Reduce the Traffic Toll Safe Driving Day urged by president
The Corry Evening Journal reports a national Safe Driving Day urged by President Eisenhower. It notes aims to obey traffic laws and be courteous as part of reducing accidents, yet cautions a completely accident-free day is unlikely. It cites 1949 figures of 4 907 crashes with 60 deaths and 1 807 injuries.
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Corry Evening Journal
West South Street
Corry
George R. Sample
Vance Allen Telegraph
B.G. Bennett
National Advertising
Bottinelli-Kimball, Inc
Lexington Avenue
New York
Michigan Square
Chicago
Mortgage & Bond
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
AP News
United States
Eisenhower
Illiterate Youth Placed on Five-Year Probation in Burglary
Erie reports 20-year-old Waterford area youth Jack R. Weaver of McKean Township R. D. 4 Waterford was sentenced by Judge Elmer L. Evans to five years probation for breaking into G. F. Brown's home on November 6 and stealing $187. He admitted illiteracy and lack of prior record and must repay the stolen cash plus court costs after state police apprehension.
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Erie
Waterford Area
Elmer L. Evans
Jack R. Weaver
McKean Township
R. D
Waterford
Weaver
G. F. Brown
Three-Car Crash Kills Homer Collins in Pennsylvania
A three car collision on Route W6 near New Kensington six miles south of the city killed Homer Collins age 49 of Apollo and injured three others.
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New Kensington
Haut
Here
Homer Collins
Apollo
How Smart Are You National Current Events Quiz
A scrambled quiz posing seven questions on U S history politics geography and culture. Questions touch on Senator McCarthy Lincoln the Treasury tax furs jewelry Faust and a musical instrument.
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Sen. McCarthy
Zuicker
Niles
Abraham Lincoln
Washishiin
Tevicks
Cal- Htortint
Timid
New York
Vienne
Faust
Bizet
Goethe
Gounod
Puccini
Verdi
Wagner
Enickersnes
Meat valued at 50000 dumped after tractor crash near Barcelona
A tractor trailer leaving Route 5 west of Barcelona caused a crash that dumped beef valued at 50 000 across the road. Driver Joseph Dann, 85, Cortland, was thrown from the cab and hospitalized in Westfield Memorial with possible internal injuries and a lacerated jaw. Sheriff McCloskey reported the meat scattered as the trailer separated from the tractor and overturned.
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Jamestown
Route 5
Barcelona
Charles @. McCloskey, Jr
Joseph Dann
Cortland
Westfield Memorial Hospital
Westfield ‘Pelophor Hyitehi
Villigo Patrolimalr
Rusell Leone
William Stayle Leone
Westfield Fire Department
Merchants Hope for Strong Christmas Trade
Twenty years ago report notes city merchants anticipated a strong Christmas trade. Shoppers flocking to stores promised brisk sales from the days before the holiday through the early following week as merchants expected continued demand.
Damage suits filed over Elks housing project deaths
Two federal court damage actions will allege negligence at the Del City Elks housing project. Plaintiffs seek 40 000 for the deaths of three children and 75 000 for the death of Ruth Schetter. Defendants include the Housing Authority the U S government and the Public Housing Administration. The cases claim faulty operation and maintenance of project equipment led to fatal incidents last December.
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Erie
Corry Lodge
Elks
Fred Schetter Jr
West 18Th
Avenue
Nancy
Fred
Ruth Schetter
Ufe
Housing Authority
U.S
Public Housing Administration
3Ebetter Tm
Open House Plans Mark New Year at Stanford Host Company
The annual open house at the Stanford Host Company chair James Ward will be in charge on New Year’s Day while Montgomery Ward and Co. hosts a dinner honoring newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stroup who recently married.
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McAl
Montgomery Ward and Company
Hotel Corry
Paul Stroup
James Ward
Stanford
Chiet
Fire tragedy blamed on faulty gas heater by city firemen
McNpllis charged that Mrs Schetter suffered severe burns from the fire and that the tragedy directly resulted in her taking her own life.
Hunter Freed On Deer Meat Count
Titusville report says Gusty Herman Gartepy of Centerville was found not guilty of illegal possession of deer meat after a hearing before Justice of the Peace Lee Reisinger. Seven witnesses testified for the defense including Gartepy. prosecution witnesses said deer meat was found in a deep freeze in the home.
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Titusville
Gusty Herman Gartepy
R. D
Centerville
Justice of the Peace
Lee Reisinger
Hydetown
Garlepy
Charles Blystone
Harold Nichols
Spartansburg
Donald Garlepy
Velma Stallman
Lyle Watson
John Putnam
George Kepler
Meadville
Gariepy
Sub sighting near Pearl Harbor reported radar contact
A Navy spokesman said a patrol plane sighted an object resembling a submarine about 1,000 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor near Midway Island. The nationality of the vessel was not given.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Midway Island
Mrs Anna Foster 67 dies at Clymer after illness
Mrs Anna Foster aged 67 dies at her home in Creek Township Clymer after an extended illness. Born in Czechoslovakia on November 1 1887 she married Harry Foster August 1 1904 and was a Findley Lake Methodist Church member. Survived by husband three daughters four sons four teen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m from Spitzer Funeral Home with Alvin Rhodes officiating burial in Holland Cemetery.
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Anna Foster
Creek Township
Vivian Foster
Erie
Clarence Foster
Blanchard Foster
Clymer
Spitzer Funeral Home
Reh
Alvin Rhodes
Clymer Methodist Church
Holland Cemetery
$20 000 Awarded In Crash Case
A Clarion County jury awarded Elrich R. Custer $20 000 for injuries from a June East Brady auto crash. The other car was operated by Cecil I Ralph Miller. A separate civil matter in session concerns ownership of the Five Points School property in Monroe Township. Halloween stems from ancient Druids festivals.
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Clarion
Clarion County
Elrich R. Custer
East Brady
Custer
Cecil i Ralph Miller
Monroe
Harry Everidge
Monroe Township
Five Points
RACKET UNDERCOVER MAN MAY RESIGN
Erie patrolman Russell Verga who exposed racketeers payments says he may not return to the police department in February. He plans to consider job offers from local industry while remaining with the district attorney's office until the February court term. Five other bribery cases will be heard then. Verga will not stay if the department remains the same as before. The note about the 1862 homestead law appears as contextual history.
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ERIE
Russell Verga
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