Wayne property owners boresee victory in tax valuation fight
Planning Big Christmas By United Press Atlanta December 18 Eugene R Black liaison man between the Roosevelt administration and the nations bankers and former governor of the federal reserve bank died of a heart attack at his home He was 61 He had been indisposed for about five days but his family did not think the illness serious A physician was called about 430 am today and he suffered a heart attack Continued on page two
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United Press
Atlanta
Eugene R. Black
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve
Black
Elks and Junior Welfare League plan Christmas party for needy children
One hundred Cory's most needy children will attend a Christmas party next Sunday at the Elks home on North Center Street. The Elks and Junior Welfare League consolidated efforts to host the event, with Santa Claus, toys, underwear, stockings, and other gifts arranged for the under eight crowd. Vehicles will transport the children to the Elks club in time for a 1 PM auditorium program.
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Cory
Corry Lodge
B. P.O. Elks
Junior Welfare League
Wie Elks
North Center Street
Hiks and
Elks’ Home
The
Elks
Club
Fexuylties
Santa Claus
Rescue at Sea Saves Sisto Crew in Gale
A lifeboat crew from the Hamburg-American liner S.S. Sisto rescued 16 sailors from the sinking freighter in a four hour, perilous voyage amid gale, snow, and high seas. All were saved. none injured.
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United Press
S.5
New York
Wayne Township Seeks Lower County Assessments After Court Ruling
Wayne Township property owners expect victory in a fight to reduce county valuations after Judge Charles Copeland of Westmoreland County sharply cut Erie city assessments. The blanket suit by Wayne school directors and road supervisors seeks to lower township valuations from 145,250 to 278,000, with potential shifts in state aid and a boost to township tax relief. Lawyers for the township and county filed briefs by 4 pm, with no decision likely before next week as hearings continue. Residents across eastern Erie County watch closely for broader effects on local valuations.
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Charles Copeland
Westmoreland County
Erie
Wayne Township
Wayne
Eile
Harry Burrows
Asei
Heliet
Copeland
S. A. Sisson
Counse
Herold Mook
Bria
Board of Carminissioners
Essterm
Ene County
Panhandler Kennedy Held After Train Arrest
Joseph Kennedy, 23, arrested by Captain Barclay of the Pennsylvania Railroad for panhandling on trains. He bought a ticket to Youngsville and claimed to be stranded there. Kennedy is held in Erie county jail for questioning and medical checkup. police deem him an habitual beggar and consider possible links to petty crimes.
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Joseph Kennedy
New York City
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Loris
P. L. Barclay
Kennety
Iane
Youngsville
Barclay
Tie
Kennedy
Schools Close for Two Weeks Holiday Recess
Over fourteen hundred Public Schools pupils begin a fourteen day Christmas recess this afternoon with 200 more from St Edward's joining Friday. Public schools stay closed until January 3 and parochial schools until the 7th. Police plan rope offs for hills and skating if weather allows. Teachers listed include Mary McGrath Paul Hatch Arlene Hoover Donald Watson Elizabeth Smith and others from Oswego Syracuse Indiana Athens Falls Creek and Meadville.
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St. Edward's
Mary McGrath
Oswego
Paul Hatch
Syracuse
N. Y
Arlene Hoover
Indians
Donald Watson
Athens
Elizabeth Smith
Falls Creek
W. C. Pomeroy
Roulette
Frances Rowland
Ruseen
Cora G. Smith
Williamsport
Helen Fordyce
Meadylle
Mary Anderson
Parkers Landing
Stanley Anderson
Meadville
Gilbert
Pitskam
Smethport
Nellie Titus
Barnes
Beattice Shatter
Windber
Two Escape As Car Overturns Near Cambridge Springs
Edward Peldt and J E Mount employees of Raymond Manufacturing escaped serious injury after their Plymouth motor collided with ice on the highway near Cambridge Springs and overturned. Both men suffered minor bruises. They were en route to Pittsburgh on company business. In Clearfield a man was electrocuted when his car struck a utility pole and a high voltage line was displaced. Grover Dewitt of Ansonville, 50, died. another passenger had minor injuries.
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Raymond Manufacturing Company
Cambridge Springs
Edward Peldt
J.E. Mount
Pittsburgh
Mr. Feldt
Mr. Mount
Clearfield
Dee
Grover Dewitt
Ansonville
Sportsmen of District Seek Sunday Fishing
More than 100 northwestern Pennsylvania sportsmen from 14 counties met at Brockville to back a legislative program granting independent regulatory power to game and fish commissions. The plan includes Sunday fishing, separate commissions, and discretion to purchase hunting lands, with counties such as Clarion Jefferson Clearfield Venango Mercer and Warren represented.
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United Press
Brockville
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Game Commission
Clatton
Tefferson
Cleamfield
Muscan
Warren
Erie
Cameron
Centre
Butsier
Beaver
Crawford
Mercer
Lawrence
New York City Seeks Funds for a Power Plant
Washington dispatch reports Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at the White House saying New York City will seek a federal loan for a municipally owned power plant. He noted plans to discuss borrowing with the Public Works Administration and Federal Power Commission officials to obtain lowest possible pricing and to serve public needs as part of a broader state power distributing system.
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United Press
Washington
New York City
Fiorello la Guardia
Roosevelt
la Guardia
Tekes
White House
la Suardia
New York
Basil Manly
Federal Power Commission
Maurice Davidson
R. EB
Bakenhus
Ickes
Eight Slayers Seek Pardons
Harrisburg reports list eighty six clemency applicants before the state board of pardons includes eight murderers two former city officials and a former state employee Bertram Succoup director of supplies in Pittsburgh William T Ramsey ex mayor of Chester and Gig M Thomas former state employee seek board consideration Ramsey convicted of embezzlement and sentenced in September 1982 to five to ten years asks for parole Samuel B Crane a former major league baseball player also among those with approved applications for clemency.
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Harrisburg
State Board of Pardons
Bertram L. Succoup
Pittsburgh
Wiliam T. Ramsey
Chester
Gig M. Thomas
Frank Bruno
Lackawanna County
Samuel B
Red) Crane
Ramsey
Rumor About Suspects In Centre County Probed
BELLEFONTE Pa Dec 19 The Pennsylvania Highway patrol announced a thorough investigation proved false reports that Robert Mais and Walter Lagenza were seen in Centre county Mais escaped Richmond Va jail months ago and was linked to the kidnapping of William Weiss a racketeer Lagenza had been convicted on murder charges.
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United Bves Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Robert Mais
Walter Lagenza
Centre County
Mais
Richmond
Philadelphia
William Weiss
Lagenta
Probe After Crash Near City Results in Arrest
Elmer J. Flesher of Erie, 45, owner of a car involved in a crash east of Corry that killed two women, was arrested on embezzlement charges. The Scott Transportation Company investigation alleged $5,000 to $6,000 misused, with fraudulent accounts and conversion. A $800 rent payment to an Erie office is cited as part of the alleged scheme.
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Elmer J. Flesher
Erie
Scott Transportation Company
Eile
Corry
Scott ‘Transportation Company
Flesher
Alfred H. Sacks
Consel
Scott Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Ford Hotel
Storie
West Lake Road
Plane Burns Landing. Passengers Escape in Buffalo
An American Airways passenger plane burst into flames after landing at Buffalo airport. Five occupants escaped injury as the craft and its mail cargo were destroyed. Named travelers Alfred Reilly and sister Grace of New York were aboard en route to Chicago to visit relatives. The pilot was John Baeter of Newark N J, with co-pilot and stewardess unnamed.
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Unreu
Buffalo
American Armways
Alfred Reilly
Grace
New York
Chicago
Arther Plate
John Baeter
Newark
M. J
Thieves Trapped In Mine Believed Dead or Dying
Two wire thieves trapped in the Piney Fork mine near Library Pennsylvania since Friday night were thought to be dying from starvation and thirst as 75 miners and Washington county detectives searched the labyrinthine passages yesterday but found no trace of the men who had stolen mine voltage wire for its copper content for six months.
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Unter Press Library
Piney Fork
Washington County
Armory in Indiana Pa. Reports Ammunition Theft
Fifteen hundred rounds of rifle ammunition were stolen last night from the Armory of Company F, 110th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard, in Indiana Pennsylvania on December 19.
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Indiana
110Th Infantry Regiment
Pennsylvania Naional Guard
State liquor board seeks expanded powers for enforcement
The Pennsylvania state liquor control board urged broader powers for its agents and supervision of alcohol as it prepared recommendations for the 1989 legislature. It seeks authority to license manufacturers, arrest, issue search warrants beyond common law, and confiscate equipment used in illegal liquor production and distribution.
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State Liquor Board
Morey J. Potter
United Press
Harrisburg
Dee
State Liquor Control Board
Uater
Clyde E. Smith
Bureau of Enforcement
Pennsylvania
Irink
British Woman Hanged Amid Prayers Outside Hull Prison
Hull England December 1 Mrs Ethel Lillie Major a slight spectacled dark haired woman of 2 was hanged today for poisoning her husband while crowds knelt outside Hull prison praying for royal intervention The first English woman executed in eight years the sentence came despite a mercy appeal and a lord mayor telegraph to the king and queen The case centered on the death of Arthur Major a truck driver as a police inquiry noted conflicting statements by the prisoner about the cause of death
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United Press
Hull
England
Ethel Lillie Majon
Hull Prison
George
Major
Arthur
Japan Denounces Naval Pact. Calls for Equality
Tokyo moves to end the Washington naval limitation treaty after the privy council approved abrogation, signaling a shift toward a new global arms race. London delegates adjourned after Japan's denunciation, with discussions on resumption deferred to Western powers.
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London
Washington
Japan
Frederick Kuh
United Press
Tsuneo Mailensatra
Tokyo
Privy Council
Nippon Empire
United States
Great Britain
Denies tips by Senator Davis in stock case
Charles J. Margiotti the Pennsylvania attorney general designate testified before a grand jury denying that he ever received inside market tips from Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania. He said no other Washington official gave him market tips as Goodbody & Son sue for 32,600 in alleged stock losses. The company's agent Arthur D. Condon testified Margiotti traded through the firm in 1951 and Margiotti planned to claim he ordered sales that the firm allegedly ignored.
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United Press
Bittsburgh
Charles J. Margiotti
Allomey General Designate
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
Margiotti
Goodbody & Son
New York
Washington
Arthur D. Condon
Washington Attornes
Oe Company
Gagilody & Co
Permanent Voters' Registration Question on Ballot
Erie County Democratic Committee decides to seek support for a permanent voters registration bill. At a county meeting in Erie yesterday, Chairman Arthur Cole announced appointments to all three vacancies, including Mrs Motel Douse, First Ward, in his city.
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Pennsylvania
Erie
Erie County Democratic Committee
Arthur Coleerave
Motel Douse
First Ward
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Eefor
Elks and Junior Welfare League
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Tife
Twaves
Rei
Panhandler
St. Edward’s School
Edward Feldt
J. E. Mount
Cambridger Sprites
Brookville
Brand
United Area
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