New Year's Day Note Highlights Local News
The Journal will not publish tomorrow as customary. An Erie County marriage license filed for David A Schultz of Corry and Ruth J Jones of Erie. Traffic deaths for the year total 36 500 nationwide and 8 900 toll 1959. 240 fatalities forecast for New Year weekend unless drivers exercise care. Local case: 15 year old Sharon boy Edward De Cignie returns home after being reported missing. Rex Theatre drawing names. next week increased to 75 dollars. Real estate exchange filed in Erie County courthouse. Bonita Cady treated for a forehead laceration after icy street fall. Hamilton Arthur Weber dies at 84 in Hydetown. Theodore Dunn of Warren pleads forgery. he lost a checkbook October 23. Independent psychiatric exam planned for Ralph Hoge. outcome to guide court action. Turnpike ends year with low fatalities. 51 deaths on 360 miles, rate 4.2 per 100 million miles. Clarion County burglary confession leads to bond posting. Icy roads improve after melting. routes 6 and 8 opened. St Elizabeths Church awards names announced. Dr. R X Williams and Mrs. Stanley Zajec among winners. Car damage to Denham on Maple Avenue. Sandberg fined for running a traffic light. Class ring found and held. owner to claim. Injured police report dog hit by car. untraceable ownership.
Will Ask 90 Cent Minimum Wage
Augusta Ga President Eisenhower will ask Congress next month to raise the national minimum wage from 75 cents to 90 cents per hour under the Fair Labor Standards Act affecting about 24 million workers. White House press secretary James C Hagerty said a substantial increase will be proposed in the State of the Union January 6. Officials have indicated a raise around 15 cents an hour. labor secretary and several congressmen have pressed to offset cost of living since 1949. AFL and CIO have urged $1.25 minimum.
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Flood Threat Recedes as Ohio River Peaks Near Flood Stage
The Pittsburgh area saw the swollen Ohio River crest near flood stage then level off at 24.9 feet, with flood control dams trimming the crest by about 4.5 feet. Water flooded bayside wharves and basements while engineers warned levels would stay high until Sunday due to released impounded water and ongoing river systems. A recent heavy rain and mountain snowmelt drove the rise, checked by colder air yesterday. In a separate item, Neva Jane Tangley Miss America 1953 wed real estate man William A. Fickling Jr. of Macon, Georgia in Lakeland Florida, with plans to start a career at Wesleyan after a Jamaica honeymoon.
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Cancer Deaths in Erie County Fall Below State Average
U S Public Health Service figures show Erie County recorded 445 cancer deaths in the year, a rate of 1470 per 100000, lower than the Middle Atlantic states and Pennsylvania. The nation averages 1342 per 100000, with broader concerns about cancer mortality and future estimates of cases and deaths.
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Actress collapses calls off remarriage plans
Beverly Hills report states actress Marie McDonald and millionaire Henry Karlwert postponed New Year’s Eve remarriage after McDonald collapsed from a water-logged airway condition and received oxygen. authorities ordered bed rest. Karlwert said they would remarry when she recovers, noting they were divorced last November.
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Corryite Named In Damage Suit Filed In 1954
Involving Lavina Moore and husband Robert against Clarence Titeh at 29th Street and Washington Avenue, the damage suit filed November 20 1954 in common pleas court lists Mrs Moore and her spouse as plaintiffs. Charles H Duffy longtime Pittsburgh newspaperman dies aged 64.
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