Four More Escape From East Germany
Four youths escaped to West Berlin during Christmas holidays adding to the holiday total. A 26 year old man crossed the border unseen near Neukölln. Three men aged 19 to 22 breached barbed wire at the British sector, one border guard fired a flare but the group reached safety. The largest group, four adults and four children, in a bus rammed barriers at Babelsberg checkpoint. Bus owner Hans Weidner, 40, a cripple on crutches, planned the escape for six months. The group rests in the West Berlin refugee center. Another escapee was a border guard in uniform with a tommy gun on Christmas afternoon.
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Bhelin
East Germany
West Berlin
Neukoelin
Babelsberg
Hans Weidner
Costly Youth Center Planned in Lawrence County
A 0 acre Shenango Township site near New Castle was donated to the state to host a youth rehabilitation center. The project, valued at about 5.5 million dollars, aims to serve 250 delinquent youths, employ up to 200 people, and run a roughly 1.5 million dollar annual budget. Public Welfare Secretary Ruth Grigg Horting and Property fund official Andrew Brantiey attended a luncheon noting community support and economic uplift from New Castle interests.
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Nor Risbuhu AP
Lawrence County
Shenango
New Castle
Greater New
Ruth Grigg Horting
Andrew M. Brantiey
Property Fund Supplies
Pte
Dad Dies Without Ever Learning Of Girls Deaths
Clarence E. Shaver of Harveys Lake died at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital after a stroke. He never learned of the November 28 fire that killed his three daughters Mildred Virginia 15 Cynthia 5 and Susan 2 whose bodies were found in the ruins of the Shaver home at Trump Corners. The blaze was believed caused by an overheated kitchen stove.
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Wilkes Bakke
Clarence E. Shaver
Harveys Lake
Nesbitt Me Moris Hospital
Shaver
Mildred Virginia
Cynthia
Susan
Trump Comers
Cold Weather Crash Near Spartansburg Trails Cars
Police reported a two-vehicle accident on a rural road west of Spartansburg involving a farm tractor and wagon and a car driven by Elizabeth Miller. Weingard, 33, of Spar tansburg, skidded on a hill. Miller avoided a collision but both vehicles sustained minor damage. No injuries were listed.
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Yume Shu
Ena Wiley
Spring Street
Spartansburg
Corry
Kenneth Weingard
Weingard
Elizabeth Miller
R. D.1
Rmopers
Oncay
Teachers urged to endorse school reorganization plan
Harrisburg Pennsylvanias school teachers were urged to back compulsory school restructuring at the PSEA annual convention. About 1 000 delegates will vote on the resolutions including exemptions to the 4000 pupil minimum, topography, transportation and building use. The group also pressed more state funding for schools and higher salaries. Retiring executive secretary Dr Harvey Gayman was feted. Dr Ralph Swan will succeed him.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania State School Directors Association
Psea Resolutions Committee
State Council of Education
Harvey
Gayman
Bucks County
Ralph Swan
State Department of Public Instruction
Release Man After 281 Days In Jail
A man released from Erie County Prison after 281 days. Authorities held him awaiting extradition to Alabama for escaping from a gang while serving auto theft time. The release order came from Judge Burton R. Laub as Hatcher sought aid and a job, with the American Civil Liberties Union involved in the extradition fight. The man claimed innocence for the escape crime, noting he was jailed when it occurred. Efforts to secure employment and support continued.
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Eek
Tibenep
Erie County
Alabama
David J. Lawrence
Hateher
American Civil Liberties Union
Hatcher
Burton R. Laub
Salvation Army
P&LE Wins Approval to Dropp Two Passenger Trains
Harrisburg AP: The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad received official permission from the Public Utility Commission to drop two Pittsburgh to New Castle passenger trains on 10 days’ notice. The move could save up to 66000 dollars yearly as patronage declined. One daily train runs Pittsburgh to Youngstown serving several Erie area communities. the other runs New Castle to Pittsburgh on Saturdays.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Youngstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Coraopolis
Aliquippa
Beaver Falls
New Brighton
Wampum
Unthankful Pup Bites Rescuer In Potomac Rescue
Barbara Foster, a University of Illinois junior, swam 50 yards in near freezing Potomac water by the Jefferson Memorial to save a German shepherd stranded on an ice floe. The dog bit her four times before a Fire Department boat retrieved them, as traffic slowed on the shore.
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Washington
Potomac River
Barbara Foster
Jefferson Memorial
Miss Foster
University of
Ilinois
Corry Journal Subscription Gift Idea
A suggestion to give a Corry Journal subscription as a thoughtful gift for someone who is ill or lonely, offering steady reading material and a connection to the community. The note promotes the subscription as a comforting, practical present, suitable for friends and relatives in challenging times.
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Corry Journal
Dock Strikers Won't Budge Continues Dispute
No bargaining today as railroads embargo export shipments to struck ports to avert waterfront congestion. New York Shipping Association backed management negotiators while longshoremen oppose reducing gangs from 20 to 17. A four day strike paused last October by Taft Hartley cooling off, resumed when period expired.
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New York Shipping Association
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