Erie Port Plan Hinges On City Authority Revival
City officials say Erie can manage port operations with existing powers and a revived Wharves and Dock Commission. A state authority is not expected before the 1957 General Assembly session, with mayoral plans for a municipal body to oversee port affairs in the interim. Spokesmen say real power rests with the city until formal state controls are created.
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ERSE
Tas
Parsons
Hall
Brinkerhoff
MacDonald
Arthur Gardner
General Assembly
Gardner
Bay Front
Man Held On Multiple Burglary Larceny Counts
Albert Irvin Knapp, 42, of Cochran ton was jailed without bail on four or five counts of burglary and larceny. He allegedly stole tools worth about 194 dollars from Fisher and Young Lumber Co. in Titusville on September 2, 1954. Additional counts involve about 6720 pounds of scrap metal from Harold Pegan’s storeroom January 25 26 and 30. The value was estimated in the hundreds of dollars and the scrap sold to a Titusville junk dealer. Knapp pleaded guilty at arraignment and remains held for court action.
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Meadville
Cochranton
Albert Irvin Knapp
Fisher and Young Lumber Co
Titusville
Harold Pegan
Pegan
Sgt
C. C. Naddeo
Naddeo
Knapp
Justice of the Peace
Merle Sheehan
Retired Admiral Henderson Dies in Los Angeles
Rear Adm. Robert Henderson, 77, vice president of the Southern California Associated Newspapers of the Copley Press since 1929, died yesterday. He served as Navy liaison to Gen. George C. Marshall in World War I. The state will make five appointments, possibly two by the city and one by the county. Port program action is held in abeyance awaiting assembly action on a $1,700,000 port bill drafted by the Leader administration. bill not yet introduced due to tax deadlock between Gov. Leader and the assembly.
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Los Angeles
Robert Henderson
Southern California Associated Newspapers
Copley Press, Inc
Navy
George C. Marshall
Army
Assembly
Leader
Gov. Leader
Bus Driver Rescues 16 From Blizzard Stranded Bus
In a fierce blizzard near Tucumcari New Mexico bus driver John Herron 38 and 10 passengers endured 21 hours of peril after the bus slid into a snow drift He braved broken visibility and freezing temperatures to seek help collapsing near a service station before rescue crews reached him He was hospitalized for snow blindness frostbite and exhaustion in good condition authorities said The group credited Herron with keeping morale up by maintaining heat and telling jokes as rescuers delivered food water and fuel during the long night
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Associated Press
Tucumcari
N. M
John Herron
Herron
Glenrie
Henrietta Roosevelt
San Francisco
Mia
Laura O'Toole
Santa Barbara
Calif
Norris Turner
Los Angeles
Richard Mosely
Selma
Ala
Norris
Youth Sunday Observed at First Presbyterian Church
Youth Sunday was celebrated at the First Presbyterian Church with many young members in the service. Walter Wolfe, home between Denison University terms in Ohio, spoke on Youth and Religion. The program listed invocations prayers confessions lessons anthems choirs doxology and scripture read by several youths.
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You Ouruay
First
Presbyterian Church
Walter Wolfe
Denison University
Ohio
J. Guy Butters Jr
Paull W. Bauer
Thomas ‘Titus
Dorothy Wiesniewska Crowned Oyster Roast Queen
Dorothy Wiesniewska aged 18 was named queen of the St. Cashair Church oyster roast. She stunned the contest committee by saying she cannot stand raw oysters and was allowed to reclaim her crown. Wisconsin lists 6,266 miles of railroad.
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Baltimore
Dorothy Wiesniewska
St. Cashair Church
Fire loss set at twenty two thousand in shop blaze
Firemen battled a machine shop blaze causing an estimated loss of 22 000 dollars. Hose lines from hydrants on South Center Street and Concord Street fed multiple pumps as crews vented smoke and fought flames for about three hours. No one was injured though several firefighters and spectators were drenched. Nearby homes suffered water damage from runoff.
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Concord Street
South Center Street
Wayne Street
East Church Street
Hiram Brewer
Brewer House
Nash Owen
Laurie
Owen
Merle Long
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REX
Ile Suits
Al’s
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Sunoco
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