Water restrictions eased as Knox residents urged to use care
Officials announced water has been removed from the scarce items list in Knox. Residents were told to use water sparingly after a drought prompted several weeks ago to curb supply. A Franklin budget of 154 mills includes a three mill tax increase, with discussions of possible reductions later. Local church observances marked the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the Marian Year. The state highway bulletin reports detour removals on routes 253 and 265, with a single remaining bridge project on Sugar Grove-Lander road. Local groups invited to join the Corry Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at 7:30 pm. Mayor Kinley appeared on WICU Erie in a Firch Baking Co campaign event. Nine Penn State colleges were renamed as colleges under the university. The Child Health Center will meet at the Municipal Building. A $25 door prize was won at Raymond Jewelry. Ivan Me Keever named state conservationist for Pennsylvania. A Spartanburg girl treated for a knee laceration at Corry Memorial Hospital. About 25 Raymond Manufacturing workers laid off due to declining business. Weather forecast predicts normal to colder temperatures with rain midweek. Columbus firefighters quickly extinguished an oil-fire hot water heater blaze at the McConnell Restaurant.
Polio cases surge in western Pennsylvania report
The Pittsburgh Health Department announced 424 polio cases this year with four new cases in western Pennsylvania last week. Pittsburgh had no new cases for a second week. Albert Sandburg was elected president and Warlo Morris vice president at the Columbus school board meeting. Cecil Miler and Jobi Zarborik named to the Joint Committee representing six area boards.
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Cecil Miler
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Corry Area
Missing Waynesburg man found dead in abandoned car
Card B. Wood, 45, missing from Waynesburg residence for two weeks, was found dead yesterday in an abandoned auto at the city dump. Two boys hunting for spare auto parts discovered the body on the front seat. The coroner stated Wood died of a heart attack and had been dead for several days.
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Corry Ministers Set Week of Prayer Dates
Corry Ministerial Association set Week of Prayer services for January with theme The Christ of the Gospel of John. They reported $140 at Thanksgiving union service and voted to donate $180 for Meals for Milans camp. Leadership Education School to run January 18 to February 22 at First Methodist Church. Arthur Burgess announced Find Yourself Campaign on January 28 during Youth Week in Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Rev Merriman gave book review Keeper of the Flock and Rev Paul Bauer conducted the session.
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Corry
Presbyterian Church
Milans Campalim
First Methodist Church
Arthur Burgess
R. BR. Merriman
Paul Bauer
Court Rejects Slots Seizure Ruling
A 5-4 Supreme Court decision yesterday held that the 1951 federal act banning interstate shipment of gambling machines cannot be applied to purely intrastate offenses. The ruling dismissed charges against two Georgia dealers and blocked seizure of five slot machines at a Tennessee country club. Justice Jackson said there was no interstate commerce connection and warned against enlarging federal power.
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Georgia
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Social Security display at local library opens help desk
The Social Security Administration district office placed an informative display at the public library. A representative from the Bel e office will assist residents December 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the post office. The library also received a gift subscription to the Wall Street Journal for patron use alongside new biographies and histories on display.
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Bele
Tocal
National Banteeve
Wall Street Journal
St. Louis
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Andre Maurois
George Sands
Theodore H. White
Stewart Holbrook
Ambridge Man Dies In Burning Car Near New Bethlehem
State Police probe death of Stanley Matusiak 39 whose charred body was found in a burning auto along Route 66 south of New Bethlehem. He had been missing from his Ambridge home since Friday night. Coroner G M Woodward said vehicle set ablaze by another motorist discovered the scene. Police reported gasoline cans and a rifle found in the car.
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Tittanning
New Bethlehem
Stanley Matusiak
Armstrong County
G. M. Woodward
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