Army Engineers Ramp Ice Jam Near Meadville Delays Major Blast
After dawn to dusk explosions and near zero weather, Army Engineers from the 18th Engineers moved upstream to tackle three ice jams on Prench Creek and Meadville gorge. Col Thomas Mifflin and Lt Adrian Atkins oversaw operations aided by an Army helicopter as crews strained to clear a four mile jam with a 260 foot blast by mid afternoon.
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Cochranton
Te 18Th Engineers Ab
Mieede
Cochranton Gorge
Prench Creek
Sig Meadville Gorge
Wilson Rhute Bridge
Meadville
Thomas Mifflin
2Rd Army
21St Corps
Mifflin
Mir Robert H. Lennon
2Nd Army
Crooked Creek
Adrian Atkins
CWO
Lee Bartholomew
Lebanon Girl Heads Seal Drive
Roberta Lou Witters a six year old with cerebral palsy was named the 1959 Pennsylvania Easter Seal Child. She will represent more than 10 000 handicapped children receiving care from 61 crippled children societies during the 1959 Easter Seal appeal. Witters will make several appearances to help reach a one million dollar goal as drive chairman Miss Havel M Whitesell announced. The appeal runs February 27 to March 20.
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LebAnon
Roberta Lou Witters
Pennsylvania
Crippled Children
Roberta
Havel M. ‘Whitesell
Meet Mr Lincoln television program on NBC to mark Lincoln birth anniversary
AP reports Richard Hanser wrote the script for Meet Mr Lincoln a NBC Television documentary using words music and actual photographs to tell Lincoln war years story. Hanser cites Lincoln’s lucid direct phraseology and over 26 000 photographs and prints used from archives and private collections.
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Hanser
Mr Lincoln
Lincoln
NBC
Almaty
Chard Hanser
Tatiuage
Wenius
Hansernut
Lin Jeol
NBC TV
Guards Eye Hazards At Schools Amid Fire Risks
Harrisburg reports propose stationing guards on each school floor with known fire hazards to keep buildings open during renovations. Senator Wagner and Education Committee chair urges around the clock guards and enhanced fire service to bridge gaps with Labor and Industry enforcement.
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Harrisburg
APA
Schuylkill County
Paul L. Wagner
R.schuylkill
Wagner
Senate Education Committee
William J. Batt Jr
Labor and Industry
GOP
Thomas A. Ehrgood
Lebanon
Labor and Industry Department
Chicago
Ehrgood
Senate
Mayor Kinley Opposes Truck Purchase Amid Bond Bid Debate
The mayor opposed adding a new truck to a sidewalk program and favored a $75 000 bond issue with no tax increase after a 4-1 vote to advertise bids. Council planned bid opening March 16 at 8 p.m. and warned against high offers while noting aging city trucks 17 and 19 years old. The mayor’s stance may affect bond approval and budget plans.
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Tom Pare Une
Enet
Kinley
Astreeta
Tates
Streets
J. R. Dowring
Cornell
City of Corry
No. Ly
Wildcats Hold Top Berth In AP Cage Poll
Kentucky remains No 1 in the AP basketball poll with a 217–1 record and 890 points, ahead of North Carolina and St John’s. St John’s dropped from seventh to unknown. St Louis moved into ninth amid a top ten reshuffle.
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Wildcats
Kentucky
Associated Press Baskell
North Cirolina
Adolph Rupp
Hilent Phree
St. John's
Redmen
Brooklyn
St Lois Ty
Billikens
Paints
Bass
North Carolina
Kansas State
Auburn
Cincinnati
North Carolina State
Michigan State
A. Bradley
St. Louie
West Virginia
Mississippi State
Marquette
Oklahoma City
Seattle
St. John’s
N.Y
Umh
Texas Christian
Little Woman Auction Sales Dispersal on Feb 6 1969
Classified notice for Ralph Thompson Jr complete dispersal at Cymer New York farm on Route 34 listing 107 Holsteins with 66 in milk 25 bred heifers 16 open heifers and calves. Sale noon sharp at the farm with veterinary attestations and public official signatures.
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Gilson
Wizard
Western Auto Associate
Ralph Thompson JR
Cymer
Clymer
N. Y
Corry
Erie
Jamestown
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Walter Gordon
Charles Cummings
C. B. Stockton
Brennan Leaves Notre Dame Football for Banking Career
Brennan, who was fired from Notre Dame in a national controversy, ends his five year tenure as Irish coach and will join an investment banking firm in Chicago in April after his Notre Dame term ends. A dinner honoring him drew over 400 friends at ten dollar plates, with no university officials present. He is succeeded by Joe Kuharich, former Redskins coach.
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Erry Brennan
Note Dame
Brennan
Chicago
Notre Dame
Joe Kuharich
Washington Redskins
Egg market report on wholesale offerings and spot prices
The Pulse of Wall Street notes quiet demand in New York for wholesale eggs. Receipts reach 23 600 with spot quotations for whites and browns across top quality, medium, and small sizes.
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New York
Lukens Steel
U.S
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