Mass Walkout Triggers Titusville Health Board Review
Titusville council urged the Board of Health to reconsider its mass resignation that took effect yesterday. Councilman Kriner opposed the move and objected to a $3 fee for humane disposal of unwanted dogs and cats by a veterinarian, proposed to replace the poundmaster’s duties with Dr. William C. G. Savage handling euthanasia. Milliken defended the plan while noting possible overstatement of dogs at large, and council agreed to test the new system pending further discussion.
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Board of Health
William D. Kriner
Council
Eriner
Health Board
William J. Milliken
Kriner
Milliken
William C. G. Savage
Titusville
Seek Two Thieves After Wild Chase
AP reports Pittsburgh police hunted two youths who exchanged gunfire with West View officers in a high speed pursuit. After their car crashed into concrete blocks, the pair fled on foot into woods near McCandless Township. Officers McGuire and Kirschner chased at speeds up to 90 mph. shots were fired at the pursuing cruiser and from the stolen car. The patrol car was struck three times and the stolen vehicle once. The car had been stolen from Joh Zelonka.
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Pittsburgh
McCandless Township
West View
West View Pitrol
Route
James McGuire
Laird Kirschner
McGuire
Joh Zelonka
1901
Ayalon
Milk truck crashes into Queens home in early hours
A runaway milk truck plowed into a Queens house early today causing heavy damage. The wreck struck the residence of Michael Kowalewski, a professional house wrecker, and left debris scattered across the property. Police reported no serious injuries.
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OWN Medicine
New York
Queens
Michael Kowalewski
Corry Plots Two Centennials In Civil War Era City
Corry marks its birth centennial alongside the Civil War centennial in 1961, with 1960 set for planning. The town, born from oil and railroads, grew via the Atlantic and Great Western and Sunbury and Erie lines, earning the nickname The City of Stumps as clearing continues.
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Corry
Lickel
Atlantic and Gee Western Railroad
Sunbury and Erie
Atlantic and Great Western
Hiram Corry
City of
Faoland
Great Western
Drilinz Wel
Treas
Corey
Tania
Chamber of Commerce
Warren and Kane Eye Route 6 Bypass Shifts
Statewide 1 year program from Highway Secretary Park H. Marti includes an $86 million Warren by pass to route around the borough. Warren leaders push to relocate Route 6 west of Warren to boost traffic relief. Kane faces limited hopes with a Buffalo Pittsburgh route unlikely, while existing plans focus on Route 219 bypass efforts and a Route 6 by pass east and west of the region.
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Park H. Marti
Warren
J. Clifford Johnson
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Warren County
Kane
State
Buffalo
Keystone
Rule High School Purchase Legal
The city reads a contract with Elwood H. Heaster of Conneautville for demolition of the old high school. Heaster must carry liability insurance, provide workmen and workers’ compensation, and begins demolition by July 1. Kinley objects to spending $15,000 on land, citing centennial planning for 1961.
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Rage Uues
Elwood H. Heaster
Conneautville
Brown
Heaster
Kinley
Journal
Five men cited for bravery in Barcelona harbor rescue attempt
Col Earle B Butler, Buffalo district engineer, awarded citations to John Beltrofi 29 Leslie Lassila 24 Frances Scholton and Andrew Beadle for risking lives in a failed effort to save Jack Edward Coe Jr 41 of Westfield during harbor reclamation work in Chautauqua County. Waves and 50 to 60 mph winds blocked the Hooded Pumphouse escape as the men acted to aid the trapped worker.
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Lake Erie
Army Corps of Engineers
Earle B. Butler
Buffalo
Chautauqua County
Jack Edward Coe Jr
Westfield
Cal. Buller
John Beltrofi
Leslie Lassila
Frances Scholton
John &. Monroe
Andrew Beadle
Col. Butler
Chessman bids for court appeal in San Francisco
Caryl Chessman's attorney A L Wirth plans to file for a certificate of probable cause in the U S Court of Appeals in San Francisco this week. If denied, he will seek the same from the U S Supreme Court. Chessman is scheduled for execution February 19. Car kills woman near Greensburg. Mrs Rowena S Andrews, 69, was struck by a car on Route 319 near the New Stanton Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The driver was Edward A Taylor of Connellsville.
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Chessman
Los Angeles
Caryl Chessman
San Francisco
A. L. Wirth
U. S. Court of Appeals
Wirin
U.S. Supreme Court
Greensburg
Rowena S. Andrews
New Stanton
Edward A. Taylor
Connellsville
Area School Merger Sees Tax Problem
Titusville area leaders debated merging five districts into the Titusville Area Joint School District at a public meeting in the high school cafeteria. The largely favorable turnout pressed about tax implications as Cherry Tree Township, in Venango County, uses an 80 percent base assessment while Crawford County uses 50 percent. Attorney Charles L. Bigstone supported merger but urged airing the assessment differences for potential tax relief.
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Titusville
Titusville Area
Intera
Cherrytree Township
Venango County
Venango
Crawford Counties
Crawford
Charles L. Bigstone
Hold Rites For Joseph Gesch
Joseph Gesch obituary notes his funeral held yesterday at Torrey and Hays Funeral Home in Spartansbag with Rev Earl Miller of Frankfort Ind assisted by Rev Daniel Johns pastor of Britton Run Mennonite Church officiating Prayer and psalms followed by the hymn In the Beloved and its singing Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery Spartansburg with bearers Raymond Miller Arland Miller Melvin Yoder Maynard Troyer Frank Stutzman and Clifford Troyer
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Torrey and Hays
Spartansbag
Earl Miller
Frankfort
Ind
Rov
Daniel Johns
Britton Run Mennonite Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Spartansburg
Raymond Miller
Arland Miller
Melvin Yoder
Maynard ‘Troyer
Frank Stutzman
Clifford ‘Troyer
Television pilots shape next season's TV slate
New York AP reports Hollywood producers are racing to pitch about 200 pilots costing at least 50 000 each to test potential series. Westerns crime adventures and situation comedies dominate forecasts with stars like Gisele MacKenzie Len Chaney Jr Lew Ayres and Joan Crawford among early names. Some pilots will sell or enter syndication while others fade away as networks weigh future lineups.
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Hollywood
Television Digest
Gertrude Berg J
Len Chaney Jr
Lew Ayres
Frank Lovejoy
Barry Sullivan
Joan Crawford
Joan Fontaine
Walter Selzak
William Frawley
Pat Butram
Roy Rogers
Sam
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Rule High School Purchase Legal
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