Pennsylvania Traffic Safety Efforts Highlighted in Memo
A March 13 Pageant Magazine memo lauds Pennsylvania for top motor vehicle inspections, safety training, and driver laws. It cites strict speed enforcement and license suspensions as reducing fatalities, but argues public resistance to limiting driving freedoms remains a fatal obstacle to preventing about 20,000 deaths yearly.
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Cues Sagan
Sué Ur
Pennsylvania
Thepublic
Youth's Charred Body Found Along Stream
The charred body of Elmo G. Snyder, 26, missing since January 10 from Treasureville, was found Sunday along Godoroys Creek. State Police confirmed identification by fingerprints from Snyder's Army records. Coroner Lester J. Sell said a death certificate would be withheld briefly while investigations continue. Snyder's car was recovered near the scene.
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Godoroys Creek
Elmo G. Snyder
Treasure~ville
Snyder
Army
Lester J. Sell
Civil defense leaders train at Penn State center
A new civil defense training center opened this week at Penn State Centre in Oentz offering a week long program for 40 per cent, including instructors and directors, with federal and state support. Leaders from 22 states including Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida will study atomic chemical and biological warfare defense along with emergency welfare fire fighting and civil defense instruction.
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Seaboaga States
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State Centre
Oentz
George Brueckman
Wilkes-Barre
To! Defense
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Aivil Defense
Civil Defense
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Gillis Named Deputy Secretary of Forests and Waters
Harrisburg Feb 6 R J Gillis a veteran state employee was named deputy secretary of forests and waters with a 39300 salary Gillis succeeds B S McCawley who resigned a week ago He is a Carbondale native now living in Camp Hill and has served the department for 80 years as director of the bureau of water resources a long career amid a tragic loss of 20000 lives in a fighting accident context including fatality mention
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Sec'y OF Forests
Waters
Harrisburg
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Forests and Waters
Simuel S. Lewis
B.S. McCawley
Carbondale
Camp Hill
Department
Bureau of Water
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