Local News From Town Stretches From TV to Traffic
A burst of items from a Titusville area newspaper notes a Navy and Peace Corps profile feature on George A. Johnson in NBC Now program with Ray Scherer, a Meadvill e Erie-Lackawanna layoff affecting 148 workers, a funeral for Edward F. Nelson II, and a car collision causing $110 damage in Spartansburg. The page also lists deer season notes and local oblique references to community figures.
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Titusville
Servirug
Peace Corps
Tanganyika
East Africa
NBC
George A. Johnson
the Peace Corp
Ray Scherer
Johnson
TV Guide
Scherer
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Meadville
Man From Homestead Sentenced Over Worthless Checks
A 1 year old Homestead man received nine months to two years in prison after admitting cashing more than 41 worthless checks totaling about $1,150 across Allegheny Washington and West Shoreland Counties. He previously served at Camp Hill Reformatory and was ordered to repay $50 monthly after release.
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Law Pittsburgh
Charles F. Dorwart
Allegheny
Washington
West Shoreland
Dorwart
Camp Hill Reformatory
Brothers Both All Run Wicking Brothers Run
Two young newspaper runners in Wisconsin were knocked from bikes in separate collisions at 5 30 pm yesterday and 3 minutes earlier The drivers did not stop Both boys 14 and 13 escaped injury and their borrowed bikes remained undamaged
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Hoke Buku
Kan
Apy
Steve Sumner
Wis
Steve
Scott
Simlar
Yosh
Hero in the Family at Christmas Shopping Spree
Kevin Cacia, age 4, tried on a big boy's foothill helmet in a downtown store drawing admiration from his sister Jami, age 3. The helmet is large but will fit someday as the family shops with mother Mrs. James Calafla of 139 Senera Street hoping Santa notices.
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Kevin Cacia
Jami
James Calalfa
Senera Street
Hope Santa
Mother Jumps From Burning Home As Children Die
In South Philadelphia a mother Marian 41 leaps from a bedroom window as a fire traps her children Edward 9 and Karen 3. The siblings were found dead in a front bedroom likely from suffocation, neighbors report seeing the mother with the youngest child in her arms moments before she disappeared in smoke.
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Philadelphia
Phremen
Edward Segal
Karen
Marian
Woman admits embezzling $185000 from Hillside loan firm
Theresa Barrasso of Belleville, a 29 year old Hillside loan company cashier, told police she stole about $185000 over five years. She said she spent the money foolishly on gifts for herself her boyfriend and relatives and has no money left.
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Aulside
Theresa Barrasso
Belleville
Hillside Loan Co
Plane Skids Into Mud At Jackson Airport
A Southern Airways DC3 nearly crashed while landing at Jackson Airport yesterday. The aircraft overshot the runway and plowed into thick mud. no injuries were reported. The pilot cited no braking action on the rain swept runway and tailwind preventing a safe descent.
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Jackson
Miss
Southern Airways
Bing Cro by Television Review Shifts to TV Style
A TV reviewer notes Bing Crosby’s London strolls influence his ABC specials while praising the tone and humor. The piece describes a tea shop scene with Dave King and Mary Ryan, Terry-Thomas as a civil servant, a courtroom sketch, a pub finale with Bob Hope, and questions about network censorship in news. It also lists tonight’s recommended shows Dick Powell and Ernie Kovacs specials.
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New York
Bing Croby
England
London
Bing
ABC
Dave King
Perry Como
Girsiner
Manan Ryan
Terry-Thomas
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Nevis
Frittnay
Pice
Bracken Funeral Home
Edward F. Nelson
John Kunselman
Blue Eye Wesleyan
Sparta
Rouseville
West Pleasant Street
First Avenue
Willis Minich
Spartansburg
William J. Lamey
Lamey
West Pleasant
Minich
Hopiap
Sb Sud
Pete
Stene Wake
Hugh Aueet
Mavrlont
George Kuzms
Raymond Vvende Kuz Bargedt
Baker Hill
Washington St
Corry, PA
Jane Parker
California
N.S.I.D
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Chevrolet
FORD
Clarence Wallace
First Ave
Corry
Citizens National Bank of Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance
Television Review
Cynthia Lowry
Bob Hope
David Brinkley
U.S
Dick Powell
Powell
Hazel Court
Ernie Kovacs
Evans
Bank Sawin
Mchire
Mer
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