Paracra News Briefs Highlight Snow, Meetings and Crimes
Regular City Council meeting planned after weekend thaw. Gasoline prices rose in western Pennsylvania to 17 cents and 19 cents with tax. Knights of Columbus in northwestern PA held major degree ceremonies led by District Deputy H. P. Bearer. East Wayne Street work closure announced for Bear Creek Sewer project. Library counts 2,090 books found. RWD project and school programs proceeding. Radio interference complaint filed in Concord Pleasant Street area. 1985 PA County Commissioners convention set for Reading July 15 to 17. Deer reported with 18-point rack, Haz Gates noted. Erie robberies cause $3,500 loss as police pursue suspects. Chimney fire damages home of William Rieck on West Pleasant Street. Henry Fowler and son Tobias fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Mrs. George Kestler treated for fractured ankle at Jamestown hospital. 1985 Ford V 8 truck on display at Powell Motor. WLBW suspension prompts new station filing with FCC. site not disclosed. Erie to federal court shifts auto damages case involving Belville couple and Katherine Fisinger.
Corry nurses seek eight hour shift plan at hospital
Corry Hospital Alumnae Association outlines eight hour duty revisions with no extra cost to patients. Proposed schedule splits shifts 7 am to 3 pm, 3 pm to 11 pm, and 11 pm to 7 am. Rationale cites uninterrupted quality care, broader staffing, and better nurse well being for improved patient recovery.
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Corry Hospital
Oddest Burial Ever Upside Down on Horseback
Collier's Weekly recounts a 1774 Leith England death where a man was buried upside down atop a horse per his request. He hoped this arrangement would prepare him for Judgment Day as the world supposedly reversed.
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Leith HN
England
Collier's Weekly
Mother and daughter die in Erie death pact tragedy
A 14 year old girl Imogene Schultz lies near death after a suspected death pact with her mother Ruth Schultz. Coroner says the mother urged self harm and Imogene to die together. Neighbors heard groans and notes naming a brother and undertaker. Insurance and cash left. grandfather notified in Ambridge.
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Erie
Imogene Schultz
Ruth Mitchell Schultz
W. G. Stroble
John R. Mitchell
Ambridge
Delay in State Old Age Pension Checks At Christmas
Rand December reports slow pension notifications due to heavy mail and strict rules. Welfare board cites 400 McKean County applications, requiring age seventy, long Pennsylvania residency, US citizenship, no other support, and no close relatives with any means. Difficulties include uncertain ages from seven decades ago and income verifications.
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Pennsylvania
United States
Indigent Support Rules Outline Monthly Pension Cap
The explanation states that if an applicant receives a monthly rental fee of 15 dollars the pension would cap at 15 dollars per month, with a general maximum of 40 dollars. If relatives could contribute 10 dollars monthly the indigent could receive 20 dollars per month in support.
Napoleon of the stump in Harrison campaign histories
The title Napoleon of the stump was often given to William Mc Eisley noted for resembling Napoleon and during the Harrison campaign he traveled over 16 000 miles delivering more than 300 speeches in his first campaign.
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Napoleon of
Napoleon of the
William Mc Eisley
Napoleon
Plan Six Weeks Training Period For Guardsmen
Pennsylvania National Guard units will train in camp at separate times next summer reducing in camp time to six weeks, with two-week cycles for units. Conference in Harrisburg with Maj Gen Edward Shannon outlined tentatively similar training to last year but with more concentrated officer work. Col Fred B Kerr, future adjutant general, attended, and talks covered plans for 1935 legislation to aid the Guard.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Harrisburg
Edward Shannon
Pennsylvania
Mt. Gretna
Inpea Gap
Middletown
Fred B. Kerr
Clearfield
David J. Davis
George H.farle
Pennsylvania National Guards Association
Stiffer sentences deter crime says city alderman
Alderman G. H. Gordon told a journal reporter that police activity is unusually quiet for twenty years as no major hearings occur. He credits November sentences as warnings to wrongdoers, noting the usual busy period for petty thefts is behind this year.
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G. H. Gordon
Journal
Gordon
Kiwanis Club To Feed Tofetekiddies Christmas Dinner
Kiwanis Club to serve forty needy children a Christmas supper Wednesday evening at 6:30 in the Hotel County lobby with wives, while the Edinboro Teachers College Glee Club of 35 vocalists performs from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Manager Lee Shoemaker invites public attendance. A separate note reports Paul Bime, a Boston chain store clerk, forced into back room by two thieves who bound his hands and piled sacks of potatoes on them.
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Kiwanis Club
Glee Club
Edinboro Teachers College
Lee Shoemaker
Coney
Boston
Paul Bime
Council to adopt 1985 tax levy and budget
City Council plans final adoption of a 14.5 mill tax rate for 1985 with a one mill increase over this year’s levy. The tax and appropriation ordinances passed first and second readings, amid opposition from Streets Director Stanley H Nichols over relief work funding. Tonight’s meeting may approve final readings and address hangover business before year end as a special session is likely later in the month. Board of Education members meet in the Library building tonight with Solicitor Kin aid to report on a depository bond and other unsettled items from last week. James Burnison of Meadville, formerly Corry, visited city friends Saturday night and Sunday.
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Stanley H. Nichols
Board of Education
Kinaid
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Warren
Ed Harringon
Wayne Street
Raymond Avenue
Schiot
RWD
Concord Pleasant Street
John N. Mark
Oil City
Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners
Reading
Carl Gates
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Haz Gates
Willam Rieck
West Pleasant Street
Third Avenue
Henry Fowler
Tobias
Brook Street
McAvoy
Miller
George Kestler
West Smith Street
Corry
Jamestown General Hospital
North Main Street
City
Jamestown Post
Powell Motor Company
North Center Street
WLBW
Tiie
Federal Communications Commission
Belleville
N. J
Lavery
Erie County Court
Federal District Court
George A. ‘Yrelsall
Hannah
Katherine Fisinger
Bellevue
Pittsburgh
Paidefendantis Autorabile
Eriestown
PENN
McKean County
FUR Coat Sale
New York City
Montreal
Penn's
Lux
Sunnyfield
Cat Atlantic & Pacific Ae
Paris
Coty
Duska
Condra Pharmacy
Tofetekiddies
Edinboro Glee Club
Council
James Burnison
Meadville
Lotto
Seano
Buck Rogers
Rca CO
Cory
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