Friday the 13th superstition and folk beliefs across Pennsylvania
Philadelphia AP reports Pennsylvanians hold varied folk beliefs from unlucky Friday the 13th to weather omens and superstitions about sewing on Ascension Day. Dr. Mac E Barrick catalogs these sayings for a state dictionary, noting the blend of tradition, religion, and early medicine including foxglove digitalis and other home remedies.
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Philadelphia
Mac E. Barrick
Blopesbery State College
Wie
Pennsylvania
Barrick
Barrett
CIA pauses paid ties with news media and clergy
Washington AP The new CIA director says the agency will end paid or contractual ties with full or part time reporters and media links. Existing arrangements will be phased out as feasible. The CIA also asserts no secret ties with American clergy or missionaries and will welcome voluntary information from media and clergy without revealing cooperating individuals.
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Washington
CEA
CIA
George Bush
U.S
New York City
Angola
Africa
Village Voice
House Intelligence Committee
House
Suspect duo sought after Centerville home robbery attempt
Police release a composite sketch from state ident kit of one of two men who tried to rob Dallas Wise, 75, at his Centerville home Monday. The would-be victim slammed the door. the pair fled. Authorities ask residents to compare likenesses and report any matching individuals.
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Centerville
Dallas Wise
R.D. 1
Man Killed at Warren State Hospital Shooting
A two year old patient at Warren State Hospital was found fatally shot near his bed in the western unit around 1 30 a m. State police investigate with possible suspect among other patients and a Corry area link.
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Warren State Hospital
Warren
Jason Jones
A.D. 1
Jackson Center
Mercer
Mercer County
Warren State Police
Burglars Hit Titusville Politico Home
Jay H. Haskell, state representative from Titusville, returned home to find burglars had pried open a bedroom window and entered between February 1 and yesterday. About $300 in items were taken including two hunting knives two mini silver swords a camera zoom lens a silver bowl and around $30 in coins. The home was ransacked in two rooms.
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Jay H. Haskell
Titusville
Haskell
Corry
Stockholders Challenge Move to Close All Grant Stores
The bankrupt W T Grant Co revisted court permission to close remaining stores, facing a challenge from stockholders representing about 40,000. The hearing in New York cited creditors pressures while detailing store closures and layoffs as the company attempts to reorganize under bankruptcy protection.
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New York
W.T. Grant Co
Ian Grantesa
Marvin Jacob
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jacob
Grant
Jury will hear Hearst tape in SLA kidnapping case
In San Francisco federal court Patricia Hearst faces a ruling allowing the taped communique in which she says she willingly joined her SLA captors in the April 15, 1974 robbery. Judge Carter also allows testimony from a Los Angeles teen who says Hearst and two others held him hostage in May 1974.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
T'ania
Oliver J Carter
Los Angeles
Carter
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
SLA
Browning
City property tax levies sent by mail in four wards
City mail carriers deliver half of the 1976 property tax levies today and the other half tomorrow. The 21 mill rate totals 545,542 dollars, up 19.2 percent from last year. Taxes are due with a 2 percent rebate until April 30, then at face value during May and June, with a 5 percent penalty after July 1. Payments may be made at the Municipal Building or mailed to City Treasurer, 100 South Center Street, Corry Pennsylvania.
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Mary Hubley
the Journal
Council
South Center Street
Corry
Probe 3 Fires At Spartansburg
Three fires in a single home within 12 hours triggered an investigation into their source. Spartansburg volunteers and Elgin Beaverdam Hose Company aided at the Sutton residence on Jefferson Street as state police fire marshal inspected the scene. The Sutton family, including a daughter and grandchildren, lived there. The fire marshal departed, then was requested to return as afternoon flames were reported.
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Spartansburg
James Sutton
Jefferson Street
Duta
Elgin-Beaverdam Hose Company
Bent Fenders Blamed On Weather Man
Slippery roads yesterday and last night fed three of four minor crashes. A hit-run in the Venture Inn parking lot damaged Stephen Sohmer’s company car by $145. On Spring street a city tractor backed into a car, causing $275 in damage. A fender bender at East Washington and Maple caused $135 in total damage. Drivers named Jeanette and others not fully listed.
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Sai
Venture Inn
Stephen D. Sohmer
Lock Haven
Don Spangler
Sohmer
Spring Street
Willian Thomson
Essex Street
Thomas G. Samelko
North Olmstead
Ohio
East Washington Street
Maple Avenue
Jeanette
Will Horses Become Dog Food
The plan sparks an interstate clash between ranchers using public lands and conservation groups urging land for recreation and wilderness. Wild horse numbers top 50,000 and grow about 20 percent yearly, with hopes the new bill curbs mustanging by banning vehicles and aircraft used to chase and capture horses historically.
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Gamal Abdul Nasser
Egypt
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Bureau
Kelley
Justice Department
Herman Badillo
CLA
Senate Intelligence Committee
the Azerney
Warren Hospital
Journal
Corry Area
Area Politico
Grants
Jury
Tania
Patty
James L. Browning
Federal Building
Probe
E. Blackmer
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