Jamestown, Westfield Line Abandonment Planned
Lee H Pickard official says no date set yet for ceasing freight operations on 31 mile Jamestown to Westfield line granted abandonment by the Interstate Commerce Commission last week in Washington. Freight line only. bus operations unaffected as PSC decision on bus services not expected for months. Also: Pittsburgh coroner orders John Valensi held for grand jury on manslaughter in Sept beating death of Samuel Dickson. Totem pole carving course offered at Squamish Life College in North Vancouver.
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Jamestown, Westfield
Northwestern Railroad Company
Westfield
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
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N. W
Public Service Commission
Pittsburgh
John A. Valenai, Jr
Sewickley
Samuel Dickson
Dickson
Valensi
Squamish Life College
British Columbia
North Vancouver
Mayville Board opposes lowering Chauutauqua Lake level
The Mayville Village Board unanimously resolves against lowering Chauutauqua Lake or diverting its flow. The board also seeks a fire protection district with an assessed valuation of 856,503 including Hartfield west of Big Inlet and three eastern properties. The action follows a nearby lake residents committee resolution.
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May Ville
Chautauqua
Hartfield
Big Inlet
Leslie G. Mills
Horace McIntyre
Ray T. Caswell
Willard Morton
Chauitauqua Lake
Fire on Houseboat Kills Two In Ohio River Near Newell
A houseboat fire on the Ohio River near the Newell West Virginia bridge killed John Bayliss aged 69 and his cousin Eva Myrtle Bailey aged 65. Firemen said the victims were asleep when an overheated coal stave allegedly started the blaze.
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John Bayliss
Eva Myrtle Bailey
Ohio River
Newell, W. Va
Woman Receives One Year Probation After Guilty Plea
Mrs. Treta Daley Casler, 19, of Jamestown, pleaded guilty to burglary third degree and grand larceny second degree and was placed on one year probation with sentence suspended. Seven youths were ordered investigated for youthful offender treatment after consent. Judge Hugh V. N. Bodine presided in Mayville County Court.
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Hugh V. N. Bodine
Treta Daley Casler
Jamestown
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Bodine
Pope to Broadcast Christmas Message from Vatican City
The pope will deliver his Christmas message in response to greetings from the College of Cardinals. Vatican radio will air the address at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. EST) with translations in 16 languages.
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Vatican City
College of Cardinals
Vatican Radio
Observatore Romano
Christmas drama to be presented at Nazarene Church
The Christmas drama To Them That Sit In Darkness will be performed at the Church of The Nazarene on Sunday evening December 25. Mrs. Allen Foote will read The Christmas Story before the program with prayer by Mrs. P. M. Anderson. Miss Jean Merriman and Miss Joan Lamb will sing Holy Night and Joy to the World. Actors include Phebe Mrs Louis Hebers Blind Timothy Ray Merriman Agron Louis Hebers Sharon Phyllis Smith and Woman Mrs Franke Smith. Reverend R R Merriman will give benediction. Proceeds go to ministerial relief.
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Church of the Naza Arena
Allen Foote
P. M. Anderson
Bethlehem
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Joan’ Lamb
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Louis Hebers
Timothy
Ray Merriman
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Sharon
Phyllis Smith
Franke Smith
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Clark Gable Weds Lady Sylvia Stanley In Secret California Ceremony
Hollywood reported Clark Gable married Lady Sylvia Stanley widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr in a surprise ranch ceremony 40 miles north of Santa Barbara. The couple planned a Hollywood return and a two to four week Honolulu trip aboard a liner.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Sylvia Stanley
Douglas Fairbanks
Santa Barbara
Calif
Honolulu
Cady Sylvia Jong
Gable
Lord Stanley of
Alderley
Five Year Old Held In Slaying Of Mother
Five year old Joe Langston is held at a juvenile court as authorities probe whether he shot and killed his mother Helen Langston in their Robinson township home. Detectives say gunpowder traces on Joe’s right hand suggest he pulled the trigger while his brothers William and John recount a dispute over John’s teasing.
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Pittsburgh
Tec
Joe Langston
Helen Langston
Robinson Township
Allegheny County
Steve
Pucker
Joe
Lord Ashley names Fairbanks co respondent in suit
The passage notes Lord Ashley naming Fairbanks as co respondent. It recalls Gable's marriages starting with his first wife Josephine Dillon, a divorce six years later, a 1931 marriage to Ria Langham and a 1939 divorce. It adds his third wife was actress Carol Lombard who died in an airplane crash.
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Lord Ashley
Fairbanks
Gable
Josephine Dillon
Ria Langham
Garol Lombard
Tests on two older boys yield no powder traces
Detective said tests on the two older boys found no traces of powder. Authorities note such tests are usually considered conclusive. The boys' father William, 42, a railroad trackman for the Pennsylvania Railroad, was at work at the time of the tragedy.
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William
Pennsylvani Railroad
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