Half Mill Tax Hike In Sight For Erieites
Erie faces a looming half mill tax increase as council debates a 1957 budget. The deficit nears 148 199.86, with 1,000 city employees eyed for raises possibly totaling 200 000, risking credit if funded by deficit finance. Officials meet with Pennsylvania League of Cities as bridge work looms. In a separate note, 12-year-old Charles Frank drowns after falling through ice on Mahoning Creek, while 8-year-old Ted Hyuk is saved with help from another boy.
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Erie
Reading
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania League of Cities
Bridget
Punxsutawney
Charles Frank
Jin Emtinkment
Mahoning Creek
Ted Hyuk
Dick Feicht
Feicht
Bilnk
Suits Filed In Court Over Fatal Accidents
Court records show multiple damage suits with claims exceeding $5,000 stemming from a July 1 1956 collision on Peach Street Erie and an October 2 1956 Route 97 crash eight miles south of Erie. Plaintiffs include Trwin P. Little Evie Baxter Roberta Dye and Ray Meyers with defendants Baxter Held and Crigler among others.
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BIC
AUC
Chineles We Baxter
Erle
Baxter
Trwin P. Little
Evie
Clark Barnett
Peach Street
Little
Roberta Dye
Erie
Robert Dye
Dye
William Hunt
Security Peoples Trust Co
Ray G. Meyers
Cleveland
John A. Held
Joseph Crigler
Charles H. Balimbach
Wolfrond
7Th
Hess
Crigler
Batimfmch
Charles Jr
Czigler
Baumbach
Flood Damage Estimated at 6.32 Million in Western PA area
The Federal State Flood Forecasting Service estimates August floods caused 6.32 million dollars in damage across Western Pennsylvania Northern West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. Hardest hit towns include Brownsville Cinjonsburg Bridgeville Heidelberg Washington McKeesport and Carnegie based on a study completed last week.
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Pittsburgh i
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Brownsville
Cin Jonsburg
Bridgeville
Heidelberg
Washington
McKeesport
Cirnegie
Boy 16 shoots mother in jealous rage in Virginia
Samuel Lavelle, 16, of Brockway High School, admitted to killing his 38-year-old mother Mrs Frank Lavella. He placed her body in a station wagon and left it on a secluded road 13 miles from home. The murder occurred after a confrontation over handling a gun. He is jailed without bond as the Jefferson County Grand Jury weighs charges. The district attorney noted the boy pleaded guilty to the murder at a justice of the peace hearing. The slaying occurred about 130 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The father reported the disappearance four hours later.
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Brookville
William McKnight
Hiis
Familly
Samuel Lavelle
Brockway High School
McKnight
Lavella
Frank Lavella
Pennsylvania
Justice of the Peace
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Pittsburgh
Two Young Men Killed in Route 18 Crash
Washington men Charles W. Sim aged 20 and Norman L. Sim aged 30 died when their car collided with a tractor trailer on Route 18. The brothers were home on weekend leave from the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. The truck driver, Charles Welmer of Oliver, was injured in the crash.
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Washington, Pi
Charles W. Sim
Norfolk, Va
Naval Base
Norman L. Sim
Washington
Charles Welmer
Oliver
Erie Child Four Won’t Live to See Santa Claus
Erie Pa. Four year old Andrea Mencel of Erie is bedfast in Hamot Hospital with an incurable bladder cancer. Doctors say time is short and she cannot eat or drink, relying on intravenous nourishment while her parents hold out for a miracle.
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Erie
Santa Claus
Andrea Metc Cl
Hamot
Andrea
George Mencel
Erle
Half Million Hunters Seek Deer Amid Snowy Outlook
Weather notes from the US Weather Bureau predict warmer temps not far off but lingering snow. Hunters are warned of slick roads while the state game commission targets about 45 000 deer kills this season. Only legal game are buck deer with antlers and one trophy bag limit per person.
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Bureau Ab
Habsburg
Latte
Mame Trite
State Game Commission
Bennett
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S&h
Briggs & Stratton
Clinton
Continental Motors Cady
Collier
E. Soutl
Cancer Society
Eneris
Uma Ruesorial
American Cancer Society
Ralph D. Bacon
Erie County
Americah” Cancer Society
Eddiei Davis
Society Orchestra
Hal Davis
New York
Eddie Davis
Columbia Records
Taylor
W.F. Rickers
America
Woltiband
S.m.leel
Dyztot
Tuffy
Washington Streets
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave Corry
Ponder
Gilson
Gilson Builders Supply
Columbus
Christ
Bank OF Corry
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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