deer in Hickory Township Forest County. Another man, Emil Stepanik, 24, of McKeesport, shot his hand when a gun discharged while clearing snow. amputation performed on a finger. Two minor incidents in the Northwest Division included a pellet hit and a gun explosion with unnamed victims.
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Victor Costanen
West Kiitanning
Forest County
Hickory Township
Costanzo
Pittsburgh-Shawmut
German Hill
Maurice Rhodes
Rhodes
Tionesta
Kittanning
McKeesport
Redbrush
Emil Stepanik
Titusville
Stepani
Temple A. Reynolds
Frank Jin
False Fire Alarm Forces Dunkirk School Evacuation
More than 1 000 Dunkirk seniors and juniors and staff evacuated in cold weather after trouble with the internal alarm triggered a general alarm. Six fire trucks responded as workers found a heater in the fan room near the carpentry shop caused the alarm.
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Dunkirk
Civil Service
Carpente Shop
Old Inlet High Section
Country Club Names Officers
Corry Country Club elected new officers at a recent reorganization meeting with George Qreatt as president Walter Bertram as vice president Charles Clark as treasurer M S Cobbett as secretary The new board includes Robert Ott Jr Jack Custer Camden Ruffner Robert Forrester and Fred Kauer with authority effective today and a first meeting planned for January
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Corry
Drivers face new $2 license fee confusion
Harrisburg AP reports about 10 percent of driver license applications failing to include the $2 fee. Delays from the legislature and the old $1 notation caused returns and confusion. Revenue Secretary Charles M. Dougherty urged applicants to include the correct $2 with renewals to avoid delays.
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Harrisburg
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Bureau
Charles M. Dougherty
Revenue
Eisenhower Visits Karachi For Cricket Match And Tours
President Eisenhower will attend a cricket match in Karachi during his Dec 7 9 visit to Pakistan as part of a 11 nation tour. He will also inspect a large housing project funded by the United States and board a helicopter for a look at the capital. He will meet Pakistani leaders Avil Khan and others and mark a wreath at M A Jinnah's tomb.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pakistan
Karachi
Europe
Asia
Africa
White House
Teliap
Tran
Rome
Tou Eisenhower
Italy
Groneht
John XXII
Turkey
Ankara
Avil Khan
Eisenhower Furing
M. A. Jinnah
National Stadium
Australia
C A Weber 62 Dies At Corry Memorial Hospital
C A Weber 62 died at Corry Memorial Hospital at 12 40 this morning after a week as a patient. He was born April 25 1897 in Corry and served in World War I with Company H 16th Pioneer Infantry. He worked for the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC before retiring nine years ago. He is survived by three sisters and a brother. The Bracken Funeral Home will receive friends tonight and tomorrow with service arrangements to be announced.
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Clifion A. Weber
Concord Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Mr. Weber
Corry
Andrew Weber
Corry High School
Europe
6Th Pioneer Infantry
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Halleck Rules Out Tax Cuts This Session
House Republican Leader Charles Halleck of Indiana poured cold water on tax cut hopes in the new Congress saying he does not expect tax reductions this year. He noted hearings on tax revision aim to plug loopholes and fix inequities while insisting a balanced budget is mandatory. He warned the 1940 session will feature a major budget fight.
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GOP
House
Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congress
Halleck
Ways and Means Committee
Syijother
New Elite Police Unit to Patrol Lower East Side
A 75 member squad, all over six feet tall under 30 and trained in jiu jitsu, begins duty tonight in the Lower East Side. The unit serves as an experimental response to a recent surge in muggings and robberies.
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New York
Lower East Side
Steel Parley Resumes At Gov t Request
Washington AP reports government asked steel negotiators to return to bargaining to avert a possible late January strike. 80 day Taft Hartley injunction expires Jan 2 leaving 500000 steelworkers free to strike amid stalled talks. President Eisenhower is expected to urge a peace pact and greater labor management cooperation. Industry offered wage gains judged worth zero cents an hour over three years by the union.
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Washington
Ane
Joseph F. Finnnegan
Federal Mediation and Coneilation Service
Taft-Hartley
Eisenhower
White House
Soviet Union
Union
Award Damages In Electrocution Case At Federal Court
A federal district court jury awarded $160000 to Mrs Avanella M Diehl and her son John T Diehl Jr for the electrocution of John T Diehl a New York Central Railroad employee in Clearfield yards on October 5 1958. The verdict deducted $8026 for contributory negligence.
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Mhiasburgh Iar
New York Central Railroad
Avanella M. Diehl
John T. Diehl
Clearfield
Diehl
Union disputes wage contract period and work rule changes
The union said the deal is worth 24 cents while workers average about 241 per hour including overtime. A clash over management demands for more leeway in changing work rules to boost operating economies fuels the dispute, which the union has rejected.
Presidential prospects and voter ignorance in 1960 race
The piece surveys likely candidates besides Stevenson and Nixon, noting public opinion polls offer little clarity. It discusses how Kennedy Humphrey Symington Johnson Nelson Rockefeller and others have campaigned without formal bids, projecting cautious, impression making moves amid uncertain candidacies.
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Washington
API
Adlai E. Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
Stevenson
Nixon
W J Lutton Sr Dies Sudden at Corry Home
W J Lutton Sr 64 died suddenly at 820 Eucla Street Corry pa yesterday afternoon He was born in Titusville March 35 1895 and came to Corry in 1915 He served in Europe with Corry s Company A Pennsylvania National Guard in World War II He worked for U S Radiator and Aero Supply before retiring The surviving spouse Pearl Goodwill two wives Alice predeceased and children Raymond Dyne William Donal Richard and Charles nine grandchildren and a brother Joseph Funeral arrangements set with services Thursday at 2 pm and interment Pine Grove Cemetery
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Wrids
Eucla
Titusville
Luton
Corry
Europe
Company A
Pennsylvania
Navnal Guard
Nazarene Church
Cory Post 264
VFW
Military Order of Goodes
Army
Litton
U. S. Radiator Company
Avro Supply Mf. Ca, Inc
Aero
Matton
Alice
Pearl Goodwill
Raymond Dyne
Corey
William , ii
East Chicago
Donal
Jamestown
Richard
Charles
Joseph
Lancastr
Bracken Funeral Home
Funeral
Paul Bowley
Pine Grove Cemetery
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Country Club
Andrew Boythe
Spring Creek Road
Sparta
C. A. Weber
Tuffy’s
Kendall
Washington Streets
Mom
Gov't
Reading
Tina We Mer
Marlow
Kennedy
Humphrey
Symington
Johnson
Guy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
W. J. Lutton Sr
Mercury
Monterey
Buick
Oldsmobile
Dodge
Cabildo Gaslite
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