Jamestown youth dies from brain abscess after accidental rifle shot
Glenn D. Soderberg, 19, of Summit street Lakewood, died at Jamestown General Hospital from a brain abscess linked to head injuries from a June rifle shooting. He was injured after returning from a dance when his father says the shot was accidental as the youth used a .22 rifle in the backyard. He had been hospitalized earlier in the day, and his condition fluctuated before death.
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Ens
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Lakewood
Jamestown General Hospital
Leon EB Ruttenbur
Young Soderberg
Bust
Gustav Soderberg
Soderberg
Pittsburgh Motorists On Honor System After Snow
Pittsburgh resumes normal traffic with an honor system replacing armed guards. Mayor David L. Lawrence urges only essential trips into the industrial triangle as cleanup advances after a 30 inch snowstorm. He warns that another crippling jam could bring road blocks back to restrict autos until streets are cleared.
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Pittsburgh
National Guardsmen
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Welcome Wagon Inaugurated Here in Corry
Mrs H Lynn Rice is pictured welcoming newcomers at Gerry s in Corry as the city inaugurates its Welcome Wagon. She will visit engaged couples and new families, bearing gifts from local merchants and cards of good wishes. The first call welcomes Grace Middleton and two couples, with merchants listed as sponsors.
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H. Lynn Rice
Gerry's
Grace Middleton
Maple Avenue
Glenn Middletoly
Damage by beetles and borers cuts Pennsylvania corn yield
Damaging insects like Japanese beetles and borers reduced the 1980 Pennsylvania corn harvest, especially in southern counties. Yields averaged 45.5 bushels per acre, lower than last year but above the ten year average, with total production about 61.425 million bushels. Harvest delays and storage issues loom as much corn remains soft. Police conducted five raids and arrested six on numbers charges in McKees Rocks, seizing slips and cash.
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Banquopung
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Ratd Mckees Roges
Dem leaders agree on policy in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Democrats announced they will support Republican majority measures in the 1953 General Assembly when bipartisan consensus exists. State chairman Splain said the party will back only in instances of substantial agreement and that voters expect both sides to enact promised legislation. He added Democrats hold 87 seats in the House and 20 in the Senate with a GOP majority and a vacancy.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Muarite Splain
Oil City
Sid
John H. Dent
Westmoreland
H. G. Andrews
Cumbria
Senate
House
Splain
Monogram Gift Shop Sold to City Women
Miss M Lillian Murray and Mrs Mary E Sears announced they purchased the Monogram Gift Shop from Mr and Mrs Robert Grice who operated it at their home on Park Street. The shop will be run from the Murray home at 146 Mott Street with entrance on the south side. They plan evening hours into Christmas and will open soon. They will continue monogramming and imprinting on cards, matches, napkins, coasters, towels and other paper novelties as formerly done by the prior owners. In the Senate Republicans hold more than two thirds but four short of the governor’s needed votes to pass appointments.
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Stirs
Post Office Lists Ten Point Program For Christmas Mail
The article outlines a ten point program from the Post Office to ease Christmas mailing. It urges address mail clearly with sender and recipient details, mail greetings early, use proper postage, pack carefully, and include return addresses. It advises on labeling for perishables and securing outsider paper, and stresses organizing packages to ensure delivery and speed.
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Post Office
Defense measures advance in Congress amid Mobilization push
President Truman warned the new defense funding is not a war budget, yet outlines huge Army and Air Force totals including 4.0 billion for guns and tanks and 2.1 billion for planes. He noted Congress previously appropriated about 59 billion for defense in WWII, and the funds would speed up mobilization if needed.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Army
Truman
Congress
Disco founder retires after 27 years with coal company
C. E. Lesher, credited as father of the Disco process for making smokeless fuel from Pittsburgh seam coal, has retired after a 27 year tenure with the Pittsburgh Consultation Coal Company and its predecessor Pittsburgh Coal Co.
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DISCO
Pittsburgh
C. E. Lesher
Pittsburgh Consultation Coal Company
Pittsburgh Coal Co
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