Lewistown Leader Ray Tanner Leaves Chamber Post
Ray E Tanner secretary of the Lewistown Chamber of Commerce for 17 months resigns to join the State Department of Commerce as senior industrial representative. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Tanner of East Street and began with Lewistown in 1952 after heading the Brookville chamber. Also notes USS Macon docked at Norfolk after Mediterranean duty. Ronald J Cummings son of Mrs Fraynk Dorrance of Corry. city seeks ways to enforce sewer rent collection with a future disposal plant. discusses shared responsibility with Sanford to prevent nonpayment. Mentions unions of utility firms merger talks between Pennsylvania Electric and Metropolitan Edison, Detroit rumors of V-8 motors for all Big Three cars, and county reassessment costs showing Bik County paying $81,000 for the job.
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Ray E ‘Tanner
Lewistown Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Commerce
Charles Tanner
East Street
Lewistown
Brookville Chamber
USS Macon
Norfolk
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean Sea
Ronald J. Cummings
USN
Mra
Fraynk Dorrance
Corry
Sandford
Clarence Shoop Tits
Corryite
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Metropolitan Edison Co
Reading
Detroit
Corry Evening Journal imprint and circulation terms
The Corry Evening Journal announces exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication. It lists postage details, subscription rates at eight dollars per year, five cents per copy by carrier, and thirty cents weekly, with display ad deadline noted as 9 PM prior to the publication date.
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Apews
Corry
Lower butter support price eyed by Eisenhower era plan
Secretary Benson is set to announce a reduced federal support price for dairy products, signaling possible spring relief for consumers. Since 1952 the government bought butter, milk, and cheese to support markets, with stocks in the CCC and plans to trim surplus holdings and set aside reserves. The administration weighs policy to keep parity guidance between 70 and 90 percent, while resisting dumping surplus to foreign buyers.
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Benson
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Eisenhower
CCC
Mill
Blizzard Drifts Stop Traffic In Subzero 1934
Twenty years ago a February blizzard shut roads and crippled travel after last week’s sub zero cold. A 5 year old boy Richard Peebles sprained his arm while roller skating. he has fractures from prior injuries. An Erie district insurance office led January with highest increased business. Corry agency adds Lilih Ferry. Merrill Lillie family hosts a housewarming on East Church. Joseph Allen injured while coasting left hospital for home after being struck by a car.
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Richard
Clyde Peebles
Euclid Street
M. Hillbury
Williams and Hillburg
Erie
Corry
Miss Lilih Ferry
Milon L. Brown
Joseph Allen
Corry Hospital
West Washington Street
How Smart Are You A 1954 Q and A Challenge
A reader quiz asks seven current events and general knowledge questions covering meals costs ready to serve versus home cooking wage rules social births parity prices Babe Ruth positions and grammar. It notes a proposed Dairy Stabilization Board would only start in the 1955 marketing year and may not ease Benson's headaches immediately.
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Babe Ruth
Rome Twp to Stay in Titusville Jointure
The Titusville Area School Board voted 4 to 1 to remain in the Titusville area school system after 271 petitioners urged the move. The decision reverses a prior withdrawal resolution and backs plans for a 12 room Hydetown elementary to serve Hydetown Centerville Oil Creek and Rome townships. A joint board ballot approved proceeding with the Hydetown 12 room building by 25 to 6.
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Titusville
Ship
Hydetown
Centerville
Oil Creek
Rome
John Fink
Fink
Ralph Winton
Arnold Morris
Ralph Hummer
Raymond Foley
Joint Board
Local volunteers prep Crippled Children envelopes in Erie
Mrs. Donald Cady and Mrs. Lawrence Joyce led a group in Erie to prepare 1000 mailings for the Erie County Crippled Children's Society as 90 more membe rs are sent back to Pennsylvania. The effort aims to reach district residents with seals and information while 80,000 envelopes were planned.
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Pennsylvania
Donald Cady
Mir
Lawrence Joyce
Erie County Crippled Children’s Society
Tires
Secet
Doris Hatch
Cambridge Springs
Washington
James Gray
North Center Street
North Girard
Center Street
Brice Summerville
Garbage disposal site debate sparks resident complaints in Umite
Homeowners and neighbors report contacting city officials with complaints about a proposed location in Umite. The discussion hints at a remote site if nearby townships receive free fire protection and city maintenance assurances, while guaranteeing no above-ground rubbish. Indonesia, with about 83 million people, is cited as the world’s sixth-largest nation.
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Umite
Indonesia
North East Seeks Five Mill Tax Increase
North East borough council asked Erie County courts for permission to raise borough taxes by five mills to wipe out a $28,500 debt. The proposal would raise the rate from 15 to 20 mills. Council president Gilbert Garnow cited higher equipment costs, planned 1954 expenditures, and current debt obligations as reasons for the increase.
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North East
ERIE
Erie County
Gilbert Garnow
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